Thoughts Without Threads - August

[Aurora]

I just said that like half an hour ago, Chunky

Sorry.

[DarkMatter]

Geez, take your eyes off this thread for a couple days and you miss a bunch of stuff. I need to remember to check it more often.

Also, Weird Al being on the show would be amazing.

[Mad SurgeLunch break is over, back to the brewThe fad is over and nothing's askew!]

You will meet me for certain! We gotta discuss meetup times and such
I just hope I won't get asked for signatures a lot

Then watch for your PMs, or log in to Steam and chat me up! You can't go wrong, I'm logged in almost 24/7 (VIDYAGAEMS )

[Crow.Why, of course!I'm clearly insane! .]

I keep trying to use our smilies on facebook.

[Headless Horse]

I keep trying to use them on SA

(When I realize what I'm doing, I usually decide to not post rather than post without pony emotes)

[BloodWulfeEverfree Eggnog™: Equestria's choice for over 1000 years]

I've found that I use smilies here way more than anywhere else. They're just so much fun to use!

Also, Weird Al being on the show would be amazing.

Weird Al episode proposal: Pinkie Pie and Andrew W.K. are partying hard, and then Weird Al shows up and there's an accordion-based song. Then all three of them go on an adventure to save Aerosmith for some reason.

Episode concept done. Sounds like a fan fiction but it isn't. Start storyboarding that ASAP MLP writers.

[Aurora]

I had a dream last night where Weird Al was at like my high school or something for the day and I wanted his autograph after the day was over but couldn't find anything related to him for him to sign Thanks, thread!

[Scuderia FerrarityWhy?Because Twilight Sparkle. That's why.-- Twilight Sparkle]

I keep trying to use them on SA

(When I realize what I'm doing, I usually decide to not post rather than post without pony emotes)

Here's a workaround. If I had a penny for every nose that was crinkled over it, it'd have paid for itself.


<-- use Flutters here in a condescending manner.

:"Nnngh, No! Even in emoticon form I couldn't possibly stand to be used as rage bait!"

[MalleusMy name is Mike and I do not like ponies.]

Weird Al episode would be so cool. He's such a wacky guy, he'd fit right in.

[Wulfolme]

I'm too brainlazy to remember the text for any of our smilies so I just click 'em. Real easy to not use em anywhere else that way!

[MalleusMy name is Mike and I do not like ponies.]

I'm not as acquainted with the smilies as you guys, and I don't use smilies on any other forums, but I've start confusing my friends a few times by saying "allears."

[fensterawethome~!]

I keep trying to use them on SA

(When I realize what I'm doing, I usually decide to not post rather than post without pony emotes)

A post without a pony is not a post worth posting at all!

I'm not as acquainted with the smilies as you guys, and I don't use smilies on any other forums, but I've start confusing my friends a few times by saying "allears."

Yeah for some reason staying here on specifically these forums makes people post a large amount of smilies than normal. I just consider it a testament to how much we like all the expressions of the show.

[Mechanical ApeThank you Sweetio!But your cutie mark is in another castle!]

They're also handy for recreating old Electric Company segments!

po
po ny
*pony*

gos
gos sip
*gossip*

(need to imagine the '70s flute music on your own though)

[PloboWhat'cha want me to do with this? Go pranking?I threw it on the ground!]

They're all just so pretty.

[Headless Horse]

Ah, flutes and banjos. The sound of the 70s (when you're a kid).

[Venusy]

I started writing this on my phone before I saw the emoticon conversation, and it still fits!

Impromptu work outing to the bus stop:
(kind of long, so I've hidden it)

:vogue: "So, we'll be in Manchester on Thursday and Friday."
"Really? That's a neat coincidence. I'm going to a convention in Manchester on Saturday and Sunday!"
"...a convention for what?"
"...I'd rather not say."
"No, come on, you can't say that and then not say what it is."
"It's too embarrassing."
"Technology?"
"Worse."
"Games?"
"Worse."
"Dungeons & Dragons?"
"Worse, but I think it is made by the same company..."
"What's worse than that?"
"Sci-fi?"
"No, but I think there is a separate one of those in Manchester at the same time..."
"Comics?"
"Worse."
"Same company... Magic: The Gathering? Is that the same company? Don't think it is..."
"I think it's a subsidiary, but no, worse."
"TELL US!"
"...My Little Pony..."
"Ooh, you're a brony! I wish I'd have known there was a convention!"
...

