Ashton

I'm a little late but just wanted to point something out... Now I dont know Canterlot's stance on the matter, but legally, an artist *can* offer their work up for free and you can alter it in whatever way you so desire. It depends on how the artist sets up their rights and some just dont care (I've got a few bookmarked that made some nice prop vectors and say that anyone can use their work for anything) As I said, that's the LEGAL stance, canterlot may have a "only 100% original art" stance as site policy.

Like I said on ED, I'm just glad this isnt coming out NEXT year or else we'd be speculating on whether this is the "Series Finale"

I think it's just overly complicated. I remember a similar issue years ago with the "alien" language in Futurama, but eventually it was cracked. Of course this being FiM, it could go either way, could be a "genius bonus" for adults watching, or a "random characters" for kids watching... I'd like to think it's the former though and once it's cracked we'll go back through and find all kinds of hidden jokes in signs, newspapers, etc.

*Dash voice* OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh!OhMyGosh! I got feedback! I got Feedback! Strife, you are now best Brony! er... yes *clears throut* back on topic... I like the idea of it being an accident with a potion Zecora brewed, perhaps Dash was going to pick up something for twilight (or even herself, I made a plot comment in one of my stories about Dash secretly visiting Zecora for a potion/salve for her wings when she pushes herself way too hard and strains them) and for some reason accidentally drinks a rejuvenation potion intended for an older pony/animal... which would also explain why there is no immediately-available counter-spell! Thank you, I think I'm going to use this idea, it sets up a much more complex intro than I had planned!

I saw a reference on ED not long ago about and old MLP game that I think is/was on the official site called "Castle Builder" (which is where the "rarity-improved Luna" design was found, burried in the game's Assets) I believe this is what the OP is talking about. If so, it's either on the official site or, if it's been taken down, you might find a working version in the Internet Archive if you roll back in time far enough (no idea when/if it was taken down, sorry)

Honestly, I'm not sure what the ratio would be due to it only being shown on a high-tier cable channel or over the internet which most 'kids' don't really encounter in full until their teenage years (which is beyond most of MLP's target demographic) Now, when/if the show is syndicated, I think that will change radically, but right now I'd venture to say there are probably a lot more adults watching than expected and a lot fewer kids watching than expected due to the available outlets. As I said in another thread: Most of the greatest inventions were mistakes, not people aiming to achieve something. I'm not asking Hasbro to go whole-hog on brony products, just something to show they recognize us, with a little more filtering out over time. (heck start with making show-accurate toys and plushies, that alone would increase their revenue and garner good faith without any real "risk")

This. Exactly why I like discord, he's a villian, he knows it, and he's just having the time of his life (and it should be pointe dout, he never did anything that truely hurt anyone, really outside of the reversal of the mane 6 it was all just one practical joke after another with him) Though because of that I can see the Discopie (Discord and Pinky Pie) shipping actually working with only minor tweaks to his character (namely his powers being scaled back) since both of them love utter chaos.

Oh don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting hasbro go whole-hog on this right now! But to release something that gives a clear message "we know about the bronies and see them as a potential market" and then, should they continue FiM past S3 and the bronies don't suddenly vanish (though at this point I think we've passed that point unless hasbro does something insanely stupid like killing off several mane characters) then I would expect to see more options. Some of us feel like hasbro is either ignoring or actively thumbing it's nose at us saying "we dont want adult viewers" (I do apologize for my poorly researched comment about Lauren Faust, I thought she was 'demoted' from exec producer to consulting producer by Hasbro, not by her own choice) Though I do point out that it would not be a major 'risk' to change their current toy like to better coincide with the series (i.e. make the designs match) which would both show their acknowledgement of us and enlarge their market (I don't know about anyone else but one reason I've not bought a couple of the toys I saw is that it would take quite a bit of work to make it show-accurate) On a related note, most of the greatest inventions were accidents, not planned. Hasbro should look at this properly: it is a risky venture, but if they win they will have a rather beefy cash-cow, and if they play it conservatively and lose, they will still likely be able to recoup all losses.

Honestly, my comment was only partially about them taking down the archive... It's about the fact that Hasbro is well aware of how a specific series can reach many audeinces and be a cash cow (i.e. Star Wars - which they have numerous lisences to produce "adult toys" (NOT THAT KIND!!!) such as the ForceFX light sabers @ $100+ each and are selling well) However they dont offer us ANYTHING merch-wise... Think for a moment about the series and can you honestly say there is NO chacter/place/etc you'd like a high-quality model of? (in my case Dash performing her Sonic Rainboom and also Twilight+Spike in the baloon) No video games outside kiddy games (possibly a couple shovelware wii style game, cant find the info anymore) But I can see lots of options for a serious game from racing (3-D Pegasus racing) to a platformer, to an RPG (just look around at all the Final Fantasy image mods) I honestly can think of other 'non-kiddy' merchandise but at the moment I'm too distracted...

1. As long as it's written as an OC Pony story, and the pony doesnt use your name or such, then you'll avoid a lot of stigma from self-instertion (I always feel dirty saying that... >.<). 2. I admit to reading mostly Rainbow Dash fanfics ("a day with the wonderbolts" "skittles" "muffins" "a dashed reputation" "my little Dashie") though I did love "A future worth saving" which is a mane-6 story (but sadly is incomplete and close to 2 months since last update) I'm avoiding the Dr Whooves untill later since I'm not caught up on Dr Who and dont want spoilers (I am just waiting for somone to make a 'Jack Harkness' pony, that will make my day! lol) You lucky son of a... gun... I wish I could afford a Mac *is sick of windows getting viruses, and sick of Linux not runing 2/3 of software* oh well, one day... and I meant software like Audacity (waveforem editor), though if your going to do a lot of VA, you might want to look at Adobe Soundbooth (I think it's called that) and if you do animation, Adobe After Effects.

oh sweet celestia, do not get me started on my hatred of Apple's DRM. I loved my iTouch, I loved my iPad, but ultimately because of iTunes/DRM I'm now using an Asus eeePad and an HTC EVO 4G... (and honestly other than the keyboard/USB I'd rather have my iPad back, far superior device --- but I cant live with iTunes anymore) I understand apple's stance, but there are less destructive ways to impliment DRM... (not to mention all me non-DRM music I've ripped from CDs or gotten off amazon or w/e NEVER shows up with the right artist/title/etc in iTunes and over 15 years I've gotten a LOT of music...)

Oh geeze, that hurt my brain. periods are your friends! (lol I cant say much I've written massive runons too but... yeah...) 1. Chop it up, make it different stories. Dont make yourself a human, if you MUST self-insert, make youreslf a pony from Fillydephia, Manehatten, the distant future/past whatever. You can make it subtle enough that people dont realize it's a self-insertion and think it's just an OC story, that will kill the stigma. 2. Not familiar with Family (saw the story on ED but didnt read it yet - honesly at this point I've not read but a dozen or so fics) I miss NPR, they stopped broadcasting in my area around 5 years ago... but I'd suggest you look into audio editing software and try to fake the voices yourself. I've done 5 different projects over the years and had everyone from complete strangers to my then-fiance say they'll help me and never lift a finger. If you'd like some suggestions I had a really good program I used a while back I can try to dig up. (also I've noticed if you speak quietly it's easier to hit Pinky's pitch, then you just amplify the sound --- using this I can do a near-perfect fluttershy, a very good pinky, and a recognizable applejack (though it's clearly off in AJ's case so...YMMV))

1. I warn you right now, I'm NOT a fan of self-insesrtion fics. If you want to have that background character over there be you, that's fine, but not the hero (and dont feel bad, we've ALL done them, some of us many, many, many times... often with very low success rates). So I appologize for being biased. But other than that, you have some good ideas, I'd like to see an outline, and I for one would be more than glad to critique and give advice each step of the way. (I'd like to think others would, but if you look below us I have 3 story ideas already posted that are being ignored, so...) anyway, flesh it out and post a more detailed plot! Lets see what you've got! 2. I'm very mixed on the topic. I've seen some I loved and a lot that I hated... really depends on the story and your specific style and accent (not that an accent is bad, but I couldnt handle 4 hours of deep-south alabama, for instance --- but as a voice for AJ that would work well!) I just beg you to do us all a favor and DO NOT RECORD CUPCAKES!!!!

