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I haven't seen it yet, but I am looking very much forward to it, it sounds like it is perfection!

That's alright, no worries, and I hope things start working out better for you with whatever you're trying to get done. Take care, Swedish brony friend!

No idea, I've never worked particularly closely with any of our RP projects. All I know is that Canterlot Avenue is the successor to BronySquare and PonySquare, if that helps. How you been Jokuc? Think you might take a swing at our little contest?

OK, let's take this point by point, shall we? #1. "I would say what is wrong with this part that provokes such reactions? Are some over-sensitive? Why overreact on a thing that has been done over and over in other cartoons? How is this suddenly harassment, ASSAULT, soon RAPE maybe?? And why are such made with the pure reason to make you laugh out considered a huge problem?" First, don't pull the over-sensitive card with me, I am VERY libertarian when it comes to art and creative properties and media, and identify as a moderate conservative. So I'm not the PC police or anything. Second, yes, this kind of thing has been depicted in other cartoons or animated films before, but it is all about CONTEXT! In the case of cartoons, the types of cartoons that would show something like a character trying to kiss another character while they're sleeping is usually something like the Looney Tunes where that would be the punchline of a joke in a sketch where no lesson is being taught, everything is purely for comedy. In the case of old Disney Films like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, for starters those came out decades ago, and on top of that those princes were at least usually doing that to actually save a princess, not JUST sweep them off their feet (not to mention in some cases the prince already knew the princess, even if they'd only met like once). In this context, it is an episode where Big Mac is actually trying to start a real, genuine relationship with Sugar Belle. It is not a Looney Tune's sketch where everything is comedy and it is not a Disney fairy tale where he needs to kiss her in order to save her life. At this point in the episode, he only knows her largely as a business acquaintance, and they've had a couple of flirty exchanges a few times, but that is it. Neither of them has asked the other out yet, which makes what he did completely inappropriate, out of character for him since Big Mac is far smarter than that, and something that Sugar Belle rightfully freaked out about, and not in a comedic way, but a genuinely freaked out manner (I imagine her reaction would have been stronger if Feather Bangs hadn't shown up a second later, but at the very least the writers didn't try to make her the butt of the joke, they seemed to show her with an apt reaction). I have it on good authority from a close friend here himself, who has been married, that it's not even a good idea for a married partner to kiss his/her partner unbeknownst to them while he/she is sleeping as even that could freak them out; that rule applies a hundredfold in this situation given how Big Mac and Sugar Belle know each other at that point in the episode. #2. "How is Big Mac with love potions not creepy, because I see the same logic." It's not good, I referred to it in my own review of this episode as basically the Equestrian equivalent of a magical roofie, BUT the difference is that that wasn't his idea! That was the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and while it was a horrible idea that could have had terrible consequences for both Big Mac and Cheerilee, they didn't know what they were getting into at first since they were so young so they get a bit of a pass for their age. #3. "And frankly, I find the scene funny, I doubt younger audience got shocked, stunned, depressed to see Big Mac moving his lips towards Sugar Belle? For that logic, we should ban Bon-Bon and Lyra because look they promote the younger audience to deviate from being straight." If you're interpretation of Bon Bon and Lyra is that they are a couple, that's perfectly fine and valid, the show has given us enough material to MAKE such a valid interpretation. BUT because the show writers are competent and know that doing so so explicitly in a children's show to the point that it couldn't be interpreted any other way would rub many the wrong way, they've made it just as valid to interpret those two as just being best friends as well. Even if kids are interpreting it that way, I'm not quite sure how that's comparable to this. LGBT relationships are only a deviant thing depending on the religious or social community you belong