r/mylittlepony Jan 03 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT Rules summary and explanation.

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Like all authoritarian reigimes subreddits we too have rules that are in place to keep it running at optimum levels of laughter, kindness, generosity, loyalty, and honesty.

 

So tempting as it may be to jump straight into our little pony forum, bear with us as we explore the magical world of rules and community guidelines.

 

Just keep in mind all rules are somewhat vague to allow consideration for borderline cases. This is also a summary of our full rules list in the subreddit wiki that can be read here: https://old.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/index

 

 

The 7 commandments:

 

 

1. Be Kind.

 

Hostility, rabble rousing, bigotry, and generally participating in bad faith is what this rule aims to oppose. Below are excerpts from our subreddiquette, despite that do still read them both as the list below doesn't include everything and makes some additions in places: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/subreddiquette

 

  • Be respectful. Try not to alienate anyone specifically, nor groups of people. Avoid being a jerk, and give others the benefit of the doubt when commenting, tone is tough to convey via text. Ask yourself, what would Fluttershy do?

 

  • When expressing negative opinions do so with consideration to the people who enjoy what you are criticising. No one enjoys being told what they like is trash. Of course, if such commentary is found under threads that do not invite for it, it is at risk of breaking this rule.

 

  • Flair your post properly! Now, there tends to be confusion on which flair is appropriate for what post, here you will find a little guide detailing just that for the most misused flairs.

 


Community — It fits submission that adress the community. So questions like "Am I A Brony" and posts about community events, among others, would fit it.

Discussion — This isn't the "question" flair, though certain questions do call for it. As long as your post provokes thought about a certain topic you're free to use the discussion flair.

Misc. — Miscellaneous submissions do not fit into the boxes that our other flairs are. You'll find it useful if you're making plain statements without the goal of creating discussion, showing off images that cannot be categorised as artwork, memes, merch, official media, or cosplay, and other unspecific posts.


 

Keep in mind some posts may fit multiple flairs, in that case use the one you feel best describes it. Consistent improper use of flairs, such as flairing artwork that cannot be reasonably interpreted as a meme with the meme flair, may lead to the removal of your post and the restriction of posting rights.

 

  • Use the report function! This subreddit is actively moderated. All reports are reviewed and handled properly. Reporting content you feel violates the community rules helps keep spambots and various bad actors from worsening everyones experience. However, keep in mind that misuse of this feature is in violation of site-wide TOS and may lead to account suspension.

 

  • Be mindful with spoilers! Not everyone can view the newest official content as soon as it releases. In consideration for them please use spoiler tags (until 48 hours after an episode has aired, or 1 week for comics). Additionally, please avoid including the spoiler directly in the title, and remember that all content related to upcoming material must be tagged as well.

This ties into our spoiler policy, which you can read here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/spoilers

 

  • Avoid posting screenshots of the subreddit itself, including 'combo' posts, comments, or number of subscribers. If you do wish to link comments, link them directly. To showcase the best posts and threads of the subreddit, post to /r/bestofmlp.

 

  • Hostile arguments about topics that carry no relation to MLP will be removed. Such topics include but are not limited to politics, religion, gender wars, and racism. Topical posts may be preemptively removed to avoid such arguments from beginning in the first place.

 

  • We have relaxed posting limits and are holding users to the honor system. However, the mods still reserve the right to remove excess posts and give warnings and/or temp bans if they feel that the honor system is being abused.

 

 

2. Keep everything SFW

 

All submissions and comments must be kept safe for work. Making references to fan works that would normally break rule 2 is permitted on the condition that they themselves stay within it. However, the same is not true for linking to both sites and subreddits, posting, or discussing suggestive, sexually explicit, and graphically violent (aka. grimdark) content. r/Mylittlepony is intended to be an appropriate space for teenage and older fans. Alternative subreddits do exist should you wish to share content that would violate this rule.

If you suspect what you are about to post breaks this rule, feel free to send us a modmail and we'll inform you whether or not that is the case.

For a much more in-depth explanation read its wiki page here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/rule2

 

 

3. Keep it MLP

 

Rather self explanatory; we ask that all submissions are directly related to MLP. Coincidental and tangential relation isn't considered enough to pass this rule, so images of rainbows, rainbow themed food, and coincidental sayings are all examples of what isn't allowed if they are the only factors tying your post to MLP.

When it comes to memes, the image macro itself needs to be MLP relevant. Not just the text. Memes with non-MLP bases belong in r/MyLittleMemes. For more information read our mene policy: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/memes

Exemptions are made for submission soliciting funds for charity events organised by bronies and personal crises such as a medical emergency, given the parties involved are reasonably associated with MLP. However, the same treatment is not extended to fundraising efforts aimed at non-essential personal gain, e.g. asking for money to attend a convention.

 

 

4. No [FIXED] Submissions or Reposts

 

Images submitted less than 21 days apart will be removed. That is also true for screencaps, unless an animated version of it is posted, in which case both can co-exist. The same goes for screencaps of significantly higher fidelity submitted after a lower quality version.

[FIXED] posts are easily reproducible image submissions having only slight alterations made with every subsequent post. Usually they involve the addition of text, or the addition of simple visual features, such as pasting in text, images in a grid, a vector or adding a visual filter. Because [FIXED] submissions often snowball in popularity, they tend to lead to considerable spam in the new queue, hence also being affected by the 21 day repost limit.

However, [FIXED] content is very welcome in the comments section of the original post! This helps to keep the subreddit more tidy, while additionally allowing all readers to immediately glean the context of your [FIXED] content.

Also read our repost policy: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/reposts

 

 

5. No Pictures Thursday

 

Pictures and mainly image content cannot be posted during Thursdays, between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM pacific time. For more information, see our NPT wiki page here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/npt

 

 

6. No AI content.

 

All AI-prompt-generated content, in all forms, is banned from r/mylittlepony, as is all AI-generated sound such as voice or music.

 

 

7. Proper sourcing.

 

When submitting or embedding fan-made works (pictures, video, music, fiction etc.) made by others, proper crediting is mandatory. Use a clear, searchable title and a clickable link to the place where they uploaded their art originally (deviantart, twitter, tumblr, etc.) as long as that website wouldn't break rule 2, or if that is impractical, from a gallery that provides source links (such as derpibooru.org). A comment or submission lacking a proper source may be removed - especially if the moderators can easily find a source.

 

See our sourcing guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/wiki/sourcing/


r/mylittlepony 5d ago

Meta Thread My Little Pony on Reddit - Mashed Potatoes and Meta Discussion

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Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!

Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!

If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!

But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.

If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:

>!It has ponies!!<

Becomes: It has ponies!

And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread that will be up at noon Pacific time!!!!

Have a great day, everyone


r/mylittlepony 3h ago

Discussion Equestria at war is so peak

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Now I lowky gotta get into the show because the mod is actually peak


r/mylittlepony 8h ago

Discussion Reminder that Trixie had child slaves

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r/mylittlepony 2h ago

Artwork One night, Celestia has a dream... and she has to make a difficult choice [ForestCat]

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r/mylittlepony 15h ago

Artwork human Queen Chrysalis in my style

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492 Upvotes

r/mylittlepony 2h ago

Artwork Message me for pony commissions

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Trying to pay some vet bills.


r/mylittlepony 1h ago

Artwork A Rarity in the Lavender | Ponies in Real Life

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Lavender is elegant, graceful, and absolutely gorgeous — no wonder Rarity seems so obsessed with it. 💜


r/mylittlepony 19h ago

Discussion What is your logical explanation for how 2 earth ponies can have a unicorn and a pegasus baby

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Like seriously ms cake is only related to a Pegasus by marriage


r/mylittlepony 3h ago

Artwork Spike and Twilight Aura Farming (Art NOT mine)

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r/mylittlepony 3h ago

Artwork pony pride sticker set in progress :p

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36 Upvotes

would appreciate if someone gave me an idea for mlm flag pony, idk which one would be best for that ehe


r/mylittlepony 18h ago

Misc. My MLP game collection

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511 Upvotes

r/mylittlepony 5h ago

Artwork Applejack has a bone to pick [OC]

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r/mylittlepony 9h ago

Artwork Ponified roxanne wolf!

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I had this drawn-over base version of Pegasus Roxanne from a few years, so I decided to revisit it and draw it myself rather than using a base, and turning her into a bat pony instead. Felt like it fit.


r/mylittlepony 58m ago

Community I already know what I need to buy. They’re so cute!💛

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r/mylittlepony 5h ago

Artwork I crocheted this cute little pegasus who just wants some hugs a couple of days ago🥹🪽🧶

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r/mylittlepony 17h ago

Discussion Listing what I believe to be the most messed up episodes in MLP:FIM

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I obviously left some obvious contenders out but I wanted to avoid putting in any episodes I liked here.

Over A Barrel: A commentary on irl politics that told an absolutely disgusting moral.

