Nightly Roundup #858

Instead of artwork of a certain pony tonight, I'll give it another night so everyone has a chance to see it first. In the meantime, how about some badass anime Gilda? Looks like she is ready to kick some butt!

Another short one guys, so get some sleep once you blow through this one!

Dave Polsky on True Equestria Radio tonight!

Ever wanted to ask Dave Polsky any sort of questions about ponies and his work on other shows and movies? Now is your chance tonight on True Equestria Radio! Tune in at Midnight EST for a chance to talk with him.

"Tonight on True Equestria Radio, writer Dave Polsky joins the roundtable of True Equestria Radio, answering questions from live callers just like you! It's sure to be a great time, so don't miss your chance to bug the writer who wrote Daring Don't and other episodes!

Call in at midnight Eastern, either by phone, toll-free, at 714-888-7471 or by skype right HERE! You can also tune in on Fillydelphia Radio on Ponyville Live."

Music of the Day #238

I rag on Applejack sometimes, but I secretly envy her in a weird sort of way. A simple life sounds like a blast sometimes in this crazy nonstop world.

Speaking of crazy nonstop, you guys flooded us with a bunch of music again. Get 14 below!

Comic: I Vant to Suck Your Apples! / Sour Apple / Every Single Morning / Changes

Let the outpouring of new episode comics begin! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with over the coming week. (Not sure if the last one was linked before, but it was funny enough to post again if so)

Click for full guys!

Story: Diamond Tiara Hunts Down And Systematically Murders Bad OCs

[Comedy][Random][Dark]

I think the pre-readers went nuts again.  I'm scared. 

Author: Aquaman

Description: There's a plague infecting Equestria, and Diamond Tiara has taken it upon herself to cure it. They may be stronger in number and in sheer absurdity, but she's got a little something special to even the odds.

That something being a three-foot long magically enchanted samurai sword. Look, nobody said this was gonna be pretty.

Diamond Tiara Hunts Down And Systematically Murders Bad OCs

Additional Tags: Exactly What It Looks Like

Story Updates - December 28th

Your daily dose of story updates HATH ARRIVED.  Venture forth and discover ponies doing pony things!

And as a reminder, expect a fanfic event based on the new episode tomorrow!

NOW GO!

Optional: Include Twitter Account with News Submissions

How many times have I used that image? It never gets old.  A few days ago I added a little addendum to our submit section, asking our news submitting masses to include a Twitter account with their submissions.  As most people submitting news already know how it works and don't visit the submit section anymore, I figured I'd get an announcement up.

EQD is built around the submit process.  We have a small staff, so having boatloads of people send stuff in is awesome, even if we get it 30 times.  To thank everyone for keeping the pony world flowing into our inbox, we wanted to start including Twitter accounts for the first people that get it in.

Just include a link to your main Twitter or Facebook page (this or this for example), and we will link it when we post your name in the credit area! This is still first come first serve though, so get it in quick!

Of course, you are still free to simply drop a name or remain anonymous too.  Twitter is not required. 

Drawfriend Stuff #1028

New episode day means boatloads of new episode art when something so crazy happens! Expect the spoilers today.

Hopefully tomorrow we can pull off an entire drawfriend post dedicated to it.  With how much we have today it wouldn't be too surprising.  Go draw some episode art!

And get today's below. 

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CMC and the Temple of Chaos

And new banner from Drawponies!

Plushie Compilation #137

I wonder how different show would have been if Pinkie actually was Surprise in the show? Rainbow would never get a second to herself I bet.

Pony plushies on the way after the break!


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Surprise custom plush

Twitter: Calpain

Story: When They Found Common Ground

[Shipping][Slice of Life]

Author: Craine

Description: What could a smug, arrogant, disrespectful, inconsiderate, country-town farmpony possibly have to offer a seamstress down on her luck? Migraines, premature wrinkles, a revolutionary new fashion line, and a burning attraction that they'd both deny until the moon crashed into Equestria. That's what. 

When They Found Common Ground

Additional Tags: Common gound brought them together.

Saturday Livestreams and Drawfriend

Well, I have a feeling what type of artwork everyone is going to be drawing today. Seth will probably be pleased! Not as many artists today, but that's understandable with the holidays. Check them after the break!

As always with this event, if you want to partake in the madness make sure to send an email to me at [email protected] with your name, the type of art you'll be doing, a gallery link (optional) a link to your livestream and a banner (also optional). Make sure that your stream follows our content guidelines as laid out under our submit tab and also make sure to that you can be ready to stream at our standard time of 4pm EST / 1pm PST on Saturday. Also, if you participated in this week's stream event please send me the art you made so I can include it in next week's Livestream Drawfriend.

Twitter: Calpain

New Episode Shirt on We Love Fine

Well, that was quick.  I guess a huge occurence like that would spawn some merch though! Too bad Funko isn't popping out a figure for it too. 

Anyway, get the new shirts over here.  And avoid it if you haven't watched the episode yet.  It's totally shy.

New Episode Actually Written By Merriwether Williams

That credit for BATS! is wrong. This one was written by Merriwether Williams. #MLPseason4
— Meghan McCarthy (@MMeghanMcCarthy) December 28, 2013

According to a recent Tweet by Meghan McCarthy it looks like there was a little error in today's episode! While the episode credits said Meghan had written the episode it was apparently Merriwether that gave us Bats for today.

Thanks for the correction Meghan!

Comic: Morning Disputes / Cadance Gets a Makeover Pt 5 / Quantum Fail / Game On!

I can see why everyone loves Luna so much. It's so easy to make her super cute!

Anyhow, have some comics before the deluge of episode comics hits us. Click for full!

Twitter: Calpain

After The Fact: Power Ponies

I know I said I was done posting reviews of last week's ep, but I make exception for these phenomenal Silver Quill videos. They always come out last, but you can tell where the effort is going. I think I'm gonna dedicate the dead space right after a new ep airs to him as long as he keeps making videos. Anyways, check out the fantastic review after the break!

Comic: You're Gonna Have a Bat Time

New episode, more Pixelkitties, Luna is 3rd best pony, Trixie 2nd best pony, ect ect. Click that image to go read it!

Cute AND Awesome

I can't believe that just happened.  I love this episode.

BATS! - Episode Discussion

You know, personally I wouldn't mind an episode dedicated to these kinds of BATS! They're adorable!

Anyhow, starting this week you should see an event or two pop up after each episode. It could be a contest or just a call for themed music, art, or fanfic submissions. Keep your eyes peeled!

Update: Fanfic event on Sunday, Possibly art event later in the week.