#mlp fim speculation

[mylittleponyauprompts]

I’ve been thinking about cutie marks recently and I think it’s really weird how ponies view them when things like bad luck are an option for someone’s destiny. Couldn’t a destiny like that be considered a disability? Couldn’t Starlight Glimmers spell be altered to have positive medical effects in cases like Trouble Shoes? I just think Trouble Shoes shouldn’t have to live with bad luck for the rest of his life because destiny/fate dictate it and a mark on his butt say so. A pony with a cutie mark and destiny that might as well be a curse to them shouldn’t have to live with that.

There’s a cutie mark disease for crying out loud. Cutie pox is getting too many cutie marks. I think cutie marks are an important magical phenomenon that happens to ponies and it can have good or bad effects. And has magical illnesses and mutations surrounding it. Sometimes a pony can get something like bad luck as a “destiny” or get to many cutie marks, and maybe not get any at all.

Ponies view cutie marks as such an important part of being a pony that not having might as well be not being a pony. Don’t worry you’ll get one eventually! Or suck it up, it is your destiny chosen for you! I think Starlight Glimmer discovering the ability to remove cutie marks, and thus the magical powers it gives, probably changes many ponies views a lot. “I don’t have to live like this? There’s an experimental treatment?” And many probably look down on this. It causes magical fatigue. Your magic skills lower. Your ability to do anything in that field basically becomes nullified.

But if you had bad luck as a “destiny” or had multiple cutie marks where the only known cure for that was extremely rare and hard to get, wouldn’t Starlights spell be promising? Magical fatigue and some skills lost seems preferable.

And my biggest thing with this, is that Trouble Shoes got arrested for having bad luck if I’m remembering correctly. His destiny got him put in jail. And the solution is for him to become a rodeo clown? I just think it’s insulting to him. You’ve been getting arrested for property destruction and vandalism because of your destiny? Go to the circus! Become a clown! Trouble shoes deserves better

[theladart]

Rapidash/Rainbow Dash ponymon fusion: Firestorm!

Inspired by @pinxpony‘s Pinkie Pie/Flaffy fusion, Flaffy Taffy (hope you don’t mind the tag :P)

Edit: Found out that the rapidash pic I got for reference is a fakemon mega evo designed by CaseyDeanFakemon on Deviantart

[potchatok-art]

My little Birrin: Learn the value of community, as the people around you is all that you have after The Fall

[snugglycactus-the-great]

wing fingers

that is all thank you

[ahthedoodle]

changeling babas and other bugs from different myths

[transingthoseformers]

I am mentally chewing on temporary antagonist!earthspark Prowl so much over here it's insane

Like. Of all the characters to have as the unexpected autobot antagonist of the episode, it's Prowl. I'm thinking so much about him having a breakdown and flipping utter shit, and the end of the episode we get the (mild) cliffhanger of one of the autobots saying they'll take care of him and that hopefully, next time the terrans see Prowl it will be under better circumstances (it will)

Like.

"Prowl you don't want to do this!"

"aRe you sure about that??? how would you know? how would you know what i can and can't do?"

It would also be such an interesting parallel to the scene at the end of the Tarantulas episode. Because here we have a character who was more or less forced to be a Decepticon, and here we have a character who was more or less forced to be an autobot. Both kept a more reserved demeanor throughout the episode, only to lead to a massive explosion at the end where emotion. Both have such reputations, but we (and naturally the malto kids) end up seeing past that.

[jubileebloom]

had some thoughts about pegasus anatomy and armor. attempted to sketch some of them

My headcanon is that the one of the bones in a Pegasus wing is a rib (or two) turned upward, leaving a narrow gap in their ribcages that is highly vulnerable. Due to this, a barrelplate is an essential part of any Pegasus suit of armor.

