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I'm afraid that won't work. He's a Nightmare Possessed Pony.

Well, I apologize to you as well, Brownmane (in more detail in the PM I sent. Took me a while to write it up.) We don't actually get a chance to talk of sexual matters here, well, because it's Pony General and not Porny General. So you don't know for sure how defensive you should be when I get combative on the issue. Like I also said in the PM, I'm not usually happy with a "separate but equal" approach on matters where no one is getting hurt, so in order to understand, I feel the need to interact in a way that helps me to understand the thinking of another.

Unfortunately, when the "another" is defensive on an issue they feel strongly about, I need to be tactful instead of purely objective. It's something I've suggested to others, so I certainly need to be able to do that myself.

Last chance to rank your choices for the new thread title.

Please make sure you read the directions (and PM me if you made the mistake of giving the same rank to two or more choices.)

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I'm never doing this again, Fifths. Counting is hard…
 

You'll show 'em, Sweetie Belle…We'll show them together.

Thank God Randomman isn't the final boss. That would be like playing a Ninja Gaiden game on Hard (or an NES Ninja Gaiden game period)

I'm such a silly bitch

Starswirl
Oh I’m up from the grave so I can take you down to school
I’ve given lessons to gods, so listen up you purple fool
The magic studies for a nation did I carry
You can barely run the town library
Before there was me, there were no unicorns
Just a bunch of foals and fools making sparks with their horns
You think you know spells and you think you can rhyme
But you can’t keep up with me when I rap double time!

A clone of Starswirl has stepped through a time portal to assist him. Five of Twilights do likewise

Twilight
Hey, I can do that too
I mastered all your spells, it only took a week or two
Amalgamation to Transfiguration
You should have wrote a spell for degrumpification (OH!)
If you were so hot all those centuries ago
then why couldn’t you stop all the ice and the snow?
Sure I’ll learn from you because let’s just face it
High level stuff must be built on the basics

All time clones disappear

Starswirl the Bearded
You think that you’re so smart because you learned from my books
Do you have any idea what the writing of them took?
I taught the moon and the sun how to dance in the sky
The only trick you’ve ever taught is your dragon how to cry
I’m the pillar on which your civilization stands
Without me, you’d be lost to the sands
You’re in the desert and my wisdom is a well
Come back to me when you’ve written 200 spells

Twilight transforms into her alicorn form

Twilight Sparkle
What’s wrong Starswirl, you seem taken aback
Oh, isn’t this the one that you could never quite crack?
With this pair of wings you could have won
A chance at eternity forever young
But you were just so damned taken up with yourself
That you never quite figured to ask for help
The only difference between us, and it really is tragic
Is that you never learned that friendship is magic

Then we must perform an excorsim. TO THE BATCAVE!

@Disturbing Fanfics: I'm dead freaking serious about Sweet Apple Massacre. Here y'go.

Lol, I made a birthday game:

I break stuff with Vinyl Scratch, by the way.

I always get the dumbest options with birthday games. One of these days I'm gonna make my own where only my birthday has an awesome outcome and everybody else's is crap. It's like there's some kind of conspiracy againts my birthday.

DeadParrot wrote:
(Come on, guys. I was hoping for more hilariously over-the-top, out-of-context lines from ridiculous stories, not some serious discussion on the merits or lack thereof of violence. sigh)

I try my best but I can't stop Verbose and his max character limit rants.

So what did you get?

Fifths is a silly pony.

Did someone say silly pony?

I got kidnap the Sandy Claws with Gilda. fuck Gilda. Nightmare before Christmas was an awesome movie but fuck Gilda.

I coulda been Surfing with the alien and RD or something, but nope, got Gilda.

oh yeah, by the way, Fuck Gilda.

I caused a war to ravage Nightmare Moon's mind.

Does win?

@Deadparrot

(Come on, guys. I was hoping for more hilariously over-the-top, out-of-context lines from ridiculous stories, not some serious discussion on the merits or lack thereof of violence. sigh)

What are you talking about? Hilariousness? Ridiculousness? What kind of clown party do you think this is. This is KYM Pony General and here we only talk about SRS BZNS

(Also, you can blame Verbose for that one too.)

I break stuff with Big Mac. Sounds like he might end up doing most of the work.

And I start a war in Rarity's head. Coincidence?

I have Dr. Hooves Come as he is?

At least this game didn't say I do naughty things with Sweetie Belle and Applebloom

"This time, new artists like Atryl, Doxy and Shepherd0821 join familiar names among the roster"

and because things are getting silly

@Connor

Why yes, I did say silly pony
thank you

@Birthday game

Twilight Sparkle's mom has got it going on. Oh yeah.

Oh no. Now everyone's gonna know my birthday is in eight days.

Fun fact, the MLP game got updated with Canterlot and a set of Canterlot characters including Twi's parents. Their names are: drumroll please

Twilight Velvet
And Twilight's Dad.

It's Canon now folks.

@Twilight's Dad

Who would name their kid "Twilight's Dad"?

…Obviously somepony who wants grand-kids so much they named the grand-kid for their kid.

I'm kidding, obviously. But still, why does the mother get a name and the father doesn't?

Also, Why Is Twilight named after her mother, but neither she nor Shining Armour share a last name?

My Head Cannon: They're all Japonyse, and Twilight is actually the family name but is said first because Japan does that. And Shining Armour has The father's name or something.

Congratulations Twilight. You keep somehow strengthening my head canon for no reason.

…Both Twilights.

… Oh and now for something Awkward…

Twilight's Dad could actually refer to Twilight Velvet's Dad.

Maybe Dad is Japonyse for something or it's how the Equestrian's would write 'Dad' as his name is pronounced the same way in Japonyse. Kinda like how I have a friend who moved here from Vietnam….his name is "The" now I never really asked him about his name because I feel that would be a little uncalled for to just be like "DUDE WHY IS YOUR NAME THE?!" so I don't know how that situation really is but…….yeah his first name is Dad.

Also who would name their child Granny Smith? That's like naming your child Old Crotchety Grandpa………….brb, naming my future child Old Crotchety Grandpa.

EDIT: Also they added the John Goodman pony from the Big Lebowski in the game as well…..now unlike Jeff "The Dude" Letrowski (Canon name folks!) his name is just…..Bowling Pony…..But hey at least they state that he 'Doesn't roll on Saturdays'

huehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehue

What have you done, Connor?

the original

Keep your eyes peeled for a potential AMA.

DeadParrot might be able to ask about that disability episode now.

This is for Blue Screen because I APPARENTLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO NOT BE SRS.

@Deadparrot22

"Suddenly, Rainbow Dash felt a strange sensation in her body. She started curling up into a ball, only to find that it wasn't making her feel better, it was making her feel worse! And was her color fading to red? Say it isn't so!

"…Oh please don't forget my large meatballs…"

That was it! Now Rainbow Dash knew what was happening to her! Now she knew how a meatball feels."

Or how bout I pimp my own story.

"Pinkie proceeded to throw the restaurant's menu behind her, where it hit Bon Bon as she walked by with Lyra. Upon impact, the menu and Bon Bon caught fire before they exploded into several dozen honey glazed (simulated) hams. Lyra stared in shock before she shrugged, picked up one of the hams, and continued walking along. Another of the hams landed on Twilight and Pinkie's table."

xTSGx wrote:

Or how bout I pimp my own story.

I thought I was the one on this thread who's the designated Self Promoter…

Meh, I'm pretty sure my Fanfic is just 90% randomness anyways.

For some reason, out of the few people I grabbed from my college to pre-read it, they all start laughing at this bit:

Two incredibly Amish looking Ponies with barely a trace of Arcane Magic effect on them suddenly burst into the Tavern,

Is there something Weird about this phrase I'm not getting?

And no, I doubt the context is going to help… The scene is about two Amnish ponies walking into a Bar…

… And then Rainbow Dash happens and the entire thing explodes with Rainbows.

OH GOD! MY FAN FIC MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE IN CONTEXT! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!

The fact that you took that claim serious by posting that is evidence enough. You don't know how not to be serious nor to take something not serious.

Lol someone already beat Deadparrot by about 12-14 hours

Also last night I was sleeping…..well trying to sleep as I was basically rolling around for 5 hours. Then I realized something………..at exactly 3 in the morning everyday the birds wake up………….astounding…..But no seriously I was thinking about how weird Trixie's name is. I mean that's a human name while all the other ponies have names like "Starswirl the Bearded" "Rainbow Dash" "Pinkie Pie" so why does she have the name "Trixie?" then it hit me Because she does tricks! man am I one dense motherfucker.

What have you people done to me? I have once again been dragged into the world of fanart!

@Crimson Locks

I'm only kidding. That looks really good.

Your banhammer needs ponification:

Ever have one of those days where you're not sure if anyone even notices you're there?

I have those days way too frequently…

…Well… Too frequently for others' tastes anyways. I'm sure I'm fine being the incognito one here.

…

Actually, maybe I'm not. After all the few times I try to grab people's attention do come across as self-aggrandizing to the point of…

…Something…

That's got to be some sign that when I am trying to get attention, I either don't know how to get it properly, or I'm somehow desperate.

…

I don't even know why I'm saying this… Just have more ponyfied things:

@Disability episode – Holy shit, we might have won the Derpy Wars.

@Twilight's Dad – So what if he doesn't have a name? Timmy Turner's parents don't, either. I'm still calling him Night Light though, so fuck Gameloft.

Poni:

Either one would be great as far as I'm concerned, but you know it's just going to be some lousy one-shot character instead.

@Crimson Locks

You sure you haven't been doing fanart for a while now?

I've been doing fanart for about 7 years now… for other fandoms, but I haven't done much fanart for FiM aside from a few sketches and a Fluttershy gift art for Tomberry's friend sometime in the winter.

Since we're talking about a now supposedly confirmed disability episode, I shall share a recent experience I have had with the subject and FiM. As most of you already know, I thought of a disability episode as something that will likely not happen, but would be a nice surprise if done and done well. I was in a conversation with someone in the comments section on youtube (real place for intellectual conversation, I know) on DigiBrony's analysis of Snowdrop. I said that disability was something that was pretty unlikely to be in FiM, because it would feel out of place with the setting. The guy I was talking to responded by saying that there were already disabled pones in MLP. He said "Snips, Snails, and Crackle. If they're not disabled, then I'm not disabled" and I was just incredibly confused by this statement. If you wanna say Derpy is disabled, fair enough, the show made her look, act, and sound like there was something not right in her head, but I see Snips and Snails as just being idiots, while Crackle is a character that doesn't even have a speaking part, he just sits there and looks dumb. Not exactly what I'd call a textbook example of "disabled". I don't know, what do you guys think? Do you ever think of these characters as mentally disabled? I just never saw them as such.

@Crimson

Snails is less sane than Derpy ever was. Derpy may be a bit clueless, but she's nowhere near as unaware of her surroundings as this guy sometimes is.

@Derpy/Disability Episode.

If you're saying It's Derpy's Episode, I really hope my head-canon that she's just blind is what's going on.

Because… I somehow doubt we can have an Episode about a mental disorder without Something going wrong somewhere.

… I'm already counting three possible ways that could go wrong, and I feel a fourth cooking up in the back of my brain somewhere. And that's to say nothing of the myriad ways it could go wrong that we can't even begin to predict.

I personally think it's not going to be Derpy though, because we've already got a Pegasus with a Physical problem that is in full scene of the rest of the Show.

Scootaloo!

The Flightless Pegasi.

@Disability episode

Totally calling it!
How will Dash ever come to terms with the fact that she'll never be able to scoot!
It'll be the emotional episode of the century!

@Actual thoughts
Yeah, I highly doubt it will be Derpy as I don't think that Hasbro is ready to reopen what was basically the only major issue encountered in the actual show to date.
I mean, people have whined and bitched about a lot of stuff from the very beginning, but Derpy is the only one that was directly acknowledged and acted upon.
I'm honestly pretty surprised that they let her return to her 'Waldo' mode in the finale (and presumably season 4), but they sure as hell aren't going to allow her back in the limelight anytime soon.

