April General Discussion: As seen in entertainment!

here a forum about pony (General Pony Talk)

Moderators: Perrydotto, Dexanth, Venusy, Wayoshi

Re: April General Discussion: As seen in entertainment!

Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:53 pm

Yea. People that say they like Fluttershy because she's "MOE" really wrinkle my Sprinkles!

And I agree, obviously some fans just can't handle strong independent women like AJ & Rarity. They're just too Fabulous for them to handle!!! :twasnothin: :vogue:
Image
Sunset Shimmer is BEST Hu-Mane!!
SoundMonkey44
User avatar
Ain't Got No Sense, No Sense At All.
Joined: Feb 04, 2013
Location: The South West
Gender: Male

Postby Dal (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:40 pm

Tailspin wrote:
I've read one explenation that some of the Applejack hate might come from that as well. She's a emotionally and physically strong character who tends to take charge of the situation. She rarely needs anyone's protection or help. I think the same type of people might just find her as threatining as Rarity.

And don't feel bad Fizzbuzz. Fluttershy is a great character like every other of the ponies, it's fine to be a fan. :yay:



Those are the same people who probably wear fedoras. :gonkity:
Undecided wrote:Every time you write a story I can't help but sigh, because I know I'm gong to lose another man card.
Image
Dal
User avatar
Praise the Sun
Celestia's Champions
Joined: Aug 08, 2011
Gender: Male

Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:52 pm

Dal wrote:

Those are the same people who probably wear fedoras. :gonkity:


:v: Wouldn't fedora wearers love the hat pony?
The Doctor
User avatar
Turner of all things timey wimey
Celestia's Champions
Joined: May 05, 2011
Location: Time & Space
Gender: Male

Postby Space Ghost (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:56 pm

The Doctor wrote:
:v: Wouldn't fedora wearers love the hat pony?


No, because unlike them, she can rock a hat. :clint:
Space Ghost
Applejack Aces
Joined: Mar 28, 2011

Postby Wonkadoo (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:12 pm

Okay, people.

Please stop making up bad motives and ascribing them to people who hold opinions you disfavor. It may allow you to dismiss said opinions more easily, but it destroys your ability to deal rationally with actual people who hold those opinions.

It would be nice if you could stop ascribing bad couture to them as well.

Yes, I know it's hard. No, I don't always do it myself. It's still important.
Wonkadoo
User avatar
There are these ponies.
And they do stuff ponies
don't normally do.
And they all make this face:
:thatsright: :dreamworks:
Joined: Mar 02, 2012
Gender: Male

Postby Tears (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:36 pm

Perrydotto wrote:Yeah, a lot is the cute "waifu" vibe that people find appealing. Fluttershy is not a threatening character - She's agreeable, welcoming and eager to support others in their endeavours. Rarity, on the other hand, is an independent business runner with a strong will and a clear idea of what she wants and how to get there. People raised with bad views on women and their roles will find that threatening. Fluttershy, at a cursory glance, is someone who is submissive and in need of protecction; at the same glance, Rarity is strong and only gets help because she herself decides to want and get it, not because she inherently needs it.

Definitely don't let that ruin your enjoyment of the character though. I know that's easier said than done, but I think as long as you aren't so narrowminded to think that Fluttershy is a submissive moe-blob waifu (which the show blatantly shows she isn't, but you know, viewers can be selective in what they accept as "true") you are fine. Fluttershy as actually portrayed on the show is a shy, calm personality who foregoes her own desires to help others, but she can also defend herself and she has clear boundaries. She doesn't take kindly to abuse of her friendship at all, and she even stands up for that in front of a chaos god. Those are all impressive and wellrounded traits, and they DEFINITELY show that Fluttershy is anything but a helpless waifu. You have every bit of a reason to be a fan of hers, independently of idiots who just project their terrible views on women on her.


That's a great analysis :allears:

Wonkadoo wrote:Okay, people.

Please stop making up bad motives and ascribing them to people who hold opinions you disfavor. It may allow you to dismiss said opinions more easily, but it destroys your ability to deal rationally with actual people who hold those opinions.

It would be nice if you could stop ascribing bad couture to them as well.

Yes, I know it's hard. No, I don't always do it myself. It's still important.


This is a fair point too, and I'm not ascribing this to everyone who doesn't like Rarity by any means, but I have had conversations with people who either disliked Rarity in the past or still dislike her because she reminded them of the popular girls in school.

Which is obviously down to issues with or resentments towards women they haven't worked through, but it's true that Rarity must have been super-popular in school. She's gregarious, confident and outgoing, and she's obsessed with the most stereotypically "girly" things - fashion, spa treatments, pretty, dainty things. And people can be kneejerk towards that stuff. But the show portrays her as a deeply kind, good-hearted person, which I guess indicates to some people that the popular, fashionable girls they were intimidated by in school might also have been deeply nice people?

