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Double post=double fun. All that stuff edited. It makes me laugh that I just can't win with my apps...they're either too long, so I make them brief, and then they're too short.....*sigh*

I think this applies to every fan community. Sure. there's always going to be the weirdos who end up with a fettish for the fandom, rather than the passionate love for it that most have, and that is always going to be what the media looks for in a fandom. ALWAYS. It's called 'dirty laundry' for a reason. It's all news systems are interested in. They don't see 'anime', they see 'hentai, pervy japanese guys, slutty con-goers'. They don't see 'furries', they see 'freaks, zoophiles and pedos'. The media digs up the dark side of a community, no matter how pure the source, or what the original idea is. BECAUSE the media emphasizes this, it forces normal fans to reconsider their status as that show/thing's fan, as it makes them look bad. I think, if anything, it should empower us, as bronies, even MORE to try to erase any sort of bad name either the media or the mass amount of 'bad brony material' that the said 'bad bronies' can dig up by standing behind the true message of the show, love and friendship. It's truly a pure message, as a certain Bob Marley said, "The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I?" That being said, I'm not going to dictate artists, such as myself, for what they depict, whether X-rated or not. Communities cannot exist without the balance of 'dark' material as opposed to light. There is no such thing as a 'heaven' of any sort of community. Even religion. ..... But I'm not even gonna go there.

Some added. I'd like to avoid direct show references, as this is a 'pwofessionaw enviwoment' and I can't go saying words people don't know like 'Equestria' or 'Celestia' or even direct pony names. ;3

"Stupid..."Holly sniffled, and stood up, running up to the griffon and putting her front hooves on him, and pounded them on him repeatedly--not hard enough to hurt, just wimpy, sobby hits, "Stupid, stupid, stupid!! Why..." She leaned her head against his fluffy chest with a light 'poff', shoulders quivering as she continued to cry, "Why would you do something so sweet?" She slipped off his chest, coming back down to four legs, and her rump slouched to the ground. She began to openly sob now, wailing as tears streamed down her face. After a good long wail, she managed to gasp and sniff her way back into focusing on the griffon, rubbing her eyes with her hooves in vain, as tears were coming down faster than she could catch them, "Ah....why'd you have to.....Ah already.....you big dope!...." She couldn't stop the tears from rolling, but she managed to sniffle up enough to stop hyperventalating and look at the griffon, "Guh--go....go head. Say what you have to say...." Tears still rolled down her cheeks like waterfalls, but she held back the sobs as she looked at the griffon, eyes glimmering as she bawled.

Okay, thing is, I work at a company where I frequently need to read off examples of letters, i.e. 'D for Dog' or 'P for Pony' I REAALLY want to have a pony reference for each letter. HALP me think of some, so I can do my job better! 'G for George' is boring! I wanna do G for Griffon! A-Apple! Apples, appley apples* B-Bubbles, as in Derpy's cutie mark, Buffalo, Butterfly, Bon Bon C-Cat, as in Opal, colt, corral D-dog, as in Winona, Diamond E-Equine, Earth* F-filly, foal, friendship, finish, fancy G-Griffon, Gallop, golden, grand, gala, generosity H-Horse* I-??* J-Jack (as in Applejack!), jump, jocky, Junebug K -kindness* L -Luna, Lunar, laughter, loyalty M - Magic, Macintosh/Mac* N-Neigh* O - Octave (as in Ocatvia), Opal* P -Pony (obviously), pegasus* Q - Quill, quarter* R- Rare (as in Rarity reference), or Rainbow* S- Spike* T-Tank, tortoise, turtle, tail, train U-Unicorn* V-Voodoo, valley, victory W-winter, whinny, wicker* X- ???* Y- yay* Z- Zebra* I can has halp nao plz? EDIT: Starred letters are ones I'd like more words for, though if you think of words for un-starred letters, feel free to include them! EDIT: Again, I must reiterate, keep this PROFESSIONAL, this is my JOB. I cannot say things like 'YOUR FACE' to customers, or long phrases like 'I love you.' :3 I'm trying to liven up my work environment, and I'm countin' on you guys to be CREATIVE!

