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Speaking of anime and ponies, they really fit well together and i love those opening/ending parodies, we need more of them.


Japan is so fascinating…

@onion syrup

Samurai Champloo is actually a good example of what I was talking about. Don't think about the fight scenes, think about the times when they aren't fighting and you will see what I mean. Even in Shonen like Naruto, Inuyasha, shakugan no shana, etc. you would see exactly what I was explaining. It's not specific to any genre, hell, even hentai animation is like that.

Honestly, I see what you are talking about to some extent, but it's just that as a whole, I feel like MLP isn't very anime at all. You should watch a bit of anime and then MLP, maybe you'll see what I mean. The dramatic angles you speak of I have seen in a lot in Gravity Falls and various other American cartoons, it's just that anime is… different. I don't know, like I said, watch some anime and you'll probably see what I mean.

So… Since its still Halloween for another minute here… I may as well make up a little skit about myths about Bat Pony. (Because what better excuse is there?)

Earth Pony: Sees Bat Pony
Earth Pony: Hey, is it true you guys drink blood?
Bat Pony: Ew, no that's unhygienic.
Earth Pony: Oh… I guess you don't feed on ponies the either.
Bat Pony: That's what we call "Porn", if we did that for real we'd get sick.
Earth Pony: So… What do you eat?
Beat
Bat Pony: Very little.
Earth Pony: Huh?
Bat Pony: I'd eat fish, but that stuff is expensive.

I get the feeling someone could tell that better… As it stands, its just a prototype of a joke.

^
>implying Bat Ponies aren't monstrous cannibal scum

New episode was good, not "Wait over a month for it because it leaked so now you have to stay off most Pony themed websites that have images because idiots people assume that since the episode leaked EVERYONE has watched it because every single person can't stand to wait a month for the episode to air so they decide not to spoiler tag it because they have tiny penises" good. But good enough, I mean the middle was pretty blah and the ending was yet another status quo shit but good enough.

Oh come on Crash, how can this

be a monstrous cannibal?

Easily.
Now get me my Heavy Flamer!

Now that I've seen the Scare Master episode, I want to point out two things:

Now I know that the two on the right are Bulma and Ranma. I don't who are the two on the left but I know where they come from: Salior Moon and Evangelion. However, I really have no idea who is the one in the middle.

As for the second thing, before the intro could begin, I just find it odd seeing Beary staring with a cold-blooded expression on his face. It's just for a couple of seconds but, I don't know, it simply caught my attention.

The episode has aired in the United States. I believe that means you don't need to use spoilers for that specific episode.

From the left to the right:
Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon.
Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena
Bulma Briefs from Dragon Ball
Ranma Saotome: from Ranma ½

It's going to be weird talking about an episode I've seen six weeks ago as if it were new.

Edit: So picking up from my comment over a month ago, anyone find it odd that Fluttershy watches Evangelion?

@Ryumaru Borike
Nah, she sees that kind of stuff all the time.

Get in the fucking robot, Fluttershy.

>Suggesting that a species can eat itself without vomiting

Do you even Biology?

Here's some possible negative effects that even without using google, I think would happen.

If a species tried to consume the blood of its own species, their body would likely react with similar symptoms to an internal hemorrhage of the stomach, such as if an ulcer had occurred. This in itself could cause nausea, vomiting, cramps, and stomach aches.

Were they actually able to digest the meat of their own kind, their chemical processes have only evolved to process the proteins of other species, and even then, if it were something higher on the food chain, it would still screw up. Meaning they'd be lucky if it provided them any nutrients they can use at all.

And even if it did give them nutrients, there's a high chance, that between the above, and the fact it is LITERALLY an attempt recursive protein synthesis, there is a high probability that the result is that they would have created a substance that is toxic to them.

That's not even going into the fact that its the quickest way to catch diseases.

… Now… Here's what I get after a quick google search:

Turns out, there is actually a disease that can be contracted via cannibalism, called a Prion. And it bears a lot of similarities to what I described in the idea of eating another of the same species creating a "F***ed up protein". And funnily enough there's one well known case of it, where cows were given the meat of other cows, and contracted "Mad Cow Disease". And there's a known case of another Prion disease called "Kuru". Contracted by a tribe that ate their dead.

… Also, a lot of these Prion Diseases are 100% fatal if contracted. Often a slow death by brain degeneration.

Now… Think about this for a second… If some ancient Bat Pony saw another Bat Pony drop dead after trying to eat another pony… Would any Bat Pony ever bother trying it again? It would take millions of dead Bat Ponies before a single one would prove to be able to survive, and it only takes one bad experience for the entire society to go "welp, lets never try that again". So none would ever do it…. Ever.

Let's also not forget that the forces of evolution on psychology happens to favor behaviors that allow a gene to be passed on… Including copies of that gene that exist in those other than yourself. So a Bat Pony seeing any other Pony would be more likely to want to protect, and possibly court the other Pony. Not only because they may carry the save genes, but also because they might be a vector through which to pass on their own genes.

Now just to add credibility, some secondary sources on Prions and Cannibalism:
http://scienceline.org/2008/01/ask-stern-cannibal/
http://www.healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/spotlight-why-cannibalism-bad-you-72612

Thank you Professor Buzzkill.

Just a couple of minor corrections to what Lunar Protege wrote above:

- A prion is not a type of disease, but a disease-causing agent, like a virus. So kuru is related to prions the way the flu is related to viruses. Prions are basically proteins that react with other proteins in the body, causing complications.
- Kuru is indeed transmitted via cannibalism, specifically cannibalism of the brain, but almost all infections occur in Papua New Guinea, among those who practice the ritual cannibalism of their dead as a kind of funeral rite. It's the first human-transmissible prion disease discovered.
- Mad cow disease is a distinct form of prion disease, and like kuru is transmitted through cannibalism of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) of cows. Humans who consume infected tissue can acquire Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
- It should also be pointed out that if you eat another person, you're at a high risk of acquiring any disease they might have been infected with. So prion diseases are likely the least of your worries. When eating other animals, any diseases they have are unlikely to be transferable to humans, so there's a bit of protection there.

Have a vampire bat pone:

>attempting to apply real life biology to magical diminutive equines

also for the record horses could eat horse meat without vomiting since they can't vomit at all

The irony of that second sentence is that in canon MLP, ponies have vomited a lot.

But still… Using real life to analyze a show still works, because while the specifics may be different, the underlying logic still counts.

… And sometimes magic is just an extra thing to consider rather than a handwave.

For example, say a magical Vampire may be kept from "natural decay" by… Say… preventing necrosis… It does not mean a Vampire would be immune to diseases that it would inevitably pick up from humans. They still have DNA, Cells, and flesh. So if a disease tried to feed on those cells, that specific magic would not exactly be an obstacle to it… And if the Vampire had a form of magical barrier protecting their cells from disease, then since disease can be quite adaptive, it would likely only be as much an obstacle as a natural immune system is, only that since Vampires supposedly can't create new blood cells anymore, they cannot maintain a true immune system either, so the magical cell barrier would be all they have.

…Also, magic still follows rules.

@Episode
5/10. Thoroughly meh to me. Standard Fluttershy Plot + Kids Halloween = a dull first half and the Mane 5 using slasher movie logic in the second half. There's just not a lot they can do with a Hallowwen story for a kids show. It's got to be all character focused--which is why Luna Eclipsed worked so well--but they instead opt for that Fluttershy plot that's been done since S1. Without a strong character focus, the thing's just a meh Halloween episode--there's not even any of the Nightmare Night lore to disguise it.

The Flutterbat stuff's getting really old. I really hope Family Guy Effect's starting to kick in and the more they use it, the faster it dies.

Lunar Protege said:

…myths about Bat Pony…

>tfw your writing a 90k long weird clopfic about a bat pony

I still like classic vampirism, even if it's almost never used these days because muh edgy OCs. And that they've been working for quite some time to scrub any record of their involvement with Nightmare Moon clean. All the while, some of the more "nationalistic" rally around Luna and declare their attempts solar historical revisionism.

CrashGordon94 said:

>implying Bat Ponies aren’t monstrous cannibal scum

Gonna have to declare exterminatus on that headcanon you have there. There's just no saving it, and we can't risk it spreading to Fimfiction to contaminate all the durian and mango fanfics.

Ryumaru Borike said:

…anyone find it odd that Fluttershy watches Evangelion?

Evangelion only really gets infamous after about episode 15. Prior to that, it's a pretty fun (and I'd argue, much better) "Monster fo the Week" anime where the cast has to defeat that week's eldrich abomination. There's even a funny brick joke in episode 13. Fluttershy might have abandoned ship when the shift started in ep 16 or never bothered to finish it.

Or there's no in-universe reason and it's just a reference by the storyboarder/animator.

Lunar Protege said:

Do you even Biology?

What? Meat's meat. Your body can't tell the difference between pork and human. In fact, it's believed human tastes very similar to pork based on what cannibals have said. There is no biological function that would prevent you from eating it. It would all be in your head.

…the proteins of other species…

All animals posses the same proteins as all animals require the same amino acids to live. If you ate human, you'd be getting the same proteins as if you ate beef, perhaps in different amounts, but still the same ones.

