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Post by mannon on Nov 26, 2014 16:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by UrbaneVirtuoso on Nov 26, 2014 16:26:11 GMT -5
Pony DLC?
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Nov 26, 2014 16:51:36 GMT -5
thanks mancat
edit: just got the 15 dollan bundle for all of the comix. gr8 deal
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 18:09:23 GMT -5
Thanks to these comics people whine every time I draw Princess Cadence. "Beaver she's not supposed to have a horn when she was young. I read the comics and the comics saaayyy sssooo" And then "Beaver she's missing her horn; did you forget it to add it in?" There's just no winning with these people.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Nov 26, 2014 18:17:59 GMT -5
Cadence is such a qt
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 19:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Nov 26, 2014 20:11:40 GMT -5
I know where that's from beev.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 20:26:58 GMT -5
I know where that's from beev. Oh crap
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Post by mannon on Dec 3, 2014 16:58:58 GMT -5
More comics added...
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Post by mannon on Dec 9, 2014 20:26:41 GMT -5
Sorry. I didn't buy the bundle myself, just posted for those that are interested, so I can't comment.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Dec 9, 2014 20:27:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 20:37:44 GMT -5
I can probably draw better comics than that. Probably.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Dec 9, 2014 22:14:42 GMT -5
You are mao-sss not an elephant. Who do you think you are? pachyderm?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 18:18:14 GMT -5
Heh. Now you know more about the expanded MLP universe than I do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 19:26:07 GMT -5
i didnt actually read them So how you know they blow without reading them?
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Post by ChloeB42 (Alexcalibur42) on Jan 17, 2015 19:30:28 GMT -5
i didnt actually read them So how you know they blow without reading them? Because ponies suck.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 17:05:45 GMT -5
Mousey pulled off a defuse. Either this means there is no intention of starting a conversation down this road or the awareness that there isn't enough substance to begin a conversation at all. Whatever the case; I honestly don't mind it. Several days later I come across this: I'm not sure if any of this actually transpired. Even if it did it could have been a little bit true. Several nights ago I saw someone spray an OC anthro dickgirl pony in TF2. Maybe he saw "suggestive" work, like this: This image used to be one of the first things you saw when you type in "bronies" into Google image search. On most forums this kind of image is considered harmless if you report it... but on image archive sites it's still porn as long as its at least implicitly sexual. For the longest time I've been inclined to discuss My Little Pony's impression on popular culture, but the only problem is that it's tough to stay objective or give reliable facts to make a convincing argument. Personally I have no idea what to make of the MLP fandom, and many times I step back and wonder "wait a second, IS my little pony a magnet to autists and weirdos"? It doesn't take much to see some cringeworthy stuff from the brony community. In my time as a comic maker in the brony fandom I've met many bronies who shares interests like mine, and I never discuss it knowing that I'll be preaching to the choir. Some of them are making pony-related art as a side to their college degree. Some people are seldom active because they have jobs and families on he side, so they just make vectors or run fan sites. I know a young woman who makes bases; she has cerebral palsy. I know someone pursuing a masters in physics who's into some very outlandish furry fetishes. I know a young man who's dyslexic and has a degree in the liberal arts. I once used his image and presented it to someone claiming it was me. I know another guy who literally makes his living doing commissions; his income isn't stable but he's been doing it for a year. I know a lot of other bronies with large fanbases; they all draw porn or drew porn at some point. I've convinced myself that MLP is not popular because it's a good show; you know, in case you didn't already know that. The hypothesis I'm running with now is that its community finally has a show for furries to get behind. For the longest time furries have seldom been represented in media with anthropomorphic creatures in it. Star Fox, Sonic, Pokemon, even Five Nights At Freddies has garnered attention from the furry community. However, these characters are not at the forefront because these communities are individually too small to garner large enough audiences. The most popular furries in that community are the ones who draw the best original characters, and it goes without saying that porn in this community sells for having the highest value to it. Eventually the brony/furry community assimilated, and the furry community meets an end to its isolation. Many furries hated this sudden influx. Others just took it, ran with it, and fluorished. Like Atryl. Conclusions? I have none. Maybe this show is simple and its community knows that, but doesn't care. Maybe they don't and I'm a weirdo surrounded by his kinfolk. Maybe people are just attracted to the concept of being progressive and watch this show no matter how bad it is. I'm throwing spaghetti at the wall at this point; there's no way in hell I'd ever discuss this with other bronies.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Jan 21, 2015 18:58:01 GMT -5