But like you said, people can dislike a character for all sorts of reasons (in fact Twilight seems to get the most hate these days). But I think Rarity is the crowning achievement of the show and is emblematic of everything great about it. She was forced onto the show because Hasbro wanted a fashion character, Lauren never wanted a Rarity. And she turned out to this giddy ham, a deeply flawed, complicated, human character whose good spirit and intense kindness vies with her prissiness and ambition and everything else.

That's what I mean by her being emblematic, really. You could take Rarity, explain what she's like compared to what you'd expect that character to be going by the stereotypes of fashionable popular people in tv and movies and then laying out what she's actually like, and finish that with "...and that's pretty much how the rest of the show works", and it would give people an idea of why so many people are gushy about a kid's show designed to sell plastic toys.

It's not about her being the best character (YMMV obviously) but she represents a lot about the reality of FiM versus how you'd perceive the show if you hadn't seen it.
Image
Tears
User avatar
An appalling piece of pimpwork or a thoroughly botched token of sincerity
Joined: Apr 06, 2013
Gender: Male

Postby Perrydotto (?) » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:41 pm

Well said, Tears, well said. I was going to say something, but nope, you already did that excellently. :golfclop:
Image /// Image /// Image
Perrydotto
User avatar
Agents of Chaos
Joined: Jun 14, 2012
Location: The final frontier
Gender: Female

Postby WandereringPony (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:14 am

Lapis Infinitas wrote:Guys, I know there's a subforum, but I finally got drunk enough to watch Equestria Girls. I am of the opinion that it is actually kind of good. I feel like I have crossed a terrible boundary. I'm gone, guys. All is horse. :-I


Now go watch the parody that just came out. It's like a palate cleasner.
WandereringPony
Joined: Mar 23, 2013
Gender: Male

Postby Frith (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:16 am

Tears wrote:
But I think Rarity is the crowning achievement of the show and is emblematic of everything great about it.

This sentence is so true and your whole post was really good, Tears.

Bravo :golfclop:
Last edited by Frith on Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
Frith
User avatar
Princesses of Soul
Joined: Jun 21, 2012
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Gender: Male

Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:20 am

Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:
Weird Autumn
User avatar
That's a funny trick to play on God.
Faithful Students
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Location: Philadelphia
Gender: Female

Postby Mr. Big (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:30 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:

And then Hank Hill proceeds to kick Opposing Farce in the ass. :sbahj:
Mr. Big
User avatar
Cats are all you need
Scootaloo's Pro Scooters
Joined: Mar 27, 2011
Location: TN
Gender: Male

Postby Bumble-B (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:53 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:


You must be the one in charge of the Happy Meals campaign, huh?
Image
:squintyjack:

It ain't easy being underrepresented :angry:
Bumble-B
User avatar
Buzz Buzz...
Applejack Aces
Joined: Jul 14, 2012
Gender: Male

Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:23 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:

Applejack hardly seems like the Texan sort. I really think she's more the type to be from around Tennessee or Kentucky. Trust me, I've got a feeling for the South.
Image
Fizzbuzz
User avatar
Stare Masters
Joined: Mar 02, 2013
Location: TN
Gender: Male

Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:26 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Applejack hardly seems like the Texan sort. I really think she's more the type to be from around Tennessee or Kentucky. Trust me, I've got a feeling for the South.

They're all Texas to me.
Weird Autumn
User avatar
That's a funny trick to play on God.
Faithful Students
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Location: Philadelphia
Gender: Female

Postby Kitsune (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:26 am

I was gonna make a Spongebob joke but the Internet ruined that by not giving me good pictures.

I don't particularly care about Texas, but I do care about Applejack and Spongebob jokes.
Kitsune
User avatar
8-bit 9-tails
Rainbow Racers
Joined: Jan 26, 2013
Location: Texas
Gender: Female
Pronoun: She

Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:31 am

@Opposing: your just jealous cause she has a better hat then you. :hatte:

@Fizz:..Yeah AJ in comparison to the real world is probably from Tennessee. I see her as a more moderate/liberal southerner.

But on a more relevant topic.... Apperantly there's a Russian article out on the Internet from Hasbro about the future of pony.... But it may just be about the shows future distribution over there...or something dunno...I hear people mentioning it saying something about 3 more EQG movies & 4 more seasons of pony, but that could just mean all the existing seasons of FIM and all the EQG movies (guess there will be a third one). Will be distributed in Russia. :pinkieshrug:
Image
Sunset Shimmer is BEST Hu-Mane!!
SoundMonkey44
User avatar
Ain't Got No Sense, No Sense At All.
Joined: Feb 04, 2013
Location: The South West
Gender: Male

Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:41 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:


:squintyjack: Not sure if reference to Ghost Radio Graffiti or not...
ShieldedDiamond
User avatar
Rarity's Roughnecks
Joined: Dec 13, 2013

Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:44 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Applejack hardly seems like the Texan sort. I really think she's more the type to be from around Tennessee or Kentucky. Trust me, I've got a feeling for the South.


Applejack is super Kentucky to me, as a fellow southern connoisseur.
ImageImageImageImage
3DS code: 4811-8169-5683
die Fledermaus
User avatar
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, crashing through your door.
Diamond Dusters
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Gender: Male

Postby Wylie (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:07 am

Opposing Farce wrote:They're all Texas to me.


Oh hey let me tell you about this one time I went to Philadelphia and almost got killed in a race riot

Yes, that was a thing that happened to me. It's a long irrelevant story.


In closing, fuck Philadelphia

Love, Wylie :flirt:

(Actually, I do kind of hear mostly Texas in AJ's accent. Kentucky accents are more, um, nasal, I guess is the word? If I had to place AJ's accent in a state, it'd be rural East Texas.)
ImageImage :fancyhat:
Wylie
User avatar
Rarity's Roughnecks
Joined: Jun 08, 2011
Gender: Male

Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:22 am

Wylie wrote:In closing, fuck Philadelphia

The violence and general grime give it character. :vogue:
Weird Autumn
User avatar
That's a funny trick to play on God.
Faithful Students
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Location: Philadelphia
Gender: Female

Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:00 am

Wylie wrote:In closing, fuck Philadelphia


Image
Headless Horse
User avatar
The yoke is strictly ornamental
Faithful Students
Joined: May 23, 2011

Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:14 am

Foxfyre wrote:I was gonna make a Spongebob joke but the Internet ruined that by not giving me good pictures.

I don't particularly care about Texas, but I do care about Applejack and Spongebob jokes.


Well, there's always this video:

:plonk: Image :)
ROBOT B9
User avatar
Round and round and round she goes, where she'll stop, nobody knows :pinkietoot:
Semper Pie
Joined: Mar 27, 2012
Location: Albir, Spain
Gender: Male

Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:27 am

The still of the video is kind of funny. :gotcha:
ShieldedDiamond
User avatar
Rarity's Roughnecks
Joined: Dec 13, 2013

Postby Frosthawk (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:47 am

Opposing Farce wrote:They're all Texas to me.


Texas has a way different culture than the deep south, yo. For example, I'm from Texas and I'm cool as heck.
ImageImageImage
ImageImageImageImage
Frosthawk
User avatar
ABOUT ME:
1.) Gay
2.) Sullen Pizza Addict
3.) Gay Sullen Pizza Addict
Maud Squad
Joined: Jul 14, 2011
Location: Who can even keep track nowadays
Gender: Male

Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:28 am

The Deep South has Donks, what has Texas got? :rainbert:
Image
Last edited by Just Scuds on Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
Just Scuds
User avatar
:twiright: Yup, that was my idea.
You're welcome.
Fashion Queens
Joined: Feb 14, 2011

Postby Ragnar (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:31 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Just for the record, I hate Applejack because Fuck Texas :twiright:

Coming into this thread with this having just been posted is like turning on the basketball channel just as someone dunks it.

Frosthawk wrote:
Texas has a way different culture than the deep south, yo. For example, I'm from Texas and I'm cool as heck.

You are the only thing from Texas that isn't twice the size it needs to be. :rainbert:
Image

Aramek wrote: :eyebrow: Hmmf, Ragnar the Red indeed.
Ragnar
User avatar
Rarity's Roughnecks
Joined: Feb 14, 2011
Location: large gutter
Gender: Male

Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:14 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:The Deep South has Donks, what has Texas got? :rainbert:
Image

We have swangas

Image
Image I'd never flown like that before! The freedom was unlike anything I'd ever felt! The speed, the adrenaline, the wind in my mane! I liked it... a lot.
Rainbow Crash
User avatar
Rainbow Racers
Joined: May 23, 2011

Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:33 pm

Wow...those look like something out of a 50s Sci Fi movie. And you put them on your cars?

They actually look pretty neat.
:plonk: Image :)
ROBOT B9
User avatar
Round and round and round she goes, where she'll stop, nobody knows :pinkietoot:
Semper Pie
Joined: Mar 27, 2012
Location: Albir, Spain
Gender: Male

Postby Space Ghost (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:40 pm

Reminds me of those spikes that you can mount on your car in Saints Row 3, for blowing tires and taking down pedestrians :amazing:
Space Ghost
Applejack Aces
Joined: Mar 28, 2011

Postby acksed (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:01 pm

Mr. Big wrote:Something I've been working on for years, a credits guide for MLP. Here's what I have so far on episode-by-episode basis.

