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Hey guys, I'm back! What have I missed?
>Reads through posts
>Verbose is Freud
Have we ponified Sigmund yet?

In other news I've come to the conclusion Chrysalis is best pony. Her bizarre mind control powers seem to extend past the 4th wall…

This page shall now be dedicated to Mass Effect ponies.

Taste the rainbow, motherfucker.

Y'know… I could see Wrex, Zaeed, Grunt, Garrus, Shepard, Thane, and Joker being bronies. Joker IS a brony, and Shepard might be one.

Yay for Mass Effect page~

Creepy pony husk is creepy…

Did I hear Mass Effect page?

But what topic were we on again? Oh yeah, favorite song. If I had to pick a favorite song from season 2 it would have to be This Day Aria. It reminded me of all of the good disney movie villain songs that I love oh so much.

[edit] Did you know that they used a deceptive cadence when Chrysalis was singing, and a real cadence when Princess Cadence was singing?

Eeenope, the "deceptive cadence" was in "BBBFF", not "This Day Aria".

Alright, I've got a few things to say…
@Yesterday's discussion regarding my emotions
I may have been a little too defensive, and also, my reaction was in fact, overthought. So I'll try to not discuss these things here… otherwise I'll get rustled for no reason.
Just don't press me.
@Windigo
I do have to agree with your choice of best pony… for reasons I have made clear.
@Verbose
Entertaining game, but what the f&%^ did I just play?
@Lunar Dawn readers
I regret (don't worry, its not cancelled) to announce that due to pressing matters, part 2 will come out later than expected, and parts 3 & 4 may not come out for a while. However, I will try to get them done ASAP.

Pic somewhat (but not very) related:

"part two will come out later than expected"

Time to go cry in a corner.

NEW TOPIC?!

Favorite fanfic ever? Doesn't have to be shipping related, just in general.

(And Pinkie Pie).

@Joe: If I had to pick a favorite fanfic it would have to be either My Little Dashie or The Slender Mane. I can't really decide. I'm a really big fan of Grim Dark-Horror fics, but I also enjoyed MLD so much. If I had to pick I would go with The Slender Mane. Mainly because I enjoy Grim Dark stuff better than sad stuff. Don't get me wrong, MLD is a great fic, I enjoyed it a whole lot. It also made me cry for like an hour straight. But I also have a gigantic obsession with the Slender Man. I have no clue why. He's just freaking awesome. Another reason why I might enjoy it better than MLD is because I enjoy creepypasta. I basically like all things creepy and scary. It also had a really good story line too. But it's a really tough decision between those two for me.

@Topic about favorite song:

Smile Smile Smile or BBBFF.

Both made me shed a single tear. It was awesome.

@Joe:

Favorite fanfic?

My Little Dashie, Dreaming with Ponies, Simply Rarity, or Yours Truly.

Oh, wait, disregard all of that.

This is the best fanfic ever.

Edit: Holy shit, I just realized how much I like sad fics. Da fuq is wrong with me?

@favorite song

Mine is "This Day Aria", but that's obvious. My second favorite would be BBBFF. If you don't want one from the finale, it would be the cider squeezy. Smile was great, but I guess Cider Squeezy 6000 or whatever had special appeal to me because I've seen The Music Man.

@favorite fics

My favorite ever is Eternal. I would also recommend Simply Rarity (Explosives posted it above). Past Sins is another pretty good one, but it drags a bit on a certain (spoiler-filled) part. And if you don't mind crossovers/slight grimdark, I would recommend Harmony. I have many more, but this is all I can think of at the moment. I can PM you with more sometime if you want.

Explosives wrote:

Holy shit, I just realized how much I like sad fics. Da fuq is wrong with me?

That's probably my fault, they're my favorites too. I did start that sadfic thread.

In other news:

@Fridge
I prefer M&M's over Skittles, thank you. And I find it a bit…offensive that people keep drawing what the show said happened over what I hope will happen when I get out this summer. Only a few more months and the thousand-year ban is lifted and I can go home. But, seeing as they'll take it as me trying to cause eternal night again, I'll probably get blasted by them without getting the chance to extend an apologetic hoofshake. Ponies, y u have to jump to conclusions and blast me on sight…..