This is a small, family run business with only a handful of employees, so that was definitely one of the last things I expected to happen with that.

And yeah, on another forum which has "borrowed" most of the pony smilies from here, maintaining it along with the standard set, I also find myself using the pony ones a lot more than the standard ones - even though the pony ones aren't used outside of the dedicated pony thread. I think it's because they're larger and can easily express a wider range of emotions - I've never seen a non-pony equivalent to , for example. But even the ones that do have standard equivalents - and , for example, or and - I'd still much rather use the pony one.

[Applepie]

When I was just a filly.

German discount mall ponies.

[SlateSlabrock]

I hate that adage, because, no, you catch more flies with vinegar than honey. Flies love vinegar.

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.

They're also handy for recreating old Electric Company segments!

Help, dying laughing

Click here to view video.

[Colton, M.D.You'll read everything I post,In this man's voice.]

Someone on Neatorama decided to evaluate Twilight on her capabilities as a librarian. It's more interesting than it sounds.

[Ransom]

Someone on Neatorama decided to evaluate Twilight on her capabilities as a librarian. It's more interesting than it sounds.

That was great!

[Ashenai You're dorkin' up the skies, Twilight Sparkle.]

My god, Twilight is so unprofessional

[Headless Horse]

The comments are hilarious. THEY TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY

[Highbrow DashAJ, Rarity! What's happening?]

In fact, the very notion that Twilight kept a library in Canterlot is one that you yourself came up with. It is never stated in the show, and the "library" we see there may very well be Twilight's personal quarters. That's the most common interpretation in the fandom, I might add. This would then, of course, render all further references to any kind of "library school" moot, as she did not attend anything like that. She attended a school for magic, books are just her hobby.

"And then she'll send me to LIBRARY KINDERGARDEN"

[Scuderia FerrarityWhy?Because Twilight Sparkle. That's why.-- Twilight Sparkle]

Let's quiet down please. We have a very important lesson to get to.
Thank you. Today we are going to be talking about cutie marks.
You can all see my cutie mark, can't you? Like all ponies, I wasn't born with a cutie mark. My flank was blank.
Then one day, when I was about your age, I woke up to find that a cutie mark had appeared.
I had decided to become a teacher, and the flowers symbolized my hope that I could help my future students bloom if I nurture them with knowledge. The smiles represented the cheer I hope to bring to my little ponies while they were learning.

You know, that story seems like an awful stretch. Blooming students? It sounds like you're covering for something.
Yeah! Applejack always says "The Most Obvious and Easiest Answer is usually the Right One"

....alright... If my cutie mark wasn't because I wanted to see my students bloom with knowledge, then what was it?
Well you could have been a gardener, or a flower arranger or something. Except... except...
It didn't work out! You were an absolutely terrible at flower gardening and you turned to teaching as a plan B!

...
... ahem

Say, kids, have you ever seen an adult call attention to their or anyone else's cutie mark? Very rarely, correct? Hardly worth noticing!
But...

Okiedokie! class dismissed! As for you three, I'd like a three thousand word essay on why you shouldn't interrupt your teacher during class on my desk by next morning! Ta!

[Frosthawkwhat is this. what is this SHIT]

: iamapony : might be my favorite emoticon of all. It's so versatile!

[drunkill]

Steffan Andrews, one of the composers on FiM has recently started watching the show for the first time. he's been tweeting his thoughts as he watched season 1.

https://twitter.com/orchetect

(His job is done before/seperatly from the animation and he doesn't read the scripts, so it's all new for him)

Steffan Andrews ‏@orchetect

I fail to grasp the the rationale behind a lightning rod needing to be magical.

He started watching on August 13th for future reference.

[Pocketis she just gonna go booty booty]

In fact, the very notion that Twilight kept a library in Canterlot is one that you yourself came up with. It is never stated in the show, and the "library" we see there may very well be Twilight's personal quarters. That's the most common interpretation in the fandom, I might add.

I've always assumed that too, but I don't know where he gets this "most common interpretation" business. I have admittedly been privy to a lot of discussions and debates on the minutiae of the show, and I've never once seen that come up.

In fact, the more I think about it, it does make more sense that that was the school's library and that she had been put in charge of it for some reason. Though I guess if she has her own personal assistant, having her own private library despite being a student isn't really out of the question. Her school has some odd ways of doing things either way.

