Teh Brawler

Ahh, I see. I was curious, as CrashFalcon was the only other person who had said anything.

Interesting to note what made you look at it though. I remembered how the old Pokemon games would “animate” static images by flashing bitmap of Pokemon with their next evolution stages, and used that idea for the pixel art. So it kind of is a Pokemon evolution sequence, it just uses a rather overdone anthro Luna instead of say, Charmander.

Yes. Yes it is. A lovely and creepy Princess Balloona combination.
The artist who made the models (I just animated it) had a rather interesting explanation for it:

“Princess Luna blowing into her hoof to inflate herself into a huge amazon anthro in a big dress with huge fakeish breasts.”

Yyyyup. That about sums it up. I thought it was silly and deserved a little love. What made you notice it?

Well, in a word, the crap hit the fan. Everyone is mad it would appear.

Geez, the crap has really hit the fan over in the forums, eh?

Quite possibly. I really need to study though. lol.

This is where the name origin is from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistilteinn

So the other day I was literally a stone’s throw from Norman. I was in Tulsa the previous night trying to get back home and I took the wrong turnpike. Wound up in OKC instead of Gore. Had I not been trying to get back home to go to class, I might have just gone on down to Norman. lol.

Dogars is the Japanese word for Koffing. The song was originally “D-O-G-A-R-S, DOGARS,” but was changed to something that 1. fit musically and 2. fit the situation. Most children in North America wouldn’t appreciate hearing Dogars, although I was hoping that one of the NPC’s might explain that “Roxie’s band occasionally uses words from other languages in her songs. The one they’re performing now is the Japanese word for one of her favorite Pokémon” or something.

It also sounds like “DOH gas” or “DOG ass.” Perhaps the localization team wanted to avoid gas and one of the places from which it comes.

But it’s not coercion. Hisao didn’t force Hanako to do anything, she acted out of unrestricted free will based on her own motivations. Hisao didn’t extort anything or act to manipulate her will; they both saw it as the best action to have taken under the circumstances. I understand the complex and often very ambiguous nature of consent, but this isn’t the face of a rape victim. You can argue the legal semantics of it all you want, but that’s about as concrete an indicator as it gets.

And as for the next point, that’s again presupposing that Hanako feels there’s anything to forgive. It’s been a while since I’ve played through her path but as far as I remember it was very much a joint mistake. (I’d also like to point out that I think making the distinction between what can and can’t happen in the realm of fiction is far too deep a rabbit hole to get into.)

The VAs don’t concern me much, as I’m not really into the custom vids. The music is the same way: It’s not my kind of thing. I can understand the revulsion though. The voice is SO similar, but you can tell the differences and your brain is screaming out, “Something isn’t right about this!” Really takes away the joy from watching something.

You didn’t mention it, but I will say that I do enjoy some fics that are done. It’s enjoyable to read something that works with characters you enjoy in a world you like. If you don’t like the way things are going, you can just drop it and move on to something else (Some people can at least. I find it REALLY hard to stop reading something I’ve started, even if it changes in unpleasant ways.). They can be bad though. I hate the obsession with Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory. It’s just bad writing, and only popular because it’s popular. It’s the story equivalent of the Kardashians. There was a recent top story on FiMFiction about Pinkie Pie being raped by Trixie, Snips, and Snails. Why the fuck would you write that? Why is this popular? So yeah, some elements can be downright disturbing about the fandom.

If anyone were to ask why I was a brony though, I would tell them the reasons why I enjoy the show and fandom. If they brought up the stuff I dislike, I would just tell them I don’t have to like everything. It’s really up to the individual as to whether they associate with anything at all and why in the first place.

I’m sure there are quite a few people out there who are much like yourself, but less noticed (because they avoid the places where bronies tend to congregate). No one is required to like the fandom surrounding something they enjoy, and anyone who thinks they are… has serious problems. I love Doctor Who, and watch it when I can. I eagerly await new episodes, and occasionally buy merchandise. I don’t call myself a Whovian, though.

As far as your reasons for why you don’t like parts of the fandom, I share most of them. There are REALLY bad entitlement issues in the brony community – just looking at any Alicorn Twilight image over on Derpibooru will give credence to that. I’m not sure where people get the idea that it’s okay to foam at the mouth like that, but it’s annoying to say the least.
With the r34, I’ll go ahead and paraphrase what I said to Verbose when he asked about it: It’s hard to rustle my jimmies. The line of appropriate and inappropriate is blurred for me, and I look more at intent of something than material itself when I post. If I find that something is upsetting people in a bad way later on, I’ll remove it. Explicit stuff is an automatic no-no, as is foalcon.
Brony art can be REALLY bad, just look at Fluffybooru. I’ll leave it at that.
The merchandise the fandom produces can be pretty awful as well. I really don’t understand why people make/buy perler art, and not every Derpy plushie is adorable.

Metaphorical Antarctica? It was okay. Honestly, I’m much busier with school now than I was then, so I got fairly bored on a few occasions. I guess that sort of defeated the purpose, but whatever. After another week or so, I should be back to posting more frequently.

Also, I know I owe you a response to your message; that is forthcoming.

Thanks for being an editor for my article!

Eh, it’s gotten marginally better. The addition of Huntress and Deathstroke were neat to see, but it still retains that whole ‘dark, grim and gritty’ vibe. The plot and dialogue still feels like a bad soap-opera, with present episodes feeling like they’ve forgotten prior plot points just to make a particular thing happen.

I’m looking forward to the inclusion of Roy Harper, at least. That could give the show more of a superhero feel.

Why i keep confusing your thumbnail of your Ava on a forum post as if it was a terrible drawing of Homer Simpson?

:(

cuz its my job yo

You’re john in the family photo cause of this:

“My favorite characters are, in descending order, Terezi, Gamzee, Rufioh, and John.”

And I figured, nope not drawing Terezi or Gamzee, and especially not Rufioh. So
you’re John.

Actually I have no idea why I didn’t draw you as Gamzee or Rufioh, either would’ve been
fine.

Ooh. I’m sorry, I had assumed and idea of the background of the situation. I’ll PM you my explanation.

Sorry I didn’t follow you back sooner :(

Nice too meet you

A comic fan, huh? Do me a favor and check out Atop the Fourth Wall (AT4W for short) on ThatGuyWiththeGlasses.com- I think you’ll love it.

!!!! black and white cats are my favorite <3 give him a boop on the nose and a kiss from me!!!!!!

Shipping, sir. Low down & dirty shipping.

You sure have been posting a lot about Katawa Shoujo recently.

This is why we’re friends.

Op is a total faggot

The translation for the comic is good, as far as I can read. I don’t really know if “up yours” has the same meaning as “dans le cul” here, simply meaning “you’re screwed man, she is not single” but I guess it is so it’s all okay.
Edit: Fixed a slight mistake concerning the d25.jpg panel.