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@Wizard Well it never says you couldn't do that

I'm wondering about a source for this too. When/where did she say this? 9.1 MPH is very specific

@ComanderZhabikKlavik I'm sorry to say no to this! Whoever wins but then chooses to forfeit isn't allowed to choose who it goes to. 1st place will instead go to the person who got 2nd place, and whoever got 3rd place will get 2nd place and so on, so forth. The ranks will (should) stick for 3 months. If you win another contest with the rank already on your account, then it will get extended for an additional 3 months. @Lord Valtasar That's understandable! If this is the case then I recommend not submitting it through the form linked in the OP. Any art that's submitted through the submissions form will be what's voted on at the end of the month! This is for everyone: if you want to participate but not submit it for voting, you're free to post it wherever else you wish; somewhere in your own blog, forum thread, or offsite is absolutely fine. Or, maybe you don't want to share it, that's fine too! It's your art so do whatever you want with it!

@Minka Oh uhh I'm not sure what you're planning but just in case you don't know the purple unicorn, her name is Amethyst Star and she's appeared a few times in the background and had some small speaking roles!! Such as this one: @tomatopotato Awesome to hear! Can't wait to see what you come up with Also I love this shot of Applebloom, it just makes her look tinier than usual

Oh yeah, Luna's did happen at the snap of a finger and we didn't get to see her again until her Nightmare Moon episode (basically just her keeping up with the times) and a few other times. Everything else was a small scene or appearance along with maybe one or two dedicated episodes for her and Celestia. Though concerning the negative feedback with Starlight, I think this has more to do with how the show writers introduced a new "main" character along with how she was redeemed. Honestly they did shove her in the front over lots of other characters since the show writers deciding that Twilight should take her under her wing. That decision seemed to claw itself deep under people's skins. It seems to be a common thing when a show and the main characters at least are established, then suddenly you gotta tell viewers to focus on a new character and the compromise being to push one of those established characters in the background, people hate it. Tribalism might have a play in it. I would say she took up "too much" screen time over the Mane Six, but then what about the CMC? Granted they didn't get a redemption arc (I think their purpose was to be more relatable for younger viewers while the Mane Six were the adult role models) but they did get a good chunk of episodes dedicated to following them while the Mane Six made a small appearance at most for those episodes. Yet I don't see much hate or criticism about that. Not to the extent as Starlight anyways. So I consider that a weak argument from the Starlight haters. None of that is really a huge problem for me though. But anyways, I guess another interesting example nobody's said yet is with Discord. I think he's a better and slightly more nuanced example of this over Luna, where basically mentioned above they just made her good for the rest of the show after she was defeated as Nightmare Moon in the beginning. It was actually a very interesting choice to make him a reformed villain considering not just how powerful he is but also how much of a gaslighter and manipulator he is, even more interesting was making Fluttershy be the one to do it. He even was going to cause havoc but wanted to keep Fluttershy as a friend since she was trying to be inclusive for him, so he rolled back on whatever chaos he was causing. This was all while he was trying to take advantage of her. That happened all in one episode and his change in heart felt very sudden, yet a lot of people love Discord over Starlight regardless. Plus he makes multiple appearances later in the show. Not to mention that he, for whatever reason, fell for Tirek's trick (or maybe it was intentional, but it seemed like he actually believed Tirek would make him powerful too). And then later near the end of the show when, as Grogar, he was getting the rest of the villains to mingle (Sombra, Tirek, Cozy Glow, Chrysalis) so Twilight could defeat them all at once to make her feel better and more confident for what she and her friends were doing, but oops the villains used Grogar's bell on him and he lost his powers when he was intending to be a safety net if everything went a bit too far; his intention was good but it was just an awful idea to begin with. And then he implied that there were more battles or even adventures they did leading up to that moment that might've been him causing them just to boost their confidence levels. It ended up doing the opposite when they learned about it. Meanwhile, Luna and especially Celestia were about ready to turn him back to stone/imprison him right then and there! On the other hand, which is the way that I see it, perhaps it's better punishment to just take away his powers because of the situation. After reforming, he wasn't trying to take over Equestria. He was just trying to set up scenarios for the Mane Six (especially Twilight) to help show Celestia that she was capable of being a great leader. Again, heart's in the right place but it's a terrible idea because of how insincere and manipulative it is. I think it's a good example where someone who's redeemed themselves does something really stupid and in some people's eyes, they haven't changed at all. Though we know that Discord was not trying to put everyone in danger (I mean, literally everyone's life was on the line here), at least two characters were more than angry at him because that's what he ended up doing. Not to mention him still gaslighting and manipulating in the background all the way through until it was almost too late. It's understandable why they were angry at him and wanted to imprison him. This is a bit of a tangent but we can compare that to how Celestia was letting the Mane Six (especially Twilight) "prove" themselves. I know some people consider her a bad teacher, but at least she isn't Discord levels of bad. Celestia observed from a distance and let them do their thing. However, if things get WAY out of pocket, she showed that she will step in (she did this during that episode when Twilight forgot about sending a friendship report and tried to fake a friendship problem to "solve", she stepped in to revert what Twilight did). She never made up scenarios for them to deal with to make them feel better about what they were doing like Discord was doing.