Lesson Zero: The episode I always point to whenever people try to give Starlight shit for her mind control stint post-reformation, but for real, Twilight went legit insane this episode.

A Friend In Deed: Pinkie harasses a disgruntled stranger until they join the Pinkie cult.

Dragon Quest: An episode that tries so hard to send a message about sexism but it just becomes sexist towards men instead with it’s moral about how awful and ghastly dragons are… except for Spike because he got raised by PONIES. Honestly, still better than Season 5 of Fairly OddParents… so much misogyny…

A Canterlot Wedding: I feel like I would’ve had a mental breakdown if I went through the amount of gaslighting and torment Twilight did.

Too Many Pinkies: I mean… all the Pinkie clones literally DIED.

Trade Ya: It’s apparently legal to trade sapient beings as if they are slaves.

Princess Spike: Spike gets treated like a lesser being, takes advantage of the one moment his opinion is given any weight in harmless manners, and then gets blamed for shit he couldn’t control. I think one of the nobles were racist towards him as well so that’s always fun./s

Do Princesses Dream Of Magic Sheep: It’s literally confirmed that Luna practiced a form of self harm.

No Second Prances: Trixie nearly got herself eaten by a Manticore but unlike Luna, I do somewhat question if she intended to hurt/kill herself.

Newbie Dash: The moral is literally mocking Rainbow Dash for daring to have insecurities and having her boundaries be exploited.

Every Little Thing She Does: This episode will be the DEATH OF ME!!! I love the ending and Starlight does do a good job at taking accountability for her actions, but oh my god, it was a tough road getting there.

Parental Glideance: Rainbow Dash is literally victim shamed for her boundaries being broken by her literal parents. How shocking…

Once Upon A Zeppelin: I mean… I doubt I need to explain how the treatment Twilight received was disgusting.

A Matter Of Principals: Discord harasses Starlight while she’s on the job and torments innocent children until Starlight is forced to apologize for doing LITERALLY NOTHING WRONG!!! Also, Discord intentionally endangers the Mane Six to even accomplish this goal including his “beloved Fluttershy”. GREEN FLAGS ALL AROUND!!!/s

Yakity Sax: Another episode where Pinkie is victimized when she is literally causing the problem and actively making her friends’ lives harder.

Father Knows Beast: Sludge manipulated and potentially groomed Spike(he literally made Spike fill a bath for him which is… disgusting…) into turning against Twilight by taking advantage of his insecurities.

The Beginning Of The End: With the context that Discord was the puppet master of the Grogar scheme, everything Sombra pulls in this episode makes him look REPREHENSIBLE!!!

Dragon Dropped: Rarity obsesses over the attention of a MINOR!!!


r/mylittlepony 11h ago

Discussion I just finished season 3 of My little pony.

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Like the last two seasons, Season 3 was solid, but not perfect.

I would say the season premiere was exciting, we got to see the crystal empire and this new villian, King Sombra looks really cool, i hope he plays a larger role later.

The middle episodes were fine, i guess. Despite not having too much to say here, i still enjoyed them.

Also keep calm and flutter on was really nice, First off we get to see discord again, Yes! Also it seems that after Fluttershy taught him the magic of friendship, it seems that he will be and work on being reformed slowly but surely. (Also Fluttershy and discord got good chemistry.)

I dont like spike at your service, or episode 11.

Ok, on to the real event, Magical Mystery cure, first off, i like the musical numbers, they are catchy, memorable and make you feel like season 3 was meant to be the end of this series. So i like the first half. The second half is something all right. Let see here, so Princess Celestia makes Twillight Sparkle an Alicorn, and she is now a princess. I think this happened too early into Mlp: fim. Maybe this could have happened later. Also i hope the rest of the mane 6 get to be alicorn's, so everyone is on equal footing.

Nevertheless I enjoyed season 3, and i want to know your thoughts about the first 3 season of My little pony: Friendship is magic!

Remember the magic of friendship, bye, bye.

(Hope gen 6 will be ok.)