but beaver, im a bronee
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Post by ChloeB42 (Alexcalibur42) on Jan 21, 2015 20:09:49 GMT -5
Mousey pulled off a defuse. Either this means there is no intention of starting a conversation down this road or the awareness that there isn't enough substance to begin a conversation at all. Whatever the case; I honestly don't mind it. Several days later I come across this: I'm not sure if any of this actually transpired. Even if it did it could have been a little bit true. Several nights ago I saw someone spray an OC anthro dickgirl pony in TF2. Maybe he saw "suggestive" work, like this: This image used to be one of the first things you saw when you type in "bronies" into Google image search. On most forums this kind of image is considered harmless if you report it... but on image archive sites it's still porn as long as its at least implicitly sexual. For the longest time I've been inclined to discuss My Little Pony's impression on popular culture, but the only problem is that it's tough to stay objective or give reliable facts to make a convincing argument. Personally I have no idea what to make of the MLP fandom, and many times I step back and wonder "wait a second, IS my little pony a magnet to autists and weirdos"? It doesn't take much to see some cringeworthy stuff from the brony community. In my time as a comic maker in the brony fandom I've met many bronies who shares interests like mine, and I never discuss it knowing that I'll be preaching to the choir. Some of them are making pony-related art as a side to their college degree. Some people are seldom active because they have jobs and families on he side, so they just make vectors or run fan sites. I know a young woman who makes bases; she has cerebral palsy. I know someone pursuing a masters in physics who's into some very outlandish furry fetishes. I know a young man who's dyslexic and has a degree in the liberal arts. I once used his image and presented it to someone claiming it was me. I know another guy who literally makes his living doing commissions; his income isn't stable but he's been doing it for a year. I know a lot of other bronies with large fanbases; they all draw porn or drew porn at some point. I've convinced myself that MLP is not popular because it's a good show; you know, in case you didn't already know that. The hypothesis I'm running with now is that its community finally has a show for furries to get behind. For the longest time furries have seldom been represented in media with anthropomorphic creatures in it. Star Fox, Sonic, Pokemon, even Five Nights At Freddies has garnered attention from the furry community. However, these characters are not at the forefront because these communities are individually too small to garner large enough audiences. The most popular furries in that community are the ones who draw the best original characters, and it goes without saying that porn in this community sells for having the highest value to it. Eventually the brony/furry community assimilated, and the furry community meets an end to its isolation. Many furries hated this sudden influx. Others just took it, ran with it, and everyone ran with it. Like Atryl. Conclusions? I have none. Maybe this show is simple and its community knows that, but doesn't care. Maybe they don't and I'm a weirdo surrounded by his kinfolk. Maybe people are just attracted to the concept of being progressive and watch this show no matter how bad it is. I'm throwing spaghetti at the wall at this point; there's no way in hell I'd ever discuss this with other bronies. Welcome to fandoms, you must be new.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 20:10:39 GMT -5
Welcome to fandoms, you must be new. What?
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Post by ChloeB42 (Alexcalibur42) on Jan 21, 2015 20:28:13 GMT -5
Welcome to fandoms, you must be new. What? All fandoms are disturbing, disgusting, obsessive and down right freaky, and will latch onto any series for any reason. There's no rhyme or reason to anything
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 21:13:26 GMT -5
Usually because they're a fan of it... hence fandom.
Every one? Even Marvel/DC superhero fans? Game of Thrones Fans? I've never seen a GoT rule 34 comic, and if it existed- where would it exist? I mean- ignoring that fact that GoT is already filled with sex.
Furthermore, if any fandom were to somehow pull off these things because of these few outliers, it won't be enough to diminish the reputation of the shows themselves of their fanbases as a whole. The issue is image; there's a reason certain fandoms get completely shit on while others are never even laughed at.
