04-10-2014, 09:18 PM | #1926 |
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I guess we'll learn more after the next two or three episodes. Unfortunately there will be a week's hiatus, and the episodes won't pick up again until I'm in San Francisco for Babscon. :v
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04-11-2014, 05:43 PM | #1927 |
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Maaaaaan, I want to go to a brony convention =/
A week's hiatus? That's good new for my lazy flank, I haven't seen "It ain't easy being breezies" ^_^; I hear there's Twilight / Fluttershy interaction =D |
04-12-2014, 06:47 PM | #1928 |
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Yeaaaaah. Brony conventions are great. I went to my first one a little over a year ago and now I try to go to all the ones that my schedule and bank account permits. It help that I'm very invested in the convention's subject matter, which wasn't quite the case with anime cons, comic book cons, or even gaming cons.
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04-15-2014, 09:08 PM | #1930 |
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I....I'm so happy.
Jetfire, the author of "It's a Dangerous Business, Stepping Out Your Door" has finally signed onto Fimfiction to post his stories. One of the absolute first MLP FIM stories I ever read, back when I was still coming to terms with being a brony, and still my absolute favorite to this day. Now if he just posts "A Day for Spike and Twilight", I'll be even happier. |
04-22-2014, 06:00 PM | #1931 |
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"WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE HER?!?! I think she is adorable!!!"
I just saw someone say that about Diamond Tiara. I am not making this up O_o |
04-25-2014, 08:10 PM | #1932 |
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Well, it's been a week since I went off to Babscon - my fifth pony convention - and I figure now's about the time to post my experiences.
If you haven't been to a con, it's a lot of fun. You're pretty much get to hang out with multiple people that have the same interest for an entire weekend, but there's enough variety to satisfy your needs. If you're a fan of artwork or collectibles, there are numerous artists and vendors present. If you enjoy music, then there are always concerts. If you like learning about different aspects of the fandom, there are many interesting panels. And if you like schmoozing with the VIPs, there are autograph lines for that. Anyways, I've been to several non-pony cons in the past and those were fun, but I've always felt something was lacking because I never had the passion for those subjects. It wasn't until I made it to my first pony convention that I finally felt like I belonged. Anyways, enough blabbering. Here are some highlights of my weekend, separated into the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Good: Spoiler: show The Bad: Spoiler: show And the Ugly Spoiler: show Anyways, it was overall a lot of fun, and I can't wait for the next convention, hopefully Fiesta Equestria in July! Oh, and about the new episode, which aired on the second day of the con: Spoiler: show
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Glad to hear you had fun. Sorry to hear that you feel like you ruined your meeting with Tara Strong, but from the way you've described it I think you may be overreacting and it's entirely possible that it really wasn't a very big deal to her.
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Sadly, speaking of ugliness and hypocrisy within your fandom, the comments section on the link you provided is not a pretty sight. There are comments like these there: Spoiler: show It's disappointing to see such levels of hypocrisy within the fandom. Granted, these are select individuals, not 10%, 20%, 50% of all fans globally. But still. You can find bronies like these guys all the time. It's kinda nuts, and I'm glad to hear that it doesn't sound like your BABSCon experience was soured by run-ins with people like these. Did you make any new friends while you were there? Did you run into any online acquaintances or anyone you remember from other conventions? Why do they call you "Taiwan Guy" instead of a more equine nickname? Maybe I'm just ignorant about that corner of brony subculture. ^^; I would think they'd give you an honorary pony nickname or something, not "Taiwan Guy" which clearly feels human. In a nutshell, could you explain to us what it is that you do / have done which has made you known to people as "Taiwan Guy"? You started to explain it in your post but I still wasn't clear on the scope of your work. Do you translate episodes into Taiwanese? Do you translate fanfics? Are you the president of a Taiwanese brony fanclub? Other?
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I always overreact, I think it's because my ugly experiences with AJN made me sensitive to just how uncomfortable I can make other people feel, but oh well. To answer of your questions:
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04-26-2014, 03:25 AM | #1935 |
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glad you had fun there ajnrules!
