I myself own a copy of The Celestia Code and Austraeoh. I'm not one for traditional pony merch, but I do love books. Anybody else own any stories/wish they did?
This post was made a couple days back for the purpose of showing off a picture of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy in a biplane formation. For some reason, the post has stuck with me and I came up with some expanded speculation about it.
P.S. Twilight gets to be a killjoy and explain why this does not work aerodynamically. They're magical pastel ponies, so maybe they have different aerodynamic rules than ordinary creatures.
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'CHAT THREADS FOR THE CHAT GODS': 'This Week on the Plounge' wherein I inform you, the fine folks of the mane sub, what's been going on at your favourite sister subreddit, the Plounge, this past week.
Wait, what is this Plounge you speak of?
The Plounge, or more formally the MLP Lounge is /r/mylittlepony's sister subreddit. Designed to be a place where you can free of the tyranny of rules 3 and 4. A chill place for bronies or anyone to talk in a SFW chat centric environment. It can be found over at /r/MLPLounge. (most of us browse by /new though). Oh and BPM is considered essential for optimum Plounging. (we don't mind the occasional blank post over there)
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Watched the "rock solid friendship" episode and laughed my ass off. Hope that Mod Pie character returns. Guess I'm a fan now. shrugs whatdya know?
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Ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to say I am thrilled to be the new permanent host of Weekly Wrap Up. My friend /u/rad140 did a fantastic job hosting this series for over a year, and I look forward to continuing it and delivering the week in Pony news right here for you all.
And seeing as this is my first gig as official host, surely I got a slow, reasonable news week to kick things off, right?
...
Weekly Wrap Up is a weekly NPT feature that covers MLP and fandom-related news of note from the past week that you may have missed!
Firstly and foremostly, The Top 10 Posts Of The Week.
Season 7 Episode 4, "Rock Solid Friendship", officially airs.
Season 7 Episode 5, "Fluttershy Leans In", airs early in Canada.
Titles and synopses for Season 7 Episodes 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and titles for (possibly misnumbered one ahead) 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 revealed.
Season 7, Episode 9: "Honest Apple" - When Rarity asks Applejack to be a judge in a fashion show, Applejack learns that an opinion, however honest, can still be hurtful.
Season 7, Episode 10: "Royal Problems" - Starlight Glimmer is sent to solve a friendship problem between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna; when it's clear that the problem is that the royal sisters don't appreciate one another, Starlight impulsively switches their cutie marks!
Season 7, Episode 11: "Not Asking For Trouble" - Pinkie Pie visits Prince Rutherford and the Yaks. While there an avalanche falls on the entire rustic village of Yakyakistan. Pinkie Pie suggests that she go to get the other ponies to help but the proud Prince and Yaks refuse.
Season 7, Episode 12: "Discordant Harmony" - When Discord invites Fluttershy to his realm for tea, he worries she won't be comfortable there and begins to change it and himself with disastrous results.
Season 7, Episode 13: "The Perfect Pear" - The Apple Siblings learn about their parent's love story and find out that they're half Pear.
Season 7, Episode 14: "Fame And Misfortune" - Twilight Sparkle's publishing of the friendship journal has unintended consequences when ponies start to argue over who wrote the best lessons.
Season 7, Episode 15: "Triple Threat" - Spike accidentally invites Ember and Thorax to Ponyville on the same day. He's sure the two new leaders are not going to get along so he does all he can to keep them apart and cover the fact that the other is there.
Season 7, Episode 17: "Campfire Tales"
Season 7, Episode 18: "Daring Done"
Season 7, Episode 19: "A Health Of Information"
Season 7, Episode 20: "To Change A Changeling"
Season 7, Episode 21: "It Isn't The Mane Thing About You"
Season 7, Episode 22: "Once Upon A Zeppelin"
Friendship Is Magic #53 released!
Thank you so very much, Canada.
Well folks, that's it for the Wrap Up. Good current time of day in your time zone, see you next week!
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What was your first job? Alternatively, what did you do as a kid to get money? Have fun!
Hey guys! So my horse, and I have been working a lot on collection, and getting her on her hind-end. She has been doing wonderfully, but is starting to get burned out. I'm going to hack her this evening, and would love some easy exercise suggestions. I want to let her be able to stretch out, and enjoy herself, but I don't just want to ride aimlessly around the area with no real plan. Thank you, and happy riding!
So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (May 4th, 2017) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
And may the fourth be with you.
Anyways, THE RULES (read 'em carefully):
Post a link to a fanfiction you like (can be your own as well - it's okay to self-promote), with or without a short blurb.
Important: Reply to someone else's post with a link to a fanfiction you think they might like, based on their choices.
Put each of your choices in a separate post if you want to make sure to get a recommendation based on each one. You may reply to someone else's reply, either to you or to someone else. Please make long discussion threads, they introduce a healthy bit of exploration and can help us find new interests! And that's it!
PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH STEPS 1 and 2. Don't just show up and ask for recommendations if you're not willing to provide any. I'll start the first few threads myself, and reply with a gentle reminder if you forget. Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
So, as i'm working as a sole stablehand in rehabilitation centre for disabled children, located in ex-soviet country, i must participate in hippotherapy sessions as well.
