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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.

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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!

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

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#35251: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:06:45 AM

@Kegi JENNNNKIIIINNNSSS! Sorry couldn't resist there. (Chuckles)

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#35253: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:20:39 AM

Okay, I just rewatched the bits of the episode I missed and I like it even more now. It's a really good study of how generosity works and how it's possible for others to take advantage of it. Also, Coco is freaking adorable.

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AkoSiKuya23 Since: Sep, 2009
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#35255: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:23:44 AM

I really liked the new voices from this episode. Also, little miss copycat's dresses looked legitimately nice. I liked them.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#35257: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:25:55 AM

Damn you artists! Give me Mane-iac or give me death!

The picture's pretty.

KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
Streamer
#35258: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:32:42 AM

Re: Pic speed: Unsurprising, considering Coco came off as a woobie and this fandom loves woobies.

Unrelated to the episode: when pony and Frozen inspire me together. >.>

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CDRW Since: May, 2016
#35259: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:40:02 AM

Wow. Sure is dead around here, isn't it?

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#35260: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:48:29 AM

  • Man, poor Spike. Still, I suppose he does volunteer to lug around Rarity's junk...
  • Twilight Sparkle says, "Dammit Rarity, emotionally strongarming Spike into doing tedious manual labour is MY job."
  • Dash is excited to see a musical? Okay... cool that the episode remarks on that, though. Even if, as time goes on, Dash reveals a gradually more and more nerdy persona.
  • I'm beginning to see what people mean about Pinkie kinda getting the Flanderization stick. Not that she was ever really all there, except in focus episodes, but she seems kinda incoherent with the whole, "I love Jumping up and down" thing. That said, it was a good gag.
  • Heh. Gray Gate Bridge?
  • BACKGROUND ALICORN WHAT!?
  • I wonder what the relative exchange rate of gems is in Equestria? Is someone lobbed a fist-sized pink diamond at me as a tip, I'm pretty sure I'd shit myself.
  • Also, Bell booooooooy
  • Awesome song is awesome. Lucky Rarity is lucky.
  • Bitch Siri is a biiiiiiitch.
  • Coco is adorable and I want to hug her.
  • No seriously, I'm not sure if Siri's "Uh-humm" tic making me want to hit her is due to the tic itself, or just because it's like a neon sign that says "Biiiiiiitch"
  • You'd think it would be pretty easy to reveal who actually came up with those designs first... I mean, Rarity presumably has a lot of that fabric with her if she was willing to just hand out a swatch. Still, the impact would be lost I guess.
  • Rarity's freakouts continue to be almost uncomfortably entertaining. Though it is a shame to see her going off the deep end so fast. did being generous never bite her in the ass in Ponyville even once?
  • Rarity, pointing out your friends are being ungrateful for a gift doesn't really work if you aren't actually letting them have the gift...
  • I see she's gone the modern art route on her new dresses, huh... seems to be working.
  • Is Sapphire Shores a judge, or is she just in the audience? I mean, Hoity Toity is right beside her...
  • Come to think of it, don't I recall seeing those two in shots together a lot? Hmmm Could Hoity Toity actually be... straight!? Seriously though, Hoity Shores would be an interesting ship.
  • Really Dash? Calling Applejack on being blunt?
  • Suri is a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH and Coco has no pokerface.
  • I don't believe Rarity's excuse for being able to get a private showing. No Costume designer has that kind of clout. Seriously, whose dick did she suck to make that happen?
  • Want to hug Coco. So Bad!
  • Dude, Rarity basically just dropped a career in Cocos lap. A huge one. Like Damn, girl.
  • Did Coco make that rainbow thread out of the velvet rope, or something? Same shimmer. Also, we've had way too many zoom ins now for them not to be building up to something. The Rainbow Thread doesn't even really constitute a mystery stinger, like the comic, Shadow Pony or Fluttershy's teeth did.

That was a really awesome episode! I'm glad it didn't turn into 'Cities are kind of terrible: The episode'. There was a bit of a chance of that during the song and with Suri, it looked like, but it was nice to get a little reaffirming, "People are generally not shit" message at the end. There were a couple of weird character moments - Rarity seems almost aggressively generous in her song, in a way we don't generally see from her, and again, Dash calling somepony out on being blunt - but really top-notch writing on the whole.

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#35261: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:55:22 AM

Wait, background alicorn!? When, where?

Swasfewses Hermit from New York Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
Hermit
#35262: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:57:30 AM

An alicorn Neon Lights showed up in the background near the start. They probably just forgot to take the horn away.

