Music of the Day #537

Omgbats. This is the best bat if you haven't been following bats lately. That may or may not be due to a lack of Starstruck art, but I can't really decide. Both are amazing bats.

Right, this isn't a bat post, this is a music post! Get your Music of the Day below!

Catch-up Writer's Training Grounds: "Tanks for the Memories" Prompts / "Bloom and Gloom" Submissions

We have one last episode that was missed early in the season for the Writer's Training Grounds event.  We definitely can't forget about "Tanks for the Memories"; it was one of the most popular episodes of season five so far!  So grab your prompts for one more catch-up event below the break, as well as the submissions from the "Bloom and Gloom" catch up event.

Nightly Discussion #431

Friendship is Magic has suddenly been replaced by this! How does it make you feel?

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Story: Minnkandi Stjarna

[Sad][Alternate Universe]

Author: Bad_Seed_72

Description: There is an ending to every great story. For Spike, Shining Armor's story will never end. No matter what Twilight, Cadence, or the doctors say. Spike isn't ready for that story to end. Not yet. There is one more thing he needs to add... if he can find the words to do so.

Minnkandi Stjarna

Additional Tags: Never said, but always known

"Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon" Gets a Cover

Moonbutt here has a book coming out as announced a while back, and we finally have a cover for it. The above image is what will be gracing all of your PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT stories this November 3rd. You can pre-order it now over on Amazon:

My Little Pony: Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon (The Princess Collection)

Thanks to James for sending it.

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Story Updates - August 3rd

I see how it is. You all wait until I'm on awful hotel wifi before flooding with fics! Ridiculous!

Get your army of story updates below. So many story updates.

Equestrian Odysseys - Card Colors Changing Things Up

The release of Equestrian Odysseys, the fifth set of My Little Pony CCG, is coming up later this month, so it's time to start talking about what makes this set so special. There's a lot to cover!

Equestrian Odysseys is by far the best entry point for new players since Premiere edition! Why, you might ask? It's because of one of the topics of this article: single-color Problems really simplify deck building. More on that below.

And there's plenty here for veteran players to read about, since we'll take some time to talk about the introduction of dual-color cards, and spoil some more dual-color and single-color cards below!

Drawfriend Stuff #1609 - RAIN poni

How far do Pegasus rain controlling powers go? Tornado summoning seemed relatively easy in a few cases. Would a pegasus that has lost her mind be as terrifying as the many crazy unicorns we have seen terrorize Equestria over the years?

Go get some art!

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In The Rain by Rain-Gear

Lightning Bliss Reviews: "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep" ft ToonKritic

Is it wrong these days to have a rainboow maned OC pony with a lion tail or be black and red with a top hat? I don't really know. Hell my favorite OC is an edgy bat pony who wears gothic dresses. I guess I left the strict OC pony diet ages ago.

ANYWAY...

These two obviously put a ton of effort into this even if we have seen the episode reviewed a ton already, so go check out some sleepy princesses below!

Short Animation: Alive

Pinkamena is ALIVE! Or is this not Pinkamena? I haven't a clue.

Get some parody pony animation below regardless.

Animatic: The Sun's Necessities

What happens when an animator voice acts their own Celestia song? Find out with The Sun's Necessities! That's some skilled animatic making at least! The vocals kinda add a funny aspect to it anyway.

Get it below.

Animation: Fluttershy's Lemon Rant, Plus a Preview of Pony Sims Episode 4

Fluttershy rants about lemons. Even in a full on blood rage, she's still adorable somehow.

Head on down below the break to check it out!

Balloon Party - Chromatic Horizons Announced!

The Balloon Party team composed of musicians who have brought you badass music for the past few years has already started up their next installment: Chromatic Horizons. Genre retrictions don't exist, with new styles very much welcome.

If that sounds like something you would like to contribute to, head on over here for the submission details!

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Comic: Starswirl Theory / Constellation 12 / Ask Two Sisters / The Forgotten Element 2-25

That's an interesting theory. Could Discord possibly be a corrupted Starswirl? How crazy would that be?

And get a bunch of updates to go with it, including one with a ton of updates.

Updates: 

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New Random Combo DVD Appears from Shout Factory

If you are collecting the Shout Factory collection of pony DVD's and don't mind adding a bit of Pet Shop to the mix, Shout Factory has a new one in the works with an October 6th release date. Episodes included are:

• 1 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Hearth's Warming Eve
• 2 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Tanks For The Memories
• 3 My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Party Pooped
• 4 Littlest Pet Shop: The Treasure Of Henrietta Twombly
• 5 Littlest Pet Shop: Winter Wonder Wha…?
• 6 Littlest Pet Shop: Snow Stormin' 

You can pick it up over here!

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Aurora World Rainbow Dash Joins Yesterday's Winter Twilight Sparkle On Amazon

Aurora has listed these two up on Amazon following that Zulily link from the other day. Unfortunately, they are currently unavailable, but at least we get a whole bunch of images and Dashie.

Head on down below to check it all out!

Early Morning Discussion #259

The moon ushers in another night of pony discussion! Discuss moon, or discuss whatever below!

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