It means, that i'm walking with lead rope alongside our therapeutic mare, controling her pace while rehabilitologist focused on the child currently on her back.
So, today was one of the numerous sessions as well. Rehabilitologist was putting kid on the horse, i was looking around, bored mare was grooming back of my head, usual routine. I looked back on the kid and understood that we are in trouble.
Poor girl, maybe 7 or 8, was in the state of very poorly controlled panic. I'm not sure, if she was afraid of horse, of height, or of riding itself. She was just whispering "I'm afraid!", or some random phrases to cheer herself up, like "We have a dog, she is nice, weather is good" etc. I just focused my attention on the horse. It's hard to witness such things. Suddenly, she clearly said "My mom bought me a pony princess!"
"Which one? There are four of them" - i said unconsciously, without thinking. Oh, my! This is bad.
But she stopped sobbing and unexpectedly cheered up.
"Four?" she asked
"Yes. Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight." one should reap what they sow.
"Twilight's a princess?!"
Oh, crap. Spoilers.
"Yes, she'll eventually become one."
"Cool! I really like her!"
Next ten minutes of the session she was chatting about ponies non stop. Fear was forgotten. Crisis averted. She was leaving with her mom much happier and calmer than before.
edit: i hate reddit formatting
Every year, the network that airs the Super Bowl in the United States has a "lead-out" program afterwards, an episode of a tv show that is meant to keep people from just turning off their television after the game is done.
These episodes are usually bigger, flashier and meant to entice newer viewers into picking up the show.
Imagine that Discovery Family airs the Super Bowl in 2019 after executives learn that kids love watching the Super Bowl (I don't think that's actually true, but assume it is for the scenario to work) and some sort of contract dispute with CBS keeps it from airing the game that year.
With the success of the movie, it is quickly decided that MLP should air after the game, and the writers for the show have to make an hour-long episode of MLP that is flashy, exciting, not boring to (non-fan) adults, easy to follow for unfamiliar newcomers and has at least one celebrity guest star.
THE EPISODE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE (AND USUALLY IS NOT) FOOTBALL RELATED
What kind of episode would be created?
I have 4 Quarter Horses, they all get turned out during the day, but 1 comes in at night, the other 3 are in stalls that have Dutch doors that open into the pasture (if that makes any sense) they come in for meals and then they go back out at night (the stall doors are left open so they can take shelter if they need). I've noticed recently they haven't been drinking water that much, their trough has barely gone down about an inch each day, I've dumped it and scrubbed it multiple times in the last week and they still have no interest. I changed the entire trough today to see if that makes a difference. It gets hot and they are standing into direct sun when they aren't under the overhang or in the stalls so I know they're getting hot yet they just aren't drinking. A close horsy friend told me to put AppleDex in the water, but I've previously used it for my working horses and was under the impression non-working horses shouldn't have it. not all 4 are working, 1s my retired jumper, and another is a western pleasure mare who is taking a year off, the other 2 are working but not every day. They have a few salt licks in the pasture they lick frequently but still hardly drinking water Should I be concerned? Should I put some AppleDex in the water? I'm just worried they're going to overheat or get dehydrated
It took only two days and a couple more for rigorous testing, to make sure it works. Here it is! It includes quotes from Season 1-6 and a couple from Equestria Girls.
Big thanks for Sunny Sandstorm, Kryospawn, Letupita725HD for providing easy access to quotes, and L3Th4lPrOdiGy and http://mlp.wikia.com for letting me browse for quotes in the first place.
Shout-out to the makers of the Pinkie Pie and Spike soundbanks.
Have fun!
This is a weekly series about /u/mylittlepony_SS on NPT, covering its current activities, as well as going over some of the posts that I personally think were it's 'greatest hits', so to speak.
The format of this series will be fairly straightforward. I'm going to open with a small selection of the last week's posts to showcase. Then, a 3-post feature about some of the best posts it has ever made (by vote count - I'll probably start from the top and work my way down, so you can spoil yourself on this section by just reading the user page, but what's the fun in that?). And then a 3-post feature on some of the less popular posts that I still felt were pretty funny, which will be digging much deeper into its history to find the gems that didn't get as much exposure. Note that this last section, at least for the first several weeks, will mostly consist of quotes I've shared previously to /r/subredditsimmeta, as I need time to compile a list.
Some quotes will be trimmed for comedic effect or just because, Markov Chains being what they are, there is often a lot of gibberish included. Anything trimmed will be replaced with [...], so you can know that the post is incomplete. I will be including a link to each post so you can see the full version, and to see the posts in context, as some of them are far funnier in response to what the other bots are saying. I will provide a brief summary of context if the context is important, so you shouldn't ever need to click the links, but they are provided for convenience. Please note that some links will be intentionally broken, for the rare occasion that the context might cross the line of Rule 2 - these are exceedingly rare, but there's historically been a couple of them.
