DM: Welcome! Come on in.
Shining Armor: Howdy!
Princess Cadance: Hey there!
Twilight Sparkle: H-Hey!
Shining Armor: Aww, hey. It's been a while, huh?
Twilight Sparkle: Yeah.
Princess Cadance: Nice to meet you all! I'm always glad to find other girls in this hobby.
Fluttershy: ...Hi!
Rarity: Welcome, welcome!
Applejack: Howdy!
Rainbow Dash: Yo, 'sup.
Shining Armor: Haha, wow... It really is basically all girls here...
Pinkie Pie: Ooh! That reminds me: I've got to update my pizza topping spreadsheet! I've got a quick little survey for you two before we order!
Shining Armor: Everything except olives.
Princess Cadance: No pineapple except as an add-on to meatlovers.
Pinkie Pie: Bold choices! Noted!
Getting back in the saddle means restoring an outline-level knowledge of the show in my head so I know where to look for screencaps. And there's only so many shots of Shining Armor that don't include Twilight's wings. Thankfully, the MLP Wiki includes a comprehensive episode-appearances chart for each and every character... to an almost psychotic degree.
Coming back to this show after a break, in the context of it being over and I'm still here, is a little bit weird.
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probably controversial headcanon here. I've only read the first 100-ish pages, but I like to imagine the players are mostly guys (at least of the Mane 6), DM included. The only character being played by a girl (to me!) is Pinkie Pie, who I imagine as a gorgeous excitable woman, new to DnD, and has big poofy brown hair.
I took a trip to Lithuania once, and among the places I went to eat were pizza shops. I discovered while I was there that banana was listed as one of the standard topping options. The idea intrigued me, so I tried it, and it promptly became one of my favorite topping options.
My fave is meatball and green bell peppers, but I'm not particularly picky.
Just no onions, and nothing overtly spicy. I can stand a slightly spicy Italian sausage, or a mild pepperoni, but won't enjoy it that much.
And honestly Anchovy is interesting. I've only had it with mushroom, but I want to someday try anchovy and pineapple- I think the super-salty 'chovies, and the super-sweet pineapple would go well together.
I'd go to pepperoni if plain cheese is not an option.
The last few years I've gotten bolder: ham, bell pepper, onion, pineapple (with the sauce and cheese, of course -- I've been in a pizza joint where they'd have just brushed the dough with olive oil and put the listed toppings on it).
My current go-to is sausage and green onion, but I'll go for most anything except olive, ground beef, and chicken, with the further exception that chicken is approved on curry-based pizzas.
I've been eating a lot of curry-based pizza lately, because it turns out that I cope with never leaving my apartment by eating a lot of spicy food.
Meat. Meat, meat, meat. Cheese or pepperoni are alright, but a bit lacking in flavor. And there are many flavors I don't like (onions, peppers, and pineapples most relevant among them), hence, meat. I have a crust preference, too. Hand-tossed or thicker, none of that thin li'l cracker trash. If I wanted a pizza-topped cracker, I'd get a cracker!
you could buy a cheap frozen pizza from your local grocery and add the toppings in question before cooking. won't be the same as the real thing, but will at least give you a cheap general idea if you're going to hate it or not
Meat very yes. Also cheese, sauce, and black olives. Pineapple is good if combined with Canadian bacon, and I won’t object to eating peppers, onions, or mushrooms (though they’re not my first choice).
The *best* pizza, though, is Chicago-style deep dish pizza. We’ve got a family recipe for it (originally based on Giordano’s but later improved), and we’ll usually do one that’s spinach/black olive and one sausage/mushroom.
Top three:
1. Broccoli on white, thick crust
2. Ham and pineapple on white or red, thick crust
3. Tortellini on white, thick crust
Can't do any meat except the ham and pineapple. Anything that even touches pepperoni is too spicy for me. Anchovies I can't get within 5 ft or so without getting sick.
Also lots of garlic. Must keep NJ safe from vampires.
Dislike mushrooms but ok with picking them off the pizza. LOATHE pinapple on pizza and even a drop of the remaining juice is enough to ruin the slice. whole pie.
Canadian Bacon. JUST Canadian Bacon. Anyone who defiles it with Pineapple and calls it "Hawaiian" is a heretic.
I'll eat most other "Just Meat" topping pizza and enjoy it, but my favor for plain Canadian Bacon is part that I just like how it (subjectively) tastes better than anything else, and part nostalgia.
Most of the time I do the standard Ham and Pineapple or sausage. However, I'm also partial to BBQ chicken pizza, and I recently experienced a spinach alfredo pizza that was divine.
Anything with copious amounts of cheese and meat, excluding anchovies and spicy sausage. Other than that, my only hard and fast rule is no olives or mushrooms, as I'm allergic to both.
*sets up a chair to watch the pineapple-on-pizza war roll through*
I like that Pinkie has a spreadsheet to figure out what pizza toppings people are okay with. My old group used to have something similar, though mostly about toppings people don't like.
Snacks and food are an important part of meetups. I used to host most of my local groups, and generally would buy some assortment of sodas for everyone, with a tip jar for people to pay it back. Money that gets reinvested into buying more soda.
Favorite pizza was served in town - macaroni and cheese pizza on a thin crust. It was good, but the store closed recently (pre-virus) and I'm allergic to bread... and macaroni... and cheese... Thankfully, I'm not as into Pizza as I was macaroni and cheese. :(
Also: Welcome back, Spud! :) So glad you are still here! :) <3
Coming back to this show after a break, in the context of it being over and I'm still here, is a little bit weird.