You know after I posted that I thought "that's stupid, I already know I'm some kinda weirdo"

Oh, you can't help that. We're all weird here. I'm weird. You're weird. You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.

THAT'S NOT HOW THAT QUOTE GOES

But it's true, so I'll let it slide. This time.

edited 23rd Jul '11 6:24:21 PM by CentralAvenue

I was going to say points for recognising the quote, but then I remembered your gallery.

Even if the genderswap spell wouldn't be permanent, transponies could get their spell renewed as often as needed, so long as the spell isn't too difficult, right?

An hour or two would probably be plenty long enough to get any business and or dating done. Not necessarily in that order.

I'm not a trans-anything, but I think that kind of misses the point in transforming at all.

It would still probably help the trans-curious, though, right?

For some reason the idea of finally becoming female only to find I have to periodically take steps to avoid becoming male again sounds like an incredibly depressing life. Like it would feel "fake" somehow.

I'm probably reading far too much into this, though.

edited 23rd Jul '11 6:52:26 PM by CentralAvenue

Well pffft, it would be worth it just to give the whole thing a test drive, at least. Amirite?

I'm hardly an expert, but doesn't becoming transgendered require a long period of getting hormone replacements? Periodic spell renewals could be similar to that.

Maybe the full-shabang temporary genderswap sell would be for a test-run, but if a pony really wants to become the other gender, it would take a series of smaller, permanent tests that would eventually result in the full shabang.

For some reason I feel like an idiot for dedicating this much thought into something so silly.

'Tis the nature of the MLP fandom, I guess.

Yeah, you do need hormone injections, or pills, or creams, or whatever in order to get those hormones working in you.

Seems to be the nature of fandom immersion in general >.> Don't be ashamed, it's FUN!

Or MAGI— *shotshotshotDEAD*

edited 23rd Jul '11 8:31:20 PM by Haldo

CA, you just made it into my Quotes file with "Well yeah, but that totally sucks the fun out of speculating about the lives of transgender ponies."

I think Apple Bloom's talet is Honey

Given the fact that ponies bodies seem to house an inherent amount of magic naturally, perhaps if a spell was cast on them enough their body would 'adapt' and start to carry the same sort of magic. So a pony that underwent a trans spell a certain amount of times eventually wouldn't need renewal anymore, they would just stick.

As for the wierdo thing, look at it this way: You are on a site that is literally dedicated to picking apart every piece of media to it's barest bones. Is it really so odd to think that we might want to explore every aspect of this world? Shit, I've done psych profiling on characters, written a lecture on the nature of magic as a force of nature, how it relates to cosmic theory and multiple universes and the nature of magic as a biological aspect, and deeply debated and pondered the concept of cross-breeding and racism between pony types. By comparison, trans-ponies are normal stuff.

Just because somebody does something incredibly, it doesn't make what you are doing any less weird.

Think of it less as a defense, and more of an assertion: Yes, we're weird. We're tropers. It's what we do.

That's a bit of an odd generalization to make.

Everyone not-weird has already been driven away. They're over on Something Awful, mocking us as we speak.

But yeah, that is a generalisation, and truth be told I don't really like the "all tropers are freaks and weirdos" stereotype. But I was joking.

Yeah, and I think there are only three tropers on that thread, and only one hates all tropers. But, back on topic...

Maybe I should carry around a big, neon "THIS IS A JOKE" sign?

But yeah, OK, ponies. What was that about inherent magic?

Or you could always Pot Hole to Humor Mode.