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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

Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
Are you into... Vinyl?
#59876: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:22:59 AM

Dumb pillow!

I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#59877: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:26:22 AM

Cake for sis

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
LightningDust Let's do this! from Cloudsdale Since: Dec, 2012
Let's do this!
#59878: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:26:24 AM

Star around?

"The pony thread attracts some rather ... juvenile ... personalities. Maybe that's just its nature; who knows." ~ Fighteer
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#59879: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:27:14 AM

@Lightning Dust Hello Lightning!

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#59880: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:27:31 AM

Twitch Plays Rarity

Shipping fuel (animated)

edited 22nd Mar '14 10:29:06 AM by AceOfScarabs

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
LightningDust Let's do this! from Cloudsdale Since: Dec, 2012
Let's do this!
#59881: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:29:50 AM

Hey Star. Just wanted to remind you about the Neighthoven concert tonight.

"The pony thread attracts some rather ... juvenile ... personalities. Maybe that's just its nature; who knows." ~ Fighteer
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#59882: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:31:36 AM

@Lightning Dust Ah okay. Sounds good.

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#59883: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:32:36 AM

Ugh. Freaking adware. Took me an hour and a half of wrestling with my computer, but I think I've finally gotten rid of it.

Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
Are you into... Vinyl?
#59884: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:33:59 AM

@ Stardust: "Love is in the air..."

I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!
Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Pomeranian Lover
#59885: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:41:06 AM

That was a great Sweetie Belle episode! She's my favorite of the CMC and one of my top favorite characters from the show in general, so I was excited about this one. This was a very good way to use Luna's character, since she would have been in a very similar situation with Celestia. Plus I realized that it's not even that out of place for her to show up in person (pony?) at the end, since she does live in Canterlot and would have been watching over Sweetie Belle anyway. She may have even been wanting to watch Sapphire Shores's show herself, too.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#59886: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:41:06 AM

@Lightning Dust Anyways thanks for reminding me.

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#59887: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:43:59 AM

so was the dream sequence cool? I heard the visuals in this one are particularly good.

Bunai Space Bunny from Jupiter Since: Oct, 2010
Space Bunny
#59888: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:46:52 AM

\\Japanese Teeth, Thu, 20th Mar '14 1:22:04 PM I'm not really seeing how Maud is an expy of AJ. Other than both of them being slightly single-focused E Ps they don't really have much in common.

\\storyyeller, Thu, 20th Mar '14 1:26:40 PM AJ and Maud are n't even remotely similar.

\\darkabomination, Thu, 20th Mar '14 1:40:34 PM Yeah they're pretty superficial similarities, their personalities are very different.

I never brought up personality only similarity in traits. Obviously both characters stand on their own.

Though someone on the wiki pointed out that they are both honest. I just find more comparisons between Maud and Applejack than I do with Rarity who also has a sister.


On a different note, Princess Luna is now the three Spirits of Christmas all in one.

Cookoo I need more bird puns. from A Cuckoo clock Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
I need more bird puns.
#59889: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:09:41 AM

On a different note, Princess Luna is now the three Spirits of Christmas all in one.

The economy crash hit everyone hard it seems. Even the Equestrian Dream Morals Committee had to lay of some of their staff. Luna had to pick up the slack.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
Are you into... Vinyl?
#59890: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:33:27 AM

36 MPM (Miles Per Muffin).

I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!
Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#59891: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:35:14 AM

So. This episode.

It took me until the middle to get that it's supposed to be a "Christmas Carol"/"It's a Wonderful Life" story, but it was refreshing to see this kind of story applied to a non-holiday-themed episode. And it was great seeing Sapphire again!

But.... I had a problem with Sweetie Belle's behavior. Yeah I KNOW that was the point, but why would be as the audience see her side of the conflict?? Did we SEE her write the script or produce any other part of the play?? NO. We start the episode with Sweetie Belle pestering Rarity to finish up the costumes when the play is the day after. How can we get invested in the plot if we only see what Sweetie Belle did when it was finished?? She clearly thought her OWN work and effort into putting the play on was more important that Rarity's generous contributions, but even if Rarity did a horrible job, wouldn't Sweetie immediately realize that cherishing and congratulating Rarity would be more important than her own selfish gains, once she saw that the costumes were the one thing the audience even remembered about it?

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#59892: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:43:03 AM

I'm not sure why it's important to see her doing all that work if it's clearly established that she did everything else herself. Not to mention that even with the costumes, her intent was to do those herself and have her sister just tweak them a bit. It was clear that she had invested a lot in the play beforehand.

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Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#59893: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:48:55 AM

Aaaah okay.

.... I have a theory that Luna can duplicate herself. She goes into pony's dreams and sometimes even visits them in private in the real world routinely?? There's no way she'd be able to do all that and carry out her princess duties unless there were more than one of her.

Also...

Luna will visit Apple Bloom in her own dreams, and establish the events that result in the CMC finally getting Cutie Marks!
She already visited Scootaloo, and now Sweetie Bell! Makes sense.

edited 22nd Mar '14 11:50:24 AM by Shota

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#59895: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:50:38 AM

Maybe she's keeping an eye on Ponyville specifically.

Also, Sweetie Belle is turning into a changeling.

edited 22nd Mar '14 11:56:01 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#59896: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:51:03 AM

I think she can duplicate herself in dreams, because that's far from the strangest thing I can imagine one can do with dream powers.

I have a message from another time...
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#59898: Mar 22nd 2014 at 12:09:21 PM

I would say that being able to visit multiple dreams at once is probably within Luna's abilities. Either that or she's specifically favoring the CMC due to their relation to the mane six.

AkoSiKuya23 Since: Sep, 2009
#59899: Mar 22nd 2014 at 12:16:15 PM

Missed the very end of the episode (had to rush out of the house to get something) so I didn't see the ending until now. In general, it was definitely a great Sweetie Belle episode, but I think I have to somewhat agree with Mio. For some reason, despite having a lot of great things in place, it felt like it moved a little too fast. Like something was missing or some part needed more time to really make it work.

Or maybe it was because I didn't watch at my own pace because I was always checking the time. Maybe I'll have to watch it again.

At the same time, I'm glad it didn't demonize either side too much. At the end of the day, it did feel like Sweetie Belle's actions were Disproportionate Retribution, especially since Rarity took time out of her busy schedule to make them really good for their play, but at the same time, it's definitely understandable why Sweetie was so upset.

edited 22nd Mar '14 12:24:00 PM by AkoSiKuya23

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#59900: Mar 22nd 2014 at 12:52:21 PM

That was a really great episode. I love how they tied every single detail into the story. That was possibly the tightest writing I've seen in the show. Sweetie Belle really shines when you separate her from the CMC too.


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