Nightly Discussion #96

It was genius of the show staff to give Equestria such a long history. With 1000+ years to explore there is almost an unlimited amount of history you can cram into MLP without it seeming out of place or excessive. Hopefully we get lots of world building next season!

Hope you all had a great Sunday. Relax in the comments and chat!

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Music of the Day #369

I like to think this is a regular occurrence at Fluttershy's house. Random ex villains sneaking visiting for tea. 

And then there was dubstep. Get your Music of the Day below!

Adiago Dazzle TV Commercial

For those of you curious about how the actual EG dolls are being marketed this time around, we have a new TV commercial for the Adiago Dazzle and Twilight Sparkle ones.  Expect the usual if you have watched kids TV in the last few years.  Get it below!

Thanks to Jason and Berry for sending it! 

Story: Gravity

[Slice of Life]

Author: Avox

Description: While digging around the Royal Canterlot Library, Princess Twilight stumbles across an old friend.

Gravity

Additional Tags: Old Friendships Will Never Die

My Little Pony Lanterns Pop Up on French Website

A french website going by the name of trousselier has bunch of these lanterns from that toy fair from a while back  up for sale at the moment.  Just Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle are available, but they do come in an assortment of colors for you to choose from.

While they don't appear to be popping up on English speaking sites yet, others from the fair have shown up over time throughout various major retail chains.  Chances are these will to!

More images below.

Thanks to James for the heads up. 

Story Updates - August 31st

I think this Twilight Sparkle has seen the front page here more than any other image on EQD.

Time for story updates! Go get them below.

Comic: Be Kind / DIscorderly Conduct / Luna Academy 3

It can be hard to feel good about yourself at times, but it's a good thing to sit back and think of all the good things in life and all the people that love you to give you proper perspective. Maybe we can all learn a little bit from Derpy here, eh?

Lots of comics today, appropriate for a Sunday. Click for full!

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Drawfriend Stuff #1274

I have no idea who Duchess is, but that image is awesome.  Those colors, that detail, the cute ears.  It's perfect.

Get some art below!

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Duchess (commission)

Animation: Lyra ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Something short and sweet, with some surprising Russian accents on Bonbon and Lyra. Expect the water buckets.  Expect the angry Bonbon. Get it below!

Thanks to Dvixer for sending it! 

Five Nights at Pinkie's

The Living Tombstone released a new Five Nights at Freddies song yesterday, and in usual pony way, it has already gotten the Pinkie Pie treatment.  Could you survive 5 nights at Pinkies? Would you even have the guts to check out the cameras?

Get it down below.

Discussion: What Oldschool My Little Pony Villain Do you Want to See Return Next?

We see oldschool stuff creep into our newschool ponyland all the time, with Tirek probably being the most significant.  An old villain was brought back and beefed up for our millennial brains to absorb (or older fans to nostalgia about). 

It turns out, older generations of MLP had quite a few big villains throughout their episodes, from The Smooze to a creepy bee thing called Queen Bumble .  Some actually have really interesting concepts overall, that we could probably see work well in modern day Equestria.

So good citizens of Equestria Daily.  You have once again been given that blank check to summon any old villain from any of the previous generations of My Little Pony for a revamp.  Who do you want to see return?  Who would you have voice them?

A good list can be found over here in the Antagonists section.

Comic: Her Number One / Speed Demon / She Can't Decide / Crazy Future / A Tricky Morning

I know not everyone likes this ship, but I do find it adorable at the very least! Hopefully we get more Spike and Rarity moments in the future.

Comic time again gang! Click for full!

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Story: Empty Nest

[Sad][Slice of Life]

Author: The Descendant

Description: Yesterday, the Cakes put Pumpkin and Pound on the train to head off to their first year at college.
Yesterday had been a very, very hard day.
Today will be worse.

Empty Nest

Additional Tags: Parenthood is a self-terminating occupation.

SEVERED PONY HEADS AHHH, and Funrise Needs Better Quality Control

Just in case you wanted to relive your favorite mega grimdark fic, we now have officially licensed severed pony heads available popping up at Toys R' Us stores.  It looks like Just Dashie and Pinkie have fallen in battle so far, but I'm sure we will see the rest of the mane 6 join them if enough of you decide to pick these up.

While you are at that, head down below for a completely ridiculous derp, courtesy of a Pinkie Pie plushie from Funrise.  And you thought their heads were oddly shapen sometimes.

Thanks to Koder for the heads up!

Comic: Fluttercord / Shadows of the Past 2 / Mind Your Discorded Manners 2 / Filly With Pride / Royal Flush

Morning everyone! Got a beautiful Fluttercord series for you all today that you can check out above. Just follow the links in the description to find the rest.

Comics, click for full!

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Celestia gets cranky without Friendship Reports

Original Artist

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Nightly Discussion #95

You would have to make Pinkie blush super hard to get through all that pink fur. I wonder what's gotten her so fluttered?

Time to chat! Get to it!

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SFM: CARTOON HORSE PROGRAM

There wasn't enough stuff for the Roundup tonight, but we do have this incredibly informative short documentary about the show and what it is all about! Puzzled on how to introduce your friends to ponies, let them watch this!

Get the whole clip after the break!

Thanks to the billion people who sent it in!

Clockwork Discord

Neat stuff just keeps coming out! We had the light up Luna yesterday and now this amazing clockwork Discord from our clockwork pony friend. These things are always so intricate and thoughtfully put together!

