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[Fabbrizio]

Slightly along that same route.

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Even though this is amazing and absolutely perfect, my initial urge was to point out that Twilight's rear end is not a very reliable source of philosophical concepts.

[ShadowTiger]

I have the worst possible response to that.



















You highlight this post with hope, but leave empty-handed.

[Fabbrizio]

I have the worst possible response to that.
You highlight this post with hope, but leave empty-handed.

Are you kidding? That's the BEST possible response.

[Beefster]

Capital.

By extension, the meaning of life would also be "magic", but that is wholly unsatisfying in a world without magic.
And then by extension 42 would be magic. Seems pretty reasonable.
42 is also friendship. Seems rather silly.
I don't think these things are transitive.

Anypony that gets a canon name (before the fanon name) usually has a meaningful cutie mark.

I mean you gotta love the Apple [Computers] reference with Big Macintosh having a bite out of the apple on his flank.
And Granny Smith would have had a Zap Apple on her flank if she didn't already have her pie cutie mark on her first encounter with the Zap Apples.

Edited by Beefster, 25 May 2012 - 09:04 PM.

[DashSim]

I would applaud if I had a key on my keyboard to indicate applause.

Will this do, maybe?

The song's amusing and well written, but Beefster, your comment just ruins it. Sorry, but I can't lie to you, it does.

Yeah, I... really have to agree...

[Fabbrizio]

Yeah, I... really have to agree...

I chose simply to ignore the comment. Such condescending remarks about orientation (yes Beefster, it WAS condescending, even if you didn't realize it) are part of what got the debate room shut down. I'd much prefer to keep sexuality and ponies as two separate discussions so that we can keep this thread for as long as possible. We're doing so well. It's been nearly a year since the last time the thread almost got locked. Let's not F*** it up here and now by bringing in topics that could cause any number of people to be hurt.

The sexuality discussion is very much a bull in a china shop situation. Let's be a bit more careful about it, okay?

Besides, I think Vinyl Scratch's image summed the general reaction to Beefster's comment quite well.

Edited by DavidReinold, 25 May 2012 - 10:15 PM.

[Bayta]

Righty then. Looks like this thread is begging for a change of topic.


A few days ago, I got really bored and decided to go looking for humanized ponies that didn't make me want to claw my eyes out. Here are a few I found on DA, all by the same artist, for the sake of consistency.

Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Discord, and Derpy (Among others).

She drew some others too, but I didn't find a lot of them to be that good. Her rendition of Twilight really bothers me though, because I like everything about the one on the left, save for her weird-ass hair.

Anyone else found any they want to share?

[Beefster]

Her Twilight isn't nerdy/plain enough. The one on the left looks a bit too preppy but the one on the right is too gothic/emo.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Friendship is Survival
Human Rarity
Applejack, Are You Okay?
Pinkie Pie with Baby Cakes
What is Friendship?

[Smiles the Death Bringer]

This is an amazing PMV

For those who haven't seen the original music video: here.

[ShadowTiger]

That wasn't too shabby. :] Thanks!


Also this. wut

Yes, wut

Cannot unsee

EDIT: I know the topic is over, but relevance is hard to kill. Found another one.

[Beefster]

Good point. The show is about relationships, but really only friendship- not so much about romance. There's really no need to worry about sexuality in this context.

I guess my beef with lesbian/bi Rainbow Dash is that it really just plays the stereotypes because of rainbows and her tomboyishness. It's absurd to assume sexuality from something that is actually unrelated. If she were confirmed as bi/lesbian in canon, that would only reinforce the stereotype.

So yeah, it actually has nothing to do with my views on the issue, but the stereotypes associated with it. I believe that RD is straight simply to defy stereotypes.

...

Romance would ruin the show IMO. The target audience (little girls) is too young to understand and most of the peripheral audience (bronies) would rather not get into it.

[Fabbrizio]

So yeah, it actually has nothing to do with my views on the issue, but the stereotypes associated with it. I believe that RD is straight simply to defy stereotypes.

You're attempting to give an answer to what is essentially a Schroedinger’s cat paradox. Rainbow Dash's sexuality will never be revealed within canon, and so for all intents and purposes, one must assume that she is asexual. To say that she is straight, or even to say that she is a lesbian, is unfounded extrapolation. You have no reason to believe either way and you will never find out which it is, so the only possible answer is to believe that she is simultaneously both and neither.

Romance would ruin the show IMO. The target audience (little girls) is too young to understand and most of the peripheral audience (bronies) would rather not get into it.

So what you're saying is that every time they mention Spike's crush on Rarity they shoot themselves in the foot, and in the end of "Secret of My Excess" the show died. This is what I am hearing, yes? And Hearts and Hooves day...that was Faust attempting to necromance the show out of it's grave?

(my point being that the show has already had a f***ton of romantic content. no bronies ever complained when Rarity tried to hit on Blueblood, or even earlier when she fantasized about meeting him. instead, they ate it up. And I have a little sister at home who watches the show so believe me when I say the little kids got the message loud and clear)

Edited by DavidReinold, 27 May 2012 - 01:32 AM.

[Moosh]

You're attempting to give an answer to what is essentially a Schroedinger’s cat paradox. Rainbow Dash's sexuality will never be revealed within canon, and so for all intents and purposes, one must assume that she is asexual. To say that she is straight, or even to say that she is a lesbian, is unfounded extrapolation. You have no reason to believe either way and you will never find out which it is, so the only possible answer is to believe that she is simultaneously both and neither.

Why would you assume that a character is of a sexual orientation that's a minority and that she displays no signs of? There's more evidence in the show pointing to either extreme than the middle ground of asexuality. Wait, why are we even talking about this?

So to change the subject completely, how about that new tulpa fad circulating throughout the brony community lately (a tulpa is kinda like an imaginary friend expect that you can always see and hear, kinda like a hallucination)? Rather creepy if you ask me...

[Vinyl Scratch]

Why would you assume that a character is of a sexual orientation that's a minority and that she displays no signs of?

Why would you assume that a character is of a sexual orientation that's a majority and that she displays no signs of?

So to change the subject completely, how about that new tulpa fad circulating throughout the brony community lately (a tulpa is kinda like an imaginary friend expect that you can always see and hear, kinda like a hallucination)? Rather creepy if you ask me...

How is it creepy? I know three people who have tulpas and I've had conversations with said tulpas. It's pretty cool, honestly.

Edited by Vinyl Scratch, 27 May 2012 - 11:39 AM.

[Fabbrizio]

Why would you assume that a character is of a sexual orientation that's a majority and that she displays no signs of?

Exactly. When no indication is given in either direction, the only assumption that can ever be even remotely correct is neutral. There is a 99.99999% chance that Rainbow Dash will never have a romantic relationship in the entire series, and so for all intents and purposes, she is asexual. If she never shows any degree of attraction to colts, you can't say she's straight. And if she never shows any attraction to fillies, you can't say she's a lesbian.

How is it creepy? I know three people who have tulpas and I've had conversations with said tulpas. It's pretty cool, honestly.

I wish my imaginary friend was a tulpa. That would be so cool.

Unless of course my entire world is one giant tulpa, in which case...woah.

Edited by DavidReinold, 27 May 2012 - 12:05 PM.