Friendship is Magic ~ The My Little Pony Fan Club Page 50

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Pinkie-Dawn

Vampire Waifu

Age 30
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California
Seen February 16th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2019
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I found this impressive theory from /mlp/ regarding the finale:

Spoiler:
After today's episode of MLP:FIM, Twilight's Kingdom, So many have jumped on the Discord hate wagon. "After a betrayal like that, he doesn't deserve to have friends!" they say, but how narrow minded they are. If they had paid attention, they would realize that Discord masterminded the whole thing.

Let's examine what we know from the episode. It opens with Twilight feeling like a useless princess. It is revealed that Discord was chosen to hunt down Tirek because he has a sophisticated magic radar. Using this, discord was able to figure out where and what the keys were, and he also knew what was inside the box. He also knew Twilight was the only one who did not get her key yet.

Everything is in place, and it's time for Discord to put his master plan into action. Discord is very, very old, and clearly had past dealing with Tirek, so he is aware of Tirek's character and personality. Discord pretends to fall for Tirek's temptations and to trust him. As Tirek absorbs more and more magic, Discord knows the princesses would have to pool their magic to have a chance of defeating him. Naturally, twilight, being the element of magic, would be chosen as the focus. It's no coincidence that Discord just happens to leave a single window unaltered in the castle, the one depicting a 4th princess.


Now, Discord has to keep up the appearance of genuinely betraying his pony friends, not only to fool Tirek, but to fool Twilight. He puts up a very convincing act when he is "suddenly and unexpectedly" betrayed. Remember when he revealed such very specific information about the keys earlier? It's no coincidence that he just happened to be the one to give twilight her key. Let's take a look at the other keys. The Mane 6 pony learns a lesson and receives a related item from another pony after they both learned a lesson about that specific element. But what does the other pony matter? It's not like they are linked to the elements of harmony at all. The magic of the keys must come solely from their respective Mane 6 pony. This ensured that when Discord gave Twilight the amulet, that she would turn it into a key, even though Discord didn't actually have to learn anything. And now, with that key, they open the box and use the powers within (which Discord knew about) to defeat Tirek. Twilight gets her own kingdom and feels useful again. All discord has to do is not gloat and take credit.


Let's recap: Discord plays the fool, and pretends to betray his friends and be suddenly backstabbed, all as part of his master plan to simultaneously defeat Tirek, restore Twilight's confidence, and get her a kingdom of her own.

Arylett Charnoa

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Hello! I am a new person come to join your club. Ponies are all I ever draw these days and all people wanna see out of me. And whilst I'm not the biggest fan of the show, it's still nice for a good bit of entertainment. Particularly the Season Finale.

Username: Arylett Dawnsborough

Your Favorite Pony of the Mane 6: Applejack

Additional Information: I like Applejack because she is what I aspire to be. Fluttershy was once my favorite pony due to a beautiful design (which still holds up, but I also love Applejack's design) and having an accurate depiction of shyness in the earlier episodes. But now, Applejack. She's calm and just that sort of pony I'd like to hang around. In a mind of neurosis like mine, I need a sane mare to hang around. Also, her color scheme includes red, my favorite color. And she has TWO accessories. I have a thing for ponies with accessories. My ponysona has three. Also, I really like her mane. No seriously, I do.

I got into MLP funnily enough from another Pokemon forum. People were blabbing about it and had avatars everywhere. It was quite jarring. Somebody posted a link to an episode and I decided to give it a look. The first episodes weren't that great, but I was entranced anyway. Could not stop watching for reasons I still don't quite understand to this day. I was entertained and that's all that mattered. Also, whilst I at first hated the art style, it grew on me tremendously and is now one of my favorites that I try to emulate on a day-to-day basis and succeed with relatively decently after several years practice. In fact, the art style is one of the best things about the show in my opinion and the reason I'm still kind of active in the fandom. The rest, as they say, is history.

