>>18473 >>18479 The show kind of fucks up everything interesting about Equestria. Applejack comes off as underutilized because earth ponies were robbed of their powers. I kind of like how she lives a normal life instead of doing insane shit all the time though. Imagine what Pinkie would be like without reality breaking powers: just baking treats and giving them out at normal parties.

The fandom always obsessed over AJ's parents, but who was Granny Smith's husband? Why isn't he ever shown or mentioned anywhere?

>>18513 >The show kind of fucks up everything interesting about Equestria. Oh god you don't need to tell me, some stuff I cared about got utterly ruined, but that would be getting way off topic. >Applejack comes off as underutilized because earth ponies were robbed of their powers. Yeah what was up with that, it's weird that they just left that alone. The closest we get is that they are really good at farming, even farming rocks somehow, but I don't remember it being mentioned that that was specifically earth pony magic. I never see Applejack's rodeo skills get brought up in fanfics and stuff, but maybe I'm just not reading the right ones. Seems like a waste not to do anything with it. >I kind of like how she lives a normal life instead of doing insane shit all the time though. Yeah I think bouncing around from crazy threat to wild event over and over would end up driving me insane and sick with worry over those I care about. A much more normal life like hers is ideal. >just baking treats and giving them out at normal parties. Honestly I prefer a Pinkie that's closer to that, maybe along with some of the weird stuff, instead of the lulsorandum 4th wall breaking stuff.

>>18479 This is basically true. >>18513 She doesn't need extraordinary powers herself. She only needs them when acting as The Element of Honesty in conjunction with her friends. >>18517 That's a good question. Did he die too? If so, what is the Apple family mortality rate and what effect would it have on their family. Just a simple premise could lead to a very interesting study of the characters. I never invested much in thinking about their family until I started writing ideas for a Superman crossover story. Then it was just a simple premise: "What if baby Superman saved AJ's parents and then grew up as her brother?" That was all it took and I ended up writing a whole bunch exploring her character, more than I've written for any other member of the mane six. It only takes a simple premise that might be interesting and suddenly you open up a whole bunch of possibilities to explore.

>>18520 >it's weird that they just left that alone And also showed unicorns growing plants, turning animals into plants, creating food out of thin air, etc. >zap apples in Family Appreciation Day This was a great example of how showing earth pony magic can be interesting and also fit into the world/story. There's that one scene in Winter Wrap Up where the pegasi are all clearing the sky in formation and they make a huge cyclone - imagine what earth ponies could accomplish working in concert like that. I also wish unicorn magic was shown with more process, like incantations or catalysts, but that's not really Applejack related. >>18547 They have family reunions etc. and Granny Smith's husband never shows up, so he's probably dead. What kind of death would make sense for Applejack's parents and grandparents? >Heroically fighting in Equestria's wars Doesn't feel like it fits since the guard doesn't look like they do much, but I should honestly be ignoring the way the show made the guard look lame since it's just a side effect of the way the stories portrayed in the show were constructed and not an intentional design. >Monster attack Seems plausible given how often they show up. >A magical accident

>>18757 Well, hopefully we'll see a few more people around.

I try to be around here more. I just forget most of the time. Need some thread to post progress on pone projects in.

>>18731 The board didn't slow down much at all before its closure. It was predetermined by daily averages.

>>18737 My ban from /co/ was reversed but then I got a ban for posting in /pol/. The /pol/ ban was never reversed.

>>18759 you could make a general "pony projects progress" thread, a bootleg /ppp/ if you will

Best pony.

Cheerilee deserved better, bros

>>1005 I'll give her better when I get to Equestria.

She's wet.

>>282 >>285 SEXOOOOO

>>930 >55 days >/clop/ is bumped

>>931 Sorry man, when modo sexo is activado it's activado.

I have no muties to share, but let's just say I'm cranking it. And by 'it' heh... I mean my penis.

>>17672 Okay, so good news and bad news. I tried the hoof-holding thing and she seemed pretty bewildered by it...but now she won't let go. Thoughts?

>>17673 What's the bad news?

>>17673 Just keep holding it, she'll get bored eventually

Even with no /mlp/, I will post Lyra

>>18752 I was just thinking the same!

>>18683 I don't know what you mean, every post and I mean every single one was deleted before. Which seems excessive when you can just filter his trip

>>18695 i ment "why won't the jannies perma ban him already?"

Kek they really banned me for posting pony outside of /mlp/ when /mlp/ was closed?

>>18722 I got banned on /v/ lmao. What a joke of a mod team.

They walked back my ban and then banned me again. Kek.

>>18701 >Background Pony Is there a ponepaste of that? Or, is it somewhere else that I could get to?