Meaning they’d be lucky if it provided them any nutrients they can use at all.

Your stomach and intestines would process human meat the same as it would any meat. This was infamously shown with the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed on the slopes of the Andes. The survivors had to eat the dead to live and were rescued 70 days later.

Turns out, there is actually a disease that can be contracted via cannibalism, called a Prion

Platus cleared some of this up. To add to it, it's not actually caused by eating the brain, but by the processing of it. Since they're a tribe, they don't practice proper hygiene when handling the brains, and the wounds on their hands and arms are what gets infected by the prion.

@Lunar Protege

Well, let's not forget that a vampire is, in most settings, considered an undead creature. They've already suffered death, so I doubt a little bit of cellular degradation would bother them much. Also consider that most legends paint vampires as very difficult to kill, often requiring a fairly complicated ritual to make sure they don't get back up. I've also seen some stories where a vampire becomes more decrepit the more blood they lose, until they resemble zombies. It follows, then, that they could rapidly reverse this process by draining a few warm bodies dry.

If the immune system is magical in nature, then it follows that the disease must also be magical in nature to infect a vampire, no? After all, most diseases are parasites looking to use healthy, living cells as an energy source. Considering that a vampire is dead, ordinary diseases would find little sustenance in their cold flesh.

Also, magic follows rules, yes. However, those rules tend to change vastly between settings. What vampires in most settings practice could be termed blood magic, which in most settings uses blood as a substitute for mana. Therefore, you could postulate that they fight the decay their dead flesh invites by casting a continuous healing spell which is fueled by the blood they consume.

So, I don't really think you can apply the same rules you can with living creatures, even if there are some superficial similarities.

Oh shit, when the hell did I last post? 4 months ago? And I still ain't even set up that gallery like I promised.

Well, anyway, got me a new gig over at another academy, specifically learning graphic design. Had to move into a new city and everything, still have to walk a good 40 minutes every morning and another such every evening. Keeps me in shape, at least, but it's wreakin' havoc on my feet. Getting blisters almost as bad as in the army, heh.

Ain't got me much to show for it yet, either, but here's what I've got:

So we were asked to come up with a god-image as part of our art history course, for the prehistory section. Downright heretical, I know. It was recommended we'd make it a sculpture of some kind, but sod that, I came here to learn digital art so that's what I'm doing. Turns out an angel named Lailah (Hebrew for night) appears in some interpretations of the Talmud. Named her after that.

…Damn, that pretty much all I've got. Most of what we've been doing is textual or photographic, so far. Ah well, I'll just throw in something I made for fun.



I've been lurking the 8chan furry board for shits and giggles. They've got an art request thread. Anon said "Requesting a nerdy birdy with her tits on display". I figured eh, why not? Shat this thing out in about 4 hours. Don't have the slightest idea why I went with a blue tit. Maybe 'cause they're small and cute? Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it, officer.

Is nobody going to address the elephant in the room?

When did ponies get a space program? Yes we all know Luna was sent to the moon but space pones? What would their space program be called? NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration so maybe CASA = Celestial Aeronautics and Space Administration?? I mean, isn't the Wonderbolts the top fliers? There isn't any Pegasus ponies above that rank. SO WTF IS THIS SHITE?? HOW IS THERE ASTRONAUTS???

Actually, I addressed this when the leak happened.

Maybe the Space program was started by Luna loyalists with the goal of getting to the moon, only for episodes 1 and 2 to happen.

"Shit, might as land on an asteroid, FUCK!"

Derpy Vaz said:

When did ponies get a space program?

When did we get zombies?

Just because someone dresses up for something for Halloween, doesn't mean that thing actually exists in their universe. Somnium, written in 1608, was one fo the first novels to feature space travel--450 years prior to it happening for real. Who's to say Dash hasn't expanded beyond Daring Do and gotten into some science fiction?

"Goodbye, mission control. Thanks for trying."

Derpy Vaz said:

When did ponies get a space program?

When did we get zombies?

Just because someone dresses up for something for Halloween, doesn’t mean that thing actually exists in their universe. Somnium, written in 1608, was one fo the first novels to feature space travel--450 years prior to it happening for real. Who’s to say Dash hasn’t expanded beyond Daring Do and gotten into some science fiction?

Conversely, they could HAVE a space program, but they haven't actually gone to space yet. At least not with any frequency.

An unfortunate implication of how complicated preparations for space flight is, it takes YEARS before they even start the mission, and many more to actually reach their destination.

