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** Is Twilight making the journey to apologize to her old acquaintances a sign of her CharacterDevelopment, or another example of her blowing personal mistakes completely out of proportion to people who she apparently treated decently to begin with?
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** Is Twilight making the journey to apologize to her old acquaintances a sign of her CharacterDevelopment, or another example of her blowing personal mistakes completely out of proportion to people who whom she apparently treated decently politely to begin with? After all, according to the IDW comic, her behavior was far more decent to others than Sunset Shimmer's arrogance during her own apprenticeship to Princess Celestia.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Moondancer's anger at Twilight justifiable, since her closest friend didn't show up to the first party she ever threw, or has she been holding a grudge for far too long, especially considering Twilight was ordered to ''save the world'' by Princess Celestia?
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** Is Moondancer's anger at Twilight justifiable, since her closest friend didn't show up to the first party she ever threw, or has she been holding a grudge for far too long, especially considering Twilight was ordered to ''save the world'' by PrincessCelestia?Celestia?
** Is Twilight making the journey to apologize to her old acquaintances a sign of her CharacterDevelopment, or another example of her blowing personal mistakes completely out of proportion to people who she apparently treated decently to begin with?
** Is Moondancer's anger at Twilight justifiable, since her closest friend didn't show up to the first party she ever threw, or has she been holding a grudge for far too long, especially considering Twilight was ordered to ''save the world'' by Princess
** Is Twilight making the journey to apologize to her old acquaintances a sign of her CharacterDevelopment, or another example of her blowing personal mistakes completely out of proportion to people who she apparently treated decently to begin with?
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** Apparently, not everyone in Canterlot lives the high life, and some live in rather dillapidated buildings, leaving open room for stories about class struggle in Canterlot.
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* FanficFuel: A spell that enables Twilight (or presumably any other pony) to appear in books is prime for fandom exploration.
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** This episode pretty much canonizes four more background ponies and adds them as supporting cast. Twilight's promise to return and visit them is an open book for stories.
** A spell that enables Twilight (or presumably any other pony) to appear in books is prime for fandomexploration.exploration.
** Twilight's old home in Canterlot has been abandoned since she moved to Ponyville; perhaps somepony else could move in?
** This episode pretty much canonizes four more background ponies and adds them as supporting cast. Twilight's promise to return and visit them is an open book for stories.
** A spell that enables Twilight (or presumably any other pony) to appear in books is prime for fandom
** Twilight's old home in Canterlot has been abandoned since she moved to Ponyville; perhaps somepony else could move in?
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** "Can you name everypony?" The episode opens with Twilight having trouble even remembering her old friends.
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* HoYay: Moondancer's reaction to being shunned by Twilight at her party is rather extreme, especially considering that she had at least three other friends who clearly wanted to spend time with her. If Twilight wasn't merely a friend to Moondancer, but a secret, desperate ''crush'', it would go a long way to explain her heartbreak at Twilight's abandonment. At first, it looks like Twilight's self-blame was going to be turned on its head - after everyone ''else's'' reaction to her terrible guilt over choosing study over friendships back in the day was to laugh and say it was no big deal, it was all set up to be one of those "Twilight worrying too much" episodes. However, it turns out that for Moondancer, it ''very much was'' Twilight's habit of choosing books over friendships and ''only'' that which made her a near shut-in. She was in fact ''very'' much well-liked, with the others trying their best to get her out of her shell before, during, and after the events of the premiere. It's all in Moondancer's speech: ''Twilight's rejection alone'' negates ''everyone's'' best efforts to convince her she has value. What starts out as Twilight trying to apologize to her Canterlot friends for being so unfriendly ends with ''Moondancer'' having to learn that '''''everyone minus Twilight''' adoring you'' doesn't mean you're ''valueless!'' That goes beyond "crush" and straight into ''"obsession"''. The picture of them all together is very telling: Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine, and Minuette (and Lyra, mentioned to be their friend but not in this episode presumably because she got her turn at the spotlight in Slice of Life) are all having fun, while Twilight is studying, and Moondancer is looking at her all sad, ignoring all else.
