Centennial Horse

Spoilers ahoy! Aweigh? A-neigh!

So for those of you who missed it, this weekend's episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was one long love-letter to its fans. It was pure pandering (but of the best sort), as it was full of references and call-backs and confirmation of fan theories, because it gave favorite background ponies important speaking roles and relegated the Mane Six to "once again saving the town".

"Maybe it's just a friendship problem, and it will all be cleared up in a half hour or so?"

There's so much that's wonderful about this episode that I'm geeking out about it.

• Derpy speaks AND has an important, starring role!  True, they don't call her Derpy Hooves -- I don't think they say her name at all -- but that's unimportant. HER EYES ARE PROPERLY DERPED and that's all that matters. 
• Doctor Whooves is canon!  True, they don't call him that either, or say the words "Time Lord" or "TARDIS" -- but it's so heavily implied that it's essentially stated outright. 

Look! It's even got a floaty central thing!

• Also, Derpy is now totally the Doctor's companion. Allons-y!

• The dark truth about Bon Bon's many voices can finally be revealed. And strange jobs. And why she shows up in crowd scenes. 
• Octavia and Vinyl Scratch are now canonically roommates. And they have a jam session. 

[[Bronying intensifies]]

• Existential Gummy is best Gummy.
• Hey, look, it's Button Mash!

• And in case you missed it, there was one frame where the creative team showed up in horse masks:

Yes, it's quite obvious that as of this episode, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has...


... jumped the shark.


I bucking LOVE my fandom.  

Sunday, Pony Sunday: Superbowl Ponies

So I came home tonight after my annual "Let's go watch a movie while everyone else is watching football" celebration to find that someone had posted "Well, we finally made it" to my Lederhosen wall, along with this video. If you don't feel like sitting through all of it, just fast-forward to the 35 second mark.


Super Bowl 2015 MLP Commercial by GradeAStuff
Yep, that's right: My Little Pony got a two-second segment during a freaking Superbowl commercial!

I'm actually a bit surprised they're ALL Colts fans.
Applejack strikes me as a Broncos kinda gal. 

What's more, that isn't a clip from the show.  It was specifically commissioned by the NFL for this commercial!  We have made it, indeed!

Sunday, Pony Sunday

I'm not impressed with this new season of Mythbusters. I was told that by cutting the build team, there would be more attention to science and that we would see how the experiments come together.

Instead, I see rather a lot of padding as Adam mugs for the camera and they try things over and over. And then we see them from different angles doing it all again. And then there are the annotations which flash so quickly that if I want to read them, I have to hit "pause".

Do you know what would make me happier? If they replaced the entire cast with ponies.

Sunday, Pony Sunday

That's funny, I always assumed Merle was an Applejack man. 

My Little Bioshock

They're Tricky

Sunday, Pony Sunday: the Pony Cast

Yeah, I haven't done one of these in a while. I decided to get back into the habit.

Derpy Fett

I put it to you that Boba Fett is the Derpy Hooves of Star Wars fandom.

I swear to God, I did not know this picture existed
until I looked for images to bolster my claim. 

Consider the following:

• Neither of them have had much "canonical" screen time or dialog. 
• There are few actual facts about them. 
• They appear mostly in the background. 
• Nevertheless, they are deeply beloved by their respective fandoms...
• ... so much so that a HUGE body of lore has sprung up around both of them. 
• Their collectible toys are expensive, hard to get, and highly prized. 

Didn't know about this one, either. Honest. 

Discuss amongst yourselves.