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Hi friends, just wanted to give some updates to how my 22nd birthday went and also wanted to thank everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday today. I'm honoured to have received so many good wishes and I appreciate you folks all so much. I know I've said it before, but this community means a lot to me, and I really enjoy my friendships with you.

So updates about my birthday:

• For breakfast I had orange juice, oat latte, oat chocolate milk, and a Lotus Biscoff Bagel.
• I rewatched "Happy Birthday Zee" for the second time which was quite fun, it's not quite my favourite Zatanna episode in DCSHG but it is still pretty good and it definitely fits today! I also submitted the song in it to Marioboards Year of Music which I'm glad I got to do on my birthday!
• I did have an exam in the morning unfortunately, but I got 100% and didn't have any work after that, so that's great!
• I watched TTG&DCSHG: Mayhem in the Multiverse which is now my new favourite movie of all time, see my post for more details.
• For lunch I had homemade pizza with vegan cheese (Violife again, like my Christmas Pizza) it was actually a fair bit of work since I didn't have time for it to rise and also made dough for only 1 pizza whereas I usually do 2, so it was a bit of trial and error but it was delicious - if very filling - in the end!
• I got a little bit bored/lonely in the afternoon because my parents and siblings weren't at home until the evening, but I did keep myself busy writing my glowing review of Mayhem in the Multiverse!
• For afternoon snack I had an oat chocolate milkshake which tasted very nice and was excellent value at only £1.50 at the Co-Op
• I rewatched Pinkie Pride for the first time in probably 1-2 years with my mother, which was lots of fun. I forgot how much I love this episode and its songs.
• I also kept up my 4 year running tradition of rewatching the MLP "Happy Birthday to You" short, this time I also tried the German dub which was good too.
• For dinner I had a steak (soy-protein based, don't worry I haven't given up being vegan!) and chips with brocolli. The steak was really delicious if expensive, easily the best steak I've had since going vegan and possibly even before.
• My cake was a vegan chocolate cake which was delicious, and we had gluten-free muffins too so that nobody was left out.
• My presents were:
  
  • I am Nut Okay high-end artisanal vegan cheeses based on cashew nuts, which I haven't eaten yet but am super excited too.
  • The Lego Movie 2 DVD which I saw on my 18th birthday on rent and haven't rewatched since, so it's great I can now rewatch it whenever I want and will definitely do so this weekend.
  • New shoes
  • A DCSHG comic book, unfortunately it is G1 not G2 I guess my family didn't understand the difference and that it's only G2 I'm a fan of, but I'm still looking forward to reading it and I may still enjoy it a lot, as I still haven't actually tried G1 before.
  • A new speaker for my PC.
• As I now only have 1 hour left before my birthday ends, I will go get myself a hot chocolate and read Ever After High books until after midnight, then I'll go to sleep. But don't worry, I've taken Friday and the weekend off too, so the celebration shall go on!

Spoiler: Food images

Overall I'd say my 22nd birthday went amazingly and was my 2nd best birthday ever, but it doesn't quite beat my 18th on account of 1) having to sit a stressful exam even if it did go well in the end and 2) being bored/lonely in the afternoon before I got to spend time with family.

Good night everyone, and thank you all once again for making my 22nd birthday a happier day!

Hey Zatanna I don't know if I ever talked to you about this, but I was disappointed with "Lightyear" for one reason-they completely strayed from the original lore. Heck, bronies and pegasisters were beating up on MLP G5 for it "destroying" the lore and I honestly personally never cared much about that, but with "Lightyear", it disappointed me because since they set it in a completely different universe and didn't at all conform to the original story as talked about in Toy Story and Toy Story 2 and seen in the "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" series I grew up with, it just didn't feel like a Toy Story movie at all. With that, I was actually really disappointed the original lore was just thrown out the window, something that surprised even me (that I would be upset about that). Like, Buzz Lightyear decided to keep JUST his team as the one force defending the galaxy unlike in the original lore when he had a whole team of Space Rangers aboard the Star Command space station deployed all throughout the galaxy so it wasn't just him and his friends, and on top of that, Zurg wasn't Buzz Lightyear's evil father-he was just some villain that left his robotic suit and his robots and stuff floating in space aboard a sinister space station or a spaceship (I can't remember which), and the villain was a Space Ranger that turned bad instead and donned that armor. That-made no sense to me.

