Some, yes.

Shadowbronies scare me.

Especially because they can make centaurs.

Remember that there are Unicorns and Pegasi in SR as well.
Mean fraggers to boot . .

Screw with the Unicorn and you get the horn!

And can you imagine DFA from a Horse?

What? Is there something scary, for some reason, about spending ten hours writing and revising pony fanfic with FIFA 2012/2013 Laws of the Game open as a research document?






Yes. Yes, I can.

*nods* we have tactical weapons at our disposal.

Why have an actual horse when you can have a Crimson samurai wheeled centaur combat drone?
Seems more like your thing anyway Stahl

true, it does.

Crimson Samurai can't fly without extensive modifications.

They can't cast magic spells ever. Whereas we already know that not only can Unicorns be pretty damn powerful (The G.A.P. Trixie, Twilight Sparkle,) they're fully capable of violating the face off Shadowrun's existing metaphysical rules, such as "no time travel" and "no teleportation."


Though I'm kind of surprised nobody looked at me askance and wondered what in the hell I was writing that involved both ponies and Association football rules. Maybe you're all just that jaded.

Not mine. Credit to the guy who signed it. I think he has also linked some others and a version for Mac...


@Shadowponys
Very crazy Idea: I think the most awsome way would be pinky pie as a free spirit. There is no other way getting her cartoonish way inside shadowrun. And you could really look like Pinky pie. Astral Travel for the "I am already there effect". Multible form lets your pinky come with any outfit you see fitting.
And as a free spirit your pinky can withstand an insane amount of punishment. Which is comming her way, giving her recless nature. (I mean the rainbow video says everything about ponys in that regard...)

Only sad thing you can't summon the rest of the mane6, which you could do as a mage... But you can always take them as contacts!

For the attack I would suggest Stunbolts. Visual effect: Throwing glowing cakes.

Thats it for the first thoughts on the topic of:
But Pink back in Pink Mohawk.

Speaking of teleportation. Twilight seems to forget that she can do it any time it would be convenient to teleport. At least Fluttershy's forgetfulness that she can fly is somewhat understandable though it does get some good responses when she does.... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4uhB4UTbAI/UMzv...600/Capture.PNG

Classically Unicorns would only appear before maidens pure of heart and soul.
Also we're talking of the most non-magical guy this side of everything, Stahlseele and unicorns just doesn't add up.

Stahlseele and pegasus is a whole different story.

i'd take the magic out and replace it by awesome i'm afraid. . .
make the horn into a monofilament edged weapon for example
or make it retractable/telescoping with a thrusting point to boot.

yeah, me and magic, we don't really work well together, i am more of a machine head <.<;,
pegasus . . hmm . . pony flight suit and hooves with skimmer-discs might allow for some stunts O.o
and the sr pegasi are really mean fraggers too. so a shadowbolt version would work well here.
earth pony is too easy . . muscle stuff at max level for str at least, suprathoid gland too.
then some gecko stuff for the hooves being able to grip stuff. maybe magnetic system too here.
bone stuff, orthoskin, coloured skin and hair . . basically, skimp on most anything and make do with sheer skill and strength of body and will . .
BigMac would be the troll size version of these i guess . .

@ShadowDragon8685
and you were wondering why nobody looks at you funny anymore?
don't forget, i built binky . .

... got something against Earth ponies?

and this here is just too good to not throw in here:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ynAk3EYEUCk/Th4u...shadowbolts.png

Yes. The majority of them are part of the Apple family. That's.... disturbing....

That "just" means one of Applejacks Ancestors was their equivalent of Ghenkis motherbucking Khan, is all.

I'm talking more from the interbreeding aspect.

i know.

I figure she would have remembered sometime before the group suffered from terminal deceleration, but Rainbow Dash somehow figured out how to make a cloud support two Earth Ponies and two Unicorns before she got around to it.



More I was hoping someone would want to know exactly what kind of insanity I was writing as a pretext to say "Well, okay, here it is" and post a link.

My social-fu is weak.



Is Binky the chromed orc with the ridiculous number of penile implants?




Not as such, but it's not really possible to categorically recommend one of them as backup instead of a drone. Most of them are too small, for instance, to reasonably use a GE Vindicator. Only Big Mac and maybe Applejack are strong enough to have any natural recoil compensation, but even so they can't hold a candle to a drone that suffers no recoil whatsoever. Heck, even an Ares-Stoner LMG would probably be too much.




No they're not, just the majority we see on screen, since by far the most screen time is devoted to the Mane 6 and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, two of whom are members of the Apple Family and who live with two other members of the said family.

That's what cybernetics are for. And power-assist milspec armor. ^_^

(Now I'm picturing a Pony with a ¥ on their flank ...)


Also, in that one little part of Equestria, the Applejack family Clan has been there for generations, and so it's no great surprise they'd be a majority component of the local population all by themselves. Kinda fits even the human pattern for rural, farming-oriented families and communities.

Other parts of the kingdom probably are dominated by other families.

That would be Nu Rich, a descendant of Diamond Tiara's who, after his father and grandfather lost most of the family's money, liquidated every remaining asset he had and invested every last penny and bit into Ares Macrotechnology, and is the one who convinced the company to sell the space station Freedom to Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaft bank when it was being formed.



Eeeeeeeyup!

At least four generations, and from what we've seen, Apples are inhumanly long-lived. Remember that Ponyville was formed when Grannie Smith's parents were given the land by the Everfree Forest by Princess Celestia, when she was a filly, but Ponyville has traditions that go back centuries. I think you can do the math from there. It's also likely that she had siblings, and she must have been a very "fruitful" filly in her day, if you know what I mean. Applejack's parents, though unseen, clearly had at least three children - Big Mac, Applejack and Apple Bloom, assuming that they (a) aren't still alive in some other part of Equestria and still producing siblings, (b) didn't have other adult siblings who left the farm...

So then, it's likely that the Apples, or at the very least, Grannie Smith has had an Elven lifespan, which would give her plenty of time to have founded a dynasty, which is likely to have branches in all parts of Equestria, and that's only the ones who go under the Apple name, which isn't taking into account that the Oranges of Manehatten, at the very least, are cousins.




I imagine the Cherry family is rather large around Dodge Junction.

Based on what Twilight was doing "looking up and screaming with her mouth wide open". I doubt she was in any condition to do anything. Dash also caught Fluttershy with the cloud which is what makes Cloudchaser's expression golden.

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If Pinkie Pie were falling to the ground at terminal velocity, would her Pinkie Sense trigger?

Clan = Gaelic for family, just saying.

Noo, BINKY is the SURGED Centaur with 10 limbs(4 legs and 6 Arms) and all 10 limbs, torso and head cyber replacement, skimmer discs, each limb and the torso has a weapon mount, complete armor, -10 or so essence and a cyborg brain jar attachment point the the back . .

Is that Binky 2.0? the Binky I remember wasn't that far gone

Edit: Crap... I just wasted my number of the beast post on Binky.

it's fitting.
and that's maybe binky 2 and a half . .
initially, i just wanted to see how far you could get with cyberlimb armor alone . .
and then i figured: ah what the hay, have at thee! and went ballistic with ideas ^^
Now he is Binky, Horse(man) of Death.

Well, yeah, but she's been in paniced life-or-death situations before and regained her cool in time to do something useful.



I KNOW, right? Cloudchaser was all "Waitaminute, Fluttershy, you're a Pegasus! Use your damn wings! and Fluttershy was all "Oh, right. I'm a Pegasus. I have wings."

But then... This isn't the first time Fluttershy has forgotten she had wings. I swear, she probably uses them more for hugging than flying.



Unquestionably!



Well yeah, but it just sounds cooler!



That would get very expensive, since they'd all have to be Loyalty 5.

But imagine the ritual magic they could do together! They'd also all have to have an artifact that allows them to perform ritual magic in combat time, of course.



Naturally!

I'm quite convinced that Pinkie Pie would have been the most likely to survive if Dash hadn't saved them.

Assuming that Twilight somehow failed to save them? Yeah, most likely.

she'd have popped up on the cloud behind fluttershy going:"what are you looking at?"
kinda like indiana jones on the last crusade after the tank drives off the cliff side . . .

Heheh...

Also, it occurs to me: either Rainbow Dash is going to complete Wonderbolt Academy but decline the commission, or Princess Celestia is going to order Spitfire to deny her the commission.


After all, Rainbow Dash is probably the best flyer alive, and possibly in all of history. She'd unquestionably be a superstar Wonderbolt. But more importantly than that, she's one of the Elements of Harmony, and is far more vital in that capacity than as a Wonderbolt.

i figure as long as she is allways reachable for communication and available for a quick summons, being loyalty should not hinder her in doing that . .
being loyalty would hinder her only because she would put her friends missing her above her own wishes because she is loyalty incarnate of course . .

How about them changelings?

They had two endings for the episode. The other was Dash quitting and not being told to return by Spitfire.

She probably would have done something before they hit the ground, but RD got them fairly quickly.


The element of loyalty would have to be a 6.

How long can she really be part of the group if she's away being part of a military unit, though? Bonds degrade, especially with a military culture, which is designed to break your emotional and social bonds with those back home and forge new ones with the members of the unit and service. That would probably be ruinous to her being the Element of Loyalty. Not to mention that most military boot camps explicitly forbid communication with the outside for like, the first month or so. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the first ending written was Spitfire stripping Lightning Dust of her leader's badge, then stripping RD of her wingman's badge and telling her that she broke the no contact rule and had to go, too.


Plus, I imagine she'd get absolutely stricken with heartsickness and missing her friends within three or four months, tops. But most importantly of all, it would take her out of the show*. Nobody wants that.

*Unless, for some reason, the others got drafted as auxiliaries. Which wouldn't be too hard for Twilight, since the Princess could theoretically tell her student to go wherever she likes, but would be pretty nasty on Ponyville. Sweet Apple Acres would suffer without its manager, the Carosel Boutique is Rarity and would have to close up doors. Some other pony would have to take up the mantle of handling the critters, though I imagine the Cakes would have only minor trouble finding a new baking apprentice. Still, I'm not sure we'd want the show to go there, though a life-in-the-army bit could be fun.






I wish they'd aired that one.




Eeeeyup!



Oh, herpty derp, yeah. I actually forgot the scale went up to 6. I've been talking too much Exalted lately.

They'd all have to be a 6. RD would have to have Loyalty Infinity. No matter what Loyalty test she's required to make, she aces it.

This is really intriguing!
*leans on hands and stares attentively*

the ammount of overthink that can go into these discussions is quite astounding sometimes, if i may say so myself . .
on the other hand, this is still dumpshock, it's kinda what we do over here . .

There's something very fascinating to listen to men discuss Ponies like they would Warhammer 40k.
Also I didn't realise there was this mythos... When I grew up MLP had the complexity of a duped up carebear...

This is Pony Gen4.
It's specifically made to NOT be like that anymore.
That was the whole Plan Lauren Faust had for it.

It was supposed to not be typical children/girl TV anymore.
That it had this much of an impact OUTSIDE the target group was entirely unexpected though.

That's because when Lauren Faust grew up, MLP had the complexity and attention span of a carebear on cocaine, and was nearly as insulting to the intelligence of everyone who watched it.

That's why she swore up and down she would make better TV than that.

She made what one would call a critical success in that regard.

This is the first part of the first, two-part episode, and This is the second.

They tell the story of a young wizard, apprenticed to the sovereign monarch of the land, who discovers a doomsday prophecy that is supposed to take place on a festival that happens two days' hence. She tells her master of this, and is brushed off, with an order to go and oversee the festivities, and make some friends. When she gets there, she meets the local Bard, local Ranger, local Barbarian, local Rogue, and local Druidess, in that order. She writes against to the monarch, who again tells her to stop being silly and worry about the festival, and goes to bed in a huff. When the festival rolls around, the monarch is missing, and her evil sister, sealed in a can for a thousand years, is now back and claiming the throne.

Oh yeah, and they're all colorful cartoon ponies. But really, that's quite a good background if it were a D&D campaign.




If you make it and it is good, they will watch it.

If you build it, they will come.

@Lionhearted:
have you watched some of the pony movie trailers yet?
or some of the pony music videos?

