http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQJPo0Jcas&feature=player_embedded
Two kids in grade 9 performing "Face Your Fears" in front of their entire class. /co/, are they:

A) Circlejerking pansies who should go back into hiding, and probably will due to the ridicule they'll receive now, or
B) Hardcore as fuck and it's amazing they can get to school with what are apparently 50kg steel weights for balls?

>>29043083
no

>>29043106

A.

its just a god damn cartoon, its not a fucking religion

>>29043106
I'll go with B, but still call 'em attention whores trying to get on EqD.

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>>29043106
>9th graders
they are just kids, let them be

OFC there is, if you think a pair of sisters is all there is, then after they're gone, what happens? There is a whole system in place, and Tia and Luna are just beginning there roles on the Earth

>>29043015
>RotPofA
>bad
>2011

>>29043052
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28501521/Zecora.rar
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28501521/Zecora.rar
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28501521/Zecora.rar
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28501521/Zecora.rar
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28501521/Zecora.rar

FUCK THE MODS

I got to juggle all this shit like a clown

>>29043106

OP: Yes, there is one. Her name is Trixie.
>>29043106
Eh, a bit of both.

>>29043157

What happened to all the humans?

>>29043083
None that we know of... yet. Incidentally: worst Twilight Sparkle toy I have ever seen, and they wanted $8.99 at the dollar store for this...

>>29043083

Pinkie Pie is the creator of the universe so...

>>29043106
theres a fine line in having big balls and being delusional and inappropriate. Brave is doing something despite your fears to achieve something for someones benefit.

Who does that benefit? It seems just to be being jerkoffs for the sake of it. Brave in the same way 0r0chi is brave

>>29043133
Oh fuck, why do we never check to see if Mito is the OP?

>>29043106
I say B. It's a bit over the top, sure, and a mad grab for attention, but kudos to them for having the strength to do something like that. I know I couldn't.

>>29043183
Equestria is a post-acpocalyptic earth

>>29043197
Because it doesn't matter.

>>29043191
Inorite?

Those kids are total dicks.

>>29043184
PONY WEARS THE SADDLE???

BUT I THOUGHT SADDLE WEARS THE PONY!!

>>29043106
To watch, or not to watch? That is the question.

>I still feel dirty after the MLP live videos

>>29043138
Agreed.

>>29043239
Pony saddles the wear?

>>29043106

If you're going to be singing in front of people for a school talent show...

Make sure you're not fucking tone-deaf.

>>29043106
this...

this is just sad. There isn't a feeling to describe what I feel right now

>>29043184

owlicious?!?! fuck you hasbro

>>29043197
Dat image. I laughed.
>>29043214
For all their faults, bronies have some tremendous balls. Like that one physics presentation guy?
I don't agree with the pic, but it's still funny.
Captcha: pedicide hcch

>>29043106
I refuse to watch if for the sake of my corroding mind, but if it's as you describe. I wish to hell they didn't as the fanbase is already nearing Sonic terms of badness, but to do so does require so serious stones. Or at least stupidity.

>>29043184
That reminds me, I was in Target today and I heard some kids shout "TWILIGHT SPARKLE" all excited as they pulled their parents to the big My Little Pony display.
I got a dumb smile on my face.

>>29043106

>>29043289
>
>>29043147

justice, guirford

>>29043320
>Kids
>Watching FiM
BAHAHAHA NICE JOKE PACCE

bleeeeh

>>29043289
It's not ballsy to be spastic and blurt out your passtime to your peers.

It's retarded.

>>29043239
Next one is just as bad... Say hello to "fluttershy"...

>>29043320
I was in target today and I pulled my mom to the my little pony section. Are you sure that kid wasnt a 25 year old man?

>>29043284
If they ever made a Mrs. Cake figure, you think her ass would fit in the packaging?

>>29043106
I'm not even going to watch this, because it will make me cringe.
But fuck everything about this.

>>29043320

beats shopping for school supplies. those kids are in denial

>>29043320
Shit. Really? Whereabouts do you live? Could have been me and my kid.

>>29043357
Well, they managed to get Fluttershy in, so I'll go ahead and say yes.

>>29043234
My uncle is one of the animators on the show, and apparently season 2 opens with a ponified parody of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Jvk6__23I

No, he totally does work on it!! Apparently some references to bronies show up in season 2 in the form of some Greek-chorus-esque Stallions! And Trixie and Gilda show up and everything!

>>29043350

>>29043106
HOLY SHIT WHY!?!?!?!

>>29043289
The image gets me every time. I just wish someone would sing it and upload the recording to YouTube, is that too much to ask?
I don't know much about bronies. I get a bad taste in my mouth just thinking about some of the stories Fluffy and others have told. I also like being a hipster. But I have to give people who have the courage to talk about the things they like credit, even if they're stupid, because I know it's hard for me to do the same.

>>29043350

>>29043106
I purposefully avoid watching these things, and I will not make an exception for this

>>29043341
Ego's overrated as hell and that's neither cute nor funny, but everyone keeps posting it everywhere like it's the greatest thing ever; I hate it, and it pisses me off.
There I said it. I feel much better now.

>>29043346

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And then there was this lightningstorm, one thunder after another. It was so scary. Rarity that morning left Ponyville for one day. She locked me to that small closet under stairs so that I won't hurt myself or make mess in her shop. She's so kind to me. And than lightningstorm begin and I was so scared. I somehow opened closet door, I don't remember exactly how, only think I know my head hurted after that. And then I run and hide in big pile of fabric. It was cozy and cuddly in there but I still heard all these thunders. I was so scared I peed myself and then I pooped myself. But after a while I fell asleep. It was so warm in there.

When sis returned next morning she spotted open door to my closet and she got scared and she shouted at me: "Where are you, you little ree-tard?" She call me that often. Ree-tard. It must be my second name or something. She never explained it.

Then she get close to her pile of fabric. I was there waiting to jump at her and shout: "surprise". And then she said: "What's that stench?" She grabbed me before I jumped at her and then she spanked me and then spanked my belly with her hooves. It didn't hurt that much. But I was a bit sick after that.

I dissapointed her again. I shouldn't leave my closet.

Oh hey Pacce, I forgot to say thanks for the vote. I'm in.

I'm not watching that video.

But is it really worse than the valedictorian who gave the "Love and Tolerance" MLP graduation speech to his entire class?

>>29043357

thanks for the boner

>>29043392

lies, lies and slander

>>29043414
It's ok Anon. It's alright to dislike things.

I disagree with you, however.

>>29043422
>That feel when you still need to work on your Friend Off project.

>>29043414
Yeah, I wish more artists were as multifacetedly talented and creative as Ross but I suppose that's not what this fandom supports.

>>29043392
>>29043392
I'm sure, son, but really, no.

Prove me wrong
>please prove me wrong

>>29043421
Hey, check it out, George Lopez is a pony fan, too!

>>29043414
He's a pretty damn good artist.

Which is why I kinda resent him taking part in the ED Artist Training Grounds.

That shit was supposed to be for beginners and I'm sure plenty of them must have felt like shit having their work posted alongside someone who'd been doing art for a long time.

>>29043392

>>29043500
Oh I wish I could. My head would explode if that happened.

>>29043392
Dude, seriously? That's awesome. I'm skeptical since this IS the internet and all, but good luck to your uncle! Hope he does well at his job and stuff.
>>29043472
HOLY LUTHER'S 99 THESES ON A STICK DON'T REMIND ME ABOUT THAT

>>29043472
I don't feel confident enough to produce anything for it, so I'll probably be taking a pass anyway.

Besides, I don't read much fanfiction to 'art' something for one, and I don't write worth beans to write a story about some art.

>>29043469
I appreciate that.
Though I admit I really wanted to put that in allcaps.

>>29043548
Oh my god you're right.
I have to admit I hate Ego a fair bit more now.

>>29043563
No, not seriously. The spoiled text is a reference to that faggot "dreamstar" guy that tried to ride the hype-wave of the season 2 premiere announcement.

>>29043550
whats this, screencapping just in case that might actually happen?
i dont trust this anon

Can someone please kill me? i just saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLCOc3lo6E&feature=related This shit..... and......... Now that theyve taken over the world and the internet i want to just FUCKING DIE!!

>>29043472
I just started plotting mine out.
It's a story about a historical reenactment preformed for Celestia and how it gets interrupted by Trixie and Gilda and everyone just tries to roll with it "all part of the show" style.
The story's main character is Caramel.

>>29043131
>>29043131
they're on it. first post

>>29043622

ill kill you.

whats your address?

>>29043609
I can dream, can't I?
> also props to the one who know where that came from

>>29043579
You think remaking a book cover would count toward anything?

>>29043622
Nope, your stuck here forever.

>>29043609
I'd trust an anon with my child.

>>29043622
You don't like Twilight Derple?

>>29043628
>plotting mine out
CARLOS!

I... don't think I've even chosen anything for the friend off yet.

Any artists out there want to do an exchange. A fic based off one of your pics for a pic based on one of my fics?

>>29043609
I have a screencap of some Anon who said that S2E7 was going to be the best episode in the series and by gum I will rustle some jimmies if he turns out to be wrong

>>29043622
Don't worry. We all think that shit is horrifying.

>>29043590
>>29043469
I'm proud /co/ is acting quite civil a bit more now

>this is pretty cute
>realize it's rule 63
>totally boner'd for lady pony doctor
>Christ what is wrong with me?

>>29043708
Oh we cannot have this.

>>29043716
>lady pony doctor

what now?

>>29043628
I can't wait.

>>29043716
>forgot image

>>29043703
Why does the phrase "rustle my jimmies" never fail to make me laugh?

>>29043703
Post? I could stand to have my jimmies rustled.

>>29043643
I'm not sure what you mean. What book cover?

>>29043703
did he give any reasons at all?

>>29043708
Don't jinx us.

>>29043708
You feeling better?

>>29043755
I made this last Sunday.

>>29043702
I can't draw. If you know anyone who wants the inverse, gimme a call.

>>29043708
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for some confrontation.
I realize that's immature, but I've got a lot of pent up aggression from not saying what I did for so long.

>>29043736
looks like r63 for the both of them. Male derpy anyone?

>>29043736
You know, if Discord is a an all-powerful reality and mindbending force, then someone should REALLY draw that scene from the end of The Impossible Planet where the devil breaks out of the pit... WITH those two.

I'd do it myself, but my art skills would NOT do the idea justice.

My Little Pony: pony sex is magic

>>29043703
why would it annoy you that one episode in particular isnt the best?

>>29043764
>>29043761
Much better, though, hungry. Oh well, sister can have my food.

>the wonders of sleep
/b/ should go to sleep more often, they suffer from insomnia. I think they're scared if they stop, the mods will take this as some sort of sign to ban ponys because, hey, no one is postin ponys anymore, must be over with.

And you good sirs?

>>29043817
> Male Derpy.
Needs more mail derpy.

Just wanted to tell the anons that got requests from me that I'll have that Fluttershy x Dragon sequel pic done by tomorrow. After that, we've got a Pinkie Pie pic that needs to be drawn.

This is gonna be good. C'ya later, /co/lts.

>>29043702
I'm listening. What is one of your better fics?

>>29043813
Arguing on the internet can be fun, but a lot of the time people take it far too seriously.

>>29043841

godspeed, later dude

>>29043813
I know that feel dog.
I KNOW that feel.

Thats what they said about startrek... and look what Fucking happened!!

>>29043798
I'm not sure that quite counts, but I guess Dino-fag (who I think is organizing) would be the decider.

