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Forum Anniversary
You are really lucky people: first my Bronyversary then my Birthday and now this. All in five weeks :>
You’re getting all the Astral here!
I remember when I found this show in December of 2020 and was watching it like crazy. Blowing through this whole show within just a couple of weeks and got so invested in it to look for its fandom. It didn’t take long for me to find MLPF. I was reading through some threads and profiles to get a feeling for the community and then it took me still a full week to convince myself to register. I nearly didn’t do it, because I had not got always positive experiences with Forums, but I was too invested.
So I did it - on 17th of January.
I started the registration process, I needed to find a username and found (with the help of a Pony Name Generator) my current one. I made this Avatar here and wrote my Welcome Thread and looked for some easy posts to get out of the Blank Flank rank.
BAM Muffin!
I went back to my welcome thread and read your really friendly and lovely replies which made me feel welcome here! I also notice that some people just started following me. I was wondering but I returned their follows:
@Pandora @TomDaBombMLP @raykv423
For the first couple of days I was merely jumping between @Pandora and @TomDaBombMLP profiles and was consuming the PonyArt Pictures they posts and loved them. More and More! But I also gained more and more ppl following me like @Midnight Danny @AppleButt @Tacodidra @RaraLover and many others
I also remember seeing @Starlight posting a fandom song on his Profile (I think it was this
At this point I hadn’t listen to PonyMusic yet. I liked the song and commented to his update. @Kujamih also replied and got me more tips and also @Totally Lyra offered me additional hints and recommendations about song because he was once so invested in this. I accepted his offer and this was my entry point of the Pony Music which has taken over my whole music consuming life by this point. I couldn’t even beginn to guess how many hours Ive spend last year on listening Pony Music
A couple of days later I discovered FlutterBorn song and it started me to draw again.
Something I gave up a long long time ago and thought I never would do it again. I drew more and more and posted it more often on the forum. People seemed to love them :>
Within the next weeks more and more people were following me like
@Deae Rising Shine~@Rikifive @Splashee @GeneralDirection @Dark Horse@DivineCaptain1000 @Rising Dusk @StarrySkyDash @EpicEnergy @Flying Pencil
In the next months I got more and more friends on the Forum from whom I’ve got so many wonderful memories: All the Milkshakes and Wubs I shared with @Flutterstep, or all the Praising of the divines with @DivineCaptain1000, all the Random facts and Games with @Samurai Equine, all the cute animals pricture from @strongwilled_pegasus or the the interesting chats I had with @ExplosionMare or @Cagey or teatimes with @Treeglow Flicker or @The Mint Pone. I also remember the nicknames with @Windy Breeze we gave each other. And you maybe notice I could continue this for a very long time. I hold a very positive opinion/feeling of you all.
Therefore
*hugs you all*
SpoilerAppleButt@Bawls@Cagey@Califorum@CowBoyKid@Dark Horse@Deae Rising Shine~@DivineDash1000@EpicEnergy@Flutterstep@Flying Pencil@Kujamih@LyraLover@Midnight Danny@Pandora@PinkiePie6134@Platinum Night@RaraLover@raykv423@Rikifive@Rising Dusk@SolarFlare13@Splashee @Victory@SpongeBobsLittlePony@StarrySkyDash@Tacodidra@TheRockARooster@TomDaBombMLP@Totally Lyra@Treeglow Flicker@Windy Breeze
@Blitzo@CosmicSpark@DemeowHiya@Emerald Heart@ExplosionMare@GeneralDirection@JMTV99@mlploverlizzy@Nsxile@Rainy Day@Samurai Equine@SolarFlare13@Sonic Shimmer@Sparklefan1234@Fluttershyfan94@Sovereign Leader Rarity@Sparkly sparks@The Hawks Simp@The Mint Pone@Twilight Skies@Victory@Yoshi89
@Sir Hugoholic@strongwilled_pegasus@Kadae@Chad327
@Julnt @Lunaholic @Paleopony @Partialgeek514@PawelS @RDDash @Scootaloo567686
@Sonic Shimmer @The Mint Pone @Twilight Sparkle97 @yungsparkle7
@FlutteringGuardian @Tweek @Llewellyn @Star Silk
@AppleMaquillage @Monsoon @Pearly Marshmallow @Spooky Mcpony @Duck Bird @Silky Spook @Karadeg-RarityLover
@Mama Patty Thundersnow @tgtv567 @WWolf
@Pastel Heart@RainyDash @LittleHarmøny @Spidey10 @apple Lilly @Miss
Also people who are not directly in my bubble like
@Sparklefan1234 @Landi @Brony Number 42 @abrony-mouse etc
A full year I’m now with you guys.
How time flies?!
Well I’m a Pegasus, so what did you expect
I really digged very deep into Ponies and the Fandom of course I also got many awesome friends here who I trust.
