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This is going to be interesting.

WHAT IS THIS EXPLOSION OF NOSTALGIA I'M FEELING!?

Oh, and ONE more thing… Yu Mo Gwai Gui Fai Di Zao.

I use Photoshop the majority of the time, with a small wacom drawing tablet. The pencil tool will give you a nice solid line of pixels, and the tablet will scale the size of the brush depending on the pressure you're using to draw. That's what makes it look hand drawn.

For some things, like the Tumblr logo, I use Adobe Illustrator for cleaner vector art.

JACKIEEEEEEEEEE DON'T FORGET CURRY PUWDUUUUUUUUUUUUR

AYE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

What do you think will turn fluttershy into a dragon, and will she be slayed by sir spike?

@Uncle Chan Adventures
Wow. I haven't seen that show in a long time. Wasn't expecting that crossover.

Question
What is the worst reaction you got from someone when you told them you watch MLP?

EDIT
In case you're wondering, here's some reactions I got:
"Seriously?"
"Oh no! Not you too!"
"Well, at least you finally came out of the closet."

@disturbedbrony
I've never had a bad reaction.

I've never gotten a bad reaction. Of course, I've never told anyone.

@Dac
They never said what size dragon she was going to be, everyone's assuming she's gonna be as big as that one dragon she made cry that one time (you know, the one that lives in a cave of gems on top of a mountain). I think she's going to somehow from an accidental spell twilight cast, she and spike switch bodies. Because after all, spike is a dragon.

@Disturbed
Like what dac said, I never really got a bad reaction.

@Uncle chan crossover
Woah. I remember that show, at first glance I was like, I know I've seen this "uncle chan" somewhere…, then I remembered the jackie chan adventures. Nostalgic, bro.

@Megalolzers
yeah, I guess it could be an accidental spell or mabye she wants to help fluttershy get over her fear of dragons.

Tell people?

@People's reaction to my bronihood

It varied, as I would have expected, but I was still disappointed in some people. Three of my closer friends were fairly positive about it. One said that it was cool, because it made me happy(ier). One didn't care. He's Internet savvy anyway…and he generally doesn't care. The third friend is interested in learning about it, and she didn't care about me liking the show.

My closest friend is handling it well, but I know it bothers him. That's disappointing, but he's never given me any grief about it, so that's all I can ask of him.
 
A friend of mine from college likes the show, but dislikes the fandom, so we chat about the show on occasion. I think other people know as well, but they haven't said anything to me, so I don't know.

God help me if my family picks up on it. The same folks that were concerned about my sexuality when I took a Women's Studies class will not get this.

My weekend:

Friday

 
Saturday

 
Sunday (Today)

 
 
And I was going to make another article for KYM, and save more images from Ponibooru, and clean, and…

MFW

@disturbed
I haven't really directly mentioned it to people that I expected to have a neutral or negative reaction, I post about it on Facebook from time to time but I only bring it up personally with people I think might be into it or at least understand it.

once I was working this bake sale with the science club at a local community college (I put in a couple semesters there and the president of the club was the most beautiful girl I'd ever met) and I met this woman who was also very, very much a fan of the show (I was wearing an FiM t-shirt, which she went crazy about)

I never received in-person crap from haters, this woman was different. a fan, but an obvious sufferer of some mental illness (I'm not joking, and I wouldn't). she was quite jittery, a bit loud, and seemed obsessively interested in some band I'd never heard of. she kept making references I didn't understand. and we talked and talked about the show and the characters, and eventually she goes (the following is approximated) "some of those fans are pretty sick, like those guys who fap to Rarity!"

wanting this to be over with, as we were quite busy and I simply didn't want to get into that discussion I go, "Yeah, I know how that goes! Haha!" thinking she'll pick up on my sarcasm and just laugh too. But she only got more intense. She goes, "OH MY GOD, are you saying you fap to Rarity?! BLAH BLAH BLAH" and obviously I just keep serving customers and rolling my eyes. Eventually she goes away.