to, they are not a universally condemned thing worldwide like sexual assault is. It's also not comparable because Lyra and Bon Bon have always been depicted well together, there has never been poor writing involving either of them; this awful scene was born of lazy, incompetent writing that, in the course of going for an ill thought out joke, depicted in a benign manner a stallion attempting to kiss, in a serious way, a mare he was legitimately interested in getting together with while she slept and while they were not in any sort of romantic relationship or even courting one another, and played it all for laughs as though if someone were to do that and get caught, people should just laugh it off. #4. "How is this OK in comparison? If anything makes things look bad it is when something like that gets needlessly much attention and some go sky high loud over it. Same with racism, same with anything. I can't accept this kind of over-sensitivity behavior because if anyone's like that, wow stay away from them. You may look at them, they will think you are sexually harassing them, you will say black even if not referring to them, they will call you racist, uh stay away. I know that a lot of the MLP lore describes the history of America but this is still a fantasy world and more like a fairy tale, don't act like the cop in Equestria." Over-sensitivity in people promoting political correctness is undoubtedly a problem, but you are mistaking revulsion at something that is just plain bad as me trying to be politically correct. That is not the case in the slightest. Anyone who actually knows me here (which you do not seem to) know that I am incredibly open to all manner of depictions in media and people pushing the bar, including on MLP itself. MLP has rarely ever in a serious manner broached the subject of romance and its complexities, and given that its target audience is still largely children, it is incredibly important that they do so carefully when they do. They also owe giving smart writing to the subject at this point since they know that so much of their audience is made up of teenagers and adults as well. I have no idea why you are directing so many of these assumptions about how I behave in real life (your examples about overly-sensitive PC behavior) at me when you don't even know me. You seem to have read one single review of mine (for what is now my least favorite episode of MLP ever which I can barely even consider to be a part of the show) and if you had read my others at the least you'd have a far different idea of who I am. I am no "cop" in Equestria, I am a passionate but fair-minded fan and critic of MLP who enjoys critiquing the show, and I call bull shit where I see it. That episode was 110% grade A horse shit in so many of the most important ways. #5. "What's these accusations, I feel someone should not be doing anything around you. I am all for following the law and rules but I think some people are over the top, the small deviation from them and those people go nuts. Like look Bigmac and Sugar almost lips kiss *ye ye excuse them that they are just touching noses but don't excuse Big Mac', so what is this now, making love by your standards?" So once again we're at this point where you think you know everything about me from a single review of a single episode that put me in a particularly bad mood because it rubbed me the wrong way. Man, just stop, I'm not some jerkoff who goes around making wild accusations at everyone about harassing people, I hate those kinds of people. I am a perfectly balanced, well-rounded individual with plenty of my own personal quirks, but I am NOT that kind of negative and never would be. The fact that a guy like me hated that episode so much should speak to how bad it is. And no, no, no, no, no, I absolutely adored their little nose touch at the end, hell, I've WANTED MLP to make more attempts at depicting romance. I think kids should have healthy depictions of romance in media directed at them to watch, including even the idea of physical romantic gestures like kissing as being a good thing. Heck, I love the idea of Big Mac and Sugar Belle together, and I think they'll be great going forward, it's just that the episode they got together in was awful in so many ways. As I said, if you're going to depict a romantic relationship in a kids show or movie in a serious manner, however, in a way that you are trying to teach a lesson to kids and adults, then you need to be bucking careful and make bucking sure you have your shit together before you do! This episode did not, not in the slightest. Anyone wants to fight me on that, I will, because this was so bad it didn't even seem like it belonged in MLP.