This really helped me last year to endure my very obnoxious work and of course all of this pandemic stuff.
Im really looking forward to the next years (plural) with you guys. It was just the first one and Ponies seem as strong and lively not only but also due to G5 Movie.
You all are important to me even if I haven't mentioned you yet because it’s just so many xD
But here comes a big Hug and invention to Cake and Tea or Coffee
and now let's have some Party Music
Hooves Up In The Air
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Good Monday Evening
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Thank you all so much
You bet
it is :>
Indeed hard to believe :> Me too!
You did it again. I didn't know that song.
As long as I have anything to say about it they just might
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Yeah, indeed. Feels like a decade or so :>
I will >D
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I'm kinda frustrated with this picture. After multiple days it still has more than enough mistakes in it, but I put a stop here because it really has started to consume me xD Well, at least what I wanted to try out I did try out and what works in this picture works. At then end there is of course only one expert about this picture, right @RaraLover ?
Now I need something to eat
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So much emotion, so much detail!
To me, it is a fabulous piece of art! 
Seeing that you put so much effort into an artwork of my favourite pony, even though you could have chosen any other pony, I feel a little honoured. 
And I think you chose the perfect Rara scene – it reminds me of one of the reasons why I love Rara so much in the first place! 
Whilst I'm not an artist myself, I think you have captured her passion and emotion flawlessly. 
I can agree, this is probably, subjectiveness aside, your best work yet! 
(Yeah, sorry for replying so late. But seeing something this amazing, I just had to comment on it!
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Here, have an orb:
https://derpibooru.org/images/1448794
There is a legend: If you find all seven of these pony orb the draconequus Discord will fulfill you a wish :>
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Good Monday Evening
Have a Luna in Gala Dress
@Lunaholic @DivineCaptain1000 @Twilight Luna @Cagey @DemeowHiya @Diane Velvet @Flutterstep @lyrabetes3939 @Partialgeek514 @Pastel Heart @RainyDash
https://www.deviantart.com/tiffanymarsou/art/Gala-Fashion-2016-Princess-Luna-648006073
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@Astral Soul That was such a good show, and gave us lot of funny bloopers and extras.
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@Samurai Equine With all the joking around by the actors its a surprise that they were able to make any episodes.
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Indeed
SpoilerYes while on the set of DS9 it was quite the opposite. I also remember an interview with Bill Mumy who played Lennier on B5 but also a had guest role in DS9 in one episode. He told how much less creative freedom they had on the set of DS9 in comparison to B5
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Good Evening everypony!
I hope you had a good day :D
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@Nori984 genius... But i take great offence on that because I'm that kind of friend
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@Nori984 little secret in the foods industry. Is an known secret but not all people is aware. Aspartame seems to be cancerygen. We also know there's a correlation between it and hepatic and pancreatic damage.
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@Jesse TerrenceHmm. I did hear about that. I didn't know whenever it was legit or not.
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In the name of six Elements
I'm online now
on a Mehday
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@Astral Soul The only way I could conquer the world is if Celestia told me to.
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*Gasp!* So evil!
...But, if that's what my princess orders~! 
*Goes off to bathe the land in fire, destroy all resistance fighters, and claim all the world's riches* FOR CELESTIA!!!
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So ....
I was trying different things also including going full digital
Still don't know if this was a good idea, but I really wanted to try it out 
. After some practicing, I think this experiment is at a state I can dare to show it 
And sry, I know there were a lot of notifications, but I really wanted to finish this one xd
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@Totally LyraThanks again
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I'm adding and improving it until I like it
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I made a speed drawing video out of my Moon Dancer Picture
I've showed this already some ponies before, and they seem not to dislike it
Maybe some more people like it too ?
And yes I still much to learn here, but I have so much gun while drawing :3
Let's see what is going to happen xD
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I'll probably start with small stuff and work my way up @Astral Soul and @Totally Lyra since that's the easiest way for me to self-learn. Funny enough, I remember drawing and coloring this image when I was younger but I think I threw it away a while ago unfortunately.
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Yup, it will work out rather fast if one give it a try
That's definitive the best plan. From experience best is to start drawing stars wit 4 lines and try to make these eight lines to intersect in really only one point.
This pictures was a great start :>
Thank you <3
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I'm starting to wonder: Are people around who never watched and don't know Disney's Gummy Bears? I'm kinda grew up with this series like Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers etc.
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I love Weird Al :> But there are no losers here
I give you a hint: The personal apprentice of Star Swirl the Bearded of this question is none other then Clover the Clever
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While greeting some new ponys I noticed that I've lost my joined recently status. Which makes sense when I'm looking at me joining date xd
So .. are there some customs for this? Do I have to bring cake?