So yeah mostly I've been blessed in the fact that my physically useless body has yet to be made the target of hateful folks…that was the worst I've had, a fan, who isn't quite all there, who doesn't approve clop stuff. Could be a shitload worse

oh and I meant to end my post at that but I just remembered a long time ago after I made my older (by 10 years) sister throw up by showing her my back acne she made some comment about it being passed onto my children and my mom goes "Who's John gonna mate with? A pony??" aaaaaand I still dunno how I feel about that. at that point I'd never said a thing to anyone in my family about clop (I'm not even sure I was into clop at that point). my mother though is the sort who saw the McDonald's pony set on our eBay watch list, first thought it was my sister who wanted it, and when she found out it was me immediately goes "Did John turn gay??"

EDIT: yeah my first name is John and I hate it

@Mega
Actually, Tabitha made it pretty clear that Fluttershy would not be a small dragon like Spike.
@ ~21:10 "Enormous dragon"

(Then go to 28:44 for Cathy's great impromptu Octavia voice!)

hmmm… never got a bad reaction from anyone i know, really. they see me post the occasional pony-related pic or full-blown pony pic in FB. probably because they know how much of a psycho i can be IRL.

worse i got was just a off-hand comment from a friend. and he even told me he was kidding, especially after i explained myself.

now that's what i call "respecting opinion."

Well, after getting around to finally watching that Comic-Con panel video, I think it's safe to say that either:

A. Tabitha just let a huge spoiler slip and this Fluttershy/dragon thing is confirmed

or

B. Tabitha St. Germain is a trolling genius surpassing even Tara Strong

Considering Tara is Twilightlicious, and ain't no other pony troll it down like her, I think it's safe to assume this episode is happening.

What do you think will turn fluttershy into a dragon, and will she be slayed by sir spike?

I believe Miss Germain said it was funny to hear Fluttershy's voice coming from a dragon, so no, I believe it will still be Andrea Libman. (Ninja'd by DeadParrot. Thanks for posting the video and time, though.)

As for what the cause is, I'm actually a bit unsure. Twilight's magic is ALWAYS the first thing to come to mind, but that's simply because she's capable of so much. But why would she turn her into a dragon? Even accidentally, what spell could she screw up that would result in this, and why wouldn't she be able to fix the issue immediately afterwards?

Then again, maybe I'm just tired of Twilight's magic always doing everything and this is just positive thinking because I want variety. Still, I'm going to try to think up some variety. I think we can rule out poison joke. Although a pony afraid of dragons turning into a dragon does sound like the work of poison joke, their magical properties appeared to be much more limited in Bridle Gossip. However, what about other herbs? What about a mixture of herbs? Maybe they need a potion from Zecora, and shenanigans prevent her from creating it properly? Cutie Mark Crusaders help get ingredients for Zecora to get medicine for an ill Fluttershy, screw up and get the wrong plants, and then… BAM! Dragon. Hilarity ensues… lessons are learned.

What is the worst reaction you got from someone when you told them you watch MLP?

HAHA! Oh boy, do I have some stories about when I told people about it.

First, I told my brother. He called me a fag.

Me: "Hey dude, there's this new My Little Pony cartoon out. But Lauren Faust, the chick behind Foster's Home, worked on it. It also has a bunch of the crew from Ed, Edd, n' Eddy. People on KnowYourMeme are saying it's pretty good."

Bro: "You didn't watch it without me did you?"

Me: "Yeah. I watched the first four episodes to make sure it was good and they weren't just trolling."

Bro: "You watched it without me? You fag."

We kept it a secret from our mom and step-dad, mostly because our step-dad was an aroogant, snide, stupid prick that would take any chance he could to tell us how useless and pathetic we are. After they split up, we decided to tell our mom. Sort of. We thought it would be funny if we just started watching an episode in front of her, without acting like it was unordinary. She walks by and looks at the screen.

"What are you guys watching?"

"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."

"My Little Pony"

"SHUT UP MOM, THE THEME SONG'S ABOUT TO START!"

And then she walks off shaking her head saying, "My son's are idiots." I love being an eccentric smart-ass. I can say anything and do anything, and no one finds it odd. I even showed my high school and work friends a few things when I was still on Facebook. It's not weird to them because they all know me as "that guy that snorted icee mix," or "that guy that climbs up the walls in the break room like Sam Fischer," or my personal favorite, "that guy that drank window cleaner, except it wasn't really window cleaner, he just filled a spray bottle full of blue Gatorade, and also he can breakdance and is incredibly sexy."