>>18702 Anon... https://www.fimfiction.net/story/19198/background-pony

>>18701 Yeah, Background Pony is amazing. Probably my favorite pony fanfic. Once you've finished it i recommend reading this blog where the author explains the ending. Don't open it before you're done because the name of the blog contains... well, it's not really a spoiler, but it's a line from the last chapter. https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/793040/

Some days late, but here we are. Other people can join in too if they want. So about a year or so back, I happened to come across pic related at the local record store. And I thought "no way this can be it," and lo and behold, in the track listing on the back, is their "Come On Eileen" cover. A fucking awesome score that I got for literally a dollar. I know a lot of people hate that PMV because it got super overplayed back in the day, but naw dude, that song and the video will always be a banger. It's actually crazy too because A. the song is just a biiiit sped up from the original (fitting), B. it's trimmed down in some places, and C. the radio bit at the end of the it is actually NOT EDITED IT'S IN THE ACTUAL FUCKING SONG what the fuck But the rest of the album and Save Ferris themselves? Well, if you want to be pessimistic about it, you could sum them up as "we have No Doubt at home." That's not to say that any of the songs are particularly bad, they're pretty good and competently made and mixed, but I'd call it a 6.5/10 album, with the cover being the biggest highlight. A lot of the songs seem to tread the same themes, which kind of brings it down overall, but I think it could benefit a lot from a reorder of the songs. Like, damnit man, bring a couple of those more fun songs forward (Spam, Under 21), and show you've got more than one thing to say before most of the album's over. Yes yes >autism I know, but that kind of thing is important to me. Anyway though, ponies??? >>18702 my brother in luna >>18710 Yeahhh I think I might have accidentally gotten it spoiled for me a way long back and I'm trying my best to ignore it, but it's honestly kind of difficult to. But who knows, maybe they were just messing with people when they posted to the board.

>>18716 based anon, love save ferris although mostly just their early works up to it means everything. starpool has some ok songs but early save ferris has such a nice upbeat pony ska vibe

>>18512 You did a good job! She is very cute.

>>18481 What materials did you use to make her?

>>18516 A skeleton of wire with polymer clay as the body. Painted with some acrylic paints I also use for 40k.

>>18730 That's a nice plot.

>Prickly assess the situation "Well, tarnation! Can't get a square shot at that there pinned elf-pony. Ain't no sense in letting an apple go to waste though." >Goes to collect the apple Deciduous One B dropped.

Party's Actions: >Boulder works to keep the Keebler pinned, but he wriggles free. >Cross bucks Deciduous One B, busting a fatal hole right through it. >Quill takes a defensive stance. >Prickly grabs the apple that Deciduous One B dropped. >Cloudy hunkers down in defense. Enemy Actions >Keebler A wriggle free. >Deciduous One B is reduced to mushroom food. Party Stats: Boulder (HP) 24/24 (SP) 14/14 Cross (HP) 19/19 (SP) 14/14 Quill (HP) 17/17 (SP) 3/14 Prickly (HP) 18/18 (SP) 14/14 Cloudy (HP) 15/15 (SP) 8/14

>>18706 "Hay!" >bucks keebler

>>18705 "Good idea!" >>18706 >>18707 >After busting right through the now dead tree, Cross bucks the keebler from the opposing side.

>>18706 >Cloudy just stands here awkwardly. >>18700 To be desu I did forget that I have two moves, not that it matters much now.

>>15065 But what happened to Glimmer?

>>15083 She's going home.

>>15065 uh ... ?

>>15083 Glimmer made it. Instead of having a short redemption arc, she got a proper villain arc with many episodes that thoroughly developed her character (cunning, manipulative, magically talented, etc.). Then, just as tension in a symphony is resolved to the root cord to achieve acoustic beauty, Glimmer did eventually have her redemption arc (and it was much better than in the show). Eventually, after that arc, Glimmer and Trixie come under the tutelage of Princess Luna, who teaches them how to use their dark talents (like manipulation, trickery, bravado, etc.) for the good of Equestria. Numerous kino adventures ensure, along with more adventures of the mane 6. >>18709 Yep, it's all true.

>>15065 All retcons are cringe, no exceptions.

are homosexual displays of affection that arent necessarily porn also allowed?

>>814 This is the horsecock thread, not necessarily the gay thread.

>>815 Case

big mac is a cute when he wants to be

>>18679 Ну не может же быть "просто потому что". Может, тебя привлекает ее характер? Ее позитив и неохватимая любовь всего вокруг? А может быть, тебе просто нравится ее улыбка? Хотя я могу понять, да. Бывает сложно запихнуть свои эмоции в тесные границы слов.

>>18677 >Какая у вас любимая пони Berry Punch >и почему? She a cute drunk

>>18681 Berreh a cute even without alcohol. Even more cute if you ask me

>>18680 Потому что она cамая поничная cреди вcех пони. Понячная. Поняшная. Cамая пони из вcех пони. Я вижу её как олицетворение вcего-вcего cамого-cамого, того что делает пони оcобенными. И жизнерадоcтноcть, и дружелюбие, доброта, милота, щедроcть, храброcть, верноcть и трудолюбие. Но в то же время она не идеальна, но именно это и делает её живой, очеловечивает (опонячивает ^:)) её.

>>18689 Понимаю. Хорошо сказано

>>18659 Looks like I way missed it ^:( Hopefully I'll catch you on the next one.

>>18660 I can always make a second one today if there's interest. No rules against it.

>>18661 Maybe we'll just try again next weekend.

