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MLP FIM is not a perfect show. A perfect show has to be flawless. And MLP FIM has a lot of flaws. And among all of these flaws, there are lots and lots of animation errors. Here are some exemples of animation errors: Most of the bronies and pegasisters who know about these animation errors already know that they are caused by glitches in the animating program. And there is really nothing that we can do about this. We just have to enjoy the show even with these animation errors. However, there is this crazy theory that came into my mind recently: what if we analyze these animation errors as if they made sense in the pony universe? Just as ridiculous as this sounds, it is actually possible. And here is my headcanon about what causes these silly errors: First off, we don't have enough information or any official statements about any historical events from the pony world. This includes that moment when Princesses Celestia and Luna defeated Discord for the very first time (which can be seen in Princess Twilight Sparkle). As we all know, when Discord was turned to stone for the first time, all of his chaotic magic was also removed from Equestria. Or... was it? As it turns out, since we don't have enough information about this historical event, we also don't know if literally all of Discord's chaotic magic was removed, or if some of it remained in Equestria. What if some of the chaotic magic that went beyond the limits of the elements of harmony remained there forever? If this is the case, then we can fairly assume that this piece of chaotic magic is what caused all of the animation errors in the story. Maybe Discord used his chaotic magic to create these animation errors as a joke, since we all know that Discord likes to make silly jokes. It is possible that the elements of harmony couldn't remove the chaotic magic that generates animation errors, and as a results, we see all sorts of visual mistakes that don't even make sense (like cyclop ponies, wrong cutie marks, duplicated background ponies etc.). Sure, this is a very big possibility. But there is just one problem with it: in the season 2 premiere, Discord only put Ponyville under supreme chaos. This means Discord used less chaotic magic than he did when the two princesses defeated him. This small amount of chaotic magic could easily be defeated by the elements of harmony, which means from there on, we should no longer see any animation errors. However, animation errors keep on going all the way until the end of the story. This means this theory is already broken. Or... is it? Well, don't worry just yet! Since we don't know exactly how does Discord's magic work, we can also assume that the chaotic magic used for animation errors is just too powerful and cannot be defeated by the elements of harmony, no matter how hard you try. In other words, it's permanent. So, now that we have a theory according to which animation errors are just Discord's jokes that keep on going forever, let's have a some possibilities regarding to this matter: - it is possible that the cyclop pony from The Best Night Ever was just Discord's joke; - it is possible that cutie mark errors (like the one in Games Ponies Play, where Fluttershy bonks into the train wall and has Twilight's cutie mark) are just Discord's jokes; - it is possible that missing body parts (like in Friendship is Magic, when the Mane Six enter the Everfree Forest and Rainbow Dash's tail is missing) are just Discord's jokes; - it is possible that additional body parts (like Pinkie Pie's wings in The Cutie Remark) are just Discord's jokes; - it is possible that Derpy Hooves might also have her eyes crossed because of Discord's joke. Who knows? Maybe Derpy Hooves was created by Discord after all! With that, we can officially say that Discord being the culprit for animation errors is a possibility. What do you, guys, think? Do you have any other ideas? Or do you agree with this one? Do you disagree? Is there something I missed? Something you didn't understand? Did I make a mistake somewhere? Also, what are your favourite animation errors? What errors can you remember the most? Let your thoughts down below. And let me know if you would like to see more interesting theories from me. There are bunches of MLP mysteries that are still unsolved. But maybe someday, we will find solutions to solve them all!

As we all know, in the real universe, the earth spins around from west to east, while the sun is stationary. This creates the illusion that the sun is actually moving, or in other words, it's rising and setting. And because of the earth rotation, it seems that the sun is always rising in east and setting in west. However, in the pony universe, the sunrise and sunset have nothing to do with earth rotation. In fact, Princess Celestia is responsible for the sunrise and sunset. She has full control over the sun. But something just doesn’t seem right. Celestia has been raising the sun for thousands of years. And by now, she should have her own rules about where the sun should rise and set. This creates some inconsistency. Because I’ve seen and studied carefully all episodes of MLP, and noticed that the sun doesn’t always rise and set at the same points in the sky. I will show a few exemples, but first, we need to take a look at the Equestria map. Now that we have this map, we can refer to the cardinal points like this: north means towards the Crystal Empire, south means towards Mount Aris, west means towards the Smokey Mountains and east means towards Manehattan and Griffonstone. However, because we will mostly talk about the cardinal points only by looking from a Ponyville view, we will also need some closer points to refer to the cardinal points. So now, let’s also take a look at the Ponyville map. According to this map, north means towards Canterlot and Twilight’s castle, south-west means towards Sweet Apple Acres and south-east means towards the Everfree Forest. Now let’s have some exemples of inconsistent sunrise! These are two screenshots of an event from The Cutie Mark Chronicles. In these screenshots, Applejack lives in a building in Manehattan, and she’s looking through a window. This window has a perfect view of Ponyville. But what else do we notice here? The sun is rising in that direction! Now let’s recreate this whole event on the Equestria map! As you can see on this map, Applejack’s face indicates that Applejack lives in Manehattan. The red arrow indicates Applejack’s view through the window, and the sun with the yellow arrow indicates that the sun is rising in that direction. Notice how Ponyville is on the left and Manehattan is on the right, or in other words, Ponyville is in west and Manehattan is in east. What does this mean? It means that the sun is rising in west in this case. Is it fair to assume that this is the main law in Equestria and that the sun always rises in west? Well no, because this is just one exemple. One exemple isn’t enough for a satisfying conclusion. Therefore, let’s have another exemple! This is a screenshot of an event from The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000. This screenshot has a view of Ponyville, and Canterlot in the background. What else does this screenshot have? Sunrise, of course! Now let’s recreate this event on the map! The camera with the red arrow indicates the view of Ponyville. The sun with the yellow arrow indicates that the sun is rising in that direction. As you can see, the sun is rising in the Canterlot direction. And because Canterlot is in north, this means that the sun is rising in north in this case. So now, we have two exemples: an exemple where the sun rises in west, and one where the sun rises in north. This creates inconsistency! And because Celestia is responsible for the sun movement, this means Celestia doesn’t always raise the sun in the same direction. So, what do you, guys, think? Do you think Celestia follows specific rules for where to raise the sun? (for exemple, Monday – north, Tuesday – south, Wednesday – west etc.) Or do you think it’s completely random? Do you think Celestia always tries to raise the sun in a specific direction, but sometimes fails, or do you think Celestia is always meant to raise it in a specific direction, but the animators often make a mistake with the sunrise view? What other ideas do you have? Let your thoughts down below. If you have anything to add, feel free to add it. If there is something you didn’t understand, something I overlooked, or if I made a mistake somewhere, let me know about it! Say anything you have to say!

As we all know, Pinkie Pie is the pony with the most cartoonish behavior in Equestria. We all know that she can bounce up and down, sometimes in a ball shape, she can break into pieces, she can make balloons and stuff appear out of nowhere, her tail shakes whenever something is about to fall from the sky, and her mane becomes straight whenever she is sad. But why is that? Some of us might say: "She’s just Pinkie Pie. She can do whatever she wants. She doesn’t need no stinkin’ logic." Well yes, it appears that Pinkie is the only one who can do all those crazy stuff. However, what if I told you that this is actually not true? In the episode The Gift of Maud Pie, there is a scene in which Rarity imitates Pinkie Pie: she starts talking faster, jumping up and down, and then she becomes like a ball and bounces around. This means Pinkie Pie isn’t the only one who can do all those crazy stuff. Rarity can too. And I am pretty sure all other ponies in Equestria can do the same. The big question is: how is that possible? And this is where my headcanon comes into place. We all know that there is magic in Equestria. Basically, Equestria is a land that stays alive thanks to its physics and its magic. And every creature in Equestria has their own magic: draconequi have chaotic magic, changelings have shapeshifting magic, centaurs have the magic absorbing feature, and of course, ponies have their own magic too. Earth ponies have strength magic, unicorns have horn magic, and pegasi have flight magic. However, who said that horn magic, strength and flight is the only magic a pony can have? Nopony said that there isn’t room for more magic. Basically, my explanation about Pinkie’s cartoonish behavior is magic. She is an earth pony, so she has earth pony strength, but she also has cartoonish magic, which allows her to break into pieces, bounce around etc. However, this only explains how does Pinkie’s behavior work. That doesn’t explain how come that Rarity and other ponies can do the same. Well, what if Pinkie isn’t the only pony in Equestria who has cartoonish magic? What if everypony in Equestria has cartoonish magic? Sure, that explains how can Rarity imitate Pinkie like that, but that doesn’t explain how come that we haven’t seen anypony else act just like Pinkie Pie. Simple explanation: ponies have the cartoonish magic, but they just don’t use it. You see, when you have something, you don’t need to keep using that thing every second of your life to show that you have it. In this case, ponies don’t need to use their cartoonish magic to show that they have it. They can keep it with them, just not use it. But that would lead into other questions: if everypony has cartoonish magic and they can use it whenever they want, how come that we have only seen Pinkie Pie use it so often on camera? Why don’t other ponies use it too? Wouldn’t it make their life easier? Well, here comes another logical explanation for this headcanon: maybe this cartoonish magic needs something that triggers it – something only Pinkie has, and something Rarity had when she did that demonstration. So, what makes Pinkie Pie so special? To answer this question, we don’t need to go too deep into Pinkie’s abilities. The simple answer to this question is just one word: knowledge. You see, a pony does have their own unique abilities. But this is not something easy to work with. A pony also has their own information in their brain, or better said, their own knowledge. This means although everypony in Equestria has cartoonish abilities, Pinkie is the only pony who knows how to trigger them and use them properly. Rarity also has cartoonish abilities, just like everypony else, however she doesn’t know how to show them off and use them properly. Or perhaps Pinkie is the only pony who uses her cartoonish behavior on camera because that’s just her personality? Well, that works too! Pinkie’s hyper personality might be what triggered her hyper behavior. When her hyper behavior was triggered, it has been manifested through cartoonish magic. Yeah, that works too, and it makes more sense! Because when Rarity imitated Pinkie, she had to switch from her fancy behavior to a hyper behavior. This hyper behavior is what gave Rarity cartoonish abilities. And since Pinkie is the only hyper pony that we see so often, this explains why other ponies that aren’t so hyperactive don’t show off the same cartoonish abilities. Now, it’s time to test this theory. To begin with, is there another hyperactive pony in Equestria? Well yes, there is: Cheese Sandwich! And this pony has cartoonish behavior, just like Pinkie Pie! In conclusion, Pinkie Pie’s cartoonish behavior is triggered by cartoonish magic, which is something everypony in Equestria has, but only ponies that have the same personality as Pinkie Pie can trigger this magic. Basically, that’s my theory. What do you, guys, think? Do you have another theory, or do you agree with mine? Is there something you disagree with? Something that I got wrong? Something you didn’t understand? Say anything you have to say!

