Story: The Sun Is Tired (Update Part 9!)

[Sad][Grimdark] All hail our beloved leader! Please don't send me to the moon.


Author: MaskOfData

Description: Celestia is universally feared, a Tyrant in the truest sense. But she never tried to be, and it's the last thing so wants. And it's tearing her apart.

The Sun Is Tired Part 1
The Sun Is Tired Part 2 
The Sun Is Tired Part 3
The Sun is Tired Part 4
The Sun is Tired Part 5
The Sun is Tired Part 6
The Sun is Tired Part 7
The Sun is Tired Part 8
The Sun is Tired Part 8.5
The Sun is Tired Part 9 (New!)

Additional Tags: Tyrant, Rage, Anger, Despair, hopeless

Artist Training Ground Alumni Week 6

The Artist Training Grounds week 6 is complete! 

You can find all of the submissinos here!

And as always, if you want to join in this week's challenge, the deviant art page is here!

Comic: Startle Bits / Surprise!

Source

Suddenly I have an urge to play some Super Mario Galaxy.

I really love those games... It's a shame colorful, crazy platformers aren't more common these days.

Also some Surprise below!  Read the description on the DA after if you are confused. 

Click for Full

PMV: How far They've Come / Canter Heroes / Jump Pony Jump

Cartoon heroes!? That brings back memories from my DDR days.

1.) How far They've Come
2.) Canter Heroes
3.) Jump Pony Jump

Story: Losing Ground

[Sad]

Author: Quinch

Description: A story of how Luna came to be banished, and the aftermath of her return.

Losing Ground

Additional Tags: Luna, tragedy, moon, friendship, breakdown

Drawfriend Stuff #150

ASTRONOMY edition

Huge (and late, oops) drawfriend today.

Source 1

The Brony Show...Now!

That live podcast is going on right now, have a copy paste!

It's Monday, and that means The Brony Show! The livestream Brony Show that airs at 9pm Eastern.

Here's some copy-paste (please use it :) )

Hello everypony, it's Monday, and you know what that means! The Brony Show, broadcasting live from anywhere and everywhere, bringing you news, videos, commentary, and other various pony related lols!  Circuit is back and ready to fill your head with so much pony it'll explode twice!

Find the livestream here: http://www.livestream.com/thebronyshow

And this episode and every episode hereafter, Tehfoxxy and I promise that there will be no more trolling. Well, at least not like the last episode.

Story: A Tangled Web (Update Part 3!)

[Sad][Adventure][Grimdark] That is both the longest stream of tags and the longest description I have ever seen. Brevity is the soul of wit, ponies.

Author: lesserpoet

Description: Every civilization is predicated upon a set of founding myths, a unique Pantheon of heroes and villains. We laud them, idolize them, even speak for them. The nice thing about our legends though, is that they remain firmly locked in our past. They are, in a word, dead.


Imagine for a moment that they were not gone forever. Imagine if one day, they returned, and wanted their power back. Imagine if what we knew of them was built on lies.


Equestria has had 1000 years of relative peace, and prosperity. With the return of Luna, the balance upon which her walls have stood has been restored. Unfortunately, every empire falls. Often, our epilogues are etched deep into those histories that brought about the founding itself. The Elements of Harmony saved the fallen Princess, but their power comes with a heavy cost. When an ancient lie is revealed, when an old dawn threatens the survival of the Equestrian Age, an opportunity arrises to write history anew.... but even in this, as in everything else, what's past is bound to be prologue.

A Tangled Web: Prologue and Chapter I
A Tangled Web: Chapter II
A Tangled Web: Chapter III (New!)

Additional Tags: Origin, Loss, Revelations, Repercussions, Classical Epic

Story: Manec Depression (Update Part 3!)

http://nimaru.deviantart.com/art/Pinkie-Pie-Stomping-Grapes-FiM-238852494

[Normal]

Author: Walkinix

Description: A surprising series of events brings a young mare to Ponyville, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake find their fates intertwined with their pink guest's as they shower her with hospitality.

Manec Depression, Chapter One: A Night to Remember Part 1
Manec Depression, Chapter One: All in the Family Part 2
Manec Depression, Chapter One: The Carousel Family Jewels Part 3 (New!)

Additional Tags: "Closed doors guide one's destiny"

Pony Swag Remix Project

So, apparently there's this popular song called Pony Swag, which is a pony rap that was created by a pony named Swagberg. A pony named iBringDaLULZ liked it so much that he penned another few verses to the song and uploaded it.