>>18663 https://w2g.tv/?r=ijifbda7ncsrdmt4rm It is a little late but I got stuck on something last night. Full Sunday bootn'chill sounds decent.

>>18672 I was in and out of the stream, but glad I was able to catch a bit of it. Thanks for hosting.

>>17582 15. Luna is the only pony, except maybe also Celestia, that can survive and thrive in the vacuum of space without the need for a space suit.

>>18637 I was thinking maybe alicorns might have the ability. Then I was also thinking that a unicorn pony can probably us their magic and with the right spell create a field around their body that acts like the fabric of a space suit.

>>18642 I reckon so. I just figured that Luna and Celestia could because they are powerful immortals (or semi-immortals) and have powers associated with objects in the heavens. After all, Luna survived on the moon for 1000 years in the vacuum of space with no food or water.

>>18656 I guess the question is whether that's an alicorn thing, a moon princess thing, or an Elements of Harmony banishing but not killing thing.

It's very unusual to see my 4 year old thread still being up. Peculiarities of small imageboards

First time poster, /nhnb/bros. What's crackalackin?

connection error

>>18650 It's Cloudflare, 4chan uses it to handle posting at least and it is down for maintenance.

It'll be for another 1.5 hours about.

>>18651 I made delicious coffee and soon I believe I may draw a mare

>>11304 Horsehead Nebula, or Alpha Centauri, due to having planets in the habitable zone of its stars.

>>17697 I thought maybe they would be in Sagittarius since it's depicted as a centaur and has the horseshoe nebula in it, but an actual horse head is a pretty good idea too.

In the stars

>>17702 Lovely. I wish to travel the stars with ponies. I'll bet they can figure out faster than light travel using magic.

>>17703 Not in the stars. They are among the stars. Now, when I look at the stars at night I will forever think about ponies. Thanks for causing this idea to become embedded in my mind!

>>15723 Hope you feel better Anon.

Here's a happy Roseluck. Maybe she's so happy because all the roses are blooming.

I like the evil mirror version more

>>2185 How about something in between? I like to think Celestia's mane turns all flamey when she's strongly aroused.

Goddess of Thermonuclear Fusion. We invoke her blessings upon all the tokamaks.

>>15240 >>15221 How do I become this happy?

>>13432 I want to hear Lyra playing her harp. And then, I want to make love to her.

>>18535 >I wish they hadn't bothered with the lost treasure episode as I really don't like what they did with the lore, nor did it address any of the issues that could have been brought up with griffon the brush off. I don't understand why so many people seemed to love it. You aren't the only one, but we are in the minority unfortunately. /mlp/ as it is now would probably not be receptive in any capacity outside of a few threads. The gryphon thread is nothing but post Griffonstone discussions and whatever else with those characters within. Same could be same for many other things the show done with its world building and characters that made it less than the sum of its parts. About the only thing you can do is keep that little dream alive in little fics, art and whatever else you can muster. Take that prompt response I wrote out as an example. I decided for the thought exercise, I would combine a number of disparate ideas bobbing inside my mind and turn it into some cohesive story. Part of the reason why I erred with an earth pony protagonist is that they stick out like a sore thumb within a gryphon kingdom. Hence, they would have an immediate conflict of sorts that they need to adapt to as part of their character development. A pegasus would make more sense in some ways, but I enjoy the challenge and novelty of making an earth pony work in such an environment. It helps that I have a couple other examples out in the wild to use as a guide in bringing about an earth pony's abilities beyond what was seen in the show. Hence, the mention of a druid mentor and the pegasus tinkerer who may or may not be able to craft some wings for the ground bound pony. Not to mention there's familial drama with his other siblings, noble intrigue, greater plot developments, fires of friendship forged in whatever conflicts they're embroiled in, stuff of that nature that lends itself to a number of shorts stories I could write. As for the Elements, there's nothing stating that they cannot embody more than one at a time, so there's something to consider. As I said, I need to finish up my Pokefic first, then I can free myself up for other projects.

