The Glade 4.0

That terminology really bugs me. If I'm a gamer (or whatever ) it's the life I choose to have. A great mother of a friend of mine, who we lost this year, was once asked if it bothered her that her husband and grown son spent their free time in the garage "playing with toy soldiers". Her reply was, essentially, was was she supposed to prefer that they go out to the bar or something?

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

That's just me being self-deprecating. Don't take it seriously.

In fact, if you're taking anything involving ponies very seriously, you're doing it wrong.

As it turns out, I was able to go the con nearly all day today. I'm too exhausted at the moment to do a write-up, but suffice to say: swag was acquired, some good Greek food was consumed, and the "Drinks with M.A. Larson and Crew" panel was a great time. "Mitch...hates a lot of things." "Yeah, but I get to write about them in a loving way"

It begins...

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Twilight was looking lonely, so...



This is how it starts. This is how you become "that guy" with the mountain of pony plushies.

Edit:

Also, here's a direct quote of Mitch Larson to correct my bad paraphrase:

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Pony plushies on your desk, might as well lock your dick up in Gitmo.

Just a reminder: season 4 starts in just over 8 hours.


Here's the somewhat spoiler-y comicon preview from a few pages ago:

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

So, I've long said that sexuality is an infinite spectrum, not a binary thing, and that nobody is truly at the extreme ends of any part of the spectrum.

I've realized what this MLP show is -- it's an outlet for several of you men to relieve the neglected parts of your personality that are not heterosexual-male. This can only be a good thing, so I'll leave you to it.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █

That's not it, but I don't care. So whatever.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Apparently this is a thing:

FiM++

This hurts my mind.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

FIM/XCOM Fanfic?

Yes.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/100455/ ... st-contact

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Holy shitsnacks!

An animator slipped Slendermane into the latest episode:

It happens at 17:03 if you want to see for yourself.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

God dammit. Which one of you guys is in EQN Landmark alpha?

Two great things that go great together!

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

"Describe Marecellus Wallace!"
"Eeyup"
"Eeyup ain't no country I ever heard of! Do they speak Equestrian in Eeyup?"

On Jack Black's facebook page at the moment:

I'm sure he's just goofing around, but I wonder if he has any idea what he's just started.

Nevermind, it's already too late...

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Look who has a cameo in today's ep:

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Just catching up on the last few episodes, and this:



was freakin' hilarious!

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Holy shitsnacks!

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Jesus! Whoever directed/storyboarded that season finale is obviously a fan of the recent Superman movie!

I half expected the climax to be...

That fight scene was thoroughly epic.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

That finale. So. Awesome!

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Holy shitsnacks!

For Kids!

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Holy shitsnacks!

I love Huussii's work. Here's the uncropped original:

http://www.deviantart.com/art/MLP-The-Burden-You-Bear-453517999

<insert rant about cropping it like that really weakens the composition>

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

This might be too many.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.