@Blissey: Do you know how fast their stocks would plummet once the Herd rebels by boycotting as many of their services as possible and generally making their lives a misery in the most cruelly legal manner?

Hopefully Viacom doesn't become the next Disney...

Anyways I don't remember Viacom having a stake in FiM, and Hasbro is mainly allowing free advertising to stay on the webs, only seriously going after the iTunes leaks and the 1080p uploads.

@Brocolli: Disney more or less stopped Traditional Media animation, to their immense detriment. The Studio Formerly Known as B (AKA DHX Media) is good, and Lauren and Craig are still awesome :D

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:28:40 AM by AceOfScarabs

I was talking more of this about Viacom becoming the next Disney...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisneyOwnsThisTrope

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:31:29 AM by DiurnalBrocolli

I know they don't, thus why I said "other tv companies".

But just imagine if they did. None of this would have ever happened. Fighting is Magic would have been shut down within a week!

Well then it's a good thing they aren't.

...Or perhaps someone made a Contract with the damn white fluffball again. Well, at least that Wish wasn't wasted.

...Lauren made a contract with the Kyubey to make a series she loved popular. Unfortunately, she didn't get the first crack at Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls. Fortunately, she got first crack at ponies. Our appreciation will stave off the despair, and now she's fulfilling her dream manually.

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:37:47 AM by AceOfScarabs

Yeah, I know that a lot of people have bitched about some of the stuff that Hasbro does, but seriously by industry standards they've been incredibly lax in what they allow the fans to get away with. Most other companies would have thrown a conniption over this kind of thing. I mean, let's face it, there are lots of people making good money off of selling plushies and custom figures and stuff that would probably fall under copyright infringment or whatever.

Faust is, appropriately enough, a magical girl. Worth It.

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:36:44 AM by JapaneseTeeth

Plus, she has tons of other Magical Girls at her disposal...

Whatever happened to that solar-system themed show Lauren was working on?

She's got a website up for Milky Way, we've got a Trope Page for it, and some bronies are getting the Milky Way and Galaxy Girls dolls.

Any idea what network it'll be on, and when?

Maybe the Hub? It's my guess...

Also we gotta think up a name for the fandom...

...Broways?

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:44:59 AM by DiurnalBrocolli

Doesn't bother me all that much - I just use a Youtube ripper. Five minutes later I have the episode forever.

Hop over to Lauren's page, she's got three other current works, Milky Way, Super BFF. and Wander Over Yonder.

@Veni: I've done that a long time ago :D

edited 2nd Aug '12 8:48:46 AM by AceOfScarabs

Oh hey VVP, a belated Happy Birthday to you!

Fun fact: Wander Over Yonder (back before it was going to be a show) got a Shout Out in MLPFiM in the form of the hat worn by Mr. Greenhooves (which is also the fourth hat in The Fabulous PonyMaker).

Happy birthdat VVP!

In other news, it has been exactly a year since I became a brony. Just last year on this very day.

Hi folks. Been busy today. What's up?

A huge part of that has to do with pretty much the entire studio being in on it. I mean when you have one of your directors being rabidly protective of the fans from day one, the other goes out and buys this, your voice actors gleefully follow suit, and most of your animation staff is unusually active in exposing the guts of the business and mingling with fan artists, there's kind of a vibe that goes through the network and merchandising company not to screw with this setup lest you shoot your own cash pony in the foot by alienating one of your most talented studios. It's something that I haven't really seen this side of the Pacific in pretty much ever — at least not on this scale.

It's also worth noting that Hub is likely losing money on the whole and FIM is kind of a lifeline for them right now — and as many bronies as go around pirating the episodes, well, we're not helping as much as we should be (one of the reasons I watch them on hubworld when possible). Part of that is that they (and most other channels) need to just go ahead and put up an official Youtube channel so they can capture those viewership numbers, but given the nature of their programming it does present a few problems you wouldn't have for, say, FX. I mean, would you want your 9-year-old kid to be reading Youtube comments?

It's always kind of boggled me that they haven't been selling plushies and stuff. I mean, I'd be a heck of a lot more likely to buy something like that plushie (if it didn't cost $3000 I mean geez) than a plastic figurine, and I'd assume the target audience would be too.

edited 2nd Aug '12 12:01:10 PM by Pykrete

Couldn't they simply disable commenting on their videos? I'm sure that this is possible, I've seen videos with comments disabled in the past.

That would certainly make the most sense. Also, If they made a show-accurate reasonably priced plushie...I'd resist the urge to buy them all because even though I'm secure in my masculinity, my parents think I'm weird enough without owning a bunch of pony plushies. But when I get my own place, all bets are off.

I don't have money, and when I do I spend it on games, so no merch for me

Speaking of which, I finally got around to picking up Valkyria Chronicles like 2 days ago. Now I just need to find the time to play it between work, school, writing, and learning to draw ponies.

"Caption This Pic!" #10:

@Pykrete: There are some official plushies (and more are on the way); they just aren't as high-quality as some of the ones that fans make individually by hand.

Twilight: B-b-back away, stranger. I h-have a TV logo, and I know how to use it!

edited 2nd Aug '12 4:59:04 PM by DiurnalBrocolli