Now, for my thoughts on the Season Finale... I thought it was good. Not as great as Canterlot Wedding, which is my favorite episode of all time. But much better than Magical Mystery Cure. To go into spoiler-y territory:

Spoiler:
Part of the reason I didn't like it so much was that the pacing, as in many MLP episodes that try an epic story, was too fast near the end. Canterlot Wedding in my opinion is the only one that had semi-decent ending pacing. It was much better than Magical Mystery Cure because they actually had time to do things, but to just see Tirek defeated all of a sudden by horribly-designed rainbow ponies (wow, that sounds so ridiculous out of context) was a bit jarring. Especially considering all the build-up we had about his character as this evil end-all villain. Also, the episode was a bit too Twilight-centric for my liking. Sure, it focused on the Mane Six as a whole for various moments, but I still felt as though it was more on Twilight and her Princesshood than their friendship. And it makes little sense because her Princesshood is BASED on friendship, so this should've been a more ensemble episode.

Other than those issues, I enjoyed the battle sequence thoroughly It was violent and nothing I'd ever expect out of My Little Pony. The whole way through, I had chills and felt so satisfied by the scope and power of the attacks. To see an alicorn actually USING all that magic for offensive purposes, high-energy beams blasted with intense force... it was deeply satisfying. It was, simply put, epic. And my favorite part of the episode.

As for Discord, he was all right. But I felt they forgave his betrayal a bit too quickly. In comparison to their reaction to him, that is. At first, every was super upset and angry at him for rightfully being a bit of a jerk. That includes the Mane Six and Twilight. Then he gets his powers drained and they turn around and forgive him all of a sudden. I guess they could've just been sympathetic that he was betrayed by Tirek and felt bad for him for having his expectations of friendship from the guy derailed, but I kind of saw it as being his just-desserts for teaming up with such an untrustworthy fellow in favor of his friends.

Oh well, though. I know I'm overthinking things. It was still an awesome episode and pretty much satisfied and answered many things. It addressed that Twilight has basically been doing nothing the whole season and foreshadows more significant princess duties for the future, as well as her friends being right by her side for those duties making things happy goods. Here's to hoping that Season 5 will be way better than Season 4.

destinedjagold

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Season 4 finalé...
Spoiler:
Twilight's trouble of her purpose and princess she was were also the questions that crept in my mind after the Season 3 finalé. Of course, it was obvious that she'll be the Princess of Books Friendship, but the 24 episodes of Season 4 didn't really deal with that question. So it kept on echoing in my head.

But anyway, this season's finalé is really great, epic, and wonderful!

My youngest brother actually watched with me this time because of the unexpected and epic battle between Tirek and Twilight Sparkle! xD
I mean, wtf?! Dragon Ball battles! xD

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Hope everyone liked the season finale! I was up at 2 am catching up on the last episode, and the two parter finale. To be honest, WOW. I think it was worth watching it at 2 am. xD

I shall post a brief review later.What are everyone's plans for the dry season? We still got the new EQG movie coming soon!

Also, will update the OP later on today!

Cura

I see nothing! I know nothing!

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Seen April 13th, 2021
Posted April 13th, 2021
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15 Years
What are everyone's plans for the dry season? We still got the new EQG movie coming soon!
Eh, I'm mostly waiting on my time. I'll draw, write, ect.... do anything to pass the time. Since the freaking state I live in has zero percent of jobs at the moment (but gotta keep on trying!).

I might actually restart my Pokemon Sapphire in the light of the remake announcement, though; however pony-wise, I'll keep writing my current story on the matter. :)

destinedjagold

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...I forgot to mention something my bro and I pointed out and laughed at during the near end of the finalé...
Spoiler:
Twilight and the gang MEGA EVOLVED! XD


Anyway, on the topic of [What are everyone's plans for the dry season?], well, I'll just keep on reading fanfics.
There's a very wonderful fanfic over fimfiction: The Austraeoh series. It has daily updates and full of action! ^^

Brendino

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Posted April 6th, 2023
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13.4 Years
I shall post a brief review later.What are everyone's plans for the dry season? We still got the new EQG movie coming soon!
Like I said before, I kind of feel like I jumped in to everything at a bad time, seeing as how close it was to the end of this season when I started watching. I'll probably go back and watch all of the episodes again over the next couple of months, except I won't be watching 5-6 a night like I was before. I definitely won't be doing it when I'm half asleep again either, as I'm sure a lot of good moments passed right by me.