As for Snips, Snails, and Crackle, they function on a different level.
If you are of the thought that a discussion of_physical_ disability in a children's show is rare, just try to think of one that has addressed mental disability in any serious terms.
Now personally, I've never once considered any of these characters as disabled, but the line between 'silly, dumb, joke character' and 'debilitating mental defect' is just too fine to try to tackle in a show aimed at kids.
Hell, go back to Derpy again.
Even the accusation that she seemed to be mentally disabled was enough to cause… all of that.
So yeah, this episode will almost certainly focus on something physical and clearly observable.

So what could happen?
Well, as others have said, they could introduce a new character who has some sort of disability and show how they have overcome it and gone on to live an otherwise 'normal' life.
Go all Katawa Shoujo on their asses.

I've seen stories like that work and work well so I would have no issues with it if that ends up being their approach.
Then again… maybe?

I had a cruddy day, so let's have some videos to help cheer me up.
You guys can have fun with them too, if you want.

What

the fuck?

@disability ep

It's very odd that McCarthy describes the disability ep as fun. I don't know what exactly they're going to do, but here's hoping we get another glorious cop out like Over a Barrel.

@Disability episode

The only way we'd ever get a Derpy episode is if we:
1) Gather 132,643 bronies.
2) Have each of them buy 10 shares of Hasbro stock, thus taking majority control over the company.
3) Force a proxy vote at the next shareholder meeting and install our own Board of Directors.
4) Run Hasbro.

More than likely, it's going to be an OC. I just don't see them making Scootaloo disabled. Then again, I didn't see any way Twilicorn would be canonized either, so I have zero confidence in my prediction ability.

Pinkie Pie: Everyone is making fun of you because you're disabled? I'll sing a song to stop them!
One song later
Anchorpony: We're here at the ponyville public school where a schoolyard brawl took place, sending close to 12 young ponies to the emergency room. What could've caused this?

So I was checking out the name votes again and I couldn't help but notice we had several repeat voters. Now of course, Verbose can filter those, and I believe he said he would pm those who did so in order to find out their proper vote, but it sounds like a drag. Also, what if they don't respond? Toss out all their votes altogether?

I also notice that some of these guys have probably never posted here before. I can't help but wonder how much lurking one must do to qualify a vote. I tried calculating the results myself, but I don't know which votes are invalid, so my results aren't too helpful.

I still say it's all too complicated for our humble thread.

@DeadParrot

Funny videos you say? I presume you've seen this one:

I got a few chuckles out of it.

Well, that's a full five-finger of MAD/MLP crossovers. But why the hell did it have to be Disney Channel crap? Why not Dash and Josh? That would have been awesome!

@Snips and Snails Disability: I honestly think the two are autistic. I should know; I have an autistic cousin.

Jimmy Lethal wrote:

@Snips and Snails Disability: I honestly think the two are autistic. I should know; I have an autistic cousin.

I suppose I should mention that I as well have an autistic cousin, and an autistic friend, so I'm not just talking like I have no idea what disabled people are like when I say I don't see Snips and Snails as disabled.

Just found this song from the Lovestruck Derpy tumblr

This song is very beautiful and it makes me very sad. If someone could make me believe in it, I have no doubt that that's the person I would love above all others.

Millenial Dan wrote:

So I was checking out the name votes again and I couldn’t help but notice we had several repeat voters. Now of course, Verbose can filter those, and I believe he said he would pm those who did so in order to find out their proper vote, but it sounds like a drag. Also, what if they don’t respond? Toss out all their votes altogether?

I also notice that some of these guys have probably never posted here before. I can’t help but wonder how much lurking one must do to qualify a vote. I tried calculating the results myself, but I don’t know which votes are invalid, so my results aren’t too helpful.

I think lurkers deserve a vote as much as anyone. If you lurk enough to have seen and cared about the thread title poll, I say you count.

Lurking is an honorable way of life.

Hey, guys, I finished a fanfic I've been writing, and I want feedback. It's weird – whenever I post a new chapter of it, I immediately get 1 like and 2 dislikes, then only likes.

Anyway, here it is.

Edit: HOLY CRAP PAGE GET. New topic: what would the character's theme songs be? I got one for Pinkamena: Sweating Bullets by Megadeth.