>>18536 >I can't stand how it's treated as a "reformation" or "redemption" for Gilda either, especially given how it feels so lazily thrown in at the end. It's a show aimed at an audience who probably won't care one way or the other. People like us are an incidental audience. That isn't to say we cannot desire more for a show like this, or that its target audience deserves better. But ultimately the show is a vehicle for its merchandise. Nothing more, nothing less. So long as it accomplishes that, all else is secondary. All we can do is keep that dream of ours alive in fan works, one way or the other. >Can't escape it in fan works either, most people stick pretty closely to that lore, maybe because they like it or just because they don't want to do anything different. See above. At the very least, I am thankful the pre-Griffonstone stuff is more or less intact and complete. You wouldn't believe how jarring it is to see some fics retrofit themselves to force in newer canon, such as alicorn Twilight into the work midcreation. One moment you reading about old Twi, the next she's a princess in the following paragraph. I can't say I really respect those authors, unable to keep consistent and commit to one thing over another. It just renders the entire work pointless to follow, especially seeing as they'd probably wipe their own fic if something else in canon came to joss it hard. >It feels hopeless at this point to make stuff about them. I know I'm never going to be able to get people to see them and how full of potential they used to be and love them like I do. That might be a strange sentence, but I haven't really figured out how exactly I feel about it or how to word it. So it is. I don't bother with reading most newer works outside a few accidental ones I stumble across every now and then. Even so, I find myself skipping around to the parts that don't mention certain things I find undesirable. As said, we only have ourselves to carry the torch. Most of the other oldfags who disliked what happened within the show either ditched, or eventually warmed up and supplanted their own works in favor of the newer canon. What's left is a very small, disparate old guard like ourselves lingering on places like this board. Still, I enjoy what we do have for whatever that is worth, and I don't begrudge anyone coming in or otherwise who manages to enjoy the show for what it is regardless. I only wish the show went in a different direction than what we have now. Again, that's what fanfiction is for, to "fix" what we don't like and make that reality plain on digital paper. The hard part is producing something worth a damn, such as with that changeling post I made that's been sitting on my hard drive for the better part of a month and a half now. I've decided to post that in hope of getting some feedback, but that will take a while seeing how slow this site is. But it will come, sooner or later, and eventually I can post something more substantial to the main /mlp/ site. Though that being said, apparently some newer stuff from something called "Tamers" is out and about. Can't speak much about it, but it seems okay.

>>18537 >Most of the other oldfags who disliked what happened within the show either ditched, Ehh, I'm guilty of that, but to be fair I was already kinda unhappy with how the show was going, and all the pony related social circles I was in fell apart or disappeared during the post-S3 hiatus. I wasn't in a good headspace to push through and keep watching the show to see if it would still be worth watching at the time either. Pony was just left on the backburner for ages, occasionally checking some fanart and stuff. Not really sure what caused me to come back and start engaging with pony stuff again a few years ago, maybe that's why this stuff is still annoying and hasn't moved on to accepting it happened and just entirely doing my own thing with it. I'm probably not the best example of oldfag holdout because of that, but I've only watched to the end of season 3, and the lost treasure of griffonstone episode (which as stated I hate). I suppose to be fair, a bunch of the gryphon designs in that episode were neat, even if basically none of them got a personality. Didn't like the whole every name beginning with G thing though, that was kinda silly. The stuff it touched on that I might have liked they usually messed up. Any time I see something I might have liked that happened later on in the show I'll have to think of a way I could untangle it and reinsert it without all of the baggage I don't want, which is probably much easier done by just remaking whatever it was entirely instead of trying to warp stuff, e.g. instead of using Tempest Shadow I would have to make an OC that is pretty similar but without all the later on junk that is kinda necessary for her character to make sense. I've only seen her in fan stuff though, so she kinda feels like an OC to me. I suppose someone like Gabby could be repurposed to exist without griffonstone and just be from some gryphon town instead, but is there really any point? I'm not big on how she was supposed to be the token 'single nice gryphon' or whatever, but I haven't watched any episodes with her. >/mlp/ as it is now would probably not be receptive in any capacity outside of a few threads. The gryphon thread is nothing but post Griffonstone discussions and whatever else with those characters within. That's really disappointing. It's pretty much the one place apart from here I can think of that might still care about the early stuff. At least that s1/s2 twilight thread did okay for a while, even with the fighting and the people that kept dragging in later stuff, especially that one guy that kept bringing up season 9 stuff. Got reminded of a couple of fics I had read forever ago and want to reread some time. I should go and look at the recommendations there again. >an earth pony protagonist is that they stick out like a sore thumb within a gryphon kingdom. >I enjoy the challenge and novelty of making an earth pony work in such an environment. Ah, that makes sense. I could see earth ponies sometimes getting hired to work in mines and fields in a gryphon kingdom, especially if the gryphons don't really like being deep underground or something. Maybe not being able to fly makes them nervous A lord paying some earth ponies to keep a reliable supply of crops around could free up gryphons for other things like ranching, fishing, or hunting for meat. The earth ponies might even form small communities near those mines and farms so they don't have to travel too far to work. It would be a decent explanation for why there are any young earth ponies around at all. If a mine got attacked by diamond dogs or whatever and the colt was orphaned or ran off scared and couldn't find his way back that could lead to the adoption. Although all of that might make him stick out less and kinda ruin that point.

>>18544 >People like us are an incidental audience. Yeah, doesn't stop it being frustrating though, especially when fan content just wholesale accepts it and doesn't think twice about it. >retrofit themselves to force in newer canon, such as alicorn Twilight into the work midcreation. I guess I've been lucky not to see this happen in the middle of a fic, I can't imagine what they were thinking when they do stuff like this. I suppose at least they can't do that now since the show has been done for ages, unless the comics are still doing things. I never read those. >The hard part is producing something worth a damn Don't I know it. I unfortunately never took the time to learn any creative skills so it'll be a long time until I can make anything of worth. At the moment I've just been going through some old story and worldbuilding notes and trying to get them all sorted so it's easier to work with them and add onto them in future. There isn't a lot to them though, I never really got further than quick plot summaries for the stories. Also saw some old screenshots that I should add to the notes. I also had a small note about if Celestia and Luna symbolise the sun and moon maybe there is a gryphon that has something similar with the earth and skies? Since eagles are the king of the birds (air) and lions are the king of the beasts (land) there is probably something that could be worked with that could also act as a gryphon counterpart and counterbalance to the Sister's power and ability to control the sun and moon. I was never big on the whole "they are literally gods" thing that a bunch of people did.

