I'd kill to be a "background pony."

Thank you.

@ Psi

When the writers care that much, you know the show is in safe hands.

Anyway, the comic:

Coconut is trying to collect petitions to help protect sea turtles. But nobody is giving him the time of day and he's down about it. So along comes Ginger, who asks if he can help. Thus he takes over the operation, completely ignoring coconuts reluctance to get him involved:

Ginger (to a 'proper' looking stallion walking past in a friendly manner): Excuse me sir, have you got two seconds to spare?

Stallion: Oh I'm sorry I need to get to a meeting...

Ginger (suddenly enraged and squaring up to him): Oh fuck me sideways! Got a fucking meeting to go to do ya? Well don't you worry about helpin' out then! Some other fucker help these poor bastarding sea turtles out. Go on, just you fuck off to yer meeting then!

Stallion (terrified, backing away slowly)

Ginger: ONLY JOKING SHITTY BOLLOCKS!!! FUCK your meeting! Here's a pen (shoves pen and clipboard into his face)! Get your fucking details down! Name and address come on come hurry up for fucks sake!

Stallion (writes frantically)

Ginger: Keep it neat ya prick! You think the people in city hall want to spend all day trying to decipher your name?

Stallion: B-but what is this even about? Y-you never even

Ginger: (Imitating him) B-b-b-b-b-ut listen pal! All you need to know, is that your helping to stop some fat twat stepping all over some turtle eggs, squishing them flat and all that, OOOOKKKAAAYY?!

Stallion: (finishes)

Ginger: (suddenly happy and calm again). That's smashing. Thank you so much sir. You've helped to make a difference today. As a token of our appreciation, here's a turtle sticker, a bottle of rum, and a congratulatory pat on the head. (pats him on the head). Cheers now. Better hurry if you want to make that meeting (winks)

Stallion: Backs away slowly

Ginger (to a horrified coconut) That's how it's down big lad. Bye now! (chucks pen and clipboard back at him and trots off whistling)/

edited 29th Mar '13 8:23:19 PM by ApplelightLimited

hey apple, finally you show up! I've been meaning to show you this for a while now!

That's hilarious!

Unlike the over the top thing I just produced.

@ Apple: I can picture that stallion chugging that bottle of rum to calm his nerves, after he cleans himself.

But who's this Ginger? I assume he's somepony we've already met, now with a name. And yes, I can't help but think of our departed Pinkie-hater.

Except that Ginger might totally do that

Ginger is the scottish accented 'dwarf' pony.

And I hate this scrip already. It's way too much.

I'm taking it that this Ginger is different to the Ginger we've come to know and love?

Edit: I got Gingerninja'd.

edited 29th Mar '13 8:37:15 PM by OrionAurora

@script:

@Applelight: I think it's quite amusing, although you might want to consider toning down the language a bit. If you want to keep the overall tone relatively show-like and lighthearted, having a character that throws around F-bombs like commas just seems a bit incongruous.

@ JT

Exactly. The language is way too much. And I think it's probably a step too far over all.

Nah, the basic idea is fine, I'd just smooth it down a bit to something a bit closer to how the show might handle it. Maybe making Ginger just extremely over-enthusiastic rather than so rage-y.

It might be funny if it looked like he was almost swearing. But only almost.

edited 29th Mar '13 8:46:30 PM by KylerThatch

If you're worreid about that, just tone it down some. I thought it was rather amusing myself.

Like using 'flipping' and 'bugger' instead of fuck, and other friendlier words like 'dumbo'?

edited 29th Mar '13 8:52:18 PM by ApplelightLimited

That would probably make it more amusing.

Hmmm. I understand that the "hard sell taken well past eleven" was the joke, but yeah, Ginger sounds like he's gonna go on a killing spree.

I shall now go 'dilute' it.

a popular pony euphemism for the F word is the verb "to buck."

Make him more snarky in dialogue perhaps, more wit in how he bullies the guy. Otherwise I like the idea overall.

Look at other 'pushy rep' scenes, like the one in Call of the Cutie.

We don't swear in the same way you humans do. I tend to stick with "flying feather, " "sweet Celestia, " and "hay seeds."

Swear words tend to stem from taboo concepts. Like copulation, or genitals.

What would be taboo in pony societies that don't apply to human ones?

Gelding?

By Celestia I'll make a gelding out of ya!

There was a "Gelding Grotto" on that map in the comic...

But for the most part I think that the way pony society emphasizes social interaction, most of the offensiveness in an insult would be inherent to what you're saying about their character.

edited 29th Mar '13 9:06:22 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@Kyler: So, Taboo is what your swear words are based from.

Taboo words for us would be something like "blank flank" for obvious reasons. The worst I can recall was "false mark" though I don't think anypony really uses it.