The Thread About Ponies, Logistics and General Weirdness (And Gilda)TV

[Tornado]

I don't read newer chapters until they show up on ED, which probably won't be until tonight.




A thought occurs to me after an argument broke out in the Pony Psychological Series comment box: Luna is going to be in the show for reals this time in Season Two. What's the fanbase gonna do? I imagine that she will probably be portrayed in canon like she is in most fan fics (Either as one trying to atone or like she is in Progress. Possibly both.). But what if she isn't?

 

[Minty]

Found another awesome one. I could literally watch these things all day.


Well I know I have the next hour or 2 free, so I'll get back to TBoTS. If I can even get that far I'll leave a couple chapters as pick-me-ups for when I decide to read those sad-fics.



Reading TBoTS, and I just read this.

Twilight blinked, 'Ohmygosh did I just... Oh no I had a premature casting!' cringed the lavender pony, blushing brightly. “I-I swear this never happened to me before!” she pleaded, 'I'm not a 14-year-old foal anymore, how could I lose control like that?'

And I loled...very hard.
I love this story.



EDIT:Reading part 3, I like the fact that this entire story so far has been a hilarious way of basically playing my favorite character up as a super badass.

I can't believe I cast all over Trixie's face like that.

It just keeps getting better

EDIT: Reading part 4: So now the CMC are resorting to gang violence for their cutie marks?

Fluttershy put her forelegs in front of her face as Rarity approached her. “Please don't... I'll give the bits back... um, it was a silly bet anyways...”

Rarity blinked. “Sweetie, what are you on about? You won that money fair and square- you have a magnificent aptitude for hard liquor!”

Fluttershy winning in a drinking game?

Gravekeeper(author) is a 🤬 genius.

 

[Brando-K]

A thought occurs to me after an argument broke out in the Pony Psychological Series comment box: Luna is going to be in the show for reals this time in Season Two. What's the fanbase gonna do? I imagine that she will probably be portrayed in canon like she is in most fan fics (Either as one trying to atone or like she is in Progress. Possibly both.). But what if she isn't?

Well there'll be anarchy. Hasbro will be run out of town, they'll be forced to produce toys from, somewhere else...
I think we'll see many unhappy people however as bronies we always forgive.
But it also depends on what they do with her character if she isn't like the progress Luna, it could end badly or it could go really well.
We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Jim Prower]

Well, I'm keeping an open mind, seeing as I haven't read anything other than what I've written and thus don't have any preconceptions. Though I have an urge to work with Luna as a character...that'll be alternate canon, anyway.

 

[Tornado]

Fluttershy winning in a drinking game?

Oh, that's not even the funniest part about the party that took place the day before the first chapter. As hard as it may seem, trust me on that. I laughed uncontrollably for a good 30 seconds when I read that. When it came back up and another detail about that incident was revealed, I laughed for nearly 3 minutes straight.



That's another thing about TBoTS: Unless it is explicitly written to say that the funny thing is over with, expect it to come back even better than it originally was. Every joke is a Macguffin that moves the plot forward and is referenced again.
The drinking game was revealed early on in the story. I laughed. Later it was revealed that Fluttershy was the one who won. I laughed even harder. Something else about it was revealed in Chapter 6 or 7 (one of them). I almost fell out of my chair.

 

[Akira AC]

That's another thing about TBoTS: Unless it is explicitly written to say that the funny thing is over with, expect it to come back even better than it originally was. Every joke is a Macguffin that moves the plot forward and is referenced again.
The drinking game was revealed early on in the story. I laughed. Later it was revealed that Fluttershy was the one who won. I laughed even harder. Something else about it was revealed in Chapter 6 or 7 (one of them). I almost fell out of my chair.

The Applejack's bit with Twilight?

Also,I'm reading TNTNE,is quite good and very engaging,but getting a bit of topic,I think that Equestria Daily should be updated,or be re-organized,there are new chapters but they get lost after new posts and stuff,that's my opinion thought.

 

[Racedude]

Canterlot toy set.

I just wanted a Derpy plushie, man!

 

[Akira AC]

Canterlot toy set.

I just wanted a Derpy plushie, man!

Its apparently impossible to hasbro turn Celestia white,at least beige or something,and this also means Luna for season 2?.

 

[Brando-K]

Have some pony... pics.

@Racedude
I've seen a Sweetie Belle plushy, I'm sure with all the support for the characters Derpy might become available.

 

[Racedude]

NNNOOOO!!!

@Racedude
I've seen a Sweetie Belle plushy, I'm sure with all the support for the characters Derpy might become available.

OMG! Where?! Where?!

 

[Tornado]

Remember when I said this:

One of the unfortunate things about MLP is that many of these awesome fan pics are drawn by the type of people who have DeviantArt pages that I otherwise try as hard as possible to avoid.

Yeah, that Dash image. Don't think "Hey, that's some awesome vector art. I bet that guy has done more" and search out the gallery it is in like I did. I'll, ah, grab all the relevant images and throw them on Picasa.

 

[Brando-K]

OMG! Where?! Where?!

I saw it at the local Big W. (Oh and that happens to be in Melbourne Australia.)

Remember when I said this:

One of the unfortunate things about MLP is that many of these awesome fan pics are drawn by the type of people who have DeviantArt pages that I otherwise try as hard as possible to avoid.

Yeah, that Dash image. Don't think "Hey, that's some awesome vector art. I bet that guy has done more" and search out the gallery it is in like I did. I'll, ah, grab all the relevant images and throw them on Picasa.

Sorry, I'll start putting the images on Picasa, but is there a way of uploading multiple images at once rather than each picture individually?

 

[Tornado]

Sorry, I'll start putting the images on Picasa, but is there a way of uploading multiple images at once rather than each picture individually?

I got it, don't worry.

And yes. Drag and drop instead of hitting the Browse button.



Edit: And then DeviantArt broke.

 

[Jim Prower]

Awww...no comment on what I wrote? >:

On the other hand...

Pronyfessor Oak. XD

Might go ahead for a public release on dA this evening, but I still don't feel right without some feedback.

 

[Tornado]

Oh, Madmax, you so crazy.

I love Dash about to slug Oak in the face. That's a new twist on a classic joke.

Might go ahead for a public release on dA this evening, but I still don't feel right without some feedback.

Why not throw it up on googledocs, or save the file itself to MegaUpload or something?

 

[Jim Prower]

I've already got a dA, but I suppose I could mess with a GoogleDoc. Never done it before, though. The other thing I could try is posting on my home forum, but I'm uneasy about that, too.

The other thing is that the formatting is actually BASED around posting on a forum, with pre-applied italics tags and the like. I'll likely have to go and clean that up before posting it in a document.

EDIT1: Screw it. You get to see it on my home forum. Posting it there now.

 

[Coxis]

What? they came up with a Pedobear for ponies?

Not Ponybear!

 

[Wiegert]

What? they came up with a Pedobear for ponies?

Not Ponybear!

Nope, Pedo-Ursa Major

 

[Jim Prower]

I've already got a dA, but I suppose I could mess with a GoogleDoc. Never done it before, though. The other thing I could try is posting on my home forum, but I'm uneasy about that, too.

The other thing is that the formatting is actually BASED around posting on a forum, with pre-applied italics tags and the like. I'll likely have to go and clean that up before posting it in a document.

EDIT1: Screw it. You get to see it on my home forum. Posting it there now.

Is up on Fort Ticonderoga, my "home" forum, right now.

http://z6.invisionfree.com/Fort_Ticonderoga/index.php?showtopic=1342

 

[Tornado]

DEVIANT ART!!!!!!!
*shakes fist*



Also, I'll give it a looksie right now, Jim, since DA decided that it just doesn't want to work right now.


Edit: The apostrophes aren't necessary when you put Dash instead of Rainbow Dash or Angel instead of Blue Angel, and it actually makes some of the dialogue difficult to read.

Edit 2: You could use some more exposition, as well. Explain the surroundings more. When Dash get's thrown off the ship, it instantly jumps from the flight deck to Angel's office door without any explanation for the setting.

Edit 3: There is a point of view switch about halfway through (after Dash was training with the weights) that threw me (the "That was the odd thing about ‘Angel" paragraph).

Edit 4: Some Comma Cancer about a paragraph after the POV switch.

Edit 5: Some spelling errors a paragraph after the Comma Cancer.

Edit 6: Once Dash and Angel got the call to return to base after their impromptu show, the story started moving much to quickly. Again, more exposition is needed between the dialogue to better explain the situation, and you should slow down the progression of events.

Edit 7: You should break up some of the paragraphs later in the story. Most of them are fine, but some of them change subject from general occurrences to what Dash is doing without changing the paragraph.

 

[Akira AC]

*4chan*


wait,forget about it!!!