@Duality BANNED FOR ALL THOSE TAGS SHOWING UP INDIVIDUALLY ON MY FEED!!!!!! Nahhhhhhhhhhh, I'm just messing with ya, only one notification per post showed up.

@Duality @ShadowDash13 nah, dat won't work, but I'll tell ya what, joining our Fimfic group MIGHT just earn you my mercy : https://www.fimfiction.net/group/204078/poniverse (shameless Poniverse Fimfiction shilling is shameless, but I don't care ) OKAY!!! @WiiGuy2014 banned!!!

"THE CHOICE IS MADE!!!" *ground starts shaking even more* HEYYYYYYYY YOU GUYSSSSS!!!!!! @Duality and @ShadowDash13 BANNED FOR SUMMONING ME, PUNY INSECTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sighs* Ahhhhhhhhhhh, that was fun...

Very good, and if you want to keep up with the contest, feel free to join our Fimfic group here!

As a matter of fact, I DID acknowledge it... I just didn't like Zephyr Breeze that much, is all. It's the man-bun - er - stallion-bun really, that thing was hideous. And fine, be that way, if I'm not good enough for you, then you can have another reviewer instead! @WiiGuy2014 x @Dark Qiviut

It's a fair enough thing to worry about. My guess is it's going to go Act 1: Set up main conflict, 20-25 minutes, 30 max; Act 2: jumping from set piece to set piece to gather allies, most like 30-40 minutes, 45 max; Act 3: conflict resolution, 20-30 minutes. Considering it's the writers who have managed to do 22 minute episodes and 44 minute openers and finales for seven seasons now, I'm putting my faith in them that they know how to use their time wisely enough and allocate it properly, hopefully. Crossing fingers on that one big time.

There is admittedly an outside possibility that it flops, but here's why I don't think it will. I too grew up in that early 2000s period, and here's what really worked against most of those TV shows adapted into movies at the time, at least the ones that flopped: lack of Internet fanbases as truly developed communities. Keep in mind, Internet was still quite young at this time and fan communities, while not unheard of, we're largely limited to gathering at cons and being devoted to much older franchises. The biggest developing young fanbase at the time was the Harry Potter one, and even that hadn't fully blossomed yet. MLP:FiM's debut even marked a turning point in many ways; both it and Adventure Time (and in some ways Avatar: The Last Airbender's fanbase in its later seasons and definitely during Korra's run) were some of the first TV shows that really thrived because of the online communities of fans that quickly sprung up around them. Lots of adults using the Internet were able to quickly realize that tons more like them were watching these shows, which in turn encouraged more teenagers and adults to give them a chance, and totally changed the game of how TV followings develop. It's not just going to be kids convincing their parents to take them to this, groups of adults will quite willingly be seeing this movie. So will it be a runaway success? I really can't say, but I will say that it's fortuitous timing for it to release at the start of October. While Blade Runner 2049 is releasing in the same week, both movies won't really be taking audiences from each other, they're too different; the biggest competition at the box office for My Little Pony: The Movie will be The LEGO Ninjago movie, but that'll be two weeks old already, even if I'm guessing it'll still be stiff competition. We don't yet know the budget for the movie, but let's say that production and marketing costs end up somewhere in the $50 - $100 million range, if even that (which I think is a fair enough guess: LEGO Batman had an $80 million budget and Cars 3 had a $175 million budget, but I'd guess this cost less than LEGO Batman even). It shouldn't need to make too much then to be profitable, especially if it's good; a solid opening weekend should do the trick especially. The biggest risk is going to be how it does outside of North America as well as how critics go at it, considering we cannot expect that most of them have regularly watched this show, so this will probably be their first exposure to it; the fair ones will understand that they're jumping into a world that has been developing for seven years, the stupid ones won't and will complain that they're confused.

Well then, if you'll excuse me, I'll just be over in the corner having about two dozen heart attacks... BYE!!! OK, OK, I do have real thoughts on this. Pretty much all of this looks amazing, like something out of my wildest fanfiction dreams (heck, we're FINALLY going to get airship-to-airship combat, something which has been played around with in fanfiction, and I myself have wanted to play around with in fanfiction, and something I'm sure most bronies have wanted to see, FOR YEARS!!!), though I will admit that somepony skimmed out on the CGI for the airships. Those look... kinda shitty, at least the first few shots of them did. I'm not sure if they just haven't gone through their final polishing of them yet, but it was weird, they looked like something out of an early 2000s CG TV show on something like Kids WB, and it was even more bizarre looking alongside the rest of the GORGEOUS animation in the trailer, I mean, goodness gracious, that's some swanky animation everywhere else. It does look a bit oddly floppy in some spots, in some aspects almost more cartoonish than the actual show looks, but that is nitpicking in the extreme. Really, this just looks pretty bucking amazing and like it should be a great event for all of bronydom. Do I think it'll be the high point of MLP and the fandom? Nooooooooo, not even close, BUT it's a pretty awesome testament to what enough people doing something as simple as loving a TV show enough can lead to, and here's hoping that it's a truly memorable, amazing event for old and new bronies alike, heck, even people not in the fandom, in all the right ways!!!

Good, I aim to please.

That should work just fine, whatever works best for you.

Oh, you mean how do you write something and save it before publishing it? Their system is weird; uploading a story isn't hard but I never use it to save work I'm still writing and editing. My suggestion is to write drafts on a system like Microsoft word or Google Docs, then just copy and paste when you're ready to publish your story. That's always been simplest for me.

So sorry for the terribly late reply to this. Technically speaking, Mature rated fics are the only ones not allowed, though Poniverse Fimfiction admins reserve the right to take a discriminating eye towards Teen-rated fics as well depending on what kind of content is in them. But we do allow mature content to a certain extent.

Note: To get to and join the Poniverse Fimfiction group where the original contest thread was posted, click here. Good evening, everypony! Ya know something? It has been far too long since Poniverse put on a fanfiction contest. Wayyyyyyyyyy too long! Well, let's just fix that right now, shall we? As of this moment, Poniverse is officially launching a brand new fanfiction contest, which will be centered on our Fimfiction group, Poniverse Fimfiction! If you want to participate in this contest but haven't joined it yet, just click on the site's title in the previous sentence and the link will take you there, where you can do just that (especially if you already have a Fimfiction profile). But enough about that, back to business. Welcome to Poniverse Summerpalooza 3.0: Family is Magic!!! Now then, unlike our previous Summerpalooza contests, we will NOT require entries to be centered around Poniverse mascots. We will accept entries featuring Poniverse mascots (including a few new ones who will be mentioned below) but we will NOT require entries to include or be centered around them. All entries may be centered around whichever pony characters the author wishes, be they main characters, supporting characters, background characters, or original characters (which includes but is not limited to Poniverse mascots). If a fic featuring Poniverse mascots is deemed good enough, even if it isn't a winning entry, it will be added to Poniverse mascot canon. Finally, if you would like to include or center your fic around a Poniverse mascot(s) (not counting new ones who shall be mentioned shortly) you can learn more about them here: Poniverse Mascot Profiles (scroll down in thread). Feel free to also use Poniverse Mascot canon if you utilize the mascots, or to reference it. All existing mascot canon can be found here: Poniverse Mascot Canon. With all that out of the way, let's cover the basic premise and ground rules of this contest. (1) As stated in the title, the theme of this contest is "Family is Magic." All fics must be centered around in one way or another the idea of family in some way. This does NOT mean that all characters involved need be blood relatives. Family means a lot of different things to everyone, and obviously there are instances where friends or mentors can be so close to you that they are family, so feel free to get creative there. Also, just because family is the focus does not mean that your fics HAVE to be serious. The genre can be whatever you wish, drama, comedy, slice of life, adventure, tragedy, whatever, just as long as the theme or idea of family is present in some respect. We hope this gives authors plenty of room to get creative in what they come up with, so go crazy guys, seriously! (2) Entries should be no longer than 30,000 words. We'd prefer that all entries be one-shot fics, but if the author requires multiple chapters for their fic, that's fine, so long as the fic does not exceed 30,000 words and is complete upon entry. (3) Entries cannot exceed a Teen rating. We will not accept any Mature rated fics, whether they be Gore fics, Slash fics, Clop