But anyway, I'm getting off track. I didn't want to post pony stuff on my Facebook until I found something I thought my friends would actually find interesting. Then the Fighting is Magic PreAlpha demo came out. I posted it and found out two of my old friends were bronies. Then I posted Mr.Yaridovich's Moonbase Alpha parody, and got another friend into the show with that.

There was one guy that reacted poorly, though. I joined some "Facebook Pony avatar week" and some brony accidentally invited a friend who was a hater. He stated that Action Hank would beat the stupid ponies or some garbage like that. I replied with a LOL, complimented him on his Action Hank avatar, then informed him that Lauren Faust, creator of MLP:FiM, was the wife of Craig McCracken, creator of Dexter's Laboratory, and they worked together on numerous projects. He didn't respond. I thought winning arguments on the internet was just a myth, but I think I achieved the impossible and won that day.

THIS POST HAS TOO MANY WORDS! I NEED A PICTURE TO MAKE THIS POST LESS SCARY.
Oh look, someone else drew best pony as best superhero.

You know what's one thing I like about bronies? They are an easy fandom to please( for the most part). Besides the whole derpy fiasco, they are always praising hasbro. I hate how other fandoms have become unpleasable. At least bronies don't suffer from that too much.

@jackel lantern

I said slayed, not played.

Never got a bad reaction really. No one around here really gives a crap what I watch. Hell, if I remember correctly, I was wearing a Fluttershy shirt, and my niece's boyfriend actually mentioned me being a brony, and it was cool.

Edit: bad reaction, not back reaction, oi.

@reaction to telling people: Yeahhhhhhhno.

I am not telling a fucking soul about this IRL. I'm terrified enough watching. Technically where I am right now I am either nonexistent or unpopular, and the past two semesters I've been targeted by the crowd of 4/20ers that I'm surprised exist at school. I seem to be finally shifting out of target range.

Not even my close friends are going to know about this, because once one person knows about it will spread no matter what you do. It will eventually spread. They already have enough to hold against me for being a geek as is… knowing I watch My Little Pony is going to get me fucked up the ass. Not telling a damn soul that isn't online.

@Flutterdragon:

I hope Hasbro pulls their heads out of their asses and gets with the program.

Flutterbear is where it's at.

Anyways, why would Spike slay a dragon? Especially when he's a dragon? If he becomes a dragonslaying knight, he'd have to slay himself.

Which requires hax. Lots and lots of hax.

@Reactions about my bronyism:

Everybody that knows (i.e. my brother and my mother) are both bronies.

People know I'm on the 'net and all that shit a lot, and that's the extent of my 'net life interfering with my real life.

Anyways, I finally got around to getting and beating Portal 2 today. Besides the sads I got near the end, this comic was stuck in my head the entire time:

Can't forget the original Pinkie one!

@Flutterdragon
I'd say that the most logical story would be something about helping Fluttershy get over her fear by letting (i.e. 'forcing') her to see the world as a dragon.
Probably Twilight magic.
Then again, whenever I try to predict an episode, either the writers use the same idea but make it far more interesting than I thought or I'm just completely wrong in every possible way.

@Solaire
Congrats on beating Portal 2!
Still one of my favorite games out there!
Did you follow the comic and jump down there for your ponies (and an achievement)?
Why am I asking?
Of course you did?
Who could resist?

@Jackal

@Dac
My bad, I must be lysdexic. I'm kinda hoping the episode focuses more on Fluttershy and her interactions with dragons. Even if that weren't the case, I don't see Sir Spike coming to the rescue unless good ol' Flutters decides to steal Rarity as he did in Secret of My Excess.

@Not Dac (and also @Dac)
I just realized, the writers are stealing the bronies' ideas now.

But on a serious note, you would not believe how psyched I am for the episode. Honestly, Fluttershy is kinda low on my favorite ponies list, and this seems like just the episode I want to see that could expand on her personality. She was out of character in the Putting Your Hoof Down, and her funniest moment in The Best Night Ever, one of her BIGGEST moments, was equally ooc. She was actually being herself in Dragonshy (shame they already used that title!), but she didn't get any more spotlight than any other pony until the end of the episode, and on top of that, she was nothing but a burden on her friends until then. I kinda feel like Hurricane Fluttershy is the only episode that focused on her, featured her in character, and showed her in a positive light. I feel like this episode's premise has a lot of potential to give her the spotlight she deserves. Some people were saying before, during the favorite pony discussion, that Fluttershy is a less interesting character. What if she overcame her fear of dragons? (you know, like DeadParrot said when he ninja'd me AGAIN) That would show her to be a more dynamic character, and dynamic characters are much more interesting imo.

