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This is seriously the best this thread has been in months. Love it.

Also, this pic, which is impossible not to post.

I have no trouble with any part of the fandom.

Internet being internet, nothing to do about it.

@Fridge

I love that Horatio Cane colt.

"QUICK FIRE THE LAZER TO DETRACT HIM WHILE I MAKE MY ESCAPE!"

I suppose you could say this pony really….

(sunglasses)

Pumps you up.

As for the fanon name, EqD is rolling with "Horse Power."

I prefer James Vega.

Horse Power? I call him Roids Pony!

@Phantom Spy

Welcome back to the madness!
Now on it's fifth edition.

Now, from 1 to Shyamalan, how much is the twisting level of this?

4

Busts through the door.

NO ONE EXPECTS THE EQUESTRIAN INQUISITION!

I prefer Spa-neigh-sh Inquisition.

You know, considering all the stuff that has happened in this thread alone, I don't think we could've been any more spot-on with the title.

Wow, things got really interesting in here. Discord approves of this

I only briefly remember PhantomSpy, but now I realize that this guy is awesome. It's like he lived up to his name.

Although it appears Phantom isn't quite that clued up on history here. The scuffle between Citation and ideological was less of an epic argument and more of a childish temper tantrum on Ideo's part.

I remember that time, Citation did hardly anything to Ideo. Ideo just kept acting up for no damn reason.

I wouldn't say Ideo is a prick, that's kind of a mean thing to say about him. But he was a drama queen. Dac's definition was more accurate

This guy wins the fucking thread. Wins it.

Anyway, continuing on the Horatio Caine theme….

I thought he was talking about me and Verbose's epic not-really tl;dr war.

But it turns out I'm always second place in tl;dr. Not a blue Ribbon in cite :(

In other news:

After serving as co-host for E!'s coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton's British Royal Wedding last year, Spelling is reprising her role for the union of Princess Celestia’s niece, Princess Cadence, to Twilight Sparkle’s brother, Shining Armor, on the animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic."

>mfw I hear this news:

And as usual, you are all still mad men with 5 threads I can never keep up regardless of my plans.

I might stay longer this time.

Actually, the threads have slowed down a bit. Don't know about the past 2 days though, thread was moving fast for some reason but it's quite fun. Haven't enjoyed myself in KYM Pony General this much in a while.

This thread has been up for a month and it has only reached page 54. Remember how long Pony General 3 lasted? One month…and it hit page 200

So yea, it slowed down. Enough for people to actually follow it now.

But we are definitively still madmen. That has not changed.

I have no idea as to what the hell is going on here right now but I love it.

Also while I can't say I agreed with or even fully understood Ideo's reasons for arguing with cite in the beginning, he was a pretty nice guy and he really didn't deserve some of the criticism he took from cite towards the end. So no, he wasn't a prick. Just wanted to clarify because Ideo was a friend.

Ooh what's this? Something interesting happening in Pony General? My God, I'm surprised at you people.

Welcome to the KYM Forum Detective club, opspe.

Let's not bring up that argument again. The way I remember it, it wasn't epic at all, it was two people fighting for no reason at all, neither actually hating the other, but continuing on for the sake of arguing, causing unbridled rage and infighting, and making everyone mad. In the end, no one won and everyone felt like crap.

Ironically, that's how most arguments seem to work.

All too true Twins. It was pretty sad.

But I have to defend Cite here and say that he was innocent in my eyes. He was just being his usual self and had no intention to argue and fight with Ideo at all. Nobody did. Nobody hated him and nobody was mad with him

Yet for some reason, Ideo believed the opposite no matter what was posted.

Take another looks at the posts to get what I mean:
I reasoned all of this with him and he seemed to listen. But then a couple posts later, for no reason at all, he packs up his toys and leaves.

At the risk of starting a flame war, I going to defend both of them.

Cite was being his usual self, yes. He's a bit sensitive, and that's what caused him to go over the edge with Ideo.

Ideo was more than a bit sensitive. He sensed the tiniest bit of rage (which really wasn't there) in everyone's posts, and thought people were being condescending towards him. However, given his crappy life, and the fact that the pony thread was his only place to get away from it, I felt sympathetic to him.

I maintain that both of them were equally at fault. Cite wasn't innocent, ideo wasn't innocent, they were both stupid in letting something small like that blow up the thread. Taking sides also had a huge factor in this, and for this, our entire community here as a whole is at fault.

