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Possible MLP Season 7 Titles Revealed?

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Pre-orders for the upcoming DVD focusing on Twilight and Starlight have been announced on the Shout Factory website , and in them contain possible title names for a few upcoming Season 7 Episodes.


The DVD itself features five episodes of My Little Pony, as shown by the Shout Factory website.
An archived link exists as well, just in case. 

Synopsis: "Twilight Sparkle is determined to prove that anyone can learn the magic of friendship. So when a reformed Starlight Glimmer wants a fresh start, Twilight is only too happy to take her under her alicorn wing and lend a helping hoof. And though challenges await Starlight as she learns about friendship, Twilight and the rest of the Mane 6 will do whatever it takes to ensure Starlight succeeds!"

While the synopsis isn't anything we have not already seen before, the interesting part listed on the upcoming DVD, set to be released by 30. May 2017 in the US/Canada, are the titles. While No Second Prances and To Where And Back Again are a part of Season 6, the other two, Celestial Advice and All Bottled Up are likely to be a part of the upcoming Season 7, whose release date is still unknown as of now, although many speculate that April is a potential target month. There are currently no descriptions as to what these two new episodes are about.




New Movie Toys Revealed

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Ahead of the New York Toy Fair this weekend, Hasbro released pictures of a bunch of toys based on the movie coming in October. Shown above is a "Kingdom of Seaquestria" set, which comes with Queen Novo and Spike the Pufferfish. (?!) More toys announced can be found below.


Edgelord qt, with The Storm King's insignia
Fish waifu 2.0
Another fish waifu
"Zootopia had a celebrity pop singer play a role, so do we"
"I'll be in your dreams, Anon!"
Still less humiliating than being drawn by Jay Fosgitt

In addition to these toys, it appears there will be a Fan Series line as well:
Is this Skylanders?

Furry bait, part 1
NO PANTS
All of these toys should be out in the Fall and we should be getting more information this weekend. It seems like Hasbro is going all out in an attempt to make the movie succeed. We can only wait to see if it speeds up or hastens the ride.

"At least Equestria Girls is Free From Starlight Glimmer!"

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Oh.

Some new EqG toy announcements can be found below or here. It's worth noting that Hasbro has dropped the brushable doll line completely.


Juniper Montage? Probably from one of the EqG shorts this year.
A livestream direct from /mlp/:
Full DELET THIS

Jay Fosgitt Does It Again: Fan Art Designs Used in Comic

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Jay Fosgitt, who is no stranger to rather scummy art choices that are often illegal or lazy, appears to have done it again. In the Guardians of Harmony Annual (actually not that bad, as an aside) Fosgitt decided to have the climax of the final section include a power-up sequence where the Mane Six get armor. Problem is, he cribbed the design directly from a fanartist, Equestria-Prevails.

Equestria-Prevails, who drew the original in 2011, gave the ponies unique headgear and armor elements that Fosgitt appears to have directly "referenced" without attribution.

The original picture
Interestingly, and echoing a recurring theme for Fosgitt, Equestria-prevails' image happens to show up on the first page of Google Image search for "my little pony armor":


Given Hasbro's very aggressive policy towards IP protection/avoidance of fan content, this seems like something that would be very worrying for them. Considering that Fosgitt has at least one more comic confirmed, and that there is a dearth of MLP artists anyway, it might just fade away like every other controversy involving him, such as his use of clipart for a pony's cutiemark. Time will tell. We will keep you updated on further developments.

Equestria-prevails has responded, and it's rather confusing that he doesn't seem to care very much. Fosgitt himself has yet to reply:

Ooookay.
 Fosgitt will however be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend for any of you to ask questions, or even give him some sympathy for his ponies stricken in their prime with boneitis:

How does this even happen?
 Oh, and the Guardians of Harmony toys didn't even have armor for anyone except Twilight and Spike. What the fuck.

Toxic Tracing... again? Seriously?

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"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old-man?" - Harold the Fish from Spongebob

Yep. We're back at it again. Still. However you want to say it. We got sent multiple emails about yet another accusation of tracing by Toxic Mario, complete with overlays. Another anime girl, and another anthro abomination. Here, let's take a look.


Looks like the image was just stretched and skewed a couple times to us, but what do we know? We're just humans with eyeballs afterall.

Lets see what Toxic Mario has to say for himself this time:


So basically the defense is "I'm just lucky I guess".
Sure. Sounds legit. Totally.

None of this would be an issue...if he didn't try to claim copyright on it, while also not giving credit to the original artist.


Maybe try making an original image for once? Just a thought.

Politics and the Pony Fandom

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REAL WORLD - NOT EQUESTRIA
A con staffer for multiple conventions recently by the name of Mustard Seed has recently been blackballed from participating on staff for a number of conventions due to some controversial Tweets and accusations of allegedly being supportive of Nazis from one Purple Tinker.

On 20. February, Mussy retweeted a picture featuring Aryanne, an OC Rainbow Dash recolor with a heart and a Hakenkreuz/Swatstika as a cutie mark.


This action elicited a response from Purple Tinker, accusing Mustard Seed of being a Trump supporting Nazi sympathizer, and promptly contacted every convention she has contacts with in order to remove Mustard Seed from staffing. At the present time, only one convention has refused to do so on the grounds that "as long as the staffer does their job, personal political views should not matter."

As far as Tinker herself goes, ever since the recent US election, she has been known to have gone completely political on her Twitter, posting day by day Tweets and Retweets against Trump, against his supporters, against Russia, and attempting to draw parallels between the administration plus its supporters and the Nazi regime of 1933 to 1945.

Mustard Seed is clearly a member of the #AltBrony hashtag, an offshoot from the Alt-Right movement created in the wake of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign into the Presidency, who more or less just post memes on the internet in support of Trump.



The other Tweets that Purple Tinker has brought forth as evidence are some political based replies, that, while a bit rude and raw, don't make a Nazi.

In response to this tweet from Tara Strong.
And another series of Tweets by Mustard Seed in response to Peter New's recent political claims that sound like they come from the SJW side of Tumblr.


While the above jumble of Tweets are rude, and depending on the convention could certainly be grounds for being fired from staff due to the unprofessional nature of the Tweets, and well within convention's rights to do so - it does not make one a Nazi or a Nazi-sympathizer as Purple Tinker claims. This very kind of mass hysteria generated due to others shitposting on the internet utilizing a cartoon image that people post for laughs has been seen before in the mainstream media in recent times with Pepe the Frog, so much so that the cartoon has now become listed as a hate symbol.

Enter Rainb0w_Dashie into the picture, a center left leaning Brony who noticed all this drama happening and pointed out to Purple Tinker that purposefully writing false things about someone, in this case claiming Mustard Seed to be a Nazi with no proof to back it up, is a form of libel and can be used against her if this ever went to court. Her response was to block him, but not for agreeing with Mustard Seed, rather for pointing out to Purple Tinker, that she is going too far in spreading wild accusations with no viable proof in the form of a witch hunt.