fics, etc. That's not to say that you can't enter scary fics, but our group has a strict policy of not accepting Mature rated fics. If any Mature rated fics are entered, we will not read or review them. (4) Fics can be submitted to the contest in the folder titled Summerpalooza 3.0 Contest Entries. (5) Contestants can enter no more than 1 submission of their own work (and please, do not enter any other author's work into the contest, even if you're doing it for them; if they'd like to enter the contest, they can do so themselves). Collaborations between 2 or more authors are allowed, but only one prize will be given in the event that such an entry is a winning entry. (6) Entries will be accepted until midnight on Sunday, August 13, 2017; after that date, we will accept no new submissions. New Poniverse Mascot Profiles The following mascots are newcomers to Poniverse, as they belong to Canterlot Avenue, the successor to brony role play site PonySquare and social media site BronySquare. There is virtually no background on these characters yet, other than the fact that they may be sisters, and they function as the day and night mascots of Canterlot Avenue, respectively. No author is required to utilize them, but if you do, you have the opportunity to establish canon background for them if your fic is good enough. With that said, meet Honey Suckle and Stellar Night, created by MLP Forums very own Sugar Hymn (whose DA profile can be found here: BittiBones)! Honey Suckle Stellar Night As stated, there is virtually nothing established about these two (even the idea that they're sisters isn't established yet), so you are free to go crazy with them however you wish, IF you decide to use them, that is. We hope to announce the contest winners towards the end of August, although that time-slot may change depending on whatever real life demands may arise. The fics that come in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be featured on our Fimfiction group and MLP Forums, along with reviews published for each one. In addition, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will also receive free art commissions; these pieces will be 1-2 character full art pieces with a basic background, and may be whatever the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners desire, whether it be cover art for a fic, or just art of an OC. We hope you all enjoy this contest, and hope to see some wonderful entries that help us to celebrate family and summer! So get to it writers, and show us what you've got up your sleeves! I'm sure many of you have some very interesting stories in mind centered around this theme, and can't wait to see your ideas in action. If you have any questions about the contest, do not hesitate to post them here or to PM me, and feel free to share this contest prompt with any friends of yours here on MLP Forums, Fimfiction, or any other pony site you can think of! Have a pleasant evening, everypony, and happy writing one and all! Art Prizes 1st place art prize: Fantastic up-and-coming brony artist mirroredsea (deviantART ID: mirroredsea) has generously offered to do the first place prize. Be sure to check out his incredible art (and amazingly adorable ponies) on deviantART!!! 2nd place art prize: Poniverse staff artist Crystal Vision (deviantART ID: cayfie) has also offered her services for our second place prize. Be sure to check out her sweet art on her deviantART profile!!! 3rd place art prize: Finally, Poniverse staff artist Jeshh (deviantART ID: Jeshh) has offered her services for our third place prize. Be sure to check out some of her fantastic art on her deviantART profile!!! That is all I've got for you, everypony! A new Poniverse fanfiction contest is upon us, and I for one cannot wait to see what you all come up with! Best of luck one and all, may the best fic win, but above all else, have fun!!! Oh, but don't get sunburned...

