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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: lockette on December 08, 2017, 01:50:59 PM
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I'm 32 years old and have, in the past during my adulthood, considered sitting down and playing with my ponies like I did when I was 6 (when no one is around, of course...) but I just can't do it, haha.
but I do get to enjoy them. "grown-up" play for me is taking really lovely photos of them. it lets me touch them and put them together, and lets me appreciate their appearance (and smell... I love that pony smell, nothing like it!) and try to photograph them in a way that tells their personalities!
I used to have a few miniature items for them to be posed with, but I have no idea where those are now; but I used to enjoy setting up scenes, like for christmas.
if I was more consistent in writing, I'd love to write a dramatic epic series of stories about the ponies in my specific collection/herd with my headcanons about families and relationships and personalities, but I am waaayyy too lazy for that!
do you just admire your ponies on the shelf? interact with them another way? or just sit down and play pretend like a kid? (no judgement, I wish I could do it but I keep cringing at myself!)
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When my kid or little cousins ask me too, I will. I prefer to take cute photos.
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I like to interact with them. Sometimes I take them out of my boxes(Don't have a pony room yet), admire them, remember them, hold them,... I don't see any problem with playing with them. ^^ The majority of my ponies need a spa time or further restoration so when I see them, I think about it. And sure, I would take photos if I had nice background, clean ponies and some accessories.
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Pony play for me, too, consists mostly of posing them for photos. That said, I'm not going to pretend that I don't make up little stories in my head for how they ended up in the position they're in. I also like to just look at my shelf and imagine who's related, who's friends with who, and their hierarchy. Princess Misty is the leader on paper, but everyone knows Lady Cupcake is actually in charge. Morning Glory and Ivy are best friends (both are made of sass, but different kinds of sass), and Moonstone and Sunlight are sisters. Oh, and the fakies are a minority that faces low-key discrimination in their daily lives, even though Cupcake and Misty have told everyone that all ponies are equal. Because hey, if you're too lazy to write and too old to play pretend, just play in your head :P
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Not the way I used to though I wish I still could my mind just won't let me but I brush makes put bows on them and bother friends with them.also I bring yoyo and rainfeather with me everywhere and sleep cuddling plush ponies so it kinda counts
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Because hey, if you're too lazy to write and too old to play pretend, just play in your head :P
this is me lol
I still have the families and relationships from my childhood herd, but the families have grown! Powder and TAF Sundance will always be the matriarchs of my herd, they have been since I was like five. :heart:
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I play with my ponies usually by posing them for pictures instead of brushing or combing their hair. I also am working on an epic G1 adventure story starring Applejack.
Ponyfan
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I enjoy the monthly grooming sessions. :good:
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In my early 20's, when I first got back into collecting, I would carry baby Tic Tac Toe in my pocket when I went walking in the woods. Wish they had fancy camera smartphones way back then, I could have taken tons of photos of her exploring.
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I love this question! I have always wanted to ask others this myself, but have been too shy :drunk:
I certainly do not play with ponies as I did when I was a child -they do not 'talk' aloud to one another, but I do like to take photos of them in different scenes! I also enjoy making up stories in my head about them and having spa nights where I do their hair. I also cuddle plush ponies I have and sometimes I will bring out certain ponies from my herd to my living room area while I watch tv or cook. I just enjoy looking at them, I suppose. They make me feel lighthearted and happy.
I honestly got back into collecting ponies because I found they really helped relieve my depression and anxiety on some days, so I guess I 'play' with them in that way.
:enthralled:
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In my early 20's, when I first got back into collecting, I would carry baby Tic Tac Toe in my pocket when I went walking in the woods. Wish they had fancy camera smartphones way back then, I could have taken tons of photos of her exploring.
Ive found myself often doing that with Baby Lilly Drop. It’s so fun to stick her somewhere unexpected.
Ponyfan
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In my early 20's, when I first got back into collecting, I would carry baby Tic Tac Toe in my pocket when I went walking in the woods. Wish they had fancy camera smartphones way back then, I could have taken tons of photos of her exploring.
Ive found myself often doing that with Baby Lilly Drop. It’s so fun to stick her somewhere unexpected.
