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  1. TailsIsNotAlone
    I think the reason people are focusing more on the stereotypical hippie stuff is that Tree Hugger wasn't given much else to do or say. We're just used to seeing a little more inspiration in our side characters, that's all. I'm sure it won't stop the fandom from doing some good things with her and improving on a weak start. (There were some stories about her on FIMfiction when I looked her up yesterday. Hell, I might write something about her.)
  2. TailsIsNotAlone
    I'm not a huge fan of her myself. A hippie pony with depth would work just fine on MLP, but Tree Hugger didn't have much of that. She was sort of a caricature who was just there to make Discord jealous. Smooze, in his own way, was actually a better-developed character than TH because we saw different sides of his "personality," even though he can't talk.
  3. TailsIsNotAlone
    MAUD! She reappeared in 'Make New Friends But Keep Discord' and I didn't even know about it! I would've watched that episode much sooner otherwise. And a neat appearance at that. A lovely dress AND she burned Discord. Oh Maud, you're a card.
  4. TailsIsNotAlone
    I predict we will descend on Studio DHX in an angry mob with torches and pitchforks. Just kidding, that will only happen if FlashLight becomes canon on the regular show.
  5. TailsIsNotAlone
    Oh, I don't like Rainbow Dash at all. I love her! She's fun, adorable, talented, and loves to read. There's nothing to dislike, unless she goes overboard with the competitiveness. I think a lot of the negative opinions come from people falsely equating her with brainless jocks who gave them a hard time in school. I've been there, but I also knew athletic kids who stood up for me and made me laugh. Rainbow Dash is like that. Truly selfish people don't have loyalty, they just blindly go wherever the audience is, leaving hurt feelings and bad impressions in their wake. (See Lightning Dust, Gilda, and Trixie).
  6. TailsIsNotAlone
    Yes, it is over-analyzed. Constantly. One could argue that we're over-analyzing every time we bring up something that didn't occur to the writers, or go into more detail than the episodes themselves did. It's not as bad as it sounds. It only stands out to me when people do it constantly or are jerks about it. I think we expect a little too much continuity from the show; for example, ripping on the repeated lessons in Rainbow Falls and criticizing Fluttershy for not being assertive yet. It's easy to talk about that when we're on the receiving end of the content being produced; continuity is hard when you have to cobble together an episode under time constraints, then put it right out of your mind so you can move on to the next. Occasional nitpicking is one thing, but I find myself increasingly bored with "pseudo-analysts" who pick out a recent episode seemingly at random and nitpick it to hell as if it's the worst thing ever. That routine got people's attention for a while, but I think it's exhausted now.
  7. TailsIsNotAlone
    I took a break for a long while myself. It's not the end of the world. When I came back, I found more to like about the show than ever and started my greatest contributions to the fandom. ^^
  8. TailsIsNotAlone
    Motorcycles roaring by the house. Such a horrible, ugly noise. I have nothing against motorcycles except that. Fingernails on a chalkboard. Babies crying are the worst; it hurts so bad I'll run away to escape from it. And one more thing: women crying. Not so much painful as really annoying. The women in my family are always in control of themselves, not at all like some who come to the hotel where I work at 2AM blubbering, "*sniff* do you *sob* have any *sniff* rooms available?!" No. No we don't, please go away, I don't know what situation you're bringing in here with you but we don't want any part of it. I don't actually say that to them, but I want to. (And anyone who thinks that sounds cruel is welcome to cover for me one of these nights. -_- )
  9. TailsIsNotAlone
    Oh, darling, please, you're embarrassing me!! ...I didn't say "stop."
  10. TailsIsNotAlone
    High-functioning autism for me, plus depression and anxiety. I went undiagnosed until I was 29. I knew something was off as a kid but I had no idea what, and neither did anyone else. It sucked. I'm still not good with people and I'm a much better communicator online than I am in person. For a while there, ponies were just about the only thing that made me happy. Things aren't quite as rough now, though.
  11. TailsIsNotAlone
    Oysters. I had never had them, much less smelled them, until my landlady cooked them for her and her boyfriend a while back. UGH! How can they eat that? Really bad smell and it takes forever to disappear. Marijuana smoke. Really, really gross. I won't smoke that stuff or hang around with anyone who does, just because of the smell. And cat urine. Bleah.
  12. TailsIsNotAlone

    Happy birthday man. ^^

  13. TailsIsNotAlone

    Happy birthday. ^^

    1. Cleverclover

      Cleverclover

      Thanks, Tails. ;)