I found this impressive theory from /mlp/ regarding the finale:
Spoiler:
After today's episode of MLP:FIM, Twilight's Kingdom, So many have jumped on the Discord hate wagon. "After a betrayal like that, he doesn't deserve to have friends!" they say, but how narrow minded they are. If they had paid attention, they would realize that Discord masterminded the whole thing.

Let's examine what we know from the episode. It opens with Twilight feeling like a useless princess. It is revealed that Discord was chosen to hunt down Tirek because he has a sophisticated magic radar. Using this, discord was able to figure out where and what the keys were, and he also knew what was inside the box. He also knew Twilight was the only one who did not get her key yet.

Everything is in place, and it's time for Discord to put his master plan into action. Discord is very, very old, and clearly had past dealing with Tirek, so he is aware of Tirek's character and personality. Discord pretends to fall for Tirek's temptations and to trust him. As Tirek absorbs more and more magic, Discord knows the princesses would have to pool their magic to have a chance of defeating him. Naturally, twilight, being the element of magic, would be chosen as the focus. It's no coincidence that Discord just happens to leave a single window unaltered in the castle, the one depicting a 4th princess.


Now, Discord has to keep up the appearance of genuinely betraying his pony friends, not only to fool Tirek, but to fool Twilight. He puts up a very convincing act when he is "suddenly and unexpectedly" betrayed. Remember when he revealed such very specific information about the keys earlier? It's no coincidence that he just happened to be the one to give twilight her key. Let's take a look at the other keys. The Mane 6 pony learns a lesson and receives a related item from another pony after they both learned a lesson about that specific element. But what does the other pony matter? It's not like they are linked to the elements of harmony at all. The magic of the keys must come solely from their respective Mane 6 pony. This ensured that when Discord gave Twilight the amulet, that she would turn it into a key, even though Discord didn't actually have to learn anything. And now, with that key, they open the box and use the powers within (which Discord knew about) to defeat Tirek. Twilight gets her own kingdom and feels useful again. All discord has to do is not gloat and take credit.


Let's recap: Discord plays the fool, and pretends to betray his friends and be suddenly backstabbed, all as part of his master plan to simultaneously defeat Tirek, restore Twilight's confidence, and get her a kingdom of her own.
Aha! I'm glad that I'm not the only one that was thinking the same thing after watching the finale.

Pinkie-Dawn

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Age 30
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California
Seen February 16th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2019
9,528 posts
10.5 Years
I shall post a brief review later.What are everyone's plans for the dry season? We still got the new EQG movie coming soon!
I'll be hyping up for E3 2014 and go to SeaWorld to celebrate my graduation from community college. I'll also find some interesting pony-related fan arts, gifs, comics, and videos I can find at derpibooru and youtube. Like this for instance:

Spoiler:


Makes it more interesting, if you get the reference of course, is that he was wearing a police outfit before during that scene.

Arylett Charnoa

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Seen January 5th, 2023
Posted October 18th, 2017
1,130 posts
9.2 Years
What are everyone's plans for the dry season? We still got the new EQG movie coming soon!
Well, I'm just gonna keep drawing ponies and making button designs of them. Kind of have to, really. Then I'll probably just lurk in related pony places. And maybe, just maybe, I'll start making Youtube episode reviews with my boyfriend. So much to say, and so many strange opinions I have that tend to be uncommon. (For instance, my dislike of Pinkie Pride.) Oh and I'll be going to some sort of convention in the area that isn't really all that well-known. (Grand Brony Gala)
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During the period between seasons, I'm going to work on mostly non-pony related things. Though I might poke a little at the fanfic idea I have for the show, but that isn't a main focus.

There is a good possibility that I'll read more pony fics. I have five different stories open in separate tabs on my tablet that were recommended (mostly by brony critic, Tommy_Oliver) by people.

With these dry seasons, ponies tend to drift out of my life. After a few months, I'll suddenly remember that there's this show I used to watch about rainbow-colored horses and then I'll start looking up information for when the show will return.

As for the finale:
Spoiler:
The fight scene was awesome.

Twilight's library being blown up was decidedly not awesome. The replacement home doesn't really fit in with anything. Twi's old home was comfortable, a staple of Ponyville that she made her own. Anyone would enjoy spending time in the library's solitude and quiet, tucked into a little alcove with a book.

Now she lives in a rock castle with jagged points. The inside looks like a dungeon. And no books. Harsh.

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Arsenic

Flying High

Age 26
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In the skies
Seen April 13th, 2022
Posted August 28th, 2020
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11.9 Years
Hay! I'm a new member for your group (hopefully). Unfortunately I don't have much to say here.

Username: Animus

Favorite Pony: Fluttershy (go figure ^ )

Other: Why do I like Fluttershy? Because I feel like she is like how I act. I'm not very talkative and can be very timid. You can probably tell by me not having much to say.

I guess I can talk about how I was Bronified (Ha)

I stumbled onto pony via the music side. I began listening to non-pony material made by pony artists, like Tombstone, and Vinyl. Then came the tracks that were in the pony universe but not directly episode related. Finally I landed on the episode remixes and whatnot which I didn't understand the context of so I Watched a couple episodes whilst downloading a game (Black Mesa: Source). I could feel the want for more after but I didnt want to be a brony at the time, so I shot it out of my head with Black Mesa (Best game ever of all time). It worked too! 6 months later I gave it a second chance and here I am a year after that 6 months. I've been to the wierdest parts of ponydom (Cloudsdale.org anyone?) and back. Looking for somewhere pony to settle down now. Hoping to be here on this site where I stopped trying to repress myself to be 'cool'.

~Animus

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Oh, hey there, Animus & Arylett! Welcome to the club! :)

OKAY, now my thoughts on the finale. Sorry for the delay and such. xD

Spoiler:
I would say this was the most epic finale since the Canterlot Wedding!! It's like...they added so many references to this special, such as the DragonballZ-style fight that we all witnessed. Also, the Rainbow Power was also expected for me because McDonalds already spoiled the toys, and a few peeps spoiled pictures of Rainbow Power, so we all know what was coming. xD Overall, Twilight's new kingdom was...unexpected for me because I was hoping they would make her library her actual kingdom, and I'm also glad her friends (and Discord) are part of the kingdom. Who knows what will happen in Season 5!~

Pinkie-Dawn

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It's like racism against dragons
Discord's a dragon too, but a different type, and yet his name's included in the image, so it can't be racism against dragons.

Meganium

memento mori

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
MLP fandom needs to show more Spike love tbh. xD Hopefully in Season 5 there's more of that, and we can also see more of Spike being a hero just like how he was in Season 3's opener!

Isn't Discord part dragon though?

Universe

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Posted November 16th, 2016
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Hey guys! Would it be okay to join in on the discussion? I've recently gotten back into watching FiM and I'm kinda itching to talk about it.

Username:
MilkFlavored but you can call me Milk.
Your Favorite Pony of the Mane 6: Twilight Sparkle.
Additional Information: Well, I've been a MLP fan since I was tiny. Always adored My Little Pony, so naturally I fell into the idea of FiM quite easily! First heard about it years ago on Deviantart when I saw some people posting artwork of it on the front page. I remember thinking to myself, "Oh, there's a new MLP season? Wow that's cool I should go watch it." And I promptly stayed up for a few hours that night shoveling my face with Doritos and watching the first few episodes of FiM. Needless to say, I really enjoyed it! Uhm, my favorite pony changes actually, but I think I might be set on Twilight this time. I can relate to her, and I enjoy the fact that she became an alicorn as well as a princess as time went on. I always knew she would be since day 1.

