My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

But. But they made the Manes Breezies. That seems like such an obvious setup for selling Breezy Manes.

That's like doing a Barbie episode where Barbie and all of her friends become scientists and get cool new lab coat designs, and then only selling generic "Scientist #3" dolls.

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That may explain why the toys didn't catch on much.

Optimism is a duty.

I don't know if Hasbro's merch team knows what they're doing with this show.

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Look up Breezies on My Little Wiki (the wiki specifically for the My Little Pony toys from all generations). Last I looked, only two Breezie dolls were made, and each came in a two-pack with either Fluttershy or Twilight Sparkle.

That final scene of the episode feels like such a blatantly toyetic moment ("Breezie editions of the Mane Six ponies! Available now at toys stores everywhere!") but ironically there weren't ever any dolls of the breezified Mane Six.

EDIT: Looks like I was ninja'd.

On the one hand, the merch team's approach certainly looks like it's been backwards from the beginning. On the other hand, sales of the toys have been good enough to keep FIM on the air for nine seasons. So maybe the merch team is onto something and it's reality itself that's ass-backwards.

Edited by MetaFour on Jan 25th 2019 at 9:59:22 AM

"Somepony to Watch Over Me" has been seen! I give it a score of "no".

While you can complain about how was Applejack was acting in here (to me, it's not an unreasonable flaw but it's a bit odd how almost obsessed with it she was (Applebloom can buck apples on her own and with no need for safety) but you could argue context), that's not the worst to me.

No, the worst is how the story is resolved. Apple Bloom endangering her life doesn't prove that she can take care of herself, it proves that she can't take care of herself if she does such inane things with no concern for her life! She survived for so much through mostly luck and if nobody came to save her, she would have been consumed alive!

Also, confirm if I'm crazy but is the place where the pies are delivered based on Louisiana, what with the music, it being near a bayou, the look of the place, and the accents of the ponies there?

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On the subject of breezie toys, I feel compelled to bring up this image from the good old Insane Pony Thread days.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Wow, I... really kind of hate that Post of the Day on the last page, in retrospect. It just feels like I'm really unnecessarily limiting the design there. Not just because horses can obvious do damage in ways beyond just bucking—even if they could, attack animations can be tweaked to make it work. RPG-style is still definitely doable, and I wouldn't hate an MLP RPG by any means, but I kindo f lean against it for the exact reason I was for it in that original post: It doesn't inherently interact with the themeing at all, which wastes some potential inspiration.

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Random thought: Smash, but with ponies?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Them Fightin Herds.

Well, it was seven years ago, we'll forgive you, Kegi.

Optimism is a duty.

How is Princess Cadance's name officially spelled? "Cadance" or "Cadence"? It's just like FIRRIB.

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So, uh..."Maud Pie" is today!

She's awesome, right? So, this should be awesome, right? Because "Somepony to Watch Over Me" was not awesome.

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For what it's worth, I hated Somepony to Watch Over Me and loved Maud Pie. I think that my reaction was pretty common.

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I felt the opposite, but Maud has grown on me and I think her later episodes such as the pie sister swap day were pretty good.

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Edited by storyyeller on Jan 25th 2019 at 10:15:49 AM

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Testing Testing 1 2 3 is my favorite Season 4 episode. I bet some of you can guess why.

Because of Pinkie's rap, obviously

Edited by storyyeller on Jan 25th 2019 at 10:17:18 AM

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"Cadance" is the official spelling.

I still think the hat Rarity wore in "Maud Pie" is hilarious. XD Look at the size of that thing. I'm tempted to spray paint graffiti on it.

I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.

So...does Maud actually blink slower then everybody else?

Edited by fredhot16 on Jan 25th 2019 at 8:47:42 AM

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Regarding "Somepony to Watch Over Me":

I think Applejack has an undiagnosed mental condition which, at sorta-regular intervals, causes her to fixate on a random source of stress as the most important problem EVER, and obsessively try to solve it. In "Applebuck Season", she fixated on "I have to do everything I promised everyone, and I have to do it all by myself, or everything will be ruined!" In "Apple Family Reunion", it was "This has to be the best family reunion ever, or everything will be ruined!" And in "Somepony to Watch Over Me," it was "What if Apple Bloom isn't ready to be left unsupervised? If I leave her alone too long, everything will be ruined!"

And it's pure chance that she happened to fixate on that issue. It could just as easily have been "If we don't get these baked goods delivered on time, everything will be ruined!" instead.

She even winks slower thank Pinkie.

I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.

That's what they say, but some toy packaging and even production members spell her name as "Cadence". Adding even more to the confusion.

Also, you get what I mean by the term FIRRIB?

"Maud Pie" has been seen! It...is actually kinda awesome. Even the character is sweet!

...Oh my. Oh my god. What is this feeling? I feel as though a certain "too Many Pinkie Pies" scar in my soul is being healed by this story. Yes, it's...it's actually happening!

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