Ever since "Pinkie Pride" aired, I've been seeing a lot of Pinkie Pie X Cheese Sandwich 'shipping. First off, let me say that there is nothing wrong with shipping these two, or with shipping in general. They are adorable together and arguably perfect for one another. It's only a matter of personal perspective that makes this ship feel weird to me, and I'd like to explain why I don't ship it. I have two reasons. Of course, they are connected, so maybe just one two-part reason... 1. Weird Al - Maybe others don't feel the same way, but when I was watching "Pinkie Pride," I couldn't help but think of Cheese Sandwich as Weird Al, not just a pony being voiced by him. I grew up listening to Weird Al's songs and came to nearly idolize him for his talent and quirky, funny personality. He inspired me. I don't know many people who would date their heroes, guys. Maybe some would, but to me, that would be really weird. I've had fantasies of being adopted by my heroes, but never of dating them. I just can't picture Weird Al as anyone's boyfriend. 2. Heroes - After Cheese Sandwich sings his song near the end of the episode, it seems that he feels the same about Pinkie as I feel about Weird Al. She inspired him. She's his hero. I would imagine that, idolizing her the way I've always idolized him, he would also feel that sense of wrongness about dating Pinkie Pie. The thing about heroes is that they often seem unattainable, people you not only wouldn't date, but can't date. Dating a hero seems like breaking the universe. Conclusion: If Pinkie and Cheese dated, it would break the universe. So there you have it. That's just my two bits on the subject; everypony else can ignore it and continue shipping Best Pony 1 and Best Pony 2 if they want, but I'm just gonna be sitting here not reading any PinkieCheese fanfictions for the aforementioned reasons. Just out of curiosity, though... is there anypony out there who agrees with me? Feel free to comment whether you agree or disagree. Providing reasons for your opinions is always a plus. c:

Okay! So Twilight had her entrance exam at roughly the age of 4 years old (given take her size, and lack of cutie mark, and She's smaller then the CMC's) she used her magic to help hatch Spike a Baby Dragon, okay so far so good. Enter Season 1, Twilight is now considered an Adult Mare, maybe 18 years of age at least, so my question is this. How the hell is Spike still a "Baby Dragon"? He can cook, take care of himself, is able to make a living, and has shown to be very mature, and level headed. You can come up with the most practical explanation cause I'd love to hear it, but by that logic then 14 years would have passed making Spike at least a Pre-Teen. I'm gonna need some discussion on this because this makes absolutely no sense?