Happy Birthday!

Have yourself a happy birthday, MD!

Happy birthday! May all of your dinners be miracles!

Have a Grand Infrit's Dawn!

I only have one hour left of being 21! I enjoyed being 21 a lot but I'm also excited about being 22!

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/...he-penguin-season-2-batman-movies-1236318685/
There is going to be animated series based on Jessica Cruz Green Lantern and Starfire

Happy True Hearts Day everyone!

You know Zatanna, Generation Five is ok and all, but the only thing I don't like about it is the fact that all of the characters except Twilight and Cadance and Spike (because the three of them are species that live thousands of years) are dead, including Rainbow Dash who was my favorite G4 pony besides Twilight and Applejack.

Like seriously I wish Hasbro hadn't done that. It's so incredibly sad. I bet a lot of other fans are bummed out by that too. Luke Skywalker's reaction to Obi Wan Kenobi's death in A New Hope here is how I reacted personally to knowing most of the FIM characters were gone.



I guess Rainbow Dash and Rarity and Pinkie Pie and Applejack and Fluttershy are all watching over Equestria from Heaven now.

I saw these Peach and Luigi themed Pringles in my local supermarket (I live in the UK) which was cool to see, but for some reason they put lactose in them when the Salt and Vinegar (Peach) one would've been vegan if it weren't for that. So unfortunately, I can't have either of them.

Me when I just found out I have an exam on my birthday next month

Well, tonight's the last night of my very long and very lovely winter holidays. It's been wonderful to have time to relax and spend time with family, and enjoying lots of things I'm passionate about, such as reading my Ever After High books. I'm optimistic that I'm going to have a great time this term, living life to its fullest is so important and I'm so happy that that's what I'm doing now.

Thanks for the follow!

I finally played Mario & Luigi: Brothership last night. So far I'm enjoying it, but I'm still really early in the game so it is very difficult for me to say at this time how it compares to the first four M&L games. But it's already a lot more fun than Paper Jam, that's for sure.

Hi friends, here are some more exciting updates about my Christmas!:

• I opened lots of great presents, of which the best by far were a collection of four Ever After High books: The Storybook of Legends, the Unfairest of Them All, Once Upon a Time, and Fairy's Got Talent (this is my first time reading any of the EAH books despite having been a royal fan of the show for almost 2 years), but other hexcellent gifts included:
  • Several vegan chocolates
  • Mario & Luigi: Brothership. I haven't played it yet because today's been too busy , but I definitely look forward to trying it tomorrow and will make a post about my thoughts on it.
  • A vegan Mediterranean cookbook, which looks royally useful
  • A strange book of poems and letters from my brother which I had never heard of and am kind of unsure about, but it does look kind of thought provoking so I'll give it a go.
  • A new set of pyjamas
  • Some skin care products
• I had my first ever after vegan Christmas lunch. In the end I didn't really cook my own thing, I just bought a vegan mock turkey from the supermarket and heated it up, simple as that! Definitely a lot easier - and cheaper - than my parents and brother cooking a real turkey. I had that with usual vegetables - brussel sprouts, parsnips, carrots, and roast potatoes. I also had vegan gravy. I had some fizzy apple cider to drink with it - I chose that drink because Applejack brings some to prepare for the Fall Formal in Equestria Girls. I've never after tried it before but I somewhat like it - tastes pretty much like apple juice but alcoholic and carbonated.
• I watched some DCSHG short episodes, some of which I haven't watched in about 3 and a half years so it was almost like watching them for the first time since I didn't remember them. That was a lot of fun.
• I watched a ton of Ever After High, and as of today it is (I believe) now finally true to say that I have watched 100% of the content of the show including all webisodes and specials, until today there were a couple of webisodes that I hadn't seen even though I've been a fan of the show since early 2023. So I think it works nicely that today I finally completed the show, and today I finally get to start reading the books!
• I played some board games with family.
• I made pizzas in the evening! This is also my very first time trying the Violife vegan cheese, which I've been looking forward too as I've heard good things about it. It's a great cheese and definitely the best vegan cheese I've ever had, but I'll admit it still isn't quite as good as dairy cheese.
• I watched a bit of the Great British Bake Off Christmas Special.
• I decided I didn't want to wear my usual red leotard and white tights this year because they're too old / not warm or comfy enough, so I instead decided to wear a blue leotard that I got for Christmas a couple of years ago and I found that a lot more warm and comfy to wear. During the day I also wore my simple but nice red dress and some very comfy black tights.
• I didn't have any family or friends other than my parents or siblings over today, but I am going to visit some friends and family in the next couple of weeks! I did call my maternal grandmother though, and I'm happy to report she's well, although she wasn't too fond to discover I'm vegan now.