>>29043744
the guy who made the post said he was willing to wait 7 months to prove the other anon wrong, I hope he posts it come S2

>>29043757
nope

>>29043841

I'd go gay for Braeburn.

>>29043889

but 'best' episode is so subjective

Which pony has the best plot?

>>29043936
>not already being gay for Braeburn.

>>29043843
I don't think I'm the best judge of my own fics, but the ones that are my favorite are Porcelain Secrets and Pony Feathers which have already had art done for them.

I'd actually like a pic based on this fic here (see pic). Do you have a pic in mind for me to write on?

>>29043837
Enjoying my evening.

>>29043936

>>29043884
Then I'll have to talk to him about it, thanks.

>>29043640
thankyou!! AT LEAST SOMEONE CARES ABOUT HOW I HATE THIS CRAP AND HOW IT HAUNTS ME EVERYWHERE I GO!!.... Look on the map and find cordinates 64.24Lat and 78.21Lon. That should be it

>>29043953
Rarity. Spa'ing that shit every day, and you know she works out and shit, too.

>>29043936
I wouldn't go gay for him. But I'd suck his cock if he asked me to.

>>29043889
My body is ready. Seriously, though, too many people who know too much about the season keep barging in on these threads, and they might accidentally ruin Season 2 for us. I REALLY hope that never happens.

>>29043960
um, your paragraphing is a little peculiar, if you don't mind me saying
>>29043983
I cant submit my poem balls. Feels bad man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qrpEC-1V5Q&feature=related

>ok really I must get the food in me and read this fucker

>>29043889
Ah, I was expecting a claim that he was one of the staff or something. Oh well, my jimmies are still adequately rustled.
Also, I'm envious, you get to join the hallowed ranks of that Slowpoke. I doubled over with laughter the first time I saw that.

>>29044012
Not sure what you mean. I pasted the text into photoshop and formatted it the best I could.

It looks better in gdocs.

>>29044012
Why can't you?

>>29043996

fuck that, im not going to russia.

>>29044039
aHA is god

Hey Pinkie Pie, how would you describe the poster below me's dick?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlwyS_Nt5A

Streaming in 10 or so. Let's do this thing. Get in here and watch things be drawn. Unsure how long we'll go, but at any rate, it's going.

http://www.livestream.com/sanguiniusdrawingcorner

>>29044073

>>29044052
Slowpoke? Do you still have the pic, because I don't know what you're talking about.

Also, my offer still stands. I'll do a skit for your pic if you draw something for a piece I'm writing.

>101 pages. 50,453 words.


Welp.

>>29043999
>I'd suck his cock whether he asked or not

>>29043659
Ill respond in the following way..... FUCK..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannd........OFF!!

>>29044118
>ok that's it good BYE sirs

>>29044059
Im not saying it looks bad it just seems odd is all, mang
>>29044070
because I...because...
Fuck, I may have to to talk to dino-fag. Would someone wanna do a drawing of my stpid rhymes? I don't really expect so

>>29044118
GET READING!

God, I felt spent after.
Also, this chapter is another game changer.

>>29044154
Spoiler tags are your friend; I won't get to that chapter for another 2 weeks at least.

>>29044144
I would

>>29044092
reel big fish did a legit better version of take on me though

>>29044112
No, I don't, unfortunately, it was from a while back. Basically some guy on /a/ said something about Code Geass, and the response was "holy shit this is the slowest fucking thing i have ever read, i will be back in two years with a response" and then two years later, bam, link to the original thread (long 404'd) and a scathingly vitriolic comment.
I'm not an artist, though. I'm a shit artist. Hell, I'm not even submitting anything to the friend-off, sorry, man.

>>29044154
wat

>>29044118
wow how do you people manage to read something that isnt canon and its absurdly long

>>29043652
Thankyou for your support you ASS.........HOLE!!

>>29044210
Boredom, probably. In lieu of any new official material, we've been producing our own.

>>29044188
I completely agree.

>>29044210
Because some of us like to read stories.
Even if the stories are fabrications, that deviate from the original story.
We like reading.

>>29044188
That was just to the whole thread in general.

Any drawfags still ITT?

>>29044186
you want I should spend some extra special time to do a really good one about one of your art works or would you like me to give you one to draw from

>>29044240
With the Reel Big Fish thing, or the shit artist thing? Because they're both trufax!

>>29044269
Both!
>>29044265
Either is fine with me.

>>29044246
>liking reading
>any year

>>29043999
heh, really?

>>29044309

reading is awesome, you stupid shit.

reading fanfic, on the other hand, is just sad.

>>29044185
I don't get it.

>>29044334
Why, if I may ask?

>>29044335
That guy only posts his stuff on Ponibooru but I think it's cool as fuck.

>>29044334
random question, whats the last book you read?

>>29043289

This sums up how I feel about the fandom pretty well, except there's autism and attention whoring instead of porn. I can deal with the porn, it's humorous, but the brony meetups and the attention whoring histrionics... Ugh...

>>29044334
If you think about it, it's really no different from any other work of fiction.

>>29044367
American Assassin

>>29043392
it's pone time
come on grab your friend
we go to very distant sands
with wynona's a dog
and their's no humans
the world may never end!
it's pone tiiime~

>>29044367

deaths head by david gunn, before that the diamond age by neil stephenson

>>29044367
Either Wicked or The Lie That Tells A Truth.

>>29044367
The Gunslinger.

>>29044367
I've had the latest Terry Pratchett sitting in my room half-read for 2 months now

I should finish it

>>29044367
Catch-22

>>29044428
Great book. Have you read the rest of the Dark Tower series? I can't bring myself to try.

>>29043960
I'm sure I can think of something. But it probably won't be a battle picture.


How about this picture?

>>29044346

about fanfic?

eh, its not really sad, if you like it then good for you.

