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

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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.

     Original OP text 
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!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#27351: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:16:37 PM

Personally I don't want Scoots to fly if possible, but accept her problem and try to make the best of it, assuming the episode will delve that deep. It seems more a CMC starring Scootaloo episode, rather than something on the level of Sleepless in Ponyville. Still, Diamond and Spoony mocking her in the clip gives me hope.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#27352: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:17:32 PM

It's more consistent than the real world for goodness sake!

... I don't even

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#27353: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:21:12 PM

As for Scoots, I don't think the CMC subplots in general will ever be resolved. It's too tempting to endlessly tease.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#27354: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:21:58 PM

I think there's a chance they'll get cutie marks eventually. There have been some pretty status quo shaking stuff already.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27355: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:25:23 PM

Yeah, if they can give Twilight wings, they can give the CMC cutie marks. I still hope one gets it first so there will be an internal conflict.

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#27356: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:31:57 PM

I see it even odds going either way. Because if it happens as part of a larger plot, rather than the main focus, then they'll all be getting theirs simultaneously.

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#27357: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:35:46 PM

My stance is currently that we don't know enough about the Daring Do books and the setting for us to really make an argument about whether or not it's feasible for characters to be aware of them.

I agree. That's my point.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#27358: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:35:49 PM

I can't stop listening. I can't stop.

edited 10th Dec '13 4:36:19 PM by Luminosity

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#27360: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:40:42 PM

Crusader has been one of my favorite songs since Black Gryph0n released it however long ago.

edited 10th Dec '13 4:41:06 PM by Swasfewses

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27361: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:44:32 PM

@Blissey And if ya looking for me then don't ya already found me and I've just seen those images....you want me to say something about 'em don't you?

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#27362: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:48:55 PM

Nope, Bliss was referring to another troper with the word star as part of the name, who just happens to also like Lightning Dust. Small world, huh?

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27363: Dec 10th 2013 at 4:51:54 PM

@Dark Nice try, Dark.

@Blissey If ya want my opinion, I have ONE Lightning Dust to deal with here I don't need a thousand of her. Especially when it comes to different kinds of pony and what she looked like if she wasn't a pegasus

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KingKix Typing the internet since '90 from Dante City Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#27364: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:07:08 PM

Wiggidy-wiggidy, bros. So, how is everything in fandomville?

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#27365: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:15:07 PM

It just occured o me that FPK could probably have avoided a lot of the confusion if, jus before the jump, Pinkie had instead said something like "You have to trust me!"

Same meaning in conext, but the presence o the word "faith" triggered some connotations that the writers didn't intend.

Yes, they lose the pun they had with Twilight taking a literal leap, but one ha to weigh the pros and cons with these things.

And the letter to Celesia could have done with a bit of revising. Perhaps something along the lines of "Today I learned that you should never be afraid of learning something new, even if it seems silly at first. I learned that you can learn a lot from your friends, and how important trust and understanding is to a strong friendship."

edited 10th Dec '13 5:15:50 PM by Enlong

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27366: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:16:11 PM

[up]Pretty much sums up my thoughts on it.

EDIT: Turns out that RD had a good reason for not liking Fluttershy's recommendation.

edited 10th Dec '13 5:20:48 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#27367: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:21:44 PM

Exactly. The moral was just badly worded.

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#27369: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:52:25 PM

On the subject of "why didn't others know that Daring Do is real?", I thought of a few possible things. One is that perhaps she does mix in some things that aren't real adventures with the real ones, or add some details/leave out some details. She does go by a pseudonym as a writer, perhaps some of her adversaries are given pseudonyms as well, mixed in with ones who are called by their real names to make it harder to tell which is which. People have mentioned the example of the fictional Dracula versus his real-life inspiration, there is also the example of the book Gullivers Travels. Most of the places Gulliver visits are fictional, with the exception of Japan, which would have also seemed strange and exotic to the English readers of the time the book originally came out. I would also note that ponies do not have the internet or even telephones (Spike's method of sending letters to and from Celestia might be unique to him or to ponies who live with dragons like him), nor is their world as globally interconnected as the modern real world is, so far as we can tell from the show. So even if some ponies had met Daring Do and knew she was real, they might have told a few others, but those few others that were told may have been in their own homelands, or the ones who found out were criminals who wouldn't want to reveal what they were doing as well.

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#27370: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:56:40 PM

Evening everypony. What's going on?

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crimsonstorm15 shine on from A parallel universe Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#27372: Dec 10th 2013 at 5:58:54 PM

perhaps some of her adversaries are given pseudonyms as well, mixed in with ones who are called by their real names to make it harder to tell which is which

I thought of this too, but the problem is that there's no evidence of this. Everything seen onscreen matches up and Twilight and RD were able to deduce the plot and temple location just from their knowledge of the books. So at the very least, the names and all the important events are accurate.

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OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#27373: Dec 10th 2013 at 6:00:29 PM

New info?

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27374: Dec 10th 2013 at 6:01:56 PM

@Orion (Sighs) He means Daring Do being real, Orion.

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OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#27375: Dec 10th 2013 at 6:04:19 PM

Oh, well that's hardly new then.

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