My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Image-Heavy)

Justice4243 · 2013-05-26 00:53:13

Central Avenue said: Justice42 said:I would, but lets just say Googling "My little pony comics" then a word that begins and ends with a "t" has assisted me in acquiring them.

I guess I could do it that way, though honestly I like having the comics as physical objects.

I like having them as physical objects, too. I just had a MIGHTY NEED to read the Avatar the Last Aibender and MLP:FiM comics. I'll keep an eye out for the graphic novels when they're out

Adding a weekly Wednesday journey to my busy schedule that ends in my spending way too much on comics every week is something I'd like to avoid.

Though, come to think of it, a new comic shop opened about three miles away, maybe I'll start trekking down there for a long walk.

Princess Alice · 2013-05-26 00:55:41

Man, I wish there were a 24-hour comic store

'Cause it would be awesome to go there after work on a Friday or something but obviously there aren't any that are going to be open at midnight

Justice4243 · 2013-05-26 00:56:42

If you have any that double as Magic the Gathering hangouts, you might find a few that are open late.

Though, I've never seen one open 24-7.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-26 03:44:53

I finished the first story arc. It was amazing, especially issue 3 which had not one but two absurdly dark moments.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-26 11:54:25

Friday liked the episode where Luna came back.

Though, she believed Luna should have destroyed ponyville or put a curse on the ponies.

Bunny · 2013-05-27 13:34:24

pony pony pony

Obā-san · 2013-05-27 21:41:51

Yarrun XIX · 2013-05-27 21:48:00

Aaaaaaaaaah

Anonus · 2013-05-27 21:48:20

Bratz Poniez?

Also, Faust Hulk = awesome

Justice4243 · 2013-05-27 22:39:13

...Yeah, those are pretty hideous.

MetaFour · 2013-05-28 01:16:24

pony pony pony

Applejack: Pony pony?

Pinkie Pie: Pony pony pony!

Twilight Sparkle: Okay, you can stop now.

Tanya · 2013-05-28 01:22:53

Equestria Girls: How Did My Little Pony Go So, So Wrong?

I found this article.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 01:38:41

Can't say I disagree with what I've seen so far. Though, people who write taglines don't always know what it really is they're writing it for.

lee4hmz · 2013-05-28 01:46:43

(Disclaimer: Lee wrote this at 2 in the morning whilst groggy. It might not make as much sense as it ought to.)

I've only seen the Season 3 finale once, and didn't think it was that big of a deal (as noted in the comments, it's not like being a princess in Equestria turns you into a skivvy like it would in a Disney film), but I also agree that a high school AU is playing with fire when it comes to subverting girls' show tropes. Especially when the dolls look like pony-flavored Bratz, a line that screams "you should like shopping, boys and conformity" louder than even Barbie does—at least Barbie has been shown being something other than a stereotypical suburban teenager!

Anonus · 2013-05-28 02:01:02

...do they ever come out with anything that suggests that teenage girls hate school? Because this doesn't seem to be that.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 02:06:17

I'm getting more a something about not judging people and fitting in and more of the magic of friendship than any sort of "shopping and conformity" feeling. Boys MAYBE if just because it seems Twilight has a male love interest, but even with Twilight adapting to keep a low profile, I kinda doubt they'd have much luck attaching a message of conformity to the likes of Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.

Anonus · 2013-05-28 02:10:25

Or even Fluttershy. Though most of her episodes revolve around her overcoming insecurity, the fact that she's fairly introverted isn't supposed to be a bad thing, is it?

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 02:13:08

Also, apparently the toys presented are just prototypes.

Maybe there will be some attempt to make them actually look like the characters in the movie.

Also, on reflection, I agree with Lee about the Season 3 finale. It didn't seem to me that Twilight was becoming some sort of horse "Disney Princess".

Though, I wasn't really a fan of the song or the lyrics.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 02:19:02

Or even Fluttershy. Though most of her episodes revolve around her overcoming insecurity, the fact that she's fairly introverted isn't supposed to be a bad thing, is it?

A big part of the show seems to be the characters accepting each other and themselves for who they are. Obviously there's SOME aspect correction when the characters go a little too far (Like with the Mare-Do-Well episode and RD or Iron Will and Fluttershy), but this isn't to change or ultimately subvert the ponies towards conformity, just character development.

It's pretty clear that most the mane cast and even Fluttershy herself understand that she has some limits. I've never seen the other cast members try to contort her to something she wasn't, and when Fluttershy herself did this, she ultimately didn't like what she became.

Anonus · 2013-05-28 02:40:38

Mare-Do-Well was one of the worst episodes of anything I've ever seen. This comic sums it up best.

"Putting Your Hoof Down" was bizarre. The Ponyvillians aren't usually that mean...if they weren't, Fluttershy wouldn't have sought out Iron Will.

Tanya · 2013-05-28 02:41:18

I do have to wonder exactly what the point of turning the ponies human does for them.

G2 didn't turn their ponies human.

Anonus · 2013-05-28 02:52:41

It's a tween/teen-oriented offshoot of a longstanding franchise, a product of an era where corporations favor established franchises over new ones.

Tanya · 2013-05-28 02:56:22

Might I present to you! Teenage Mutant Ninja Humans! Humans in a half-shell, human power!

"Optimus Prime found a world of humans, and it turned him human as well, watch the friendly rivalry of basketball between the Decepticons and Autobots, as Prime learns to feel with human emotions!"

Anonus · 2013-05-28 03:03:14

You know, I just had that gut reaction...Optimus Prime is a robot!

It seems like something I should have with My Little Pony, but honestly humanized fan art has been a thing for so long that canon humanizations were sort of anticlimactic, at least inherently...

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 11:38:22

Anonus said:
Mare-Do-Well was one of the worst episodes of anything I've ever seen. This comic sums it up best.

Heh.

Obā-san · 2013-05-28 11:41:43

Anonus said:
Mare-Do-Well was one of the worst episodes of anything I've ever seen.

then you have not seen

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 11:45:51

I've come to accept Ponies are fickle, shallow creatures. That's the only way I can explain that no pony seems to consider Twilight and crew heroes for saving Equistria multiple times.

Tanya · 2013-05-28 12:40:31

Justice42 said:
I've come to accept Ponies are fickle, shallow creatures. That's the only way I can explain that no pony seems to consider Twilight and crew heroes for saving Equistria multiple times.

No one ever said you had to save the world because you were a good person, saving the world for sake of self-preservation is entirely possible.

Also, they're said to encompass traits that hardly seem to matter in a realistic sense.

For instance, Rarity is "Generosity", even if we were to ignore the S3 episodes where she is a lording force over her sister, then at the very least she still runs a business with it's own business ethics, so it's not like she's Mother Teresa(The collection of morals assumed onto the person, not the actual person itself).

It's both completely unrealistic and realistic that they're not idolized as heroes. I don't know how that works.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-28 13:31:30

It's one thing that they're not idolized, quite another that almost no pony actually knows who they are.

As I was alluding to, though, they're not human, and I'm guessing they don't quite process events the same way humans would.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 14:24:32

That's OK body, I'm sure my hear works fine in liquid form.

Obā-san · 2013-05-31 16:14:03

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 16:15:22

This post hates your bandwidth.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 16:17:49

Naney said:

Great, now I need to look up angry Rarity pics, but I guess the above can fuel somepony's Rarity/Twilight shipping fantasies.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 16:24:42

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 16:25:34

I like puffy-face angry Rarity.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 17:29:22

BUY SOME APPLES!

Bunny · 2013-05-31 19:33:17

Angry blushing Rarity is totally adorable

Bunny · 2013-05-31 21:06:19

Awww, I like Twily in Skipsy's art style

He's got a pretty good style. Mostly NSFW, but pretty good.

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 23:09:29

Bunny said:

He's got a pretty good style. Mostly NSFW, but pretty good.

This seems to be true of many MLP:FiM fan-artist.

Bunny · 2013-05-31 23:32:44

Aye, there's the occasional sfw artist though

Like Karpetshark

He's one of my favorites, he does excellent art that kinda reminds me of an old cartoon, and it's pretty cute most of the time too

Example

Justice4243 · 2013-05-31 23:51:36

Friday just set her background to a large version of this:

Mr. Darcy · 2013-06-01 00:21:07

Haha. So what's her favorite Pinkie episode?

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 01:10:56

"I dunno" was her response.

She says she does like the episodes with "Chaos dude, and her reaction to everything is hilarious."

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 01:12:50

Anonus said:

"Putting Your Hoof Down" was bizarre. The Ponyvillians aren't usually that mean...if they weren't, Fluttershy wouldn't have sought out Iron Will.

I just watched it.

I find it plausible that Iron Will had been in Ponyville for a short while, and other ponies where attempting to use his lessons. Just no one embraced them like Fluttershy, and the Ponyville regained it's senses when Fluttershy refused to pay.

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 01:16:42

Also, unsurprisingly, "Ask Iron Will" is a thing:

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 01:23:27

Anonus · 2013-06-01 02:09:07

Honestly

The way Karpetshark draws eyes reminds me of Happy Tree Friends

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 02:22:21

Ask Discord is also very good.

Justice4243 · 2013-06-01 02:37:10

Justice4243 · 2013-06-02 01:53:52

sunshinederp:

I wasn’t kidding about steps one and two. :C

This is kinda amazing.

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