Stardust

1 hour ago, Monotonality said:

That is wrong, they show globes and planet mobiles in the show. 

Or maybe that is wrong how do they know maybe it is all a big conspiracy. Did a pony go to space and check? :0 I think I remember something like that though in the show. 

Still though it puts into question why they move the sun and moon like that. I still prefer the flat disc idea as a fantasy concept tho lol

yes but they can't show it for kids

The planet is a disk on top of a mythical beast

Flat earth ahha

There is a moon and a sun which is controlled ofc by magic. And there are magical fields in the sky. 

He is okay but I feel like he was always like mocked and used kinda like a slave lol He was cute though.

I mean I liked his design and all when I first saw him. But he felt like a bit disempowered and kinda weak. Though the ones where he goes to the dragon land are cool and he gets a bit more development later on and when he gets his wings and all. I dont like the grown up spike tho looks weird haha. 

While g3 spike was weird and kinda flat he at least seemed very intelligent and compared to some of the other characters he was quite likeable. And I also like g1 spike a bit though he seemed a bit wah wah baby like too haha (I mean he is meant to be lol) but his body size and that made a bit more sense to me. 

She is pretty cute I like her colour scheme, I also like how her personality contrasts with AJ.

On 2021-04-04 at 8:49 AM, Oleks said:

There's at least one in FiM: Silver Script and Star Bright:

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Plus, the one in Equestria Girls was confirmed by a show crew member, if I recall correctly.

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Cute how he is sleeping like that lol

Why not both I mean I feel like part of the appeal is having both of them together lol

1 hour ago, AlbaTross said:

I suppose now that Bronies are a thing going into this generation, it's kind of hard to ignore us.  There would be pros and cons regardless of whether they chose to cater to us or sideline us.  So, you're probably right there.  

I do support there being more male representation in this new show, and I'm glad over time the extended cast included more and more male characters, so don't get me wrong there.  I'm more concerned about the dynamic of there being a stallion in the mane five than I am about there being a major male character.  Also, there are aspects of Spike's character that I think really helped make him work.  By his design, he's sort of one of the fillies, but also sort of not.  Being the little brother of the group also means that it's possible for him to have feelings for Rarity, and have her reject him, and for that dynamic to make sense. 

With Hitch Trailblazer, or whatever his name is, I just have some concerns as there are multiple ways in which I can see that his character or his relation to the others can be screwed up.  For one, if there's any kind of romance or hint of romance between characters, there are multiple ways in which it would at the very least be overly cliched (and I kind of like that FiM avoids most romance), and at worst, pretty cringe.  On the other hoof, these characters have to at least be in their teens, so I'll have a difficult time buying that Hitch has zero interest in any of his groupmates or vice versa.  TBH, I think adding at least one more stallion would at least mitigate the problem.  I have no difficulty buying the student six as a mix-gendered group of friends.  Of course, even they couldn't avoid shipping indefinitely.

But, I suppose a mane male cast member is an experiment that was going to happen at some point, one way or another.  Maybe I'm completely wrong, and I'll like the dynamic of the characters just fine.  I'll check this movie out when it comes out.  As I said, if I don't like it, then I suppose that's that.  Not everything needs to be for me, and I'm ok with that.  

Yeah I get what you mean I don't really want too much romance either at least nothing obvious especially between the "mane 5", but yeah judging from him I do think he would at least want to flirt or something with someone lol but yea. I hope the focus is not on that kind of thing. But I think so far he seems more like a playful character and that.

In a way two stallions could work but then again I feel like it is still a female led show and that would feel that is too many to me idk I guess tho they still had space for one more pony lol and with the school of friendship characters they did have more male characters but that somehow felt different. Maybe if the other male character wasn't a stallion but of another species. 

Maybe they will have prominent secondary stallion character too to balance it. I guess though not enough there to judge yet xP

12 hours ago, AlbaTross said:

I may have come across this info late, but I may as well share my "concerns", if you could even call them that.  The short answer is, I don't have any concerns, because the worst case is, I don't like G5.  I've already mostly moved on anyways, so if G5 doesn't get me invested, then it doesn't get me invested.  