While the video is a bit long, it is recommended to watch the whole thing as he does make some good points throughout. Due to some pure coincidences, it would appear that Rainb0w_Dashie's Twitter account has been suspended not long after posting the aforementioned video. There is no word yet on what could have caused that.

Mustard Seed herself has spoken out against all of these allegations, of which you can read down below.


There also exists a video interview between Rainb0w_Dashie and Mustard Seed.




The Ride Continues... Season 7 Teasers and Trailers

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Finally got some more news on the upcoming Season 7 episodes, and a premier date. Details below, and the article will be updated with more information as they are released.





There are also details concerning the names of the episodes in a Discovery Family Press Release.

"The elements of friendship – Honesty, Kindness, Loyalty, Generosity, Laughter and Magic – are back and stronger than ever this April on Discovery Family in the seventh season of MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, premiering with two back-to-back episodes on Saturday, April 15 at 11:30a/10:30c. Additionally, guest stars William Shatner (Star Trek) and Felicia Day (Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) join the cast for a very special episode in late summer.

This season, fans will be introduced to fun new characters with surprising family ties to the franchise’s iconic Mane 6 ponies, comprised of Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. From royal sisters Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to visits from Rainbow Dash’s over-enthusiastic parents and Twilight Sparkle’s adorable niece, Flurry Heart, the Mane 6 will experience their most exciting adventures yet throughout 26 magical episodes featuring five brand-new original songs and tons of adventure.

In the back-to-back premiere episodes titled “Celestial Advice” and “All Bottled Up,” Twilight Sparkle agonizes over Starlight Glimmer’s future and receives some much-needed advice from her very own mentor – Princess Celestia. While the Mane 6 are on a friendship retreat, Starlight Glimmer loses Twilight Sparkle’s friendship map. Afraid her anger might get out of control, Starlight Glimmer casts a calming spell while the ponies search for the lost map."

Season 8 Confirmed by John De Lancie

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It's amazing how speculation swung so quickly from "no more Discord" to "Season 8 confirmed with more Discord on the way". John DeLancie independently confirmed the existence of Season 8 and the prolonging of our ride while I was asleep. Well, I mean we already knew it was going to happen, but now we know they're recording voices for it already.

Happy St. Patricks day.
Drink up!



/mlpol/ made real permanently

Whinny City Pony Con cleared of Bomb Threat - UPDATES

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Whinny City Pony Con is returning to normal scheduled functions, following a bomb threat made against the convention this evening. The threat, we're told, came on a Periscope video stream of the concert, which caused the staff to close all convention spaces for the evening, until the threat was cleared.

According to Convention Co-chair Charlie Worthley, the threat was made by a twitter user named @slacka and a group referred to as"Supreme Lean Team".





"Going from the concert to the panel rooms, having to shut things down because of some pathetic lowlife's idea of a joke, was devastating." Charlie said in a tweet after the fact. "I'm so incredibly sorry to anyone that was upset by the way tonight ended. I feel awful that we had to do that."



The perpetrator shows no evident remorse for his crime, and has since retweeted the convention's shutdown announcements.




More on this as it develops.

Current theory of what led to this:





Update:
We tracked down his Skype, which he registered using the Microsoft Windows Live ID: LeakingLynx


Take 10 seconds to google "live:leakinglynx"
You're welcome.


My Little Pony Movie Teaser Released.

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Just today we were shown a small teaser for the upcoming My Little Pony movie, out in theaters by October 2017.

/mlp/arty at @babscon Friday / Saturday 9:30PM Suite 2016

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/mlp/arty BABScon 2017
Room: 2016
Friday / Saturday nights starting 9:30 PM
Age 21+

As we prepare to enter Season 7 of My Little Pony, and the 5th year of /mlp/arties, we would like to look back on how the fun times got started. 

This weekend is BABScon, and it's no secret that they're one of our all-time favorite gatherings of horse enthusiasts. The reasons for that are many, but most importantly is that they will be playing host to the 4th consecutive /mlp/arty in San Francisco. For many attendees, the /mlp/arty is one of those things that has just, always sort-of "been there", as old as pony cons itself. Many would be surprised to learn that the regularly-scheduled drinkathons had very...disorganized and turbulent beginnings. 



The very first usage of the phrase "/mlp/arty" in reference to an event was made by yours-truly on Sunday July 28th, 2013, nearly 4 years ago now. And, in a rather ironic turn of events, it was telling someone NOT to drink. 

The /mlp/arty then, was intended to be an organized meetup of /mlp/ users at BronyCon 2013, for drinking and shenanigans; a concept that had never been attempted before on /mlp/, which was founded just 1 year prior. 



While I won't go into any major details of that event here, if you ask around, you'll find it was a total shitshow. Coordinating anonymous people together into one location was a recipe for disaster. We didn't even have a specific room to use at first. The one we eventually found and invaded for drinking, it turned out no one knew who owned it. One recovered missing child, flag-waving stunt, police encounter, deportation, and convention-ejection later, one thing became clear: we needed to try this again, and vowed to get our shit under-control.

Which we did that very same year, at Nightmare Nights Dallas.

NMND quickly jumped to top of the "best con for nor/mlp/eople" list, when they gave us an opportunity to repent for our past mistakes and embrace our absurdity in the form of charity.


Another event at BC13 prompted the creation of the "Memorial Pasta Fund" (anons thought I had been killed by police officers). The fund yielded 4 tons of food for the needy, proving that /mlp/ does have a heart, even if they choose to ignore it frequently. It was here that conventions really started to warm up to the /mlp/resence at their events. NMND continues to be one of our favorite party venues to this day.

Charity efforts continued to be an aspect of /mlp/arty functions at future events as well.

It was at BABScon 2014 that /mlp/arties took the form that we know today. Through the coordinated efforts of a small group of anons who had come to know each other from the previous 2 conventions. Multiple-room suites complete with stocked bars and entertainment, and a desire to constantly one-up the previous event (strippers...DJs...horse dildo shots...bondage demonstrations...). After the BABScon party of 2015, all planning efforts fell upon the core group who had made it all happen, as I departed for Korea with no return in sight.

To those of you about to take part in the 4th BABScon /mlp/arty, enjoy yourselves, drink responsibly, have one for me, I'm with you in spirit.

BABScon attendees "crucify" futanari ILoveKPAlot Dakimakura, announce desire to blow it.

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It's not like they like you or anything b-baka!

Images coming out of BABScon show that a group of anons have not only procured a anime body-pillow of Horse cartoon analyst / Youtuber "ILoveKPAlot", but that they've also given it a penis and crucified it in their suite. (Whether the fact they crucified a Jewish person on Easter weekend is intentional bad taste or just coincidence is uncertain).
Editors note: NOT OUR SUITE


The anons were apparently quite pleased with their work, as they posted two different angles of the display to /mlp/, prompting one user to announce his desire to perform oral sex on the body pillow (IF it were not an image of KP).


Other attendees looked past the subject and dove head first onto it anyway.


Other users of course called the image "gay" (though that may just be literal).
Closer inspection of the image shows that the dildo has been equipped with a condom, to ensure safety (probably for the multiple partners of the owners of the suite in question).


Things are off to an interesting start at this year's BABScon.


>post photos of yourself blowing a cartoon horse online
>i'm the one starved for attention
well memed anon








Season 7 Premiers Today (In 2 Hours) - Stream Link

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How did we get here?
We're well past "6 Seasons and A Movie". Today, we enter SEVEN Seasons and a Movie (well...several movies but you get the point).
Want to know where to watch? Of course you do.

http://stram.horse/
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mlpgco
http://dhne.ws/live

See you in 2 hours (8:30 PDT/11:30 EDT/3:30 UTC)





701 & 702: Celestial Advice & All Bottled Up - Twilight Sparkle agonizes over Starlight Glimmer’s future and receives some much-needed advice from her very own mentor – Princess Celestia. While the Mane 6 are on a friendship retreat, Starlight Glimmer loses Twilight Sparkle’s friendship map. Afraid her anger might get out of control, Starlight Glimmer casts a calming spell while the ponies search for the lost map.

703: A Flurry of Emotions - After planning a jam-packed day, Twilight Sparkle also agrees to babysit her niece, Flurry Heart. But with Flurry Heart along for the ride, Twilight Sparkle struggles to maintain her title as “The Best Aunt Ever” while keeping Flurry Heart out of trouble!

704: Rock Solid Friendship - When Pinkie Pie learns that Maud might move to Ponyville, she does everything she can to make sure her sister sees that it has more to offer than just rocks.

705: Fluttershy Leans In - Fluttershy is determined to make her career dreams come true with the help of some very special ponies. But when her true vision is not being executed properly, she must find a way to stand up and fight for her ideas.

706: Forever Filly - When Rarity surprises Sweetie Belle with a special day together filled with all of her favorite activities, she quickly learns that her little sister is no longer the little foal she used to be.

707: Parental Glideance - When Rainbow Dash's parents discover she's a Wonderbolt, they show up at every event to cheer her on. However, their unabashed enthusiasm proves to be rather embarrassing and pushes Rainbow Dash to the brink.

708: Hard to Say Anything - When the Cutie Mark Crusaders discover that Big Mac has his first crush, they vow to help him win Sugar Belle’s heart before Feather Bangs does it first.

Late to the game: News from Thailand Pony Con

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So, last week I had suffered a pretty awful back injury and was pretty much loopy on painkillers and muscle relaxers. During that time, apparently, I missed a bit of news, sent to us from Thailand, about some shit that went down at their convention (some clips of stuff got shown. Why is it always the foreign cons get the good stuff?)
It ended up in the SPAM folder and I never saw it until today, and apparently, EQD had to take down their version of it for some reason.

Anyway I'm copy-pasting the charming press release they sent us without following any of the instructions included within it. Yeah, no, definitely not taking the time to save embedded photos out of a 26-page .docx to re-upload individually. Fuck that.
Have fun!









Hasbro unleashed “THE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CLIPS”
at Thailand Pony Convention 2017
Written by: NKL777
Proof Reading By: MiMi, Nattorn
Editorial Council: TPC Press Team
Hello! Pony Friends! Have you ever been in Bangkok for the last year event? I think you already know that this year TPC has returned to delight all of you with Friendship and Magic. From now on, we will take you to the journey through this magical festival (near the end of it, we will make you feel so goosebump!)
Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)


Staffs were working very hard to satisfied everyponies.
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)
Can’t wait for Countess Corolatura, TPC 2017
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)


At the morning of 8thApril, Bronies who can’t wait for the opening time started to gather themselves in front of the Bangkok Art Centre gate. As the time goes by, more and more ponies came to our show. They couldn’t wait to get in, many of them talking to each other with excitement.
YAY!
10.00 A.M., it’s a time for partyyyy! The gate is now open and the ticket booth crowded with Bronies, Pegasisters, and other fans. Their face can tell that they feel pumped and ready to get in.
You do the Pony Pokey meeting lots of folks with clout.
That what I’m talking about.
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)

Event schedule, some timeslot had been switched later on.


Lots of thing to do around

10.30 A.M., it’s about time! Fans are stampeded into the hall. They were really enjoy with buying fanmade merchs, play the games at video game booth, official products also available for sale at special price along with event-exclusive merchandise.
See our vendors and activities booths below!
Game Pony Plays!
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)



A lots of things to buy (Clean your pocket!)
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)

Drawing booth, all-time favorite for our kids
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)

We also have a duel arena for our card game duelists (OK, Hit Me!)
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)


11.00 A.M., time for the singing contest. A lot of kids and friends came on the stage to enjoy their selected songs, both official and original fan-made songs included (nice setlist though!). They may not sing professionally, but full of passion and the love in what they do.
Time for the song!

12.00 P.M. Parn, a previous year head staff arrived at the stage. He’s come to show his very very huge project, an interactive visual novel video game: My Little Sweetheart. It’s fill with a lot of interesting features such as fighting scene, action scene, along with many story routes. It’s very complicate and difficult project, so please cheer our developer team. This game will be available in both Thai and English version.

Our beloved Michelle Creber has arrived
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)

01.00 P.M. we have a super duper special guest; Michelle Creber aka. Apple Bloom. Daniel “ST.Pinkie” Anthony (our good friend) from Malaysia also arrived at the stage as the guest interviewer (Thanks!). In our interview we have a lot of interesting questions and surprising answers. For example;
Fan 1: Hello Michelle, if you not got the role for Apple Bloom, what’s character that you are preferred to voice.
Michelle: Oh, it’s Pinkie Pie. I love this character, it’s represent my activities side.

Not only that, she’s also show her ferrets to our fans and ask us for the selfie, then tweet the photo on her Twitter! (We are very honour for it).
Nice to see you, Apple Bloom (Surprise with your new hair style, and Ferrets Dude&Jeremy)


2.00 P.M., after a load of highlight, we’re back to our singing contest. Looks like our fan are fully wake up, and their voices are getting better and better as time goes by. It’s as fun as it was on the morning.
ST.Pinkie and his ambitious project
(Mean Madadam, 08/04/2017)

2.30 P.M., Daniel “ST.Pinkie” Anthony, Chief Project Manager of SEAponycon getting on the stage with his assistant and translator Montri Gryphon to present the SEAponycon. The convention is very difference from TPC. It’s much larger scale, a unified convention for South Eastern Asian MLP communities. And it’s also the first time in Asia that MLP voice actor will make a guest appearance (In the Flesh!) at this convention. You can’t miss it at all!
[Note: insert this link inside the image] https://www.seaponycon.com/
Click the image to see the upcoming news.

