Wasn't it based on episode 12, "Call of the Cutie"?

(But the funny thing is that it led to a flood of jokes about Pinkie Pie's breakdown in episode 25, "Party of One", and now that episode is associated with that story despite any similarities being coincidental.)

edited 30th Aug '11 8:05:33 AM by BagofMagicFood

@Mister Always: If it were well-written and gave a creepy reason for Pinkie's antics, then I'd suggest reading it (after the series, of course; you have to know the characters, after all, right?). There are several fics out there that reinterpret Pinkie as disturbed or damaged, and from what I've heard - since it's not my cup of tea - there are some that are well-written and thought-provoking. However, Cupcakes is nothing but pointlessly gory trash. It has no redeeming value whatsoever.

Well, it is highly amusing that such a coincidence happened, but I still don't want to ever read that story mark.

I don't think you're familiar with Mister Always. Pointless gory trash is right up his alley.

Lauren Faust Pitch sketches

Y´know what? I until that post above I really was wondering where the idea for cupcakes even came from, since it seemed to have been written before the season ended, at least now I know

I wonder if the creators are aware of Cupcakes (or if they were even slightly influenced by it)

Well now that I think about it some more, episode 5 kind of set up both of them, in that it starts with Pinkie Pie luring Rainbow Dash into her trust, but later Pinkie Pie appears to be losing her own trust in others and wanting to "get serious" about it.

The writers say that they're not allowed to read any fanfiction

Wonder why? If an idea´s good, it´s good, regardless of where it came from.

Plagirism issues perhaps?

So cute

Fluttershy looks a bit like rarity on some

edited 30th Aug '11 11:07:50 AM by FallenLegend

That's probably it; they want plausible deniability in case a fan accuses them of stealing their idea. There's also the issue that there are ideas that are ubiquitous in the fandom, and they don't want fanon leeching into the show itself. As for Cupcakes, I'm going to assume that they're aware of it's nature, but probably haven't read it.

There may be some legal issues if a fan considers that an author used his idea

Greg Wesman prohibited fans to give him ideas at all as he doesn't want to get sued

Most writers won't read fanfiction for legal reasons. If an idea in the fic is similar to something that ends up happening in canon, the writer could get sued, even if it was something planned out before the fic was written.

Hasn´t there already been some fanon things that have become canon though?

I can't think of anything aside from Derpy's eyes. And anyway, taking something from the general fandom is different, since who gets to claim you're stealing from them?

coulda sworn there were a few more things.

Fanfics have copyright?!

edited 30th Aug '11 11:21:07 AM by gingerninja666

They most certainly don't.

Also I think "Derpy's" eyes really are the only fanon thing that has been acknowledged by the show.

then what legal threat do the writers face should they steal a fan´s ideas?

I realize there are moral issues as well, but I´m hypothetically assuming that all the writers are dicks

edited 30th Aug '11 11:27:28 AM by gingerninja666

You don't need a copyright on something to accuse someone of plagiarism. I think the laws are a bit vague, but its still better to avoid the accusation.

edited 30th Aug '11 11:27:45 AM by Crowfall

I was re-watching Sonic Rainboom, and I realized that I LOVED those bullies from Cloudsdale (in the same way I love Blueblood) Two things about their scenes fascinate me:

1.) Why did Rainbow Dash land right in front of them? She must have known that they were the same bullies from her childhood, and why were they standing there like they knew she was going to arrive that way?

2.) Why did they say that the Sonic Rainboom was impossible? The only time it´s ever been performed was during a race THEY WERE HAVING against Rainbow Dash. What the hell did they think happened all those years ago? Not to mention all the destruction it caused.

edited 30th Aug '11 12:44:39 PM by gingerninja666

I see you like jerks.

At least these guys apologise at end for their behavior.

edited 30th Aug '11 1:01:24 PM by DeathCloud

Maybe she thought they'd matured and would just ignore her instead of heckling her?

I think they were just being contrary jerks. There were way too many witnesses for them to genuinely not know it happened.

It's quite possible that they simply hadn't seen it; they'd both crashed at the time.

Damn right I like em. These guys are hilarious, they´re such dicks

How the hell could they miss all the carnage that the SRB was causing?

edited 30th Aug '11 1:08:35 PM by gingerninja666

If they knocked themselves out, they could have personally missed it. Again, though, there's a lot of witnesses, so they should have heard second hand from at least some sort of source they would trust.