Heh. 3-mare moon.

He probably got SO MUCH sex for that.

Money very well spent…

*cue music* (this music)

I'm gonna go all sappy on you guys again.
I cannot express how much I love this community and you guys. I was once a cynical asshole of a man. I used to hate everything and everyone, except my small circle of friends and family. I used to be an intolerant jerk. I used to be so depressed, thinking that I had nothing to look forward to in my life. But this show, this community, and you guys have made me a different person all together. I truly want to thank all of you, this community, Studio B, Lauren Faust, The Hub, and any other people that were involved in the making of this. You have changed my life, and I want to thank you. I truly don't know where I would be without this fandom. I love you guys, this community, and everything else about it. I was also a little suicidal before I found this show. I want to thank you guys for saving my life, or else I wouldn't be here as of right now. I'm crying while I'm writing this, and I hardly ever do it. I just love you guys so much.
Friendship truly is magic.

@Zar:

I think I can safely say that we're all glad to have found the fandom. Countless people have been effected by the show and brony community itself. It's part of having friends.

While it's not a traditional friendship, considering we interact over the internet and usually never physically encounter each other, we're all still friends, and we can continue to find friends. It shows how one thing can spark a lot of changes in human life and opinion.

Now,

@Zarathh

@Lasers, Connor, and everyone else:

(removes helmet)

I know that feel. Completely; same situation.
We're not so different, you and I.
(offers brofist)
don't leave me hanging…

It truly is a wonder fandom indeed, which I am proud to take a part in, in my own way. I may not have had depression or thoughts of suicide but I have learned a good amount about being tolerant and appreciating others.

@Propper: Not just any brofist! The most epic of brofists!

Deadpooled Twilightlicious and added a paragraph in the "Creator Response" section of the main entry.

Twilightlicious hasn't spread to any notable levels, even after all this time. If you think the deadpool was a bad decision, post in the comments of the Twilightlicious entry or reply to this post.

Favourite fanfic?

I used to read a lot of fics, so I have a lot to choose from. I can't pick a clear winner out of these three, so I'll just say they're all my favourite:

• Fallout: Equestria
  I bet most of you can remember that tl;dr I wrote recently when I finished it, so I won't repeat everything I said there. The short version is this: it's long, it's gory, it's a little inappropriate at times, but it's f*cking brilliant.

• End of Ponies
  This is another epic-length apocalyptic fic. I was drawn into this more than I was FO:E, since the whole premise of the fic is much more interesting and the writer does a great job of building suspense. However, it did drag on a little in the most recent arc (yeah, it's so long it has freakin' arcs), and the author is currently on hiatus. Apparently it was going to end up being longer than FO:E by the time the next arc was completed, and I was really looking forward to it, but unfortunately there's a good chance that it'll never get released.

• Eternal
  Thanks again to Muffinator for introducing me to this one. This one was really well written, and absolutely gripping from start to finish. It was very difficult to predict what would happen, and it got pretty damn moving at parts. Of the three I've listed here, I'd recommend this one the most, since it's by far the least dark and the most accessible.

There's also a bunch of sadfics and shipfics that I've really enjoyed over the last few months, but I won't list them all here. If you want a good read, just find something that has both a 'sad' tag and a 5 or 6 star rating on EqD. It's almost guaranteed to be great if it fills those criteria. Also, yeah, I totally did just admit to liking shipfics there. Deal with it.

Zarathh wrote:

I’m gonna go all sappy on you guys again.
I cannot express how much I love this community and you guys. I was once a cynical asshole of a man. I used to hate everything and everyone, except my small circle of friends and family. I used to be an intolerant jerk. I used to be so depressed, thinking that I had nothing to look forward to in my life. But this show, this community, and you guys have made me a different person all together. I truly want to thank all of you, this community, Studio B, Lauren Faust, The Hub, and any other people that were involved in the making of this. You have changed my life, and I want to thank you. I truly don’t know where I would be without this fandom. I love you guys, this community, and everything else about it. I was also a little suicidal before I found this show. I want to thank you guys for saving my life, or else I wouldn’t be here as of right now. I’m crying while I’m writing this, and I hardly ever do it. I just love you guys so much.
Friendship truly is magic.

