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  • Let’s take a trip down memory lane and look through the My Little Pony fandom's golden age. Starting off with none other than Lyra Heartstrings!
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  • @tmfz6
    @tmfz6 Рік тому +1298

    I love the fact that we don't know much about bonbon since she IS a secret agent

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +96

      According to the fans she can make candy and sells candy.

    • @vocalist92
      @vocalist92 Рік тому +86

      I remember reading a fan fiction that revealed Bonbon was a Changeling hiding among ponies hence how she was able to change her voice in early episodes.
      That fic from what I recall was about Changelings living in hiding among ponykind until their existence was revealed during Canterlot Wedding.
      Brony peak days were wild and I miss them very much

    • @aliciascott7
      @aliciascott7 Рік тому

      ​@@vocalist92 u a dumbass

    • @renamon5658
      @renamon5658 Рік тому +26

      There was a book called the agents of s.m.i.l.e where it said that that flim and flam use to be agents and the agency is under a pizzeria in ponyville

    • @kowhaifan1249
      @kowhaifan1249 Рік тому +4

      chocolatier im pretty sure.

  • @pinknblueheartz
    @pinknblueheartz Рік тому +1032

    something interesting about lyra is that even though her fascination with humans was never acknowledged in the actual show, there was a card that said something like "of all the ponies twilight told her story of the mirror portal to, lyra was the most interested"

    • @EffMinus
      @EffMinus  Рік тому +190

      interesting!

    • @Top10Dylan
      @Top10Dylan Рік тому +105

      I'm glad they did it like that and never mentioned humans in the show, humans have no business being in Equestria.

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +34

      @@Top10Dylan they have business being in ponyland though. (Also I think it would be fair to let the original Williams siblings visit Equestria. Especially considering Megan's bond with the rainbow of light.).

    • @Top10Dylan
      @Top10Dylan Рік тому

      @@lunakingsley.7247 Yaks, griffins, hippogriffs, and changelings should get lost too.

    • @crystalmuffyn
      @crystalmuffyn Рік тому +19

      Canon Sunset might have been like Fanon Lyra, since Sunset was curious about the portal and the creatures in it.

  • @DreamingNightmares
    @DreamingNightmares Рік тому +273

    One thing I wonder is that since many think Lyra is obsessed with humans...
    Would Equestria Girls Lyra be obsessed with ponies?

    • @Edward256
      @Edward256 Рік тому +35

      Cross-obsession fics and arts have been made. ;)

    • @DreamingNightmares
      @DreamingNightmares Рік тому +22

      @@Edward256 yeah I've seen some of those before, some are quite funny when human Lyra meets pony Lyra lol

    • @danielsurvivor1372
      @danielsurvivor1372 10 місяців тому +15

      She was kinda confirmed to be obsessed with ponies in EqG. There's EqG short where Lyra fights BonBon over something (forgoe) and one of the costumes Lyra uses to one up Bon, is basically pony costume of herself(I think it's herself)
      Ain't that a bad obsessed with her ponysona? 😅

  • @theratedrshimmer
    @theratedrshimmer Рік тому +590

    One thing I love about Lyra is, she used to be a blank canvas, and Hasbro initially never saw her as another thing more than just a background pony. People noticed her. Hasbro gave her a name, then the fandom gave her a Surrname. People saw her sitting oddly, so they gave her personality. Then a Relationship, took some time but Hasbro accepted. With that, also Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops received her own personality... Thanks to Lyra. The Background Six are the ultimate proof of how much Power the fandom had during G4

    • @TheDanteEX
      @TheDanteEX Рік тому +47

      I think the whole "push and pull" between Hasbro's merchandise names and fanon names is really interesting. Like, most of the early toys were clearly inspired by some of the background designs, but the names never matched what fans would call them. Some things Hasbro accepted and changed the names on the merchandise, which is a pretty big nod since those new names would likely need trademarking. And the fandom eventually adapted to the names Hasbro never budged on, like Minuette. And of course Lyra Heartstrings is when there's basically an undiscussed compromise. It might be a hard topic to cover, but I would love someone to chronical a lot of these character names and how they evolved and such. I imagine a lot of information is lost to time.
      It was funny to me when Hasbro finally accepted the name DJ PON3, just for the fandom to have already given her another name: Vinyl Scratch. Then a few months later I saw comments from young fans saying "her name isn't DJ PON3, it's Vinyl Scratch" on Hasbro social media as if they didn't just try throwing the fans a bone already. Which brings me to another topic that can be covered: fans that were into the fandom before/without watching the source material. It happened with a lot of characters and ideas, but Button Mash was probably the biggest one. Some fans were shocked when they discovered Button Mash was actually a character design that existed in the show first. When the Christmas album came out and there was a song sung by a unknown character called Pop Fly, a lot of fans speculated it to be Button Mash because it "sounds like him". Which is hilarious since Button Mash not only doesn't have a canon voice, but also doesn't even have a canon name.