>>29044357
Yeah, his style is really great, I just wish he would actually finish something for once.

>>29044443
I own them all, shit was glorious.

last books I read were A Brief History of Time and DOOM.

>>29044389
No. The difference is that regular books have to go through a brutal editing and publishing process which serves as a kind of "quality control."

Fanfiction meanwhile, is usually "Hey, I like this TV show. That qualifies me to be a writer!"

>>29044399
>>29044414
>>29044423
>>29044428
>>29044442
>mfw I haven't read any of these

God damn, I dont read enough.
Also, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

>>29044367
I am halfway through a fucking tsunami of books right now, and I have such a backlog it ain't even funny. Right now I'm reading Fahrenheit 451, but I also started Dune and BladeRunner (Androids dream of whatever the fuck this book's title is).

>>29044449
About fanfic, I meant. I know why reading books is awesome, and that's because it inarguably is!
But yeah, was just curious. There's a lot of vehement fanfic hate in these threads and sometimes I just don't understand why.

>>29044442
Best. Book. Ever.

>>29044448
I think I can come up with something.

I wasn't expecting a battle picture. Maybe Fluttershy sitting on the shoulder of the Calcifix or rescuing it from the bridge.

>>29044443
Just started last Friday. I love it so far. Sad to say I haven't read them before.

>>29044483

androids dream of electric sheep?

>>29044488
Fanfics have no quality control.

>>29044483
Do androids dream of electric sheep?

also, Im just about to start Fahrenheit 451

>>29044475
That's the thing about this fandom. The quality of community content is what persuades me to keep coming back day after day. Say what you want about Past Sins, I think Pen Stroke and Kkat are both amazing writers and they've written amazing stuff.

>>29044488

i just have a lot of hate in me.

usually fanfics are really poorly written, and it's offensive to me to see people hold fanfics to the same level as legitimate writing.

>>29044465
Speaking of painting LK's doing some awesome shit now.

>>29044522
One day we will drop them in the battledome and make them fight to the death.
There can be only one.

>>29044471
Really? So you'd recommend picking the rest up?

Anyway, on a different tack, I'm currently about to start reading Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. Got practically the entire Discworld library backed up, sigh, and just finished a collection of P.G. Wodehouse's short stories, with the rest of the Blandings Castle books on hand to start at some point.
I know no one gives a shit, but I actually base my own writing on the work of P.G. Wodehouse. Fantastic author, one of the funniest ever to put pen to paper, wholeheartedly recommended!

>>29044504
>>29044510
Yup. I just call it Blade Runner, because that title is way too long to warrant any respect.

>>29044507
Neither does fiction.

The only thing with quality control is the publishing system it employs. That's why fanfiction.net is such shit and why EqD is a little bit better than it. We at least TRY to filter out the bad.

>>29044507
But in this case you are given even more control of quality, you know? It's even easier to screen fanfiction. Why not just pay attention to what you like and ignore what you don't?

>>29044475
>>29044571

>>29044571

wait. you think fiction has no quality control?

like, legitimate, professionally written fiction?

dude do you know how exceedingly hard it is to get published?

>>29044552
That thing he did last night was very impressive; I think I like this new style of his.

>>29044563
Yeah, shit gets kinda crazy later on. What the fuck am I saying, they are in the fucking Territories, crazy comes with the place. He even admitted at one point he wanted to just stop writing the series. que REAL fucking weird part of the book But yes, worth reading all of it.

So apparently we're >>>/lit/ now. Should I be scared?

Oh hey has anyone bought any of this stuff yet?

I decided to get some because >filename

>>29044601
How hard is it?

When I was in middle school I foolishly attempted to get a fanfic published. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

>>29044635

no, i think its an improvement

>>29044563
Ha, I read through the entire Discworld series a couple years back going on an average of 2 books a month, at least when my local book store had the ones I hadn't read in stock.

>>29044542
I'd say about 90% of fanfiction is shit.

The rest might surprise you.

I still see people bringing up a short Zelda piece I did a while back and posted to /v/ about the origins of Majora as well as the various races and landmarks of Hyrule.

And I have definitely seen some works that are novel worthy. Well, maybe just one. But it was a very good one.

>>29044542
I can appreciate that. I have a lot of hate myself!
You're definitely right about that on the first count, and partially right on the second, but when I read something by a fan author that has as much effect on me as a professional author, surely I am entitled to consider it personally on the same level?

>>29044635
fanfic isn't allowed on /lit/

>>29044635
Could be worse, we could be /mu/ and watch peoples computers crash under the thousands of youtubes.

>>29044636
I want the damn blanket.

>>29044645
If we have to become one board I dont think /lit/ is the worst one.

>>29044643

well i'm no aspiring writer, but it sounds like its insanely hard to get a book deal.

getting published in magazines and stuff is easier, and basically worth no money

so, im talkin about books here

>>29044636
You mean those items in particular or Shoe Brony's stuff in general? I've bought a pair of shoes and a shirt from him. They're pretty nice.

Princess Luna solo fapfic. Request was that she finds some old notes belonging to Twilight. Gets kinky ideas.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f97bvVrENKHnLFtIPLaA3LbAte_suZw_1lZShjbVG-k/edit?hl=en_US

Oh. And most books suck. Even the ones that go through professional "quality control."

>>29044654
>I'd say about 90% of fanfiction is shit.
>The rest might surprise you.

>Guess which group I include my work in.

>>29044635
would you rather go back to being my little /mu/?

we seriously need more news...
we are talking fanfiction again...

>>29044601
Fiction by itself does not, what you are saying here just reiterates my point.

With the advent of ebooks, the indie author scene is rising and they don't go through publishers. It's fiction without quality control. Did you miss the part of my post where I said the system of publication was the quality control and was separate from the medium itself?

>>29044678
The best way to get a book deal is to create a blog and aggregate fails or customer service stories or some shit and get your infinity book deal.