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* HoYay: Moondancer's reaction to being shunned by Twilight at her party is rather extreme, especially considering that she had at least three other friends who clearly wanted to spend time with her. If Twilight wasn't merely a friend to Moondancer, but a secret, desperate ''crush'', it would go a long way to explain her heartbreak at Twilight's abandonment. At first, it looks like Twilight's self-blame was going to be turned on its head - after everyone ''else's'' reaction to her terrible guilt over choosing study over friendships back in the day was to laugh and say it was no big deal, it was all set up to be one of those "Twilight worrying too much" episodes. However, it turns out that for Moondancer, it ''very much was'' Twilight's habit of choosing books over friendships and ''only'' that which made her a near shut-in. She was in fact ''very'' much well-liked, with the others trying their best to get her out of her shell before, during, and after the events of the premiere. It's all in Moondancer's speech: ''Twilight's rejection alone'' negates ''everyone's'' best efforts to convince her she has value. What starts out as Twilight trying to apologize to her Canterlot friends for being so unfriendly ends with ''Moondancer'' having to learn that '''''everyone minus Twilight''' adoring you'' doesn't mean you're ''valueless!'' That goes beyond "crush" and straight into ''"obsession"''. The picture of them all together is very telling: Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine, and Minuette (and Lyra, mentioned to be their friend but not in this episode presumably because she got her turn at the spotlight in Slice of Life) are all having fun, while Twilight is studying, and Moondancer is looking at her all sad, ignoring all else.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Twilight brushing off her friends and not going to Moondancer's party in the pilot was seen as funny as it established her character as an introverted bookworm. This episode shows the consequence of that.
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* HoYay: Moondancer's reaction to being shunned by Twilight at her party is rather extreme, especially considering that she had at least three other friends who clearly wanted to spend time with her. If Twilight wasn't merely a friend to Moondancer, but a secret, desperate ''crush'', it would go a long way to explain her heartbreak at Twilight's abandonment. At first, it looks like Twilight's self-blame was going to be turned on its head - after everyone ''else's'' reaction to her terrible guilt over choosing study over friendships back in the day was to laugh and say it was no big deal, it was all set up to be one of those "Twilight worrying too much" episodes. However, it turns out that for Moondancer, it ''very much was'' Twilight's habit of choosing books over friendships and ''only'' that which made her a near shut-in. She was in fact ''very'' much well-liked, with the others trying their best to get her out of her shell before, during, and after the events of the premiere. It's all in Moondancer's speech: ''Twilight's rejection alone'' negates ''everyone's'' best efforts to convince her she has value. What starts out as Twilight trying to apologize to her Canterlot friends for being so unfriendly ends with ''Moondancer'' having to learn that '''''everyone minus Twilight''' adoring you'' doesn't mean you're ''valueless!'' That goes beyond "crush" and straight into ''"obsession"''. The picture of them all together is very telling: Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine, and Minuette (and Lyra, mentioned to be their friend but not in this episode presumably because she got her turn at the spotlight in Slice of Life) are all having fun, while Twilight is studying, and Moondancer is looking at her all sad, ignoring all else.
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* GeniusBonus: "One of Haycart's methods". The idea of a spell that allows a reader to physically enter a book is a reasonable translation of Descartes' philosophies into the magical universe of Equestria.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst lived in Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; they was probably there visiting Amethyst Star. This would also explain why Twilight and Spike don't address Amethyst as one of their Canterlot friends -- if she only came there for visits, Twilight likely didn't know her well enough to consider her a friend.
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* TheWoobie: It seems that Twilight being called to Ponyville had some severe consequences for Moondancer's just budding social life. Not showing up to her first party pretty much turned her into a recluse who did nothing but study....pretty much likeTwilight would have been if she never moved to Ponyville.
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* TheWoobie: It seems that Twilight being called to Ponyville had some severe consequences for Moondancer's just budding social life. Not showing up to her first party pretty much turned her into a recluse who did nothing but study.study....pretty much likeTwilight would have been if she never moved to Ponyville.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst lived in Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; they was probably there visiting Amethyst Star.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst lived in Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; they was probably there visiting Amethyst Star. This would also explain why Twilight and Spike don't address Amethyst as one of their Canterlot friends -- if she only came there for visits, Twilight likely didn't know her well enough to consider her a friend.
