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

Mazooky

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

Heimdal said:
Nah. The inclusion mentality is universal on the net for practically every group or fan group ever. People who hate Bronies for that, do so with the mentality that everyone else should hate Bronies too. In other words, total hypocracy.
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That, and just the fact that grown men watch a girls show naturally sends off bad vibes to people.
 
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Campion1

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

My feelings on MLP are what I've said before: There is the difference between avoiding that cup of tea you don't quite enjoy, and the moment it's splashed in your face multiple times. I will agree with what Conker said.
 
CannonFodder

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

Campion1 said:
My feelings on MLP are what I've said before: There is the difference between avoiding that cup of tea you don't quite enjoy, and the moment it's splashed in your face multiple times. I will agree with what Conker said.
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The unspoken rule of FaF when it comes to this point-
It's okay to not like MLP:FIM, just don't be a dick about it.
 
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Campion1

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

I did read your post before you edited it. If you wouldn't mind telling when that's happened? I'm just genuinely curious. I wouldn't hate on someone over a show they like. I do have some brony friends.
 
Spotted_Tiger

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CannonFodder

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

Campion1 said:
I did read your post before you edited it. If you wouldn't telling when that's happened? I'm just genuinely curious. I wouldn't hate on someone over a show they like. I do have some brony friends.
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Short version of what happened-
Imagine if a lion and a tiger were trying to kill each other.

Longer version:
There were a couple of really bad fights, basically the forum is pretty chill right now, but back a couple months bronies and anti-bronies went at it pretty badly over the course of a couple threads. It started with a thread claiming that bronies were ableist cause of them liking the character "Derpy" which developed into a level 4 shitstorm. I was one of the people at the center of it, it devolved into "nenene you can't make me stop being a fan" vs "Admit I'm right and you're wrong!".
Now talking about Derpy's portrayel is one of the great forum taboos.

After that it just went to utter shit topic wise and a lot let intelligent.
"Haha those bronies are fucking scum"
"Go fuck yourself"
"How dare you not hate it! RAWR!*flips table*"

It finally cooled down with threads saying "Ban ponies from FA! It's FURaffinity, not bronyaffinity!"
 
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Campion1

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

Wow, that sounds like a bunch of childish nonsense...
 
CannonFodder

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

Campion1 said:
Wow, that sounds like a bunch of childish nonsense...
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If you want a place to discuss it civilly this is the thread to do it.
Any other thread that single post would have lead to a severe fight.
This is one of the most civil threads on FaF.
 
Cain

Cain

Guess what mood I'm in today.
Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

JamesB said:
Nobody's mentioned "Read it and Weep?"

I am disappoint.

It's the perfect analogy for the bronydom if you replace Daring Do with MLP and egghead with brony.
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Sorry, I forgot about that xD
I do love that episode.

CannonFodder said:
Short version of what happened-
Imagine if a lion and a tiger were trying to kill each other.

Longer version:
There were a couple of really bad fights, basically the forum is pretty chill right now, but back a couple months bronies and anti-bronies went at it pretty badly over the course of a couple threads. It started with a thread claiming that bronies were ableist cause of them liking the character "Derpy" which developed into a level 4 shitstorm. I was one of the people at the center of it, it devolved into "nenene you can't make me stop being a fan" vs "Admit I'm right and you're wrong!".
Now talking about Derpy's portrayel is one of the great forum taboos.

After that it just went to utter shit topic wise and a lot let intelligent.
"Haha those bronies are fucking scum"
"Go fuck yourself"
"How dare you not hate it! RAWR!*flips table*"

It finally cooled down with threads saying "Ban ponies from FA! It's FURaffinity, not bronyaffinity!"
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And then there was that thread about bronies taking things too far recently?
Which could have been a decent topic, considering Mentova changed the topic to 'Some bronies' instead of just bronies, but of course it quickly degenerated into what all MLP threads end up as (besides this), a breeding ground of hate, insults and desperate zealotry.
Campion1 said:
Wow, that sounds like a bunch of childish nonsense...
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It's FaF. Childish, nonsensical things occur on a daily basis.
 
CannonFodder

CannonFodder

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

Cain said:
And then there was that thread about bronies taking things too far recently?
Which could have been a decent topic, considering Mentova changed the topic to 'Some bronies' instead of just bronies, but of course it quickly degenerated into what all MLP threads end up as (besides this), a breeding ground of hate, insults and desperate zealotry.
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You're forgetting the shitstorm that happened in the site discussion.
That one was bad even by my standards.


Don't worry Campion1, if you want somewhere to talk civil this is the thread to do so. We're nice here.
 
