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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#178751: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:02:31 PM

That's just a lot of petty complaining, really. I'd say delete it.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#178752: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:06:57 PM

Yeah, that should probably go, especially because it's clear at this point that Starlight's Heel–Face Turn is legit.

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#178753: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:08:30 PM

Honestly the fic itself just sounds like a shitty Ron the Death Eater one at that.

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#178754: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:26:57 PM

I think those ideas sound like they could be interesting if they were attached to a fic that followed Starlight's attempts to reform and how her past actions were biting her in the ass with each attempt. Doesn't really look like something that would fit well into a war fic, though.

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#178755: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:31:46 PM

Petty though the complaints may be, it is nevertheless a Deconstruction (Albeit not necessarily a good one), so it deserves a spot on the Deconstruction Fic page.

Though I would argue the entry doesn't exactly need to summarize the entire story, just point out that it's an example, and what it attempts to deconstruct.

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#178756: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:40:27 PM

I would definitely say that the entry goes too far into stuff unrelated to what is deconstructing to the point that it's just bashing on starlight and twilight. and i wouldn't be surprised if it was the author pushing their own views onto the site.

At the very least I'd severely cut it down to just what it's deconstructing and make no mention of how terrible a character starlight is.

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#178757: Oct 12th 2017 at 2:58:23 PM

I just finished the fifth episode!

Why is it that every episode I watch with Pinkamena, she provides more and more proof that she warps reality? I thought it was a joke at first! She twisted her head so that it was completely upside down!

Gilda is a fool. If I had been pranked twice at that party, I would have acted with very justified paranoia.

Overall, this episode was fine.

edited 28th Nov '17 6:35:25 PM by fredhot16

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#178758: Oct 12th 2017 at 4:57:28 PM

Pinkie's reality warping is also part of the early years' humor that has steadily disappeared over the years. Do you see a pattern here? The show has become less cartoony and less comedic over the years. By less comedic I mean less slapstick and cartoony gags. Which is not to say its not funny anymore, but the humor is now more driven by characterization and plot.

Incidentally, has anyone noticed that that balloon in the opening theme is practically never used?

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#178760: Oct 12th 2017 at 5:01:03 PM

Must be in the genes.

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#178761: Oct 12th 2017 at 5:04:34 PM

Uh, no, Pinkie still does shit like this all the time, even in the newer episodes. Pinkie's never gotten any less physics-breaking.

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#178763: Oct 12th 2017 at 5:45:42 PM

Yeah, Pinkie's reality warping is still really frequently. Including several times in the movie.

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#178764: Oct 12th 2017 at 5:53:56 PM

speaking of reality warpers

not including Discord was disappointing

edited 12th Oct '17 5:54:24 PM by Ultimatum

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#178765: Oct 12th 2017 at 6:12:56 PM

@178747 Aunts? Wouldn't that make them sisters?

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#178766: Oct 12th 2017 at 6:31:26 PM

@lalalei: Aunt Holiday (Earth pony) is her biological aunt (her father's older sister), and Aunt Lofty (pegasus) is her aunt by marriage. Thus, she has two aunts.

I find it interesting that the one who is her biological aunt is the Earth pony, which confirms the fanon speculation that Scootaloo might have at least one non-pegasus relative as a possible explanation for why she has trouble flying (although that doesn't seem to stop Pound Cake and both his parents are Earth ponies).

edited 12th Oct '17 6:39:31 PM by Rainbow

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#178767: Oct 12th 2017 at 6:54:14 PM

Not necessarily, it could be one aunt from the mother's side and one from the father's.

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#178768: Oct 12th 2017 at 7:07:13 PM

But necessarily in that the link I posted is to a series of tweets from the author of the book where he says that he wrote them as lesbians.

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#178769: Oct 12th 2017 at 7:39:29 PM

I don't really like the idea that having an earth pony parent has anything to do with her lack of flying ability. That would suggest that its better to only have kids with ponies of the same race which is, uh, not an idea I really want the show to explore, even if only by implication. I think its fine saying she was just born with a disability, because hey that's a thing that happens.

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#178770: Oct 12th 2017 at 7:44:47 PM

I'm going to second that. I much prefer Scootaloo being disabled to her being a warning against the dangers of miscegenation.

edited 12th Oct '17 7:45:03 PM by TobiasDrake

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#178771: Oct 12th 2017 at 7:56:46 PM

You'd think the Cake Twins would disprove that anyway.

Anyway, one of my aunts is lesbian, and I call her wife "aunt" too even though she's not a biological relation. Same with another of my aunts, whose husband I call "uncle". I assumed that was a pretty common practice.

edited 12th Oct '17 7:56:59 PM by storyyeller

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#178772: Oct 12th 2017 at 8:02:56 PM

@Tobias: Hey, you saved me the trouble of looking up that gif myself, because that's exactly the first thing that came to mind.

Also, even if Scootaloo's biological aunt is an earth pony, the fact that the Cake Twins are what they are means that having earth pony blood wouldn't impede flight ability by itself, or else Pound Cake wouldn't be able to fly like he does. So yeah, Scoots' difficulty flying must have another cause.

[up]Yeah, an aunt or uncle's significant other is also your aunt or uncle, just by marriage instead of blood.

edited 12th Oct '17 8:03:37 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#178773: Oct 12th 2017 at 8:11:18 PM

I guess I missed all this stuff.

Ah well, it's not a big deal.

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#178774: Oct 12th 2017 at 8:11:40 PM

Heck, even if they're not married. My aunt was in a relationship with another woman for much of my childhood and I thought of her girlfriend as my aunt as well.

Though mind, I didn't realize they were dating. In spite of the fact that they lived together in an apartment with only one bed.

I was not a super perceptive kid.

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#178775: Oct 12th 2017 at 8:17:05 PM

MAKE [clap emoji] RARIJACK [clap emoji] CANON [clap emoji].

Man, that clap emoji thing annoying people do on Twitter is hard to do here. Thank goodness.

edited 12th Oct '17 8:18:21 PM by edvedd

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