I suggest everyone else be neutral in this long past argument as well, so that we may push this incident behind us.

Now be good little bronies and stay calm and collected.

Yes Mrs Twins. We will be good. We promise

Also if you found out someone stole your white and pink paint…that wasn't us.

Found this vector for Derpy's mask from the last episode. I shall print it out, reinforce it with cardboard, laminate it, and then glue it to my face.

I woke up at 3:10 because of a storm outside, so I decided to check my Facebook to see all the comments for a friend of mine who committed suicide the day before yesterday. I've known since yesterday, but I haven't been able to get my emotions straight nor have I been able to talk to anybody but my two best freinds about it.
You know, he had so many friends, he was always a happy guy, he really had a good life in most respects. I'm just really disappointed and upset that he could do something like that to all his friends and his loving family. He was so young, he had so much to live for and so much more time to live, but he took that away from himself. His aunts death really hurt his family and he saw first hand the pain death brought. How could he just cause more pain. What possessed him to do such a thing. Why?
Maybe i just handle grief differently from everyone else, maybe everyone is thinking the same and not saying anything. I don't know.
if any of you ever feel that it would be best to end it, don't. Many people live in conditions far worse than anything you ( or my friend) have experienced, yet they live happy lives. It's just selfish to your family, friends, and yourself. It causes so much unnecessary pain. Its just stupid and it shouldn't happen. Why did he do it? God damn it. He was so godamn happy all the time. It's depressing to think about. I should try to get back to sleep really, but I'm not sure that can right now. Just so many emotions: sadness, anger, and a strange sense of morbid humor. It's just a lot to take in. No say yet on when the funeral is, I'll just have to wait and see. I don't think it will be open casket considering the way he did it. Probably for the best. Not sure any could handle seeing him like that. To bad there has to be a funeral at all. He would still be in college. Going to parties and shit. Last time I saw him was at a rave a couple months ago. We were catching up, just talking. He was always good for talking to when the party was getting stale. But no. That's never gonna happen again. It's strange that feeling. Knowning that you wont ever see someone again( at least not in this life) its almost surreal. Why the fuck did he do that? I did t want to post this bullshit because I didnt want to bum you guys out, but I needed to tell somebody. Anybody really. Its just I feel so conflicted. I'm not sure what to feel. Anger? Sorrow? Nothing? But whenever I think about it, I just go back to the question of why he did that. Why the fuck man? He had everything going for him, everything. I almost wanna say fuck him. But that's not nice. Whatever, I'm just ranting like a jackass. It's almost 3:50 now and I'm still awake trying to understand why. But i know the answer won't be found staying awake, still my scumbag brain won't let me sleep just yet. Poor kid. I Wish everyone had a second chance. I have actually been fantasizing about traveling back in time and stoping him by beating some sense into him. Where is twilight when you need her I guess. But yeah, that's not possible. Nothing will bring him back. Nothing will stop him from being forgotten by most. He will become nothing more than a vague memory for most, a painful( but cherished one) for a few. Fuck this.
God bless him.
I'm really sad to hear he is dead.
Edit: I hate to add more, but I just started thinking. Life is such a fragile state. The only thing keeping you from dying is a dumb decision or a random accident. If you are mad at somebody, forgive them. You don't know when fate will take them for good. Everyday that your family, freinds and yourself are here is a gift. Learn to appreciate it more. Ha, and to think I was sad because I lamb was born dead the other day. But I feel completely different right now. The lamb, I was just sad. This, well I'm not quite sure. I know I sound like a broken record. But I'm just ranting to get it off my chest. Fucks sake, it's 4:14 now. Before I heard the news, I was talking about Dexter( my favorite show) and death. How fitting I suppose.
Dac-attack!!! wrote:
@cite
Ideo wasn’t a prick. He would just whine a lot and expected us to feel sorry for him. He was ok though.
Oh the irony. I blame somebody for being a whiny bitch, and look at me. Whining at 4:25 in the morning. At least I'm a little more at ease. I'm gonna try to get a couple more hours of sleep. Goodnight, or good morning really.
Dont commit suicide ever, there is always someone who loves you. Unless youre hitler, which by all means, end your life.

Your life sucks bro. Here have a cookie to make you feel better.

Or alternatively a hug

Or hugs and cookies!

Fuck yes.