The long answer is, I'm not going to lie, but I'm sensing that this is #notmyMLP, and I'll go into more detail as to why.  Note that, I'm ok with it not being for me.  I'll always be able to revisit FiM, and I do on occasion, especially with the comics still going for the time being.  As I've said, I've moved on though, and MLP just isn't such a big part of my life anymore.  So, if I don't like the direction of this new series, I'm not going to be upset or outraged over it.  I'll simply respond by being over it, as in, if this movie doesn't work for me, I'm not likely to check out the show that follows.  

The CG looks fine, but I don't know if it's going to be for me.  Classic animation is part of what drew me to FiM, afterall, and I'm just not sure if I'm going to like the look of this new show enough to want to look at it for an extended length of time.  I'm iffy about the plan to add a Stallion to the mane cast.  Not only does that seem like forced representation, but I don't think that's strictly necessary.  Also, I really hope he's not going to be the butt of jokes, either due to being constantly friendzoned by his filly friends, or by being shown up by much more capable mares.  In short, he'd better be written well, and feel like he fits in with the rest of the cast.  I suppose that goes for the writing for this thing as a whole.  I've heard some things about the plan for the story, and no, I don't have an issue with it getting political.  If anything, the current generation needs more positive messages about overcoming prejudice.  I'm just concerned that, like with a lot of fiction with a political edge, the message might overshadow the writing in such a way that the writer forgets to make it...good.  I think my concern over whether this will be any good is the long and short of it, really.  

I'm not going to lie, Hasbro has a some big shoes to fill if they're going to try and make lightning strike a second time.  FiM worked because it wasn't trying too hard to win over anyone other than the target audience, yet actual care and attention went into it.  A lot of what I'm seeing reeks of either trying too hard to appeal to the extended fandom, or trying to cash in on the current political climate, neither of which was a problem with FiM.  FiM was an unexpected success, and it will be really difficult for anything like that to be achieved again, even if the writing is solid, with characters and worldbuilding that end up being more endearing than I'm anticipating.

For what it's worth, I'm willing to give this movie a chance.  I'd just rather keep my expectations low, because there's a chance I'll be pleasantly surprised, whereas I can't possibly be disappointed if I don't expect a lot to begin with.  

I rather they tried to put effort into it though and develop it in that way than they did some completely random thing or went back to g3 style or brought a random writer in whatever. Catering in part to the extended fandom seems positive to me since they are acknowledging that they are there (and for them to make a buck lol). It won't be the same but then what could they have done otherwise. Maybe stuck with 2d idk lol

I wouldn't have minded a modern g1 reboot or inspired story tho lool 

As for the politics stuff well will only see when it's out oof

I don't see the stallion as forced representation imo I mean before we had spike ya sure he was an infantile character (and angry birds stella did the same thing with having a boy character) but he was a boy. And I think it adds something so long as it is done properly, we still have mostly female cast. In previous mlp it always felt like male characters were pushed to the back and I think even lauren faust wouldnt have minded more male background ponies at least that were cool even for a girl show but ay. 

@abrony-mouse @Illiad Easle @Monotonality 

They sped along quickly down the hill, for the speed it was going it did pretty stable as Suri was holding it down. Bright wing leaned sharply forward to gain momentum on the sled,. 

As they reached the end she looked in confusion as she wasn't quite sure who had won, she was too focused looking forwards, maybe someone else could be the judge of that it seemed quite close.

She heard Vale was leaving and looked sad "aw nooo, yeah I hope we can play again sometime". 

6 hours ago, Illiad Easle said:

@flurry @Monotonality @abrony-mouse

I was thinking: Since we've already mentioned the day coming to a close, we finish out this day and then say that some months later they encounter each other on a day in the summer and have some summer fun?

This sounds like a good idea

On 2021-04-19 at 4:46 PM, Oleks said:

Pipp – Fluttershy

Pipp doesn't feel particularly fluttershy to me so far other than the fact she has wings but they look more like the wings that if Pinkie pie had wings x3 she feels quite opposite tho she might be phone addicted or something

Interesting I do wonder what happened to Twilight after the alicorn stuff

On 2021-04-19 at 11:43 PM, CypherHoof said:

Tattoos would be difficult to achieve when you are seeing a pony coat, not skin

I thought real life horse had "tattoos" where bits of their coat is shaved off I seen them b4 like tree shaped "tattoos" n that XD not permanent tho I guess

But yea cutiemarks exist so 

So my guess XD i'm bad at explaining it tho 

Zipp would have a slightly serious tone but boyish sounding ish but still positive n that. You could draw parallels with rainbowdash and that.