All in all, this was a fairly busy but really lovely Christmas, probably the best I've had since 2021. Today's almost over for me (it's 11:47pm in the UK) but I'm definitely going to have a lot of fun in the rest of the 12 days of Christmas.

Here are some photos from today:




Merry Christmas and goodnight everyone!

Just finished my yearly tradition of watching My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever on Christmas Eve and I enjoyed it a lot, but honestly I'd say maybe I overrated it a little bit when I gave it a 9/10. The songs are both really good though, that's for sure.

I'm headed to bed now as it's past 11pm in the UK and I always prefer to be asleep by midnight to let the Christmas magic do its work! It's very exciting - yet to be honest, very hard to believe - that tomorrow's Christmas Day already! Time really does fly. I'm definitely looking forward to an awesome Christmas season this year, and I hope you all have one too!

Before I go, I wanted to share some pictures of some Christmas Eve bakes I did today - a Shepherd's pie and an Apple Cider and Spiced Bundt cake. They're both vegan - the "lamb" in the pie is a soya-based meat substitute. I was extremely happy with how the Shepherd's pie turned out - especially considering that I've never done one before - but the Bundt was just ok to be honest.

Good night and Merry Christmas Eve everypony!

I had a great time going to the pantomime last night. It wasn't quite as good as previous years but it was still lots of fun, and I'll definitely go again next year! I usually get some ice cream during the interval, so this year I went for a sorbet instead and that was really nice, so it's good that I don't have to give up on that part of the tradition either!

My Christmas Holidays just started today, so to keep with my 10 or 11 or so year old running tradition, here's my fish and chips from my favourite local fish and chip shop - now vegan for the first year ever! - to celebrate the start of the holidays (with a glass of chocolate soya milk on the side)! I don't know how they do it, but this was delicious and a super impressive replica of the taste and texture of fish using only plants!

Hey MiracleDinner, I'm not an Ever After High fan but I still really like your festive new character user picture.

Hey MiracleDinner I said this on the "Hotdogs or Hamburgers" thread already but be careful; I heard there was an E Coli outbreak at McDonald's involving their "Quarter Pounder" hamburgers (or maybe they're cheeseburgers; I don't remember) so you should probably not eat those right now. Might not want to eat at McDonald's just in general for a while until they find out what contaminated ingredient(s) caused it.

Here's my carrot cake I made for my mother's birthday today!

Here's my pumpkin I carved today! The front is ok, the back was not quite as good as hoped since I ended up cutting the left wing way too big (and it's poorly shaped too), which makes the heart shape less obvious (I've had some people say it looks like a bat, which is Halloween-y, but not what I was going for!) and makes it go dangerously close to the crown and the bit between them only just stayed intact. The crown was pretty good though. Can anyone here guess what these symbols mean? (will reveal the answer tomorrow if nobody guesses it)

Happy birthday to my mother, happy 5th anniversary of me being on Mario Boards, and Happy Halloween!

It must be pretty exciting for you that this Halloween is the 5th anniversary of you joining the Mario Boards, right? I'd be excited.