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I lol'd.

Today in a nutshell. Skip to 1:04.

Now a Luna pic for no reason at all.

God damn it! Get my profile picture right if you are going to impersonate my first account.

I specifically remember using this picture as my avatar. If you are going to imposter my previous account, do it right.

Okay, that was great!
The 'Can I have it?' guy at the end killed me!
(Glad to finally see something pony-related in here. This whole name change thing seems to have completely killed any on-topic discussion…)

Yeah, good call.

@Everyone
Please take your impersonation related posts to the relevant thread. Don't post it here. It's annoying, confusing, and off topic.

Mandatory pony pic:

Sacré bleu!

I'm down with that.

EDIT: There we go. Let's discuss who should voice potential pony characters.

^ As soon as I read "Morgan Freeman", I already started reading the entire image in Morgan Freeman's voice.

Guess he's the winner in that case.

@Star Swirl
I also saw someone suggest James Earl Jones, too.
Any of them would absolutely nail a role like that.

Heck, maybe John De Lancie could talk his old Trek-buddy Patrick Stewart into it!
We know he likes doing voice work from his recurring character on American Dad.
In fact, since Luna knew Star Swirl, he may have been around during Discord's first reign.
How awesome would a Picard/Q revival in pony form be?

@Fifths

You're such a freaking douche Fifths. I've been looking through your forum posts since I got back, and you are the biggest most egotistical sack of talentless shit I've ever laid eyes on. I bet that's the reason you've decided to switch to liking dubstep, you realized you can't play or sing for shit. Faggot.

Now then, great lady, what would you have me do?

Yes, my mistress. To the image galley!

@imposter #2
Oh s###, not this again
Uggghhh… didn't want to do this, but…
(aims blaster at above poster)

uuugh guys?
is this that brony documentary that was so hyped about lately?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bhAVxP6_UvA#

I really hope not… with no offense to the fine partisipators… they make us look bad…
really bad…

You are looking at the wrong documentary, John De Lancie is producing the documentary you mentioned. This is just a crappy brony documentary made to make us look bad.

The major documentary is being headed by John De Lancie, Lauren Faust, and Tara Strong with a budget of nearly $350,000.
You'll know when it hits.
Plus, the meat of its content should be from the upcoming Bronycons so I wouldn't expect the finished product until at least August or September, maybe later depending on editing, bonus features, etc.

This is all of the yes. ALL OF IT.

>Mfw this thread.

Your mind is full of s**t?

Alright, I want to apologize to Tentaquil with Salad and my current imposter.
You kind of caught me in an off way, so sorry if it seemed I was getting butthurt about you guys being my imposters. Personally, I don't feel like pretending to be one of you, but I'm kind of honored you guys decided to imposter me.
So, yeah sorry for seeming to be offended.

Now, er…news…
Nothing really IRL for now, but I think I want to let the Pyro imposter mention something to you… (nothing demeaning, don't worry)

Your not alone here…

@Potential Voice Actors:

Guard Ponies: Wes Johnson (STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!)
Foreign Dignitaries: Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart
Male Zebras: Phil LaMarr (not racist at all)
Badass Characters: Kevin Conroy (HE'S BATPONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!)
Everybody: Nicolas Cage

Got another one:

Anybody who dies: Sean Bean

Here's a topic that I've had in my head for a while. I've seen a lot of TF2/MLP crossovers lately, but neither one is the same. So, if the TF2 and MLP worlds collided, who would be which class? This includes Saxton Hale and the Administrator too.
This is my list:
Rainbow Dash as Scout
Pinkie as Pyro
Fluttershy as Medic
Spike as Soldier
Zecora as Demoman
Twi as Sniper
AJ as Engi
Rarity as Spy
Iron Will as Heavy
The Chunky pony as Saxton Hale
Discord as Administrator

Anyone else have any other ideas?

Erm, I apologize for not adding on to the discussion, but as I am a newfag, how do i post Gifs, videos, Etc.? I cannot for the life of me locate anything to help with this.

Most of your choices are pretty much the standard picks (with Big Mac as Heavy, though).

My one change?
Flip Pinkie and Spike.
Spike fits as Pyro because of his fire-breath.
Pinkie's party cannon and general love of soaring through the air in ridiculous ways while causing untold chaos makes her a good soldier.

@RockBreaker
For pictures and gifs, just put the url of the image (right click on it, copy image location) between two exclamation points.
eg: ! url ! without the spaces.

Youtube videos will have a 'Share' button underneath them.
Click that, then 'Embed,' and copy the code it gives you into your comment.

Mandatory Textile Thread Link

You can find all your answers there.

So for example:

!https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/277/561/bf8.png!

Will turn into:

Hi guys, I've recently decided to give up with my old stuff, and start drawing shipping, because that seems to be what the fandom really likes best nowadays. I mean, no one got my obscure pony crossovers with a bunch of random animes that only weaboos would watch. So for my latest work, I've decided to go more mainstream.

Here's Girafarig Derpy having a little fun with Bloomberg:

I hope you all like my new style as much as I do.

>MFW

But this is my actual face when would be basically a blank face.

Aw thanks DeadParrot, I'm glad you liked it! Tell me if you write any more awesome stories and maybe I'll write another song to go with it.

Uh, Deadparrot…you can let go now.

Seriously…

To post images, put the image url (right click on image, go to "view image", that url) between two "!"s. Magic happens.

You can find out how to do everything else here.

Edit: Random ninja'd me. Oh well.

@TF2 crossovers

Pyro – Pinkie. As the most nonsensical class personality-wise, Pinkie would fit well here.

Medic – Fluttershy. As the one that wants to do the least amount of harm, she fits here.

Heavy – Big Mac. He's big, that's enough for a connection.

Scout – Rainbow Dash. She's fast and has a brash personality, like the scout.

Engineer – Applejack. She's a hardworker and cares a lot about her trees. That can easily be crossed over to sentries, etc.

Demoman – Most people would say Zecora, because of her foreign-ness, but I'm going to go against the grain and say Berry Punch, as the demo is a drunk.

Spy – Rarity. She wouldn't be the type to be involved with the constant explosions on the front lines, so she'd use her wits to stab her enemies in the back in a fashion similar to the way she tricked the Diamond Dogs.

Sniper – Twilight, solely because I can't think of anyone else. She wouldn't want to be in the front lines, and being a sniper requires a degree of patience.

Soldier – I have no idea. I'll just say Spike.

Saxton Hale – That giant pegasus with the short wings that says "YEAHHH" a lot.

Announcer – Discord. I would visualize him as watching everything happening whilst giddying maniacally when the payload is nearing the final checkpoint.

And yes, most of these are the common portrayals.

And yes, I'm still Explosives. I just developed a larger vocabulary and willingness to do longer posts out of nowhere. Don't pretend it hasn't happened to you before.

Pyro…I have something to ask you…

You'll get this…

Aw, yes? Thanks sweetie….

@TF2 Characters:

Might be a bit out of the ordinary, but here goes:

Administrator: Discord
Redmond Mann: Celestia
Blutarch Mann: Luna
Saxton Hale: Iron Will
Miss Pauling: Gilda
Saxton Hale's non-slave workers: Flim and Flam
The Horseless Headless Horsemann: Rover
The MONOCULUS!: Krakl
Scout: Rainbow Dash
Soldier: Shining Armor
Pyro: Spike (My body runs WAAAAY over here, and spits my fire! I spit my fire! I SPIT IT OUT!)
Demoman: Pinkie Pie (Causing chaos, explosions, the strongest flight, alcohol, and being a rowdy spirit.)
Heavy: Applejack or Big Mac (Strong ponies with a hardy constitution. Sandvich could be apples)
Engineer: Applebloom (Her special talent is hinted to be building things.)
Medic: Fluttershy (He IS the most sadistic member of the team by a massive margin, but he's the most non-combat class you have.)
Sniper: Rarity (Be polite, be efficient, and have a plan to kill anybody you meet)
Spy: Twilight (Planning and organizing the perfect strike to lay waste to your enemy. It takes quick wits, a sharp mind, and a back-up plan to be a good Spy. When you are a good Spy? Let's just say, the other team better hope THEY have a back-up plan.)

