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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

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#42851: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:16:31 PM

I have passwords. They contain letters and numbers arranged in specific orders.

^ Because a million fans pounding at a million keyboards will eventually produce the insane theory that Stephen King is actually zombie!Shakespeare.

edited 26th Jan '14 1:18:00 PM by Wryte

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#42852: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:18:50 PM

Discord can turn blue. Starswirl wore blue.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#42853: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:19:26 PM

@Shota: Someone pretending to have some insider info about upcoming episodes. This was back before Keep Calm and Flutter On, so it's pretty well debunked by now.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#42854: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:19:43 PM

.... given Discord's powers, I wouldn't doubt it.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#42855: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:22:48 PM

I suppose it's possible, but nothing in the show has hinted that that would be the case.

@Wryte: False. I don't have "sugarcube" as my title.

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CDRW Since: May, 2016
#42856: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:27:39 PM

I hope we get a Pinkie focus episode soon. Her Flanderization is starting to get out of hand and I'd like to see her brought back to normal-ish.

edited 26th Jan '14 1:27:51 PM by CDRW

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#42857: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:29:58 PM

Well, next week's episode is Pinkie Pride. Although she'll almost certainly be overshadowed, because you don't share an episode with Weird Al Yankovic that easily.

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CDRW Since: May, 2016
#42858: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:32:02 PM

Sweet! I forgot about that! Here's keeping my fingers crossed even though it doesn't sound too much like what I want.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#42859: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:35:40 PM

What are people talking about with Pinkie being flanderized!? I do not see it. How is she any different?!

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#42860: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:36:23 PM

She hasn't really been "falnderaized" at all to me. only episode that was bad as far as she was concerned was Rainbow Falls.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#42861: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:37:30 PM

Well, Discord defusing her with a balloon is kind of pushing it. Isn't that the Pinkie clone's thing? There's some paranoia fuel.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#42862: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:38:55 PM

Pinkie is unpredictable yet completely open and friendly to anyone. How is that any different? Being distracted by a balloon??? That's unpredictable! That's something she would do.

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#42863: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:40:10 PM

Huh, I never noticed Discord was wearing tidy whities in this shot. Kinda surprised they got that past the censors.

Pinkie's being flanderized because her airheaded randomness is gradually overshadowing all of her other character traits.

edited 26th Jan '14 1:41:02 PM by CDRW

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#42864: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:40:11 PM

Speaking of Pinkie and flanderisation, I really like Too Many Pinkie Pies. Probably my favourite Pinkie centric episode. Of course the mirror pool only reflects the surface of Pinkie. That's the problem with mirrors.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#42865: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:41:52 PM

[up][up]Tidy whities are okay. It seen that on many children's shows.

That ep was good because the Pinkie clones ARE flanderized! That's part of the point. Now if her randomness distracted her from helping her friends as in the show's theme, THEN I would think it's flanderization.

edited 26th Jan '14 1:43:06 PM by Shota

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#42866: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:42:33 PM

Except she acting, exactly as she always has. Yeah there is more to her, but it's not like she's been in situations here where that really matters. She's always been just random and happy when not in focus.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#42867: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:43:46 PM

I'd say it's on the edge. pinkie being Pinkie, these are things she'd be distracted by. But, the writers are relying a bit more on her gullible side rather than keeping her eccentric, though inherently understandable traits. So it could be flanderization if it's pushed a little further, but right now it's still within acceptable limits.

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#42868: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:46:22 PM

Well the thing is there's more to Pinkie's personality than just being wacky and childish, but unless the episode is focused on her, we don't really see any of that. The other characters aren't quite subjected to the same level of narrowing down to a single trait when they're not the focus. Rarity can play a small role in the episode while being supportive of her friends and not being entirely "yay, dresses and hats!" and Applejack is capable of talking about something other than apples or family, even if she isn't the focus of the episode. Pinkie on the other hand usually just defaults to throwing out the occasional non sequitur and acting like an idiot.

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#42869: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:48:11 PM

Yeah, I did think Pinkie getting distracted by a balloon was a bit too much. She's kooky but she's not a complete idiot.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#42870: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:50:09 PM

I think it's because she had a few honest moments in the beginning of the show, but here the only moment I can think of is in "Pinkie Apple Pie" where she is genuinely sad that she'll never know if she's really an Apple. We see less of those.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#42871: Jan 26th 2014 at 1:58:50 PM

So apparently the latest thing in internet viruses is to lock your browser to a page claiming to be the FBI accusing you of downloading child pornography, pirating music, and spamming, with the caveat that all this might be getting done by malware without your knowledge, but you need to send a $300 fine to their address in order to get your browser unlocked.

I heard about that months ago.

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Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#42873: Jan 26th 2014 at 2:01:26 PM

Fun fact about the round robin fic: The chapter I got deliberately left open the question of Sunny Skies' real identity, with two specific options presented in the text. My initial thought was to Take a Third Option and make her be Fleur-de-Lis in disguise instead, and from that I was inspired to twist the story in the direction it went. And then I ended up not using Fleur-de-Lis at all, but keeping the plot that was inspired by her

Oh, you Magnificent Bastard. Now I have even less of an idea what this is going to look like. [lol]

Twilight likes Star Swirl. Perhaps a little too much.

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#42874: Jan 26th 2014 at 2:03:15 PM

I'm surprised "Starlight" hasn't been snapped by as a ship name.

Yes, I know Starswirl's dead but that won't stop the fandom.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#42875: Jan 26th 2014 at 2:08:10 PM

I hope we get a Pinkie focus episode soon. Her Flanderization is starting to get out of hand and I'd like to see her brought back to normal-ish.

I thought she was good in Pinkie Apple Pie, though she wasn't the focus.

Well, Discord defusing her with a balloon is kind of pushing it.

I like to think there was a perfectly good explanation for everything weird she does. Like that day she happened to be in a balloon counting contest or something. If anything, I'd say it's Big Mac who's suffering from flanderization.

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