Nightly Roundup #851

Hey again guys! Sorry I have been absent lately, but I caught a cold from the fillies and colts at school and was out of it for quite awhile. Thankfully they don't last forever and now I am home for the holidays.

Anyhow, I think I promised a CMC header before I got sick so have some! *Throws CMC everywhere*

Check out what we have in the news after the break.

Pwnies for a Cause 2013

The Holidays is that time of the year for giving and charity and of course pony folk are doing their best to be a part of that! The Bluescreen Bronies are having a weekend long charity event that follows up their successful event from last year and they are excited for you guys to join them! The event starts at 9am Dec 20 and ends on 9pm Dec 22 so there is plenty of time to join the festivities.

Check on after the break for a full list of the events which include interviews with such talent as Amy Keating Rogers, Anneli Heed, and many more as well as prizes of course.

MLP FiM Cast sings Gypsy Bard

Some of you impress me with your sheer knowledge of where every single line in this show is.  Have the cast of FiM spliced togeather to sing Friendship is Witchcraft's Gypsy Bard in it's entirety.

Thanks to Andrew for sending it!

Spotlight Instrumental Music: Sunset of Life / Winter / Spread Your Wings

I do love it when everyone includes genres! It seems like people that aim for spotlight posts always do.  Yep...

Anyway, we have a bit of something for everyone in the instrumental section.  Acoustic, Progressive House, and Orchestral are all below.

And lets keep the "comment only about the music" thing going for music posts for a bit more? Why don't you give these a rating out of 5 if you like them?  I'm sure my temporary review group would love to see your feedback. 


1.) Night Breeze | Sunset of Life (INSTRUMENTAL - ACOUSTIC)
2.) Eclipsing Rainbows - Winter (INSTRUMENTAL - PROGRESSIVE HOUSE)
3.) One Wing Ft. Pipsqueak - Spread Your Wings (INSTRUMENTAL - ORCHESTRAL)

Bronies for Good: Charity Double Premiere: Dash of Christmas and A Princess Carol

It's the holidays! Time for charity! Bronies for Good has teamed up with a whole bunch of fandom groups to bring you a Christmas themed radio play this Sunday at 12:30 PM EST.  Head on down below the break for all the relevant information on it!

SFM Shorts: A Case of the Feather Flu / What's in the box / Dat damn eyebrows

Dash faces for all the ponies, Feather Flu, and more box stuff.  SFM shorts are invading in mass thanks to Adamtheamazing64 sending a boatload.  Get them all below!

1.) A Case of the Feat her Flu
2.) [SFM Ponies] What's in the box?
3.) Dat damn eyebrows

IDW Giving Out Super Limited Edition Comic on Facebook

One of those mega rare One Million Copy Anniversary comic books is being given away on the IDW Facebook page right now.  Only 12 will be printed, making it one of the big ones for all you comic collectors out there.

How do you win? Toss an email to [email protected] and explain what MLP Taught you about friendship in 100 words of less. The deadline is Midnight on December 31st.  Contest details can be found here.

Story Updates - December 19th

Putting ponies in weird situations! It's fanfiction time. 

Drawfriend Stuff #1019

I actually played a game of League yesterday for the first time in forever.  It's amazing how much changes.

Anyway, onward to the art!

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Midnight Rarity

Story: A Novel Tale (Update: Complete!)

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Author: Blissey1

Description: Novel Tale is an author that's been living in Canterlot for about 10 years now. That's a pretty good track record for a changeling. He's even included a changeling character in his latest book, and his fans have been loving his take on such an obscure mythological creature, especially his biggest fan, Twilight Sparkle. Things are looking up!

Then an army of changelings from another hive attack Canterlot.

Now all of ponykind knows that changelings are real, and his readers are sure to realize that the changeling in his book was too similar to the real thing to have just been based on a myth...

A Novel Tale (Complete!)

Additional Tags: Twilight learns how changelings work

Discussion: Luna's Personality - Which Do you Prefer?

Hopefully a bunch of you have caught up on the micro series comic released yesterday.  If not, go read it then come back! 