    • @georgiagalaxy
      @georgiagalaxy Рік тому +5

      Yeah I’m glad I listened to that Christmas album, Pop Fly is interesting 😊 it’s funny how many ambiguous things are in the Pony-Verse

    • @somethingwithbungalows
      @somethingwithbungalows Рік тому

      @@TheDanteEX interesting read. Thank you!!

    • @patatoquack1684
      @patatoquack1684 Рік тому +9

      Srs I love how fandom affected mlp fim so much at a point where they dedicated a whole episode to background ponies that were fan favorite

    • @DavidMuri-rm4ym
      @DavidMuri-rm4ym 8 місяців тому

      I love your profile picture! It's just so cute! 💕💖💗❤️♥️❤️

  • @camponotusinflatus9920
    @camponotusinflatus9920 Рік тому +371

    You forgot to mention that Lyra was one of Twilight's friends from Canterlot.

  • @CookieIsMyCat09
    @CookieIsMyCat09 Рік тому +242

    Literally just realized that maybe the whole anthropology obsessed lyra joke could be a play on humans believing Unicorns (like Lyra) exist or have existed, and it makes a lot more sense to me now lol, and the idea of humans being a unicorn myth equivalent is lowkey funny to me

    • @georgiagalaxy
      @georgiagalaxy Рік тому +11

      True!!!! I like how she sits with her legs crossed in Slice of Life lol.

    • @CookieIsMyCat09
      @CookieIsMyCat09 Рік тому +3

      @@georgiagalaxy lol same! It was nice to see

  • @memethyst
    @memethyst Рік тому +219

    i feel like im the only one who likes bonbon more than lyra, i like her design and i think the fact that shes canonically a secret agent is just really funny. its like everything we "know" about lyra was all made up by the fandom where as everything we know about bonbon comes from the actual show.

    • @lilsunny7399
      @lilsunny7399 Рік тому +24

      Oh no i like Bon Bon better too, mostly her design and fan personality. Fanfics tend to write her has fun and down to earth while lyra is a little more goofy. And I like that.

    • @georgiagalaxy
      @georgiagalaxy Рік тому +9

      That’s kinda true lol ^_^ I like both equally as well 🎀🎼

    • @Froggo_e
      @Froggo_e 4 місяці тому +1

      I do too :)

    • @coalminez
      @coalminez 3 місяці тому +1

      I personally really like her curly mane and overall character more than lyra's, but I like the both of them together a lot. such a cute canon ship!

  • @TwiggyPone3617
    @TwiggyPone3617 Рік тому +100

    I think the secrete agent thing was done as a joke about how the fans were ignoring her.
    “Oh, wait, Bonbon had the more interesting backstory? What a twist!”

    • @Edward256
      @Edward256 Рік тому +15

      Huh. Thought it was because she had a different voice each time she spoke.

  • @TheDanteEX
    @TheDanteEX Рік тому +112

    The fact the fandom was so potent in even early 2011 that there was a theory about Sweetie Belle's family during the month-long gap between Call of the Cutie and Stare Master where Sweetie Belle was revealed to be Rarity's sister speaks for itself. Unless the theory started from Sweetie's cameo in the second episode?

  • @jenniferstewarts4851
    @jenniferstewarts4851 Рік тому +51

    Lyra actually has a TON of information about her.. She's seen jumping on a cloud in cloudsdale during the flyer competition. This shows that she knows the cloud walking spell. She's a "gifted unicorn" and part of the unicorn 6. (the mane 6 unicorns that Celestia tried to set up with twilight.. Lemon hearts, moon dancer, Lyra, twinkle shine, minuet, then either sunset or twilight as the leader... sounds like Celestia was planning something there.)

    • @trashbasset
      @trashbasset 8 місяців тому +3

      I'm surprised he didn't mentioned that. that is a pretty huge thing for Lyra

    • @jenniferstewarts4851
      @jenniferstewarts4851 8 місяців тому +9

      @@trashbasset Yep, her being "gifted unicorn" means she was in the top percentile of powerhouse unicorns. She likely would have been a candidate for element of harmony likely replacing laughter with musical harmony, citing how songs bind friends.

    • @EnriqueLaberintico
      @EnriqueLaberintico 6 місяців тому +5

      Celestia wasn't expecting the sonic rainboom to set up smth else.

    • @organichotchoco
      @organichotchoco 20 днів тому +2

      damn mane six, background 6, unicorn 6, wonderbolts 6 maybe i forgor. are there any OTHER 6 pony groups named after their main trait + 6 i should know about

  • @lunakingsley.7247
    @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +59

    According to a lot of fans bonbon knows how to make candy and owns a candy shop. So that's pretty cool (and it makes sense considering the cakes are more focused on cakes and stuff then candy like hard candy or chocolate bars.).

