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My power, my superior IQ (I already have)... Ehmmm, build robots, then enslave that robots, so they make animal energized robots, then assemble mechs and big robots, then plagiarize star wars building a Death Star with my semblance and launch it, collect 7 special Emeralds to feed it. Twiddle my toes waiting for a Porcupine and a magic fox come to stop me. Roast them and Om nom nom...

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Whatever you say, Eggman. Wouldn't it be easier to just unleash a monster that you lose control over each time?

Welcome to Canterlot! You mention that you race cars for fun; I'd love to know what type of racing cars you drive.

I don't doubt for a second that Lyra is pronouced Lie-rah.

These days, the best part of my day is usually lunch or dinner, because you can never go wrong with a good meal!

Was the ostrich named Stretch by any chance, MLPT? Stretch was one of the Beanies I sold last month, but I know TY loved to make multiple versions of the same animal. Case in point; at least three beanies I know of have been based off walruses.

Since when did chicken nuggets contain meat?

In all seriousness though... maybe ponies eat tofu nuggets?

Greetings! How long have you been a RPer for? And would you care to show us some of your doodles?

Hi there! Just curious, but is there a Mane 6 pony that you prefer above the others?

Princess Cadenza’s mention of the sale reminded Spin Tale of his original mission; to buy discounted fudge for himself! After all, it would be rude of him to enter the shop only to chat it up with royals without actually buying or tasting anything. The curator perked up as the princess finally mentioned who the unknown gentlecolt was; Polaris, Duke of Manehatten. Polaris was one of the less famous members of the royal court, but Dr. Tale read enough newspapers to know that the duke served as a diplomat for the Royal Court.

Once Princess Cadenza apologized for having her attention divided, Spin Tale saw his chance to temporarily depart from the conversation and get some fudge. “I also apologize for my split attentions, ma’am,” Dr. Tale smirked; “But that on-sale fudge you reminded me of looks rather tasty. I oughta’ get some while I still can before the line gets too big.” Giving a nod of courtesy to both the princess and the shy filly, Dr. Tale left the two to their own devices while he waited by the front counter, standing behind a new arrival who wore some sort of crazy flying machine. Since Duke Polaris was still in a conversation with Prince Blueblood, eating a large fudge scoop or two would be more than a suitable way to pass the time…

In all honesty, I can't answer this question. Unlike the Mane 6 in my humble opinion, the CMCs as individuals don't pass the Plinkett Test all that easily (ie. that one bit in the RLM Episode I review where those chaps have to describe characters using their personality alone). Ergo, I find it more difficult to prefer one CMC over the other without an absolute crystal-clear sense of their personality differences.

$40! The most we ever sold a Beanie Babie for was about $7 (Tabasco was the $7 one in case you were wondering), but then again, we try to undercut other sellers just so we can get rid of our Beanies.

Eh, now that I think about, it'd probably take time for Twilight and Cadance to realize that the Princess is the Crystal Heart. Otherwise, the plot synopsis would just have outright said that Twilight needed Cadance. So no, I don't think Cadance will get captured again.....

I hope.

Forgive me, but suddenly I now have a hankering for some of Jack's chicken strips.

But meh, I won't be impressed until I see a food product shaped like Discord.....

What if the "hidden Crystal Heart" is just a fancy way of saying Cadance?

That's right...... Cadance has a crystal heart cutie mark! But then why would Twilight need to search around for this Crystal Heart alone if it's actually Cadance?

Greetings! Is there a main pony that you prefer over the others, I wonder? Or maybe you like one of the other characters better?

So Cadance doesn't come from the Crystal Empire afterall. I'm kinda glad in a way; if the writers don't simply exile Cadance to some dead-end location to rule over, it'll still give her character the chance to be developed beyond just the standard 'pretty princess' stuff..... I hope.

SPOILERS AHOY!

Shout Factory: "In Adventures in the Crystal Empire, a magical empire has suddenly appeared in the arctic north of Equestria......" Well, I suppose the northern mountains on the official map were called the "Crystal Mountains" for an obvious reason, right?