Luna here seems to vary pretty wildly between seasons and across the comic/show divide.  She went from sad and timid in the pilot episodes, royal and serious in Luna Eclipsed, to mysterious and and dreamwalky in Sleepless in Ponyville. An extra dimension of the character was added with the comics though.  Her persona here is... Rambunctious? I don't think I've ever used that word.  It seems she took the concept of "fun" and ran with it, because Moonbutt be crazeh.  This was true for both the Big Mac arc as well as her newest one. 

After reading the micro yesterday, I'm sold.  Give me wild and impatient Luna any day.  What do you all prefer though?  Do you like her sad and lonely, mysterious and cool, serious and royal, or wild and crazy?  Hit those comments up with your thoughts, or feel free to tear me a new one for misinterpreting best pony. 

Short Animation: Rainbow Dash Is Excited

Viva IMMATOONLINK is dangerous.  He creates these ridiculously short videos that I inevitably end up watching 30 times over the course of the following week.  Have another one in that series below.  I'm doomed.

Animation/Ponified Intro: Ponymonogatari (Black) Intro

When was the last time we had one of these? I remember an era where a bunch happened, then they just stopped.  Ponysona 3 is still one of my favorites vidoes the fandom has made.

Anyway, someone ponified an anime called Nekomonogatari Black. Head on down below the break to check it out!

Minty Fresh Adventure 2 - Always the Bridesmaid Demo

The guys over at Pony Platforming Project have released a demo for their upcoming second Minty Fresh Adventure game.  While the last one focused entirely on Colgate, this sets you up with her, Lyra, and Sparkler I think? 

Anyway! Get it over here. And have some adorable Trixie. Just Look at that Trixie. How could anyone ever hate that face? I want throw bits at her just for the smile. 

Hearts Like Horses Remixes - Nicolas Dominique, Freewave, PonyFireStone

Time to corral up some of these remixes for you all to peruse. Keep the music discussion going again! Get them all below.

1.) Freewave - Hearts Strong as Horses (Gallop to Glory Vocal Remix) (REMIX - SYNTHPOP)
2.) Hearts as Strong as Horses (PonyFireStone Remix) (REMIX - GENERAL ELECTRONIC)
3.) Hearts Strong as Horses (Determination Mix) (REMIX - CHILLOUT)

Power Ponies Preview Clip on MLP Facebook

The MLP Facebook page has tossed up a preview for Power Ponies. It's 22 seconds, and obviously a bit spoilery.  Head on over here to check it out!

Thanks to Elliot for the first, and the swarms of others for sending it in! The Great and Powerful Sethisto decided to finally go to bed, at the worst time.

Comic: Impulse / A Bright Rainbow / Professional Attention Span

Three CMC Comics in one comic post? It's like we had a CMC Episode recently or something.  Click for full.

Cathy Weseluck Announced for BABSCon!

Wow, BABSCon is going to beat Bronycon at the rate they are adding guests.  We have yet another one. Cathy Weseluck will be heading there to attend in April.  Head on down below for the press release.

MLP Takes 9th Position in Google Trends Top 10 Toys Searched For in 2013

Google has released their top trends for 2013 in loads of categories, with toys being one of them.  Coming in at number 9 is none other than My Little Pony.  I have no clue what Pokemon Fusion (wouldn't just Pokemon win?), Paw Patrol, and Palace pets are, but we totally need to beat them next year. At least we rated above some Disney thing!

Anyway, get the full list embedded below, or over here.  Thanks to Daulton for the heads up!

Another Equestria Games are Coming Teaser

You like teasers, don't you? We have yet another one from the MLP Facebook dedicated to the CMC.  It came earlier yesterday, and I completely derped on posting it.  It's nothing too revealing though.  Head on down below the break for the CMC in helmets.  Thanks to Ulrik with the first and everyone else for the heads up.

Pinkie Apple Pie Synopsis Released

And as promised, here is the second of two new synopsis.  Get it down below and discuss away!

Rarity Takes Manehattan Synopsis Released

Zap2it has released two more synopsis for the upcoming episodes, I'll split them up so we can get some seperate conversations going.  The first of the two is an expansion on January 4th's "Rarity Takes Manehattan".  Head on down below the break for it!