@Light Phaser: I am totally going to respond to your thing about Castlevania in the pony thread! We are such rebels.

Based on all this, I highly recommend you try out Dark Souls if you have a PS3 or Xbox 360. I've heard Castlevania fans say it is "the best Castlevania game ever made" despite not literally being a Castlevania. It's not a platformer at all, but aside from that most of the things you like about Castlevania are present: Serious challenge that forces you to actually develop skill, beautiful, intriguing environments, a metroidvania style semi-open world to explore, unique, and creative enemies of many many different types. The only thing that doesn't really match up is the sense of 'surrealism' you mentioned, but that is replaced by a very fantastical setting that nonetheless feels very grounded in realism. Don't want to clutter the thread much more though, so if you are interested feel free to PM me!

Crap, I need something pony related for the pagetopper:

Pinkie's sisters: I'd love to see them, grown up, and see what they're like. It'd be cool if they were real serious, but still fond of Pinkie.

What would I be doing here without this thread? Probably still over in the Yack Fest.

edited 25th Feb '12 12:33:23 PM by Bluespade

I only even made an account to post here, so I would just be mashing the random page button and reading like I had been for the two years before making this account.

@Allik I might still be on a Wiki Walk or doing something not involving the Internet so much.

This thread's the only reason I came to the forums

edited 25th Feb '12 12:37:10 PM by crowlover

WELL, i WAS A TROPER FOR....SOME TIME, NOT SURE HOW MUCH, BEFORE fim, BUT i NEVER FREQUENTED THE FORUMS MUCH TILL THIS ONE damnit my caps lock key is buggy today, not retyping that...an the tropes page for it was what convinced me to try it after SF Debris got me interested.

Hmm, to be perfectly honest, I joined TV Tropes simply to finally have my own account here (my cousin had his logged in on this computer but he moved quite a while ago). I made my way to the pony thread after watching "Applebuck Season" for the very first time... and I never went back...

@Blue

Whoa, that game sounds right up my alley! I'll have to check it out, but unfortunately I don't own a PS3 nor a 360 to play it on. Fortunately one of my family members does have a PS3, so why not?

@Light Phaser: Fair warning, it is very hard. But it is also very fair.

Anyway, see you all later, gonna go walk my dog now, hopefully she won't try to murder anything today. Say hello to the new guy for me if he ever comes back.

Eh, I've beaten Battletoads, which has managed to get me some praise, even though I don't see what the big deal is

But yeah, see you later Bluespade!

Yeah, I don't know how many people read my filibuster from a week and a half(man I was in a mood lol) ago but I talked about how I had waited a year and some before deciding to create a profile and even than I didn't do much posting unless it was a particular show or episode that I liked. I stuck mainly to the articles, which how I eventually got hooked on this show before even watching an episode. (I'm seriously still amazed at how indexed it is.)

edited 25th Feb '12 12:42:01 PM by Allik

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-has-been-modified.html#more

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-has-been-modified.html#more

Poor grey Pegasus
Derpy with the lazy eye
Why did they change you?

Because of your voice?
Because you weren't quite as smart?
Because you offend?

You were our mascot
You were an icon to us
And now you are gone.

You deserved better
Their complaints took you from us
And left someone else\
Just an impostor
Just something inoffensive
Just a pale shadow

Farewell dear Derpy
You were special to us all.
And you will be missed.

They killed Derpy.

I was a troper before I discovered it, so I'd probably just be mainly posting on the anime topics rather than My Little Pony. The site in general did introduce me to this show, though.

About the Derpy thing, I can understand why they changed it, although I'm not exactly sure what I feel about it. Both of her voices are okay to me. I'm not sure if they're going to give her a different name in a future episode or just leave her with no name mentioned. I'm used to calling her "Derpy Hooves" but if she gets called by a different name in the show I could probably adapt. I still like her, no matter what her voice sounds like or what her name ends up being.

edited 25th Feb '12 12:50:00 PM by Rainbow

I just looked at my very first post on this thread. Wow I lol'd at myself trying to slyly start a conversation, didn't even announce myself...and got promptly ignored.

If it makes you feel better, I read the entire thing.

Of course you read the whole thing, you wouldn't be able to parse the post data otherwise.

No I mean I actually read it instead of skimming.

I know, I was trying to make a joke. I'm bad at that, though.

Well I'd love to stay and chat but I must be off, also I have to go. So I'll holla at y'all later.

Oh, going so soon? Ah well, bye Allik!

Nobody is interested?

I didn't even know this site had a forum before ponies... The first episodes hooked me in so badly that I read the trope page and proceeded to voraciously consume everything related I could find, until a google search happened me upon this very thread... I got known, hopped in, and the rest is history.

Sorry Handle. I sadly don't do much reading these days, otherwise I'd take it apart for you. I'm just too busy.

edited 25th Feb '12 1:40:44 PM by kegisak

If you barely comment, most of the time, you will be ignored, this happen to me way too often.

edited 25th Feb '12 1:43:01 PM by DavidtheMouse14

It's an unfortunate element of the thread, but in a way it is fair. People just tend to be more inclined to help those who help them. Keeps it from becoming a me-fest.

Which is why I've been posting a lot more frequently

(Well, that, and the fact that this thread is too much fun to pass by)

Rolls up sleeves: OKAY THEN, LET'S R-

Gh...

It's just that I find it terrifying, you know, reading someone's work in progress... I kinda suck at being a critic... I mean, I like... tropering, talking about plot and characters, and pointing out interesting points of departure to explore in fanfics... But I would know next to nothing about pacing or emotional feels or proper descriptions... and there's there's something blocking me from reading anything that hasn't been actually released...

Why am I so scared...

@The Handle: If you'll permit me to be a bit blunt, I don't see the point in asking for an opinion when you don't have anything written out yet. I don't read or write fanfiction, but I believe your work should stand up on it's own without any sort of supplementary material. Posting a comment that basically says "this is how the world works in my story" violates that. Your submitting something that the reader shouldn't see at all. Any important info about the setting should come across in your writing, dropped carefully throughout the narrative in a way that feels natural.

@Everyone else: My dog tried to fight 3 other dogs and at least as many cars this time. I really think she has a problem. Also, why do people just let there dogs hang out in there front yard without a leash? Don't they care about their safety?

I myself love critiquing other people's works, and I have been told that I am very helpful by numerous people, so anyone who needs a critique is welcome to approach me. I just don't do fanfiction, because I don't know how to properly criticize it. Many things that would be considered glaringly bad writing in an original work seem to be accepted in fanfic by its very nature, so I don't think I'll be of any use examining it.

edited 25th Feb '12 1:59:56 PM by Bluespade

Okay, this is simply delightful: