Ice Princess Silky <3

@Lnx1ynight16 These are the emojis we have to add, lovely. If you have any of your own with Vinyl, feel free to add them here or select from the ones above.

@Sparklefan1234 what do you think AJ would have to say about being left out in this way?! D:

This is a message to yet another gentleman but this one is hidden in the forums... I do not know why they hide. They are either too respectful to speak or prefer to just be helpful souls in the distant. But this one is to someone I dearly miss and have only received emails from before he abruptly disappeared He used to always read my blogs from afar, so maybe he will see this one! Ahem. Here goes: Henlo, friend. ;~; Should this letter never find its way under the acknowledgement of your gaze, then may its sentiments reach you through a gentle breeze crossing your path. A rustling of leaves that whisper the unspoken: Where ever you are, someone is wishing you well and pleading to the stars, the same ones that you may look up towards, to guide you and illuminate the path that leads your inner being in the direction of its fulfilling potential. Someone remembers all you gave without demand and sends a silent gratitude, winged and soft. May these heartfelt thoughts be carried in your coat pocket for years, right underneath the fox pin of your jacket which you so happened to find by coincidence. Of course! You are dearly missed here. I am well aware that I have made for one very poor online friend the past few months... if not.. year? I do not always reply to messages. Sometimes I will open one, it will be marked as read, but suddenly I have to step away to tend to something else so it looks like I may have rudely just ignored. I returned to a flood of unseen emails of yours, some time ago! Each one utterly neglected. Some even referencing my blogs and what you had reflected upon them even though you never react or show commentary. My silence was not due to indifference or dismissal. But rather through the intense distractions of crumbling foundations of deception and chaos that was going on around me at that time. Remember that clown who tried to turn you against me with lies? Oho! There is quite the story behind that. We have a lot to catch up on! The story continues into something far more interesting and beautiful. But putting that aside... what struck me is that... Even on the precious day of your birthday, you wrote to me some thoughtful words. You thought about me even though you are so reserved and selective about close friends... And I am so honored about that. It hurts me to imagine that you might have felt your words and sentiments may have fallen on cold, cruel indifference... Or someone who did not care to see you express them. Although, I did not see you at that time, that is true... Even though, my inactions have done a poor job at being a good friend to you (and several others, at that) may this letter be some external manifestation of my internal expression... a plea in the dark that something may reach you to please remember that you have a friend here. Forever. Not in the shadows but for all to see. No matter where you are, I hope that you are well, and if you ever decide to reconnect... I will be here. Waiting. Regardless of how many years go by. And for your birthday this year, I shall do something special in your honor. Just as I should have back then when I was busy fixing up some other nonsense. We have been through some crazy times together! I remember when my original intention was to bring warmth and joy to the people around us. I have no bloody idea what it is about this planet and the will -- or intense desire -- to harm innocence or "corrupt it" because "that is SOOOO FUNNEHH HUR HUR.." but when my intentions were faced with... certain challenges and mockery with schemes to take them down... you stood fiercely in place as a shield to guard me against those attackers and I appreciate you so much for that. It is such a deep caring in friendship that does much to enrich a person's life... and yet demands nothing in return. You really think that I will forget something like that? Do you know how beautiful that feels? That some of these inner flowers can bloom with the history of having had your protection over them? People will admire the flowers but not know that they do not glow because "they are pretty" but because they have been protected with the alchemical formula of a strong friendship. Good principles and strong foundation. With a playful and passionate will that holds a righteous fury to rival another good friend of mine here - you always fought for what you believed was right. Eventually, when you saw me joining the team in order to figure out what was going on that had them so corrupted in power, you had suspected that perhaps I had become exactly like them. And you turned on me. *giggles* Remember that? All the while, I could not help but admire your passion and convictions. Even if your flames were now aiming in my direction, I could not help but quietly smile with a twinkle in my eye at how nothing ever changes your will to stand your ground on what you feel is right! I could not fight back or condemn you, no matter how much power I had. I always respected you and always will. You would later write me a beautiful letter of an apology as things came to fruition with truth and bloomed with even more beautiful flowers as a symbol of your help! *grin* I may be cheeky, I may be curious and that may have lead me into questionable situations in the past -- but I am no traitor, friend. My friends mean a lot to me and I am loyal to each and every one of them -- even if I fail to be a good one, at times. I just hope that you are thriving and living your best life! Not feeling abandoned and hurt by my lack of sight... When I fell into a dark place, it was like I had fallen into a hole and no one could reach me. I did not disappear on you because I did not care but rather... because I had been lost and swallowed by the abyss of my own mind pushing everyone away. Even now.. there is a friend I have been wanting to reconnect with since 2021!! She is back and my heart is SO HAPPY. But I am not the same open, bubbly person I once was. I have changed. I have become more distant and reflective. I hope she does not think I am not interested in her friendship. It is just a phase that I am currently going through. I need rest. Peace of mind. And most importantly, I need friends like you to know that they matter. If you prefer not to return (even though you had expressed to me multiple times that you did wished to) then I shall honor the silhouette of our memories with a lantern. As much as I remember you fondly, I wish for our friendship to have a living heartbeat in the present, rather than remain the silhouettes cast from lanterns of the past. Love you, friend. Where ever you are, please be safe. Please be well. And know that you are not *truly* alone at heart. Bound by ink and archives, Ice Breaker Silky

In honor of @Acinonyx for bringing us really cute and fun pony emojis, help us to sort through the 300 options and add more decoration to the site.

Hey guys! I just wanted to make a blog post as it has been a while and I really need to keep tabs with myself about posting one regularly. This one is a bit of a heartfelt one but also light-hearted since we are like pegasus in that we sit lightly on clouds around here. First of all, I want to thank all of you who were nothing but supportive and kind to me last week. I did a fluke on something and instead of cornering me and putting me on the defensive, I only got warmth, support and good faith in my nature. As well as ... of course.. banter.. :p In fact, I will put some references of some of those quotes that struck me: One person said: "See, your problem there is that you did not use enough emojis. If you spammed with more emojis, people would see how derpy you are and no one can see you as evil. But yeah. We all know that you have derpes, it is no secret. No one feels threatened or hatred, no worries. ^~^" ¬.¬ Ah. I lack emojis and have derpes. Yeah, that was the problem. Thank you. :p Another person: "A lack of empathy?! O please!!! Anyone who might think that is clearly a stranger. You think we forgot about that time people panicked about a wasp in your office? So you grabbed a glass cup and paper to slide it over to take outside, then you accidentally injured its little leg in the process and to this bloody day we have to hear about how bad you feel about that? This was years ago! That thing is long gone by natural causes and you still feel bad. Your problem is not a lack of empathy but a bit too much of it. If you have suddenly gone evil then, good, perhaps we can stop hearing stories similar to that one in nature. (they are joking, btw, they do not like evil but they do like to troll me. Regardless...) Wow. Gee... ¬.¬ thank you for the feedback.... :v And speaking of feedback, this art inspired by a different dialogue from that incident when consulting with my team. But at the risk of giving any validity to this nonsense: As much as I do appreciate the good faith and good humour, I do prefer to hold myself to a higher standard than that. I should never banter too hard, especially in public where it could be misinterpreted to the newer folk. However, the reason why I appreciate the support, confirmation and validation is because it prevents several things: 1. Stops me from second guessing myself, wondering what the heck happened. 2. Does not make me feel gaslit into becoming defensive or even more confused. And, ironically, because of your support and good faith, I expect to do better. I always wish to improve and find better ways to banter. ^~^ I do not wish to make even a single person here feel they cannot make new threads or have fun! Just, please, no justifications of adding any dubious content while putting on the facade of banter. My exasperation comes from a long long history of disasters coming from exactly those types of situations and being the center target once I do let it slide. I tend to banter back but I feel I may do it too hard when it contains actual frustration from trying to prevent a chaos from happening. Regardless, that is not a justification, just an explanation. I just want everyone to have a nice chill time here with no dubious approaches and nothing lost in translation. With that said, I will also be closing the comments and discouraging reacts on here because I already know you all support me and are super kind. This is not to gain your support but rather to show my own and also to assure that I will not ever banter too hard again or change the environment from fun to playfully dark....Umm.. er... except for the banner... and the blog posts of deep topics.. and the... Ahem. You get it, I am sure. But this blog post allows me an incentive to make another blog post that I had been wanting to make for a while. [Why I admire Howl From Howl's Moving Castle]. He is definitely very calm and graceful about everything. Even if he has good humor behind the gleam in his eyes. I would like to take more of a lesson from him when things get crazy in life! Either way, I want everyone's input on emojis and the like for us to decorate this beautiful site with. Honouring Aki and his contributions to this! Here is the club everyone shall have access to! https://mlpforums.com/clubs/85-construction-club/ Come join in honor of decorating the lovely site together! With over 300 pieces, we will definitely need help sorting them out and deciding which ones can make it in (without cluttering the options too much holy moly is that a lot! @.@

Welcome to the MLPForums.

Wow, what a noble soul Longhaul is. Luna must listen to his prayers if he was able to pull off some maneuver that caused him to avoid becoming a pony pancake! D:

Absolutely! Active readers post their own content, passive readers take requests. So feel free to make separate threads. One for where you actively post stuff and the other just for requests.

Alright, so I have noticed a set of groups between people who wish to Readers for the fandom. 1. Active Readers (they choose the materials they wish to read, have a favorite or just wish to share with the world!) 2. Passive Readers (they take requests and are open to whatever someone submits to ask for) This is going to be a poll to figure out and understand what role you wish to play here (actively).

I remember having this done before with your peaceful, soothing voice! I am looking forward to seeing you post stuff!

*marks this down for evidence*

If you do not have your own nook or corner here in the Golden Oak Library because you are too shy or do not plan to add too much content, you are free to make a thread here with the title of the fan fic, the relevant images to immerse the listener and the mp3 or mp4 file.

We've got some BRAVE new souls stepping forward with their own reading corner! The Aspiring Voice Actor that is @Lawyer Slip shall be taking requests for fanfics to read and the Explosively Imaginative @ExplosionMare shall bring forth her own library! Congrats, guys and welcome to the Golden Oaks Library!

I love the part where you said "UH CROISSANT!" XD Very nice plushies!

Yeah, so Emerald will have her own little section to express herself and share whatever she pleases but you also get your own chance to do the same to contribute to the Golden Oak.

Would you be interested in reading your own and having your own corner here?

That is when you know two things: 1. You're quite dependable. 2. It's time to assert some boundaries! >:C I am thinking about this freakin heat. It is absolute bullocks!

Don’t forget potions! What was your greatest or favorite explosive idea?! Or is that still in the works? Asking all the real questions here!

Admins can but we delegated moderation to the moderators because we have bigger tasks to manage. And we try not to disrespect other people’s roles by intervening. Also please keep in mind this note from Simon above. I try to encourage curiosity and transparency but I do not want to make things too heavy. So feel free to reply in a silly non serious way, staffers.

I love that you decided to make a welcome thread and show your shine! Woohoo! Welcome and make yourself at home here. ^~^

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