  • @dsmithrus
    @dsmithrus Рік тому +50

    I can accept the theory from 'Anthropology' that Lyra is actually a human fallen to Equestria being a baby and transformed to a pony by Celestia. This is a very catching idea I'd like to use in my own fanfic I'm writing now.

    • @foxxyytofficial
      @foxxyytofficial Рік тому +1

      That's interesting
      Sometime ago i did started a fanfic about an earthling ending up there but more like a Terminator "hear me if you want to live" than "being reborn there"

    • @dsmithrus
      @dsmithrus Рік тому

      @@foxxyytofficial My idea is that in her research on anthropology (under the auspices of the Office of Interministry Affairs), Lyra came to the conclusion that the whole world of ponies is a fiction embodied by Lauren Faust. Then the zebra bombs fell, and later she discovered the existence of the Fallout Equestria fandom, in which she now had to live as a ghoul. Lyra hated the human world for the way they treated her world, and developed a mega-curse to destroy it, as if it did not exist at all.
      In the fictional universe, time is plastic in relation to the base, so for 200 years of the post-apocalypse for ponies, about 10 years have passed in the human world. Lera found out that her human relatives died during the riots in 2020, and she had no ties to the world of Earth left.
      And just according to the plot of my fan fiction, she is looking for an energy source, powerful enough to launch the spell. In addition, she wants to cancel the war with zebras thrown into the lore by humans, and for this she has a time travel spell which also requires more energy than the whole Equestria has.
      And also, actually she is straight, her relationship with Bon Bon is a rumor spread by detractors from the OIA to discredit her research.

    • @StrawberryMoo-qc7ci
      @StrawberryMoo-qc7ci 10 днів тому +1

      @@dsmithrus links?

  • @kittycheshire5099
    @kittycheshire5099 Рік тому +86

    Can't wait to see more of this series. Maybe make one on Button Mash.

    • @EffMinus
      @EffMinus  Рік тому +11

      great idea!

    • @alex_ho
      @alex_ho Рік тому +7

      A shame what happened though, many more chapters could have been told about Button Mash had Hasbro's CnD not strike

  • @larsn97
    @larsn97 Рік тому +83

    There is a second fanfiction about Lyra that is nearly as popular as Anthropology. It is called Backgroundpony. In it Lyra is curesed such as everycreatur is constantly forgetting her actions and her existence. I can highly recommend Backgroundpony. It is by far one of the best fanfiction that I have ether read or heard as an audiobook (in my top 5 of over 500 fanfictions know).

    • @silvadelshaladin
      @silvadelshaladin Рік тому +7

      Yes, Background Pony is my favorite depiction of Lyra.

    • @Ronin20181
      @Ronin20181 Рік тому +3

      It made me cry, it’s an amazing book

    • @silvadelshaladin
      @silvadelshaladin Рік тому +2

      Another thing is Heartstrings -- that is a comic that it would be nice if they made more of.

    • @Edward256
      @Edward256 Рік тому +2

      #who
      #DigTheSwellHoodie
      #deepdepression

    • @BikerDash
      @BikerDash Рік тому +1

      An audiobook? You have my attention!

  • @lunakingsley.7247
    @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +41

    I know a way to see if lyra likes humans. Let her go to ponyland from MLP 'n friends universe and let her meet the Williams siblings. Just don't be surprised when she comes back with three human kids and adoption papers.

    • @somethingwithbungalows
      @somethingwithbungalows Рік тому +2

      This kinda makes me wonder if anyone wrote anything good of a human going to the MLP world who’s from Equestria Girls (they’d lean up against that statue thing and fall in)

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +3

      @@somethingwithbungalows heck I would be happy to find a good slice of life story about the G1 Williams siblings being in Equestria (especially if Danny and scoots meet.).

    • @TheArgentinianGoblinFromEibar
      @TheArgentinianGoblinFromEibar Рік тому

      @@lunakingsley.7247
      Tf does that make sense when she’s married too BonBon?

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +1

      @@TheArgentinianGoblinFromEibar her being married to bon bon doesn't contradict what I said. Plus bon bon probably wouldn't be against adopting kids (especially when one of them has a very powerful and noticable artifact.).

    • @TheArgentinianGoblinFromEibar
      @TheArgentinianGoblinFromEibar Рік тому

      @@lunakingsley.7247
      Oh ok in the fanfiction world i guess but humans are messed up lets not drag the MLP universe into that/our hell hole aswell

  • @johnr5409
    @johnr5409 Рік тому +12

    “She drinks coke”
    And this is why Lyra is best pony

  • @shangothunder1055
    @shangothunder1055 Рік тому +21

    Awesome one of my favorite background characters! Can’t wait to see more from the series.😁

  • @vegetafan9922
    @vegetafan9922 Рік тому +13

    Please do more of these! Maybe one about Vinyl. I'm really interested to find out where the whole "She's a vampire" thing in the fandom came from.