This post is only to show that anti-bronies make no sense and should be ignored. I'm not worked up or anything, I just want to send a message. Anti-Brony Logic I had this thought in my head before getting to sleep, and I felt the need to let it out. Personally I don't call them anti-bronies, but just haters. Anyway, I have a problem with two of the most popular things the haters say. 1. "Bronies are gay and are attracted to ponies." I'm sure we've all seen this before, and it's probably a lot more vulgar but since children are on here too I don't want to go too far. This statement contradicts (I hope that's the right word) itself. It's implying we are attracted to the mane 6, which is also why they call us pedophiles because they think the mane 6 are underage girls. Because of this, we must be attracted to girls, too. Gay guys wouldn't get excited over a cartoon girl. Therefore, we can't be gay. Also, as Shire Pony Malinter said, the gay bronies were gay before they knew what My Little Pony was. This makes the haters homophobes. 2. "Bronies are cancer and need to go die." This one is ironic. Cancer tries to kill people and sometimes succeeds. As far as I know, bronies have never tried to commit murder. This sentence is basically trying to kill us by sending us death threats. This makes the hater closer to cancer than bronies. Yes, there are haters of every fandom, but the bronies are probably the ones who get these two "insults" (doesn't offend me, really) the most out of any fandom.

Like the title say: Can you read Binary numbers? If you can, you can respond with yes, or a 1, or whatever you like! However, if you can't maybe you will be able to after you read this post (by me, the lousy teacher): Oh my, you made it this far? Did you look inside the spoilers? I hope you did! Next up is multiplication... (And yes, it exists): And lastly, division. This is actually a difficult matter. I don't have all the answers on this one. While you can do the reverse of the multiplication, it is still out of reach for me to solve all cases: So, if you made it this far, it is only one more thing to learn then. How to read binary numbers. When you have read this one, you don't even need to reply to this topic as you will know by default, the answer: So, now, you should be able to read binary numbers without using a calculator.

Hallo everypony! Welcome to my first ever blog entry! What better way to start a blog than a fun little leisure logic quiz? Here's the question: "You want to go for a sleep. This image shows the map of your bedroom," "You want to sleep lights off. But you are scared of the dark. How can you switch off all the ceiling lights using the light switch without any assistance and sleep on your bed before your room gets dark?" Answer:

So, after watching Legend of Everfree I've completely lost track of how magic is supposed to work in the human world. I'll sum up the progression of magical presence over the course of the movies, and then attempt to make sense of it all. Equestria Girls Originally, there was no magic in the human world. The portal existed, but was only open once every thirty moons. Then Sunset Shimmer stole the Element of Magic and inadvertently caused the powers of the Elements of Harmony to awaken within the Humane Five, thanks to Twilight's help. Rainbow Rocks Somehow, the Humane Five transform into their anthro forms when they play music. This happens both when they play alone, or when they play together. It's pointed out that this is weird, but it's never addressed beyond that. Friendship Games The Humane Five now transform whenever they display their Element, as well as transforming when they play music. Sunset figures this much out, but not why this is happening. Legend of Everfree The presence of the...human world Elements (?) gives the girls powers that seem to be vaguely related to their pony version Cutie Marks. The gems themselves trigger some kind of transformation. The magic in RR and LOE bothers me most of all. The musical magic baffles me to this day because it comes right out of nowhere. It mainly annoys me that they point out how odd it is and then never mention it again, despite their magic being directly related to the plot. Hell, a throwaway line about the latent magic the Element of Magic gave them reacting to the presence of the Sirens would have been enough. It would have had its own problems, but at least it would have been something. Then there's LOE. I don't even know where to begin here. For no adequately explained reason, the girls end up with magic that seems based on, yet not consistent with, the magic their pony forms have thanks to their Cutie Marks. Fluttershy can talk to animals, Rainbow Dash has super speed...but Rarity can't fire diamond shields in the pony world, nor does Applejack have super strength. I also doubt Sunset ever had the power to read minds, since her ability was a surprise to her. I presume this power was awoken within them thanks to the mysterious EoH-like gems from the cave, which may or may not have reacted with the Equestrian magic within each of them. But that raises the question, where did the gems come from? Why do they have power? Are the gems a consequence of Equestria and the human world starting to meld together, like what happened in the Reflections arc of the comics? The stinger seemed to hint at something like this. If so, then why don't the powers of the girls map exactly to the Cutie Marks of their pony counterparts? I'm fairly sure pony Pinkie Pie can't make frag grenades out of sprinkles. I get the feeling that by this point, the writers have given up on keeping the magic even the slightest bit consistent, but I'm still looking for an in-universe explanation. Does anyone have any coherent theories about the way magic works now? Do you think we'll ever find out, one way or another?