Ponyfan
Baby yoyo and baby rainfeather (and sometimes new members of the herd) tend to go out to eat with me (yoyo and rain are what I call carry along ponies they go everywhere with me) so I have a ton of pictures of yoyo with food like big plates of whipped cream lol rainfeather I keep further from the food she is in nicer condition but I expect she'll end up in some of those photos too
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Taking ponies out when I travel and taking pictures of them is the most play I do.
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"if I was more consistent in writing, I'd love to write a dramatic epic series of stories about the ponies in my specific collection/herd with my headcanons about families and relationships and personalities, but I am waaayyy too lazy for that!"
I do this in reverse I write stories about original characters (I have a whole herd in my head) then try desperately to get ponies that resemble them or make customs. Cotton candy made a lovely candy cloud thanks to a friend making her wings. I should really find a way to link all my pony stories for you guys
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Mostly I take photos of them. I also enjoy just grabbing one every now and then and brushing their hair.
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I get all of them down sometimes to have a spa party :) They talk to each other while in the "spa" (my sink, lol) I imagine the talk about their day :)
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I would love to get into the mindset I had when I was younger. I litteraly lived in my own little pony world where I got into the personalities of my ponies. But like the OP said, I just can't do it anymore. I can't get back into it. What I do though is take a pony with me every so often when I go somewhere or visit my sister. She understands. Sometimes when I take my son to the playground I love to bring a pony with me just to fiddle with her hair a little and just hold it. Other then that I don't do anything with my ponies. I wish I had the mind of a child again. I miss it.
I do sometimes sleep with a pony. I usually bring it to bed with me, then I place it next to my face on my pillow, but the cold hard plastic usually starts to bug me and when I turn around she's in the way. I'm a difficult sleeper. It has to be pitch black, soundless (sleep with earplugs in) and everything has to be comfortable in my own way. A pony doesn't fit in that picture lol. So I usually end up putting it on my nightstand instead lol.
Oh and I do sometimes give them a kiss on the curve between the snout and cheek. That's such a kissable spot lol.
So to me that became "playing" now that I'm grown.
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I do not play with my ponies either. I just done have that little creative mind that I had as a child. I think its cause as we get older our ways to thinking change and how we see things.
What I do enjoy doing with them though is cleaning them up and fixing there hair. Setting them all up nice and neat looking. And of course taking pictures of them!
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I keep my ponies in clear, plastic boxes and enjoy arranging them in their order of release. I occasionally pick one out and bring her into the living room so I can "bond' with her and admire her.
I don't play with them in the way I did when I was younger, but like others here I enjoy taking photos of them, arranging them in order and cleaning/restoring them.
I can't help but imagine them as conscious, living things, so when I'm not interacting with them, they can all occupy each other, lol! :lol:
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Not as much as a used to, but I'll organize plays and events for my ponies to participate in. I'll also dress the for holidays and take their pictures.
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It surprises me how many people like taking pictures of their ponies. I prefer to admire them "in person". It's not like they are alive and do anything special like a child does for example. To me it just seems pointless to take picfures of ponies. The only time I take pictures of ponies is when I put them up for sale or use one as a profile picture or a brag. I believe I only have a few "random" pictures of ponies.
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I only play with ponies when my daughter wants to play. Though I mainly like to brush their hair and talk to them. Someday I take more pictures of them all when I have a place to display them all.
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I don't play with them anymore not in the child sense of the world though I do miss them days sometimes.
Though they get spa sessions, infact some of my childhood herd are having one tonight they have a trip out for nostalgia day at work on Friday so they need to be tidy and doing them tonight I can make sure they are fully dry.
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It surprises me how many people like taking pictures of their ponies. I prefer to admire them "in person". It's not like they are alive and do anything special like a child does for example. To me it just seems pointless to take picfures of ponies. The only time I take pictures of ponies is when I put them up for sale or use one as a profile picture or a brag. I believe I only have a few "random" pictures of ponies.
I think it's kind of like the idea of "foodporn" and other similar things. obviously just looking at a picture of food isn't as good as eating it, but it still *pings* something in the brain that is pleasurable, like you can kind of enjoy it vicariously. I like taking nice macro shots of toys (specifically ponies) that highlights details and show off how nice the toy is to someone who normally wouldn't look twice at it. and I like seeing pictures of certain ponies that I really like, cause it gives that little *ping*.
