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  1. Twilight's out of shape, good lord. Hit the treadmill.

    Saturday, 10-May-14 21:11:08 UTC from web
    1. @mrmattimation I like how in S4, they make Twilight just a bit taller than the other mane 6 characters. It's sort of a nod to the fandom. That, along with Rainbow's acknowledgement of it in the episode you're watching.

      Saturday, 10-May-14 21:12:09 UTC from web
      1. @clayinthecarpet Is that a nod to the fandom, or is it just something they did because of anatomy? I'm pretty sure they only care about your money.

        Saturday, 10-May-14 21:13:00 UTC from web
        1. @mrmattimation DHX? These writers? No, they genuinely seem to love what they're doing, well most of them anyway.

          Saturday, 10-May-14 21:14:57 UTC from web
          1. @clayinthecarpet ...yeah, probably still wasn't a nod to you guys though. You're overthinking this.

            Saturday, 10-May-14 21:16:53 UTC from web
            1. @mrmattimation Fan art is what caused Equestria Girls in the first place. They track this stuff.

              Saturday, 10-May-14 21:19:23 UTC from web
              1. @clayinthecarpet Yeah, and I'm sure in Season 5 everybody will become lesbians and start a polygamist herd.

                Saturday, 10-May-14 21:20:10 UTC from web
                1. @mrmattimation You're...missing a valid point. Hasbro's execs actually look at fan art and save it for reference toward what appeals to us. It's what caused EQG to happen at all. That has been documented by the writers themselves.

                  Saturday, 10-May-14 21:21:35 UTC from web
                  1. @clayinthecarpet The writers enjoy HotDiggedyDemon's work. So, by this logic, Season 5 will involve Fluttershy cutting up ponies in her shed.

                    Saturday, 10-May-14 21:23:58 UTC from web
                  2. @clayinthecarpet remember how many bronies hated the first EqG and how they made a second movie anyway? Yeah they must really love the fandom

                    Saturday, 10-May-14 21:26:06 UTC from web
                    1. @ellistia Tell that to the theater filled with 98% bronies I saw the film with who paid money *both days* to view it and all loved every second of it. Just because you see a few angry comment threads online doesn't mean "everyone hates it"...Overall, it was well-received and people paid money to see it.

                      Saturday, 10-May-14 21:27:09 UTC from web
                      1. @clayinthecarpet People paid money to see it. Are you seeing the connection, now...?

                        Saturday, 10-May-14 21:27:52 UTC from web
                        1. @mrmattimation Question is, are you listening to anything I've said? This stuff is documented. I'm not pulling it out of my ass.

                          Saturday, 10-May-14 21:28:22 UTC from web
                  3. @clayinthecarpet No, they do not. Hasbro employees are actually /contractually embargoed/ against partaking of fan created material so as to provide deniability if a fan created concept appears in published material and someone gets lawsuit happy.

                    Saturday, 10-May-14 21:28:48 UTC from web
                    1. @cinnamonswirl What are you even talking about. "Partaking?" I didn't say anything about that. They collected it.

                      Saturday, 10-May-14 21:29:43 UTC from web
                      1. @clayinthecarpet he means that they don't look at fan stuff because they don't want legal trouble if they put some ideas from it into the show. Yes, it sounds absurd, but legal stuff is absurd by default.

                        Saturday, 10-May-14 21:31:03 UTC from web
                        1. @techdisk The writers of the show don't look at it. Hasbro execs do, though.

                          Saturday, 10-May-14 21:32:00 UTC from web
                          1. @clayinthecarpet you know this how...?

                            Saturday, 10-May-14 21:32:21 UTC from web
                            1. @ellistia I have been trying to find the reference. I have been unsuccessful so far. Hold on.

                              Saturday, 10-May-14 21:33:26 UTC from web
                          2. @clayinthecarpet That is probably true. It would explain "Derpy" and how they gave her a muffin in EQG.

                            Saturday, 10-May-14 21:33:08 UTC from web
                      2. @clayinthecarpet http://comments.deviantart.com/1/337351027/2851578121

                        Saturday, 10-May-14 21:34:34 UTC from web
                        1. @cinnamonswirl You're misunderstanding my point. I'm not telling ANYONE HERE that the writers read fanfics. I'm telling you that Hasbro execs came to the writers of MLP with a folder full of humanized fan art of ponies and presented the idea for a movie to them by turning the ponies into human-like things to sell dolls.

                          Saturday, 10-May-14 21:38:28 UTC from web
                          1. @clayinthecarpet Without a source, I've gotta fall back to Occams Razor, and this doesn't stand up to that. With a source, of course, the opposite would be true.

                            Saturday, 10-May-14 21:40:32 UTC from web
                            1. @cinnamonswirl Yeah, and I thank you in ADVANCE for having the PATIENCE for me to FIND it. *smiles as hard as he can*

                              Saturday, 10-May-14 21:41:07 UTC from web
              2. @clayinthecarpet Are you really sure it wasn't just capitalizing on the whole high school doll market and they needed an hour long commercial for it?

                Saturday, 10-May-14 21:20:29 UTC from web
              3. @clayinthecarpet lmao are you for real

                Saturday, 10-May-14 21:42:43 UTC from web
                1. @redenchilada ?

                  Saturday, 10-May-14 21:46:01 UTC from web
                2. @redenchilada He says he's got a source. Let him dig it up.

                  Saturday, 10-May-14 21:47:08 UTC from web
      2. @clayinthecarpet Why would that be a nod to the fandom?

        Saturday, 10-May-14 21:15:51 UTC from web
        1. @thelastgherkin >Twilight becomes princess
          >obviously should get taller
          >does just that in tons of fan art

          Saturday, 10-May-14 21:16:37 UTC from web
          1. @clayinthecarpet When you put it like that, it's undeniable.

            Saturday, 10-May-14 21:17:49 UTC from web