NVMD

 

[MercilessOne]

 

[Jim Prower]

Thanks, Toronado. The other thing I'm DEFINITELY going to re-work is the Ending. I just tried to go to sleep and couldn't, fretting over it. Gawd, I can't stand it. Don't even read after Celestia arrives on the scene, that's all going to get re-done.

 

[Tornado]

Thanks, Toronado. The other thing I'm DEFINITELY going to re-work is the Ending. I just tried to go to sleep and couldn't, fretting over it. Gawd, I can't stand it. Don't even read after Celestia arrives on the scene, that's all going to get re-done.

I'm still not done with it. I'll keep throwing the stuff I find in the post at the top of this page.


Edit: Okay, done. What you have is pretty good, but you need to work on how much you set the scene. There are times where this almost reads like a screenplay rather than a short story, and the scenes with the hurricane (in particular) weren't explained well enough for the danger element to be felt. Read the above post for more.

 

[Minty]

Spoiler

So I only made it halfway through part 4 of TBoTS earlier, but I'm starting where I left off. And I just got to the part where RD is in the cabinet. I am thoroughly confused, but I have a feeling that will be explained. But when Rarity said "Thank you, Rainbow Dash" I thought it was strange, but then she just closed the cabinet as if everything was normal, my first thought was just: "The 🤬 just happened!?".

EDIT: Annnnd Rarity just realized what happened. This is honestly the funniest story I have ever read.

Spoiler

EDIT: Still not done, but I got to the part where RD basically says Applejack only wanted a one night stand. I'm not sure if this is the intended feeling, but I genuinely feel sorry for RD.

This actually kind of makes the story better to me. Something I liked about Scrubs was that it had all of these jokes, but took on a more serious tone once in a while, and that's what this kind of feels like to me.

Spoiler

Dammit, am I reading this right, or am I just girly like that? Because through this whole scene with Rarity and Dash talking to each other all I feel is sympathy for RD and AJ.

“Perhaps Applejack left you this- the gift of hope- because she is a scared little filly, looking for somepony to give her the courage to be as passionate and open with her feelings as you are!”

I mean, damn, that is just touching as hell.

_____________________

Back to normal:

Spoiler

Lol Pinkie Pie, So random.

With some of the things that are happening I decided to wrap this post in spoiler tags. In future posts, I will pick and choose what parts to block, but for this one, I might do that later.
EDIT: I did that now instead.

 

[Tornado]

But when Rarity said "Thank you, Rainbow Dash" I thought it was strange, but then she just closed the cabinet as if everything was normal, my first thought was just: "The 🤬 just happened!?".

EDIT: Annnnd Rarity just realized what happened. This is honestly the funniest story I have ever read.

Wait for it...

Spoiler

PINKIE PIE OUT OF NOWHERE!

 

[Racedude]

I saw it at the local Big W.

*Thinks* "Wall-Mart?"

(Oh and that happens to be in Melbourne Australia.)

Approximately, how much, in American Dollars could cost the shipping of a 1/2-pound parcel from Melbourne to Tijuana?

On another note:

 

[Minty]

Wow, Rainbow Dash actually had an excellent idea. Well, on the surface anyway.
I'll actually have to wait until pretty late tomorrow to see if she thought this one through.

I'm getting up early for something tomorrow. I want to read more, but I really need to get to sleep. I'm not going to sleep just yet, but I don't have time to read more of the story.


Also, before I started reading the story, AJ was working her way up my list of favorites. And thanks to the emotional depth added by this story, I would say she's my new #3..sorry Fluttershy, you just moved to #4. It wasn't an easy decision.

 

[Tornado]

Wow, Rainbow Dash actually had an excellent idea. Well, on the surface anyway.
I'll actually have to wait until pretty late tomorrow to see if she thought this one through.

That idea is literally the single thing that I love the most about this fic.

Not the booze jokes. Not the shipping jokes. Not the CMC jokes. Not the callbacks. Not the visual gags. Not what happens to Rarity later in the story. No. The best thing about this fic is Dash's idea how to help Twilight.








In other news:
Ha hah! TNTNE is finally up on TV Tropes!

 

[Minty]

Right, so I thought this was really funny, but the fact he used the word "banish" is an incredibly happy coincidence.


EDIT: One last thing, I just set all of this style image as a slideshow wallpaper.

Also, I'm off to bed, and you know what that means, right? It means it's time for this .gif again.