I recently crocheted the entire mane six for my new niece.

Pictures are required. I suppose we could take a gander at the rugrat too.

I'd take a picture, but I'm about five hundred miles away right now.

Well, I DO knit so that could've happened.

edited 13th Jul '13 7:12:19 PM by Posey

I found the link to the guide I used, so you can have a clue as to what they look like. Just like that , only a little shittier.

I heard you once slew a dragon with a wrapping paper tube! And then flew to the moon on wings you knitted out of twigs and moss!

This is going on the list. I took a screencap for a different post, but it will actually go better with this one.

@ Posey: That crocheted RD you used as a model looks kind of cute. I think she'd only eat a couple of us, at most.

I pop in for two posts today and already make the tumblr? Huzzah! And now, I go! *flies into sun* Ow! Holy crap that's hot.

@ Syd

Funny you should say that she'd eat us. My sister just texted me and told me that little Baby-poo is already trying to nom on Fluttershy.

Well, Fluttershy is irresistible.

Soo, Would a Flutershy dool make a good fish bait?

Start with the head to put her out of her misery.

Man, does it say something about my self-esteem as a designer that when an old schoolmate told me he'd only ever heard about my work ethic and works second hand(And therefore couldn't in good conscious recommend me for a job), I read it as second rate?

I'm probably just bummed about having to go back to my old job after this week. Mmf.

Anyways, to take this back around to ponies, my thoughts on the Applejack Microseries: Mmmmmmmeh.

I really wish I could give it something better than that, but I honestly only thought it was just okay, and nothing special. The art was good, but similar to the main series, and I'll admit that I've grown to like seeing the microseries comics have unique styles.

But story-wise, it was basically an Applejack episode. Oh, Applejack tries to take on too much responsibility for the sake of somepony else, and can't quite manage it. That's the plot of almost every episode we've seen revolving around her. If even the comics people can't come up with a decent, original story... I mean, really. That said... there was one, one moment that I really loved. After Applejack remembers Granny Smith telling her It's not her job to make sure everything's perfect, she wonders aloud, 'Then whose is it?'

That one line, four simple words, speaks volumes about Applejack's motivations. In four words she goes from a collected, albeit pig-headed, confidant young woman, to a girl still very likely struggling with the existential punch of losing her parents at a young age. Someone's got to be in charge of it all, someones got to make sure it all turns out right in the end... Yeah, it's an extrapolation to assume that she's thinking about her folks there, but one way or another if you stop and think about it, it's an incredibly powerful line... I just wish it were in something that was better on the whole.

Fishing bait? Didn't she feed some animals fish in one of the winter wrap ups?

@ Orion: She fed fish to some ferrets in Dragonshy. She also carried worms in her mouth to give to some birds. I don't blame her for going "Puh! Puh!" afterward (and then blushing.)

yeah maybe, but she feed fishes to other animals in drangonshy!

Oh nopony has worse confidence than I. Seriously, if you guys saw what I did with my life, you'd probably not want to chat.

cosplay!

@Kegisak: What really irks me about that is that I can think of plenty ideas of what to do with AJ that don't consist of that. I still want an episode where she goes on strike after everyone starts taking advantage of her work ethic. Or something that had to do with her prioritization of practicality over anything else. Heck, they could make it unrelated to her work ethic at all. They could have another episode about her stubborn-ness, but applied to something else. Like maybe one of the other ponies tries to drag her to something she doesn't think she'd enjoy it and refuses to acknowledge that she might.

It might step on "Read it and Weep"'s toes a bit, but the motivation would be different. AJ just prefers to stick to what she knows and thinks new stuff is a waste of her time.

edited 13th Jul '13 8:12:17 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@JT: I imagine mostponies don't take advantage of AJ because they remember her parents. I was imagining a scenario where AJ's lack of parents gets focused on, much to her growing irritation.

It seems weird that the writers would just forget about other aspects of AJ's character.

I think it's because her obsessiveness is the most likely thing to cause a schism, at least without some complicated morals. Like, they could do an episode on how sometimes lying is actually the best option, but that'd be hard to impart well on children. They could do an episode on how she feels bad that she doesn't have a goal in life to strive for, since she's already got what she wants, but that's a weird moral for kids.

But, heck, a lot of those issues would disappear if she got used more, and therefore developed more character. Like, it's obvious she doesn't care for Pinkie that much. Throw those two together and see what happens. The ensuing episode would definitely bring some stuff about AJ to the surface.

Hopefully she'll have more focus in s4.

I know, it's like they're in this bizarre rut where the only thing they can come up with is "AJ has a really stubborn work ethic", while completely forgetting that she can be stubborn about other things. Seriously, have her help Twilight clean the library and then get annoyed by Twilight's OCD or something.

@Kegisak: An AJ and Pinkie episode? Do want. It would be amazing. Seriously, I'd love to see what would happen when her patience gets tested to the limit. And it could double as a "Pinkie learns that she sometimes has to be serious" episode, which I'd also like to see.

edited 13th Jul '13 8:24:40 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Or even alternatively, an "AJ Learns that sometimes kicking back and being silly is a good thing too"

I mean, if you're really so strapped for ideas, you can at least push the one you do have to the limit. Even when AJ isn't killing herself with work, she's still working non-stop. Does she ever really get a chance to hang up the work duds and like... knit, or something?

There's an episode idea. AJ needs to do... nothing. All the work is done, and now she has to deal with the greatest challenge of all: Free Time. Seriously, as someone who at one point spent a solid three months doing nothing but working, free time can be terrifying when it comes back to you suddenly.

Like an "AJ injures herself, can't work, and has no clue what to do with her time" episode? I like it. Seriously, AJ is an underused character. There's so much they could do with her, and it just never happens.

I wonder if she really likes to work that much or just feels she has to because of her self image. It could be interesting to see in the case where she does get downtime.

Also, has anyone played To The Moon? How is it?