>>29044680
Those specific things.

I've got several of his shirts, and they're way higher quality than the ones I had made on Zazzle.

I've also still got the only pair of Big Mac shoes he ever sold. I almost never wear them though because I'm scared of wearing them out.

>>29044702
Maybe not.

>>29044118
Hahaha, Dangerous Business is more than twice that long.

>>29044712
We should make up our own news.

>>29044657

well yeah man, if it works for you then more power to you.

but it doesn't mean it's actually good. who knows how good your taste is?

>>29044728
That's.
Just.
One.
Chapter.

>>29044728
That's just the length of a single chapter though.

>>29044630
Thanks, man! It's been eons since I last took a stab at the series, good to know the rest of it is worth reading. Need to check them out some time!

>>29044648
I could probably cover it, but fuck, it's hard to find the motivation! I love Pratchett, but, well. There's a limit, you know?

>>29044728
That's just one chapter.

Also, when's the /rs/ version coming up?

>>29044701
I'd say I'm above average, but the average isn't high so that's not saying much.

>>29044743
Confirmed Report: Season 2 is canceled.

>>29044728
That's ONE CHAPTER.

>>29044745
>>29044748
Of what? What story is this?

>>29044717

alright fine, granted.

but im not talking about indie books, im talking about real books.

>>29044771
FO:E

>remember when pony fanfics were new and novel
>wrote a 10k word story
>thought I might have overdone it

>>29044728
A fucking awesome story btw Jet, I laughed when I though I would not

>IT'S PEGASI
>A Balrog and... and...I don't remember the rest...
>Don't call the Longs dragons, they hate it when you do that...

Kudoes Jetfire, kudoes

>>29044780
Indie books are real books.

>>29044771
My Little Bullet Sponge: Girl Butt is Magic.

>>29044744
Oh, I know that. My taste may well be utter trite shit! But, you know. Subjectivity and all that. Too tired to properly word it, haha, but surely you get what I mean?

>>29044780
But surely you can't compare, then? Seeing as fanfic is in and of itself an indie scene?

>>29044780
Indie books ARE real books. Not having some snooty whitecoat bureaucrat look over your work doesn't detract from the value in any way. A good book is made of a good author AND good editors, don't you dare forget that.[/rant]

>>29044780
just like indie music isnt real music

>>29044745

LYRAAAA NOOOOO!!

Awesome new chapter, how close we are to an ending?

>>29044786
Christ, really?

I haven't read any of it, so I doubt I'm in a good position to judge it, but I can't help but wonder if Fallout: Equestria isn't reaching some saturation point for sheer size and length.

There's only so much you can ask someone to read fanfiction, even REALLY GOOD fanfiction. I honestly worried I was pushing it with Dangerous Business. I look at Fallout: Equestria and the sheer size of it just seems daunting.

Does anything beyond the bloody Bible have more than 40 chapters of significant length?

>>29044724
>I almost never wear them though because I'm scared of wearing them out.

my nigga
My Wonderbolts shoes often go unused for weeks on end for the same reason

>>29044850
He said he wants to go to chapter 100

>>29044834
White-coat
Dammit, I meant black-tied.
I can't pony today, I have the Sweetie Belle.

Yo thistle, why not both mang. Lets throw some ideas out and jerk each others stunted creativity off

>>29044850
USE SPOILERS!
Jeez!
And... no idea.
But we have a new WIN GAME scenario.
Rainbows and sunshine.

>>29044873
This seems like overkill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE7XgKICO_Q

>>29044873
I don't think I'll ever finish it at that rate.

>>29044873
oh fuck

>>29044873
I'll wait for the audiobook.

>>29044892
Me neither, I mean I liked what I read enough but god dammit man, I at least have SOME shit to do.

>>29044890
HNG I love Ab's VA.

>>29044883
Im sure this is going to happend.

>>29044873
So he is going to finish when s2 is over!

>>29044918
They're working on it...
Including my chapter.
I... don't want to hear my words spoken.
Especially not my words on pony sex.
Not again.

>>29044857
>>29044857
Exactly. In fact, this latest chapter probably turned me off of continuing reading the series. I just don't have the time to spend hours reading a single chapter of a fanfiction.

Well it finally happened.
I bought a Twilight plushy.

Also, what's going on in here?

>be at school waiting for class
>read poster, something catches my eye
>fun and games with the CMC
>OHGODPLEASEBEREAL
>some college management bullshit activity thing

So much dissapoint. I was hoping to play hide and seek with Applebloom and Seaty Belt

>>29044944
You wrote a chapter for it?

If I ever settle in to read FO:E, it better be fucking fantastic with the length that it's at.

I'm talking Brandon Sanderson , R Scott Bakker or Roger Zelazny good.

>>29044883
Pinky, you fuckin' scary, talking to ponies in the far future.

>>29044965
TRU or Target?

>>29044953
I just copied the chapter to google docs and read it in chunks between other stuff throughout the day.

>>29044965
I think we are talking about fanfiction...

>>29044873
Well someone should tell him that it's not a contest.

Honestly, I SHOULD be thankful for this backlog. MLP fanfic is what got me back into the writing scene after I lost all motivation, and now I'm drowning in literary waters that I can't swim in only from lack of practice. And I love it.
>>29044996
As I tell everyone who'll listen, and some who won't, get a Kindle. It's an incredibly useful tool, and it's going to be the next generation of reading apparatus (Read: books will go extinct, or at least become endangered.)

>>29045038
This makes me sad, I hate hate hate reading from a screen.

>>29045038
I prefer the feel of books, yknow? Having something physical.

Same with vinyl, I love vinyl.

>>29044971
20.5
A Mare Worth Fighting For
It has lesbian sex.

Also Littlepip having a personal crisis when confronted with the possibility that the world IS beyond saving.