3.30 P.M. After long presentation, Parn, Bike, and the famous Youtuber in Thailand: Eva Gamer are back on the stage for Fighting is Magic competition. It’s like the last year, the hall is full of fun and crowd gone nuts with the fiercely fight (in the game, we are zero tolerate to real life brawl in our convention).


[Note: Insert the link into this image as CTA button]
https://www.facebook.com/MyLittleSweetHeartGame/
Click the image to download playable demo


4.00 P.M., we have to warn you on the next session, please deposit all of your recording devices, or Bulk Biceps will drag you out of this room. Brace yourself! Okey Dokey?
Don’t play any clever! We’ll drag you out!

Attention, it’s a last call. Please deposit your recording devices at the stage, or we have to invite you out. No concession, No exception.
Well, looks like everything seems fine. Muffins, close the door now. We have to lock it down to prevent any unexpected “accident”.
You can’t get in! It’s show time.
Now the shows started! Brace yourselves for the spoiler below! (Now, guess what we got here?)



What we got “are” much better than the first!

The First clip is now showing on the screen, it makes everyone really excite and goosebump. Yes, it’s a movie trailer. No No No, not the trailer you saw on the last week. It’s a new one, never before seen, with a near complete version of the animation. Production is very terrific. The frame rate is very high, the background is so detail, character animation is so life-like, and so smooth. (Sorry, Hasbronot let us to take any photo out of it). The clip also contained several new songs from our guest stars (including SIA!).

After we saw it, the hall is now filled with fan praising the show.
But yet, it’s not over yet. The MC now announce that we have 2 more clips to show, and you will never believe about what you see it today.

The 2ndclip is unexpected, it filled with cinematic feeling. The Pegasus are flying to somewhere, the screen is show the life in Equestria with orchestrated music. And it’s end up with the logo: My Little Pony the Movie. It’s wowed all people in the hall, because they never believe what they saw. It’s the OPENING scene of the Movie!!

The 3rdclip is show on the screen nonstop. Guess what is it? It’s a music video cut from the movie, but it’s not a complete version. It’s an animatic! The song is sang by *** and *** and ___ playing wood drums on it. It’s so Disney-que (Remembered Moana, Frozen, and Aladdin) and you will never disappoint. (We can’t spoil it, to ensure our safety and guaranteed your compliment when you see it).

You will never believe it! We not got just 1 clip but 3. 3 unreleased clips!!! Hasbro is very generous to us.
Generosityyyy
Before this session end, our MC has back on the stage for another announcement that Equestria Girls 5 is already confirmed by Hasbro. Fans are pumped by this announcement as it is a really BIG year for MLP.

All-day Lucky Draw

5.00 P.M., we are at the end of the road. The staffs and fans are joining together in the final Lucky Draw, and many of our attendees are very happy with their prize (Some are rare and difficult to find anywhere). The staffs are gathered on the stage to thank for joining our convention. And the show is finally ends with group of Bronies, Pegasisters, and Con Staffs singing the song from Rainbow rock (Medley: Welcome to the Show – Got a Music in Our Heart).

*Note: Please use your code for insert the video on this part THX!

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Our Little Dashy! The Star of our Convention
My Little Pony Schedule in 2017
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Violent Underaged Drinker Assaults Man at Pony Convention, defies ban at BABS

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Here at HN, we often like to give the fandom a chance to tack their keyboards, and flex their journalism muscles. Throughout the last several years we've seen many writers come, and go. Anon or otherwise, everyone seemed grateful, regretful, and even...happy? To have contributed to the fandom in some way.

All, except one.


It's often said you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds, and nothing proves this adage more true than a tubby lad by the name of “Big Will.E”...well, he's actually known by several names now, including “Roofucker”, “Lyin' Willy”, and our personal favorite “Wayne Brady's Nephew”.

This story starts one year ago in the distant time of 2016, and ends with BABScon17. The Bay Area Brony Spectacular was in it's 3rd year at the time, and Horse News was there to soak up the drama, do some interviews, and party hard. Party hard we did, for we packed the room to the gills and the liquor poured plenty far into the night, and when all was said and done, the room was trashed, and hot. 


So hot, in fact, we needed to boot many fine con-goers because that place felt as if it were on fire. We lost a few good men from “””””heat casualties””””” (sadly, not Chelis), but by the end of the con everyone was happy, tired, and ready to bail. Everyone except a new face to the con-scene “Big Will.E” who many of you might recall as “That one Aussie guy” as pictured below.


“The Look of Regret” - By Anon, April of 2016

Big Will.E was incredibly interested in helping the HN crew with interviews, party planning, and articles. We were more than happy to welcome him to our ranks, and even happier to let him host the party for BABScon17.


Then the next 365 days happened.

In the time that followed BABS16 young William proved himself to be quite the young upstart, bringing people together, assembling a Discord server, and even hosting his own little gathering to stave off the post-con blues. However, the first signs of Willy's incompetence came about when he began to hang out with one of our reporters. Driving her everywhere, buying dinners, a nice drawing tablet, all while asking for not even a dime. With a smile and the tip of his fedora he made it clear to the lady in a long-term-relationship that all he needed was to see her vagina happy. Sadly, when this poor misguided female went against all expectations and actually rejected Roo's advances, he was cursed with such ass-damage, that some say still rages to this day.

Coincidentally, that woman happened to be the bartender for all our parties.


She's having a great time! Really!

The months flew by and Willy refused to reach an agreement with our bartender, eventually he saw the error of his ways and learned some humility; and how to talk to people.



Oh, wait. No, he didn't.

Eventually, it became too hard for Big Will.E to handle the abrasive nature of this woman and he was simply forced to hand over management of the party to another Anon.






He then would make insulting HN a very constant habit.

As a result the party marked the first time in /mlp/ history that several VIPs showed up to a party, no noise complaints, no shut downs, and no “heat casualties”.

A bit of a downer, I know.

It was around the time our anonymous VIP's showed up that Big Will.E arrived back in the room he had neglected all weekend; outside of the occasional visit to bully the bartender and get barked at by the host.

Before scaring her from the room with his thirst she asked him a question

“Oh, are you with Horse News?” one of the VIPs asked

“Oh fuck no, I'm not a part of Horse News” replied Willy

Please see one of Willy's previous HN articles below.

http://www.horse-news.net/2016/01/pacific-ponycon-diamond-cunt-perspective.html

There are several others, but this one is enough for a life-time for Aussie-ramblings.

But all of this was just a precursor to the events that would take place at Pacific Pony Con 2017. You see, by that time information had surfaced that put many clues into perspective for us; and that we had been lied to.

Little Willi was just barely 20 years old.



What is aiding in the delinquency of a minor?

Now, we here at HN enjoy an arousing good time of inappropriate humor, a horsecock on a wall, fuck, even a tub of mayo accidentally spread deep on the carpets of some Baltimore convention center. What we can't condone, however, is actual illegal activity. It became immediately apparent, that at previous events he had repeatedly lied about his age, and somehow gained entrance to parties without proper verification. How he accomplished this or who vouched for him at the time is an unknown detail long-lost to time, but future criminal offenses certainly could not be allowed. More rigorous identity and age-verification methods would then need to be employed at future events as a result of this discovery. After a long discussion, we made the move to bar William from our PPC party; not a huge deal, right? We'll just take him out into the lobby, tell it to him straight. He'll appreciate not getting turned down at the door in front of all his friends right?