  • @moonblaze2713
    @moonblaze2713 Рік тому +11

    I just want to say, I lived through what you called the Golden Age and I feel like it was more of a Bronze Age. Important, foundational, but way better times were ahead.

  • @lilsunny7399
    @lilsunny7399 Рік тому +21

    Great vid as always. I also love how there's that one newspaper shot in the very last episode showing Lyra and Bon Bon got married. Show canonically confirming a fan pairing. Pretty much the only one (Well ok there was that one Equestria Girls special with Rarity and Applejack)
    I'd love a video on Vinyl or/and Octavia I know you did a vid about why Vinyl is mute but like, going over her history, the whole fan theory of the red eyes before it was debunked, her pairing with Octavia. That would be cool.

  • @canalso5806
    @canalso5806 Рік тому +20

    so the my little pony fandom is obsessed with background characters?

  • @mao-sama6446
    @mao-sama6446 Рік тому +19

    Lyra was also said to be one of Twilight’s friends before moving to Ponyville and meeting the Mane Six. Though I don’t remember her actually interacting with Twilight and I’m pretty sure there were flashback moments where Lyra was adult and Twilight was a filly.

    • @Edward256
      @Edward256 Рік тому +6

      "Moondancer's having a little get-together. Wanna come?"
      "Sorry girls, I got a lot of studying to catch up on."
      >runs away from them and right passed Lyra, also holding a gift, and waves at Twi.
      >Lyra appears in Ponyville by the time Twi lands there.
      -Lyra also knows duplication spell- xd

    • @nameynamd9212
      @nameynamd9212 4 дні тому

      She was also mentioned twice in "Amending Fences" when Twilight asked for a list of her past friends and when Pinkie first appears in that episode

  • @fluttershyisnotadoormat4678
    @fluttershyisnotadoormat4678 Рік тому +18

    Lyra may have the same model as some ther ponies but she still is one of a kind :3

    • @georgiagalaxy
      @georgiagalaxy Рік тому

      Agreed, I also like how another Unicorn is based on G3 Minty. If I was in G4 I’d be an Earth pony or an Alicorn :3

    • @DavidMuri-rm4ym
      @DavidMuri-rm4ym 9 місяців тому +1

      I agree! ❤❤❤🎉🎉😊

    • @aguywhodoesstuff1116
      @aguywhodoesstuff1116 8 місяців тому

      the void stares back

    • @nameynamd9212
      @nameynamd9212 4 дні тому

      Kind of reminds me of DWK's comment on arguments on their favorire character boiling down to most pleasing color scheme and mane style given the body shapes are basically the same

  • @firekrakenglarbonoker354
    @firekrakenglarbonoker354 Рік тому +5

    Very nice video. This is good. I would perhaps say that it was enjoyable. In fact, the premise is actually interesting. It even is a fun type of experience. Anyway, it was good.

  • @WormZzz
    @WormZzz Рік тому +6

    I need a video like this about Berry Punch!

  • @pencilsanimation
    @pencilsanimation Рік тому +8

    lyra used to be friends with twilight too😭

  • @valsfilms9200
    @valsfilms9200 Рік тому +4

    "rolls off the tongue doesnt it?" LOL :)

  • @badoomching
    @badoomching Рік тому +2

    Ngl I really like this style of video cuz I was never truly in the early fandom, I didn't even have an email account let alone youtube, deviant art, my space, etc account! So hearing about the early fandom talking and theorising about characters in the show, it's just so cool and despite me not being a part of it, it's kinda giving me warm nostalgia! Idk but I'd love to see more vids like this!!

  • @mrtoast244
    @mrtoast244 25 днів тому +1

    I stopped watching this video when the Anthropology song played to go and read it and it's unironically really good... The premise is weird but it delivers on everything it sets out to do. Lyra's friends were pretty likeable characters and their roles in the story as well as their dialog had a nice flow.
    There was actually some really good tension (and a few logical and cool twists and reveals) at times and there was always plenty of incentive to read the next chapter since the story direction never felt repetitive. The author somehow made me as a reader feel like I was in Lyra's position and it really helps to get immersed and experience things from her perspective. I actually got chills from the ending speech as well, the climax to the main conflict was so well done even though everything happened so quickly. It really does a good job in letting you use your imagination for the visuals of the story. Not just at the end either, the entire story is really fun to read.
    There were a few things that could have been done better (like, in the epilogue Bon Bon was a bit more dismissive than I would have liked) and it's a little cliche sometimes but all the characters, the pacing and the direction of the story were super tight (not a single chapter felt stale or wasn't memorable) and it was a genuinely enjoyable read (I literally did an accidental all-nighter because I couldn't stop reading it lol). Essentially, there were far more positives than negatives.
    I unironically think that Anthropology is better written than Equestria Girls. It plays off the original show really well while feeling like it could have easily been canon, had the show committed to a few things differently (no spoilers).
    edit: removed some spoilers

