Merrypaws

Eyugh, I hate liver!

Your father smells of elderberries!

Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

Why didn't I think of that?!

"Now go we content, to liberty, not to banishment." - William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

Ever hear the one about how Luna had to take over for a day, when Celestia wanted to see if she could run all the way through the palace garden before she finished singing 'I'm a little teapot', and she tripped over a frog on a unicycle?

Word.

Hemingway has also said that a short story should be like an iceberg: What you see is actually only the very tip, which only hints at all there really is to it. Here's a few more: "Aren't you overdoing it?" asked Pinkie. Celestia smiled. "Never in my lifetime." "Who knew Apple Jack could curtsey?" ... oh, pony, these things are addictive.

I recently learned something interesting: Ernest Hemingway was once dared to try and tell a complete story in only six words. According to a legend, it was a bar bet. He wrote: "For sale: baby shoes, never used." Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work. So, do any of you ponies think you could write MLP: FiM fanfiction in just six words? I tried, and this is what came out: "Twilight," said Spike, "happy Mother's Day."

Don't forget the cousin who runs a fancy restaurant over at Manehattan: Bon Apetit.

I'd turn right handed.

I'm the element of Indecisiveness. Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have made the font that color. Maybe red would've been better. Or light blue. Or should I have used a different font? Or maybe...

I agree entirely. The fic really seemed to have minimal connection to the characters. There was no emotional build up, just "Hi there!" *hack* *slash* If you changed the names some other details, like the references to cutie marks, the whole thing could almost be about anyone, from any series. When the actual gore started, my brain just shut down and refused to associate the text with the characters I knew, because the storytelling hadn't given me enough ground to believe that they could really behave like that. At that point it all became more or less just a string of words without any real meaning to me.

A thought that occurred to me while surfing YouTube and coming across this song: 'Black Horse and the Cherry Tree' by KT Tunstall http://youtu.be/PQmDUEv939A What song would you like to see as a pony vid?

Of course, you can do whatever you want... you don't have to join... if you... ummm.... don't want to....

Ooh, ooh, can I give the starter description? :grin:

Crossposted from DA. 'Cause Luna needs some love, too. We've pretty much gone through all the old fantasy cliches already, whatwith ancient curses, princesses, dragons and so on, so why not throw in a minstrel giving his fair lady a serenade under her balcony? This thing came out so sticky sweet that I'm almost ashamed of myself. To fully get in the mood, try imagining him singing this song: http://www.chivalry....redredrose.html

Honest? Pinkie Pie made me do it. No, REALLY. I was a fan of the old series as a kid, but I had no idea about the new series until one day I came across this picture on DeviantArt: http://americanninjax.deviantart.com/art/Pinkie-Pie-01-195723106 And I got curious and hit the Google. ...And that's how Equestria was made discovered.

If you'll allow me to sidetrack for a moment, I've kind of been wondering about the Princess and other royalty being alicorns. (All of you will just have to excuse me using that word. I really don't know what else to call them, and mash-up words like unisus just plain look dorky to me.) In Japanese folklore kitsunes, magical nine-tailed foxes, start out as regular foxes, but as they learn more magic, their lifetime extends. Once they reach the age of 100, they grow a new tail, like they will from then on every hundred years, until at the age of one thousand years they have nine tails, and are truly immortal. Perhaps the condition of being an alicorn is similar. They might well start as normal unicorns (since they seem to have a natural affinity to magic) and at some point, they reach a level of power where their magical ability manifests as wings, or other ways (like Celestia's eternally flowing mane).

I just about teared up at the Turtles-theme. The memories~~~.

I couldn't find a video for it, but mine would be 'Coyote Run' by a band by the same name.

Hmmm... I wonder what he'd look like without that vest... Oh! But leave the hat on. :heart:

Oh I'm Sorry! I didn't notice this thread before. I really... umm... sorry.

I might recommend the Firebringer trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce. The author manages to create an incredibly rich and multilayered world and culture for all her creatures considering how short the series was (my three paperbacks are about 200-250 pages each), and her rich and lyrical way with words always leaves me in awe.