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Plushieversary
One year ago, this adorable shy moved in with me :3
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There is a reason why I haven't drawn anything in a long time xD
xD
Yes, for most ppl this a problem, but I'm used to type on a German keyboard which has been switched to English layout (see answer to Pony Flutters)
It's a necessary feature for me :>
Nice to see you !!
Thank you!
Yes Y and Z keys have switched places on German keyboard. Y is one of the rarest letters you have in German language and it's similar to Z in English. So this swap of positions makes a lot of sense.
So for me as a programmer another difference makes much an bigger impact: The special characters (including brackets) have been moved to other positions. Typing this quickly with a high frequency is challenging. When I write a German text, I dont need those, but for programming ... this makes a big difference.
Therefore for programming I switch either to a full English layout keyboard or I just switch to English layout in the computer settings.
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Seriously though, that shortcut to swap layouts being enabled by default is a horrible design. It's especially problematic for older people - my parents tend to accidentally do that and they ask me what's going on and how to fix this.
I guess it's a problem for those, who normally use standard layout, but for you - in your country, that is - it's nothing unusual I suppose.
But yeah, it doesn't appear to be convenient for programming. I kinda wonder though, are these extra keys really that needed? We do have some special characters too, and they're simply hidden under standard keys. For example, to type "ś" we press [CTRL+ALT+s] or [RIGHT_ALT+s] - wouldn't something like this work for all German characters?
Also on a side note, for polish words, we don't really use [Q], [X], nor [V] letters.
That extra shift key for pinkie though, it's something I think I'd need very often. 👀
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I agree that shortcut being enabled by default is annoying and a questionable decision. Especially since it's easy enough to hit it by accident. Though this is a window thing.
Yes, definitely on of those things which are very problematic for older people or all people who are less skilled with computers. My parents also encountered that problem a couple of times.
It's bit of annoying for me that's true: For programming a German keyboard is a bad decision or at least a challenging one, but for writing German text a German keyboard is of course the best decision. So Admittedly, when using for example latex then it's less of a problem, but I also dont have always that luxury either. .. Well, it's an imperfect solution for an imperfect world.
But yeah .. this windows shortcut is very annoying.
Let's share some annoyed ponies for this annoying shortcut being a thing
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Let's play a little game
Pick a Rainbow from below and tell me which one
I also have picked one.
If you pick the same as me you get one of my famous hugs
If you have not found the one I picked you get a boop
If you refuse to play Rainbow will be sad
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I added you to the Boop list @EpicEnergy :3
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Cause currently I've got no better way of boring people anymore
My very unhealthy breakfast this Morning
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Hello :>
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offering you a yummy Berliner :>
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I will, but don't underestimate Celestia. She's gonna find out anyway
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You must choose
either drawer A or B
Drawer A
SpoilerCongratulations
you're getting
a
BOOP
and now Goodnight
Drawer B
SpoilerCongratulations
you're getting
a
Hug
and now Goodnight
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Goodnight and take care
Well, let me give you a bit more text to read today >D
Normally, I don't make to many status updates of my life, but today I'm feeling like it.
Several weeks have passed,
since I've moved to my new home and began my new work.
So far it hasn't been a bad experience, even not
everything is perfect and I have still
some things to get settled:
Like a bigger apartment for example - 30m^2 is not much space to live in xD
Also the current software project I'm working on is rather demanding and not much is documented
of course not -.-
But I get to know this project better everyday
Coworkers seemed to like my ideas and contributions so far.
I also getting closer to a bigger apartment. Last week I almost got a good one
I also got most of the bureaucracy out my way by now
So today I made a break from real world and spent some time on the forum and making some posts >D
I hope to find more additional time in the future to spend more of it here.
I miss this place and I'm sad to miss what is going on.
As far as I can tell @Heasol seems to rock this place lately!
I haven't read his blog entry, but people seem to love it,
and this seems to be only one example of his contributions >D
and then he's such a nice and cool fellow one just needs to know him!
Now apparently I'm tagging people .. so let me also tag @AppleButt
I'm really happy to met him here. This awesome buddy of mine!
I rarely meet people in my life who make me feel relaxed.
Kind, trust worthy, kind, funny, loyal
I'm really grateful for the chance to meet him here
Giving me really a great time :3
And this only thanks to Ponies :>
Similar things also go for @TomDaBombMLP @Midnight Danny @Rikifive @GeneralDirection
I just wish I had more time for you.
Like the other people I used to writes several message too like
@Cagey @ExplosionMare @Tacodidra @RaraLover
and other. I hope you can forgive me as well. I'm gonna find some to continue our really nice conversations >D
I'm also sorry @Totally Nyx. Our year of art seem to get delayed more and more ;_;
At least now I've reestablished my graphic tablet and a reasonable computer to make some digital art >D
@Samurai Equine I'm also sorry to you. I really had no good idea for a sweet random fact like your provided me this morning
Of course I cannot tag anyone here, I just to many awesome people here :>
Well, I hope can be more active in the next months to come.