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FlynnCoyote

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

I just pretend to be nice. (^,^)

At this point I'd like to ask for a little brony help? I'm toying with some ideas for a fanfic. It'll be one of those Origins of Equestria type of affairs. So what I would like is for any of you wonderful chaps and chapettes aware of such thing to link me with any existing fanfics that already cover this topic so I can utterly avoid writing something that's already been done?

This isn't something I'm trying to make a serious thing out of, it's just my own personal project to see if I can achieve a certain form of writing. Even so it will be public and I don't want to look like a plagiarist. :/
 
FlynnCoyote

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ProjectCrash

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

Oh, so it was. Sorry, I got off work a few hours ago, so my brain is fading.
I guess it's not as helpful as intended. I'll say this: well written stories have resonated through time. If you dig at something hard enough, you can always find something to point the finger at, to say you copied so-and-so. Unless it's a blatant copy, I wouldn't worry about it. I'd just concentrate on writing what it is that you want to write. If you tell a good story, no one will care. Except for those who like to pick fights, and you'll never please them, anyway.
I'm going to read the first chapter, and then probably crash.
 
Cain

Cain

Guess what mood I'm in today.
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Serpion5 said:
Thanks, but my question was a wee bit more specific than that. :v

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37299/Rise-of-Harmony First Chapter's here, I just wanted to get an idea of what's been done before I went too much further.
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I don't know if you're an experienced writer, and you may not have asked for writing advice, but I feel I need to give it to you anyways. You may know this stuff already, but it's always helpful to have a reminder.

1) Write your story using something like google docs, because its easily share-able and not to mention free. Especially if you want to give your pre-readers a chance to give it the look over before you release it publicly on such a website as fimfiction. So then commenters won't get the chance to get nit-picky and make you feel bad ;)
2) If you don't have them already, get pre-readers. One or two would be just fine, but you can get more if you wish. Choose close-ish friends, or people you know will be loyal enough to read, check for errors and give you an opinion when you link it to them.
3) Create a backlog. You never know when your muse will die on you and you get writer's block. And if you've uploaded all your chapters onto fimfiction (or whatever site of your choosing) as soon as you've written them/they've been given the go-ahead by your prereaders, your readers/followers will be expecting you to get the next chapter out in around the same time you've released the others. Which, if you have writer's block, is extremely bad. A backlog allows you to upload chapters at your will, say every 5 days, and also gives you the ability to comfortably write your next chapters, because you know you aren't under a strict deadline, as you have a backlog of un-uploaded chapters.
4) Plan. In my woefully little experience, there are two main types of writer. The one that clearly defines how and what he's going to write, has a set beginning, middle and end, and knows what he's going to write in the next chapter/paragraph/whatever. You also have the one that writes on impulse, 'going with the flow'. Of course the first type is easier to plan, but the second type is harder. If you're the second type, this is a bit of advice I gave during a conversation with a friend:

[7/21/2012 2:18:05 PM] Cain: I think what you may need to do to overcome your writer's block is just very vaguely, in a paragraph, or just a couple of lines, outline your story, while you are inspired. That way, when you have writer's block you can look back upon that and draw upon that bit of creativity. But once you start writing, you can disregard the outline. It's merely a source of inspiration to power you on. You may want to look back upon it, as I said, to make sure you aren't going too far away from your original thought, unless you're sure it's the way you want to go.
[7/21/2012 2:19:28 PM] Cain: Read over your story, use that word to re-inspire you that little bit and then you can write. Whatever is your muse, embrace it, as a writer, it's one of the most useful pieces in your repotoire, besides your command of the english language.
[7/21/2012 2:19:28 PM] Arthreas: Would this imply me already knowing vaugely what the story is about?
[7/21/2012 2:19:50 PM] Cain: Not neccesarily.
[7/21/2012 2:20:01 PM] Cain: What was the one word, 'swords', right?
[7/21/2012 2:20:06 PM] Arthreas: Yes
[7/21/2012 2:20:28 PM] Cain: But you have no idea where the story will lead, right?
[7/21/2012 2:20:42 PM] Arthreas: Unfortunately, I needed a word everyone could relate to, the concept of the sword is supposed to be melee weapon, but sword was a better fit.
[7/21/2012 2:21:07 PM] Arthreas: Something you hold and fight, not point and shoot
[7/21/2012 2:21:33 PM] Arthreas: I can not say what the story will lead too, But I can say this is the central idea and theme.
[7/21/2012 2:21:38 PM] Arthreas: ehh, idea.
[7/21/2012 2:21:41 PM] Cain: Well that's basically a plot-point.
[7/21/2012 2:21:53 PM] Cain: And thus, you're practically at the 'outline' stage already.
[7/21/2012 2:22:23 PM] Cain: Just write that, and anything else that comes to mind relating to it, in another document or something, somewhere you can easily find and acces.
[7/21/2012 2:22:52 PM] Arthreas: Can you give me an example?
[7/21/2012 2:23:20 PM] Cain: An example of an outline, or of your idea?
[7/21/2012 2:23:45 PM] Cain: Your idea's outline I mean.
[7/21/2012 2:24:55 PM] Cain: Because I've actually written a brief plan for my fic, I'm not too sure if it'll help you that much, considering I planned it out before starting to write.
[7/21/2012 2:25:21 PM] Arthreas: ahh
[7/21/2012 2:25:23 PM] Arthreas: I see
[7/21/2012 2:25:33 PM] Arthreas: yea, example of an outline
[7/21/2012 2:26:35 PM] Cain: Yeah, I could only give you mu plan, and I think it's too structured for your writing style.
For you, I would suggest a mindmap/spider diagram, where you write that phrase, or just the word in the centre, and branch off what you could explore, themes and actual plot points in terms of your story.
[7/21/2012 2:26:45 PM] Cain: Because that's basically going-with the flow planning.
[7/21/2012 2:26:56 PM] Cain: Almost an oxymoron, but not quite.
[7/21/2012 2:27:02 PM] Arthreas: Ah
[7/21/2012 2:27:04 PM] Arthreas: Alright
[7/21/2012 2:27:06 PM] Arthreas: Thank you
[7/21/2012 2:27:17 PM] Arthreas: I think I will continue on this story at another time though
[7/21/2012 2:27:39 PM] Cain: Let me just say it may not work for you, I'm not a professional writer, but I hope it will help you when you decide to continue the story.
[7/21/2012 2:27:48 PM] Arthreas: This story, somehow, made me remember another story that I started but I had not finished, and I feel that I should finish it.
[7/21/2012 2:27:53 PM] Arthreas: Indeed!
[7/21/2012 2:28:28 PM] Cain: Well that's certainly interesting, you should attempt to perform the same thought process as I described, see if it helps your writing and writer's block.
[7/21/2012 2:28:54 PM] Arthreas: This story, I have ... well,how can I say it? I have it in my head, planned somewhat. I just have to make it more solid, more real in text.
[7/21/2012 2:29:01 PM] Arthreas: Indeed, I will try it
[7/21/2012 2:29:08 PM] Cain: Exactly, get it down before you lose grasp of it.
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That also helps if you have writer's block, and are the second type of writer. If you're the first type, you should have systematically planned already and can look back on that to see what you're writing next.

And in regards to writing something similar to what someone else has written, disregard that from your mind. I've seen many fics that are really similar, be it remakes or whatever, but write what you want to, not what you think people want you to.

Hope all that helps.

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Also, these tips are also for anyone who is thinking about writing a fanfic, or is in the process of writing one.
 
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Hakar Kerarmor

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

Cain said:
And then there was that thread about bronies taking things too far recently?
Which could have been a decent topic, considering Mentova changed the topic to 'Some bronies' instead of just bronies, but of course it quickly degenerated into what all MLP threads end up as (besides this), a breeding ground of hate, insults and desperate zealotry.

It's FaF. Childish, nonsensical things occur on a daily basis.
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I specially likes the guy who kept getting angrier and angrier with his rants on how bronies just "didn't get it", on a thread called "Why are bronies so easy to upset?".
 
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Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Hakar Kerarmor said:
I specially likes the guy who kept getting angrier and angrier with his rants on how bronies just "didn't get it", on a thread called "Why are bronies so easy to upset?".
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I love it. Successful troll was successful.
As for me, if you don't like it, fine. If you let me enjoy it, I have no issues. It's the anti-Brony army that feels the need to talk shit about it, that I can't stand. If you don't like it, let it go. I let everyone have their indulgences. It's as easy as that. I'm not a hyper-defensive Brony. I only go defensive when people attack me personally for enjoying it. And yes, that has happened.
 
Cain

Cain

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CrazyLee

CrazyLee

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

Went down pink isle at Target. Saw handheld MLP plushes.

There was only Twilight, Dash, & Pinkie, but they were darn cute.

This is what they looked like.

Also relevant.


Confound it ponies, you drive me to poverty.


Edit: oh mah god!
 
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CannonFodder

CannonFodder

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

CrazyLee said:
Edit: oh mah god!
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Crazylee your image explained my feelings on it exactly.
Also how do I post images in comments on derpibooru? I never figured that out.
 
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