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Post by jaedrik on Jan 22, 2015 11:52:36 GMT -5
Nice analysis, Beaver.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 16:42:12 GMT -5
I read my post back and I want to fill in some more blanks. In hindsight, I'm fairly certain this show didn't get popular in the first place because furries associated themselves with it. Many artists were supportive of the idea of MLP melding with the rest of the furry fandom, but that was something that happened long after the MLP fanbase was established. I hypothesize that the show became popular for the same reason Justin Bieber - Baby was so popular. It likely started as some sort of joke on 4chan and other sites. People eventually became curious about the show. Some people made it very clear that they loved it; that the show was great. They didn't do much to populate the show's fandom; rather it was the people on the polar opposite of the spectrum. There were people who hated this show; and hated the fact that people liked it. So they told the world how much they hate the show and never want to see a pony again; this happens all the time on official pop music videos in their comment sections. It generated controversy for MLP; which generates even more attention to MLP and more potential fans. I think this show did not get popular in the first place because it was good in its own merits; we'd be seeing a much more positive image in the community if it was. I find it became popular because it generated controversy, and that's how it marketed itself. That's how the MLP community got to where it is; and why it's as reputable as it is.
I remember John De Lancie once talking about the show. He said something along the lines that the show was favourable because it teaches lessons that even adults need to know. I think that's a load of horse shit... no offense. There's a way to teach valuable lessons in the show, and it's not a new concept to cartoons. If there's ever a cartoon that sold itself over teaching stuff instead without providing a worthwhile adventure behind it- it has yet to see the light of day. In fact a lot of kid's shows that do this do so without directly addressing it a lot of time. Even if an animated show didn't have an lessons to teach the idea of marketing a show this way is indicative that not even Hasbro understands why this show does so well for itself.
How much influence does the MLP fandom hold as a community? According to Deviantart, the largest online art community on the internet to date, there are about 200 groups that have 10k+ people subscribed to those channels. A lot of these channels cast a very general net and accept all art; literally all art. (For the record this is a terrible way of making a group; splitting your subscriber base way too much). The second most bountiful kind of channel focuses around anime or some style of anime. Vocaloids, chibi, manga etc. There's a few channels devoted to erotica; a lot less than I would otherwise expect on DeviantArt. There's a channel devoted to BBC's Sherlock, Legend of Zelda, Avatar, and all sorts of media. The MLP community has... 4 channels devoted to them in this list. That's pretty decent for a kid's show considering how many other shows on this list only have one massive group dedicated to them. Pokemon has 3 specialty groups coming in at a close second.
So how did My Little Pony get such a large fandom? Hm... give me a minute.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Jan 22, 2015 18:32:08 GMT -5
So how did My Little Pony get such a large fandom? Hm... give me a minute. Because R34.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 21:23:05 GMT -5
He fukkin drew this in 30 minutes. THIRTY MINUTES.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Jan 22, 2015 21:30:26 GMT -5
pic borked beav
edito:whos dat
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 19:30:02 GMT -5
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Post by ChloeB42 (Alexcalibur42) on Jan 29, 2015 19:32:28 GMT -5
#Monstermath
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 3:48:24 GMT -5
Now this is interesting; more interesting than my messed up sleep schedule.
A Russian brony created a flash game by the name of Joypony, and recently it surfaced on /mlp/. The premise is simple. A baby pony washes up to your doorstep and you have to take care of it. Here's the clincher; your baby pony can die a bloody, horrible death or a slow, quiet death you never saw coming. Actually- that's an inevitability. There is no winning game state; you just play until your baby pony dies one way or another.
"The weird thing about Joypony is that despite it’s obvious lack of refinement it does one thing really well. It focuses on playing on any maternal instinct of the player, and isn’t afraid to let the player choose what to do with the baby. Granted I think punishing the player with death and blood seems excessively harsh, but the fact that it can/will go grimdark isn’t necessarily a weakness of the game.
It raises the stakes; it offers that mix of dread for what could happen and the mystery of not knowing what’s wrong when it’s wrong. The player is always kept on edge investing in this baby and doing whatever it takes to keep it alive and well for as long as possible. It almost flies too close to the sun by making death inevitable; that nothing changes beyond the tedious tasks required to keep the baby alive and well.
Joypony, whether the creator knows it or not, did something profitable games don't do and never will do for a long, long while. Many profitable games focus on wits on and out of combat, or on growing an empire or growing powerful as a character. This humble game tests how much willpower a player will have to take a bundle of joy and how much tedium and torture they are willing to take to keep the hope of seeing it for another day. I think as a concept it’s compelling, and it exposes a piece of human nature that’s rarely glanced over in video game narrative."
What do you guys think?
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