Wonderbolt Academy: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

[Esparmuran]

Unless, of course, there's stuff in it we don't know.

Inside this important tome, every pony will find everything they need to know about the hit TV show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Character bios, an episode guide and a map of Equestria are just the beginning of this gorgeous full-color book. Don't miss the complete lyrics to all the songs, a collection of Letters to Princess Celestia, and much much more!

Doesn't sound like it.

Well, the "much much more!" part sounds sort of... you know.

I don't know.

[Wilgrove]

Unless, of course, there's stuff in it we don't know.

Inside this important tome, every pony will find everything they need to know about the hit TV show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Character bios, an episode guide and a map of Equestria are just the beginning of this gorgeous full-color book. Don't miss the complete lyrics to all the songs, a collection of Letters to Princess Celestia, and much much more!

Doesn't sound like it.

It also says much much more! . *nods*

[Ameriganastan]

It also says much much more! . *nods*

Dude, you're getting ripped off. Calling it right now.

[Ifreann]

Unless, of course, there's stuff in it we don't know.

Inside this important tome, every pony will find everything they need to know about the hit TV show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Character bios, an episode guide and a map of Equestria are just the beginning of this gorgeous full-color book. Don't miss the complete lyrics to all the songs, a collection of Letters to Princess Celestia, and much much more!

Doesn't sound like it.

Books, covers, etc.

[Lazssia]

Dawn's Wrath.

[Saurisisia]

Dawn's Wrath.

Holy shit, that's freaking awesome.

[Ameriganastan]

Dawn's Wrath.

Okay, who stole her cake?

[Esparmuran]

Dawn's Wrath.

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[Ifreann]

Dawn's Wrath.

Okay, who stole her cake?

Damn it Luna, not again!

[Auzkhia]

So I pre-ordered this book like two months ago, and it's now shipping, I should have it by Thursday!

I pre ordered this book today and I will have it by Thursday as well. I love having amazon prime.

[Xiscapia]

"Wassup ma nigga."

Xistulpa: Best Tulpa?

Well of course.

Wait. You know what a tulpa is?

I have been to /mlp/ and observed the collective madness that is the tulpa thread.

Isn't it hilariously horrifying wonderful?

[Ifreann]

Xistulpa: Best Tulpa?

Well of course.

I have been to /mlp/ and observed the collective madness that is the tulpa thread.

Isn't it hilariously horrifying wonderful?

Hilariously horrifying Wonderful is a good way to describe it *nods*

[Mad hatters in jeans]

Comic

[Ameriganastan]

Comic

(Image)

"Princess Twilight outlives her friends."

Been done.

[Ceffyltir]

Wait. You know what a tulpa is?

I have been to /mlp/ and observed the collective madness that is the tulpa thread.

...You must link me to this thread.

"Depends on the universe". Oh, that's rich...

It depends on the universe; if you knew anything about how different story universes treat different things as part of their continuity, you'd know what I was talking about.

In Star Wars, for example, there's a whole system of canon, which puts everything on a scale from canon to non-canon, but also includes shades of canonality. Books and comic books are canon, but only so far as they're not overruled by the shows, or in turn, the films. In contrast, Star Trek treats everything that isn't the shows and films as non-canon-- including the animated series. This, of course, gets complicated because several times aspects of the non-canon animated series got pulled into the films or shows (in particular, ENT did this a fair number of times.) For example, caitians are a whole species that has been somewhere between canon-and-non-canon for ages. They only really appear in the animated series, but they've shown up (or it's believed they've shown up) multiple times in the films in the background, including in Star Trek into Darkness.

And this isn't even discussing episodes like Threshold that are 'canon' but everyone pretends they don't exist, including the producers and such.

MLP:FiM is something of a unique situation for the MLP franchise, because up until now there simply wasn't much of a universe to talk about in terms of canonality or characters. So every generation basically used the same ponies, if they used them at all, without problem. However, seeing as FiM is probably the most popular MLP franchise, and most likely to stick around far longer (if, indeed, it does form the basis for all future MLP properties for a decade or more). So on that note, there's no real in-MLP precedent for how the expanded universe is going to be handled.

However, as I noted, the Transformer's verse has had to deal with this sort of thing for a long time, and the general rules are, as noted on the TFWiki:

• All officially-licensed fiction is canonical for some continuity.
• If conflicting events occur which are ostensibly within the same continuity, there is no single "correct" interpretation, unless an official retcon is later issued. Fans may reach a consensus on it, or not. The two events may be relegated to slightly different continuities, or an in-continuity fix may be applied.
• While canon from one continuity cannot, in general, be used as evidence to support canon in a different continuity, there are exceptions. For example, the Tech Specs and bios from toy packaging are used as the basis for character personalities across various continuities, and can therefore hold some cross-continuity weight.
• Fan fiction is not canon.
• Toy catalogs produced by companies other than Hasbro (such as J.C. Penney) are not canon.
• Some fans have their own ideas about what constitutes canon and nothing anyone else says will change their mind (see personal canon).
• Perhaps most important of all...it only has one N in the center, and one at the end. Megatron has a "personal cannon" (although Classics Voyager Megatron had an "anti-proton pulse canon" according to his on-packaging bio), but you likely never will.

These IDW comics are official licensed, ergo, they are canon.

Indeed, in an interview with Katie Cook, on of the writers of the comics, she noted that:

But then I was told that my idea wouldn't work because it's the premise of a future "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" cartoon episode. Bah!

So clearly Hasbro is looking at this comics before they're published and approving them.

And so on.

So much truth.

And I see the opposition has no response. Pitiful.

Dawn's Wrath.

Now that's awesome.

[Krazakistan]

Comic

(Image)

[Ameriganastan]

So much truth.

And I see the opposition has no response. Pitiful.

I didn't even see that post...

[Esparmuran]

Comic

(Image)

"Princess Twilight outlives her friends."

Been done.

...


So YOU'RE RandomRedneck1990!

[Ameriganastan]

"Princess Twilight outlives her friends."

Been done.

...


So YOU'RE RandomRedneck1990!

Not really a secret, but yeah.

[Esparmuran]

How you doin?

Hi-jacking

My first image dump right there.

[Phocidaea]

...


So YOU'RE RandomRedneck1990!

Not really a secret, but yeah.

Great name, dude.

[Ameriganastan]

Not really a secret, but yeah.

Great name, dude.

I really wanna drop the "1990" but that takes a premium membership.

[Wilgrove]

Welp, I just registered for BronyCon 2013!

[Esparmuran]

Welp, I just registered for BronyCon 2013!

Are there any of those cons in Canada? Or is it just the states.

[Lazssia]

Welp, I just registered for BronyCon 2013!

Be sure to bring back poni.