  • @alex_ho
    @alex_ho Рік тому +6

    In great parts due to the Anthropologist song and Lyra's design, Anthropology was one of the few Brony fics I've actually read especially given how long spanning it was
    But I really appreciate and enjoyed it, especially since the Author went to great lengths to fit their story with show canon at the time. Though I much prefer the first and second act over the last where the author kind of fumbled the ball trying to conclude it

    • @DavidMuri-rm4ym
      @DavidMuri-rm4ym 9 місяців тому +1

      I really love that fan created song! ❤❤❤❤🥰😍

  • @blakdeth
    @blakdeth Рік тому +3

    I remember 1 bon bon thing that wasn't lyra related and it was her many different voices. Completely different voice every time we saw her.

  • @DreamingNightmares
    @DreamingNightmares Рік тому +7

    Since G5 is canon to G4 (as much as many fans including myself hate) maybe that means previous generations are also canon to each other with just many centuries in between...
    If this is true then it'll explain why humans became a myth in the first place. They used to exist in G1 afterall so maybe they just died out one day and became nothing but a story that was passed down from generation to generation until one day Lyra came across the almost forgotten tale...

  • @axolotlfairy2473
    @axolotlfairy2473 Рік тому +3

    Oh I LOVE this style of video: It feels a lot like therealjims’ simpsons history videos, and that has a LOT of potential. For other ponies I’d suggest:
    -Dr. Whooves
    -The Flower Girls (Roseluck, Daisy, and Lily)
    -Princess Erroria (THATS an obscure one)
    -DJ PON-3 (I know you made the video on her being mute but)
    -Octavia Melody
    -The Wonderbolts
    -Changelings (The fanon lore around changelings was INSANE around seasons 2-3)

    • @EffMinus
      @EffMinus  Рік тому +1

      thanks for the suggestions!

  • @crystallotus3422
    @crystallotus3422 Рік тому +6

    It's a mystery...
    ANTHROPOLOGY!

  • @thethreekings9120
    @thethreekings9120 Рік тому +4

    Definitely don't forget about Colgate and Dolphin Dream. Lol.

  • @sommercrisp2234
    @sommercrisp2234 Рік тому +8

    I love content like this! Keep up the good work 🎉

  • @patatoquack1684
    @patatoquack1684 Рік тому +3

    I love the fact that mlp makes a lot of fanon stuff canon and actually finds what the audience thinks important and it’s a nice feeling to know there will always be a place on the internet where we can talk about mlp without being judged and seen as childish

  • @supersonic2175
    @supersonic2175 Рік тому +1

    I like how your character is on the right side of the screen he looks really cool

  • @BikerDash
    @BikerDash Рік тому +2

    In my fimfictional universe, Lyra studied ancient civilizations, and wrote her master's thesis on how there are subtle bits of evidence that point to an ancient civilization that pre-dates all other known civilizations on Equus, which also has another name... Earth.

  • @fjgaming7666
    @fjgaming7666 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoyed your video and as someone who joined the fandom in 2019, the tail end of the show, I have alot to catch up about the lore and ideas, the fans had came up with. Though I do know A good amount of things but I like to learn more, so I have two separate suggestions for future MLP History videos.
    First being characters both canon and fanon from Vinyl Scratch, Octavia Melody, Dr. Hooves, Carrot Top, Trixie, Spitfire, Soarin, Fancy Pants, Fleur De Lis, Braburn, Flash Sentry, Startswirl the Bearded, Pipsqueak, Dinky Do, Rumble, Tinder Tabs, Babs Seed, First Base, Pound Cake, Carrot Cake, Princess Flurry Heart, Prince Blueblood, Princess Luna, Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, Discord and Tempest Shadow. To like Fausticorn, Bonniecorn, Nyx, Cream Heart, Princess Skyla, Rainbow Blaze, Sweetie Bot, Screwball, Anon and the many nextgen children of the canon and noncanon characters. Secondly the Fanbase’s Interpretations and worldbuilding of the MLP Universe. Like with the History of Equestria as a nation state, along with the many other countries existing thought up by fans, bringing in characters and concepts from the previous generations of MLP into G4, the countless sentient and nonsentient creatures the fans brought into the Equestria, from creatures with mythological origins to made up creatures like the Spider and Tetzelponies, the many different ideas of who’s related to who, from the concepts of who is the parents of like Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo to the fanon families made of many different ponies who, look similar or showed up alot together the most famously being the Hooves family.
    And that’s everything I’ve got phew, hopefully you find inspiration in my ideas.

