User:Fluffbrain

Introductory Quotes
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick, How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later

"Don't you remember? We built this city on rock and roll." - Starship, We Built This City

"It's not our flaws that make us human but rather our belief in flawlessness" - Fluffbrain

"If you start a sentence with the words 'to be honest', you must finish it by saying 'and now, back to the lying!'" - Stephen Colbert, "Big Furry Hat" segment

Favorite MLP:FiM Quotes
"The inside of a snake is there whether you see it or not" - Somnambula, Legends of Magic Issue 5

"Can you believe Featherweight got his cutie mark? Featherweight. Before us." - Sweetie Belle, Ponyville Confidential

"Teach her to fool with the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" - Sweetie Belle, One Bad Apple

"What are you, a snitch?" - Babs Seed, One Bad Apple

"Is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?" - Rarity, The Last Roundup

"We could take a little break, but--we don't need it" - Cutie Mark Crusaders, Flight to the Finish

"Love the new hat. Very modern. What's the occasion?" - Rarity, Party of One

"These babies just won't listen to reason" - Pinkie Pie, Baby Cakes

"Everypony has fears, Scootaloo. Everypony must face them in their own way. But they must be faced, or the nightmares will continue." - Princess Luna, Sleepless in Ponyville

Fluffbrain's 5/5 Allstar League (Favorite Episodes)
Ponyville Confidential

Read It and Weep

Party of One*

Crusaders of the Lost Mark*

Sisterhooves Social*

Sleepless in Ponyville*

(*=honorary; my ratings for every episode are listed here)

Favorite MLP Songs
Hearts Strong as Horses (including reprise)

I'll Fly

I realize this is cheating, but literally every song from Crusaders of the Lost Mark (which is why it's in my 5/5 Allstar League)

A True, True Friend

One Small Thing

Rainbow

Time to Be Awesome

Honorary Mentions:
The Perfect Stallion

The Smile Song

This Day Aria

You'll Play Your Part

The Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme Song

Morning in Ponyville

Winter Wrap Up

My Opinion of the Show By Season


Season 7: The half that I did watch inspired me to abstain from the other half. Season 8: N/A Season 9: N/A

My Opinion of EG
Having only seen the movies, I can say the first one was alright but the others didn't do it for me. Part of what makes MLP so great in my book is the joy of watching what are basically stuffed animals behaving (or trying to behave) in such a human manner; with that lifted from the equation, character actions don't have any inherent charm, which puts the enjoyment floor a lot lower. Not devoid of entertainment value, but not of the same caliber as the regular show.

A Few Things in the Show That Mildly Annoy Me
During a song or chant, when character movements de-sync with the rhythm (if it's apparent that they were initially meant to be in sync).

Also, 'countryisms' that feel more tacked-on than called-for, like "sure as applesauce".

MLP Convention Involvement
Ponyville Ciderfest 2018, Special Events staff

Whinny City 2019, Guest Relations staff

MSP-MLP 2019, Special Events staff

Miscellaneous/About Me
I occasionally use this site to record my thoughts on aspects of humor and storytelling as they appear in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I legitimately find the first five seasons of this show to be very enjoyable to watch on account of their aesthetic charm and humorous writing, as well as their ability to address deeper and very human issues such as loss, crisis of identity, strained familial bonds, fear of loneliness, and others. In contrast, I find nearly everything from season six onward to be altogether very different and uninteresting.

I am currently a graduate student studying music composition. I don't really identify myself as a "brony" more than a typical adult heterosexual male who enjoys silly things such as are abundant in the early seasons of this show. I'm a passive fan of cartoons from my childhood such as Ed, Edd and Eddy, The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, and others. I'm not one for Japanese anime though I remember enjoying DBZ and Pokemon back in the day, and I hold in high esteem certain works such as Cowboy Bebop and Spirited Away. Aside from MLP:FiM though I don't watch movies or TV; most of the rest of my entertainment comes from writing music, playing video games, reading, playing piano/singing, or perusing youtube.

To exercise my Arabic language abilities I'm transcribing dubbed MLP:FiM episodes and posting them on the Arabic version of this site under the same username. Currently:

Episode: Dragonshy (الخيف من التنين)

Status: 45%

I'm also transcribing season five episodes in Spanish to upload on the Spanish version of this site:

Episode: Trade Ya! (¡Intercambio!)

Status: 5%

Online game communities of which I'm a part:

Eve Online: Euscrops Tevyushki

Path of Exile: Euscrops

League of Legends (I'm not good): Fishbread

Youtube channels of mine:

MLP:FiM-related: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwCyGTMYSHZ6E3kPU4_g78Q (inactive)

Non-MLP:FiM-related: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI2dDoPyk7w1HtPgtlF_y5Q (some videos contain strong language)

Hablo español. (Spanish)

.بتكلم العربي (Arabic)

.من به زبان فارسی حرف میزنم (Persian)