Well hopefully I didn't scare anyone off with my complaining. I've been writing down the occasional idea when it pops into my head, most of them are gryphon related, usually Gilda specific. Seems like most of the ideas I come up with have been done before though, usually in fics that were kinda crap or were just unfinished. 1. I thought they might have something like pemmican though probably with a different name. Maybe they could have different names for them based on what the main ingredients are, like a pork and apple one, or fish and something, or deer and blueberry for some examples. 2. For some reason I had the idea of Princess Luna being the one to broker a treaty with the gryphons (or various clans) to ensure peace between them and ponies instead of having fights along the borders. They might have taken the whole nightmare moon pretty hard. I thought maybe the gryphons prefer living out in some really rough border regions where they are keeping particularly nasty things from going deeper into Equestria, which is why they are seen as rare. The treaty was mostly just so that ponies and gryphons don't end up fighting all the time, and if the gryphons warn ponies that they see wander into the area that it is dangerous they won't be held responsible if the wildlife goes after the pony. Not sure why it would be Luna rather than Celestia, maybe Luna just impressed them somehow, and they came to respect each other, whereas Celestia didn't particularly care for them, IDK. Guess it could be potentially useful for a different take on gryphons. 3. Are Junior Speedsters and Flight Camp the same thing or different? If they are the same shouldn't Gilda have known Fluttershy? Did she have some reason to be so hostile to Fluttershy? If they are different then what are they? No answer in the show unfortunately.

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>>18178 icles

She should have been Twilight's student instead

Trixie has claimed you as her property and will not share. What do? Trixie is one of my favorite characters BTW. I love how over-the-top, self-confident, and loveably smug she is. Shame we didn't see more of her in the show.

>>18145 Genesis inspired thing https://pomf2.lain.la/f/7kphu3ie.mp3 https://ponepaste.org/10790

>>18615 Nice colorin'.

>>18618 Nice ponies, Anon! I don't know how to color inbetween the gaps in a linework...

>>17411 Is there an alternative?

>>17608 /create/ uses magma, so it's probably the best one.

>>17608 Magma is just aggie but again, with more features but pushes having an account more,

Praise the Sun!

>>17576 Sun hors among sunflowers. Very appropriate and comfy.

Celestia is just the best.

>>17606 Now we need moon hors among moon flowers. Then, we need sun hors and moon hors together in a field of moon and sun flowers.

>>17576 This got me, took me a sec to notice. First new image I've saved in a while, thanks.

>>13010 That is one happy mare.

>>12980 Pony content is eternal, even it is an infinite month old post.

What happens when Linky reaches the borders of the Dark Web?

>>18603 She'll need to get a flashlight.

>>18604 Holy kek, I walked right into that one! Nice! I have an idea, though. Wouldn't the light of her snowpity light the way?

>>7187 Sounds very nice.

I'm going through a bit of waifu confusion but most of my domestic fantasies center on Twilight and are mainly pre-alicorn shit. Mornings are usually either one of two outcomes. The more common outcome is Twi wakes me up in accordance with a schedule. The less common is just taking it slow in the morning and cuddling, I feel she'd be open to that every once in a while. Anyways, once we get out of bed and do our morning routine (hygiene, clothes, etc.), Twilight gets out her checklist and our tasks mainly depend on the day, but a mainstay of it is usually library related work such as organizing the books, taking inventory, checking up on loans, that sort of thing. Basically, what Twilight does on the daily with me helping her and some of my own things in there. Once we get done with her weekly checklist, we're finally able to relax and have some time to ourselves. Our outings would consist of relatively quiet restaurants, star gazing, and reading together under the shade of the trees. Other days could also be spent solving friendship problems ranging from minor to major, and we would grow closer with each new lesson we learn together. Having spent the day with each other, we would eventually tire and return to the Treebrary, climbing up the stairs and to her room. Of course, she would now have a bigger bed by use of magic to fit both me and her on it, and we would snuggle real close. I can imagine it now, sharing breath with her, the warm feeling of her own breath on my face, the cute little moans she makes as she adjusts herself to better lean against my chest, the fluffiness of her fur easily outmatching the softness of her bed. Falling asleep with her would be much easier. I love this purple pony and her friends, but most importantly I love her. She is what keeps me going when I'm feeling worthless or not good enough. She is what keeps me going when I fall on hard times and am on the edge of giving up, and I will always be grateful to her for all she has done for me by simply existing.

>>9910 Thanks for the writeup, anon. It's very nice. I miss Treebrary like you wouldn't believe

Spend time with Luna on a snowy day. We would have snowball fights, build a snow pony, sled down hills (Huzzah!), and then go have hot chocolate by a cozy fire in a log cabin while a snowstorm swirls around outside.

>>15153 >Rarity out on a Winter morning stroll to take in the beauty of snow covered Ponyville. >Has on her "fashionable" winter boots. >Lensing effect on the sun's light by ice crystals in the air. >Narrow color pallet and Rarity being the only moving object implies stillness and quiet. >Smallness of Ponyville surrounded by wilderness, mountains, and Rarity's distance from town all imply vastness. I like it. But, what do you mean by the picture not being "particularly violent"?

>>15154 The other pictures all have some physical force tearing at the ponies, like wind or rain. These pictures are very serene, but it's the frigid harshness and the isolating grandness that makes them a struggle to live in.

>>15176 I know Selenophile draws a lot of more questionable content, but he really can produce a nice painting when he wants to. It's a very nice picture.

Pony vs. desolate, very quiet landscape. It would be very psychologically taxing.

>>18459 I had already posted her here >>17874 I was hoping I could do a revision or expansion on it to try and explain things better but I didn't have much luck. >>18461 Well that's kinda reassuring. I've never been good at expressing how I felt, even to myself. I'm not artistic so that could explain why it's so hard.

Tree Hugger She is very relaxed, cute and has this "you can be chill and open with her" thing going on, which I love very much about her. Some time in October 2024, ever since I've loved her through it all. Comfort her, hold her, ask her what I can do to ease her anxious and scared thoughts.

>>18561 Very comfy choice. She would probably call this chillness her "aura", haha.

>>18563 Most definitely.

>>5972 Aryanne! She completes me, shes like the light at the end of the tunnel for me, everything she is, stands for and can become fulfills me. My love for her knows no bounds, she motivates me to wake up in the morning, to be a better man, to go to work and earn for myself and for her, the soft beautiful smile on her face makes my heart soar and the depth of her amazing blue eyes drops my stomach and gives me butterflies. Mid 2013 at least Gently take her hoof, look her in the eye, and assure her, she, and I are okay, and promise her that absolutely nothing is going to happen that we can't handle together, and remind her that no matter what I love her, and always will.

>>18406 Came here to post this.

>>18401 No, I'd be a terrible parent. One of the reasons I don't want children.

>>18401 While I don't feel I'd ever be a good father, in total earnest could anyone ever feel they'd be a good parent if they truly put another life over their own? Such a thing is impossible to know how far one would need to, or even be willing to put their own life as an afterthought compared to the one they're trying to raise. Probably the most important question to see if you'd do well is are you willing to loose your autonomy for potentially decades? Giving up your own life for one you'd put your everything in. I doubt anyone can truly be ready for such a shift in their way of being.

>>18445 Good post. I've toyed with the notion that parenthood is sort of like mastering a craft, in that a certain amount of ego death is required.

>>18564 >parenthood is sort of like mastering a craft, It'll take many attempts to get good at it?

Well, I have something. It ain't much, but it *is* something. Been stuck in a rut, so I'll post here and see how it goes. --- You are Princess Celestia. Imperator of the United Equestrian States. Goddess of the Sun. Sol Invicta. Her Grand Royal Highness. Unifer of Harmony. Co-regent of Equestria. Such is the few of the many, many pretentious titles you have accrued over the many centuries, yet they were the ones you bore regardless. Throughout those centuries, you have seen many a strange thing during the course of your duties. The latest of which being those curious "humans" that have dropped into your lap shortly after the wedding of your niece with your student's brother. Some changed, some not, but many bearing a fantastical tale of not only coming from another world, but one which has ample familiarity with yours as a fiction. It was... Trying to say the least in assimilating them into Equestria proper, especially without derailing your carefully arranged plans. A literal monkey wrench throw into your grand tapestry by none other than the Agent of Chaos himself. A funny "prank" forged from one who has anticipated and preempted your desire to reform him into something less destructive. All now made moot with the draconesque nowhere to be seen nor found despite the best efforts of you, your sister, student and all of the best scryers that Equestria had to offer. And that wasn't even getting to the rest of the headache these humans had to offer with their foreknowledge. It was only by some tender mercy granted by fate did you manage to coral them in some fashion to prevent any more mischief. Not that you faulted them of course, seeing as they were brought here against their will. Though you were glad that some of them seemed happy enough to try and assimilate, making do what what has been brought on their shoulders. It heartened to you to know even as a supposed fiction, you, your student, and the rest of Equestria inspired those beyond its boundaries. Yet even still, there were those who wished to return home to their families, something which despite the best efforts of yourself, your sister, Twilight, and those knowledgeable in such fields, the answer of returning them home was yet to materialize. Long lived as you were, you were no less heartbroken to see those faces of despair when you told them without Discord, those who found themselves here may never find a chance to return home. Still, you were nothing if exceptional in making the best out of a bad situation. With the rest of Equestria at your back, you made sure that the humans whatever their forms may be found themselves a home, taking pains to ensure their assimilation whilst minimizing the impact they had to Equestria at large. You even found boons in the merits they offered in terms of the knowledge and other expertise some of them had, sectioning them off in their own new settlement somewhere near Whitetail Woods to do as they pleased whilst remaining close by to Ponyville to both monitor and ensure they didn't isolate themselves too much. But even still, there was friction to be had in some measure. Not least of which regarding the foreknowledge they had for event that would of come.

>>18532 You shook your head, sighing as you stared up at the sign hanging over your head. (Jan 5 2025 – 7:16 PM: Scrap this section. Introduce herself as Sunbeam. Her sister Moonlight. >"Lies, Delusions, and Fabrications." you muttered to yourself, taking note of the rest of the surroundings. "-At least the last part is accurate." Beyond the trees that marked the border of the Everfree Forest, the only other sight of note was the small abode that was too large to be called a hovel, but too small to be called a proper house. Oh there was more construction being done, indicated by the barren frames and other elements that littered the site. But the area otherwise had little of note. Then again, you were not interested in the building itself. Your eyes shifted to the window next to you, taking a few steps to check your reflection. Staring back was a unicorn with a strawberry red mane that was wrapped together in a loose ponytail. Checking her flank, your cutie mark was that of a sun warming some flowers. Your reflection smiled back, giving you a nod. >“Yup, everything seems to be in order.” you chuckled, giving a quick swish of your tail. “All for a perfect day, too.” Another chuckle escaped your lips as you turned your gaze to the door.

“Ya gotta improve on your improv, sonny.” With that, the mare disappeared in a flash. In her place took the form of a black maned, brown coated, brown eyes earth pony stallion fashioned in the most generic, unremarkable ponies you have ever laid eyes upon, which in itself proved to stick out like a sore hoof to your eyes. “Yup. I ain’t worth a damn as a changeling, it seems. Thank God for Zecora.” the stallion nodded in agreement, tossing his head as he turned back to the table to his left. Your eyes followed, spying a vial filled with a pink liquid that found itself in a gryphon’s talon. Without preamble, the stallion took it whole in one go. The pink liquid disappeared down his gullet, the stallion’s form stiffening for a moment before relaxing as he loosed contented sigh. Opening his eyes, he slotted the now emptied potion back on the table as he disappeared into another area of the house. You paused for a moment, considering your next options. A cheeky grin found its way to your muzzle. Your horn lit up, magic defusing around your body as a spell took form. You whispered incantations, layering upon a weave that soon rendered your form invisible. Light warped off your form, your hoofsteps silenced as you eased a lockpick from your saddlebag. With but a few twists and turns, the door unlocked. You slipped inside, careful to ensure the door closed behind you with naught but a sound. You grinned. Stealth was more your sister’s forte, but you picked up a few tricks here and there over the centuries. Lockpicking was not one would normally associate with your person, but there was only so much you could do without allowing your mind to grow bored and wander. It never failed, the small pleasures of a distinct click sending a shiver down your spine. Turning your head, you crept along the hallway’s wall and taking note of the inner surroundings. While nothing to write home about, there was a few interesting things of note within the main room. Nestled in the corner of the room, you noticed a table set with a minor alchemy set dedicated to brewing potions, tools and the like hanging off the wall for whatever purpose. The table centerpiece was clear, save for a flat device you knew to the stallion’s laptop. Next to it a sun crystal glowed, an improvised hodgepodge setup connecting a wire from it to the device. More crystals and other knicknacks littered the space, including a few more of the changeling’s potions. Beyond that, the home seemed fairly normal otherwise. -

>>18533 Sneaky Celestia! Very cool.

>>18534 Celestia spying on changelings in a human settlement? If I read that right? Interesting. If you want feedback though, I should be the bitch who tells you to work on your grammar, there's quite a bit of engrish in there.

I have missed this board so much! Welcome back!

>>17584 Such a cute pony.

let's do another one?

>>13256 >>17668 Here you go. You can crop your part and post it separately. I'll do mine a little later.

>>18427 Sounds cool. So they can drink gasoline? What about thermite or nitroglycerin?

>>18434 I'd say so. Maybe they will need to stabilize something as volatile as nitroglycerine before they guzzle it down though. Kinda like how puffer fish sushi has to be prepared just right before you eat it, otherwise it will poison you. For kirin, guzzling nitroglycern would be the equivalent of humans eating a very fatty (but highly nutritious) food. Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter.

>>18427 I'm sticking to Nirik flames are ki

>>18502 But ki is energy too. So where would it come from?

>>18503 Fruit

>>17601 I am!

>>17616 >Coco could have filled the same role as Sassy Saddles in Canterlot Boutique. That would have been kino. Coco runs the Manehatten shop and Sassy runs the Canterlot shop. Each specializes in the fashion interests of the local populace.

>>17599 >>17604 I'm still annoyed that they never showed her sticking up for herself to Suri and quitting on screen.

>>17622 Would have been cool to have a separate episode where Suri becomes some sort of fashion villian and Coco has to put a stop to her villiany in Manehattan.

>>18491 I was half expecting Suri to show up as an antagonist in Made in Manehattan to try and sabotage Coco's play. Her whole "everypony for themselves" mindset would have contrasted nicely with the episodes theme of community. It would have been nice to see Coco confront her without being so meek.