Seeing this is a MLP forum, I was pondering if there are bronies out there who collect Beanie Babies? While I'm not a collector myself, my family "inherited" several boxes filled with Beanies several years ago, and now we're trying to sell them all... at least, try to sell the ones my mom doesn't keep for herself (ironic fact: she favors horse beanies). A few of them kinda look cool even to me, which is something I can't say with the official MLP toys. While we've had a couple of incidents regarding obsessive quality standands among buyers (we mark our products as "like-new but used"), overall things are running smoothly.

So, what does everyone else think about Beanie Babies? Does someone have a particular favorite they like?

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Roleplay Type: World of Equestria RP – Tier 3

Name: Ingrid Marie

Sex: Female

Age: Mare (middle-aged)

Species: Unicorn

Coat Color: Light gray

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Mane and tail are dark gray, with faint gray highlights running from front to back. Both the mane and tail are cut short.

Eye Color: Blue

Cutie Mark: A shining red apple.

Physique: Her size is average for a mare her age, but has slightly more natural muscle strength than the average unicorn due to her earth pony heritage.

Origin/Residence: Spent her early foalhood on a farm in the Solstice Heights, but currently resides in Canterlot.

Occupation: Guidance counselor for Princess Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns.

Motivation: To ensure that everypony attending Celestia’s school achieves academic, career and social success.

Likes: The School’s student body, tutoring, country life, gardening, hiking & camping

Dislikes: Serving on entrance exam panels, directionless students, ponies with elitist & populist attitudes, cacti & agaves

Character Summary: Ingrid Marie is in many ways a seldom seen combination of two different worlds. Her mother, an earth pony, traced her descent from one of Pokey Oaks’s brothers, while her unicorn father was the estranged son of a prominent Canterlot businessmare. Living on her family’s apple orchard in the Solstice Heights for the first few years of her life, Ingrid’s loving parents freely encouraged their daughter to use her unicorn powers to help out on the farm.

And use her magic the young Ingrid Marie did. The unicorn filly discovered that she had an affinity for “connecting” with plants, allowing her to figure out the specific needs of her family’s apple trees in order to bear the best fruit possible. Neighboring farmers didn’t think too highly of Ingrid’s ability at first, given the assumption that natural earth pony instincts could accomplish the same thing without fancy-schmancy horn magic. Ingrid did not let the naysayers get to her however, so the filly submitted apples she nurtured into a fruit-tasting competition in Canterlot. She won a respectable seventh place for her efforts, surprising given she was both a foal and a unicorn up against dozens of other local farmers. Proud of getting such an award, Ingrid Marie found herself rewarded with a shining red apple as her cutie mark that day.

Convinced that their daughter could do much more with her powers than work on a farm, Ingrid Marie’s enrolled her in Princess Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. While Ingrid herself was among the lower half of students as far as magical aptitude was concerned, her instructors took great interest in how she frequently helped other students develop their abilities to great success. Based on the recommendation of her guidance counselor, Ingrid chose to pursue a degree in education at Canterlot University after graduating from the School. The young mare paid her way through university working as a freelance magic tutor for foals attending Magic Kindergarten, and after many hard years earned her Ph.D.

Unfortunately, these formative years also saw Ingrid Marie losing her connection with her family and their way of life. Letting friendly jabs at her way of speaking get to her during her time at Celestia’s School, Ingrid purged herself of her country accent as a means to fit in. As a college student, Ingrid’s busier schedule kept her from visiting her parents often except for about two-to-three times a year. Yet it was Ingrid’s first professional job after graduating from college which completed the process of disconnecting herself almost entirely from her roots; a position as a magic instructor at Neighton Preparatory Academy.