[thatbastardkenWant it, Need it]

Someone on Neatorama decided to evaluate Twilight on her capabilities as a librarian. It's more interesting than it sounds.

Sent that to a librarian friend of mine, lets see if he agrees with the conclusions.

[Wulfolme]

Steffan Andrews, one of the composers on FiM

He started watching on August 13th for future reference.

One of the composers? Why I haven't I heard of him before, and what does he do the Anderson and Ingram don't cover?



Also, I always figured Twilight's Canterlot crib was her own quarters. What makes most sense to me is that it was her room, but she had so many books out on long-term loan that the damn place looked like a messy library. Otherwise, Spike wouldn't have mentioned staying in a library in Ponyville the way he did, and Twilight would've brought a sheeeet-ton of books with her. Library was fullish when she got there, and now it's only full, not holy-shit no room no room can't breathe dead cat rotting under pile of books that fell over full.

[Headless Horse]

Nahh, I always read it as an actual library. It's built like one, with multiple levels and sections and ladders to get to high shelves, also handy lecterns and stuff. Plus horse head busts and giant hourglasses for convenient directorial showing-off!

Besides, the way Twilight had to rush up there when she realized she had more research to do felt more like "gotta get to the library where there are books I haven't even memorized yet" than "gotta get home where my books are, also it has the best picture window view in Canterlot, so suck it rich ponies".

Spike mentioning staying in a library probably would have sounded awesome to her just because she spends so much time in the one back home she may as well live there, so this move sounds like a slam-dunk from a practicality standpoint if nothing else.

[thatbastardkenWant it, Need it]

But what is Spike doing in the library getting a present ready when they're on a break? I'd say it's a personal study annex on Twilight's accommodation, not a public or official library.

[AramekYour MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue."So you're saying..."Your brain is about 20% tumor.]

The concept of Spike trying to date a "Moon Dancer" is hilarious beyond reason.

[Wonkadoo]

Though I guess if she has her own personal assistant, having her own private library despite being a student isn't really out of the question. Her school has some odd ways of doing things either way.

The show has always portrayed Tsparx as very very privileged.

P.S.:

[thatbastardkenWant it, Need it]

The concept of Spike trying to date a "Moon Dancer" is hilarious beyond reason.

I would watch the hell out of an episode of Spike hitting on all the unicorns in Canterlot.

Hey Twilight, lets go hang out with Moondancer!

No way, you are such a dork around her.

Do you think that Upper Crust meant it when she said I was cute?

No, she just wanted you to get her in to the castle. You know she's married, right?

[WylieCIDER CIDER CIDER]

The concept of Spike trying to date a "Moon Dancer" is hilarious beyond reason.

Wait- is the assumption here now that the gift Spike had was from -him- to Moondancer? Because I always assumed that, being a faithful assistant, Spike had gotten it for Twilight to give her as a birthday present.

You forget Rule #1 of parties in Equestria: Spike Is Not Invited.

[JaceNVTo save one from a mistake is a gift of paradise]

Ugh, the ponyless summer is finally taking its toll on me. I've been rewatching the series, wasting hours on bronibooru, already read all the fanfics I care to read from OMT, but it's not enough. I need new ponies, badly.

Stuff about Cheerilee's cutie mark

Did you read that "Smiling Flowers" fanfic? Because it almost exactly follows what you posted.

[Headless Horse]

Wait- is the assumption here now that the gift Spike had was from -him- to Moondancer?

That's what I always assumed. Twilight didn't seem to give two craps about Moondancer, and her referring to the gift as "fooling around" or whatever seemed to fit in with her just being a terrible friend at that time (to Moondancer and to Spike).

[Ashenai You're dorkin' up the skies, Twilight Sparkle.]

Ugh, the ponyless summer is finally taking its toll on me. I've been rewatching the series, wasting hours on bronibooru, already read all the fanfics I care to read from OMT, but it's not enough. I need new ponies, badly.

Yeah, I really want new episodes already. It's been so long

[Crow.Why, of course!I'm clearly insane! .]

What episode is this from?

[Scuderia FerrarityWhy?Because Twilight Sparkle. That's why.-- Twilight Sparkle]

Did you read that "Smiling Flowers" fanfic? Because it almost exactly follows what you posted.

I don't read fanfics, sorry. I just wanted to use those new emotes and those bratty kids popped into my head.

Doctah! A bee bibt my tumng!