  • @magic_pink_horse
    @magic_pink_horse Рік тому +1

    Finally found your channel, glad to discover more quality pone content as of late!

  • @Place-Holder
    @Place-Holder Рік тому +3

    I have never heard of the Sweetie Belle is Lyra's daughter theory.

  • @renamon5658
    @renamon5658 Рік тому +2

    Lyra is in my top 4 favorite background pony

  • @exodd1
    @exodd1 10 місяців тому +1

    A bit salty you didn't mention Background Pony and the hoodied Lyra, but good analysis after all!

  • @Phoenixstorm36
    @Phoenixstorm36 Рік тому +3

    I got attached to her cause of the fan comic by TriteBristle called Heartstrings.

  • @campbellblahblahsvlog7797
    @campbellblahblahsvlog7797 Рік тому +2

    3:14 Lyre is my instrument, but humans strum their sweet guitar, it’s a mystery, ANTHROPOLOGY

  • @michaelbuehler3897
    @michaelbuehler3897 Рік тому +1

    I've been reading Anthropology.

  • @femlicious
    @femlicious Рік тому +2

    love the new format

  • @NessaTheBat1
    @NessaTheBat1 Рік тому

    The video was good pased and thanks for the little background info I didn't know. ^^ Lyra was always outstanding and I just thought she was cut eand had a very nice cutiemark.

  • @SmokeTheHorsehog
    @SmokeTheHorsehog Рік тому +2

    I miss you being a pony in these videos

  • @Chloe_hi117
    @Chloe_hi117 Рік тому +1

    In the last episode when twilight is looking in the news paper we see a picture of liyra and bon bons wedding

  • @Zerathina
    @Zerathina 2 місяці тому +1

    I love that the creators were so invested in the fandom, and made certain things canon… now, on the subject…
    Vinyl Scratch has MAGENTA EYES, NOT F*KING RED!!

  • @Frexy_Kaminari
    @Frexy_Kaminari Рік тому +1

    I never pay attention to the background mlp characters except for Lyra and bonbon ❤those to are my favourite background characters ❤

  • @xXSKY64Xx
    @xXSKY64Xx 8 місяців тому +1

    Lyra Heartstings is such a perfect name. This is probably one of the few instances where a fan name and official name were combined together to make a better name.

  • @HandheldGamer1991
    @HandheldGamer1991 Рік тому +1

    There is an old fan animation called ponies with hats and they have a line where lyra says she cooked the hand and eat them and in episode 100 we have the same scenario but its oats and not hands coincidence i think not!

  • @lj2659
    @lj2659 Рік тому +2

    Could you do the flower shop girls next? Lily, Daisy and Rose

  • @Place-Holder
    @Place-Holder Рік тому +7

    Do you think there is a 'resurgence' going on in the brony fandom? I've been seeing a number of new analysis videos and reaction videos that have been getting a lot of traction recently.
    #AskEffAnything

    • @georgiagalaxy
      @georgiagalaxy Рік тому

      That’s very true and I’m glad about it :3

  • @ImmaLittlePip
    @ImmaLittlePip 8 місяців тому +1

    Love these videos going over memes, fanon and just fandom moments
    There's a ton of brony history through out the years and its fun to see videos like these that celebrate the more positive parts of the fandom or at least its talents from the past instead of demonizing bronies or mlp fans in general

    • @edwinve4112
      @edwinve4112 5 місяців тому

      I didn't expect to see you here.

  • @Zeldas_Stars
    @Zeldas_Stars 4 місяці тому

    I think its funny bc lyra was just my favorite character because i had a toy of her as a kid and she just happened to be my favorite color at the time

  • @magnapopus
    @magnapopus Рік тому +1

    I thought you were gonna mention the fact she makes "hands" when she uses her horn...but honestly I can't tell if that's a canon thing or a fandom idea. It all blurs together

  • @ThatOneTigerdeer
    @ThatOneTigerdeer Рік тому +4

    One of the best and still one of my faves! 💚 Keep ya life silly like Lyra! ^^
    And i love the whole "I wanna know and research hoomans"-factor. XD
    Also the "Background pony"-fanfic book has a preetty good storyline tho~
    The "Agents of SMILE" Book was something good with LyraBon again! 💜
    But don`t put Bon Bon in a bad space, she`s lovely too!!!💛💛
    NEVER ENUFF LYRA!!!!!!!!!!!! #NEVERUFFYRA :`)
    Also you forget Berry Punch...
    They always forget about Berry Punch..