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* MemeticMutation: A "Joke Debate" that some folks in the fandom had since the first scenes from the first episode was whether Spike's gift was "FOR Moondancer" or "FROM Moondancer". As of this episode, the "debate" was finally solved when it was revealed that the gift was "FOR Moondancer". Many people have proclaimed that "[[SeriousBusiness The long national nightmare is over]]".
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** A "Joke Debate" that some folks in the fandom had since the first scenes from the first episode was whether Spike's gift was "FOR Moondancer" or "FROM Moondancer". As of this episode, the "debate" was finally solved when it was revealed that the gift was "FOR Moondancer". Many people have proclaimed that "[[SeriousBusiness The long national nightmare isover]]".over]]".
** Another joke is that there's a scene where Moondancer is sitting on a couch in her home where has a list of ponies to kill, she crosses out Twilight Sparkle's name with red lipstick ala the scene from ''Film/BillyMadison'' where Billy apologizes to a classmate he bullied in school.
** A "Joke Debate" that some folks in the fandom had since the first scenes from the first episode was whether Spike's gift was "FOR Moondancer" or "FROM Moondancer". As of this episode, the "debate" was finally solved when it was revealed that the gift was "FOR Moondancer". Many people have proclaimed that "[[SeriousBusiness The long national nightmare is
** Another joke is that there's a scene where Moondancer is sitting on a couch in her home where has a list of ponies to kill, she crosses out Twilight Sparkle's name with red lipstick ala the scene from ''Film/BillyMadison'' where Billy apologizes to a classmate he bullied in school.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst lived in Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; there was probably there visiting Amethyst Star.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst lived in Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; there they was probably there visiting Amethyst Star.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The inconsistent depictions of background ponies living in both Canterlot and Ponyville, at least with regards to Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings, is given a convenient HandWave in this episode. Lyra apparently moved from Canterlot to Ponyville around the same time as Twilight, and the three who stayed in Canterlot come to visit her, and presumably she visits them in Canterlot, too.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The inconsistent depictions of background ponies living in both Canterlot and Ponyville, at least with regards to Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings, is given a convenient HandWave in this episode. Lyra apparently moved from Canterlot to Ponyville around the same time as Twilight, and the three who stayed in Canterlot come to visit her, and presumably she visits them in Canterlot, too. This same explanation could be extrapolated to account for most any background character that appears in multiple towns -- they visit friends living there.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The inconsistent depictions of background ponies living in both Canterlot and Ponyville, at least with regards to Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings, is given a convenient HandWave in this episode. Lyra apparently moved from Canterlot to Ponyville around the same time as Twilight, and the three who stayed in Canterlot come to visit her, and presumably she visits them in Canterlot, too.
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* TheWoobie: It seems that Twilight being called to Ponyville had some severe consequences for Moondancer's just budding social life. Not showing up to her first party pretty much turned her into a recluse who did nothing but study.study.
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* MemeticMutation: A "Joke Debate" that some folks in the fandom had since the first scenes from the first episode was whether Spike's gift was "FOR Moon Dancer" or "FROM Moon Dancer". As of this episode, the "debate" was finally solved when it was revealed that the gift was "FOR Moon Dancer". Many people have proclaimed that "[[SeriousBusiness The long national nightmare is over]]".
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* MemeticMutation: A "Joke Debate" that some folks in the fandom had since the first scenes from the first episode was whether Spike's gift was "FOR Moon Dancer" Moondancer" or "FROM Moon Dancer". Moondancer". As of this episode, the "debate" was finally solved when it was revealed that the gift was "FOR Moon Dancer".Moondancer". Many people have proclaimed that "[[SeriousBusiness The long national nightmare is over]]".
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* TheProducerThinksOfEverything: The reason Minuette, Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts are seen in the background in previous episodes? They go to Ponyville to visit Lyra, who lives there.
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* FanficFuel: A spell that enables Twilight (or presumably any other pony) to appear in books is prime for fandom exploration.
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