>>29045038
>books will go extinct

>>29045038
But I love my books. I have quite the library built up from my Great Books degree, and I would never want to give it up.

>>29044996
Same, I read fast as fuck, but I wanted to chew on this one.
God damn it was tasty.
but then we get to Twilight's mom and I choked on something in the middle of chewing, yes, that's why I have that tear. Fuck you.

>>29045038
Nook > Kindle

>>29045064
It has a great screen. Better than backlite shit.

>>29044837
>>29044834
>>29044833
>>29044810

jesus fucking christ, looks like i offended the inner hipster in all of you.

authors in the past had to work real fucking hard to be successful, this mean't that generally their writing was good.

if what you're saying about indie publishing of books is true, then obviously you don't have to work hard at all to get your shit published.

so all i'm getting at, is that the two things are different.

i don't have the mental fortitude, or the wherewithal to elaborate any further

also music is a completely different medium
indie music to normal music is not the same as indie books to normal books.

>>29044833
and yes, i get what you mean

>>29045081
There will always be books around somewhere.

>>29045096
Book>Nook

>>29045096
>free 3g

Wrong at the start.

>>29045038
>Buy a device so I can read books.
>Buy a damn books and read it.
CHOICES.

>think of reading FO:E
>all of those chapters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wFSX7hH3Io&feature=related

>>29045064
But it's not a screen; that's the point! It's not made of pixels and shit the same way computer screens are, meaning it won't fuck with your eyes. There is legit INK in a Kindle, did you know that?

>>29044991
Target. It was only $20, I figured why not?

>>29045023
Better than what was going on earlier...
There was some pretty bad grump in these threads earlier.

>>29045104
the general accepted definition of indie music has swam around lately. You dont mean as a genre I assume

>>29045135
Do we need to put pictures in it for you?

>>29045130
There are a shit ton of free books out there. Everything in public domain for starters.

>>29045111
No arguments here.

I shouldn't have to charge my reading material.

>>29045163

no, i mean anything on an independent record label.

i dont know how indie publishing works, but if its just free publishing for anyone who submits work, then obviously its not the same as indie music

>hey guys what's goin on in h-
>oh, fanfic discussion again
>F:E's newest chapter has 100 fucking pages in it

LOLNO I'LL PASS.

>>29044712
Discord is actually Twilight's father. All of season 2 is a retelling of the original Star Wars trilogy.

>>29045104
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

>>29045067

Bought a Nirvana Unplugged vinyl the other day. Love it.

>>29045184
clearly. I mean, indie music as in independent is simply great music that is niche so wont get signed by big labels. If this argument is about anything getting published and being called 'indie', then there is no parallel

>>29045089
SPOILER FOR FALLOUT EQUESTRIA.
Rarity keeping Fluttershy with her wherever she went. And how she went out. That got me.
Rarity loved her friends and considered their salvation beyond anything. And to think I accused Kkat of writing her as a bitch.

>>29045190
You're kidding

You're KIDDING

THAT'S BULLSHIT, RIGHT?

>>29045201
I'd buy a DVD set for every single person I know.

>>29045201
it's actually going to be the second trilogy instead.

>>29045204

stream of consciousness writing sure is great, isn't it?

>>29045104
Nah, I'd say it's about the same. So is Hollywood movies vs. Indie movies.

For the big production companies, it's all about getting a return on an investment. You know how they take a good movie and then dumb it down so it will sell more tickets to a wider audience? That's what editors do these days. It's not about making a better piece of fiction. Same process in music where you have the same artists singing the same over-produced shit over and over again.

>>29045109
I like to be able to show off stuff I've read on my bookshelf.

Plus the stuff I bought but totally plan to read someday honest.

>>29045218
>mahnigga
I got a few live ones, I have a lot of ska albums and trojan compilation albums. Got into Nora Dean that way, yknow?

Oh god I love books.

>>29045226
Well, 101 pages.
And most of the last page was empty.

Been awhile since I posted in the threads, but my month long ban is finally up....and i was actually getting work done. Sigh....I just can't stay away from ponies...oh well...so what did I miss?

>>29045245
Fuckers need to watch Suited for Success.

"When you try to please everypony, you oftentimes end up pleasing nopony."

>>29045261
And now we're /mu/ again.

>>29045275
say what you want 'bout weaver, and I will, but he is a funny fucker

>>29045239

>>29045225
MORE SPOILERS!
The murder of Zecora. I had to stop reading for an hour.

>>29045288
And this is in a Microsoft Word/Google Docs format, right?

So it's closer to 150+ book-sized pages.

I don't think I could do that to my readers.

Musical Theatre.

Is it /mu/ or is it /lit/?

>>29045298
>you oftentimes end up pleasing nopony.

They please themselves. Look at summer blockbusters. Shitty movies, but they make a ton of cash. That's what movie producers, music producers, and publishing houses are interested in.

>>29045253
Im totally gonna read the divine comedy one day.

is commander jesus in here, i need some advice. i am about to smoke cannabis for the first time with some friends tonight, is there anything i should know so i dont look like a complete newfag.

>>29045245
THANK YOU
A good metaphor, indeed, is what Hasbro's doing right now with the pink Celestias and shit. They don't care about the virtue of the piece (in this case, its faithfulness to the show) so long as they make money. This is every publishing house ever. Why do you think J.K. Rowling was rejected TWELVE TIMES by 12 different publishing houses? Because wizards weren't "teh in thing hurr durr."
Geez, guys, don't get me started. I have a LOT to say on this subject, as an aspiring novelist.

>>29045356
Dont eat the cannabis

>>29045340
And in size 10 font.
It really probably should have been 6 chapters.

The dating sim that's in the works. What is everyone's thoughts on it? This isn't a screenshot, btw.

>>29045354
Don't listen to anyone who tells you the best book is the Inferno.

The best book is the Purgatorio. It's just so uplifting.