(When I eventually get around to a full redesign of Flash Magnus this will definitely be included)

[bixels]

If it's not too much trouble would you mind sharing more on your thoughts about AJ? Esp the line she shouted at Rarity and her "struggle with sexual identity" I'm kind of new so I would like to hear more! Does Rarity also struggle with sexual identity and fearing AJ would leave? I love the family oriented person A and the business inclined and impressed by shiny new things person B trope

Ok, this is gonna get into head canons and personal opinions.

The writing in Rollercoaster of Friendship (and EQG as a whole) is much simpler and more stripped down in comparison to FiM (most likely to appeal to a younger audience; don't want to seem like I'm dissing the writers), but that one confrontation made me sit up in my seat because it carries the entire special.

More under the cut cuz I don't want MLP analyses clogging up my blog.

For one, we've seen AJ get frustrated and angry about the same exact conflict over a girl in FiM (Rara), establishing a pattern. And even though she's right (her friend really is being manipulated), I read both cases as her acting out in jealousy too. Here's this girl who she's felt a unique attachment to being "taken away" and changed by someone new. This is most apparent in RoF; the moment Vignette introduces herself, kisses Rarity on both cheeks, and establishes herself as Rarity's "new best friend," AJ immediately reacts with shock, betrayal, and boldfaced jealousy (made even worse when Rarity forgets her during introductions). Although AJ acts independent, she's actually very emotionally dependent on certain people in her life.

If we come into this with the assumption that AJ has romantic feelings for Rarity –– which is a normal assumption given the director/writer confirmed the special was written as a romantic drama between the two –– AJ's line is all the more heartbreaking. If I may slip into fictional speculation: your crush is no longer listening or paying attention to you, even though you know something is wrong and that she's getting hurt. Your frustration at her lack of awareness is really your anger at her lack of care –– she doesn't care about you anymore. So in a fit of rage, in your big, dramatic confrontation, just to make her look at you, react at you, feel how she's been making you feel all day –– unwanted and unspecial –– you hurt her back. AJ yells, "You're not special!" and Rarity cries.

And what really gets me is that AJ lies. In this moment, she lies that Rarity's not special when (again, assumption of romance) she's the most special person in the world to her. So special that she's placed all her feelings of self-assurance and security on their relationship. So special that the moment their relationship is shaken and she doesn't know to recover it –– recover herself –– she lashes out, acts against her character, and says something dishonest just to hurt the girl she loves.

(Honestly, rewatching this special, AJ is so insecure and attention-needy. The way she pouts and slouches and lags behind the group and says, "Never mind. It's nothing," when asked what's wrong is textbook "please pay attention to me and ask me what's wrong because i need a reason to be honest about feelings i know i should be ashamed of" behavior.)

I think AJ's insecurities (which could be tied to her lack of experience with romantic relationships) reveal how she has a tendency to misattribute and redirect anger onto the person she cares most about (see Simple Ways as well, where she's caught on the opposite end of a jealousy spat). This could easily become a very toxic trait, but AJ grows past it. Near the end of RoF, the two come together and apologize. AJ recognizes her entitlement and confesses her insecurities about their relationship. She felt hurt and attacked when her status as Rarity's best friend/girlfriend was threatened because it's a role she uses to self-identify –– if Rarity isn't hers, she loses part of her identity. And she admits that she thought her motivation was to protect Rarity, but really she was just being selfish and protecting herself. Rarity was busy and stressed and needed someone to lean on just as much AJ needed her. She isn't AJ's emotional support girlfriend, and it wasn't right to expect her to be one.

(Which is why Rarijack is peak because throughout both series, they repeatedly show just how important honesty, open communication, and trust is in maintaining, supporting, and growing a romantic relationship.)

[cai-tan]

I know this is an extremely nuclear and potentially hostile take to have, but this is my genuine feeling right now after a recent Twitter scrap I had.

Ranked matchmaking was a fucking mistake. (Not skill-based matchmaking, specifically open-visibility competitive rank systems)

You're crying and shitting your pants because you lost LP / ELO / RP / MLP(FIM) because someone on the enemy team was hacking? Boo fucking hoo. Go read a book, bitch.