  • @Chloe-Dream
    @Chloe-Dream Рік тому +1

    Love your content love the good work 💞💕

  • @kandisoda331
    @kandisoda331 Рік тому

    Loving your animation man!! Keep it up!! >:3

    • @EffMinus
      @EffMinus  Рік тому +1

      thank you for noticing haha

  • @CarlyIsSleepy
    @CarlyIsSleepy Рік тому +2

    i love this kind of video! Keep up the good work /)

  • @lemody-YT
    @lemody-YT Рік тому +2

    even though animators did reuse the models cause flash can be a nightmare to animate with especially in the 2010's. It wasn't as bad as g3- like their body and hair were the same with just changed colours. I supposed the mlp generation 3 dolls did have similar hair too so maybe that was partly why the hair was the same creating the g3 show, but even on the dolls there was still some variation in the styles of manes which had to kinda be "brushable."

  • @adamsaltus4152
    @adamsaltus4152 Рік тому

    Awesome videos please keep up the awesome work

  • @Qwer-teaBinch
    @Qwer-teaBinch 3 місяці тому

    On the whole clone problem, i always just thought of it as being related to having dominant or recessive traits. Maybe having a lyre mark or a teal coat are dominant traits while having something like rainbow hair or an unusual bodyshape were recessive. Also i just like to think of the "accidental alicorns" as people with the equivalent of an extra didget. Very THERE, but it doesn't work at all.

  • @Rebeca1013
    @Rebeca1013 3 місяці тому +1

    She use to be my favorite poney bc it was the only g4 poney I had growing up all my other poneys where g3

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Рік тому +3

    Are you going to do a video about how and why Spike is part of the MLP FIM show if Twilight Sparkle and her friends can't treat him like an equal since he's struggling with the fact that he's both an orphan and an outcast among ponies? Would it have been better if he stayed back with Princess_Celestia in Canterlot throughout the series which Twilight Sparkle and her friends did whatever they want without him?

    • @MILDMONSTER1234
      @MILDMONSTER1234 Рік тому

      Spike isn’t an outcast, pretty much everyone in ponyville likes him and the crystal empire worships him.

    • @trexadvent4726
      @trexadvent4726 Рік тому +1

      @@MILDMONSTER1234 I'm saying that he feels lonely when everyone around him is completely different from him both physically and mentally

    • @MILDMONSTER1234
      @MILDMONSTER1234 Рік тому

      @@trexadvent4726 Thats true he did feel that way but mainly in the early seasons, hes long since accepted himself for who and what he is and now has friends and is on good terms with dragons anyway

  • @Xeorboom
    @Xeorboom Рік тому

    damn it you got it stuck in my head again!

  • @pepperthe2008
    @pepperthe2008 8 місяців тому +1

    i like how the fandom built up lyra as this person who knows and studys about humans while sitting like one along with a secret agent while bonbon is just her gf and is a secret agent with her

  • @ItsCooper
    @ItsCooper Рік тому +1

    I liked the video and topic. Keep it up!

  • @BunnieDS
    @BunnieDS Рік тому +1

    LOVE THIS KINDA VID, if ya wanna do more uv these PLEASE DO

  • @bentlithealien
    @bentlithealien Рік тому +2

    Do Dr. Hooves

  • @ThatOneTigerdeer
    @ThatOneTigerdeer Рік тому +1

    We need a Berryshine/Berry Punch Video!

  • @robertomaciel9281
    @robertomaciel9281 Рік тому +3

    Elas sao a duplinha mais fofa de toda Equestria.

  • @btsrosaline3559
    @btsrosaline3559 Рік тому

    How I think the main six died was there was great evil stronger than any they have fight before, and that’s why discord took the hermit crystal in the comics to stop magic completely to prevent any other pony getting hurt because he was so upset and depressed about Fluttershy

  • @soundwavethedragon1977
    @soundwavethedragon1977 Рік тому +5

    i refuse to call them a couple since they call each other friends countless times

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому +12

      They are literally married and a lot of couples call each other friends in real life and especially in cartoons.

    • @Top10Dylan
      @Top10Dylan Рік тому +8

      They got married in the same episode that big mac got married

    • @soundwavethedragon1977
      @soundwavethedragon1977 Рік тому +2

      @@lunakingsley.7247 they're cartoon characters though so i can still think of them how i wanna think of them right? gay couples make me uncomfortable when females are involved (cause i am female..)

    • @lunakingsley.7247
      @lunakingsley.7247 Рік тому

      @@soundwavethedragon1977 that's worrying. dude lesbians exist suck it up.

    • @DazeyJellyfish
      @DazeyJellyfish Рік тому +9

      @@soundwavethedragon1977 leave homophobia in 2007. It’s getting old (:

  • @Strawberry_milktoast
    @Strawberry_milktoast Рік тому +2

    Can you talk about doctor whoves please

  • @Luke-uf3jw
    @Luke-uf3jw Рік тому

    I'm really like these kind of videos.

  • @ang_jpngg
    @ang_jpngg Рік тому

    The anthropology song was my favorite when I was little

  • @thegreatestshowfox
    @thegreatestshowfox Рік тому

    This was fascinating tnks for the nostalgia.