Then again, I also got some really crazy ideas in my little head like
currently thinking maybe to travel to Everfree NW this year,
but I haven't decided on this yet. Well, if I do this would be quite
something for me. I have never left Europe and for me this is at the other side of the world xD
If I'm honest, I'm even kinda afraid of getting lost in this vast country
Or worse: somebody steals me
o_O
On the other hand, it would also be really nice seeing some Brony culture in reality.
Since I became one, I have only experiences Ponies from the internet.
Well, time will tell.
I hope I didn't bore you to death with this xD
My life isn't so exciting for the most parts, but after getting
very inactive here and writing too many posts today,
I thought I could also spend a moment to write something
and then of course
today is Walpurgis Night
How about some music!
SpoilerThat's for me
Okay, maybe one more thing:
I like to give @bubbleteapony a little shoutout.
I'm really digging his art style >D
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true, but this is more my fault than yours xD As stated normally I don't spend so much time here in the evening. Just browsing through all notifications and going then offline. I'm happy you found more things you like, this is important >D I had a little spider man peak myself when Toby Maguire Movies came along so long ago xD
You're welcome and it is :> I hope the same for you and your Ponies as well :3
Thanks! It was a normal one >D I added this more to put some positive flavors near the end xD
Thanks >D Good to know you are not feeling ignored by me xD
Thanks! I hope so, in practice I just blast through tons of notifications each evening xD this dosent leave much time for anything else. At least you have some amazing Starlight and Tempest parties here :3
No worries :> You are not as quiet as you might worried about
Dank, slaap goot
Thanks, so far it seems to be working good :> Well, not everything is perfect xD
Crazy, actually xD I'm also worried bout it, but I've got a potential guide xD
Same here, same here
Aaaawww Yeah >D
Let's do that xD
Cool, I'm looking forward to :3
I hope also have something to share with you and the others in the future
Thanks, goodnight to you too. I wish you the same good wishes, my friend :>
Good :> I had a good rest, I hope you too :> Here's someone who likes to see ya
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Good to know :> I'm also looking forward to. Thanks :3
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That's a Moon, four stars and two clouds over the ground at the night sky
and this is my Imagination
Good Evening :>
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Happy Friyay
I hope you had a good week.
I'm kinda feeling exhausted from work
https://www.deviantart.com/ncmares/art/I-m-Wretched-but-I-m-Powerful-652774660
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Mhmm they took definitely that mecha part from it. Similar there seem to be a couple shows which tried to mimic others or at least it seem like it xD
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That's just how history is. Anything successful will have immitators. Some are good, some are better, most are just a flash in the pan.
P.S. The original lion Voltron was originally known so Beast King GoLion. However, they commissioned new animation/episodes from Japan, making Voltron a different show than its original Japanese counterpart.
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indeed my Samurai friend :>
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Good Morning Everypony!
Happy Easter!
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ok, i think I have reached a new level of bronyness .. is this is a terminology?
but in my defense @Rising Dusk gave me idea with the bonbon x lyra hug gif for hearts and hooves day .. so drew this hug scene myself .. I definitely need more tea to cope with this situation xd
but before I go to brew more tea here is a group hug to you all
@AppleButt@Califorum@Deae Rising Shine~@DivineZebra1000@EpicEnergy@Flying Pencil@Kujamih@Midnight Danny@Nori984@Pandora@RaraLover@raykv423@Rikifive@Splashee@StarrySkyDash@Tacodidra@TheRockARooster@TomDaBombMLP@Totally Lyra@Windy Breeze@Rising Dusk
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* A cloud of smoke appears *
I'm the Soul that Hugs in the Night
I'm the Brony who hasn't seen the G5 Movie yet
I'm As - tral Soul
Do you want one or to lumps ?
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Let's use the weekend
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Cloud of smoke, and he appears
Champion of yay's
Who's that cunning mind behind
Random facts today
Nobody knows for sure
Boredom is out of luck, cause here comes...
Astral Soul! LOOK OUT!Hi buddy!
And my apologies too. As you know, I avoided any status updates mentioning G5. I avoided it like the plague. But I've seen it now, so I won't avoid updates anymore.
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No need to apologize :> But I think I haven't spoiled anything :>
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Goodnight and take care
Of course I'm far away from the skills of ppl like tsitra, light262 etc, but I also like to post here one my artworks
Maybe you still remember it :>
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Hello lyrabetes :>
Welcome back
*double hugs ya*
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The Hug Master has returned
prepare yourself, mortals
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I am a hugging samurai, like my shogun was before me.
Hope you make many more happy memories in the days to come.
... At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.
So many hugs, I can't deal~!