On January 6th, 2017 at 7:31pm, William physically and verbally assaulted a Horse News reporter in the front of the Pacific Ponycon Hotel.

William shoved an HN reporter up against a wall, and strangled him by the throat before being pulled off by nearby witnesses. Police were called, the hotel and con alerted, and when it was all said and done young William was ejected from the hotel, and banned from Pacific Ponycon, permanently. When the victim was asked why he didn't immediately press charges, he responded with

“I think sitting in cuffs, in the back of a police car really got the message through. Roo has been insulting HN ever since he left back at NMND; no one could be stupid enough to continue being a dick after something like this.”




Time makes fools of us all.


You just left? A con you had been planning for months?



No; you were escorted out. 



Even your more inquisitive friends knew better

His attitude clearly did not change after the event, going so-far as to change his avatar to a photo of Wayne Brady (A reference to Chapelle’s show’s “Does Wayne Brady have to choke a bitch?” sketch) in chatrooms, a move many who were aware of the incident saw as gloating about what he had done.




Take a tip from Brady-sama and accept your baldness, makes it a lot easier to deal with.

When it became clear Big Will.E hadn't learned a thing, HN stepped in and alerted every con within reach of the balding 20-year old with a neckbeard, that there was a violent criminal intent on attending who was looking for confrontation. It was to our collective relief when BABScon discreetly banned him from their events, permanently.

To be specific, “I hate to do it, but I've literally done everything I can to exonerate you here, and I can't. I can't have you at BABScon,” an Anonymous BABS's official said in a black-and-white statement to William on February 23rd.

“He knows he’ll be escorted out if he’s seen on premises,” the same official said in a follow-up.


Now, I know this joke is old by now but surely Willy would get the hint by now, right?



If you guessed “Yes” you're about as naive as me!

Wait a cotton-picking minute...you PLANNED on going to the con you were banned from?


That daki look familiar? Well, in Big Will.E's attempt to shit on the analyst community (something we can all get behind, seriously, a lot of the drama we reported on has been about that particular bunch) he gave us the evidence needed to prove he had showed up to BABS anyway. A contest was held and from it, Willy boy here earned a zero-expenses paid stay at the fabulous Double Tree in Burlingame, where he was free to spend the rest of his con in the quiet confines of a double queen bedroom and a potential free upgrade from a “1-year ban” to a luxurious “Permanent ban” from BABScon.

In the end, Willy may never learn, and may be left to apologize to everyone but the person he's assaulted in failed attempts to garner sympathy, but this is about much more than some violent neckbeard now…

This article is meant to be several things, namely a warning about having too big of an ego or thinking you're above the rules. 
This is not an attack on any person or organization connected to Willy, but rather an expose on the actions of Willy himself. He has chosen to ignore his actions for a year now, and shows no signs of actual remorse. In addition, those affected by his poor choices are well beyond the point of listening after a year of his nonsense. This should serve as reminder to people that even the best-looking lawns have worms. 

He has shown a repeated flagrant disregard for authority, decency, and the law. He has lied to and misled his own friends and people who trusted him. This is clearly not the entire extent of his wrongdoing, but the extent of what is relevant to this case.

We hope this serves as a wake up call and he turns himself around, but we have no sign of that being the case.

I mean, it's all just bantz, right? :^)

Dude....what?

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So DWK and Wootmaster made a video with WeimTime. The result is some sort of Gumball-esque horse-themed "drunk history" acid trip. I really can't accurately describe this, but go watch it.
It's some good shit.




Horsefucker Scientist Unearths Ancient Artifact of Ponies Past

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Earth Date; April 23rd, 2117  

     Today at approximately 13:00 Horse Scientist and Memeologist “Fig Faggotson” unearthed a forgotten piece of horsefucker past, 100 years in the making. An odd device that appears to be a jar of light blue liquid.





     “It appears to have once been a toy, drowned in human semen.” said Faggotson in a statement to HorseNews on Friday. Currently, research is underway to unveil the mystery behind the jar of allegedly human gruel. When asked what the purpose such an item would carry Faggotson only had this to say “Whatever this relic was used for, it was important to society at the time. So important, whoever came into it's possession had to hide it. It's true purpose however still eludes us. We hope with further research we can unlock the full potential of this jar of slightly blue spunk, but for now the jar seems tightly sealed via an incredibly durable webbing of rotten cum. Our meme-team has in the meantime uncovered what they believe to be photographic evidence of the burial.”

"Whoever buried this box was very careful to include a timestamp. This must have been his life's work" 

"Imagine the weight of every load of dirt, knowing you could very well be burying the key to humanity's salvation"

"Much like the young lad of  "The Tell-Tale Heart" many years before, this man had to sleep, eat, and live knowing what he buried here. But after it was all said and done, could it really be called living?"


     Horsenews will post more on the story as it develops; what mysteries lie beneath that solid, air tight seal? Why would a person store so much seed in one place and then bury it? Why is it slightly rainbow-colored? When it's finally opened, how will it taste? Whatever the answer, it's clear someone truly coveted the creature hidden within the jar, and ejaculating on and/or inside of it, and here at HN that's something we can all get behind.



     God speed, distant spunk-man of the past. Whatever your intentions were, may they lead us to a better tomorrow. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3AToph4Hs

To the Toilet and Back Again: ToonKriticY2K Trumps Up False Sexual Harassment Claims To Ban Anons from BABScon

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ToonKritic's hat sits in a hotel toilet
The infamous hat rests in its natural habitat.
This is the story of a hat and its brief journey from the inflated head of the “analcyst” known as ToonKriticY2K (aka CarToonZ) to the depths of a hotel toilet at BABScon 2017 and how a lie about sexual harassment got the badges of the three anons involved pulled, who now face the possibility of being unofficially blackballed for life from all pony conventions.  For “borrowing” a hat.  A fucking hat.

The Foreplay

Is this art or a mistake?
Pro tip: It’s not art
ToonKritic is the analcyst known for stealing money and for participating in the infamous orgy of BronyCon 2015 involving a plushie owned by Minty Root being rubbed on his genitals.  While Minty has long since moved on from this unseemly incident, it surely was in part the source of plans that began cropping up in disparate groups to steal ToonKritic’s hat and perform similar atrocities upon it.  I personally witnessed three separate and independent plans evolve to accomplish just such a feat in the months leading up to BABScon 2017.  Whether or not any of them would succeed and deliver the keks, we all had our doubts.


ToonKriticY2K “apologizes” to Minty

The Theft

Dissociative Identity Disorder
ToonKritic on the left and CarToonZ, his alter ego, on the right
Then, on the afternoon of Saturday, April 15, 2017, a number of anons found themselves in the Button’s Arcade game room to vote for the Autism King and Queen of the convention or some shit.  Within they found a certain red-hatted individual Smashin’ with his bros (non-sexually this time).  His head was bare, and the object of their desire sat unattended on a nearby chair.

ToonKriticY2K: "It's Butt Sex Time!"
TK’s favorite time
Two of these intrepid anons, who we shall name Meatball and Noodles, seized this golden opportunity and made their memes become reality.  Noodles gently filched the hat off the chair and nonchalantly handed it to Meatball, who hid it in his voluminous clothing.  The two then exited and walked briskly towards the elevator.  I witnessed this fleeing as I awaited another event at the con, not knowing at the time the reason for it.  It appeared their crime went completely unwitnessed.

They then met up with another anon and fellow conspirator, whom we shall name Dago, for a brief celebratory photoshoot of their booty.  The worst thing they were able to do to the hat during this brief period was to place it in a hotel room toilet.  Since the water level of the toilets was so low, the hat never quite touched the water, though.

Meatball, Noodles, and Dago are shown with ToonKritic's hat
Artist rendition of the three anons
As word about the missing hat spread and the search intensified, the anons decided it would be best to hide it in impartial territory and sought another anon completely unaware of the events that were now afoot, whom’st we shall name WhiteBread.  With the hat now safely stowed, an excited Meatball headed to the convention floor to brag about his exploits.

The Return

Loose Lips Sink Friendships
Never forgetti
As is often the case, though, loose lips sink ships.  Meatball told me of his exploits, and this was the first time I knew his operation had succeeded.  Word eventually spread to yet another anon, this one a grill, whom’st’ve we shall name Marinara, who learned that her boyfriend, Salmon, knew the person that took the hat.

On her way to the bathroom for a quick dab, Marinara ran into an angry and distraught ToonKritic, who now had somehow obtained a detailed description of our heroes, Meatball and Noodles.  When Marinara admitted her boyfriend knew who took the hat, ToonKritic threatened to ban him using his superpowers if she did not extract the hat’s whereabouts.

Frightened by the prospect of losing her shmoopy-doopy sweetie-weetie pony pie for the duration of the convention, she was able to convince him to sing like a birb.  Now knowing Meatball’s true identity, Marinara confronted him and offered to act as mediator for the return of the hat in order to ensure that nobody involved would be held culpable.  Meatball was frightened to the point of shaking and stuttering as he approached me asking for contact details for WhiteBread to make sure he could return the hat ASAP.

Meatball was followed to WhiteBread’s room by Marinara and Salmon.  The three of them met up with Noodles, Dago, and WhiteBread, who had the hat hidden in a bag, in a hotel hallway.  They handed it over to Marinara.  Worried about my friends, I left the event a few minutes early and arrived in the hallway in time to witness Marinara walking away with the bag.

The five of us — Meatball, Noodles, Dago, WhiteBread, and I — watched from above and witnessed Marinara returning the hat to ToonKritic.  The two spoke briefly and Marinara later told me that he was trying to talk her into going to convention security to give up the names of the thieves, but she demurred as she did not want to get anyone in trouble.  As Marinara walked away, we watched ToonKritic angrily stalk into the security office to spill some salt.

The “Harassment”

Say no to cyber bullying

More than nine hours after these events I was preparing for my last panel of the convention with my stand-in co-host Dago.  As we were setting up, we were informed that Queen Quake would be crashing the panel.

In case you don’t know, because we sure didn’t at the time, Queen Quake is a character in the convention soap opera that is acted out during opening and closing ceremonies and is played by an executive member of the convention staff who goes by the name of Fiaura.  I guess she was crashing random panels throughout the con to help get votes or something.

The audience drifted in as our panel started.  I recall there were a total of five people in the audience, and Meatball and Noodles were two of them.  In other words, only those bored out of their minds or lost showed up.  As the panel began, Fiaura came in and sat down at the table, immediately removing her “crown.”  We then spoke with her out of character about the background events that had occurred at both BABScon 2016 and 2017.


Fiaura takes off the hat

About halfway through the panel, Dago brought up the hat incident from earlier in the day, and unprovoked Fiaura states, “I’m not gonna ask what horrible, awful thing you did to that hat, I’m just gonna ask that you respectfully take it out back and put a bullet in it.”  After further banter about ToonKritic, and it becoming known he was holding a panel at the moment in the adjoining room, she then yells into her microphone, this time in character as Queen Quake, “ToonKritic dear, you’re not worthy of red and black.  Get in here and prove your worth, you slimy worm, and we might tell you what happened to the hat […] ToonKritic, come out to play.”


Fiaura condones murder and rape

Another member of the panel suggested that he was planning to “crash” ToonKritic’s panel after this one was finished (which likely would’ve consisted of him just entering the room, scowling, then leaving, knowing him).  Immediately, Fiaura volunteers, “I am scheduled to crash the last 15 minutes [of ToonKritic’s panel].”  Running with this idea, Dago suggested she go into the panel and say something along the lines of, “I know what happened to your hat,” and then just dropping it, leaving ToonKritic to wonder what actually happened.

Fiaura took this idea and ran with it, creating her own extemporaneous script, which she practiced at our panel in character: “ToonKritic dear, I know what happened to your hat while it was missing, and I will tell you right now, that atrocity is far beyond anything I have done in the last two thousand years.  Celestia herself is going to walk in and go, ‘That’s interesting.’”


Fiaura decides to crash ToonKritic’s panel

The topic moves away from ToonKritic, and for the remainder of the panel we mostly avoided talking about him.  Before we knew it, Fiaura once again dons her crown and announces, “I think we need to go next door.”


Fiaura announces it’s time to crash

We then followed her next door and watched as she delivered the lines she had earlier written and rehearsed almost verbatim.  Most of us then left, including Meatball, leaving Noodles and Dago behind.

The Lies

It's not gay if it's with yourself
ToonKritic pictured with his lover
Eyewitness accounts from his panel reported that, after we left, ToonKritic told Fiaura that sexual favors were demanded of Marinara by the thieves for the hat’s return, specifically this appears to be the first time the accusation was stated publicly that someone demanded they “see her titties” and that she pay $20.

In the face of this hearsay, a lie promulgated by ToonKritic, Fiaura understandable became upset and began threatening to file lawsuits if the panel we had earlier recorded with her was ever made public.  She knew she had stepped in it with what she had said at the panel, and perhaps was worried about her tenuous position as an executive member of convention staff.  So she lied to the executive staff and told them that we forced her to harass ToonKritic and to bring up the hat as she crashed his panel.

As the night wore on, convention staff reportedly began searching for one of my fellow panelists, Owen, who had no connection whatsoever to the hat drama.  One anon, who was mistaken for him, reported he was approached by staff and was told they were looking for Owen because he “might be in trouble.”  This search was apparently later abandoned and, when asked about it later, convention staff refused to elaborate on why they were seeking Owen.