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05-02-2014, 05:52 PM | #1937 |
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Wow, I'm jealous Ajn, I wish I could go to cons like that. Good to know you had so much fun! That is an awesome picture, too.
I can feel for you, having your meeting with Tara go down like that, but you know what? I bet she was okay with it, she's said to be extremely nice in real life ^_^ (Fitting, she voices Twilight Sparkle.) I'm sorry you had to witness the worst part of our fandom. Despite what we claim, so many of use are mean spirited and with bad attitudes. I've heard they are merely a vocal minority, with the better natured fans just being not as vocal. I pray this is true, I can't say for sure I've seen this fandom at it's worst, but I've seen some horseapples for sure. Give which show we're fans of, we probably should try to remain optimistic. Human beings can be scum, which makes it hard to see the good ones, but the good ones ARE there if you look for them. ^_^ |
06-27-2014, 01:34 AM | #1940 |
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This show is available on the "Can watch while doing other things" network, so I have watched all of season 1, and most of season 2. I mostly decided to give it a shot because I like the art for the show. I'm actually quite enjoying the show. It's a bit cheesy, but it has a bunch of personality. Also the voice acting is really good.
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06-27-2014, 03:51 AM | #1941 |
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06-28-2014, 02:57 AM | #1942 |
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Finished season 2. What is wrong with this freaking show?! It's like animated crack! Season 2 seems to be less formulaic than season 1, and it seems to try harder to appeal to the older audience. This show is supposed to be background noise while I play DS, but instead, I often put my DS down because I'd rather pay attention to this damn show. I guess I can go on about specific events this time.
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06-30-2014, 09:05 PM | #1943 |
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Finished the show. I watched through over 90 episodes of this in around a week. My marathonning skills are still up to snuff! Actually it's either the fact that this show is addicting, or I'm starved for a good kid's show with Precure sucking for the past few years. Well it's probably both. Season 3 and 4 didn't really change anything as far as quality goes. Though there weren't as many memorable moments. Here's some episodes that stood out to me:
Season 3 spoilers Spoiler: show Season 4 spoilers Spoiler: show Now that I've watched all the episodes, now maybe I can start thinking about something besides ponies. |
07-03-2014, 11:03 PM | #1944 |
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Yeah. That was what drew me into the show. It was supposed to be filler while I played The Sims, and now I am spending almost half of my disposable income on ponies. The well-rounded characters are what keeps me coming back. Especially Rainbow Dash. I love Rainbow Dash. XP
And glad to see somebody else that likes the slice of life episodes over the epic adventure type episodes.
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07-07-2014, 12:59 AM | #1945 |
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Watched Equestria Girls! I originally had no intention on watching it because it seemed very tacky, and I didn't care for the human designs. However, it's on "Can watch while doing other things" network, and I had nothing else to watch, SO WHY THE FUCK NOT?!
Equestria Girls spoilers Spoiler: show Finally, have some Twilight Patchy! |
07-09-2014, 09:32 PM | #1946 |
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Here's hoping that Rainbow Rocks will be an improvement. The teaser shorts certainly seem promising. They are pretty unique visually and the music is good. Perhaps now that the Equestria Girls line is out Hasbro won't have too many constricting demands on what can be done in the storyline.
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07-09-2014, 10:01 PM | #1947 |
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Equestria Girls got a huge negative backlash in the fandom before it was out because its budget essentially replaced half of season 3, but it really wasn't that bad all told. I'm cautiously optimistic that they can improve things for Rainbow Rocks, so I'll be in line to see it when it's out in theaters here.
Glad you've been enjoying the series bbb.
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07-25-2014, 07:11 PM | #1948 |
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So BronyCon is next week. And for that I just have one question
Does Sneezey12 still work for them?
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07-25-2014, 10:35 PM | #1949 |
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Finally managed to get into the MLP panel at Comic-Con. (Wasn't even really trying for that one, but the one after. ...Maybe that's the key.) It's my first time attending a series panel and it was pretty great. Crowning moment of heartwarming when a girl talked about how MLP helped her through her parents' divorce and the cast called her up for a hug.
The preview for season 5 was pretty funny. They also showed one of the songs for Rainbow Rocks. Though I was surprised by, uh... Spoiler: show
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