Does anyone have deaf kids or family members that know what the mane 6's name signs are?
I don't want the show to be over yet :(
So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (July 4th, 2019) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
This is the official place to discuss the 79th installment of IDW's ongoing My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic series. Spoilers within!
It's the anniversary of the founding of Ponyville—which means it's time for a celebration! With a surprise show in store for Mayor Mare, it's up to Twilight and Apple Bloom to keep the festivities a secret... but that might be hard in a town like Ponyville, where you never know who might show up!
Keep any and all discussion relating to said comic in this thread! Making link submissions (say, from screencaps) is okay, but be sure to mark them as a spoiler and state what issue it is in the title for the benefit of those who might be behind!
Additionally, keep any discussion on recent entries in the Nightmare Knights series to its own thread (or spoiler it, assuming it relates to this discussion somehow)
(Want to get into the comics? Get 'em via IDW, Amazon, or eBay for physical copies, and Comixology, iTunes, Amazon Kindle, or Yayponies for digital copies!)
Thanks to RainbowDashShellBash for compiling this information!
Hello everycreature may I welcome you to the 8th official Book Club Full Discussion for the Fimfiction Book Club! Today we will be giving our final impressions on the newly voted on book, so I hope y'all voted yesterday.
That said what is our officially chosen Fimfic to read for the Book Club? This week's story to read was "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs" by Ringcaat
So that said I am hoping to see how this turns out. On the day when the Fimfic for the Book Club is announced, like today for example, we shall read Chapter 1, or however many you feel makes a good first impression, and give our impression of the Fimfic in question in the comments below, and then the following week, we can discuss what we think of the story thus far and the week afterwards the story in whole. What we liked, what we disliked, what you would have changed, etcetera. This story should last us two weeks.
And if you really liked the story feel free to leave a comment to let the author's know. Trust me as a writer myself I know just how much that is appreciated.
So let's give our Final Impressions on "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs" by Ringcaat shall we?
So what did everyone think about this story? What do you like, what do you dislike, is there something you would have change, or is there something that you simply with to discuss in regards to the story thus far?
Also a link to the previous edition of the book club here, 8th Edition Cook Announcement - "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs" by Ringcaat. . . .
As always feel free to ask for a reminder whenever these threads go up. I am always happy to ping y'all if requested to do so.
Don't forget to vote in this week's Strawpoll The results shall be posted tomorrow as per usual. I'm still working on the "Unfinished" and "Famous" stories to pick from so I threw this one together on the fly. Hopefully something in there will interest y'all.
Also I REALLY need to make a format for these threads so that they are easier to read and edit on a week to week basis. I'll get to work on that I promise.
This is the thread for discussing anything pertaining to Fanfiction in general. Like your ideas, thoughts, what you're reading, etc. This differs from my Fanfic Recommendation Link-Swap Thread, as that focuses primarily on recommendations. Every week these two threads will be posted at alternate times.
Although, if you like, you can talk about fics you don't necessarily recommend but found entertaining.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
now that the final mid-season hiatus for this show is upon us, i'm curious: what do you guys think of the latest FiM special, Rainbow Roadtrip? let me know in the comments :)
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'don't ask if I'm ok': '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 nice to have. Even if you're allergic to using emotes yourself you'll miss a lot of extra context without it.
What some casual conversation with a sprinkling of ponies? Come over to this introductions thread and meet some people. Don't worry there's also a topic so it ain't just "hi!" "hi" awkward silence.
News
Regulars
Top Self Posts
The top 5 self posts, for your browsing content.
Highlights
(manually selected rather than just by score)
There are always things about the show I want to talk about, but I'd rather not always dedicate an entire full blown thread to it or it's never the right time to mention because no one would care. Maybe it's a thought that could be answered quickly enough to end discussion or something insignificant and stupid brewing in the back of your head for awhile! Anything you want to throw out to r/mylittlepony and say your piece!
Is there anything you've wanted to mention lately but never got around to it? Anything you want to speak up about for a bit? Any pony topic at all?
Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!
Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!
If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!
But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.
If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:
>!It has ponies!!<
And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread here!!!!!
Soooo. . . . in every society where money is to be made there will exist a undercurrent of organized and unorganized crime seeking to get some of their own share of the prize. The most successful and influential of these tend to be the organized crime groups in settings that make use of the disaffected, minorities, and poor as a power base and recruitment center.
Even in a place like Equestria we KNOW that there is organized Crime. It is simply a fact of life. We even have some proof of this in the show through the usage of Doctor Caballeron who Daring Do states often steals artifacts and relics to sell illegally and such things do not get sold on street corners nor advertised easily.
So all of that said how do y'all imagine Organized Crime in Equestria operates? Is it as violent as it often is in real life? Do you think they are mainly a BIG city thing? Are there codes of honor or respect in such organizations you think? What would be their purposes and hierarchies be like?
And how would the Princess Celestia, Luna, and other public officials see and react to the presence of such organizations in their towns or cities? Would they find them useful in keeping order on the street? What other things might they deal over on their Black Markets? Illegal potions? Illicit artifacts and items?
Return of Harmony
We've learned that friendship isn't always easy. But there's no doubt it's worth fighting for.
Twilight learns this lesson when reading some of the friendship letters she wrote in season one.
So what did Twilight, and the mane 6 overall, get out of their connections? What were their reasons for coming to one another throughout the first season?
There are many, of course. And I'm gonna look at, well, all of them. Every thing that any of the mane 6 are fighting for from their first season of being a group of six friends.
First up;
Safety in numbers:
Banding together in the Pilot episode, Dragonshy, Bridle Gossip and Swarm of the Century. This is the most basic and primal herd response of them all. A more specific extension being:
Looking out for one another:
It's the very initial moment that lit the spark of friendship in Twilight's eyes, when Applejack and the others re-united her while facing Nightmare moon. It's everyone looking out for Fluttershy in the third act of Feeling Pinkie Keen, Rainbow Dash in Sonic Rainboom and Rarity in Dog and Pony Show. And Pinkie making sure Twilight keeps a secret in Green Isn't Your Color.
Next, there's the more social, and emotional reasons like;
Someone to talk to/share experience with:
Pinkie Pie looking to share her problems with Twilight in Griffon The Brush Off, even if at that point Twilight didn't really listen. Or Twilight, AJ and Rarity playing games and enjoying company in Look Before You Sleep. Sharing new pets in Swarm of the Century, watching shooting stars in Owl's Well that End's Well, venting frustrations around the hot tub in Green Isn't Your Color and sharing disappointment in Best Night Ever.
Then there are the more specific inter-personal acts like;
Favors/gratitude (Usually lending skills/services/possessions or helping out with their work):
The first act of friendship from Twilight after being assigned to her studies is helping Applejack with the harvest in the beginning of Ticket Master. After that she's a score keeper in Fall Weather Friends, and helps with Winter Wrap-up and later in the season goes to Fluttershy's house in A Bird in the Hoof just to express gratitude then helps with Celestia's bird. Rarity may be the first to return Twilight's help by not only fixing her old dress in Suited For Success, but making dresses for everypony. It actually takes until Sonic Rainboom until we see the rest of the mane 6 helping Twilight in return, when they're helping to clean up her library. Fluttershy gives Rainbow Dash more one-on-one support in that episode, and helps Rarity in both Stare Master by babysitting and Green Isn't Your Color by doing the fashion shoot. The latter episode also sees Pinkie Pie famously looking out for her friends secrets.
We see Applejack helping everyone and them helping her in return in Applebuck Season, and Applejack lending apples, and a Harmonica, in Swarm of the Century. There's an interesting closeness between AJ and Twilight early on. AJ is the first to declare she's sticking by Twilight going into the Everfree forest, the one to yell the battle cry that let Twilight know they were coming when she was facing Nightmare Moon and, being the honest one, the first to admit to and acknowledge over-burdening Twilight at the end of Ticket Master.
This seems to be the thing by which the show defines friendship, it's how friendships are started, from Ember to Thorax.
The last real category is the one thing many people look to in order to find new friends and unite with others;
Common interest:
Pranking in Griffon The Brush Off, Applejack helping Rainbow Dash with a stunt in Applebuck Season (At least I assumed AJ thought it was cool too), and the two of them competing in Fall Weather Friends. The fashion show in Suited For Success, the gala in Best Night Ever, there's even the more idle common interest of the sleepover games at the end of Look Before You Sleep.
Even their common interest in the gala tickets in Ticket Master brought them together, if divisively.
Common interest comes up repeatedly, but a lot of the time just seems to put the mane 6 in the same vicinity as often as it creates bonding. In the show, it doesn't seem to be the pillar of bonding that many, including myself, have instinctively held it up to be.
In fact, a lot of times it can resemble another category of bringing ponies or people into the same area;
Happenstance/familiarity:
Them all running into each other in Ticket Master, gathering at Trixie's show in Boast Busters, caught in the rain together in Look Before You Sleep, etc. Feeling Pinkie Keen, Cutie Mark Chronicles and other episodes all have them kinda gathering together for either plot convenience, or just because they know each other (i.e. watching Trixie's show together instead of being in separate spots iudn the audience).
Finally, there is the Unexplained:. All of them going together in Over a Barrel, for example.
Lastly, I want to point out the episodes with dinners/picnics/parties: Ticket Master, Griffon the Brush Off, Bird in the Hoof, Party of One.
That said, as Twilight reads the letters and flashes back, many of the bonding moments take place after the conflict of the episode, obviously, since she's remembering the episode's conclusions. She's remembering sharing drinks at the end of Applebuck Season, walking back after Dog and Pony Show, sitting in the hot tub after Green Isn't Your Color and Bridle Gossip. A number of episodes would've ended in off-screen bonding like walking back from the mountain together after Dragonshy, tea with Fluttershy after Stare Master, or them all going to dinner at the end of Ticket Master.
Here's what there was friendship-wise between each member of the mane 6 and the rest of the ensemble by the end of season 1';
Twilight
Helping her in the pilot episode (and subsequent Equestria-threatening events)
They helped Twilight clean up the library in Sonic Rainboom
Rarity helped Twilight in Suited For Success
I actually don't recall much Twilight help in the first season other than those big moments. Twilight usually did most of the helping, from trying to set Applejack straight, to helping organize the festival in Swarm of the Century.
Fluttershy
Twilight was an ear to her in Green Isn't your Color
Rarity has spa dates with her
Twilight stopped by her cottage in Bird in the Hoof to show gratitude to her and helped with the bird situation
Pinkie made her sure Twilight kept her secret in Green Isn't Your Color
Rainbow Dash
Other's gave her moral support in Sonic Rainboom
AJ plays sports with her
AJ was supposed to help her with a stunt (but was exhausted)
Pinkie plays pranks with her
Pinkie Pie
RD plays pranks with her
AJ was to help her bake (but was exhausted)
AJ lent Pinkie apples and a harmonica in Swarm of the Century
Rarity
Fluttershy helped her in Stare Master
Twilight and Pinkie helped with the photo shoot in Green Isn't Your Color
Fluttershy helped her in Green Isn't Your Color
Twi had a sleepover with her and AJ
They all came to try to rescue her from Diamond Dogs
Pinkie made sure Twilight kept her secret in Green Isn't Your Color
Applejack
Twilight helps Applejack in the beginning of Ticket Master and they all help her out at the end of Applebuck Season
Twilight offers shelter and a sleepover and she and Rarity have fun together in Look Before You Sleep.
Rainbow Dash plays sports and practices stunts with her
They also all come together to save each other's flanks and save Equestria together, making them more like a "band of brothers" in the army than acquaintances.
Last week, /u/TheKnackerman suggested I make these write-ups more open ended . . . and I'm not sure how to do that.
. . . uh . . .
. . . Discuss?