Also, the season finale was pretty neat. I really enjoyed Discord being around and the designs for the 'Rainbowfied' ponies.
Might have to draw me some Rainbowfied Twilight Sparkle sometime!

" Catchphrase! "

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Hey guys! Would it be okay to join in on the discussion? I've recently gotten back into watching FiM and I'm kinda itching to talk about it.

Username:
MilkFlavored but you can call me Milk.
Your Favorite Pony of the Mane 6: Twilight Sparkle.
Additional Information: Well, I've been a MLP fan since I was tiny. Always adored My Little Pony, so naturally I fell into the idea of FiM quite easily! First heard about it years ago on Deviantart when I saw some people posting artwork of it on the front page. I remember thinking to myself, "Oh, there's a new MLP season? Wow that's cool I should go watch it." And I promptly stayed up for a few hours that night shoveling my face with Doritos and watching the first few episodes of FiM. Needless to say, I really enjoyed it! Uhm, my favorite pony changes actually, but I think I might be set on Twilight this time. I can relate to her, and I enjoy the fact that she became an alicorn as well as a princess as time went on. I always knew she would be since day 1.

Also, the season finale was pretty neat. I really enjoyed Discord being around and the designs for the 'Rainbowfied' ponies.
Might have to draw me some Rainbowfied Twilight Sparkle sometime!
Welcome, Milk! I really adore Twilight Sparkle and how far she has come during Season 4. We've all seen her grow up from a little filly with a gift to becoming one of Equestria's princesses. I can relate to her so well with her love of books, like for example, I went to the public library just yesterday, picking out a lot of books :D. I'm also very studious as well, just like her.

It's also nice that you enjoy her being an Alicorn as well, I do as well! I wasn't fond at first, but the show writers did extremely well in adding in her flaws and expressing them in every episode during Season 4.

Cura

I see nothing! I know nothing!

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Mount Coronet
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Posted April 13th, 2021
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15 Years
(Hey there MilkFlavored!)

Here is a strange question for everyone, if you are or are not an artist.

Have you ever stopped and looked at Derpibooru or with MLP image boards and see the explicit artwork of your favorite characters? This is for those who do not draw or do commissions.

I, on the other hand/hoof do draw and there is times where I am asked to draw 'My Little Porny' (Thats the actual name); even commissioned to draw this.... and most of the time, my kindhearted and gentle nature goes against this and I cancel out. Does one who draws feels this way?

I mean, I've had some nasty and cruel words thrown at me because of this, but I can't see Pinkie Pie and a non-pony (ahem, human) doing the nasty (I am being very censor-like since I do not want to break the PC Rules); its just against my nature and mindset, plus that is straight-up bestiality/zoophilla. :\

Does anyone think I am in the wrong for cancelling out on the commission and what's your opinion on the matter (forgive me if this is a strange topic question, I am just curious and in need to get this off my chest).

Universe

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Posted November 16th, 2016
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9.6 Years
Welcome, Milk! I really adore Twilight Sparkle and how far she has come during Season 4. We've all seen her grow up from a little filly with a gift to becoming one of Equestria's princesses. I can relate to her so well with her love of books, like for example, I went to the public library just yesterday, picking out a lot of books :D. I'm also very studious as well, just like her.

It's also nice that you enjoy her being an Alicorn as well, I do as well! I wasn't fond at first, but the show writers did extremely well in adding in her flaws and expressing them in every episode during Season 4.
Thank you very much, Minerva!

Ohh yes. I absolutely adore what they've done with Twilight Sparkle and her character development. To think that she used to be an anti-social bookworm unicorn who was very hesitant about making friends.. and now she's a lovely alicorn princess with five irreplaceable friends and bonds like no other! It's just amazing what all she's been through to get where she is now.

Also, 'Princess of Friendship'. Worthy title, if you ask me!

(Hey there MilkFlavored!)

