
Starlight Rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5VNxP54D8
Submitted May 11, 2018 at 12:47AM by zad1111
via reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/8ilrbd/starlight_rocks/?utm_source=ifttt
In contrast with /u/Tyranid457's thread, what some art styles or trends that you like or approve of? They may be popular subjects, or rather niche areas.
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'Roses are Red, Ploungers are Queer, many more rhymes and you'll need a beer': '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.
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Kicking and biting me. Dumping me on the ground and leaving me to walk home by myself. Pooping on my head while I attend to his feet.
Hello r/mylittlepony. For today's No-Pics Thursday, I'd like to go in depth into an interesting development I've noticed in the show, starting from way back in season 3. You've all read the title. You know what I'm trying to get at here. Let's jump into the first case I've noticed.
(Disclaimer: made for fun, no real life intentions intended)
First example: The Crystal Empire
Installing a family member as ruler of another nation is one of the oldest forms of ensuring your control over said nation. And one of the newest forms of justifying such an intervention is decrying the "oppression" of the other countries' leader. It doesn't hurt that your newly installed puppet ruler's husband just so happens to have been (or still is?) a leader in your army...something that I'm sure will help him keep order in the Empire.
The Crystal Empire: Vassalized and added to Equestria's Sphere Of Influence.
An ideology that opposes the 'natural' order of things and the princesses? Better send in our crack special forces agents to disrupt their system and make sure it can never threaten us or our rule! Er...I mean, help those misguided ponies see the True Way Of Friendship! (™)
Our Town: Smothered in the crib.
Third Example: The Competition for Dragon Lord
A dragon, born and raised in pony tradition, is sent to intercede in a foreign government's election process to at least ensure one candidate loses, and at most seize power himself. If not for Spike's lingering dragon sympathies, Equestria would have had another vassal under Celestia's wings. As it stands, a respectable leader was chosen for the dragons...one we can deal with, anyways. (because honestly, how can you expect those savages to choose the right one themselves? We HAD to do it for them…)
Should keep an eye on Spike, however. His loyalty to Equestria might be in question…
Dragon Election: Successfully meddled with.
Fourth Example: The Changelings
Admittedly, I think we can consider the Changelings an actual problem that Celestia was justified in getting rid of by repeating the "install a friendly leader" tactic. Just because Equestria happened to be on the good side doesn't mean it wasn't imperialist though. See: France and UK after WW1.
Changeling Threat: Dealt with like the Entente dealt with the German Empire
Fifth Examples: Yaks, Griffins, and other races I don't remember right now
Any time the ponies visit another people it becomes a chance for the ponies to sprout off about how good their system is and why the other races should just get with the program already. Sometimes token concessions are made, but something tells me Empress...I mean, Princess Celestia doesn't book any shit from the Yaks when she deals with them.
Building off of that, the last example is clearly the "School of Friendship". It's nothing more than the arm of the Friendship propaganda machine. How many examples can we think of wherein education was used to exploit and manipulate populations in the ruler's favor?
(Post-Script: There are some things I forgot. There is prior evidence of Equestria's imperial ambitions before season 3. Think about Equestrian attitudes towards the buffalo or the diamond dogs!)
I was skimming random pages on TVTropes, and I came across the "Friends Who Never Hang" page.
That got me thinking: Starlight only hangs out with Twilight (out of the core Mane Cast).
Brief lines and interactions imply that Starlight is close friends with the Mane 5 offscreen (or at least Fluttershy), but we never see it.
What would be good ideas for a:
Starlight x Pinkie episode
Starlight x Rarity episode
Starlight x Applejack episode
Starlight x Fluttershy episode
Starlight x Rainbow Dash episode
I'm afraid the time has come for me to leave the moderator team at /r/mylittlepony. It's been a long time coming, but because of personal reasons, I am going to step down.
Thank you all for making moderation of this subreddit easy and fun. It's been an honor to be part of it.
Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, I just won't be part of the mod team going forward.
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The title says it all! What's your favorite breed of horse and why? :)
In opposition to my last thread, what are some ships that you approve of and GET why people ship them? Whether they're rather popular; Rarijack, Rarilight, SombraShy/Twi/Ity. Or otherwise: Discord/Sombra, Smooze excetera?
Personally, lately, I'm sort of put off by fanart that has the Mane 6 (or other ponies) in the real world and treats them/has them behave like pets or children.
What about you? Any fanart pet peeves?
There are many ships in the harbor but every so often one will come across a popular ship that baffles you in regards to the characters involved. With this in mind what are the ships that you just don't get, and why do you feel that they might be popular?
That's right it's time for everyone's favorite game IS IT A FLUTTERSHY!? where we ask you to tell the difference between actual humanized Fluttershy and random pink haired anime girls.
Lucky contestant, come on doooown!
Note that some images have had their eye color changed, because you know red eyes would be kind of a giveaway.
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Ive never lost a horse before. Ive had him most of my life. 21 years, actually. He's 23 now. He's always looked great for his age, but the last year he's dropped weight. He keeps choking. His teeth are in good shape and he only eats very moist mash and is in pasture. He had another choke yesterday evening, and it was bad. He took one bite of grain and that was it. He started drooling, rolling, coughing, wretching. It didn't unblock easily, and a lot of debris was removed. His vet thinks he likely has megaesophagus, but without an endoscopy we can't know for sure. I don't know if I'll pursue one.... I don't know that it'll change what I do.
I don't know. I hate these decisions. Do I euthanize before he chokes again? Wait? Doc said no grass or hay. That's no way to live. He'll be depressed. He'll colic.
I hate this.
I don't know what to expect tomorrow. When I left him, he still looked rough. I waited for the sedation to wear off, and he had banamine and an antibiotic, but his respiratory effort concerned both his vet and myself.
Maybe he'll make the decision for me. I don't know if that'd make it easier for me. I don't want to lose my best friend.