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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

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#45851: Feb 5th 2014 at 5:57:16 AM

Accidental selfies and Fluffy pone being half-Gremlin

human!Fluttershy

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#45852: Feb 5th 2014 at 5:58:54 AM

Post of the Day #643

From the sound of it, this wasn't just easter eggs, it was the main plot. Or the main future plot, the part noone cares about.

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AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#45853: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:01:26 AM

Suddenly, Tofu!

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#45854: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:19:18 AM

@Kegi: But that's part of the appeal. There are so many tantalising hints about him while still shrouding him in mystery. It's very intriguing. There are so many questions about him.

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#45855: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:26:49 AM

Ha, a Post of The Day from the new thread.

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#45856: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:28:49 AM

Sure, I can agree with that Sereg - but that doesn't make him a character in the now. you could easily say the same about a background character.

Hell, people have in this fandom...

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#45857: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:54:06 AM

Obviously Sombra's stair fetish makes him a really fleshed out character.

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#45858: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:56:24 AM

No. His stair fetish combined with everything else we saw in the episode does.

And the argument wasn't that he didn't have a fleshed-out character. It was that he had no character at all.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#45859: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:59:10 AM

@Sereg: The issue is less whether or not he has characterization and whether or not said characterization is interesting. "Overly naive and trusting" is a good starting point, but if that's all there is to the character it isn't much better. The other thing is that a flaw only really counts if it actually has some sort of relevance to the story, and in this case his "overly trusting" thing is honestly kind of irrelevant. You could chop out the bit about Sunset Shimmer being his ex and the story would be exactly the same. It's an interesting tidbit of information, but the story does precisely nothing with it. He's still a flat character because the one "flaw" we have is irrelevant. It's like if it turned out that say, Twilight is really really bad at upholstery. It's a valid flaw, but useless unless there's a story where her lack of skill in that area is relevant. Even if he has a flaw he can still be flat because that's the only side of the character that we see.

Re: Spike: I think the main issue with Spike is that as a character, he's too tied to Twilight. She's the only character who feels like she has natural interactions with him. Rarity is a little better, but other than that none of the cast really seem to interact with him much on a one-on-one basis. Whenever we see him, he's either alone, with Twilight, or with the group, but none where he's just hanging out with, say, Applejack or Pinkie. The only time he does is in Spike At Your Service, where it takes an external conflict to force him into that situation.

edited 5th Feb '14 7:01:43 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#45860: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:00:24 AM

Because we SAW what Sombra had put in place, the length's he'd gone to protect the Heart. It proved that he was smart, cunning, made some really in depth plans. And that he was, by far, the most competent villain we'd seen yet.

Flash.... he was just an empty space for Twilight to have the required crush on while having NO impact on anything.

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#45861: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:07:25 AM

I'd say Chrysalis was more competent, but whatever.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#45862: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:08:20 AM

She still failed due to her own hubris, she got to cocky and it led to her defeat. Sombra is the only one who in no way contributed to his own downfall.

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#45863: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:08:56 AM

[up][up]At least, until the end, when she just threw caution to the wind and such

edited 5th Feb '14 7:09:09 AM by bRaHiAn1

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
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#45864: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:09:57 AM

I never said it was his only characteristic. It's just an example. I should write a blog about him actually.

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#45865: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:12:35 AM

Rarity episode this Saturday?

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#45866: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:18:02 AM

Rarity and Applejack it looks like. Which is great, because their Tomboy and Girly Girl dynamic is hilarious.

@Sereg: I can see where you're coming from, but I just think he didn't contribute enough to the story to really justify his presence. When you can remove a character without really affecting the plot at all, you should question why they're there to begin with.

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#45867: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:18:49 AM

Awsesome.

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#45868: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:21:06 AM

Rarity acting like Applejack right? Oh man, I want to see the point Tabitha's brain snapped. tongue

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#45870: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:33:53 AM

I hope so. I love those episodes.

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#45871: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:39:30 AM

Same. We haven't had anything like LBYS in ages.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#45872: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:50:53 AM

Plus it seems some canon shipping that could be more than one-sided this time.

Also, today's my birthday, I'm 20 today.

edited 5th Feb '14 7:55:33 AM by darkabomination

Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#45873: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:55:01 AM

Yeah.

...

I didn't like those episodes.

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#45875: Feb 5th 2014 at 7:58:09 AM

Happy Birthday Dark.

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