Check after the break to see it in action!

Mentally Advanced Series: Episode 20

Mentally Advanced: Fluttershy edition.  Get it down below!

Thanks to Lewis and everyone else for sending it!

Artist Spotlight: Ssalbug / PhantomFox777 / Lahome13 / Foxi-5

Woo! I kept my promise and released another one of these just a week later! Hope I can keep this up and not lose my motivation. We've got a few amazing artists for you guys today so make sure to check them out after the break!

As usual, these posts are in similar style to the Tumblr Spotlights, a group of 3-5 artists will be spotlit each entry along with a small short description along with a small selection of their artwork! In order to make this feature work though we need people to suggest artists to us so make sure to send artists you think need some exposure to calpain@equestriadaily.com. Please also include a short biography I can work with as well as what medium you work in most.

What sort of artists count? Suggestions should follow these criteria:

• No clop or extensive gore galleries as those typically violate our content guidelines. If the artist has a safe for work gallery separate from their not safe for work stuff they or their fans can submit the safe for work gallery. If there is a mix of SFW/NSFW on a gallery the decision whether or not to include them will be judged on a gallery to gallery basis.
• Don't be afraid to spotlight yourself as well as others!
• Artists of all types accepted -vector, OC, traditional, digital. As long as it is pony and of quality it has a chance of being spotlit. 

Now on to the artists!

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Comic: When Villains Win / PreCMC 11 / Rouge Diamond 4:2 / Shadows of the Past / Aftercare

We've got a treat for you guys today! After many months of hard work, the comic When Villains Win has reached its conclusion, topping out at almost 50 pages. You can find the first page above with links to the following pages in the description.

Now, on to the comics! Click for full!

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Spotlight Music: Outside the Airlock / Ten Years Later / Lights On The Other Side

Rainbow Dash... IN SPACE. Or maybe. I suck at reading lyrics. I usually don't even hear them. They are just another instrument to me.

Get two rap tracks and an Electro House song to finish it! All below.

1.) :rustage - Outside the Airlock (Vocal - Rap)
2.) Nexgen - Ten Years Later ft. LilyCloud (prod. eery) (Vocal - Rap)
3.) Lights On The Other Side - Panic (Instrumental - Electro House) (Instrumental - Electro House)

Drawfriend Stuff #1273

CREATURE OF THE NIGHT.  And you thought Luna was cool.  What now? We have a Flutterbat.  She IS the night.  None of this locked on moon sad xX420Xx MLG pro mountain dew mascot princess.  Yeah, I saw right through it gamer Luna.  You don't even play games do you? It's all product placement.  XBAWKS.

MADNESS.  ART BELOW.

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Bad Bat

Plushie Compilation #166

For a character that showed up for only part of an episode two season ago Cherry sure has managed to stick around! I think it's amazing that this fandom has just as much love for the main cast as they do for simple background ponies. Everyone is loved!

Now for some plushies guys. Get them after the break!

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Cherry Jubilee Plush Purse

Livestream Saturdays and Drawfriend

Now that's more like it! With BUCK and BronyCAN over we're seeing an uptick on our stream attendance. Check out all our artists 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 calpain@equestriadaily.com 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.

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Friendship is Magic #23 6 Page Preview Released

With the release of FiM #23 quickly approaching we've received another six page preview from Comic Book Resources, giving us a better idea of what to expect from the full story! I know a lot of us love the pets so I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of adventure the writers have in store for them.

Check out the previews after the break!

Thanks to Masem for the heads up.

Spotlight Music: LOST / Pegasus Device

4everfreebrony may be gone for the next 2 years, but that doesn't mean we don't still seem to have music from him coming in! Get a collab with Electro-Blitz in the first slot, and a remix of Pegasus Device from Mush in the second.

1.) LOST - 4everfreebrony (Feat. Electro-BLITZ) (Vocal)
2.) Mush - Pegasus Device (Remix - Ft. Glaze) (Remix)

Wallpaper Compilation #126

I could see Pinkie Pie doing that. I could see Pinkie Pie doing a lot of things. So much Pinkie Pie. Too much Pinkie Pie. Make it stop. She invades my dreams. I can't escape her. Everything is sugary and pink. I'm slowly losing my mind. Do you want me to lose my mind? I don't want to lose my mind. Make it stop.

Wallpapers, desktop, Pinkie Pie. 

As always, be sure to click the source links for the full size versions, as these are previews.

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Skater Pie

Robin Williams Tribute - Pinkie Covers: Prince Ali

Pinkie Pie! Or at least someone impersonating her. In honor of the memory of Robin Williams, Vannamelon over on Youtube did a bit of "Prince Ali" in Pinkie's voice.  If that sounds interesting to you, get it down below!

Thanks to Andrew for sending it. 

Everything Wrong With Secret of My Excess in 3 Minutes or Less

I completely forgot about this episode. Maybe I'm just not meant for the Spike/Rarity stuff. Horrible news!

Get Littleshy's list of everything wrong with it below!

Thanks to Bolt the Super-Pony and everyone else for sending it! 

Nightly Roundup #1045

Maud is just so adorable! I really do hope we get to see more of her in coming seasons. Maybe we'll finally get to see some of the work they do on the rock farm!

News time guys! Check it out after the break.

Nightly Discussion #94

September is almost here and school is about to start for most of you if it hasn't already! Best of luck getting back into classes and settling in at college or what not. Hope everything goes to plan for you all heading back.

Get to chatting!

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