  14. TailsIsNotAlone
    Based on our limited information about how Equestria works...the only logical conclusion is that their world is flat. Celestia and Luna wouldn't call it "raising the sun/moon" if it was really something else. But we've seen globes of Equestria, and in most other ways it seems to work like a round planet does, so what gives? I think the answer is: it's just a show, we should really just relax. (Sound familiar? ) I think the sun and moon were there before the sisters, but it was the sisters who perfected their use and stabilized Equestria into a comfortable place to live. And the unicorns for stepping in when needed, and the pegasi for taming the volatile atmosphere, and the earth ponies for making the most of their efforts on the ground. Everypony works together, really.
  15. TailsIsNotAlone
    Twilight Sparkle: I was a good student with a lot of loyalty to my teachers. Fluttershy: Almost everything, but especially social phobia. Pinkie Pie: A sweet tooth. Rainbow Dash: I love to read. Applejack: A strong work ethic. We both dislike slackers and liars. Rarity: I have a great appreciation for aesthetics and I am meticulous in my work. Wait, that's two things.
  16. TailsIsNotAlone
    I like Starlight a lot as a character, and she had some interesting ideas. Her methods were aggressive and manipulative, but effective. If you "liberate" everyone of their special talents, and nopony has more of anything than anypony else, equality becomes not just a convenient political idea, but a reality. The question is whether that reality is worth the price you have to pay for it. I'm sure Starlight thought so; after all, she retained her cutie mark and was the de facto leader. But the other ponies in town had to sacrifice their individual potential for a life that was dull, empty, and scary if they got on Starlight's bad side. To me Starlight's philosophy had merit, and for a while she made it work. But it wasn't worth the price because it did not bring about true happiness. If there was a way to do that, Starlight didn't care to find it. The Mane Six's interference and her own negative, deceptive leadership ensured that the experiment would fail.
  17. TailsIsNotAlone
    I don't take Lyra's human obsession as canon, but I do think of her as smart and curious and very open to new experiences. She'd be all over this.
  18. TailsIsNotAlone

    A week without ponies is like a CMC episode without Silver Spoon. =_=

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    2. SilverComet

      SilverComet

      So much truth!

    3. Dolphanatic

      Dolphanatic

      What's with the gap in new episodes coming out regularly, anyway? We're not even halfway through the season and they're already airing reruns instead of new episodes. \:

    4. TailsIsNotAlone

      TailsIsNotAlone

      Yeah, the season will last all summer at this rate. xD

  19. TailsIsNotAlone
    I didn't think anypony could replace Nightmare Moon as my favorite villain, but four premieres later, lo and behold... A fanatical, unstable dictator and beautiful to boot. Madame Nhu, eat your heart out!
  20. TailsIsNotAlone
    I'm way behind on the comics. I just don't have the money for all of them, but I want to read them as actual comics and not on a computer screen, so that limits me to waiting and buying the volumes. So far though, I read Volumes 1, (Chrysalis), 2 (Nightmare Rarity), and 3 (Zen/Neigh Anything). Volume 5 (Reflections) and Friends Forever #16 are in the mail. I've stuck mostly to the Katie Cook/Andy Price duo because I love the way Andy draws the ponies, and Katie's writing has been really sharp and humorous. I emailed her a few years ago and she gave me a nice reply. Everything's been great so far except for Nightmare Rarity, so I'm surprised to hear that Katie's phoning it in...maybe I'll hold off on ordering Volume 7.
  21. TailsIsNotAlone

    Happy birthday. ^^

    1. Twilight Sparkle ✨

      Twilight Sparkle ✨

      Thanks!

  22. TailsIsNotAlone
    Amazon and Ebay are taking preorders now for great prices, so I don't know how long they'll last. Looks to me like this will be about D & S trying to get one up on the CMC. Something they have always failed to do on the show...but maybe, since this is the comic and they're the stars, this time they will finally prevail! I wonder who the 3rd filly with the magnifying glass is. Maybe it will be a mystery as well!
  23. TailsIsNotAlone
    It's coming. The grumpiest, bumpiest, sugar-lump-rumpiest issue of Friends Forever like, ever. Because it totally stars the two most wonderful, amazing, wealthy, stupendous, beautiful ponies in Equestrian history. PREVIEW: So for those of you who love being special, and know how embarrassing it would be to be not special (I don't even want to, like, THINK about it), you should totally get this comic when it comes out on May 13. I can't wait...
  24. TailsIsNotAlone
    Serious and very detached. Kind of a scowl, even though I'm not angry. This is the opposite of my mother, who has a pleasant neutral expression but is usually upset about something.
  25. TailsIsNotAlone
    You're absolutely right. How Spike ages into a full-grown dragon, and what he will look like when he does...it's all a mystery. My theory is that the writers of the show never really sat down and decided what a dragon is, how their bodies work, what their culture is all about. So what we have is a bunch of episodes with dragons that look and act totally different, and different ideas that come out of nowhere like the "Dragon Code" in Spike at Your Service.
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