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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

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#55876: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:30:32 AM

.... wasn't Rarity supposed to arrive at Sweet Apple Acres to look after Apple Bloom!?

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#55877: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:32:34 AM

@Blissey: Look at my previous post, the stream uploads are ready to view.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
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#55878: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:36:50 AM

Rarity also died, off-screen. In Big Mac's arms.

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#55879: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:41:05 AM

Did she die of heartbreak?

Man, now I want to write a medieval epic about Big Mac's journey.

That at the end turns out to have been written by Big Mac. And found by Applejack. Who's just confused about why Big Mac killed himself in his own story.

"Mah character was a b'ronic hero! His death underlahned the tragic nature of his charact'r n' flaws, an' cements the theme of responsibility to their relationships versus responsibility to one's own self!"

"Okay, but wha'd you kill Rarity?"

"Because she gets hoovsey when she's takin' measurments for mah yokes."

edited 8th Mar '14 9:41:25 AM by kegisak

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#55880: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:41:36 AM

After having a threesome with Tealove and fleetfoot, of course.

Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#55881: Mar 8th 2014 at 9:47:30 AM

Well, that was a really fun episode.

Chimera… Huh. There was a Dark Fic waaaay back when that involved the CMC getting mauled by a chimera… weird.

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#55883: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:02:29 AM

So how does that closet full of hats fit with AJ saying (in that Hot Topic commercial) that she won her hat bobbing for apples at the fair? Did she win ALL her hats bobbing for apples at various fairs? Or does she just have free hats for life thanks to being sponsored by the hat company back in her professional apple-bobbing days?

edited 8th Mar '14 10:02:52 AM by MetaFour

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#55884: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:03:40 AM

@Meta Or maybe she just took Valve's hat obsession to the next level?

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55885: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:05:44 AM

@Meta: Maybe that was her first hat and she liked it so much that she bought backups.

Also, yeah, AJ is going a little overboard in this episode. Which is really weird considering that Apple Bloom and the crusaders have had a lot of freedom in previous episodes. I can see the idea of AJ being nervous at leaving her home alone, but stuff like babyproofing the house just strikes me as overkill for her.

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#55886: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:05:49 AM

@Meta: she clearly picked up a hat habit from Rarity.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55887: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:10:54 AM

That manticore tail is channelling Kaa, apparently.

EDIT: Finished the episode. It was... okay. Applejack's sudden extreme overprotectiveness was just weird. If it would have been like a S1 episode it would have made plenty of sense, but over the past three seasons, Apple Bloom has had quite a bit of freedom to run around without supervision, so seeing AJ suddenly convinced that she can't even hang around the house for a day without injuring herself just doesn't make sense. If they would've made it so that she was worried about AB getting into trouble it would've made a lot more sense.

edited 8th Mar '14 10:18:27 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#55888: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:18:06 AM

I was amused when Apple Bloom said "If I want to read a book, I can!" My first thought was "Wow, Apple Bloom. Party hard."

edited 8th Mar '14 10:18:23 AM by Enlong

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#55889: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:18:56 AM

Well, that was a decent episode. The chimera fight was kinda cool. Also, the lesson can certainly be interpreted negatively (run away from home to prove that you can look after yourself!) but I liked it anyway.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55890: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:19:53 AM

Also, those boots are probably going to get a lot of attention.

[up]I think it was pretty clear that Apple Bloom was kind of dumb for doing that. Still, I can see how it could be easily misinterpreted, though. That's why I think AJ's motivation should've been changed a little.

edited 8th Mar '14 10:21:25 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#55891: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:21:04 AM

So… people are complaining about Applejack being "out of character."

Did people complain about Rainbow Dash and Rarity being "out of character" in Sonic Rainboom? I don't think they did.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#55892: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:21:14 AM

To me, this was an inverse of a problem with a few other eps, where a crappy moral ruins an otherwise passable episode.

Here, the decent moral came too late to even remotely calm all the cringed teeth and brain stabs the episode forced me through. Especially with those constant damn fake-outs.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55893: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:25:01 AM

[up][up]That's because they weren't. We'd never seen RD in that sort of situation or not and given how she ties her reputation to her self-esteem, it makes sense. And Rarity has always been a bit of an Attention Whore.

And I wouldn't necessarily say that AJ was out of character; it's more that she lacked a good motivation to be so worried about Apple Bloom. Aside from Bridle Gossip, where she had a good reason to be afraid, she's never been shown to be particularly overbearing when it comes to Apple Bloom. The other thing is that the CMC have basically been Free-Range Children for the past three seasons, so it's just weird for AJ to suddenly become a helicopter sibling after three seasons of leaving her sister alone. Out of 80+ episodes of the show, AJ is shown as being overprotective maybe like... once, and even that is sort of justified. Seeing that trait drive the conflict of the episode despite her not really having it before is a bit jarring.

edited 8th Mar '14 10:27:14 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#55894: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:25:59 AM

wild mass guessPonies in general are more susceptible to monomania than humans are.wild mass guess

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55895: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:27:31 AM

@Meta: That would explain a lot actually.

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#55896: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:28:20 AM

There's a bit of a difference between letting your sister hang out with her friends in town and letting her stay home alone. To run chores on a farm.

The problem I have is that people like to analyze episodes but forget that the show is essentially a comedy that draws humor from broadly-defined characters, who have always been malleable from episode to episode for the sake of gags and morals, and it's been like this ever since season 1.

It just seems to come down to "If it's in season 1, it adds depth to the characters. If it's in season 4, it's out of character."

DeathCloud Since: Apr, 2009
#55897: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:30:33 AM

wild mass guessAJ parents died during similar Pie deliverywild mass guess

Great episode, I'm sucker for adventure stuff, AJ being badass, sister interactions, new monsters and dangerous areas.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#55898: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:31:38 AM

Those pies must have been frakking expensive. Unless delivery through hell is a normal job occurance. If it is, I have newfound respect for Derpy.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55899: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:36:10 AM

@Pannic: Thing is, AJ's thing goes way past that. She babyproofs the house. She treats it like Apple Bloom is going to disembowel herself while making a sandwich. Despite that Apple Bloom has gone and wandered into the Everfree and gone ziplining. And it's not like an existing trait that AJ has is getting exaggerated. She's never shown any sort of over-protectiveness even close to that. I recognize that yes, the characters are largely Broad Strokes, but this almost falls outside of that, because AJ's "broad strokes" characterization has never included "is extremely overprotective", and what we've seen of farm life implies the opposite. She's never made any attempt to police AB's activities beyond "don't follow the supposed sorceress into the evil forest".

edited 8th Mar '14 10:39:40 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#55900: Mar 8th 2014 at 10:39:21 AM

AJ doesn't believe Bloom is ready to fend for herself the way she did initially.

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