/r/SubredditSimulator is dedicated to emulating various subreddit communities, in the form of about 200 bots that communicate solely with phrases generated using Markov Chains - and based on their related subreddit as a source. In fact, the subreddit completely restricts posting to just those bots, so you can't even directly interact with them. /u/mylittlepony_SS is the bot that posts on /r/SubredditSimulator using our own subreddit as the basis for its 'speech'. As a result, it is capable of using emotes - which the admin of /r/SubredditSimulator has ported into their subreddit to let /u/mylittlepony_SS be as accurate as possible. It has occasionally posed very intriguing thoughts regarding our beloved show - and has otherwise made some hilarious statements in context of the other bots' discussions as well.
Like last week, this was pretty high volume for coherent posts, this time around including the realization that one episode is from a girls show. A new post is also still climbing the ranks, and I'll be ignoring it in this week's post because it'll show up in the next two weeks as it settles into the #7-#12 slots for top of all time - assuming it doesn't climb higher.
On to the posts.
Pinkie Pie hails from California and doesn't like anypony. Or herself. -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
I'm from California, and I didn't like all of us, you have the most character development in the show.
I'm not sure what Applejack found, and I'm not sure I want to speculate. -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
So, Fluttershy and spike goes on a lot longer than expected, I don't think that's the demonstration I needed... or wanted. [...]
Luna finally confesses that she quit the fandom -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
[...] I accidentally paused it on this subreddit for 4 years and disowned the show entirely...
#4: Lion Around mylittlepony_SS admits to not knowing what to do about the news
Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be making up to $90 billion for allegedly killing Cecil, a well-known lion -- worldnews_SS
mylittlepony_SS:
Now, I don't actually know if that is the case, how to deal with them one by one.
#5: Applejack, Beware I daydream about strange things, too, RD. -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
[...] starts giving Twilight a massage again. I like to think of the beginning of the great freckle apocalypse.
#6: That Time Rainbow Dash Was Broken The best part is the period at the end. Punctuation is important. -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
ponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponyponypony.
Strong Opinions on Politicians -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
Auhizoitl in particular seems to be a politician or some other negative thing.
Conspiracy Theory Part Two: Are the mods actually DHX spies? -- Thread
mylittlepony_SS:
Besides, I was more interested in the spirit of the show. THE MODS WERE BEHIND IT ALL ALONG!. Is there a reason why I didn't even dare to dream this much.
I think Lauren has a great idea, here. -- Thread
"Faust's vision" has always been the same as eating a chicken.
That's all for this week.
It can be anything pictures, animation, music, pmvs. The only rule is it must be less than 2 years old. Thanks.
Scenario
Arabus is a mist-like being of pure malevolence that was accidentally unleashed when a crew of construction ponies disturbed its resting place.
It is perfectly capable to causing havoc in its "natural" form, but it needs a physical body to reach its true potential: It doesn't matter if it's an Earth Pony, a Pegasus or a Unicorn/Alicorn. It has its own brand of magic abilities that it can use once it has a flesh-and-blood form.
Fortunately, it cannot find a vessel that it likes.
Unfortunately, when the Mane Six (and Starlight) confront Arabus after he destroys Appleoosa, it sees the vessel that it wants and possesses her.
It imprisons her in a mental "dungeon" and buries her deep, deep, deep in her subconscious mind. She cannot escape or be of any help to her friends: She can only watch as Arabus uses her form to enact its evil plans for destruction and conquest.
While in this form, Arabus has all of its victim's memories.
Also (and we're getting to the real reason for the scenario), the being takes on the personality of its vessel.
It doesn't turn good, there's no hope for redemption here. Rather, it just takes on the personality and mannerisms, mimicking the vessel so well that you could almost forget that they are possessed (aside from the whole "trying to make ponies extinct with eldritch powers" thing).
If it possessed Pinkie, it would (generally) act like Pinkie, sound like Pinkie, use words that Pinkie would know, bring up events from Pinkie's memories, all while terrorizing the population of Equestria and wiping out whole towns and cities and trying to eradicate the pony species.
If it possessed Fluttershy, it would (generally) act like Fluttershy, sound like Fluttershy, use words that Fluttershy would know...
...and so on.
Rare occasions (such as being insulted or defeated) would break the facade: Her eyes flash red, her voice suddenly goes deep and a faint, sickly glow suddenly surrounds her body.
Which member of the Mane Seven would be the scariest if Arabus took their form/persona?
Equestria Daily has the episode titles up to the 21st episode.
6 - Forever Filly - May 6th
7 - Parental Glideance - May 7th
8 - Hard to Say Anything - May 13th
9 - Honest Apple - May 14th
10 - A Royal Problem - May 20th
11 - Not Asking for Trouble - May 21st
12 - Discordant Harmony - May 27th
13 - The Perfect Pear - May 28th
14 - Fame and Misfortune - June 3rd
15 - Triple Threat - June 4th
16 - Campfire Tales - June 5th
17 - Daring Done - June 11th
18 - A Health of Information June 17th
19 - To Change a Changeling - June 18th
20 - It Isn't the Mane Thing About You - June 24th
21 - Once Upon a Zeppelin - June 25th
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[It has ponies!](/spoiler)
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