[[but...that doesn't affect my post count, silly!]] Holly sighed with relief as she read the letter. Finally! Back to the garden! She bet the griffon had some sort of special dinner created...or maybe a fun evening planned...or maybe he'd bought her another pendant! She loved the one she got for Hearth's Warming. It was so sweet! But, boy was she tired! Her mane was a wreck, her nerves were fried, and her brain was frazzled. She called to the dog with a sigh, "Bucky.....can mama have a ride?" She made a pouty face, and the dog trotted over to her, allowing her to climb up on his back, "Just till we get out of Canterlot...." She let her hooves swing down at the dogs sides, and the dog loped down the streets of Canterlot calmly, panting lazily. As the woods neared, Holly slipped off of him and trotted next to him, making her way through the trees confidently, towards the site that was her garden. She stopped just short of the garden. She saw something poking up above the trees. Was that...a roof? Well, it didn't have all it's shingles yet, but it was definitely a roof....had she gotten lost somehow? She supposed she hadn't been paying much attention, but she knew the route by heart. She trotted forward more slowly, careful that she might be trespassing on somepony's property. Then her garden came into view....and....as she peered around the tree line, a house--a naked house--rose up before her. It didn't have window panes, shingles or even siding yet. But there it was. An adorable, wooden, house. "Wh...what....what is this...?" her lower legs caved and she stared dumbfounded at the home, not even noticing as Buck wiggled past her and headed for Gladwin. Her forehooves, too, began to slowly slip down in front of her, her eyes quivering with shock, and her mouth agape. She could think of nothing else to do but cry. She hicced, and buried her face between her forehooves, sobbing quietly.

[[editted yo. I posted this so ya would know. XD]]

[[i don get it. O_o]] Holly was certainly confuzzled by this clue...a square? A wet place? She didn't quite get it...the hot spring, maybe? It being the only thing she could think of, she headed into town, calling Buck after herself, and waving a hoof at the fillies. She trotted into town, unsure whether or not she was going the right way. She trotted into the inn curiously, looking around for the twin innkeepers. She wasn't 100% certain on this clue, so she was hoping to ask them if Gladwin had come through here. "Excuse me? Innkeepers?" She called softly, wary of the completely empty inn. While she waited for a response, she tried to rethink the letter, and pulled it out of her pack once more, and unfolded it again, and noticed that the bottom of the letter had an ever-so-tiny crease in it. Upon pulling the tiny crease open, she found the additional mention on the note: It's where we met Colton and Flux for a double date ." Holly squinted at the note incredulously. DUH! The fountain! How could she be so stupid! "C'mon, buck!" She flipped on her rear hooves and ran out of the inn, galloping off towards the fountain, the dog loping along behind her, panting softly. FINALLY, she arrived at the fountain, and looked around everywhere. She searched high and low, watched for ponies that looked like they may be part of this...checked the figures in the statue. She was just about to give up when a glimmer of setting sunlight gave a flash of light to something at the bottom of the pool. She jumped into the fountain, not caring who saw her. Now she was dirty, mane frazzled, strung out thinner than a toothpick, and WET to top it all off. She waded towards the shimmer, and at the bottom of the pool, weighted down by a couple of bits, was a plastic baggy, with a little note inside, "URRGH!" She dove her face into the cold water and grabbed the note before clambering out of the fountain and pulling it out of the bag with her teeth, and then magicking the letter open...

I strongly agree with this, but I also differ from it a little. I believe that unreciprocated love would be considered obsession, and not true 'love' in order for at least MY definition of 'love' to exist, there has to be some sort of emotional response from the thing/being that is being loved. To be 'in love', in my opinion, is to have a meeting point of love. Where you love, and are loved in return, in a way only associated with that individual, and not felt towards anything or anything else. I am currently 'in love' with my boyfriend. He loves me, and I love him in return. The idea of being with anypony else doesn't process in my mind. When I imagine losing him, I almost cry. When he is sad, I cheer him up. When we get angry, we forgive eachother. This is being 'in love'. I love my dogs as children, and they love me as their caretaker. That does not make me 'in love' with them. I love my little pony toys, but again, I am not 'in love' with them, as they feel nothing in reciprocation towards me. I firmly believe that loving an inanimate object, a fictional character, or even say...being in love with a sheep, which does not even have the capacity to feel love, is NOT love. It's obsession, and would be considered a form of insanity, if only a minor one. But all it takes is a minor one to become a major one, and then....the next CSI episode.

Holly sighed, remembering...not so fondly, when she had almost drowned outside of Canterlot. Now that she thought about the note, she began to wonder. Where on earth was her dog? Perhaps he was off with Gladwin...she just hoped he hadn't gotten lost.... She debated whether or not to head outside of Canterlot, or whether she would seek the dog. Thinking back, she hadn't seen the animal since early in the morning...when she and Gladwin had taken separate paths. She had been so caught up in finding notes, she hadn't noticed when he was no longer with her this morning in the square. The more she thought about it, the more she worried. 'Calm down, Holly...he's fine....he's just....with Gladwin somewhere, right?' She took a few deep breaths, fighting back the tears that came to her eyes, "Yeah, he's fine. Fine! Ah got clues to get!" Forcing the thought away, she headed out of Canterlot, quick on her hooves. As she got out to the sunny fields of Canterlot, she looked everywhere to find the note, and off, far in the distance, in the center of the not-so frozen lake, was a certain black dog, paddling about like he was having the time of his life, the ball of some fillies in his jowels, "BUCK!" She galloped the long distance to the lake remarkably fast, again her natural ability for speed coming into play as she ran towards her swimming pet, arriving just as he got out of the water and shook off onto the squealing fillies, "Miss, is this yur doggy? He's fun! Can we have a ride?" Holly laughed, and nodded, "Of course you can! He loves kids...in fact...he loves everypony! Well....cept for this one mare in Canterlot with a chihuahua......" she shook off the memory of the dog growling at the stranger, "But that's not ya'll, so he'd love to give ya'll a ride!" Just as the fillies were clambering onto the dog, she noticed the sealed barrel around his neck, and smiled. Gladwin was smarter than he looked! She magicked the collar off the dog, just to slip the barrel off, and open the letter, glancing back and forth from it to the dog as it gave the children rides....

What Holly Dash pic? *innocent face* It's too inappropriate, so it no exist here. I'll whip somethin' up for you. Probably later tonight or tomorrow.

OMIGOSH!! I like work more now..... Me: *wearing 'Brony' RD shirt on casual Friday* Random female coworker: .........I like your shirt. Me: Uh...thanks, *coworker's name*.... RFC: ...did you see the Pinkie Pie one they had? Me: Yeah, but I didn't like the quote, she never says that in the....wait, what? RFC: Brohoof! *puts up fist* Me: O_O. . . *slowly raises fist, coworker bumps it* RFC: Sorry, my break's over! Me: O_O......O_O.....O_O..... ......... ಠωಠ!

I do love drawin' me some pinkie pie. I might get in on this. What exactly did you have in mind? Or....do you have absotootly no clue? Just...Pinkie being Pinkie?

....that doesn't answer the question of can ponies transform other ponies. Or themselves, for that matter. Like....could you make a pony character that can transform into a putty tat on a whim?

Um....huh. This sort of contradicts everything I've ever learned in equine studies. Except the last part, that is esentially exactly what I said before. This confuses me, as it contradicts actual fact. First fillies/colts/foals are synonymous, then foal is only babies, then back to synonymous. Bottom line, a foal is a young horse. More accurately, y'know what just...here: WIki did a pretty good job of explaining that. -_-' these terms, while I wouldn't use 'yearling' or 'weanling' necessarily in ponyverse, but that gives a good definition.

hmmm.....I donno about this...this opens up a whole new, unnecessary dimension of ponies. I mean....if this is allowed, whose to stop 'wereponies' and 'vampire ponies' and the like? Where does it stop? I'd say, sure, it's okay to transform a mouse into a horse, but not a pony into a mouse. If that makes sense. But that's just my opinion. I'd definitely wait for mod input.

FINALLY!!! It was nearly 2pm! Holly had finished her eclairs FOREVER ago, and was actually reading the NEWS she was so bored. Finally, the tired-looking stallion trotted over to her table, a slight smile on his face, "Uh...sorry about the wait, Holly." She was a little surprised he knew her name, "Oh it's....uh...it's no problem...uh..." Holly smiled kindly, if not awkwardly, "...Joe." He chuckled. Everypony thought his name was funny. Even he did. He reached around and pulled an envelope, stained with some spilt coffee and smelling of sugar, from his apron pocket, "Sorry it's a little messy. Hopefully the ink didn't run." She waited until he waved and moved off before she opened the envelope and dove into the letter...