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I guess I'm not sure what constitutes "playing" with a pony but I do like to take pictures of them sometimes lol.
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I guess I'm not sure what constitutes "playing" with a pony but I do like to take pictures of them sometimes lol.
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Great pictures! I especially love the last one. Clearly, she's on her way to challenge the Elite Four.
I never realized how pretty Twilight Twinkle is. I mean she's cute, but wow! Yours is really, really pretty!
Btw, that Sprite cup is the cutest! Where'd ya get it?
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Great pictures! I especially love the last one. Clearly, she's on her way to challenge the Elite Four.
I never realized how pretty Twilight Twinkle is. I mean she's cute, but wow! Yours is really, really pretty!
Btw, that Sprite cup is the cutest! Where'd ya get it?
OBVIOUSLY lol.
Thanks though! Also the pop is actually lip gloss (lip smackers). They still sell some of their older stuff at Kmart apparently (or at least the one I went to).
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It is? Well, I think I need to take a little trip to K-Mart.
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No, I don't play with my ponies in the real sense. I like to take photo's of my new ponies when they arrive all dirty and messed up, and then while they are having their spa day. Then another after their spa day.
I just love choosing them new ribbons from my ribbon box. All ponies of all gens get ribbons in my house. I will pull out a random selection of ponies every so often and give them a spa day just because. Yes, I am looking at you Star Catcher.
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Photos are so much fun. For me doing a photo shoot is like playing. Find/make the scene, mess around with 'scenarios' and take lots of pictures, and playing with filters. I really need to re-upload some of my pony photos!
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It surprises me how many people like taking pictures of their ponies. I prefer to admire them "in person". It's not like they are alive and do anything special like a child does for example. To me it just seems pointless to take picfures of ponies. The only time I take pictures of ponies is when I put them up for sale or use one as a profile picture or a brag. I believe I only have a few "random" pictures of ponies.
I'm going to be super honest and say the only reason I take pictures of ponies (unless it's to post them somewhere) is so I have an excuse to play with them. Like, if I take my ponies out in the snow to see ponies in the snow, I'll put them there, and then they'll just be there, and then it's time to go home. If I'm taking a picture, I actually have to think about composition and stuff, and it feels like I'm doing it for a purpose. I'm not being a weirdo playing with ponies, I'm making art! I love playing as long as it's art :lol:
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Photos are so much fun. For me doing a photo shoot is like playing. Find/make the scene, mess around with 'scenarios' and take lots of pictures, and playing with filters. I really need to re-upload some of my pony photos!
I agree. I was so happy to hear others play with their ponies this way. I love posing them and making a cute scene.
Ponyfan
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No, I don't play with my ponies in the real sense. I like to take photo's of my new ponies when they arrive all dirty and messed up, and then while they are having their spa day. Then another after their spa day.
I just love choosing them new ribbons from my ribbon box. All ponies of all gens get ribbons in my house. I will pull out a random selection of ponies every so often and give them a spa day just because. Yes, I am looking at you Star Catcher.
Same here with the ribbons.
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If styling their hair and posing them for pictures counts, then yes, I play with my ponies!
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For me there's no pretend play involved. As the OP has said, play for me really just involves arranging and photographing my collection.
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I don’t play with them exactly, but I do like making cute
setups with them.
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In my early 20's, when I first got back into collecting, I would carry baby Tic Tac Toe in my pocket when I went walking in the woods. Wish they had fancy camera smartphones way back then, I could have taken tons of photos of her exploring.
Ive found myself often doing that with Baby Lilly Drop. It’s so fun to stick her somewhere unexpected.
Ponyfan
I do this. My sister and I used to do it when we were kids, taking ponies and Jem dolls on holiday and taking photos of them, and I still do it sometimes. I took Tropical Breeze to Austria and Slovakia, and she has some nice photos from there. I also bought my first G4 ponies in Finland and since then I have a tradition of buying G4 ponies when I visit a new place, so I have pictures of Applejack in Porvoo and Helsinki, Starlight Glimmer was in Vienna, Cadance went exploring around Prague and Blossomforth got rescued from a big hypermarket in Lisbon, although most of the pictures I have of her are in the hotel with...Fluttsi.