She's more of a tree hugger. A lot of the stuff she does doesn't really scream "hippie" and she seems to at least be engaged in consumerism (notably with clothing and fashion). Off the top of my head she shocked Rarity with her fashion knowledge so I'm basing it on that. Speaking of which, she supports Rarity's business where Rarity has to mass produce clothing a lot of the time. Edit: I should point out that a tree hugger is basically an environmentalist. and that hippies are against mass-production consumerism last I checked; pretty much handmade stuff or locally sourced if possible amongst other ideologies. I will safely assume that all hippies can be considered environmentalists but not all environmentalists are hippies. ALSO I just remembered, there were a few times where she was arguing with Applejack and usually it was about animals going after the apples. Of course, AJ is upset about it but Flutters thinks they should be allowed to eat a little bit of it.

Yes! It's okay to have the same as someone else.

This is a background pony: Eclair Crème! She makes a few appearances between S1 - S6 and finally in S9. And you're welcome, but also thank you and everyone for being engaged with these events! I'm curious to find out! He's one of those characters who are super important to the backstory and lore of G4, but also gets glossed over a lot in the grand scheme of things. Lots of mythical things you can do here!

Welcome to the MLP Forums March 2025 Art contest Sorry for the delay, I heard people wanted a new art contest and I'm happy to oblige! The theme for this month is: Character Roulette WARNING: Flashing imagery! I heard about this thing called a "screenshot game" or something like that? A lot of pictures go by with a funny caption and whatever you screenshot will fit the caption This is basically what that is! There are 46 characters from G4 here. Some of them are well known and loved while others are found in the background or as part of minor scenes throughout the show. There are even a few other species in there! All you have to do is open the following spoiler, take a screenshot and see who you get to draw! Yep, that's it! Requirements Create artwork of the selected character from the provided GIF by taking a screenshot of it at any point in time If you are sensitive to flashing imagery, you can have someone else take a screenshot for you! If you don't know the name of one of the characters, please don't be afraid to ask! Other characters (OC's and canon) are allowed in the submission as long as the art's main focus is on your selected character All members of MLPF are eligible No AI art will be accepted, however it can be used for initial inspiration Photoshopping or editing images created by others to make your submission is not allowed Submitting works from other artists is not allowed Animations no longer than 10 seconds are allowed Deadline Submissions will close on March 28th, 2024. Judging Public voting will be open during March 29th - April 4th. Afterwards, voting will be finalized and results will be posted as soon as we are able to share them! Winners Winners will be granted the Canterlot Artist Rank and Badge. All entries will be eligible to receive an Art Achievement Bronze Badge. Future participation will count toward Silver and Gold Art Badges. Submit Here (select Art Contest Submissions > 2025 Submissions > March 2025 Art Contest) or you can use the top navigation menu to add a submission. If there are any additional questions, please feel free to ask!

The flowers have been eaten! source: https://derpibooru.org/images/3544819