@Dac-Attack:
I refrained from posting on this thread anymore because I felt I was was becoming the new Ideo, but now I really have to tell you this.

I know how you feel Dac, I've lost close to a dozen friends in the last year alone, some of them in front of my own eyes, I know those feelings of frustration and anger, that sadness that takes you when you remember their wishes, their hopes and dreams that will never come to be, I know how you are feeling right now, and I remember how that nothing anyone said to me actually changed any of those feelings, I know how hollow and meaningless those words I'm typing seem to you, so I will not try to tell you that he was wrong or right, if he was in pain or just selfish, all of that doesn't matter.

What matters to me is YOU Dac, death is the matter of the living more so than the dead themselves.
I've been in your position, and I can tell you it won't grow any worse than this Dac, this is just another one of life's harsh lessons, and you'll draw strength from this eventually, I wish I can tell you how, each have their own way, grieve for now, it's your right and no-one can deny you it.
After all those emotions and all those thoughts stop buzzing in your head talk to us, we are your friends and we are here for you Dac.

That's all for now, I'll return to my self-imposed exile, I'll lurk this thread (and KYM) from time to time, but I won't post unless I'm specifically asked to.
However if you wish to contact me Dac (or anyone else), post on my wall or PM me, I'll be sure to respond.

im going to need more cookies…

@X-singular

Wait, X come back! We missed you- oh hes gone again. Sigh

@Dac

Well Dac, there's not much to say, except I have been there before.

I know what it is like to lose people you care about like that. Both because of actions they intentionally caused themselves or pure accidents that were not their fault.

The stress and emotion I felt was exactly how you described it. And it sucks; Not knowing how to feel, not knowing what to say…and most of all not knowing why

When one of my friends committed suicide, we did not have the slightest clue what could have caused him to do it. He was always happy and cheerful, he had a good upbringing, good family and good friends. He had dreams and passions, things he wanted to live for

…it was like he just got up one morning and just said "I forget why I am living, lets end it all"

We were all taken by complete surprise when it happened. We still don't know why he did it. It's just like what happened to you.

I guess that's why we need to keep our friends close. Some people might be haunted by things that they are not sharing with anyone else

But eventually the experience you had will make you stronger and also bring you to understand the importance of your own life more than ever. That's what it did for me and that's what it will do for you

For now, the best we can do is offer hugs and cookies

And for the record, you aren't being the new Ideo. Neither is X for that matter. The difference is that we never could figure out what was wrong with Ideo. As far as we could tell he was just making his #firstworldproblems his own personal hell but I doubt he his life was really as hard as he made it sound.

But you aren't whining about #firstworldproblems. What you just experienced really is a difficult and hard experience. You've made it clear what the problem is, we can easily understand that problem and we are here for you dude.

@Dac

Dude… I… dude…

Come here, man…

You're doing great for being brave this whole time… but sometimes tears are meant to be shed. No one will ever made fun of a crying person for a loss someone in his/her life. It's okay to cry, unless you don't want to. The fact that the mind can inflict the person's persona is plausibly absolute. You cannot tell time and what will happen in the distant future. It's the fact that time is not ours to control. What your friend did was foolish but sometimes emotion can be inevitably overwhelming that his conscious had lost all sense. The only way to deflect this impact is to think. The way you questioned has been an influencing example to express your feelings rather than burying them in yourself. The unnecessary sense of guilt and unease you kept always taint the way of your thought, leading unimaginable and unexpected consequences. As tragic as it seems, you should not bare it by yourself. Release them and let them go. Memories of your happiness with him is the most important. There are good times, aren't there? Just smile and do what you are born to do in your life. I'm sure he would have thought the same way for you. I also lost someone in my life who's my grandmother. She passed two years ago. And to tell you the truth, my relationship between me and her are quite complicated. You see, when I was just in kindergarden, my grandma lives at our home. She took great care of her grandchildren, especially me. She'd only been there for 2 years and I have a enormous affection for her like she's my guardian. She left our home when I was 6 which was 2 years later. My toddler mind still could not fully understand the complete concept of love and care. As life goes my 10 years later, I grew up, when to high school with limited contact with my grandmother. Normally, I get to visit her during the holidays. As the decreasing hand-to-hand contact died down, I began to lose her part in my body as if my mind is rejecting her. I began a teen, hormones took over my body and mind and never care for anything other than myself. I thought her absence will no longer affect me but I was wrong, way wrong… When I was in my room, my little sister budged in with her face hot red and eyes swollen. I asked what's wrong. She them informed me that grandma had died due to a insufficiency of oxygen to the brain for having had failing arteries. I was struck. My mind was peaceful at first for I had already let her go for a long time. Why did that still make my stomach turned? At the funeral, when everyone was having their refreshments outside, I walked in to the room where her coffin set still in the middle of her living room. I looked into her coffin. It's a Chinese traditional to have the dead dressed in the times of passed dynasties like emperor or empress. Her face was weak and white and as cold as ice. I pulled a chair veside her coffin and sat down. The silence in the room filled me with a lot of time to rethink about everything from my passed life. That where I found out that, the emotion is a powerful thing. No matter the time or space or any other places. Emotion is the key to unlock a chamber in your mind like a treasure chest. I opened my chest and my mind was flourished with the most wonderful times with my family, friends, relatives from the time when I was born until today. I also realised my grandma had never left me once. She had and has been beside me all along. it's just that I did not notice her. There I sat beside her. The silence has lecture me a valuable lesson. I smiled, took a final look at my grandma and said silently, "Thanks, grandma…" I accidentally dropped a sentimental tear into her coffin but I didn't care. I walked into the front door and halted, turning back to have a last look at her coffin. I see my grandma standing in her healthy elderly body and beamed me a wave goodbye. I smiled for the second time. She vanished her mirage into the air. I took a big step outside. She is finally rest in peace.