I over-analyzed this because I love both so much.

And, yes, this is immensely out of character.

And, no, I don't give a flying feather.

The Administrator: Discord
Redmond: Celestia
Blutarch:Luna
Saxton Hale:Iron will
Miss pauling: Screw ball
The Horseless Headless Horseman:Nightmare moon
Monoculus:The Hydra
Scout: Rainbow Dash
Soldier: Ehh….Spike i guess.
Pyro:Pinkie pie (They both tend to Burn things)
Demoman: Either Berry punch or Zecora (Zercora because their both from an African Decent and Berry because both of them have a habit of being drunk all the time.)
Engineer: Applejack
Medic: Fluttershy (She's the only one i can imagine who wouldn't fight)
Spy: Rairity (Mainly because their personalities tend to be similar as well as fashion and style.)
Sniper: Twilight (I ran out of people to put her as and it may not make much sense but whatever.)

Hey, I've got a question to ask. Why is it that Bronys typically find "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" to be one of the weaker episodes? I really don't see what was wrong with it. We've got super hero antics, Dash being hilariously hammy, even a little bit of delicious continuity where they reference Pinkie's Pinkie sense. Frankly, it seems to have all the makings of a fan favorite, so why is it that so many remember it as "that one bad episode"?

I mean come on, that's fucking great.

@Fifths:

It painted RD in a bad light which was somewhat out of character for her. That, and a lot of people saw her identity coming.

Really, I liked the episode a lot, more than average. I can kinda see why others don't, though.

the Medic is insane and use healing to fulfill his blood lust
"Zercora because their both from an African Decent" do you really want me to tell why thats wrong?
but pretty nice list

@TF2 thing

And that, my friends, is best Heavy/Medic pair. It seems a lot more original than the Fluttermedic/Heavy Weapons Mac one.
@Fifths
Eh….I wouldn't say its a bad episode, but its sure as hell not my favorite. Luna Eclipsed takes that spot.

as long as people don't say the medic is fluttershy because he dons't fight and he is kind
i will be ok

Yes, he is the most sadistic class, but he is also the one who engages in actively damaging the enemy least often. There are really no characters that are grim sadists in the show. There are several that moderately fit every other class.

RD has the cocky, speedster attitude of the Scout. The Heavy appears to be a ditz, but has a deep mind, while harboring a protective sense for his allies, while being immensely strong, which fits work horses with a strong family bond like Big Mac and Applejack. Applebloom is a fairly clever pony, that has some talent in building things, which fits more or less with the Engineer, who's a genius with the know-how to operate powerful buildings. The general thought that Twilight is a Sniper and Rarity is a Spy kind of irks me, considering the personalities of the characters. Twilight's organization skills, wits, and knowledge strike me as decidedly useful for espionage, while Rarity seems to be the kind to avoid getting into the grime and mud, staying up above to aid her team with precision and finesse.

As for the Demoman, Pinkie Pie seems to fit him, what with the chaotic nature, rambunctious attitude, and tendency to cause mayhem and destruction. Zecora might fit, even though he's Scottish, but I don't see Berry Punch being an awesome fit (that'd be like using a sandwhich pony for heavy, based entirely upon the sandwhich). The Pyro doesn't really have a set personality, too much, beyond liking and being immune to fire. Spike more or less fits that, in my opinion.

Finally, we have the Soldier, who I'm iffy on. I picked Shining Armor because they're both strong protectors who have some level of patriotism, and a protective nature of what matters (MY intelligence!).

For the NPCs, I think there's little debate, there. The Administrator pulls the strings from behind the scenes, something that fits Discord wonderfully. She's also cold, cruel, and is not opposed to murder or inciting anger and rage among friends. Luna and Celestia are sisters who have their differences, something that fits for sparking a war between them, a la Redmond and Blutarch. Iron Will's a bold, masculine salesman with a boisterous attitude, making him a perfect Saxton Hale.

Wow, look at all my opinions, they're just falling from the sky. It is an opinion, really, so I can't back it up to much, beyond pointing similarities out. Medic is mostly non-combat, assisting allies and being supportive, something that fits Flutters. He may be a sadistic son of a bitch, but there's really no pony that could fit that (Pinkamena doesn't count).