I figured it was a bug, the actual video wasnt fitting any aspect ratio I know of, and I've seen a 1080p video of that episode. In that case, the *only* issue was a touch of aliasing and that was because I was specifially looking for flaws, most would never notice it. Thanks I appreciate it, though so far I've gotten all the episodes, the fun part comes later if I ever get my animation program working and have to hunt down sound bytes...

Very nice, though there is a little aliasing at the end on the spires, and it's not standard 16:9 (my monitor is 16:9/1080p and I had black bars on top/bottom) but the latter might be Youtube's own formatting issues. I keep forgeting Youtube went HD, most of it's life it's been 280p or at best 480p so it's easy to forget they now go upto 1080p (of course this is only agreeing that Hasbro should kill youtube too so...) (*makes note of how well video is done and curses not learning After Effects*)

Yes, but...

Your quite right There was a LOT writen subtly into the story, anyone who did not take the time to really look at the details and style, should take a second look. Even if your not a fan of the story, the Author put a LOT more in there than most people notice at first.

You do realize your being a hypocrit, right? youtube is just as illegal as the other sites, it's just so low-quality most people ignore it and just chase down the HD sources.

The fandom has essentially sent that episode into Exiled From Canon, because dash was VERY off-character there, and the anachronism was out of control. Not to mention the whole plot was simply rediclous, even for MLP where a large chunk of logic gets thrown out the window each episode. (Dont get me wrong, I LOVE the series but I have to admit it has some major logic flaws)

I'm gonna say the same thing I said on ED: Ashton said... You gotta laugh a little at how all distrobution systems see "Our Country vs Not Our Country" (Dont think iTunes/USA is the only one, BBC is limited live streams to UK now and sure there are others) Personally, I think this is a stupid move as there are so many bronies outside the USA who have no legal means of watching it. Once again a company is unintentionally saying "I only want american fans" Also, keep in mind, we are not little girls (well AFAIK, some of you may be but certainly not most) so hasbro doesnt give two s***s about us. Even if we are buying merchandise we are not the target so they ignore us. Hasbro does NOT want MLP to become an "all ages" franchise, and chances are good they will KILL it upon end of S3 to ensure adults stop watching it (they already removed Faust from the project to slow it down!) Remember "No profit is better than somone else making profit" Anyway... the TLDR version: You cant stop piracy, every dig around more and you'll still find ponies, but this is the first sign that Hasbro has it in for us, get ready for the storm.

I just read that story last night. I must say it's one of the most powerful I've ever read, all night I would randomly see scenes play out and tears would fill my eyes. It really, honestly, was like I had been there, experiencing the same thing as the author. There were a few times when something didnt sit right and jolted me out, but overall it really, really, touched me deeply... I cant say I've ever read a fanfic that did that, and honestly I cant think of any professional books that have either...

I saw ponies invade the net, I had a few forum-friends who mentioned them and told me Id like the series, but I never paid them any attention and wrote it off as a "30 minute commerical" Then, I stumbled on their entry on TV Tropes and my interest was raised, but it took a little more proding from my closest friends. Finally I watched it, the first 5-7 minutes I was just sitting there saying 'its just a kids show, but it's a decent one, not as preachy as I was afraid of' and then I almost gaged and turned it off when AJ said "we Sho' do like makin' new friends" I thought the preaching had began, but Twilight's horrified reaction and the puns that followed kept be watching, less enthusiastic... ...Then I met Rainbow Dash... At that point I couldnt turn it off, and when 'Winter Wrap Up' came around I considered myself a full Brony! (And to this day, even with the events of May the Best Pet Win and Mare Do Well, Rainbow Dash has always been my favorite Pony with Twilight being #2.)

Of course! Always look there or Wikipedia lol I was too scared, then I failed multiple times, now I've given up. All romance in my lifes comes from movies/books/games/FFs. That is hilariously true.

I'm questioning that. We are a rather large demographic and really we have NOTHING (most of the Tshirt sites are 'fan made') In fact until recently I'm not sure Hasbro even admitted we exist - I think they were trying to keep MLP as a "little kids only" franchise. But with the update on their website, they're finally offically acknowledging us and I think we may see a few things now and then... (you'd think they would see this has the potential with so many demographics to be the next "Star Wars" as far as merchandising goes!)