I might have to get a crazy Pinkie avatar...

I watched the first episode on Youtube an hour or two ago, only to see what the fuss is all about.

What didja think?

Well, so far, it looks like a kids' cartoon just like any other. A good one, but still a kids' cartoon. It's just that I still can't figure out the source of the appeal that attracts such a large Periphery Demographic.

About Ask Pinkamena blog: I used to like a lot of different "Ask X" blogs. However, once I started looking into Ask Pinkamena Diane Pie, the other ones I used to like just seemed kind of...meh. They just didn't have as much to them and weren't interesting enough. I might go so far to say that Ask Pinkamena Diane Pie is one of my favorite things that's ever come out of the fandom

edited 22nd Aug '11 1:40:30 PM by JackOfAllTrades

I think it wouldn't be as good w/o the huge fandom.

Like this. It's fun, entertaining, and well done.

edited 22nd Aug '11 1:42:35 PM by inane242

I think it's just one of those things where the characters are well developed and the art style is both very pretty and easy to reproduced that leads to a wide variety of fan work. Or something.

Well, the 2-part pilot doesn't reflect the rest of the show as much.

And some have described the show as "Lucky Star, but american and with ponies and more adventure instead." So I guess if you like Slice of Life series with a cute cast, FIM could be your "cup of tea."

Oh, and some are just fans of Dexter's Laboratory, Power Puff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and hopped on the pony wagon since the same people are behind it too.

Then theres the fact that it's probobly one of the best cartoons with the basis/origin of "merchandise driven and directed at 10 year old girls." Just hearing/reading that usually get's anything branded as utter shit, but FIM averts it.

At any rate, it's one of the better cartoons I've seen.

And I bet there are so many closet furries watching it.

Though I think the fandom can be a bit pushy...

And Bun there just gave the biggest reason to the amount of fan art.

The pony designs are the most simplistic things since Sonic the Hedgehog!

edited 22nd Aug '11 1:51:14 PM by KuroFox

Copypasta from the other Fi M thread: I think the reason why I like the Pinkamena blog so much despite the fact that it's about creepy, squicky stuff like murder, rape, cannibalism etc. comes down to 3 reasons:

1: With the exception of one picture, Pinkamena is hardly ever actually shown doing any of her hobbies (and even when she is, it's usually offscreen). Everything is implied instead of just straight up shown to you

2: Pinkamena doesn't treat the stuff she does as an obsession, but rather as little things she does in her spare time. If she were going on and on about how she is obsessed with doing all the stuff she talks about, I would imagine it would be a lot more disturbing

3: There are a fair bit of cute moments in the blog, and because the blog itself has a very dark, depressing, and creepy tone and subject matter, it makes the cute moments that much more cute. It just goes to show that Fi M can make ANYTHING cute, even a cannibalistic, murdering rapist psycho

edited 22nd Aug '11 2:00:09 PM by JackOfAllTrades

I feel the need to have a pinkamena avatar myself.

Too much Pinkiemena in this thread!

We must have something... More greesful! Something with.... da majiks!

-Throws arm out with a whip noise-

The Fighting is Magic site updated.

And with it, we get a look at Rarity's Medium Standing attack.◊

These guys are really fucking good at animating, let me tell you that.

YESH! EVEN HER ATTACKS ARE GRASHFUL!

WE CAN ALL BE PINKAMENA!!!!!

Nice.

EVERY ONE OF US. FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER

LETS MAKE CUPCAKES. :3

Oh, and also:

Season 2. September 17. Be ready.

sO swEET An D tAStY

Alright, as much as I love the Ask Pinkamena blog, I don't want to spam the thread, so let's stop here

edited 23rd Aug '11 10:48:48 AM by JackOfAllTrades

Before we get off the topic of cupcakes...

0_0◊

Okay, I looked at the tags. I am not clicking on that link.

...While in class.

...I just want to know how Celestia getting ready to brand an OC Alicorn while Luna is laughing in the background ended up in a drawfriend. :/

For some reason I giggled at the tags.

What's so funny about Vectors?