Another pony named r0ninKai liked this so much that he also made another section to the song. This third pony writes to us to let you guys know that he would like to encourage the practice, because it's cool and hip and he thinks it would be totally awesome if everypony gave it a try. I would, but, I can't rap. Not even if you put a gun to my head. Not even if my first-born sons life depended on it (note: I don't have a first-born son). Not even if Rarity asked me to. Understand the seriousness of that last one.

You can find two additional verses by different ponies here and here if you're looking for more inspiration.

/puts his Maretallica back on

Ponies Awarded For Epic Hacking Fails

This article, originally posted on Gizmodo, details ponies being used as a rather tongue-in-cheek award. Too bad they're not G4 ponies.

Here's a snippet:

A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week's Black Hat computer security conference's Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year's hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony's major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize.

If you thought LulzSec and Anonymous would've done a clean sweep at the awards 'do, think again—the Stuxnet worm won the "Pwnie for Epic 0wnage" category, beating out both interchangeable teams of young hackers.

Comic: Doctor Whooves Series

A full on website dedicated to a Doctor Whooves web comic has popped up. A couple of pages are already out! You can find it here!

Story: Squaring the Circle

[Shipping] [Sad]

Author: Doktor Aurora

Description: Twilight Sparkle has made great progress in her study of the magic of friendship, but when she decides to upgrade her study to the magic of love has she bitten off more than she can chew? Is she truly destined for an unhappy future?

Squaring the Circle: Prelude
Squaring the Circle: Chapter I
Squaring the Circle: Interlude I

Additional Tags: Magic, Melancholy, Love, Non-linear, Rain

PMV: Black Forest - A Black Lagoon Remix

Random PMV, random Rarity in a giant bow.

Stryke sends this one to us, which is apparently a remix of the Black Lagoon intro, inspired by the fact that Revy and Gilda share a voice actress. Whoever Revy is. And Gilda, for that matter.

You can find it after the break.

Filly of a Filly Rap

iBringDaLULZ is back with another pony rap, this one stretching a crazy 5 minutes long. 

You can find it embedded after the break!

Minnesota Mall of America Meetup Compendium

There are so many of these going on lately,  I might have to start a compilation thing up.  This one happened on Saturday over in Minnesota at the Mall of Amercia.  I really want to check that place out some time...   Have some copypaste after the break!

Story: The Discarded Son

[Normal] [Sad]

Author: Gabriel LaVedier

Description: Granny Smith is awake late at night, nursing an ailment. She is met by a pony from her past, a part of the Apple family better left forgotten, who will not respect her will. A wager is set, the stakes are high, and a game is played for the soul of the family.

The Discarded Son

Additional Tags: Bad Apple, Granny Smith, Braeburn, Sweet Apple Acres, Poker

Nightly Roundup #61

Ponibooru was slow as hell all day, so I delayed the drawfriend to tomorrow.  I do already have 22 images saved up for it though, so It's probably going to be a big one again (And take freakin forever)

Have some crusaders!

Story: Cognitive Dissonance (Upate Part 6!)

[Normal][Grimdark][Adventure] I really don't know what image to use for OC ponies!


Author: HolyJunkie

Description: Equestria is a peaceful utopia full of ponies born to find the one thing they were destined to do well and enjoy. One unlucky colt was born to be a fighter.

Cognitive Dissonance Part 1
Cognitive Dissonance Part 2
Cognitive Dissonance Part 3
Cognitive Dissonance Part 4
Cognitive Dissonance Part 5
Cognitive Dissonance Part 6 (New)

Additional Tags: Long, Royal Guard, OC, Everfree Forest, Fighting

Pony Champloo

I love PMV's that actually do stuff!

You guys should use stuff like this as an example.  Just sayin.

What a World PMV / CONFOUND THESE PONIES / Fluttershy Washington

Time to empty my "mildly entertaining videos that I can't figure out what to do with" folder!

First off is a PMV for that steven magnet song from a while back, followed by some dudes drinking beer and seeing ponies.  (Does beer really do this?)

And some Fluttershy rap thing!

1.) Alex S. feat. Steven Magnet - What A World PMV
2.) CONFOUND THESE PONIES
3.) Fluttershy Washington (TheFakeBradNeely Ponification)

At The Gala Ochestral+Vocals / Scratch vs. Octavia / Vinyl Takes Flight

Earlier I posted the vocal free version of the first one. This new version adds some vocals in.

1.) Friendship Is Magic - At The Gala (Orchestra Vocal Edition)
2.) General Mumble - Scratch vs. Octavia (FiM Main Theme Remix)
3.) DH: Vinyl Takes Flight [Let's get this started]