>>18127 pls respond

>>18127 >>18229 It's a pretty cool horse.

>>18127 >>18229 it's actually really good. I feel like the shapes towards the neck and chest are a little too distinct and sharp, giving it a bit of a toyetic character, but her head is excellent. I'm not a traditional painter so I don't know for sure, but I feel like you should do more layering so the white of the canvas doesn't show up as much - that'd make blending and shoft shapes show up better.

>>18487 >Hypno-horsie

>>7171 There's actually quite a few of these outdoor plushie pics on the boorus. Some of them look quite nice.

>>7172 I love the outdoors, but I'd be scared to take a plushie anywhere outside for fear of something happening to it.

wish /mlp/ had rules like this, eqg takes up a disproportionate amount of the catalog

>>18488 That's why I like nhnb, Anon. Here there is far less of the toxicity as on /mlp/, none of the eqg, none of the G5 abomination, and no pony life. It's kino. I just wish the board was more active.

>>18490 Yeah the lack of activity is a bummer but the conversations that do happen are much more pleasant, and at least I can actually post here.

Higher quaility view of that decal

Truth!

Scenario: You and Tavi have different favorite soccer teams. Would this be a problem? If so, how do you prevent this from creating problems between you and Tavi? Be specific. This is a question of vital importance.

>>13373 If she is stares into your soul, it is because she is wondering why you are not practicing music today.

>>7260 Agreed.

Should we do a Hearts and Hooves Day artpack? If so, when to start? When due?

>>17958 My guess would be February. Also we have currently an artpack going, sort of. Check the art pack thread on the catalog.

https://ourduty.group/2020/04/29/the-detransition-advocacy-network/ People need help "Detransitioning" We should make a charity artpack

Hearts and Hooves day coming soon. Do you have plans with your waifu?

I want to breed her lovingly

>>18150 Absolutely

>>18092 >keeping animal populations in check, without hunting And how does she accomplish this? Does she "stare" animals into not copulating?

>>2875 Be sure to change the system date.

I'm afraid I will have to decline. I don't deserve to be satisfied, happy, or feel positive emotion in any shape or form. I also do not know what emigration to Equestria would entail. Would I become a pony? Becoming a Pony would mean taking on an entirely different name and feeling great disconnect with my physical body and I do not wish to go through that either. I will watch others live their lives there with great interest, however.

>>9914 hell as a punishment for sin is something that we can only inflict upon ourselves; you'll only be out of it when you're willing to stop punishing yourself. heaven is nothing but being able to forgive - that's why ponies have such a spiritual potency.

>>2875 I want to emigrate to Equestria

>>17727 I'm always myself, but the negative thoughts are always there. Not negative thoughts exactly, but a sort of background depression or melancholy. It appeared when I became a teenager and has never gone away. Makes it hard to be happy. Wish I could just be naturally happy like Derpy. She's lucky that way.

>>17731 Seems to be the human way, sadly. If it makes you feel any better, many of us are right there with you and we are all brothers in Derp and all that mushy stuff. Best of luck, brother!

>>1980 god i love her and i love this thread. im goning to marry her and make her the happiest poni

>>17739 >Brothers in Derp That's a lovely thought, Anon.

>>17731 > a sort of background depression or melancholy. It appeared when I became a teenager and has never gone away. Makes it hard to be happy. Weird, I have the same thing and it started around the same time for me too...

>>18264 I think I'm probably going to have to call it here.

At this point we have 5 images and 1 story submitted. Good job Anons, it's starting to look like a real art pack. So how about we do the official release next Sunday on the 15th?

>>18279 affirmative

The art pack is released! Get it here: >>18308

>>18309 You guys did a great job! I love it!

:frostbeam:

>>18185 Cute!

From the main thread

>>18290 Thanks for sharing Anon!

I love the snowponies.

>>615 It was so obvious, lol.

Lily Valley's valley.

Adding Fleur to this collection.

>>267 Breakfast consists of kirin pussy and beer.

>>18308 Ooh nice.

>>18308 A small, but soulful art pack. In a way it makes me appreciate each piece even more. The art brings warm sunny feelings. Whoever wrote the story--although it could use some editing work, your prose is really inspiring, and I love the concept of Celestia being able to read history through the tree. I might cop that one lol.

Once again, a wonderful art pack. All art pieces are beautiful and invoke the wonder and beauty of Equestria and its inhabitants. Personally, the painting with toddler Twilight breastfeeding is very special to me. It's so pure and intimate. But all the artworks are fantastic. The written story is ripe with incredible worldbuilding. I appreciate being able to feel like being in the middle of Equestria from this short tale. The author did a wonderful job. Thank you to all the artists, and congratulations to a job well done!

>>17633 She is underrated

Lightning Dust is great! She inspires me to be better.

>>17771 >Loses out on her dream >Makes a new, better dream Fuck yeah!

>>17771 Cute mare!

I do love these ponies so

No interest here so I turned off the whitelist.

>>16493 sorry, OP, this is small board

I really should play on this server at some point, but iv basically been putting it off since this thread was first created

So, is this server kill? Tells me I need 1.20.4 to join