Wind Chaser

I'm about to create a fursona for a new identity. I've worked out parts of his personality and design (though I haven't drawn him yet), however, I've hit one snag - the name. My character is an active, social, and sporty young deer. I've settled on the first name John, referencing "John Doe" and "John Deere", however I'm looking for a more fitting last name for the character. I'm aiming for something meaningful, symbolic, or representative of his species identity.

Pinkie Die Apple Doom Bomb Bomb ...and that's all I've got.

I'll admit I was not a fan of the idea of a fanservice episode throwing jokes over the heads of some members of the audience, directly at the bronies. That's what fan animations are for, and at points in the episode I was convinced I was watching a fan animation with a budget. However, the absolute self-awareness this script shows in its brand of humor in between all the pandering is really what made it work. Only a successful show like MLP could have possibly pulled something like this off. Gummy's internal monologue, the "spy" angle being used to justify Bon Bon's name change, and actually using Steven Magnet's name (a name which came from a bad YouTube caption) came as the biggest surprises to me. The best way a comedy can work is through the element of surprise, which is why those elements really appealed to me more than Bon Bon and Lyra, Doctor and Derpy, Vinyl and Octavia, etc. I very much agree with the moral being a highlight of the episode. It's often overlooked that this episode actually had a plot under all that fanservice and comedy, and this particular moral is really something the show had actually failed at delivering on past occasions ("Twilight's Kingdom" and "Bloom and Gloom"). I like your take on it being a message for the fanbase. Overall, I'm not into fan pandering, but the meta humor was enough to make the episode very much bearable. The show was basically making a parody of itself, and it really should be encouraged for the show to keep trying new things no matter how radical the ideas may be, if they work just as well in the context of the show.

Another great post. I had no idea the circus train was that long, or that they ever used Amtrak electric power to pull it.

I really feel that number scores, although an easy way to remember a review, are an oversimplification of the content of the review and its subject. Among fandom reviewers, I more favor Strebiskunk's style of summing up all of the positives and the negatives at the end.

Great post. I vacation in Orlando a lot, so I'm used to seeing these things.

Very true. The top thing was the glaring lack of focus CL had on the story side. ZT looks to be much more creative once you take a look at the synopsis, and inspired when really considering how different in style the trailer makes this film out to be. I think it's probably the first anthro film to actually use the word "anthropomorphic", showing it may have a certain sharpness and genre savvy CL sorely lacked. As for the representation issue, mammals are just easier to draw. Though it won't be long until we hear outcry for reptile, amphibian, and avian representation in movies.

I don't know what to say about this. The writing and style of the trailer looks pretty snappy and so does the art style (to an extent), but I'm getting a serious Chicken Little vibe from this. One of the problems I had with that movie were the incessant, age-old animal-related visual gags that the average grandma could easily have written. Disney's been making a move towards more genre-savvy, personal projects as of late, so I'm actually kinda looking forward to this.

I really like your use of language. This backstory does feel as if it is filling in the giant question mark on Starlight Glimmer's backstory through vividly-recounted experiences. The realism of it as a political piece is very striking, and it is only appropriate you used Common Sense as an inspiration considering all the scholarly influences the episode itself actually had. It's also a nice dose of irony that one of the most influential documents in the founding of America could serve as the inspiration for something that represents the opposite of many American values, and the citation of Jean-Paul Sartre (the pun in the name is fitting) really shows how inspired this piece is. I like the capitalization on words that refer to the ponies themselves. This really is something that catches Starlight Glimmer's possible state of mind before "The Cutie Map", especially with intricate details and political realism such as characterizing the Mage Meadowbrook as a figure of her ideology. The surprisingly deep political and social commentary undertones are why the episode itself is so well-regarded, and I like how you brought that front and center to prove just how much a pony show can be surprisingly intellectual. It's one of the reasons why I enjoy the episode so much, and this work shows that you do as well. So, yeah, I liked it. I liked it a lot.

IQ is only useful in the field of mental health, for whatever reasons reasons they use it. I know very little, if anything, of mental health so I won't try to find it out. Having an above-average IQ has no bearing on your job prospects, and of course, none on your education (though whether it should is up for debate). The more important things are whether you apply it, which depends on one factor outside of your control (if you ever get a chance to apply your potential) and from that, one factor in your control (if you choose to when presented with the opportunity).