Fluttsi is a Fluttershy (the one with rainbow hair and breezie) that my sister gave me as a mascot to take with me to Japan. Apparently she was supposed to bring me luck and take care of me on my travels ;) I have well over 300 pictures of Fluttsi in Japan. She's been to the snow of Mt Fuji, the temples of Kyoto, the beaches of Miyajima and the waterfall in Kobe..she's even visited the graves of samurai. She also came to Lisbon with me and played in the sand at Belem, among other places. I guess that having Fluttsi really renewed my enthusiasm for taking pony photos, as G4 ponies are perfectly sized for those kinds of trips.
Some of Fluttsi's adventures in Japan are documented in this thread:
http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,385952.msg1637467.html#msg1637467
Though I never did get around to doing anything with the bulk of them, which were her adventures in Kyoto, where I was living. Maybe one day, when I don't have chapter deadlines :/
Most recently my sister and I were both home in the snow so we took pictures of her glittery Applejack and my Snowcatcher playing out in the snow (hence my avatar). We also have some photos of them 'helping' to decorate the tree (more actually decorating poor Dasher, who also arrived in the snow xd)
So I don't play with my ponies. But I do love taking fun photos with them, so I guess that's how it manifests in me too these days :D
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Sometimes I like to rearrange my pony collection and make up which ponies are related to each other, or dating or friends. Masquerade and Skydancer are currently next to each other on my bookshelf, I think they're sisters. Sometimes I like imagine what their personalities might be based on their pose - Milky Way with her upward tilted head seems kind of smug, but in a playful and not mean way, and Pink dreams is graceful and shy, for instance. Sometimes I put them in my dream castle, or smooth out their hair. Recently I stuck a bunch of battery operated votives in my Dream Castle and arranged appropriately celestial themed ponies inside it, then took pictures in the dark. Other than that, though, playing pretend with ponies is a thing of the past for me. Which is fine! I like them just fine as bright room decor that's nostalgic and cute.
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Sometimes I like to rearrange my pony collection and make up which ponies are related to each other, or dating or friends. Masquerade and Skydancer are currently next to each other on my bookshelf, I think they're sisters. Sometimes I like imagine what their personalities might be based on their pose - Milky Way with her upward tilted head seems kind of smug, but in a playful and not mean way, and Pink dreams is graceful and shy, for instance. Sometimes I put them in my dream castle, or smooth out their hair. Recently I stuck a bunch of battery operated votives in my Dream Castle and arranged appropriately celestial themed ponies inside it, then took pictures in the dark. Other than that, though, playing pretend with ponies is a thing of the past for me. Which is fine! I like them just fine as bright room decor that's nostalgic and cute.
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That looks so cute! Thanks for the idea I have those battery lights too :)
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That looks wonderful Purple Glasses!
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Aw thanks you guys! If you stick lights in your dream castle let me know!
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I used to do a lot of scenes and stuff that I'd photograph or leave up to enjoy-- I did a cute winter one like ten years ago, I should track down pics of it. those are fun cause you can arrange the ponies into families, groups of friends, etc, so it's kind of like playing!
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I just take pictures of them, honestly. I'm not really bright enough to come up with my own stories. ^^;
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My objective is to get a nice setup and take photos of my ponies, but for now I make them pretty. Every now and again I'll change my desk buddy and make her run across my desk if I want a break or something :P I sometimes play around with them, but it's all in my head - I wish I could play pretend like I did as a child, I remember huge epic adventures and giving each pony a voice (an imitating the ones from the cartoon as best I could). However, I do give each of my ponies a personality and a backstory, so there's that.
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I'm actually trying to take up the habit of interacting with my ponies more. Ive been collecting on and off for years and always just had them set up in rows on shelves.
One of my new years intentions is to post a pic on my new pony Instagram every day! Sometimes it's just a shelf-pic, but I hope to slowly get more and more creative with my set ups, do little scenes, ect. Just buying ponies to sit them on a shelf has always felt like a waste to me personally (no judgement) so I'm hoping to get more involved with my collection and find new ways to play. I think its probably great for adults to flex their imaginations!