Here is a strange question for everyone, if you are or are not an artist.

Have you ever stopped and looked at Derpibooru or with MLP image boards and see the explicit artwork of your favorite characters? This is for those who do not draw or do commissions.

I, on the other hand/hoof do draw and there is times where I am asked to draw 'My Little Porny' (Thats the actual name); even commissioned to draw this.... and most of the time, my kindhearted and gentle nature goes against this and I cancel out. Does one who draws feels this way?

I mean, I've had some nasty and cruel words thrown at me because of this, but I can't see Pinkie Pie and a non-pony (ahem, human) doing the nasty (I am being very censor-like since I do not want to break the PC Rules); its just against my nature and mindset, plus that is straight-up bestiality/zoophilla. :\

Does anyone think I am in the wrong for cancelling out on the commission and what's your opinion on the matter (forgive me if this is a strange topic question, I am just curious and in need to get this off my chest).
Absolutely and 100% not wrong for deciding against drawing that. Here's the thing, hun.
You are the artist, you draw the art, you have your own tastes and your own preferences in everything you create. If the art you're commissioned to do is not tasteful, something you disagree with, or just too much for you, you have absolutely every right to deny it. Because it doesn't matter how much you're paid, how much you're begged, in the end, you are the artist. You're the one who has to deal with creating that piece and the one who has to stare at it for the length of your working time.

If you don't wish to do it, that's not your fault. So don't blame yourself for it, okay?

I feel like that part of the fandom is a bit unnecessary anyway. >>;

" Catchphrase! "

Cura

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Mount Coronet
Seen April 13th, 2021
Posted April 13th, 2021
1,101 posts
15 Years
Absolutely and 100% not wrong for deciding against drawing that. Here's the thing, hun.
You are the artist, you draw the art, you have your own tastes and your own preferences in everything you create. If the art you're commissioned to do is not tasteful, something you disagree with, or just too much for you, you have absolutely every right to deny it. Because it doesn't matter how much you're paid, how much you're begged, in the end, you are the artist. You're the one who has to deal with creating that piece and the one who has to stare at it for the length of your working time.

If you don't wish to do it, that's not your fault. So don't blame yourself for it, okay?

I feel like that part of the fandom is a bit unnecessary anyway. >>;
Thanks for the boost of morale, I needed it. Surprisingly in my downtime, I've been reading Fallout: Equestria and somewhat making my own variant of that with my storywriting. I might share it on here if anyone would like to see some.

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
(Hey there MilkFlavored!)

Here is a strange question for everyone, if you are or are not an artist.

Have you ever stopped and looked at Derpibooru or with MLP image boards and see the explicit artwork of your favorite characters? This is for those who do not draw or do commissions.

I, on the other hand/hoof do draw and there is times where I am asked to draw 'My Little Porny' (Thats the actual name); even commissioned to draw this.... and most of the time, my kindhearted and gentle nature goes against this and I cancel out. Does one who draws feels this way?

I mean, I've had some nasty and cruel words thrown at me because of this, but I can't see Pinkie Pie and a non-pony (ahem, human) doing the nasty (I am being very censor-like since I do not want to break the PC Rules); its just against my nature and mindset, plus that is straight-up bestiality/zoophilla. :\

Does anyone think I am in the wrong for cancelling out on the commission and what's your opinion on the matter (forgive me if this is a strange topic question, I am just curious and in need to get this off my chest).
As an artist you have an absolute right to refuse any commission that's not up to your standard. It's not hurtful to say no, but if the person asking for the commission thinks so, they're wrong. As an artist, you set your own rules, and you set your standards. If I were to become a good artist, I'd do exactly the same thing. You did the right thing, don't worry. Proceed to other commissions as you like, but stay away from the ones that are just....ugh no *shivers*.

Well you did the right thing on refusing the guy's commission; even artists have their own standards.


So at what date is Rainbow Rocks suppose to come out? June like the first EQG movie?
September of this year, according to this. Looks like it's going to be shown in theatres just like the first one.