Jade: The name owen did come up but IDFK if it was yours or one of the other 30 Owens at the con [...] I don't even know where the name "Owen" started popping up, it was just on the list when I went into FLARE Saturday.
Jade, convention chair, doesn’t know why Owen was on FLARE’s (security team) list
The Bannening

Scruffy
Scruffy is here to stop the fun
Sometime after 2:30am Sunday morning, convention staff, convention security, and hotel security showed up outside the room registered to Dago and Noodles.  The occupants of the room, which at this time included Meatball, blearily answered the door and were coerced into calling Dago multiple times to get him to come back to the room.  Meatball was told by the staff that they were looking for him and then took his badge, with no reason given, and ordered him to return to his own room, as if he were a fucking child.

Once Dago and Noodles returned, they were informed their badges were being revoked as well and were asked to surrender them immediately.  When asked why they were being revoked, the staff stated that all the facts were not yet known and they could ask for a complete explanation the next morning.  Dago complied with the request to turn over his badge.

Initially, Noodles refused to hand over his badge.  He was informed that if he did not hand it over the convention would permanently ban him and, because he was not a registered guest, he would have his badge forcefully taken from him.  Once Dago was able to prove to the staff that Noodles was indeed a registered guest of the room, he was given the new option of either complying and returning the badge immediately and facing a single year ban or to keep the badge and face a permanent ban from the convention.  With no real alternative, Noodles reluctantly agreed.

Aryanne OC saluting and stating, "Ihre Papiere bitte"
Do you have zee papers?  Mmmmm?
Amid the growing rumor that convention and hotel staff were looking for the other panelist, Owen, we spent a nearly sleepless night waiting for the gestapo to knock in our hotel room doors and demand we surrender zee papers.

On Sunday morning, Dago showed up at the security office to receive the details and explanation of why he was being banned.  What he got instead was the vague reason that he said racist things at a panel with no specifics.  When pressed, the security staff told him their investigation was ongoing and to check back later.

Is This Real Life?

Queen Quake

With nothing better to do, Noodles and Dago went to the fitness center in the hotel to get swole.  On their way back from sweaty gay gym time, they were accosted by Fiaura in the public hotel hallway and she demanded of them, “Why are you still here?  You need to make arrangements to find another hotel ASAP.  Didn’t you get the letters?,” whereupon she contacted security to report their presence.

Security clarified they still had the right to use the common areas of the hotel, but now Noodles and Dago were even more motivated to find out just what the actual fuck was going on.  The messages being sent to them as to why they were banned and the extent of the ban were conflicting and vague.  So they spent quite a bit of time running around just outside convention space, searching for the very busy Jade Haybuck, the chair of the convention, hoping for a precise and final explanation.

They finally found her at the Gopher Hole, a gay furry dance club within the convention center.  She told them the newest reason they were banned was because they pressured convention staff (supposedly Fiaura) to crash ToonKritic’s panel and to harass him about the hat incident.  They were also informed their ban was due to other charges of sexual harassment and saying racist things at a panel.  Though they asked for further specifics, none were forthcoming, and all they had was a half explanation.

The Actual Happening

At this point, there were about two hours left in the convention, and they decided to stop fighting and let the convention staff anally rape them without a fair and full explanation.  As the day wore on, we began to hear more and more frequently the rumor that ToonKritic had begun spreading at his panel the night before, that the hat thieves had demanded of Marinara to “see her tits” in order to arrange the return of the hat.  Sometimes this rumor would be simplified to merely demanding “sexual favors.”

In an attempt to get to the bottom of this, as I packed up on Monday I sat down with Marinara to get her side of the story.  She expressed frustration at the rumor, which DustyKatt had been heard to repeat frequently.  She couldn’t believe the rumor was still alive and expressed a desire to squash it because it was simply not true.

Marinara then sent a message to the @HorseNewsMLP Twitter account denying the charges of sexual harassment occurred, a message which she later shared publicly:

Marinara: There were no sexual favors demanded of me.  I would not have done anything I was uncomfortable with.  Stop talking about it.
Marinara denies the sexual harassment charges
Some convention staff, who wished to remain anonymous, reached out and confirmed the reasons for the ban listed above, though the true reason the ban was implemented were the accusations of Fiaura.  These anons also informed me that the racist statements our heroes allegedly made occurred during the Queen Quake Holds Court panel.  I questioned the three b& and learned that they did indeed attend the panel, but they pointed out the racist remarks were being made by a blonde haired individual wearing a Make Equestria Great Again hat, and that it was not them.

Later that same day, in a public Discord chat, Sonya, the head of the Harmonious Elements board which runs BABScon, stated that these three were responsible for “harassment of [the con’s] own staff members” and that “if these guys [get] blackballed from every pony con on earth, they’ll fucking deserve it.”  She then stated that the convention chair “wants blood” and that “a lot of us agree […] make no mistake, other pony cons will be told.”

Sonya: There's A LOT more to this.  Most notable, there was harassment of our own staff members, but again, there was more.  Lemme put it this way: if these guys get blackballed from every pony con on earth, they'll fucking deserve it.  Jade wants blood.  A lot of us agree.  Exactly.  There's a lot we're still sorting out, but make no mistake, other pony cons will be told.
NO MORE PONY CONVENTIONS FOR YOU
Thus the theft and return of the hat had morphed from missing a single day of the convention into a potential ban from all other pony cons forever, all without the testimony of either Marinara or the panelists on the panel where much of this occurred.

On the same server where Sonya made her bold declarations, I informed her that she did not have the full story, that ToonKritic’s sexual harassment story was an outright lie, and that the statements by Fiaura that she was forced to harass ToonKritic were not true and that there existed video evidence which would be provided if she requested it.  I have yet to receive any such request or reply from her, but have provided the evidence anyway.

Me: @SonyaLynn your con staff is not fully aware of the situation.  We have proof that ToonKriticY2K and the actress playing Queen Quake lied to you about claims concerning sexual harassment and forcing her to say things to Toon.  In fact, it was her entire idea and she wrote the script extemporaneously.  I have videographic evidence supporting this.  And Marinara has publicly denied that anyone asked to see her boobs for the hat.  I can provide copies of whatever you'd like, and it will be included in the article.  If you'd like to provide your views of events or a representative's it'd be helpful.
I try to give Sonya evidence they are missing
Me: Dear Sonya and Jade, this is video of the Equestria Now Panel from last Saturday night which Fiaura crashed as Queen Quake and then quickly went out of character.  She began making remarks about ToonKritic and created an ad hoc script of what she wanted to say when she crashed the ToonKritic panel.  At the end of the panel, at about 1:04:00, she stated, "I think we need to go next door."  She then led everyone into the ToonKritic panel and delivered her lines to him as she had rehearsed earlier in our panel.  You will then see Meatball leave the panel at the end of the video.  This is in regards to the ban of Meatball, Dago, and Noodles.  My understanding through multiple staff members who have spoken to me off the record is the reason for their bans stem from this incident, and the fact this video hasn't been requested yet is slightly disconcerting if that is the case, especially as I understand the events as described to you differ considerably from what is shown in this video.  I have informed both Jade and Sonya the video exists, and Jade has expressed interest in it, but my understanding is Jade will not be con chair after this weekend and may not be in a position to inform future decisions regarding this ban.  I hope this helps in your investigation.  I believe it will conclusively show Fiaura/Queen Quake was not harassed or coerced by any of these people during this period.  Video: [redacted].  Thanks for your time.  Sincerely, Twifag, Writer for horse-news.net
My second, more recent request for more information where I provide a link to the video
The Aftermath