Credits for whole series is here.

Few things of note:

Meghan McCarthy has written, or co-written, the most episodes, with 18. She is also the only writer to work on all four seasons of the show.

Dave Polsky, Charlotte Fullerton, and Amy Keating Rogers all returned after being absent for a season.

As the show gets older, fewer and fewer season 1 writers are sticking around. For season 4, the only writers involved since the beginning were McCarthy, Polsky, and Rogers. And also Fullerton, but she only did one (and it was shared with two other writers), so she barely counts.


This is some sterling work. :party:
:rainbert: "Rarity, you look ridiculous."
:vogue: "I'm going to ignore that comment out of a desire to help you."
acksed
User avatar
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm reallyreallyreally mad
Joined: Nov 25, 2013
Gender: Male

Postby Kitsune (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:33 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:
Well, there's always this video:



I can't believe no one told me this existed. Now that I know about it, my life has meaning again.
Kitsune
User avatar
8-bit 9-tails
Rainbow Racers
Joined: Jan 26, 2013
Location: Texas
Gender: Female
Pronoun: She

Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:38 pm

A part of me really hopes the person who made that does a full Spongebob episode like that. Rainbow Dash as Patrick is just too perfect.
:plonk: Image :)
ROBOT B9
User avatar
Round and round and round she goes, where she'll stop, nobody knows :pinkietoot:
Semper Pie
Joined: Mar 27, 2012
Location: Albir, Spain
Gender: Male

Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:45 pm

Ah the feeling of loving a character hated at large by a fandom, and eventually giving up any effort to defend said character, and instead enjoying that character in perpetual solitude......

......... :allright:.....................


:allright:

I have no idea how that feels at all........


:allright:

Nope
"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
DerFurShur
User avatar
Joined: Nov 01, 2013
Location: Tennessee, US

Postby blasmeister (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:54 pm

But what has twist got to do with any of this?









(For real though I don't think cadance is as unpopular as you think)
Image
ImageImageImageImage
blasmeister
User avatar
(heavy breathing)
Semper Pie
Joined: Sep 15, 2011
Gender: Male

Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:59 pm

Cadance's pre-Canterlot Wedding reaction was something I don't think I'd ever seen before.........it got a little better afterwards.

In fact "it got a little better afterwards" pretty much summarizes the Ballad of Cadance, as with each subsequent appearance, a little less people hate her and the world gets just a little bit brighter.
"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
DerFurShur
User avatar
Joined: Nov 01, 2013
Location: Tennessee, US

Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:04 pm

From what I understand of the circumstances of her introduction, they were not exactly auspicious ones. Didn't she and Shining Armor first pop up in advertising for the finale, with no hint as to their purpose in the story? Back then Celestia and Luna, the immortal sun/moon god-queens of Equestria, were the only two alicorns to exist, and then suddenly here's this weird pink one out of nowhere. I can understand why people would be upset over that.
Image
Fizzbuzz
User avatar
Stare Masters
Joined: Mar 02, 2013
Location: TN
Gender: Male

Postby Skipper (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:06 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Ah the feeling of loving a character hated at large by a fandom, and eventually giving up any effort to defend said character, and instead enjoying that character in perpetual solitude......

......... :allright:.....................


:allright:

I have no idea how that feels at all........


:allright:

Nope

I think Cadance is pretty cool and doesn't get enough love, hth.
Skipper
Rainbow Racers
Joined: Oct 16, 2013

Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:09 pm

I like Cadance as well and I kinda hope she'll appear in more episodes as they could do a lot with them.
:plonk: Image :)
ROBOT B9
User avatar
Round and round and round she goes, where she'll stop, nobody knows :pinkietoot:
Semper Pie
Joined: Mar 27, 2012
Location: Albir, Spain
Gender: Male

Postby Throbulator (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:09 pm

Cadance is cool, why would anyone dislike her? :allright:
Image
Willsun was kicked by Willsun (THROB'S REPORT CARD: Biology (B-), Chemistry (C+), Geometry (B), PONIOLOGY (A+++))
Grilox wrote:"Yes Grilox would have an avatar of the worst scene in ponies of course" - Throbulator, 2012
Throbulator
User avatar
YOU CAN'T GROW AS A PERSON IF YOU THINK YOU'RE A HORSE! I AM TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I CARE!
Honorary Wonderbolts
Joined: May 18, 2011
Location: Denmark

Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:18 pm

Because people are insane....................................yep I'm sticking to that.
"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
DerFurShur
User avatar
Joined: Nov 01, 2013
Location: Tennessee, US

Previous Next

Return to Ponies

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests