The Herd

[Quiver he/him]

So, maybe you heard about it from a friend and decided to check it out.

Maybe you read about it's themes of love and tolerance and got interested. Maybe you just saw some of the thousands of pieces of fan art based on it, and you got to wondering how a kids show- a kids show for girls!- could possibly get that large an audience, particularly an adult audience.

 

So, you sit down, at your television screen or your computer, and find an episode; one of the ones everyone says is great, since if you're going to judge it, might as well give it a fair shot, right? And you watch it and... huh. Actually, that wasn't too bad. Maybe those guys have a point.

 

So you watch the next episode. Then the next. And maybe you check out some stuff people have written about it... and before you know it, you're a fan of ponies. And you realize there is no escape. There is only Pinkie Pie.

 

 

 

Show your Pony Pride with these signatures!

 

Courtesy of Awesomeness Summoned

Edited September 21, 2015 by Quiver

[+Quitecontrary she/her]

You have betrayed someone yet again.

 

You should be an honorary member of the Lords of Chaos.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Okay, weird story time, but it'll make sense in context. 

 

My dad works for a cable company, and a few years ago, he was working with his local technicians to think of a slogan to put on the backs of their T-shirts, which they would wear to events. One of the potential contenders was "Be the hero." However, someone had bad handwriting, so when it went on the whiteboard, the O looked like a D. By then, it was too late to stop it. "Be the Herd" was what went on their shirts. 

 

BE THE HERD

[Quiver he/him]

Bad handwriting?

Silly Twilight. It wasn't a handwriting issue. It was Pinkie Pie, manipulating the slogans from across worlds to accumulate followers. After all, the slogan was written on a whiteboard. Everyone knows that messages not carved into steel cannot be trusted.

Or oatmeal. But I digress.

BE THE HERD.

[Delightful]

We already have  a herd in Newcago. The yak herd.

 

[Kobold King he/him]

I'll say this much: while MLP isn't my cup of tea in general, it is quite useful in showing one's mood by means of screenshots.

 

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

You little traitor, Quiv.

[Delightful]

You little traitor, Quiv.

That surprises you, at this point?

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

That surprises you, at this point?

I remain half surprised. At this point.

Edited June 28, 2014 by Queen Elsa Steelheart

[Satsuoni he/him]

I admit that I watch the show from time to time... For its Shivering InSaNiTy! hidden under veneer of normality. Pinkiepie's insecurity and paranoia, Twilight's spikes of OCD, Spike's occasional greed and crosspecies love, Rarity's wrath and arrogance Delightful, I say. They would make the most interesting Hemalurgy experiments, I say. Maybe we would be able to spike those qualities in cats, oh, yes.

Also, cupcakes  

[+Quitecontrary she/her]

I admit that I watch the show from time to time... For its Shivering InSaNiTy! hidden under veneer of normality. Pinkiepie's insecurity and paranoia, Twilight's spikes of OCD, Spike's occasional greed and crosspecies love, Rarity's wrath and arrogance Delightful, I say. They would make the most interesting Hemalurgy experiments, I say. Maybe we would be able to spike those qualities in cats, oh, yes.

Also, cupcakes

 

For cupcakes! For apples! For pie!

[Kobold King he/him]

I admit that I watch the show from time to time... For its Shivering InSaNiTy! hidden under veneer of normality. Pinkiepie's insecurity and paranoia, Twilight's spikes of OCD, Spike's occasional greed and crosspecies love, Rarity's wrath and arrogance Delightful, I say. They would make the most interesting Hemalurgy experiments, I say. Maybe we would be able to spike those qualities in cats, oh, yes.

Also, cupcakes

 

What does she have to do with it?

[Satsuoni he/him]

What does she have to do with it?

I know not of the "She" you speak of.

Cupcakes is but a revelation of the true mindsets if some MLP members.

[Kobold King he/him]

I know not of the "She" you speak of.

 

You invoke the name of Newcago royalty, then claim no knowledge of her? For shame!

[Satsuoni he/him]

You invoke the name of Newcago royalty, then claim no knowledge of her? For shame!

Thy politiks matters little to usss...

[Laughing Fool he/him]

Hi guys, I'm here to facilitate the divorce of the individual from the Herd by refuting how the Herd defines friendship and love. Hit me up.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I know not of the "She" you speak of.

Cupcakes is but a revelation of the true mindsets if some MLP members.

 

I thought we agreed never to speak of that travesty again. 

[Matrim Bloody Cauthon he/him]

Why was laughing fool banned?

[Delightful]

Why was laughing fool banned?

Good question 

[Chaos he/him]

PM me for details. Was a person who had already been banned and was using another account.

Remember that multiple accounts are strictly prohibited

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Why was laughing fool banned?

Pity the Fool.

Had to do it.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Once again....

WEBSITE! Y U NO LET ME UPVOTE THE SAME POST TWICE????

[Quiver he/him]

The first royal decree of the Solar Empire; upvote Mailliw's comment repeatedly. It has pleased me.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Normally I would disagree with you, but that's a command I don't mind. Too bad I can't follow it myself.

It would probably amuse you to know that I used that as the title of the pm asking Chaos about the Fool. Then I thought to put it here.

Edited July 1, 2014 by Mailliw73

[Awesomeness Summoned he/him]

Quiver asked me to throw together an emblem for The Herd and this was the first thing that came to mind. I'll think of something else when I have the time if that wasn't exactly what you were looking for (which I would completely understand).

 

 

Smaller version for sigs

 

Edited July 1, 2014 by Awesomeness Summoned