Note: To get to and join the Poniverse Fimfiction group where the original contest thread was posted, click here. Good evening, everypony! Ya know something? It has been far too long since Poniverse put on a fanfiction contest. Wayyyyyyyyyy too long! Well, let's just fix that right now, shall we? As of this moment, Poniverse is officially launching a brand new fanfiction contest, which will be centered on our Fimfiction group, Poniverse Fimfiction! If you want to participate in this contest but haven't joined it yet, just click on the site's title in the previous sentence and the link will take you there, where you can do just that (especially if you already have a Fimfiction profile). But enough about that, back to business. Welcome to Poniverse Summerpalooza 3.0: Family is Magic!!! Now then, unlike our previous Summerpalooza contests, we will NOT require entries to be centered around Poniverse mascots. We will accept entries featuring Poniverse mascots (including a few new ones who will be mentioned below) but we will NOT require entries to include or be centered around them. All entries may be centered around whichever pony characters the author wishes, be they main characters, supporting characters, background characters, or original characters (which includes but is not limited to Poniverse mascots). If a fic featuring Poniverse mascots is deemed good enough, even if it isn't a winning entry, it will be added to Poniverse mascot canon. Finally, if you would like to include or center your fic around a Poniverse mascot(s) you can learn more about them here: Poniverse Mascot Profiles (scroll down in thread). Feel free to also use Poniverse Mascot canon if you utilize the mascots, or to reference it. All existing mascot canon can be found here: Poniverse Mascot Canon. With all that out of the way, let's cover the basic premise and ground rules of this contest. (1) As stated in the title, the theme of this contest is "Family is Magic." All fics must be centered around in one way or another the idea of family in some way. This does NOT mean that all characters involved need be blood relatives. Family means a lot of different things to everyone, and obviously there are instances where friends or mentors can be so close to you that they are family, so feel free to get creative there. Also, just because family is the focus does not mean that your fics HAVE to be serious. The genre can be whatever you wish, drama, comedy, slice of life, adventure, tragedy, whatever, just as long as the theme or idea of family is present in some respect. We hope this gives authors plenty of room to get creative in what they come up with, so go crazy guys, seriously! (2) Entries should be no longer than 30,000 words. We'd prefer that all entries be one-shot fics, but if the author requires multiple chapters for their fic, that's fine, so long as the fic does not exceed 30,000 words and is complete upon entry. (3) Entries cannot exceed a Teen rating. We will not accept any Mature rated fics, whether they be Gore fics, Slash fics, Clop fics, etc. That's not to say that you can't enter scary fics, but our group has a strict policy of not accepting Mature rated fics. If any Mature rated fics are entered, we will not read or review them. (4) Fics can be submitted to the contest in the folder titled Summerpalooza 3.0 Contest Entries. (5) Contestants can enter no more than 1 submission of their own work (and please, do not enter any other author's work into the contest, even if you're doing it for them; if they'd like to enter the contest, they can do so themselves). Collaborations between 2 or more authors are allowed, but only one prize will be given in the event that such an entry is a winning entry. (6) Entries will be accepted until midnight on Sunday, August 13, 2017; after that date, we will accept no new submissions. We hope to announce the contest winners towards the end of August, although that time-slot may change depending on whatever real life demands may arise. The fics that come in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be featured on our Fimfiction group and MLP Forums, along with reviews published for each one. In addition, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will also receive free art commissions; these pieces will be 1-2 character full art pieces with a basic background, and may be whatever the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners desire, whether it be cover art for a fic, or just art of an OC. We hope you all enjoy this contest, and hope to see some wonderful entries that help us to celebrate family and summer! So get to it writers, and show us what you've got up your sleeves! I'm sure many of you have some very interesting stories in mind centered around this theme, and can't wait to see your ideas in action. If you have any questions about the contest, do not hesitate to post them here or to PM me, and feel free to share this contest prompt with any friends of yours here on MLP Forums, Fimfiction, or any other pony site you can think of! Have a pleasant evening, everypony, and happy writing one and all! Art Prizes 1st place art prize: Fantastic up-and-coming brony artist mirroredsea (deviantART ID: mirroredsea) has generously offered to do the first place prize. Be sure to check out his incredible art (and amazingly adorable ponies) on deviantART!!! 2nd place art prize: Poniverse staff artist Crystal Vision (deviantART ID: cayfie) has also offered her services for our second place prize. Be sure to check out her sweet art on her deviantART profile!!! 3rd place art prize: Finally, Poniverse staff artist Jeshh (deviantART ID: Jeshh) has offered her services for our third place prize. Be sure to check out some of her fantastic art on her deviantART profile!!! That is all I've got for you, everypony! A new Poniverse fanfiction contest is upon us, and I for one cannot wait to see what you all come up with! Best of luck one and all, may the best fic win, but above all else, have fun!!! Oh, but don't get sunburned...