No inherent danger! Good grief, one step outside of ponyville and it’s ginormous dragons, river serpents, cockatrices, hydras, ursas major & minor, magical flowers, parasprites and Celestia knows what all else.
Equestria is a carefully ponyformed environment plopped down in a seething cauldron of fathomless danger. I figure if they don’t keep up the strict environmental control things will rapidly go all pearshaped and they’ll be overrun by a plague of gobblemoles or something of the sort.
The only ones that were actively malicious were the cockatrice and hydra, though. (And I think the hydra wasn’t in the Everfree Forest, it’s not made clear if Froggy Bottom Bog is part of it.) Dragons don’t care about you so long as you don’t get touchyfeely with their treasure, the ursa only got ticked off when the two little twits annoyed it, the river serpent is downright friendly, and neither the flowers (that we saw anyway) nor the parasprites are actively harmful, just nuisances.
There was the manticore in the pilot, but it was angry because of the thorn. I can’t make a guess as to its disposition without that, but seeing as Nightmare Moon felt it necessary to anger the manticore to get it to interfere with the ponies, it probably wasn’t a big threat on its own.
The ponyforming certainly helps make Ponyville civilized, but I’m not so sure that they need to help nature along.
They see it as creepy because the weather works on its own, because animals don’t need them. I think it is as creepy to them, as a wooden door opening and closing by itself would be.
Favourite episode? it’s always the last one I watched
I’m not surprised that a society that requires daily rituals to bring about the sun and moon also feel they must control the weather. That’s why the Everfree Forest is so scary. It exists ubroken to their will. The ponies are big ole control freaks.
That’s true. I mean, Zecora’s pretty chill about the forest. I guess if we were living there, it would seem normal to us.
I’d put Dog and Pony Show, Dragonshy, and Party of One on my short list. But ONE? Too hard!
ETA: Also had to share: one of my friends who also likes the show told me I make Fluttershy faces when I get flustered. Since she is my favorite, that is kind of awesome.
I got it, Fluffershy!
And don’t get on your high pony about me mixing sex into this; they all have tramp stamps.
Alright, I’ve got a question regarding the royal family.
Prince Blueblood, the pony Rarity fantasized about meeting in “The Ticket Master”, is stated as being Princess Celestia’s nephew. Unless there’s a third sibling, this means he is Nightmare Moon’s son. How did she figure out a way to birth a son (who’s the same age or slightly older than the main cast) if she was trapped in the moon for a thousand years?
According to Faust, Blueblood is the “great great great great great great great great great great great (and probably even more greats) nephew on Celestia’s and Luna’s mother’s side, about 52 times removed, roughly speaking.”
Word of God is he’s actually a rather distant cousin. No word on why they call him a nephew in-universe (though the real-world explanation is it’s just easier to say ‘nephew’ that ‘first cousin, twelve times* removed’).
[Edit - ninjaed! Even more distantly related than I remembered. He’s still a damned cousin, though.]
And even with the X removed part, ‘cousin’ implies a lateral relationship, especially to kids who only know that cousins are those other kids you see during family gatherings. It would have put Blueblood on a level with Celestia and Luna. Nephew sidesteps that, even if it’s not completely correct.
I’m continually amazed by the sheer volume and quality of fan made media based on MLP.
Cupcakes : The Movie
Pony Bebop
Today, watching the afternoon airing of MLP, the Target-only-collection commercials were airing.
My kid freaked out, screaming how she wanted everything in the commercials. She never quite acts that excited. She’s going to be so mad when I don’t buy her every single thing.
I’m posting this here because it’s in my head and I have to get it out and I don’t know where else to put it.
*Equestria! FUCK YEAH
Comin’ again to save the motherfuckin’ day yeah!
Equestria! FUCK YEAH
Friendship is the only way yeah!
Parasprites your game is through
'Cause now you’ll have to answer to
Equestria! FUCK YEAH
So lick my flank and suck on my mark!
Equestria! FUCK YEAH
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you now?*
I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
I was a little disappointed in what I saw in that commercial, personally…the character likenesses weren’t that great, and the figure articulation is abominable. I’m ashamed to say that it almost isn’t worth buying one to strip out and use for a kitbashed version with better joints (perhaps using scavanged Revoltech or other Hasbro figure parts), with all the resculpting that’d be needed.
What? Well how else am I supposed to be able to accurately get Pinkie Pie in an Evil Enchantress Dance pose? This is a serious engineering concern!
The Junko Mizuno Pony looks oddly promising, on the other hand.
That’s what’s keeping me from buying any. Hasbro’s still in the “toys for little girls” stage, which doesn’t really appeal to someone used to action figures and Transformers.
The only figures I’ve been able to find that look right have been these. Of course I bought a set.
And, check out today’s Sinfest. Heh.
Those’re the ones I got for my niece. At least they look like the show, even if they’re completely unposable. (and Dash is kind of unstable.) I just don’t understand why they left out Fluttershy and Applejack!
Anypony have a favorite song? I’m partial to Winter wrap-up, myself.
I’m a fan of Giggle at the Ghostly, Art of the Dress, and Cupcakes in that order.
(Apparently Art of the Dress is a takeoff of Putting it Together from Sundays in the Park with George by Sondheim. I dunno if all the songs are based on other songs but I liked Art of the Dress more than Putting it Together.)