tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post269279541853515705..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Fandom Classics Part 229: ...But the Kitchen SinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-17997180361906993682017-09-26T00:26:18.673-05:002017-09-26T00:26:18.673-05:00Ah, the Love That Dares Not Drip Its Name.Ah, the Love That Dares Not Drip Its Name.Georg Felishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550333227450728733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-65273588814767845232017-09-24T06:37:24.281-05:002017-09-24T06:37:24.281-05:00This comment gives me a heaping helping of nostalg...This comment gives me a heaping helping of nostalgia. ._. Ahhh.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-47538251740181786422017-09-23T22:56:28.403-05:002017-09-23T22:56:28.403-05:00Haha! I've been waiting three years for this r...Haha! I've been waiting three years for this review!<br /><br />Thanks for taking a look at it. I wrote this story when I was 15, and although there are still a good number of things I like in it—the last scene in particular, which made Pav Feira spit up soda on his computer when he first read it, is a favorite of mine—but I hope that I've improved at least a little in the five-or-so years since. I find it interesting that you complimented its... non-one-noteness. Back when it first came out, kits of all people HATED the fic with a passion, even trash-talking it in completely unrelated comment sections, because they had the exact opposite reaction of you.<br /><br />In any case, thanks for remembering it. I hope it wasn't a total waste of time.Dubs Rewatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879133467565577236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-81327313511944122202017-09-22T18:05:59.416-05:002017-09-22T18:05:59.416-05:00Pony eyes are a conspiracy. :BPony eyes are a conspiracy. :BPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-45077884642395945202017-09-22T16:34:30.206-05:002017-09-22T16:34:30.206-05:00What kind, indeed? It's also Bilbo and Frodos...What kind, indeed? It's also Bilbo and Frodos' birthdays today; I wouldn't want to hazard a guess at their combined total of years, as we sit here, somewhere in (perhaps?) the Seventh Age, but I think it's safe to say they've passed one gross by a fair margin.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-88870704726804786532017-09-22T15:49:05.767-05:002017-09-22T15:49:05.767-05:00For shame, Chris.For shame, Chris.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-44161209162513391112017-09-22T11:28:54.370-05:002017-09-22T11:28:54.370-05:00Agreed there, but there's still some gradient ...Agreed there, but there's still some gradient with, I think, Rarity on one extreme and AJ on the other. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie needed to make a break from their childhoods to get where they are now, so in a sense their broad goals existed but are in the rear-view mirrors; Fluttershy of course also always had the dealing with shyness and asserting herself angles for development. Twilight was implicitly moving towards some greater role, even if that was more directed by Celestia than herself (and that was something fans felt by the time I joined up in the S1/S2 break). <br /><br />Applejack did leave, yeah, but only to realize she already had everything she really wanted (except maybe having a family someday, and I guess winning at a rodeo?--but how important has that ever been outside the one episode). Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-74775518937342264152017-09-22T11:21:43.660-05:002017-09-22T11:21:43.660-05:00Ah, but PP, what about Rainbow's *eyes*? ;-)Ah, but PP, what about Rainbow's *eyes*? ;-)Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-52938763977505973732017-09-22T11:21:40.446-05:002017-09-22T11:21:40.446-05:00Those lines about Dash's only focus being to j...Those lines about Dash's only focus being to join the Wonderbolts were great, but I don't think her intense focus on that one goal or the lack of others are really that damning. Lets look through the main six:<br /><br />Applejack:<br />Keep the farm going. (Probably) have a family at some point.<br /><br />Fluttershy:<br />...just keep doing what she's doing, maybe?<br /><br />Rarity:<br />Expand her fashion empire, but without looking the personal craftsmanship of her work. Become wealthy. Become known in classy society, and make stunning impressions on anypony who matters. Marry a dashing stallion who will treat her with the courtesy and romance. And go on to live a glamorous life among the elite of society.<br /><br />Twilight:<br />Don't disappoint Celestia. Save the world if it's in danger.<br /><br />Pinkie Pie:<br />There's a day <i>after</i> tomorrow?<br /><br />Dash is actually one of the <i>more</i> ambitious and self-deterministic of the main six. And to be fair, I know plenty of real people who don't have any more direction in their lives than that.<br /><br />Personally, I could buy Dash thinking “maybe I need more to my life than this one goal.” But I couldn't buy her suddenly <i>not</i> wanting her one goal, at least without some great epiphany about why she wanted it or why it's suddenly not that important to her.Unremarkable Ponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490181982921850794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-68029509939033347612017-09-22T11:02:39.161-05:002017-09-22T11:02:39.161-05:00I always thought Rainbow was the most often shippe...I always thought Rainbow was the most often shipped because people wanted to see her comforted. Her entire persona is built around an image that she sticks to because she otherwise feels inadequate and is petrified of showing vulnerability, even around her friends. She's scared. And you could say the same of Fluttershy, except that Fluttershy spends most of her time in an environment where she feels fine, and only struggles with fear when she needs to go beyond that (which once included interacting with any pony ever). Still, Fluttershy spends most of her time unafraid and feeling like herself; Rainbow Dash doesn't. And I figured a lot of shippers just wanted to see Rainbow break that barrier and be accepted for it, at least by one other pony.Unremarkable Ponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490181982921850794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-19068190472539728862017-09-22T10:45:11.874-05:002017-09-22T10:45:11.874-05:00Chris, I'm disappointed. The Hobbit just turn...Chris, I'm disappointed. The Hobbit just turned 80, and you instead waste your blurb on how you space out reviews. What kind of Tolkien fan are you?Bugs the Curmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995195569022345933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-9203673832262816722017-09-22T06:39:17.035-05:002017-09-22T06:39:17.035-05:00I maintain it's because you can find all her f...I maintain it's because you can find all her friends' colors in her mane. With the exception of Pinkie Pie, confirming the Color Complement Theory of Shipping. :VPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-11529154924625926282017-09-22T01:02:46.339-05:002017-09-22T01:02:46.339-05:00I suspect that the reason Rainbow shipped with eve...I suspect that the reason Rainbow shipped with everything was tied in to her being a tomboy athlete. On one hand, she conforms to lesbian tropes, on the other, her interests and goals are relatively male coded and would put her in contact with stallions more than most of the others. (Also, between the Wonderbolt goal and weather stuff, she might have been shown to do more stuff with guys, at least background guys who also aren't related to her, than any of the others in S1.) <br /><br />Oh yeah, and there was the Gilda thing which led to very early breaking of the species barrier in terms of shipping her. So there's that too.Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.com