@Fifths
Honestly,

I thought the episode was just fine.
Not my favorite (I'm not really sure I have a favorite), but I certainly liked it and it was by no means the apocalypticly horrible spectale that many people make it out to be.
I had plenty of fun watching it and my only real 'complaint' was the predictability of the ending after the Fluttershy fly-by.
Other than that, I liked pretty much everything about it!

Here's a link to a review that seems to cover most of the common complaints that I have seen (and don't agree with): REVIEW
In the end, for this guy at least, critics seem to be taking the whole thing way too seriously and treating the disguises as if they were deliberate betrayals and not more 'prank-level' deception meant to teach a lesson to a pony who would likely ignore a more direct approach.
Makes no sense to me, but you asked why people hated it, so there you go.

I actually agree with myself on this one. I know of a few people on EqD who were quite vocal in their dislike of the Mare-Do-Well episode, but I quite enjoyed it. Some said that it played up Rainbow Dash in a way they didn't like, but that's just silly fanboyism. Others said that they disapproved of the deception the five carried out against her. That is also, to use a term I rarely like, nothing more than a lot of butthurt (in my opinion). Dash refused to listen whenever ponies tried to explain the concept of modesty, so they attempted to demonstrate it instead. It was done not to hurt her, but to teach her. And here's a brilliant newsflash, she understood, and ultimately had no problem with it, being a heck of a prankster herself.

In summary, it was a good episode, not the best, but that's only because there are so many others that are really entertaining. In fact, I have at times thought it would be interesting if they ever used the persona of Mare-Do-Well again.

Edit:
@RandomMan.winrar

True, that one I always forget about. Whenever fans get their hopes up about this or that and they end up dashed (pun intended), they have a tendency to get a little whiny about it afterward. I was afraid that would happen with the Royal Wedding episodes, and I was relieved to see that it didn't. Yes, some people have made complaints against the rushed story of the finale, but the majority of responses I've seen to it have been positive. Anyway, the one point on which I disagree is that it wasn't so much bronies in general as it was hardcore Dashie fanboys that got seriously angry about it. Everyone else just reacted to that irritation, I'd say. There were some extremely emo comics made about it, with the five giving tearful apologies to a distraught Rainbow Dash, nonsense like that.

@Fifths

What a coincidence, I was planning to ask that too this week.

As for the answer, I can't tell. Most likely because A LOT of headcanons got fucked up. And I really mean A LOT. Many bronies hoped that the mysterious mare would be a background pony getting more attention. Most popular was Trixie, you don't want to know how many bronies hoped for Trixie. After that the most popular was Derpy (Last Roundup hadn't aired yet) or other popular background like Doctor Whooves and Lyra.

So when the mysterious mare turned out to be just the main six teaching Rainbow Dash a lesson, people got disappointed. Followed by that was the standard brony overreacting to stuff, hating the episode and finding it the worst one ever. Equestria Daily even made a post about this telling all the fans they were overreacting and should have more respect for the creators, but I can't seem to find it atm.

Another popular reason for the hate was actually all the fuss. Similar to the derpy incident, the amount of shitstorms was huge. Not liking all the shitstorms, bronies just decided to hate the episode and not wanting to mention it ever again, seeing the episode as the source of the shitstorms. This is partially true, but the real cause were the bronies themselves.

Lastly was the way Rainbow Das was presented in the episode. She really had a bitchy attitude in the episode. Not many bronies respected this. Not seeing how Rainbow Dash is the perfect character for such a bragging role, plus her change of heart at the end of the episode or how she was a town hero, bronies only looked at the negative way she was presented instead of the overall episode.

As for my own opinion. I still don't get all the fuss. I liked the episode. Still find it one of the better episodes. When I first stumbled across all the speculations, I already knew they all were fake. The episode was already finished months before, no way they were able to make that much change in such a short timeframe and give the fans what they want.

Rainbow Dash fans can't handle their lord and Saviour's ego tripping getting the best of her.

That being said… I should get on my "Voice Actors I'd like to see in MLP Vol.4" but I forgot where the first three volumes were…wait did I make four and I'm on Vol.5 now?

Goddammit, I'll look for it after exams.

@people not hating mare-do-well episode

(And really, Fuck EqD's commenters. I have no idea how Seth and the other guys put up with it.)

So, guys?
This is an official piece of advertising from Hasbro!

Not only a crazy Spinal Tap reference, but also the first acknowledgement of the 'Vinyl Scratch' name!
She was only called DJ-PON3 in the Equestria Girls video.
AWESOME!
LINK TO SOURCE

Applebloom was walkin2 skewl wit
Spike n they were crossin da trale.
she sed "bbz wil u luv me 4evr"
He said "NO…"
da filly cryed N galloped across da trale
b4 da green stallion came on the sine.
Spike was cryin and went to pic up her body.
she was ded.
he whsipered 2 her corpse
"I ment 2 sey I will luv u FIVE-ever……"
(dat mean he luv her moar dan 4evr…..)

I didn't see the sense in the fit people threw over mayor do well at all myself. I understood the reason for the outcry over the moral in Feeling Pinkie Keen to a certain extent, but there wasn't even anything controversial about MDW. What I'm saying is If they're actually was, the degree of negativity twords it would have made sense to me, but whatever. Also I just thought Feeling Pinkie Keen was interesting because I totally wasn't expecting to see an episode about faith v.s skepticism regardless of my stance on it. Also, it was all about Pinkie and Twilight, guise. Pinkie and Twilight! You can't go wrong when the episode is all about the best ponies, guise.

srsly.

Because some bronies keep forgetting just who the show is meant for.

I wasn't in the fandom when the episode was released, so I won't have much to say, but I never thought it was that bad. It might be a bit low on my least favorite episodes list, but only because I like a good deal of episodes more than that one.

On one hand, you have the complaint that it was too predictable. But that didn't stop anyone from liking 95% of all the other episodes. Then there's the complaint that it doesn't make sense in that the episode's lesson is not to brag, yet the Mane 6 (minus RD) continually commend MMDW's antics.

Then there is of course the possibility that RD was being "put to shame", but the episode appears to be hated by non-Rainbow fans as well. Also, just about all of the Mane 6 have been "put to shame" in one episode or another. Rarity, for example, rejected her friends for a good part of "Sweet and Elite", but to my knowledge, the episode has been positively received.

I could state more excuses, but I have finals tomorrow, so I'm going to leave off with this: The real reason I think the episode is hated is simply because bronies expect too much of the show. Every episode seems to have left a character (Trixie, Fancypants, etc), character reveal (Pinkie-sense, Pinkie's stash of balls, etc), or addition to the world (Ponyville's origins, Cerberus, etc) in it's legacy with the exception of this one. Thus, bronies became disappointed with it. To add on to this, there have been no notable MMDW fads after the release of the episode (that I know of).

Once again, I wasn't "around" at the time, so my insight might not be the most valuable.

(This will be my one and only post to do with spirit week on this thread today.)

As for the Mare-Do-Well episode, I really liked it. I don't really know why the others hate it either. I thought it was a pretty good episode.

EDIT: If this image starts something about the characters sexuality, I want to say that I do not want to get involved in anything.

Reminded me of Chowder.

MFW:

@Fifths

Well said me, and might I say you're looking particularly dashing this fine day. We should hang out some time.

@Burning_Phoenix, Random_Man

See, I don't understand that. I like Dash because the fact that she's an awesome stunt flier and all, but if that were her only attribute, then she sure wouldn't be best pony, not by a long shot. What makes me like Dash so much is largely in due to her short comings, the fact that she can do such a splendid job of hamming it up, the fact that her bluntness and mischeviousness can get to a point where they might actually hurt others.

I've often wondered why this has endeared her to me instead of making her come across as an asshole, and I think the reason is that you know that she doesn't mean to hurt anyone at the end of the day, she just kind of gets away from herself sometimes. It all breathes an incredible sense of life and humanity into the character, all of which the Mare Do Well episode does a beautiful job of portraying.