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Princess Lona

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  1. The parody isn't actually finished yet. The best I can do is link the website of the guy who is making the cartoon. However, it's nsfw and the rules say not to post anything like that. I suppose I could send it in a private message to anyone who wants it.
  2. This video is long but I think it's a good analysis. It speculates that Twilight still has quite a ways to go on her "hero's journey". Alicornhood is just the end of act one.
  3. Something that I've always found weird is how the names of the ponies often match their cutie marks. It's one thing for some spririt of destiny or affirmation to give the ponies a mark that signifies their talent, it is quite another for that pony's mortal parents to know what to name their foal so he or she will match their future cutie mark. This doesn't happen with eveypony, but it happens often enough to be significant. Take Rainbow Dash for example. Her parents might see the rainbow mane and name her accordingly, but how did they know she was going to be so Dashing? And Rarity. Her special talent is finding rare and hidden gems (as outlined in The Cutie Mark Chronicles). How did her parents know that's what she would do? Diamond Tiarra and Silver Spoon have cutie marks that match their names exactly, and Diamond Tiarra's filthy rich father's name is Filthy Rich! Shining Armour has a name that reflects his destiny as a Captain of the royal guard, and then there's the entire Apple familly and the Cakes. What gives? Have I missed any? edited to remove an extra pronoun.
  4. Hi, I just registered and I'm excited to start posting and hopefully make some new friends. I learned about Friendship is Magic in what I think is a rather unique way. Let me tell you the tale. I have always liked cartoons. When I was a kid they were all I watched on television and as I grew up I never got tired of them even when I started branching out into non-animated shows too. So it's no surprise I've been a fan of flash cartoons for as long as they have been around. About this time last year I saw an advertisement on a flash site calling for female voice actors for a parody of something called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I'm an actor and since I love cartoons so much I have always wanted to do voice work, so even though I knew nothing about the series, I jumped at the chance to be a part of this parody. The ad said that the project would be making fun of the show. That was another reason I wanted to be a part of it, because I have a serious beef with the earlier incarnations of the My Little Pony franchise. Without going into too much ranting I'll just say that I think the original My Little Pony (along with most young girl-targeted marketing of the 1980s) set a very bad example for young girls. I watched that show when I was a little girl, and I loved it because I loved horses and I loved the idea of talking, flying, magic horses. But along with those talking, flying, magic horses came a lot of unhealthy gender stereotyping which I didn't even realize was affecting me. Once I grew up and realized this I felt angry that a toy company would try to manipulate me like that just so that they could sell some plastic ponies. I'm lucky I escaped being overly influenced by that show. Thankfully my love of cartoons in general meant that I got a healthy dose of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to even me out. Anyway, because of this grudge I had against the My Little Pony franchise, I was salivating to make fun of it. But first I had to watch some episodes of the new show so that I could learn the voices I would have to imitate. I punched MLP FIM into YouTube. And that was when my life changed. What were all these intricate plotlines? This highbrow vocabulary ("we are on the precipice of disaster")? and best of all, these strong and complex female characters! Even Rarity, the most traditionally "girly" pony of them all is passionate about fashion, not shallow and frivolous like the fashion ponies of my generation. Not to mention all of the delicious Greek Mythology. I could talk at length about all the reasons Friendship is Magic is in my opinion one of the best shows for developing confident, self-loving women out of today's girls, but I'll leave that for another thread. Within a month of learning about the show I had watched every episode to date and I am still hooked. I ended up getting two parts in that parody cartoon: Celestia and Spike. After reading the script I found that it doesn't make fun of the show in a mean way, but more of a celebratory way so I'm glad to be on board. Well that was quite a long introduction. If you made it this far, thanks for reading! I would have added a disclaimer apologizing for the length at the beginning, but that would have just made the whole thing longer.
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