I've actually stayed completely oblivious to it, I've been aware that it was a thing and that some people were quite obnoxious about it. But never really felt the need to check it out, part of me still had a bad taste of the old show... Seriously that thing was designed to make boys hate girls!
Generally I have a quite hard time with kawaii/cutesy, god did it take a lot of mental fortitude to finish some anime... So it really haven't attracted me at all.
I think the last thing I watched that was intended for children and enjoyed was Avatar the last airbender... Which is silly good.

Ok, then i will now show you some of the very best there is . .

DANGER! DANGER! MASSIVE AMMOUNTS OF BRONY CULTURE STRAIGHT AHEAD!
THIS IS HOW MOST BRONIES GET INTRODUCED TO THE FANDOM!
The actual MLP Cartoon comes later usually, when people are curious about what's so great about it that this has happend.

First: Ponified Movie Trailers!

Watchponies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1hETuP33r8

300 Ponies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlGYS6rAfA

Inglorious Ponies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bxAyP6uJ4k

Batmare Begins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWzqVvx3Wg

The Rainbow Knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfu_Zn5zkX4

The Rainbow Knight Rises: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zYOnH6X_FA

P for Pinketta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egvo47uAtOU


Semi Official:
Equestria Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo


Brony Original Animation:
Want it need it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20jsywkLaY (compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbCYsEMg09o)

Picture Perfect Pony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDdL4z5qfr4 Both Music AND Video are COMPLETELY Fan-Made.


Not Original Animation, but sound/sync

Pony Swag: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1HZp4ClFXY Only the music is fan made

Russian Dancing Pony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zntt6-0z0TM

Pony March: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSbowW5j34

Guiles Theme goes with everything: MLP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjkM_y-Wps

The most innocent looking Khorne Berserker ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bat_blH8E5o

Adorable Fluttercussing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaKQeRlZfHE

Adorable Flutter Cheer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xczDd2_X0DI


Not really a fan, but he is happy to oblige his fans and makes metal versions of songs:
My Little Pony Meets Metal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVBcm_BZRs

It may be cutesy, but it's not bad. Trust me, I was all "Ponies? Seriously, like, My Little Pony? You're fucking kidding me, right?"

Then someone poked me and poked me until I finally watched Turnabout Storm, an Ace Attourney/Friendship is Magic crossover done in Ace Attourney set-scene style and fully voice acted, and it was Good. Then I saw the "Baked Bads" bit on the internet and I laughed, and I said "awh fuck, okay, I'll give it a try. Where do I start?" Someone pointed me to the first two episodes on YouTube and I watched them. Then I watched the next episode. And the next, and the next, and the next, and now I'm 71 pages into writing a pony fanfic of my own*.

Seriously, like I said. Try Parts one, and two of the first episode. Watch 'em in full 1080p.



*Hey, if it works for CanRay...

Okay. I don't remember the episode so I'm trying to place each of them

Bard : Rarity
Ranger : Fluttershy
Barbarian : Pinkie Pie
Rogue : Rainbow Dash
Druidess : Applejack

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I used to be a brony hater. Then I watched the show in order to find more things to make fun of bronies with. Then I found I enjoyed the show.

ERRRRR!
WRONG!
Bard: Pinkie Pie(short meeting, but first)
local Ranger: Applejack
Barbarian: Rainbow Dash
Rogue: Rarity
Druidess: Fluttershy

Yes, and in Gaelic, there's no difference.

But in English, "Clan" implies a very extended family - one where the relationships might not be so close as "family" implies. A Clan can be comprised of many smaller families, at least as I understand the word to be used in English.


...


Oh, and btw? CURSE YOU ALL, for finally dragging me down into Brony-dom. I used to just be a (friendly) bystander .... >:P






Group contact. Problem solved.


Nah, custom Metamagic.

Something like: add half their Magic rating (round down) to the effective Force of the spell, and half their Spellcasting skill to the Die Pool - except the ritual leader, who gets their full Die Pool. Then, every participant suffers full normal drain as if they had cast the (un-boosted) spell themselves ... and +1 drain per participant?






Or, Celestia will simply assign Dash to "detached duty" ... allowing her to retain her availability to save the world, etc, etc.