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| stormtrooper1701 #626781 8 months ago |
Ponies have last names, too, you know. |
| CallMeAl #626806 8 months ago |
Can I call you Betty instead? |
| Anonymous #626810 8 months ago |
No they don't you ignorant fanonwank bumblefuck.
Some of them have two names. But you go right ahead and tell me Fluttershy's surname if you're so sure. |
| marioandsonic #626815 8 months ago |
"No they don't you ignorant fanonwank bumblefuck."
LOL, calm down bro. |
| Cyanfunk #626837 8 months ago |
Lyra commands so much respect in Equestria that everypony addresses her as "Mrs. Lyra Heartstrings" when talking to her.
Even the princesses. |
| Jackarunda #626838 8 months ago |
I agree with this |
| Anonymous #626858 8 months ago |
Lyra.
Full stop. This surname shit is the new woobie Luna. "How dare they not agree with our interpretation of the show!" |
| Anonymous #626868 8 months ago |
^Thing is this doesn't have anything to do with the show. |
| Anonymous #626891 8 months ago |
Now let's fit in Pinkie's car, the big wagon Rarity pulls around, AJ's pickup, Spike walking around on all fours, and why Celestia is really pink.
Or we could stop trying to integrate marketing crap into the pseudo-setting of fanon we've put together from show observations and clever ideas. |
| fly_boy42 #626893 8 months ago |
Pinkamena Diane pie |
| Anonymous #626899 8 months ago |
Somebrony needs to write 95 reasons why Hasbro's character alterations and name choices suck, and duct-tape them to Hasbro's front door.
(an internet to anyone who gets that reference) |
| Anonymous #626901 8 months ago |
^ It actually frightens me a little that the 95 Theses might not be common knowledge these days. The fuck happened to education? |
| Anonymous #626912 8 months ago |
^actually had no idea what he was talking about till you said Theses. then i lol'd, cause he's right. |
| Jackarunda #626919 8 months ago |
@891 Why, would nailing them to the door be considered vandalism? |
| Anonymous #626939 8 months ago |
Jack: Most doors of companies are made of metal (most of which doesn't take nails very well) or glass (which doesn't take hammering very well, lol).
It's why I chose duct tape instead of nails when I put my resignation on an asshole company's front door :D [h5]in b4 some douche who never had a job in his life comments on that last part[/h5] |
| Anonymous #626944 8 months ago |
I agree that Hasbro's toy line should not be considered "hard-canon" when compared to the show itself and our collective fanon, but is it okay that I think the name "Lyra Heartstrings" actually sounds good? |
| Edudl2 #626956 8 months ago |
@Anon6939
Apparently the heading sizes on this site are a bit screwed up, and h5 and h6 do not exist. |
| Anonymous #627151 8 months ago |
Well I, for one, have no fucking idea what any of you are talking about.
And to be honest, I think I'd rather be blissfully ignorant of it, seeing everyone's reaction to it. |
| Anonymous #627153 8 months ago |
^correction. I DID in fact know what @899 was talking about. made me feel smart for second. |
| MisterSeven #627184 8 months ago |
#626944 That's fine. In fact, I agree with you, It's very classy. *monocle* |
| Anonymous #627659 8 months ago |
^#626810
Pinkamena Diane Pie status: [ ]not told [x] FUCKING TOLD |
| Anonymous #627665 8 months ago |
#627659
Names of the other family members on the farm: None given. No evidence found. Extract head from ass (Y/N)? |
| Anonymous #627694 8 months ago |
^ I agree that the Anon # 627659 should have been more polite about their assertion, but we have heard Pinkie refer to a "Granny Pie," which would suggest that the Pie in her name is a surname that she shares with her family. |
| Anonymous #627695 8 months ago |
^ We've also heard her assert she created Equestria with a party.
She just as easily could have made it up for the rhyme scheme, since we never see Granny at the family farm. |
| doomboy536 #627776 8 months ago |
Goddamn I love this fandom. |
| CaptainChomp #628303 8 months ago |
It's not like the background ponies will even be named in-show, but I support the idea of Heartstrings being a last name for Lyra in fanon.
Generally though, I don't take the blind bags too seriously. I mean, they haven't even released them in the US aside from some Toys"R"Us box set (as far as I know) and they're all palette and mark swaps of molds of five of the Mane Six...and Big Macintosh as of this third set. I'm starting to think Fluttershy's getting screwed because it may be too challenging to replicate her hairstyle in a tiny plastic figurine without it being fragile. Or something like that. |
| Anonymous #628986 8 months ago |
I think you're called Milford Cubicle. |
| Anonymous #629844 8 months ago |
Momaw Nadon is still referred to as "Hammerhead" by Star Wars fans (heck, even the kid from ET called him that). When was the last time you saw a flustered commenter post "LUCAS CALLS IT THIS! NOT THAT! IDIOT!".
We're nerds. It's in our nature to fanonish the CGI Hutts, Greedo shooting firsts and Hayden Christensens out of our favorite fiction so we can enjoy the parts we do like. |
| Anonymous #629852 8 months ago |
So what we've learned here is that Blues and Big Mac are mares, because that's what the blind bag card says. |
| Lancer #629919 8 months ago |
Corporations don't use fan material. If they do, sooner or later they have to decide who really owns it, and pay some fan for it. This stuff happens. If you want to be certain that a given idea or name is NEVER used by a corporation - then send them a letter telling them you'd like them to use it.
They can't use fan material without risking lawsuits. |
| tygerbug #632947 8 months ago |
Hammerhead was an official toy name, though. And obviously a nickname.
So therefore we should call Lyra Hammerhead, and all tags be changed accordingly. |
| Anonymous #641326 8 months ago |
Anyone else think Lyra looks kind of like a sheep here? |
| Big_Hackint0sh #672230 8 months ago |
@Lancer: That's not the situation at all. Hasbro has a contractual agreement that they can (essentially) use the likeness of any character on the show.
Hasbro must obtain the rights to use a named character as a trademark if they didn't create it (i.e. Twilight Sparkle; covered in the contract between the show creators and Hasbro). Other names they inherited from previous toy lines and shows. HOWEVER... Hasbro doesn't trademark everything. Sure, the mane six names are trademarked. But Spike? Applebloom? Nope. They use those names on packaging and on products without attribution. Names of characters that do not belong to someone cannot be copyrighted (implictly or otherwise). Since Hasbro doesn't even need to seek trademark registration if they want to use a name to a character they own, there is no potential legal conflict. The only sticky situation is if a fanon name became trademarked by someone other than Hasbro. But that person would be a dick. And then Hasbro can challenge them in court if the trademark was intended for sale and distribution of toys. If it isn't, then Hasbro wouldn't even need to seek permission to use that name on blind bags or whatever because the markets don't overlap. Keep in mind that picking the ponies in the blind bag was probably not a decision anyone high up spent more than a few minutes on. For all we know some project manager threw darts at the Comic-con poster, typed some off the cuff names into an email along with some colors and packaging guidelines before sending it off to the manufacturing guys. Best case scenario is that he tested some names in a focus group (his kids, over the phone) and went with that. This person does not work closely with the Hub or the show. It is likely those responsible were unaware that fanon names even existed. |
| Anonymous #701423 8 months ago |
"Well, Ms. Sparkle?"
"Pinkamenia Diane Pie, is that you?" |
| Anonymous #701424 8 months ago |
Lyra Heartstrings...
I like it. It's kinda catchy. |
| Homfrog #883848 6 months ago |
Why does Lyra here remind me of that tall mean girl from My Life As A Teenage Robot |