Emotion can be tricky, but the way you play with it depends on your choices to differ the black and the white. You are not alone, Dac. Again, It's good to talk to somebody else. It you want to talk to someone you can always Skype with me, krng1623@yahoo.com

Dac, don't worry man, we got each others backs, because we all went through moments like this in our lives and in the end, we know that the depths of sorrow will not clench us forever. I think I remember you were one of the guys who helped bring my spirits up when my friend committed suicide. Now it's time for me to give back the favor. Life is beautiful; People are blind; With a little jolt in our souls, we can all be happy again. I know I may sound a tad preachy, but I just like to help out a little. Now let's put a smile on your face and brohoof the sorrow away.

We are here for you, always.

You guys know what's kind of odd?
I went to school like normal this morning but there was graffiti everywhere (Say some penises and words saying that School sucks or "[Insert school name] sucks." on the walls with some smiley faces, also there was some insults on the walls about the schools's principle. Also there was something on the ceiling says "Can;t figure out who did this?" And the next one said "Hint: 2013" so I presume that it must be some one who graduates that year. But the weirdest part next said in black spray paint on the walls saying "Where all going to die at 12:00 pm!". So people got scared and worried, so when the bell ring I asked the teacher who did this. She told me that the administrators know who exactly did. But oh well we went as normal first period and after that I went to second period as normal and before the bell ringed again for us I got called to the office for check out so I was excited to go home and such. But I saw the line in the office and there was this long ass line of parents checking their kids out as well my mom and my sister told me come with them because she already checked me out so we did not have to stay in that long as line that stretch through the entire hallway and then some.
People are thinking there is gonna be a bomb threat or a school shooting.
But I am happy that I am safe at home.
@*Dac-Attack!!!*

I feel really sorry for your lose man, I do not even know how badly this is affecting you in your shoes…But you have us to cheer you up thankfully!

Mortality rears its morbid head once again, I see.

Now, since I'm not a very sociable person, I can't say I've lived through an event such as this one. Thus, I can't claim to know what you're going through, Dac. But for what it's worth, you have my sympathy.

I can, however, perhaps offer some insight into the method behind his madness. Of course, I'm no expert in this field and I have no personal experience with such macabre thoughts, but I've learned quite a few things about the human mind and how it works over the years.

You say he was a very sociable, happy-go-lucky sort, yes? I don't know the specifics of this case, of course, but I've often found that people of this sort hide much behind the smiling façade. They often tend to be quite vulnerable to emotional impacts as well. Perhaps his aunt's death sent him into a much deeper depression than it outwardly appeared. That's the problem with extroverts. You think you've got them all figured out because you've talked with them at length and believe they have nothing to hide since they're so open about most things. Unfortunately, looks are always deceiving.

Take me, for example. I'm an introvert, and I imagine most people think me a cold, callous type who doesn't want anything to do with civilization at large. They'd be right to an extent, of course. I'd rather just sit here and be myself rather than go outside and either wear a socially acceptable mask or be judged for my quirks. But that's only half the story. While I've grown used to solitude, I do get quite lonely at times, especially since basically the only person I ever talk to is serving his stint in the armed forces at the moment. You could argue that I should just make some new friends. Trouble is, I just don't know how, and my general demeanor makes for a rather poor first impression. The fact that my circle of interests is rather exotic doesn't help much either.

An extrovert has the inverse problem. They know how to play the social game, but when it comes to their own emotions, they tend to be rather clumsy in working through them. They'll either lash out at their friends or keep it to themselves and let the negative thoughts fester in the dark recesses of their mind, growing until they become all-consuming. Since they've worn their social mask for so long they often forget who they are under it, and when circumstances rip their constructed identity away from them, they'll find what lurks beneath it to be strange, alien, and yet somehow familiar. Which just makes it all the more horrifying.

The death of someone close often forces people to stop and think, as you are doing now. His aunt's death most likely caused him to do the same, and being an extrovert, he probably just became excessively confused and frightened when he had to confront his own grief. Unfortunately, people rarely react reasonably or rationally in such a state.

As for how to work through this yourself, people have already been offering plenty of hugs. That's the ticket, right there. Go hug something. I don't care what it is, just find something soft and warm and squeeze it tightly. The feeling of closeness will either calm the emotional turmoil or force it out of your system, allowing you to think more clearly. Should be easier sailing from there.

This thread is nao making giving me the sads.

I know how to solve this.

I think this might lighten up the mood.


Edit: New page get.

@thread:

No.

HERP DERP!
BUMP!

I never got why people weren't allowed to be serious on this thread. Apparently, getting off topic isn't an issue, so I don't see why it has to be "happy-go-lucky" all of the time either.

But there's always this thing that Ivan made. No one's posted there for a while, but if you really want to keep your happy poni and sad pony thread-related discussion separate (as a couple of users seem to have wanted to do,) then one "side" or the other could go there for a bit. That way, one "side" can talk through things properly (because suicide may be the most tragic occurrence I can think of,) and the other "side" can still come to get away from the bland monotony of the world.

And to bring it back around:

If you knew the artist, thelivingmachine02, he's taking a break from drawing ponies. I think he'll draw some more again, but I don't think he'll ever be as active as he was. And that's OK. He's my favorite fan artist, but he's given the fandom plenty of fun art already, and there's no need to run artistic creativity into uninspired and obligatory products.

And for color:

I don't know why I like Blossomforth's color and design so much, but if anyone says anything about watermelon, I will hit you.

I don’t know why I like Blossomforth’s color and design so much, but if anyone says anything about watermelon, I will hit you.

Watermelon

@Dac

I don't have much to say, except I understand. I've been there before.

And this is why I haven't been on TV Trope's pony page in awhile
I… just…

Brb, punching kittens in anger.

@Dac

I've been through losing people I care and love about, and take solace in the fact that they're not truly dead until they're forgotten. You, and many other people, will remember your friend, and he'll still live on because of it.

Back when I was in Middle School, the principle of our school took us all in for an assembly one day. He told us that, no matter what we do, or what we say, we all influence somebody's life with everything we do. We might stop somebody from committing suicide, or doing something equally as terrible, because we extended a hand. One of my teachers in high school helped her husband around his clinic several times a week, and talked with this one woman that had lost her husband to cancer. My teacher told her that she would be there, if the woman needed to talk.

Two days later, the woman came back and told my teacher that she had a loaded gun at home, and would probably have committed suicide if nobody had talked with her.

My point is, you might have stopped him, or prevented him, from committing suicide a long time ago. You might have stopped another person from doing it, and you don't even realize it.

Either way, if you need to talk about it, I'm sure everybody in this thread will listen, and be there, because we've all been through some shit. And going through it together is easier.

Now, I'm going to stop before I make myself look even gayer, and leave on a positive note:

We all love you.

Dac and Singular, I'd say something nice if I could, but I'm not exactly the best at that. So… yeah. I'm sorry.

Hey whats going o-

looks at back page about bombs, drpression, sucide and others

ey…What just happened?

Who can I recomfort?

That TV tropes page…
I don't understand it, it's just Pinkie being friendly to RD.

Well it is nice to see things cheering up here.

Moar funz.

Dac i feel really bad about the death of your friend and it's a shame that none of us can really do anything but i hope you feel better and i hope this will make you feel better.