As of now, the three banned anons still have not received any specific explanation on why they were banned and whether this was a ban from BABScon 2017 or a lifetime ban or if they will indeed be “blackballed from every pony con on earth.”  Only one of the accused has even been asked to give an official statement on what happened.  I also have not yet officially been contacted by anyone at the convention to discuss these events, even though I was a panelist at the panel in question and witnessed many of these events firsthand, some of which I actually recorded.

I have heard from Jade, the chair of BABScon 2017, who stated, “The official reason from BABS why badges were pulled was due to actions at ToonKritic’s panel.”  What's funny about this statement is that I was present during the entire time one of the banned individuals, Meatball, was at ToonKritic’s panel.  He never said or did anything.  In fact, I recorded that brief moment and can prove he did nothing at the panel for which he should be banned.  From what I understand, Noodles and Dago didn’t say or do anything at the panel after we left, though I have only eyewitness accounts as evidence.

Jade: The official reason from BABS why badges were pulled was due to actions at ToonKritic's panel.
Yet another official reason for the ban
I’d like to end with a few final words:

Dago: “I will not be returning to Babscon after the way we were treated at the convention.”  For the record, Dago wanted me to mention he was a Canterlot Pony Sponsor badge holder.
Meatball: “I was freaking out because other people could have gotten punished.  I didn’t mean for it to go beyond Noodles and I.  We also kinda ruined the con for the Toon cosplayer as well.  I knew what could have happened and pretty much accepted it when my badge got pulled.  Drama sucks, my brain hurts.”
Sonya: “[ToonKritic] won’t be making any more [Community Guest] appearances at BABS, tho.  I’ll see to that.”

Uhhhhhh...the hat was pretty much a blip in this whole thing.  (And the plushie thing didn't happen at our con.)
Sonya: I get that.  If I'd known about it before very shortly before the con, I would have been in a position to try to get him canceled.  (Tho wouldn't have been my decision...still, I think they would have given what happened)  But these same folks did several other things.  Like I said, the hat barely registeed with us.
Anon: What else except the hat?  Sonya: We're not CMPC.  Not at libert to say, Anon.  Sorry
Sonya: Just...it was bad.  Like, consider involving the police bad.  I'll leave it at that.  Gotta run for now tho.  TK won't be making any more CG appearances at BABS, tho.  I'll see to that.
Parting words of Harmonious Elements board president
It’s really quite shameful the way this situation was handled.  BABScon, Sonya, Jade, and Fiaura have an opportunity here to apologize for the way this matter was handled and to promise they will at least question outrageous accusations of this sort in the future in order to find out the truth before wholeheartedly believing them and knocking on people’s doors at 3am making threats and demanding badges.

TL;DR: ToonKritic’s hat was stolen by three anons and he lied about sexual favors being demanded of the mediator who arranged the hat’s return.  Fiaura, as Queen Quake, of her own volition crashed a panel then lied and blamed the anons who stole the hat for coercing her to harass him.  She further propagated these lies and added some of her own and the two succeeded in getting the three anons banned.  They now face the possibility of being unofficially blackballed from all future pony conventions, with no evidence being requested of them and without being told exactly what they allegedly did, thus they are not able to defend themselves.

UPDATE 1: Jade, the former chair of BABScon 2017, has gotten back to us with her statement:

The three anons stand by their claim to have never seen Marinara’s boobs.  All the other anons mentioned so far, as well as eyewitness accounts, remain unchanged.  But I really appreciate Jade looking into this in a professional and civil manner and hope that this latest shit storm passes leaving us all stronger.

UPDATE 2: As more anons have come forward, we have learned that the story given by Marinara may have been less than truthful.  As originally stated above, based on Marinara’s testimony, Fiaura was understandably upset by events and this may have precipitated her claim that she was coerced to harass ToonKritic.  We will continue to research and publish a follow-up article when more is known.

Midwest Media Expo 2017 - CANCELLED (UPDATES)

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While not a purely pony news, a longtime gathering place for horse-fans - Midwest Media Expo in Detroit - has announced that this year's event has been CANCELLED.
The heartbreaking news for hundreds of con-hungry fans comes a mere THREE DAYS before the event was to begin. The exact cause of the sudden cancellation is not yet known to the public at large.

Previous conventions have played host to many pony-related events including premiers from Silly Filly Studios.
See our past coverage here:
The announcement is below.
In subsequent responses on the Facebook announcement refunds WILL be provided to those already registered with the convention.


We are coming to you with a very heavy heart to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, the 2017 Midwest Media Expo has been cancelled. For the past year we have been working hard to bring you a very special event, and it pains us greatly to have to make such an announcement, especially this close to our event date. We understand how much this event meant to everyone, and we apologize for this happening so suddenly. At this time, we are making arrangements to assist those displaced by this turn of events and those affected should expect we will be sending off notifications immediately to go over available alternatives.
We will be making further statements as we are able to discuss things, but know that we are working with good people to help us in this dark hour. Thank you very much for your understanding.
Morgan Kollin
Chairman of the Midwest Media Expo


Unconfirmed rumors have begun to circulate that the Hotel which served as Midwest Media Expo's venue was responsible for the sudden cancellation of the event. In response, hundreds of congoers and supporters have taken to the ratings websites to drive the Hotel's reputation downward in retaliation.


In the last 24 hours, the Edward Hotel's various social media pages (even ones not officially associated with the business) have taken a beating. the official Facebook page now bears a 1.7/5 Star rating. 




The convention put out this statement in Response to the actions of the enraged displaced congoers.
We would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support at this time and we have several announcements to make, and this is the first of them. Over the past day we have been in contact with various groups who have offered us opportunities that we are hoping to pursue. There will be more details as we are able to provide them.
Currently we understand that there are individuals who are very upset over the recent turn of events. However we implore everyone to cease any attacks towards the hotel. The outcome with the venue is far from what we were hoping for, and we are working to settle our differences. We still have something in store for this weekend, and will keep everyone posted.

The Hotel also put out this statement.


The Edward Hotel was surprised to learn just the other day as well, that this weekend’s M2X event was being cancelled. Here’s hoping the event organizer can work things out in the future and bring this exciting event back to Dearborn! We’ll miss seeing everyone this weekend.

Congoers were...unimpressed.



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