A prestigious secondary school located in Canterlot with astronomically-high enrollment fees, Neighton Prep mainly serves to educate the children of many of the richest and most influential families in Equestria (those families that don’t rely on private tutors, that is). Ingrid's job at Neighton was a tough one; not only was she expected to teach the young nobleponies advanced magic spells regardless of their actual affinity, but also faced incessant scrutiny from their powerful parents who demanded only the best education possible. Instructors at Neighton like Ingrid were also expected to attend numerous high-society functions as part of their official duties of promoting the Academy. Even though the job's stressful workload kept Ingrid from keeping in touch with her mom and dad, it paid very well. Concerned, Ingrid's parents tried to convince their daughter to find a less soul-crushing place of employment; she had none of it though, and instead cut herself off from her family out of spite.

Ingrid Marie’s tenure at Neighton only lasted for a few brief-but-miserable years; her old guidance counselor from Celestia’s School did not forget about her, and upon retirement, hoofpicked Ingrid to be the next counselor. For Ingrid, being the school counselor was… and continues to be, a dream come true even if she makes much less money than at Neighton. The counselor loves nothing more than helping students refine their magical talents, seeking out educational and career opportunities for students and to assist those with difficulties in maintaining friendships with their classmates. If there is one part of the job that fustrates Counselor Marie to no end, it would be proctoring student entrance examinations; absolutely too many unicorn parents attempt to enroll their foals without bothering to ascertain if they are actually gifted in magical aptitude or not.

The most notorious incident involving such a “questionably-gifted” applicant was Twilight Sparkle, a blankflank who apparently convinced herself that it was her destiny to become a great magician. Adding to the situation’s absurdity, Princess Celestia herself made an extremely-rare last-minute change to the filly’s examination, ordering that a standard assessment test be replaced with the much more difficult task of hatching a dragon egg. Just as Counselor Marie and her fellow proctors expected, Twilight’s examination started poorly as the blankflanked filly utterly failed to hatch the egg. Just as Counselor Marie and the other proctors were ready to officially reject Twilight, a mysterious sonic rainboom occurred and provoked the filly to unleash the full extent of her powers. Among other things, Twilight’s outburst caused Ingrid to hover helplessly in the air and turned Twilight’s parents into a cactus and an agave. Fortunately, Princess Celestia arrived in time to bring the filly back under control and to take on Twilight as her personal student. Counselor Marie has total confidence in the Princess's ability to tutor the young prodigy; nonetheless, the counselor believes to this day that Twilight requires the assistance of all the School's resources to best control and harness her powers.

Now that many long years have passed since burning her bridges to the past, Ingrid Marie has finally begun to question the point of hiding her country roots. Ingrid is still very reluctant to face her mom and dad again, but she has considered getting herself acquainted with her distant Apple family relatives, whom she never got a chance to know well even in her foalhood (her relatives on her father’s side pretend that he and his family don’t exist, as they never approved of her dad’s choices in life). While Counselor Marie has no intention of ditching her beloved job to spend the rest of her life back in the countryside, she has taken up gardening and outdoor excursions as hobbies to help her reconnect with nature and to sharpen her special magic abilities, which she hadn't had a real need for since foalhood. Just don’t show Ingrid any cacti or agaves at all; they bring back unpleasant memories of the Twilight Incident…..

I'm still wondering if they'll ever give the second Edgeworth game a US release....

Confessions, confessions.......

• When I first signed up on the forums, I couldn't decide between Twilight, Rainbow, and Pinkie for best pony. Nowadays, I firmly believe that Twi is best pony.
  
• Also when I first signed up, I wasn't sure if I would actually enjoying RPing, seeing that I've done so little of it in the past. I've since decided the RPing is... fun
  
• Related to the first confession, the only shipping material I care about at all involves Twilight.
  
• I make every effort to hide from people I know in real-life my connection to the MLP fandom.
  

Is it just me, or does this ad for the MLP comic make you want to shout "The End Is Neigh"?

Makes me wonder if that's just a cover art thing or will that be a temporary or even permanent change to the six?

I'm sure it's just a temporary thing for some special Crystal Empire function or something. I don't think AJ could live very long without wearing her hat.

Upcoming DVD cover incoming:

I suppose we can expect at least a two-parter in the Crystal Empire, eh?