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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

crimsonstorm15 shine on from A parallel universe Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#47702: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:00:13 PM

no not yet. They haven't been shipped yet.

KingKix Typing the internet since '90 from Dante City Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Typing the internet since '90
#47703: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:07:03 PM

[up][up]Thanks! I wanted to use a simple style since the RS style really hurts my hands(Damn arthritis). The style is similar to Mr. Driller in design, so yay anime![lol]

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#47704: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:08:19 PM

Hey, Orion, are there hipsters in Equestria?

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#47705: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:09:18 PM

Ya know people who are not into what's popular?

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#47706: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:10:06 PM

Hipsters in what respect?

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#47707: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:12:34 PM

@Orion Well anything that's popular really. And what is popular in your eyes anyway?

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#47708: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:22:28 PM

Popular? Well, when there are a lot of ponies who are into a particular subject.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#47709: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:26:51 PM

@Orion No I mean what is considered popular in Equestria?

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
Sombra Since: Nov, 2012
#47710: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:29:36 PM

   I liked stairs before they were cool!   

   And while they were cool. And long, long after they were cool.   

   Oh, who am I kidding? Stairs were never cool.   

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#47711: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:33:39 PM

@Sombra Oh great, Ladies and gentleman, El Rodiguez Sombra....

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#47712: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:34:12 PM

If they're not cool, that means you're a potential hipster.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sombra Since: Nov, 2012
#47714: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:51:47 PM

   Then I guess it's hip to be stair.   

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#47715: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:56:58 PM

@ Trenderhoof discussion a page back: He wasn't a douchebag or anything, but some of his lines did skirt Unfortunate Implications in the same vein as "I've always admired how good the Jews are with money" type.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#47716: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:16:36 PM

[up] Oh yeah i forgot about the You Are a Credit to Your Race thing he did with Applejack

edited 9th Feb '14 7:16:47 PM by MorningStar1337

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#47717: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:18:55 PM

We sort of talked about that when it aired, but your comparison is way better than any of my attempts. I think people were a bit split on whether it was actually offensive, but at the very least it is rather off putting.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#47718: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:19:06 PM

Mostly he was just kind of awkward around Applejack. And not in the cute Adorkable way.

edited 9th Feb '14 7:19:29 PM by KylerThatch

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#47719: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:21:48 PM

I'm still trying to decide if his eating of four practically extinct apples is supposed to be bad or not. I mean it's not like eating panda, the apples go bad after a few weeks, and you can save the seeds.

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#47720: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:22:26 PM

I think the writers did it on purpose too. They're too good to have not known it would come across that way. I like to think all that behavior was a subtle way of bringing more serious personality issues and an added factor of depth into the episode for those mature enough to understand.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#47721: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:27:04 PM

I don't think it really falls under You Are a Credit to Your Race, that would be more like "You're really pretty, for an Earth Pony" or something like that. His comment doesn't really strike me as racist, given that Ponyville has Winter Wrap Up, which is basically an entire holiday celebrating the earth pony work ethic. If anything, it came across more sleazy because it shows that he's not really interested in AJ as a person; he's just interested in an idealization of Earth Ponies, and projecting it onto her.

[up][up]The way I saw that was more that he was simply pulling out something that involved apples to appeal to her, even though the specific example he gives doesn't really mean much to AJ. She's not really interested (that we've seen at least) in taste-testing rare apple varieties; her whole schtick is simply growing as many good apples as possible. His entire characterization was based on the conceit that he's trying to impress Applejack without ever really taking the time to get to know her.

edited 9th Feb '14 7:29:46 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#47722: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:29:01 PM

It's funny. That guy on Reddit (who claimed to be privy to Lauren Faust's Secret True Vision of season 3 and beyond) lamented that the show stopped mocking big-city ponies and started celebrating them the instant Faust left. Yet the Big City antagonists from seasons 1 and 2 were all caricatures. Their stupidity and badness were so one-dimensional that I'm surprised Blueblood didn't blow away in a stiff breeze. Now, in season 4, we're getting Big City antagonists (or at least, characters who introduce conflict) with some actual nuance. Siri What's-her-name was a nasty piece of work, but she originally hailed from Ponyville, so she as a warning about how Rarity would end up if she let the cutthroat environment of the city change her. And Trenderhoof meant well, but he clearly didn't know the first thing about life outside the city. That's hardly celebrating the upper crust, is it?

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#47723: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:30:34 PM

@Crow: Yeah, while it sounds bad Apples can only be re-grown from cuttings. Every apple will produce a unique tree from it's seeds, so it's kind of a moot point. Heck, it's wholly possible those apples went 'extinct' because they were simply bad.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#47724: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:31:05 PM

Yeah, if anything it just changed from making them stereotypes of the upper crust to examining why they end up being such jerks; in this case it was ignorance, while in Suri's case it was letting the city get to her and throwing others under the bus for her own benefit.

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CDRW Since: May, 2016
#47725: Feb 9th 2014 at 7:33:53 PM

@ JT: That's a valid interpretation. I'm not entirely sure it holds up becasue we've got real life holidays celebrating the accomplishments of various races and comments like Trenderhoof's still come across that way in our society. There is also confirmed raceism in Equestria's history. On the other hand, if what we see is an indication of how things are in general, it's not very much of a modern issue. Either way you look at it though, it really does add a whole new dimension to his character that you have to be pretty savvy to catch on to.

@ Meta Four: That's true. We've been getting a lot of really good big city antagonists lately compared to the early stuff.

edited 9th Feb '14 7:34:15 PM by CDRW


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