There is no benefit to ranked systems for video games. I'm of the doctrine that video games are supposed to be fun, not a job or a chore, so I recognize I have some bias in this. Even then, it's so easy to pick apart any perceived benefit to ranking systems by just revealing how they sound good on paper, but just make things worse in practice. Nigh-unmanageable slot machines manipulated only by stacking up and making things miserable for other players, that encourage you to attach your life worth and/or personality to a virtually meaningless number or icon. Ohhh, you've got a shiny gold coin thingy on your profile? Have you ever shook hands with the people you beat to get that pointless, gaudy status symbol? Of course not, they were all numbers to you.

And again, don't get me wrong. I was fucking there. I was climbing my way tooth and nail into Gold back in my CS:GO days just shy of six years ago. Hell, even three years ago I was ranking up in Apex because I forgot how utterly stupid the grind is. This isn't just speculation from some liberal SJW games journalist with a skill issue, this is personal experience that I can call on to compare and contrast to how spoiled little Valorant babies act. People who put personal stock and self-worth into badly managed slot machines are always going to be inherently garbage people.

[pythonmelon]

Get to know Victor!

Just a big dumb list of the stuff I know I like, for reference, if you share the interest, for socialization- I'm down for it all! Realized I legit just don't share a lot about my interests and I want to enjoy myself more with folks who have similar interests

Music

- Ludo

- Avenged Sevenfold

- Electric Light Orchestra

-Mustard Service

- Oingo Boingo

- They Might Be Giants

-Louie Zong

-Tomy Cardy

-I Don't Know How But they Found Me

- Huey Louis and the News

- Lemon Demon

- My Chemical Romance

- Generally I just like alt rock, punk, disco, metal, pop, some rap and country. I am totally open to music reccs and I listen to a ton of individual songs beyond just specific artists

Movies

-Atlantis

- Treasure Planet

-Pacific Rim

-Godzilla

- Nope

- The Thing

- Little Shop of Horrors

- The Blob (1988)

- High concept animated/adventure films and killer animal or monster horror films usually scratch my itch, I watch tons of them

TV/Shows

- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

- Bubblegum Crisis/Crash

- Crazy Ex Girlfriend

-Dungeon Meshi

-Um Actually

-The Owl House

-Make Some Noise

-Beat Bobby Flay (but only when he loses)

-Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives

-What We Do in the Shadows (Seasons 1-3)

-Bob's Burgers

-Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Parts 1-5)

-Classic Simpsons

-Futurama

-Gravity Falls

- Extreme Ghostbusters

-MLP: FiM

- Tales from the Darkside and Monsters/ other light horror anthologies

- I don't watch a ton of TV, especially new TV and am open to suggestions

Comics

- Hellboy

- Girl Genius

- Paranatural

- a lot of independent/small comics.

-Anything by Alexander Mercury, especially Rig Miller

- Last Halloween

- Skin Deep

- Devil went down to Vegas

-I used to read a ton more comics and am interested in getting into more, I fell off a lot in college

Books

-Stephen King's body of works

-The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

-Devolution by Max Brooks

-Local and Historical cookbooks

-Honestly I'm reading a lot more individual books recommended by people or classic lit right now, fiction and nonfiction welcome, I am always looking for something new and have a big TBR list

Videogames

-Psychonauts (full series)

- Pokemon as much as anyone else my age

- Smile for Me

-Professor Layton

-Undertale/Deltarune

- Bloodborne

-Legend of Zelda

- N64 and Wii era platformers

- A Hat in Time

- Toem

-Also trying to play more video games, I like platformers and adventures with a good story generally but I am also terrible at actually dedicating time to it