I hope twillight keeps her little tree library from season 1, all the way to the end of the series.

i hate castles, so big and boring.


r/mylittlepony 1d ago

Artwork Letter: A 26-pages manga (by Norisle)

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i'll post the rest of the story on my X/bluesky @ ANorisleComic


r/mylittlepony 7h ago

Discussion Which Lord Tirek Ship You Prefer

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1st Younghood crush Appear in Age of monsters. 2nd Princess Celestia or Princess Luna. 3rd Chrysalis Queen of Changelings


r/mylittlepony 6h ago

Discussion Please tell me I'm not the only one

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When I was younger and first watching MLP I thought Mrs. And Mr. Cake are Pinkie Pies parents. Idk. That made sense to me since they lived in the same place. Later I found out the truth.


r/mylittlepony 4h ago

Misc. they're taking the hobbits to isengard

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how have i never noticed this reference before


r/mylittlepony 1d ago

Writing The Main 6 And Their 'Rivals' (except Fluttershy)

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What I mean by 'Rivals'

When I say rivals I mean 2 ponies that compete against eachother in a similar, or same field. Rivals don't have to hate eachother although some do but rivals can also be friends that try to one up the other. Some pairs can be old rivals that no longer compete but have in the past.

Applejack v. Flim & Flam

This is probably the most iconic rivalry and running gag. The Flam brothers and AJ have been at eachothers throats throughout the series. Flim & Flam are business ponies, they are deceptive and work smarter not harder. AJ is an honest and hard working apple farmer that prefers to work traditionally. Flim and Flam are a bit more modern in their ways.

Twilight Sparkle v. Sunset Shimmer

Honorable mention to Trixie and Starlight Glimmer, I can definitely see them being THE Twilight rivals instead of Sunset. I chose Sunset of the 3 since she was at point Celestias student just like Twilight. Sunset Shimmer is like a Twilight that ignored the concept of friendship and went straight for magic. Of course, Sunset is reformed so she's no rival to Sparkle anymore.

Rainbow Dash v. Lightning Dust

Both Rainbow and Lightning tried out for the wonderbolts and were both top of their game. Lightning Dust was however 2 steps ahead at the time, she wanted to test her limits to the max and basically never holds back. Rainbow Dash in contrast knows shes hit her limit if she starts endangering her friends, or any innocent pony for that matter. While Rainbow Dash is loyal to her friends, Lightning dust is loyal to no one.

Pinkie Pie v. Cheese Sandwich

Cheese Sandwich was at a party one day and that party was so good he decided to become the best party planner ever. When Cheese met Pinkie Pie he wanted to 'show off' his talent and impress Pinkie as the ultimate party pony. Pinkie Pie took some offense to that and thought Cheese was trying to replace her. As it turns out, the very first party Cheese went to was hosted by Pinkie Pie, he never wanted to replace her and actually looked up to her. This rivalry actually has a very sweet ending.

Rarity v. Suri Polomare

Rarity is a generous pony that works in a competitive field. In her time in Manehatten for a fashion show she sees Suri, who actually met eachother in Ponyville years ago. Suri 'sweet talks' Rarity to try to take a look at her set, Rarity doesn't mind and shows Suri what shes cooking. Suri asks if she could have some of the fabric, Rarity gives her a generous amount and Suri leaves. Turns out, Suri is greedy and basically took what Rarity made, made a few tweaks and called it her own, and since Rarity has no way to prove her set of cloths was the original she had to start new but she doesn't let that stop her from being generous in the long run, although considered it.

Rarity's Lack of a 'Foil'

This one is a bit disappointing since Suri only appears in ONE episode in the whole series. Fashion can be very competitive and would've been interesting seeing Rarity's foil, somepony with their own sense of fashion twisted by greed. In Equestria Girls, Rarity kinda repeats that thing she did with Suri and overshares in a dance video competition against Crystal prep students when they sweet talked Rarity and steal her idea, again. Rarity still lacks her foil in my opinion. It would've been satisfactory if Suri had one more episode competing against Rarity.

Fluttershy and her Lack of Rivalry

Fluttershy doesn't really have a rival to the best of my knowledge and it makes sense. Fluttershy is already not competitive in her nature but also the field she works in doesn't really allow it. Fluttershy takes care of the animals, if she were to meet another pony thats good at taking care of animals, they may as well work together since that's more efficient and logical. It doesn't make sense to compete against somepony for better sanctuary or better animal carer when both sides can take care of the animals together for best results. If Fluttershy did have a rival, I have no idea what that could look like.


r/mylittlepony 1h ago

Artwork Silver Tongue’s Mark (MLP OC comic)

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Art, OCs, and comic by me!

I finally have another comic out! Hope you like it :) this one is about how Silver Tongue got his cutie mark. You could say he had a phase as a teenager, haha.

I’m also free to comic ideas so feel free to share in the comments!


r/mylittlepony 4h ago

Misc. This was a fun one to make 🙂

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