I mean… Look at the Russian/European collaboration on getting a Moon base up and running. Its going to take 5 years before they send an unmanned flight up, and another 9 on top of that to send one with ACTUAL PEOPLE.

That's 14 years before we get to set foot on the Moon again… After how many years since the last time? 43 years?

That's a combined total of 57 years between manned visits!

Is anyone going to point out that it looks like a Buzz Lightyear costume?

I'm more concerned wondering if Applejack will dress up as the Tin-man next year and that she's fucking adorable as a Lion.

So, Halloween is finally over for at least a couple of months.

You know what that means?!

(oooooh baby . . .)

G.M. Berrow's writing a new chapter book for the season finale and despite them using a bare basic one sentence synopsis, they still managed a fairly large spoiler.

This is interesting.

Good interesting.

Season six might end up being quite a wild ride.

Too bad we probably won't be seeing said season until fall 2016….Can I just say that they really shit the bed when it came to scheduling this season?

Slowly, with each passing season, the lore of mlp that Faust originally intended is retconned and I honestly don't think the staff is going to attempt to justify the newer stuff with much in-universe logic. I'm actually just waiting for the moment when the show has the mane 6 carrying smartphones trying to connect to the internet.

I'm actually kinda surprised how some brones still manage to make connections like these in the show. By now I don't think the mlp staff really thinks about what they're doing anymore, but it is impressive how things just happen to fall into place with mlp.

Edit: Bigger news. It's a pony kind of Christmas…

Link ← The YouTube version is already down. :/

No "Hearth's Warming"? o_O

Lol. Look what Target just posted. I…I…I can't even…

"Sorry, this video is not available in your country".

Nothing a german proxy can't solve.

@Cute Master

PP Twilight is even bigger than Vader.

masked matterhorn vs. darth vader fight thread go

Why fight when you can assimilate?

Someone thinks Twilight is best pony.

Brony Frat??? NAMED KYM? Is…is this real? Please tell me Horse News is satirical…

How can this be real? For real?

BTW, in case you did not know, Fimfiction added more categories after conducting a survey on what new tags or categories are needed to be added on the website. The categories added are:

2nd Person
Drama
Equestria Girls
Horror
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller

I'm hoping more characters get their own tags as well.

So . . . FOMO: The Episode. What do you all think?

I did like the bits of references throughout the episode, but the episode overall was pretty "meh" to me.

Lol. Artist: Discord is a tag on Derpibooru.

@Fimfiction
I'm really glad they finally put up some more tags. People have been itching for "Horror" and "Sci-fi" since I joined the site in 2012. The "Drama" tag should also really be helpful to those stuck in that abyss between Slice of Life and Adventure that entraps so many fanfics.

@Episode
3/10. Not even Bob Ross and his happy trees could make up for the terrible characterization. I've read fanfics by 14 year olds that had better characterization than this one did. The big problem is they had to have the Mane 5 have their really exaggerated reactions (HA HA HA, that inside joke was so funny. HA!) in order to justify Twilight's paranoia and the audience's suspicion. It worked really well because it seemed so off and unnatural. Dash, Rarity, and AJ would never act like that. Something had to be up.

Only it wasn't. With no justification for the way they acted, it made the whole thing feel forced and off putting. The glacial pacing just made it worse. And the constant "inside joke humor" that was anything but humorous made it even worse. The ending tried to satisfy everyone--the Mane 6 is happy, Twilight's happy, Discord's been kicked int he shins for being a douche--but it still felt unsatisfying and made the OOCness of the M5 even worse. Why wouldn't they go and ask invite again?

The timing of that Bob Ross joke, and Zecora's cauldron gag were just about the only things I actually liked in it.

Call me a Slowpoke for this, but I've noticed that lately if an episode involves Discord, tons of pop culture references will be made in the episode.

In response to my previous post, someone removed the tags. This makes me sad.

@Episode
I agree that the episode seemed a little lacking, but I'd like to point out a few really good things…
First of all, the backgrounds continue to step up their background game.

Second of all, we have this line:

Either this is one of her country-isms or we just confirmed fertilizer-abuse as the Equestrian equivalent of druguse. I like this idea. This idea amuses me.

By the way, while finding that Zecora image, I came across this:

And here I was thinking it was only the important background characters that got given younger versions of themselves to be placed in the backgrounds. Sorry, filly Sea Swirl from Amending Fences, I guess you're not as noteworthy as I thought.

I think the inside jokes were supposed to be not that funny for us since we were viewing them from Twilight's perspective, who doesn't get why they are funny. Also regarding inside jokes, they usually are boring or droll to people not in the know.

At least it's not flaccid this time Twilight.