Podcasts

-The Shrieking Shack

-Just King Things

-MBMBAM

-Homestuck Made This World

-Sawbones

-TAZ

-Wonderful

-The Empty Bowl

-Disasterpiece Publishing House

General

-Animals

-Death and the Macabre

-Bones and Teeth

-Monster or animal based horror

-Furry Stuff (generally sfw)

-Food and Cooking

-Gardening

-Outdoorsmanship

-Retro, especially 70's aesthetics

-Easy entry sci-fi and fantasy

-Animation

-Tumblr sexymen as a silly area of study

-Alt Fashion/sewing

-Fiction and non-fiction writing, namely horror, thrillers, and food/food culture (specifically American and US Southern food)

-Dinosaurs and prehistoric animals

-Reptile care and husbandry

-Collage and mixed media art

-Speculative and Fantasy Biology

-Skating and outdoor exercise

[mylittleponyauprompts]

I’m remembering magical mystery cure, and I do like the idea of Fluttershy having entertainment as a talent. I don’t see her doing it like pinkie pie does. But being an animal educator, or an artist or writer I can see. Making others smile through her own passions, often being animals. I can see her becoming a pretty popular animal educator in Equestria kinda like a really shy version of bill nye (I know he is science but you get the idea)

And Apple Jack having rarity’s talent, which is technically finding gems more than it is fashion, but we will focus on fashion. I can see Apple Jack getting into fashion, just not rarity’s type of fashion. I see Apple Jack making things like hats, boots, saddle bags, belts, etc. you know practical clothing and accessories for hard labor. And stuff that is comfortable and good looking while working!

[unassumingtherizinosaur]

Awww thank you for the tag!! I'm honored! /gen :D

Hmm....

• Dino phase that's not really a phase because it never phased out lol. Probably brought on thanks to me watching tons of dinosaur documentaries as a little kid. Had a bunch on DVD and would watch them religiously. Some of my favorites were Walking With Dinosaurs (1999) and Dinosaur Planet (2003), as well as DinoSapein which was more fantasy than fact. Wanted to be a paleontologist when I was young. And though I've moved on from that dream after coming to terms with the fact that spending countless hours in places like the deserts of Montana digging up bones isn't really for me, I've never let go of my love of dinosaurs.

• Superhero phase thanks to Wordgirl, of all things. I still love superheroes to this day all thanks to that show

• Science phase and general love of learning thanks to The Magic School Bus. I still love Miss Frizzle and the Bus and Liz sm

• Dragons!!! Not really sure what started this interest but it was definitely strengthened by Dragon Story (the game), How to Train Your Dragon, and Wings of Fire

• Oh, and of course Warrior cats. Huge art and writing influence. Tigerstar's death traumatized me as a kid lol

• Like Virtualmic, I also had a old timey cartoon phase thanks to BATIM and Cuphead. The Bendy games are still some of my favorites of all time. The artist vision in those games was REAL <3 As an artist, BATIM and BATDR make me extremely happy

• MLP FiM phase. That show blew my mind as a kid, and still does upon rewatches. I now realize it influenced my art style a lot too, specifically with how the show would convey a lot of emotion via the eyes of the characters.

• I gained a love of mysteries, horror, and the supernatural which can probably be traced back to Scooby-Doo.

• Exploration and general love of learning what's out there. Almost certainly thanks to Atlantis: The Lost Empire. That movie rewired child me's brain chemistry lol. Journey to the Center of the Earth played a part in that, too

• FNAF phase. Actually one of the more recent ones, I only got into the games because of Security Breach. I absolutely adore the way that game looks and just.. everything about it visually

• BFDI + its variations, thanks to a friend trying to get me and my sis into it. I understood zero of what was going on the first time she tried to show me and wasn't really invested. But when my sister randomly decided to get into it, I did too. Mostly so I could have something else to talk about with them. Anyway beware the pipeline. I'm mentally ill about this show now /silly, aff

• SPACE. Oh, massive space phase. Never really ended. The concept of everything that's out there in the vast universe completely got to me. When I was younger I found out how big the star Betelgeuse is compared to our Sun and I haven't been the same since. Somewhere along the lines, a love of aliens and speculative life on other worlds got involved. Fueled by Star Trek and to a lesser extent, Star Wars.

• Pokemon, oh man. Started thanks to a friend watching the Pokemon Heroes movie with me on his DVD player. I saw Latias and Latios for the first time and it was all downhill from there. The cards are extremely nostalgic. They were like an art collection for me.

• World War II and its aftereffects on human society and civilization. Not sure how this one got started, but it eventually accumulated with me now having a lifelong fascination with history and other countries.

Annnddd yeah, I think that's all of the top of my head. Thanks again for the tag!! This was fun!! :D

Hmm let moi see... @wiingdings @hecklefreckled @purpeltomato @tordskiidoesart

And don't feel pressed to do this or anything folks, this is just for fun 😸

New tagging game I wanna start

My love phases in my life because of my favorite childhood tv shows/other reasons:

• Dino loving phase because of Dino Dan (I still love dinosaurs. T-Rex’s and raptors are my favorites)

• Apple loving phase because of Applejack from MLP

• Animal loving phase because of Wild Kratts (I still love both of them)

• A spy loving phase because of Kim Possible

• Science loving phase (I don’t know the reason. Maybe because of Twilight Sparkle)

• Magic loving phase (And I still do)

• Ninja loving phase because of TMNT 2012/LEGO Ninjago

• Barbie loving phase (just anything Barbie)

• Vampire loving phase because of Mavis

@dead-dog-dont-eat @drama-glob @corffee @enbydemirainbowbigfoot @thebluebafoon @cjandxenaxenomorph2 @fictionalfish @askgemtale @it-gal888 @sparklijam @gloomycherub-mysterious @tranquil-slaughterhouse

[scenicphoenix]

Do you think Twilight Sparkle and Luna would have the same sense of humor for the fact that Twilight is a history enthusiast to the point of possibly learning ancient memes and Luna was alive during those times.

And do you think Celestia encourages this because seeing the confusion on everyone else's faces is hilarious, and possibly even taught Twilight some of the ancient memes herself when Twilight asked about it

Could possibly be a time Discord laughs at one of Twilight Sparkle's jokes because hearing a thousand year or more old joke from a pony born in the current era is hilarious and shocking

[oncillaphoenix]

MLP worldbuilding thoughts

ok so i was going to jump right into the MLP part of this but then i realized i have no idea how well known the weird little dinosaur i’m referencing from is. so.

Yi qi is a gliding dinosaur with such strange wings its name literally means “strange wing.” It’s a feathered dinosaur, but its wings are more like a bat’s, with a membrane of skin stretched between elongated fingers and, uniquely, a long, bony strut extending from the wrist. 

(src)

Because Yi qi isn’t directly analogous to any modern animal, and the fossils are unclear as to the extent of the wing membranes, there are multiple hypotheses as to how exactly it flew. One hypothesis (the one that’s relevant to this post) is that the membrane extended only between the digits and the bony spur, possibly with some extra lift generated by the feathers on its arms.

Now, Yi qi was a glider, not a flyer, with primitive, undifferentiated feathers. But if you had a more developed version of that wing, one that was better adapted for flight...?

What I was getting to was, maybe Equestrian pegasi have wings structured something like that. Covered completely in feathers, but with fleshy membranes supported by semiflexible digits making up the structure of the upper parts of the wing. It would explain things like the repeated depictions of pony skeletons with multiple digits in the wings, and pegasi manipulating objects using their wings.

[ahthedoodle]

[cloudy-with-a-chance-of-ocs]

So theres some merch of what is assumed to be designs of the Gen 5 main characters floating around… I have no clue how valid those are because why on earth would they be selling merch of characters no one knows about yet? Although a friend suggested they were soft releasing the designs to see the reaction without confirming it and would change if needed but idk.

Anyways I did a doodle.