What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thread)

[CannonFodder]

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That's a possibility. But I still think alicorns have to be a created thing rather than a genetic thing. I'd bet all three of those princesses were born as unicorns.

It's possible that whatever causes them genetically to be alicorns is a rare recessive mutation that gets knocked out by everything else. We have yet to see any alicorns that are great descendants or great great great nephews or nieces of celestia and luna. What that probably means is that the genes are practically extinct cause they never went anywhere.

What I mean by that is in all chances if there is another alicorn it's going to either be celestia and luna's sibling or their parents or nieces and nephews and possibly kids.

 

[FlynnCoyote]

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If Celestia and Luna can live for well over a thousand years, I doubt mortality in that sense would be an issue. I still believe that there are no king and queen. Just as there will never be any need for either of them to take a husband. They will already live forever.

Cadence in my mind is an exception because we've already seen she is not on their level. Also, if she is the embodiment of love as you say, it makes sense for her to be more inclined to fall in love than the others who would easily outlive any prospective mate.

Now I am also wondering if her Love power is strong enough to rival or surpass the Elements of Harmony.

...?

 

[Heimdal]

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I think alicorns are just unicorns that can fly.

Their birth and purposes follow a mythical sense of fate. Alicorns would never go extinct, a new one will be born from whatever pony right when they are needed. This likely ties in nicely to any "because the writers said so" bit, if they ever reveal anything more specific about this.

 

[CannonFodder]

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If Celestia and Luna can live for well over a thousand years, I doubt mortality in that sense would be an issue. I still believe that there are no king and queen. Just as there will never be any need for either of them to take a husband. They will already live forever.

Cadence in my mind is an exception because we've already seen she is not on their level. Also, if she is the embodiment of love as you say, it makes sense for her to be more inclined to fall in love than the others who would easily outlive any prospective mate.

Now I am also wondering if her Love power is strong enough to rival or surpass the Elements of Harmony.

...?

Okay so that reduces the list of possible alicorns to siblings/nieces & nephews.

I don't think it's not that she's on their level, it's that she's young. However the chances of cadence's potential kids being alicorns are next to zero.

Cadence by herself no. Cadence ubering Shining Armor = yes.

I think alicorns are just unicorns that can fly.

Their birth and purposes follow a mythical sense of fate. Alicorns would never go extinct, a new one will be born from whatever pony right when they are needed. This likely ties in nicely to any "because the writers said so" bit, if they ever reveal anything more specific about this.

Even if it's magic you still gotta explain shit.

 

[Heimdal]

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Even if it's magic you still gotta explain shit.

Fate! That shit's mythically controlled! Consider how unlikely it is for an earth pony to have a magic or flying cutie mark? The idea that they could get better at something new, and get a new cutie mark for it, just isn't there. It's a fate thing, and I don't see pony race as something that requires a different explanation either.

 

[CannonFodder]

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Consider how unlikely it is for an earth pony to have a magic or flying cutie mark?

They could have a love for magic and teach unicorns all about magic and the history of it even though they couldn't perform it.
Or if they have a flying cutie mark they could make hot air balloons or such.

There's plenty of logical explanations as to why there's not a lot of alicorns-
Killed during discord's reign before the elements of harmony.
Recessive genes prevent them from getting anywhere population wise.
Celestia and Luna just have no interest in getting their giggity on and cadence's parents are the first alicorns to reproduce in millenia.
Celestia and Luna & <insert> were the first alicorns.
Magical requirements for a pony to be a alicorn on top of genetics.
Any combination of the previous.

The MOST likely explanation is that Celestia and Luna just aren't interested in romance.

 

[Flippy]

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I finally saw the Royal Wedding & flailed around a lot like an elementary school girl giggling & such. Then a sang a whole lot & broke the repeat button on youtube in the process. I'm still on the kick from it actually.

 

[Tybis]

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I finally saw the Royal Wedding & flailed around a lot like an elementary school girl giggling & such. Then a sang a whole lot & broke the repeat button on youtube in the process. I'm still on the kick from it actually.

You could always just use Youtube Repeat instead of manually pressing "repeat" on Youtube. It works great for music.

 

[Flippy]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

You could always just use Youtube Repeat instead of manually pressing "repeat" on Youtube. It works great for music.

Yes....I can fill my ears with seconds more of pony goodness. ::InsertQueenChrysalislaughhere::

 

[CannonFodder]

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Yes....I can fill my ears with seconds more of pony goodness. ::InsertQueenChrysalislaughhere::

Lemme guess you loved the song where chrysalis and cadence did a duet?

 

[Flippy]

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Lemme guess you loved the song where chrysalis and cadence did a duet?

I sang them all! I think I got the most emotional when TS was singing that she lost her bro. Listening to the Archie Remix of Love Is In Bloom at the moment though.

 

[Shà nwà ng]

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Cupcakes may not be the most well written story, but the whole Pinkamena fanon thing is really awesome. Probably my favourite thing the fandom has made.

The pictures and the music for it are really cool.

I have to agree, some of the pics and songs derived from it are pretty awesome.

 

[FlynnCoyote]

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I am looking forward to seeing how they handle Nocturne.

Hopefully not another Elements fest though.

 

[Ariosto]

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I am looking forward to seeing how they handle Nocturne.

Hopefully not another Elements fest though.

Is this an official name? Announcements, links, pretty please?

 

[CannonFodder]

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I am looking forward to seeing how they handle Nocturne.

Hopefully not another Elements fest though.

Sorry, that was fake.

 

[Ariosto]

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Sorry, that was fake.

Knowing this, is Season 3 even going to open with another two-parter?


EDIT:
I also realised that MLP feels awfully light in comparison to a lot of other stuff I watch, read: anime. Even Urusei Yatsura (a really, really, really awesome episodic comedy) and Hidamari Sketch (a most heartwarming slice-of-life and, therefore, episodic) feel like intelectual food when compared to MLP, I wonder why. Of course, I'm not trying to offend the show, I just realised that I could've finished either of those in the time I spent watching it.

EDIT:
Come to think of it, the only anime I'm watching at the time is Smile Precure!, a similarly episodic and colorful magical girls show, also aimed at kids and with a strong male fanbase... is my life so stressful now?

 

[Flippy]

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OVER 2K FOR A QUEEN CHRYSALIS PLUSH ON EBAY....ALREADY!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Queen-Chrys...623?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebda2e3ef

This artist has it made. She made a Faustacorn plush that Lauren actually bought.
http://whitedove-creations.deviantart.com/art/Faust-Alicorn-OC-plush-293390385

 

[Ariosto]

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OVER 2K FOR A QUEEN CHRYSALIS PLUSH ON EBAY....ALREADY!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Queen-Chrys...623?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebda2e3ef

This artist has it made. She made a Faustacorn plush that Lauren actually bought.
http://whitedove-creations.deviantart.com/art/Faust-Alicorn-OC-plush-293390385

Goddamn, why are these fandoms so fast? I recall fanart of Rainbow Dash trapped by the rock appearing the very same day the episode aired. How do they do this?! And the material even has semi-decent quality.

 

[Commiecomrade]

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(Music people should get this)

So the song for the real Cadence has authentic cadences, and the song for the fake one contains deceptive cadences.

wat

 

[Shà nwà ng]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

(Music people should get this)

So the song for the real Cadence has authentic cadences, and the song for the fake one contains deceptive cadences.

wat

Seriously? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

 

[Commiecomrade]

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Seriously? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

DUDE I KNOW. I unfortunately cannot take credit for finding this out but... damn. It feels like we have stumbled upon a conspiracy here.

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

(Music people should get this)

So the song for the real Cadence has authentic cadences, and the song for the fake one contains deceptive cadences.

wat

Also the bbbff song is a music pun.

Goddamn, why are these fandoms so fast? I recall fanart of Rainbow Dash trapped by the rock appearing the very same day the episode aired. How do they do this?! And the material even has semi-decent quality.

Because basis for the fandom is based off the moral lessons of the show and some of the older episode's moral lessons form a massive part of what the brony fandom is about. So it only makes sense that a show who teaches harmony and friendship and such will end up with a fandom who cooperates rapidly and turns out a ton of decent and/or good media instead of the infighting often seen inside other fandoms' clicks.

 

[Shà nwà ng]

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Somebody also argued this about the changling queen's name:
http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/sqidq/why_chrysalis_insisted_on_being_called_princess/

 

[Ariosto]

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Because basis for the fandom is based off the moral lessons of the show and some of the older episode's moral lessons form a massive part of what the brony fandom is about. So it only makes sense that a show who teaches harmony and friendship and such will end up with a fandom who cooperates rapidly and turns out a ton of decent and/or good media instead of the infighting often seen inside other fandoms' clicks.

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that, guess that's what distancing yourself from the show does to you.

 

[Tybis]

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I may have missed something, but...
where was Spike during the Royal Wedding?

I don't like it when characters just go poof without explanation.