In "Too Many Pinkie Pies," Pinkie feels there are not enough Pinkie Pies to go around, and so she clones herself. In order to do so, she visits a mystical pond known as the Mirror Pool, and recites a poem that ends in something along the lines of "I won't be scared at the idea of being doubly mared." A mare is a female horse, a male is a stallion. Pinkie Pie is a mare, but what if a stallion wanted to clone himself. Would he have to say "doubly stallioned."? This may not work very well, because "stallioned" doesn't scan in terms of poetry, and it doesn't, by any stretch of the imagination, rhyme with "scared". Is it possible the Mirror Pool only works on mares, and if so, why? What do you guys think?

Saw the Cristian Bronies thread and thought it would be cool if there was one for atheist bronies such as myself. Agnostics are welcome as well. Heck this is an open forum so anybody can post here and I won't have it any other way cuz you know free speech. Just be ready to have your opinions challenged. So, logically speaking, how are you doing this evening?

I believe that there is no such thing as time travel, but rather dimensional travel. The way I see it, it is the only way to make it work without destroying all of time and space and still have others sell and buy such a device. Here, let me explain my reasoning: Let's say you used "time travel" to the past. Actually, let's not because, in my opinion the original post explains the whole problem there. That thing about changing it would cause you (past self) to not want to change it, causing you (still past self) to not go back and change it, which will cause it to not change, and the paradox consumes all. However, with what I'm saying, by traveling to "the past", you go to an alternate dimension where everything is the same except you (current self) go to the past. through this logic, you can change history all you want with no consequences of your actions in terms of time and space. You go to the future, which it is another alternate dimension, but it is one where you (current self) affect the future and you (alternate dimension self) "time travels" for whatever reason they have, whether it be to change what you (another alternate dimensional self) did. You take the place of that you (current dimension's self) and time keeps going, unaffected, because everything was set in stone to happen from the very beginning of your travel. So what do you think? Could this work? If not, how could "time travel" work?

Okay so after watching all the episodes until "Do Princesses dream of magic sheep?" I just realized somethin that Luna isn't doing, but she can technically do it. If Luna controls the Moon and Stars, she should still be able to control the Sun because technically its a star, am I right?

There has been one thing bugging me in MLP:FIM. The background ponies act unlikable. We see this in some episodes like Magic Duel, Bridle Gossip, Putting Your Hoof Down, and For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toil. Not only that, but they scrap logic. For example in Magic Duel, they kept harassing Trixie, but didn't consider any motivations Trixie had. Like mabye oh say, Trixie could have been a show pony who simply moved from the stage to the streets, but didn't exactly know what to do. Gee, reminds me of a certain writer who wrote a certain episode that got all of the Bronies riled up. I've seen the residents of Gravity Falls apply better common sense!

Hey all you Pokemon fans, it's time to list some Pokemon logic, or Poke logic.Just think of the thing in Pokemon that lacks the most logic to you and share it, In the Pokemon world, it is legal to capture and make wild animals beat each other up in battle for this world's equivalent of a sporting event, but if you ride that bike indoors, so help me. In one episode that gave 700 japanese kids seizures, Pikachu caused the secures, but Porygon, the Pokemon of the episode, gets banned from the anime. Ash and co. are able to tell which Pokemon are in Poke balls that look exactly the same, but can't tell Team Rocket under those stupid disguises until they say their motto.' So share away!

So I like to use a plugin called "Sausage Fattener" by "Dada Life" to fatten up my bases in mixes. The only problem is that I've been told that I should understand what the plugin does, and how I could recreate the effect of the plugin using only the default tools in Ableton Live 8. So I understand what the "fat" sound is, and why (for certain types of music) it is essential to have a fat, full-spectrum base. The only problem is that I cannot effectively recreate the "sausage fattener" effect by myself. My best guess is that it distorts the sound a bit to bring out more unnoticeable frequencies and then it compresses the waveform to create a flat, full-spectrum sound which appears loud due to the fact that it can utilize all areas of the frequency spectrum. I guess that too much of this technique would remove distinguishable formants in the base which can give it its own character though. If anyone knows how to do this weird compression-distortion technique, please let me know. Any other tips and tricks, even ones not related to sausage fattener would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully there are people on right now >.<

Well people keep saying that the hammer would simply go through. I find it hilarious that nobody has considered that the stone corners of the pedistal might be breakable. Everyponys view on this?