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#35264: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:59:45 AM

Is that a guy?

...

Confirmed in canon! Stallions can be princesses too!

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#35265: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:05:20 PM

A stalion DJ alicorn princess, that's a new one.

wild mass guess Neon ascended after producing a track so awesome it had Harshwhinny break dancing. wild mass guess

Calnos The Jossed from Nowhere Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#35267: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:16:33 PM

So just got a chance to watch the episode. Best episode of season 4? Best episode of season 4.

  • "I love jumping up and down" - and she even is jumping up and down during the opening song. Probably there before, but I never noticed it. I also never noticed Discord in Fluttershy's cottage before.
  • Man, Rarity's giving out gems like candy
  • Hinny of the Hills? Is that a reference to something?
  • The mistreated assistant, in an episode about generosity? Heel–Face Turn incoming
  • Not sure how pony pulled cabs are supposed to be any faster than just running. I mean if she had to carry the resses or something I'd understand it, but she explcitly didin't
  • Wow, Rarity sure turned on them fast. But it's completely understandable
  • Wet Mane Rarity again? Not sure if that was an intentional joke, but it feels like it had to be intentional.
  • Are they really going to keep Rarity out of the next few episodes? But her episodes are always the best! Nooooooo
  • Well that's convienent
  • Aaaaand the stinger is thread

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Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#35268: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:23:01 PM

This was a suprisingly strange episode for me.

I have to admit, some of the dialogue, especially early on threw me for a bit. I guess it was because of how in your face this episode was about Rarity's generosity and how nice she and they all were. I mean, I guess it's nice see that their elements actually mean something outside the two-parters, but they could have been more subtle about it. Not to mention at this point it just feels like a weird thing to acknowledge now that the elements are back in the tree.

That said I did like the conflict as well as the new characters. The ending with the assistant I also thought was pretty powerful. It's one thing to get her friends forgiveness, but it's another to influence a complete stranger to come to your side. I wouldn't mind seeing Coco or some of the others show up later in the series. Speaking of the ending, I'm not expecting much to come of that rainbow spool, but time will tell.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#35269: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:23:54 PM

Also, this is basically Guanxi: The Episode.

Spike wishes he was a deer.

Oh yeah, that too.

The Lego Movie?

I saw the trailer when I went to see Frozen. It was a weird mixture of Wat and so bizarre it might actually be funny.

LOL, Grumpy Cat as a Cutie Mark!

Really? I missed that one.

Carrot hotdog

Oh yeah, that was hilarious too.

Also, I just figured out who else says mkay a lot. wild mass guess Poly is the boss from Office Space.

Also I predict some sabotage.

Same here. I was actually surprised that Poly didin't mess with Rarity's dresses or make her late or something (well she sort of did at the end).

Did Rarity just steal a bunch of stuff from the hotel for that line?

Yeah, their bill is going to be a nightmare.

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#35271: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:32:08 PM

Wait, is that guy going to be happy that Rarity just ducked out of a job by dumping it on an intern?

I thought that was weird too. Maybe Rarity will just do the designs and let Coco do all the seweing work.

But did anyone else see something going on with Rarity's eyes when she looked at the empty seats?

Yeah, the irises turned rainbow for a moment.

It's symbolism. Each of the threads were a different color... matching up to each of her friends.

Weren't there seven. I think the blue thread was for RD. The rainbow thread is probably symbolic of their friendship.

P.S. Rarity fixing the wheel seems like it should have taken more than just straight TK. Maybe she has repair magic too?

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#35272: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:37:08 PM

This even better than the last fashion episode back in Season 1. (In between "Fall Weather Friends" and Polsky's debut episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen", can't remember the name)

Suited For Success.

It's common in children's shows for the antagonists to be the same race/species of the stars but be arrogant douche-nozzles. Is Suri... like..... the 30th or these so far???

It's that just being a Foil?

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#35273: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:53:41 PM

(drives back from episode...panting hard) Hi....guys...(pants)...this episode...(pants)...was fun! (pants) "I didn't do anything!" made me laugh so hard! (gasps)

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#35274: Jan 4th 2014 at 12:58:06 PM

I will agree that the generosity theme during the episode was less than subtle, but most of the blatant stuff took place during the song, and musical numbers always tend to exaggerate a little.

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#35275: Jan 4th 2014 at 1:00:54 PM

@Teeth Sometimes Anvils Need To Be Dropped...and this might have been a good reason.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q

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