>>29045347
>/mu//lit/
>mullet

This is now /mullet/.

>>29045245
hmm, most labels are focused on money. Many labels start of well intentioned, but in any industry, keyword being 'industry', the pursuit is of money.

I mean, even artist run labels, they are managed by professionals, professionals otherwise working at major ones. It's simply the way it is, obviously the balance is more in favor of the recording artists having control. It's simply the case though, if the company don't get the return, they take it from the artist. I mean, I have a story of a friend who was a producer you might like to hear

>>29045356
www.erowid.org
Everything you could ever want to know. Maybe even too much information.

>>29045387
I like Katawa Shoujo, I might try this.

They are doing multiple versions, right? For humanized/H content?

>>29045356
the first few times you smoke it'll tingle in your mouth/back of the throat and i know some people find it a bit unpleasant, even painful, but it usually goes away.

its not as bad as the first few times you go drinking.

>>29045356
dont get dat roach wet, tuck your lips.

Take it back, and hold it. Don't hog it.

>>29045356

don't smoke too much all at once, it can take like 20 minutes or so to come on, depending on how you smoke it.

also, if you feel like you're going to die for whatever reason, you're not. you're just high, relax and you'll feel better.

>>29045327
Yeah, I got mad at garbage can for that.

>>29045261

I only have 2, nirvana, and Refused (the shape of punk to come) fucking love it. I'm poor so I buy good ones when I get the chance. I see stuff like dark side of the moon everywhere so I buy the more obscure stuff I like. Onto a huge punk/ska phase now

>>29045436

ive never felt any tingle in my mouth or throat?

What is a Nook?

If it's what I think it is, here's my two cents.

A story should not be something you must change to understand it. The changing happens along reading the story.

Perfect example for me, and by proxy for the very reasons I'll state now, IADJ; GOYD.

Me, a shmuck, someone whom never reads anything IRL, got it. The biggest thing to remember is to let it take you on a journey, and through that process, you become wiser, you learn something different, and it changes you.

A story need to be the wind, and you a leaf. Just, let go, and go where the wind takes you...

>>29045356
Try not to cough too much...but if its your first time smoking then your probably going to be hacking like crazy. Well if your friends aren't dicks then I guess it shouldn't matter. It's all good my friend.

>>29045454
small local record shops are cool. If you find one where the cashiers and managers aren't elitist cunts, like at instrument shops, then you hit a goldmine.

I have a couple near where I live. Fucking working on getting some employment there

>>29045354
I'll probably never read it, but I got Battlefield Earth at a used bookstore because it was just 50 cents (they had like three dozen copies) and I just wanted someone to comment on it being there. So far no bites.

This is how you do comics properly.
The only character here that OOC is a guard nobody cares about.

>>29045473
>i am a leaf on the wind
i am literally stuck on this sentence, though i agree with your lovely sentiments

>>29045503
Thats how I ended up with my copy of Dune actually.

>>29045445
I.. HATED SteelHooves for that. But damn if I can't understand why. He is pretty much a literal walking pile of regrets. And was it any worse than some of the shit Pip has done? Still. I need to just walk away for a bit.
Also LUNA ARMOR! JESUS FUCK!
Of course, this brings up that Celestia was nowhere to be found.

>>29045468
depends on the person and the strength of the weed.

>>29045445

Really? Because i love that part.

>>29045514
I'll be shameless and admit that I stole that line from Serenity for Dangerous Business.

>>29045513
yes, but where does it become funny.

>>29045503
>Battlefield Earth
FOOLS, WHEN YOU WHERE STILL LEARN HOW TO SPELL YOUR NAME, I WAS BEING TRAINED TO WRITE 100 CHAPTERS, EACH 100K WORDS LONG

>this better be worth it

>>29045539
really? i can't remember where it turned up in dangerous business, because if i had, i'd have hated you for it
every time i have flashbacks
every fucking time

>>29045109
>>29045109
twilight vagina will be last place where will be last books

>>29045473
Ah, I do love poets. Us artists of prose admire you for what you can do with words, you know.
Put less eloquently, I totally agree with everything you said.

>>29045514
Thank Jetfire

>>29045513
>mfw I was drawing rubix cube ponies before it was cool

>>29045542
When she teaches her how to do a rubik's cube from the moon

>>29045473
>leaf on the wind

Wash ;_;

A Nook is an e-reader/tablet put out by Barnes & Noble. What did you think it was?

>>29045513
we dont know yet if Luna is OOC too

>>29045600
I was wondering as well.

>>29045569
>I do love poets
they're a bunch of cunts
>>29045586
comedy comes from conflict, of any kind. I mean, that's okay as a joke, but if she'd overreacted. It would have been cliche, sure, but it'd have been funnier

>>29045356

You can't die from smoking. Only get higher.

Don't put your mouth on the blunt/joint when you inhale, hold it close to your mouth and breath in. You'll catch on

Don't hog the weed.

Make sure you're not going anywhere for a few hours.
If you're not buying, don't kill it unless the buyer says you can, also, get food. And gallons of Gatorade.

>>29043654
BUT WHY

>>29045525
Dune is good, though. Battlefield Earth is a stain on humanity's collective enterprise.

>>29045539
EVILEVIL MAN, TAKING THINGS FROM OTH
Name ER PEOPLES WORK, HOW DAR-
...what was that?
...Serenity for Dangerous Business?
...OH YEAH... THAT BOOK, it's... AWESOEM and... EPIC and... stuff...

Ok, it's ok if you did it, and it actually can help that book get some more attention if it hasn't already. I highly doubt the author, what's-his-face cares if someone takes a line from his book, hell that's the best thing that could happen, people being inspired and building upon works.

>>29045628
also if it's your weed, keep an eye on it. People tend to be dicks.

And learn to roll well, gets you plenty of free tokes. But don't be a douche about it

>>29045557
Chapter 13, when Dash learns lightning from the pronghorns.

>“Consider the leaves upon the tree. They fall without wings, traveling the paths of empty space. Yet they reach the ground in their time, safe and sound. The wind carries them, and they are content with its guidance.” Another breeze blows, and the leaf Niles is standing on is yanked away. “You must be as a leaf on the wind,” he says before he floats out of sight.

>>29045627
I always thought comedy came from irony.

A normal person would ask to be taught how to do that, ie exactly what Celestia did.

What a normal person WOULDN'T do is over react and moon banishment.

>>29045645
Because every sexy story I do teaches a lesson or two.
This one is about Safe, Sane, and Consensual and the importance of closure.

>>29045653

this series is better

>>29045627
U jelly I can make a poetic statement out of killing BEARS

>>29045674
Serenity isn't a book. It's a movie based on the TV series Firefly.

>>29045528
Fucking running off of combat drugs and pain killers, fuck. Also dat Pip Buck, dem ghouls. FUCKIN' BAD ASS SCOOTS FINAL FUCK YOU.

>>29045677
googled it, got a bunch of lyrics?
Very Confucius

>Go to commanderjesus' Synchtube, since the episode is in half an hour
>Chris-chan videos are playing
WHAT THE FUCK YOU GUYS

>>29045679
well if its delivered well, it could work.

Here, it just seemed sort of matter-of-fact. I mean I guess the guard was expecting moon sendings so it defies expectations but, eh...didnt do anything for me.

>>29045677
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOu-5ebDpc

I always liked that part, particularly. Ergodic literature usually isn't my thing, but the use of colour and formatting to emphasise the hypersurreal nature of the Dreaming really struck me as appropriate.
On the flip side, fuck you. I'll never be able to read that scene again now, not without imagining Wash's poignant death. What have you done, Jetfire? I was just re-reading up to Chapter 13 and all.

>>29045677
Did you also steal part of that from Wheel of Time? Sounds an awful like the Way of the Leaf.

>>29045704
it was said kind of ironically mang. I clutter these motherfuckers up with my stupid rhyming all the time

>>29045726
Well fuck my shit I don't know a damn thing

>>29045679
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DWY_amJ0YZrM

Some people are so thin-skinned.

>>29045755
Never read Wheel of Time.

I just knew I wanted to throw that line in, and I found a good way in which to do it.

It's good enough philosophy that I've found myself using it since writing it.

So after seeing this thread I've learned that bronies like:
pot
books
fanfics (and quoting them)
indie music
and apparently you guys are all English majors.

>>29045693
What was the lesson in the greasy nerd sex story?

>>29045768
If you haven't seen Firefly or Serenity, you need to.

Like, now. Before S2 of pony starts.

>>29045675

This. I can't roll for shit. And for the other reason I HATE smoking with my friend, his brother will cash out in like, one rotation.

Also, there's only one small music store where I live, gonna check it out when I get a job. It's pawn shops and yard sales after that.

>>29045729
FINALLY an Underworld expy! I was let down that "breathers" was their equivalent of "smooth skin" I was hoping for something to do with marshmallows.
I don't think SteelHooves would mind at all to die for Littlepip and co. I just think he knows that when he goes, it's to pony hell.

>>29045801
I heard Firefly wasn't that good.

>>29045795
Eh, sounds about right.

>>29045768
That's just verbal irony.

>>29045754
>mfw that scene
>Universe going nope all over a nice quote

>>29045679
>irony
eh, thats kind of specific.

I mean, you can be sarcastic and shit and generally confrontational. Done well it can be amusing. You can be nonsensical, not very high-brow, but sometimes funny, look at vic reeves.

But usually, they all have conflict. Its just from rubbing characters together that their quirks snag on each other and create funny situations

>>29045795
Yep, its basically the same as hanging out around a liberal arts college.

>>29045820
Season 2 was terrible.

>>29045693
what did the Gilda/Twi teach?

>>29045794
Except when it gets you killed.

The people who followed it were completely pacifistic. Their culture revolved around music, dance and repairing things. Kind of like gypsies. and they were extreme pacifists. They don't even try to defend themselves from attack.

>>29045796
Self acceptance.
Yeah, they were gross nerds, but they thought they were cool and that was enough for them.

>>29045849
And that only means...

>>29045853
>>29045820
It really is like being on /tv/!

>>29045820

its pretty damn good for tv sci fi.

but compared to written sci fi? nah it's nothing special

>>29045791
What stories are you gonna do soon?

I was kinda sad that that Cheerilee fic didn't win out because /ss/ is the best thing ever.

>>29045801
But I must still read all of F:E
Fuck you if I could clone myself and link all the minds together at once I would

>>29045795

>bronies

>>29045838
Irony was the wrong word, I meant subversion. You subvert the normal expectation and reaction which is normally mundane.

>>29045795
Pretty much.

Except I'm a computer science major.

I just like writing.

>>29045868
So, the lessons in your pornographic fanfictions are better than the shows lessons.
That's pretty funn

>>29045820
You heard fucking wrong.

>>29045853
That's terrible, you should be ashamed.

>>29045813
take up smoking. Helps wonderfully. Also learn to roll in the dark, especially good at festivals

>>29045878
We here at /co/try to provide the experience of visiting multiple boards without the hassle of clicking the links at the top of the page. I hope your experience has been satisfactory.

>>29045820
I liked it.

It's very different from other TV Sci-Fi shows.

>>29045861
In this case it was more about a state of spirit. About opening your soul up and letting the Lightning flood it.

Still working on it, Klondike?

>>29045795
>no shipping

Wow, that...ironic.

>>29045884
>sci fi.

Dude, Firefly was a Western. I don't know what show you're thinking of.

>>29045906
truth, yeah.

I mean, its taking comedy down to its skeleton, but it kind of fits.