@Solaire

Fluttershy and bears, you say?
Marginally relevant gif is marginally relevant.

So, no one has brought up the 'spoiler' that turned up on the Hub site yet…
Anyone want to chime in?
(I'll leave it hidden in case some people don't want to see.)

Looks interesting!
I'm really wondering where he's going to come into play now!

@Fluttershy dragon episode

This is extremely relevant to my interests.

Jackal Lantern wrote:

Some people were saying [. . .] that Fluttershy is a less interesting character.

I feel like this episode’s premise has a lot of potential to give her the spotlight she deserves.

As far as Fluttershy being interesting, that is, as I have said before, nothing more than a matter of perspective. Unlike what people might assume about Fluttershy fans like me, I don't just like her because she's cute. I've always been intrigued by her particular form of inner strength and the way it conflicts with some of her insecurities. Her personality has plenty of subtleties, which, while not emphasized in every single episode she appears, are the main reason she became my favorite pony.

That being said, I agree that this could be a breakthrough episode for her. We've seen that most monsters are perfectly within her ability to handle, despite how timid she is. Even Cerberus was just a giant puppy as far as she was concerned. It's very interesting to note that although she was no doubt frightened of the hydra, she was nowhere near the level of crippling fear she was experiencing in Dragonshy and Dragon Quest. Why is that? Are full-grown dradons simply a random phobia of hers? Or did she experience some encounter with them in her past that caused this to be the case? Whatever the case, her character building would benefit greatly from a deeper look into this fascinating fear, and that seems to be the intention here. I'm really hoping it's all true, because I think it would be a spectacular way to delve further into the mind of Best Pony.

Time for some loosely related artwork. I've posted the second one before, but who cares, we have a lot of new members now and they deserve to experience the awesome.

Looks like a dark and edgy Black-and-Red OC crossed with Mojo-Jojo from PPG

And no, I don't really like his design, I hope the animator is just trolling us.

Based on his look, I can guess he's the new villain of the first 2 episodes. He doesn't have a simple Gilda or Trixie look, it's too special to be just a 1 episode character. Based on his eye, horn and teeth, he seems like some rage focussed character. Whether he's an element of rage or just has really rustled jimmies, he at least has the villain look. I don't know if that piece of blue next to his eye should be taken seriously or is just something to make him look special.

Or he's Twilight's boyfriend who likes it rough.

Whatever it is, it looks terrible.

@Spoiler

He looks like that character that EqD used in their first post about Discord, before we knew he wasn't a pony.
For whatever reason he looks more comical than badass to me.
Perhaps he's a type of changeling, or what happens to a changeling when controlled by Discord. Dunno…
Oh well, should be interesting. They'll have to work hard to top Discord and last season's premier.

I can't wait if that info is true and indeed Fluttershy becomes Flutterdragon. Dragon's are probably my favorite mythical creature and of course Fluttershy is my favorite pony, and best pony trollface so yeah, that's the Season 3 episode that I'm most looking forward to.

The picture isnt showing up anymore. Where can I see this bad guy?

He still appeared to me, so I uploaded it to the image gallery while at it. Should stop it from disappearing in the future.

Here's the link (spoiler obviously)

And oh my god WANT!

@new villain

Mlp please…

That looks awful. I've seen better OCs than that. The one Connor posted looked better!
The green in his eyes clashes with the red and the blue looks stupid. I will never watch mlp again and this the last time I'll post here. I hate everything now after seeing that and now I think I'm dumber for having seen that…..

We're forgetting a few things here people.

• That "OC" could be Hasbro trolling for all we know.
• People tend to overreact with this type of stuff. Honestly, I wouldn't call Candence that much more original. But look how she turned out.
• When people see that character, they can look at him as a Mary Sue based on his looks. Something which isn't always appreciated by bronies (besides Celestia).
• The fact that he's a colt might also be a reason, because I honestly think if that character was female the reactions would be a lot more "So badass! Love it!". Male characters always lose some points based on their package down there (*cough*Blueblood*cough*).