Try sticking around for a bit longer, and you'll find that it only gets better. I've been posting here for the best part of a year now, and now I regularly keep in contact with a few current and ex-posters here. I know I haven't been very active on this thread lately, but I'm very active in an MSN group that CitationNeeded set up a while back. I was seriously nervous when I first started posting here, but after 10 months of being a brony I can honestly say that I've made real friends – people I can trust, and people who trust me (we even know each other's IRL names). So, yeah… it's fair to say that I'm glad I joined this fandom too.

Smile, smile, smile…..

Wow, I'm in tears, I cannot believe how much it has changed our lives. I used to be an asshole of a person myself, I've done horrible things to my family and everyone I loved. I really had a terrrible mindset of hurting people before they would hurt me (A horrible breakup caused this, love can make you stupid.) Without this community, I probably would be alone and hopeless and on the verge of suicide. Thanks everyone.
Ya'll are somthin' special in this lil' Texan's heart.

My absolute favorite fanfic!
Manly tears were shed!

@Windigo

LOL trollfic

@Windigo:
I have the stupidest grin on my face right now.

@Windigo

Such passion.
Such love.
Such adventure.

I died and went to heaven.

10/10, Masterpiece.

Oh Pyro, you always find the best art for Pinkie!
Also:

NO! YES!

Pyro, your post reminded me of this image. I don't know why though.

I really like this guys style of art.

You shall give me the source IMMEDIATELY!

Pinkamina is offering hugs.

So, guess which pony I'm starting to like a crap ton?

For some reason. I'm also still contemplating suicide because of my revelation this morning, but that's neither here nor there.

Thats FoxInShadow DA (NSFW)
Go to his DA profile. Note that it is NOT SAFE FOR WORK He draws enough adult matertial

I donated 50 points just so he would respond on my DA profile. Not quite sure what I got from that, especially considering that I gave up drawing.

@Lasers

For some reason. I’m also still contemplating suicide because of my revelation this morning, but that’s neither here nor there.

If you were looking for a way to draw more attention towards your posts, you found one.

Now I'm curious. Why?

Alright, so, MONTHS ago, like last Summer, I had an idea for a fic. I just started writing it a while ago, but I was procrastinating.

I hit a groove, and now I'm nearing half-way done.

Bam! I realize out of the blue that the main character was subconsciously named after a Transformer.

You cannot imagine the sheer willpower it is taking me to keep the lid to my shark tank closed.

So just rename the character.

@Lasers

And that's a problem because…

I'm making a big deal out of it for shits 'n' giggles. I don't really care. If some Transformer fan points it out, it's not gonna blow the thing up.

But I'm not changing it. I'm barely motivating myself to write it, much less making myself go back to change a set of words that's present in half the damn paragraphs.

Edit: @ BSoD:

It's a problem because HE'S NOT A TRANSFORMER! He was originally going to be, but now that'd just be silly!

Mmmm, hmm…no further questions. I say just write it anyway. Unless he's named Optimus Prime or some other highly known Tansformer name or something; I don't think anyone will take issue.

But a transformer that transformed into a pony would be interesting.

It would be like Beast Wars…with ponies.

I meant… like…

A pony that turned into a monster truck, dude.

I was REEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAALLY high when I drew up the preliminary idea for this…

A pony that turns into trucks? Are you crazy?…

…Because you took that out of the plot when its too awesome to leave out! Add it to the plot immediately!

I want to read your story of the monster truck that crushed Ponyville. I can picture it now: A pony going about his business then BAM becomes a monster truck out of friggen nowhere and starts running over buildings. I'm serious. Write that.

@BSoD:

Just for that I am going to write a fanfic revolving around an alicorn that turns into a monster truck.

It shall be the greatest thing in all the land!

It shall be a masterpiece…minds shall explode!