Pipp would have like a classic teenager like talking style haha 

Izzy would be slightly giggly and silly somewhat reminiscent of pinkie pie but more down to earth.

Hitch would have a male voice that is more mid tone. Slightly silly, good at being sarcastic in tone sometimes a bit over confident but a tone of happiness and cheerfulness. It will match his posing and all.

Sunny voice would have a slightly twilightness to it in style but softer, none of those rushed panickyness moments to her voice much slower and well thought out balanced

@abrony-mouse @Califorum @Illiad Easle

Bright wing hopped excitedly. "Awesome, I hope we win!"

She helped pull the sled up with Suri to the top of the hill. She did this as quickly as possible with all the excitement.

Oh yes I was waiting for the next reply for a while and didn't get the last notif aha i'll post in a little bit xp

I was wondering how much longer the roleplay going as spring or whatever irl aha

But ironically it has been snowing in little bits where I am (unusual) so that's good I guess x3 

27 minutes ago, ggg-2 said:

 I'm confused. Why WOULD'NT they have cutie marks?

Oh they didn't seem to have them in the image previews so something about them dissapearing

2 hours ago, Sparkly sparks said:

about zipp's cutie mark

I think it's a lightning bolt symbol because she likes speed or is good at flying really fast and that's just how high speed is often depicted (because lightning is very fast)

rainbow dash is a weather pony with a need for speed (hence the cloud with a lightning bolt)

so i think zipp is probably gonna be a princess with a need for speed (there's even a little crown above her lightning bolt to show that she's royalty)

(pipp also has a crown in her cutie mark for this)

Tru but suspiciously like rainbow dash xP especially with the other aspects included (without the princessy stuff) , but does raise the question if something like the wonderbolts still exists

Still I would have prefered a pony with a little more different cutie mark like the rest of the pones but the crown adds a bit more uniqueness

And I can see they used rainbow dash as a base for sure especially with the leaked art showing rd with rainbow wings and a haircut cut. still otherwise I do like the colours but I wish idk the lighting bolt could be changed at least a lil more in shape idk

In the plotline they mentioned a flying pomeranian, I wonder if that is a spike replacement xP

https://www.iflscience.com/brain/people-with-no-internal-monologue-explain-what-its-like-in-their-head/

I did hear some people think more in words, some in concepts, visually and some just idk intutively. But it's kinda weird to me some people like have actual thoughts that replay back to them? 

A cute fluffy doggooo

Not sexuality but kinda fits here so yea

Seeing all those 100 gender things confused me back then and the gender is personality thing doesn't make a lot of sense. Like the way I express myself do I really need a gender label for it xP If I feel both feminine and masculine or feel different like so what? 

Like trying to escape gender roles and that, just recreate them as even more boxes surely. I want people to value me for who I am not some socially constructed thing and to again divide myself against others even more. 

Just because you reject certain gender roles or stereotypes shouldn't change who you are. In fact it's kinda sad things like being a woman are associated with make up and harmful footwear and such. There are also equivalents for men but more subtle.

I just wanna escape all these harmful social dynamics and live as freely as possible while maintaining some sense of harmony with others. Creating something like that doesn't help me or anyone, but neither do I want people to force stereotypes on me. And we are all still individuals.

Kinda blegh i joined work meeting late and said nothing till end oof

I want to socialise with ppl and im bored I just wanna talk proper with someone and upset as reminded of somethin i didnt wanna.

I know some lesbians say they would never date someone bi. Even if they were only 1 per cent hetero and 99 homo. One reason cuz apparently bi people cheat more or somethin. I mean its okay to have preferences but sometimes its just prejudice more often, all bi people lumped into same category. Lesbians can cheat too so makes no sense and apparently cheating on someone for a boy is worse hmm.

A table with random stuff lol