Honestly, I wouldn't be to surprised if Hasbro was indeed trolling us. This fandom has a lot of trolls, and by trolls, I mean the good kind, not the kind who come in here and call us fags/gay or such for liking this show, so I could see Hasbro trolling us.

@randomman

I was just overracting for fun. They could just be trolling us too. I wouldn't have thought any different had he been a girl, the colors don't go well. You know that I don't obsess over any of the female characters over the males, I like big Mac, fancy pants, and discord just as much as the others. Iis eyes are what kill it for me. Green and red? Hasbro plz

Wait, you were overreacting? Ohemgee Dac I couldn't guess. Here I was hoping you finally quit the site and stopped standing inbetween me and Twins' boobies. But nooooooooooooo, you just had to joke around.

I understand that at times my joking can be too subtle. In the future, I'll will try to make it more obvious to avoid confusion.

Ha, twins has no use for a rabbit bitch such as yourself, she wants a handsome watertribe man that can show her how to go "penguin sledding"… If you know what I mean…

Dude, it was more than obvious.

But now I am confused if this post is a joke.

STOP MAKING MY BRAIN HURT!

Hello bronies.
Let me introduce myself.
I am ANN HIRO
My favorite pony is twilight sparkle.
Second favorite character in general is Gilda.
I am not a brony, but I will partake in in this friendship filled thread.

'Bout time you made it here, ANN
I thought you stuck to JFF though….ah, well. Enjoy reading the past 26 or so pages or discuss the new season.
A few guidelines:
1. Don't quote long posts. Us an "@Username here" or just talk to them like I'm doing.
2. Try not to include more than 3 images for post. Some of the users here have slow computers, and too many images will possibly crash them
3. As with the rest of the forums, you are RandomMan's bitch.
4. If there's a troll, ignore. If there's a negger, probably a troll.
5. Whatever you do, do not mention the Derpy incident. Popper got his ass in hot water with that, its not pretty. Its what caused scars that made a few users leave the thread, and we'd like to avoid that topic.
6. Have fun. This is a pony thread, and pones are fun. By default, that makes this a fun thread.
7. Don't listen to Soliare, Luna/NmM is best pony, not Celestia. Celestia is second best pony.

Welcome ANN HIRO, nice to see you here.
Remember: once you post here, you are stuck forever, all chances for you to leave are all gone once you pressed that post button.

You and Thor can start the "I'm not a Brony but I post here anyway club"
[/joke]

I'm going to use your post as an excuse to post Gilda (Too many Twilight fans out there, entry level casuals… /jk)

Why does the PUNK style fit so well on Gilda…

Oh and BTW excuse Pyro, he's clearly off his rocker, everyone knows that Celestia is the best.

Yeah, I can't wait for Batman.

@X-Singular and Pyro: You silly fillies, you are both wrong. Fluttershy is best pony, and Luna/Nightmare Moon are second best ponies.

Also Fridge, yes, I can't wait for Batman as well.

Welcome, ANN.
Not a whole lot of love in here for Gilda, but you know what we can say to that, right?

And all of you people are wrong!

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA BATMARE!

Gee, sure is Dyslexia in here. You guys should really work on how you spell Celestia, so it's less confusing.

@That OC thingy:

Isn't it obvious?

That's Chesty Motherfucking McThunderbeard's arch-rival, who he must defeat in order to save Equestria and get all the bitches.

But on a note exactly as serious as that, I just don't give a fuck. Knowing Hasbro, there's no possible way they can possible make something widely viewed as a Mary-Sue by overreacting bronies something enjoyable with a lot of character, right? I mean, when have they ever not made a Mary-Sue, and actually had enjoyable, deep characters with some flaws? And, like, when have they ever stuck it to the bronies by doing so?

Either way, his color scheme is the bee's knees. And dat jawline. And dem teeth.

@Ann:

What's that, Gilda is your second favorite pony? That's not how you spell first, silly!

@The giant plush RandomMan posted:

When I was little, I had a massive teddy bear about that size.

Shit was so awesome.

Edit: I went to the MLP area of Hasbro.com…

Good god… It's like there are bronies all up in Hasbro.