  • @kawaiidragons7732
    @kawaiidragons7732 19 днів тому

    I head cannon Lyra as a reverse Sunset Shimmer

  • @m488thunderbird3
    @m488thunderbird3 Рік тому +2

    Can you do a video topic that is quite META because interesting analysis from my POV the Height of Brony was also the same time as a really great video game The Last of Us and makes it feel like 2023 is like you are Pucci Made in Heaven bringing it full circle.

  • @evanmak7837
    @evanmak7837 3 місяці тому

    I believe that one of the reasons LyraBon became a thing among bronies was the designs themselves. Lyra has a sharp edged mullet that can be translated into a butch boyish cut and BonBon has curls which is mostly imagined as wavy long hair. As much a stretch as it is and no matter how stereotypical it sounds, they fit the pop culture, retraux lesbian couple in appearance: the butch and the femme.

  • @karlsaggan
    @karlsaggan 2 місяці тому

    The same can be said about the character Minuette, who was previously called Colgate. But I found a more logical way. Personally, I believe that the canonical name Minuette and the non-canonical Colgate, despite the fact that they look alike, are two different characters in names and personalities, even though they look like twins. I believe that in Equestria, most likely, some ponies still sometimes look the same and are as similar to each other as two peas in a pod, but at the same time they are not actually considered twins. That is, if you only like the first three seasons of the fourth generation animated series and you think that subsequent seasons after the fourth were not needed, and you also like online fan games from the “Pony Platforming Project” series, then you can generally consider that this canonical character’s name is Colgate, and if, on the contrary, you love all nine seasons of the fourth generation animated series and you don’t like that some of the fans falsely came up with Minuetta not an official name, to which Hasbro did not give any of the fans the rights, then just consider that the pony Colgate is just a different character, but 99.9% as close as possible to the pony Minuetta and that’s it, don’t worry! Fan fiction and fan art with fan characters help to please everyone.

  • @melody._.3251
    @melody._.3251 Рік тому

    4:43 5. She has like a million voices 6. She's an agent

  • @robertomaciel9281
    @robertomaciel9281 Рік тому +1

    E eu adoro quando ela esta do lado da Bonbon , porque eu sempre gostei da parceria delas.

  • @tapuchris-cb9jy
    @tapuchris-cb9jy Рік тому

    Although I am a recent subscriber, I love your videos.

  • @Lucky_Lyra
    @Lucky_Lyra 9 місяців тому +1

    Lyra is best pony in my opinion ❤❤

  • @RedPaint477
    @RedPaint477 2 місяці тому

    This teaches me better than school

  • @kbangtan45
    @kbangtan45 2 місяці тому

    lyra was one of twili's best friends back then... i wish they showed it though :(

  • @IheartWoF
    @IheartWoF 2 місяці тому

    Here’s something interesting. In mlp G1 there are humans! Maybe Lyra Heartstrings was a background character in G1! She would’ve seen humans and maybe even grew up with one! That’s where she learned human behavior and became obsessed with humans!

  • @PepperVeryUncool
    @PepperVeryUncool 11 місяців тому

    I had a Lyra pony doll when I was a kid and one night i think I hallucinated it spinning around on a shelf (well, I hope it was just a hallucination)

  • @Calicer_terrain
    @Calicer_terrain 3 місяці тому +1

    My bio name is Lyra’s she’s my fav color and my fav type of lyre

  • @HatMeister
    @HatMeister 7 місяців тому +1

    Horse-like beings fascinate me being just the way they are! Tell me comment section do you have cool wings or magic horns? I have no real specialty, but ponies can do anything! It's so fun to me; Hippology!

  • @trashbasset
    @trashbasset 8 місяців тому +1

    I'm happy to have contributed to more Lyra art than bon bon lol
    btw, funfact you didn't mentioned, Lyra in eqg does end up travelling to ponyville in one of the specials so in a weird way the whole human pony thing became true

    • @toytruffle
      @toytruffle 6 місяців тому

      which special was this?? im curious now lol

    • @trashbasset
      @trashbasset 6 місяців тому

      @@toytruffle I don't remember the name, but it's the one with the yacht

    • @toytruffle
      @toytruffle 6 місяців тому

      gotcha! thanks@@trashbasset

    • @trashbasset
      @trashbasset 6 місяців тому

      @@toytruffle no problem! the lyra bit is right at the end btw

  • @ClypssiusStar
    @ClypssiusStar Рік тому

    Whenever I see lyra I just think about those Lyra with hand magic pictures
    If you know you know.

  • @sagaswp
    @sagaswp 5 місяців тому +1

    Two ponies exist.
    Shipping ensues.

  • @mystak3n
    @mystak3n Рік тому

    Dig the swell hoodie