I finished watching all of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic last night. I really enjoyed it and I'll be keeping my eye out for the next season. I've also been watching some fan-made videos and things.
Shut up. End of year grading is a miserable thing to have to do. It's part of my job, but one of the least pleasant bit, the least pleasant bit being writing up reports and attending meetings with anything about assessment.
I had a super-long Teal Deer essay-length set of thoughts about ponies and bronies and stuff, and you know what? Screw that. Have some ponies.
Brony fandom is good at fan-mixed media, especially stuff that crosses over, including PMVs (Pony Music Videos.) The best nail something that works for both MLP and the original source.
Like Mulan:
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And The Magic Flute. Yes, Mozart:
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Or Dr. Horrible:
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I also like their webcomics. Here's one called Kindness. (The little gray Pegasus is known in fandom as Derpy Hooves, and that is a whole long story in itself.)
I don't ship ponies, personally. I think the show's called Friendship is Magic for a reason, though since when has reason had anything to do with shipping? But I'd like to share this with you all, for the sheer diabetes-inducing sweetness of it: