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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:09 am

Headless Horse wrote:Like Cadance :smirk:

Precisely. If not for Cadance, who would cast disinfectant spells and fight sandworms?
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:14 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Precisely. If not for Cadance, who would cast disinfectant spells and fight sandworms?


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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:26 am

Priness is more of an authoritative guardian of the realm position rather then a noble birth title. You have to reach a level of ascension to acquire it. :wingsright:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:31 am

Those remixes are really nice. Thanks for digging those up! :)
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:50 am

I'll have to wait til I get home to watch them. They seem good.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:13 am

ROBOT B9 wrote:Those remixes are really nice. Thanks for digging those up! :)


No worries, always happy to share that stuff with the community :)

On a less nice note, has anyone else just heard about this Ted Anderson thing? To simplify the story as much as possible (as I understand it):

1) Ted Anderson, a writer for the MLP comics at IDW writes the OC of an (apparently) controversial community member into one of his issues as a background character
2) Ted and/or the community member herself mention this online, and the /mlp/ board at 4chan start digging up dirt on her, revealing some anti-community/anti-brony and social justice type material
3) Some fans get upset about this and start mass-messaging Ted on twitter and writing letters of complaint to IDW
4) Now there's an email floating around with some suggestion of Ted being let go from his gig with IDW as a result

If this is really how things went down, it'd be really disappointing. You don't get someone fired over something as insignificant as this.

More detailed coverage here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/09/mlp-comic-writer-ted-anderson-possibly.html#more
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:34 am

Yeah...there was a pretty big discussion about it in the feminism thread.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:45 am

ROBOT B9 wrote:Yeah...there was a pretty big discussion about it in the feminism thread.


Ah, I'll leave it be in that case.
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:52 am

ROBOT B9 wrote:Those remixes are really nice. Thanks for digging those up! :)


Yes, thank you. :party:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:25 am

I can see why people are upset about that comic. Out of all the OC that he could have used, like fluffle puff, they chose someone who hates the fans? Why?
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:55 am

Passport Clean wrote:
Yes, thank you. :party:


My pleasure!

Sobana wrote:I can see why people are upset about that comic. Out of all the OC that he could have used, like fluffle puff, they chose someone who hates the fans? Why?


This is the bit I don't get though; why should I care that this person I've never met doesn't like a group that I belong to? In fact, why should I care that her OC got a cameo in the comic? Maybe she's friends with the writer? Maybe it was completely at random? It really isn't any of my business. It's a tiny drawing in one issue of one comic. I'd never have even known it was a reference to anything if I hadn't read about it on EQD.

If we start seeing pony Hitler or pony Kim Jong Un sneaking into the background of the comics, then I think some complaints might be justified. In this case it seems like a huge, ugly fuss over something very, very small.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:00 pm

Which of the 2 references are you talking about, and why do you think they hate the fans? :rariwhat:
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:25 pm

PaulloDEC wrote:In this case it seems like a huge, ugly fuss over something very, very small.

Welcome to the Internet. :v:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:40 pm

ilcane87 wrote:Welcome to the Internet. :v:


Mmm. You'd think I'd stop being surprised after a while, but nope, gets me every time :facehoof:
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Postby Discord (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:45 pm

Sobana wrote:I can see why people are upset about that comic. Out of all the OC that he could have used, like fluffle puff, they chose someone who hates the fans? Why?


If you want to know more about the issue, read the feminism thread. It has both Cuteosphere and Teddy Anderson talking, and arguments from both sides. It starts on page 158.
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Postby InsertAuthorHere (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:02 pm

Discord wrote:
If you want to know more about the issue, read the feminism thread. It has both Cuteosphere and Teddy Anderson talking, and arguments from both sides. It starts on page 158.


A bit more along the lines of, "Both sides but one side is overwhelmingly dominant and controls the conversation."

That aside, this whole thing is stupid. Every side in this debacle (Teddy, the people demanding his removal, the people defending him and Cuteosphere, etc.) is guilty of exacerbating the situation in some way. I don't want Anderson to be fired, especially after how great the Annual was, but what he did was still unprofessional.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:16 pm

Let me repeat something I just posted earlier:
Fizzbuzz wrote:long story short: so far there's nothing confirming this other than email screenshots taken by a few people on 4chan.

I can't believe that Equestria Daily is reporting this without actually getting confirmation on the story. :-/
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:22 pm

So...the firing might all be a big hoax? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:35 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:So...the firing might all be a big hoax? :pinkieshrug:

I'm not believing it unless I hear it from Bobby Curnow or Ted Anderson himself.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:44 pm

Discord wrote:
If you want to know more about the issue, read the feminism thread. It has both Cuteosphere and Teddy Anderson talking, and arguments from both sides. It starts on page 158.

I am determined to find that thread now. :ponynet:
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Postby Kitsune (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:46 pm

As far as I know, the emails about Ted's firing were first shown on a pony news site that was already highly inflammatory and heavily slanted in favor of bronies and against those who would criticize them (polite speak for 'the news site reporting on this is full of misogynist, self-absorbed nerds'). Unless Ted confirms, the emails were likely fabricated for the sake of creating conflict and further demonizing feminists (polite speak for 'one of the emails called Cuteosphere a member of a 'hate group' and hahahaha wow that is ridiculous').

For real though, from what I've seen, some of the big pony news sites act like man-hating is 1) the only thing Cuteosphere has ever done and 2) literally the worst thing in the world, so I wouldn't trust any of them.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:54 pm

Sobana wrote:I am determined to find that thread now. :ponynet:


Be aware of what you're getting into, friend. I've been scanning through it for the last 20 minutes or so, and it's wall-to-wall crazy. (The IDW thread that is, not the feminism thread here!)

Foxfyre wrote:As far as I know, the emails about Ted's firing were first shown on a pony news site that was already highly inflammatory and heavily slanted in favor of bronies and against those who would criticize them (polite speak for 'the news site reporting on this is full of misogynist, self-absorbed nerds'). Unless Ted confirms, the emails were likely fabricated for the sake of creating conflict and further demonizing feminists (polite speak for 'one of the emails called Cuteosphere a member of a 'hate group' and hahahaha wow that is ridiculous').

For real though, from what I've seen, some of the big pony news sites act like man-hating is 1) the only thing Cuteosphere has ever done and 2) literally the worst thing in the world, so I wouldn't trust any of them.


Fingers crossed it all works out for the best.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:03 pm

So anyway, yeah, I'll wait until an official confirmation before jumping the gun that he was fired.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:50 pm

I thought this was interesting...fans being asked what other hooved species they'd like to see in Pony.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/09/what-other-hooved-race-do-you-want-to.html

I wouldn't mind seeing yaks and having Lee Tockar reprise his Yakkity voice for one. :allears:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:53 pm

Giraffes are on my shortlist for that, just to imagine how they live. :allears:
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Postby QuillNSofa (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:31 pm

I ponder if there are really hippogryphs or not, hey they are hooved creatures afterall.

But I would also ponder the mythos if there were/are Quagga in the Equestian universe.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:59 pm

QuillNSofa wrote:I ponder if there are really hippogryphs or not, hey they are hooved creatures afterall.

Mules (IRL the child of a horse and a donkey, though I guess Equestrian mules could be different) exist, so I suppose a pony and a griffon could have a similar hybridized child.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:01 am

I would like to see Giraffes, more Zebra, a Moose.
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Postby QuillNSofa (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:02 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Mules (IRL the child of a horse and a donkey, though I guess Equestrian mules could be different) exist, so I suppose a pony and a griffon could have a similar hybridized child.


It would also depend on how loose they play with genetics
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:13 am

QuillNSofa wrote:
It would also depend on how loose they play with genetics



There was a pony in the Celestia Micro that had long Donky Ears. So, yeah....
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:25 am

Was the character's name Bottom by any chance?
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:24 pm

It suddenly occurred to me that I, at this fine pony site, never had gushed over Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant, which can, from time to time, be pony-related:

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It is The Best Thing. (It led to a slight pause when I met Katie Cook at Big Apple Ponycon 2013. During our conversation, she mentioned that her (excellent) web comic had won second place in some Canadian competition. I was just about to express my commiseration when she added that Kate Beaton had won. Well, no shame in second place, either, and certainly not to Beaton).

(For the record, I do not believe that is anyone’s OC).
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:31 pm

I wouldn't call it pony-related other than that it sometimes features that fat pony, which really isn't an MLP pony. All her comics are great, though.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:41 pm

That comic looks hilarious and had me giggling for a few minutes.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:41 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I wouldn't call it pony-related other than that it sometimes features that fat pony, which really isn't an MLP pony.


Leaked G5 design? :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:57 pm

Nah, My Wide Pony doesn't have the same ring to it. :v:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:05 pm

I think looking at this when I'm down could always cheer me up.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:06 pm

That must be in the show at some point. I don't care how long it takes, it must happen. :allears:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:08 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:

Twilight bacame one through studying thoug which is more like a kid growing up to become a great leader because of their skill/knowledge. Abit different then the Fairy Tail Princess cliche.


But why did a show about Friendship need the whole Princess thing? It's things like this that I feel are deviating from what S1 was, going from friendship lessons and development, to I don't know where things have gone now.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:13 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:
But why did a show about Friendship need the whole Princess thing? It's things like this that I feel are deviating from what S1 was, going from friendship lessons and development, to I don't know where things mhave gone now.



It needed them, the same reason Transformers needs bigger badder bots, to sell toys. :v:

Again, not saying it's perfect, but I think the show staff have handled it very well. In terms of comparing pony to another show its like s1&2 are Dragon Ball & 3-5 are DBZ. Neither better or worse then the other, just different tones. All Seaons have had their pros & cons, I loved season 4 cause it gave us some great AJ & Rarity eps and fun new characters like Maud, Coco, Cheese Sandwhich etc. But I understand why some prefere S1-2 more.
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