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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.

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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

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63601: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:23:26 AM

Well yeah she COULD have tried harder. But keep in mind that at that point, she wasn't really trying,. It wasn't till after the pop quiz she realized she really didn't know anything, Till then she was just being cocky.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#63602: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:24:19 AM

I have never really stumbled upon a technique that really works for me.

@JT: Fair enough. I figure everyone just had their own opinion on what constituted effective learning, so they put Twi down a bit.

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Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#63603: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:24:22 AM

Yeah, my only real complaint about the episode is that it presented Twilight's methodology as being a failure despite the fact that it only failed due to a lack of effort from RD. It was probably going for "RD has trouble learning from lectures and flash cards", but there's a difference between "I have difficulty learning this way" and "I'm not even going to pay attention." You can't blame the method for not working when you never even attempted to pay attention. I think it would've worked better if they had shown RD listening to a full lecture from Twilight and then having difficulty recalling anything because Twilight presented to much info in a very uninteresting way.

I agree with this, and it's my biggest annoyance.

If RD can't bring herself to give a shit and put in some effort, then frankly, she doesn't deserve all that effort her friends put in to teach her.

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63604: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:26:02 AM

[up] Except she DID. Once she realized how fucked she was. Till then, yeah she was just being her normal cocky self, it wasn't till the pop quiz that she realized she really DIDN'T know this stuff.

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63605: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:26:56 AM

Hmmm also... looking back they actually foreshadowed the whole RD is hyper perceptive while flying thing right in the cold open, DAMN that was awesome!

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#63606: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:27:20 AM

I think RD was SUPPOSED to be at fault for the first half because she didn't even realize how important it is to learn the history. As I side note I'm amused that in the 1000 year history of the Wonderbolts as an organization the test only seems to require knowledge on their equivalent of the American Revolution. Unless the test was much more complicated but most of it was cut out because the audience doesn't need the unabridged version.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63607: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:28:31 AM

Well, it was mostly about how hey were formed, and there were quite a few other names dropped, so likely they were important ponies throughout their history.

Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#63608: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:29:36 AM

@seraphem: And did she try to do anything to rectify that? NO. She just hung around hoping that her friend's methods would make the info fall into her head, and when that didn't work she took to self-pitying. Pardon me if I don't exactly find that endearing.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#63609: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:29:51 AM

I thought those were just the initial squad, EG the equivalent of the American Founding Fathers.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#63610: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:30:53 AM

Yeah, Dash was being her usual cocky self until the sudden realization hit her: "I don't know this stuff. I am so screwed."

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#63611: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:31:17 AM

@Rhyme: I agree with that. I don't think Twi's methods were meant to be failures, since it's obvious they worked for her. It's just that everypony else thought their ideas were better, so there's a little condescension on their parts.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63612: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:31:53 AM

no, to many to just be that. Especially in Rarity's part, as she talked about how the Wonderbolts costume evolved over time while mentioning which were the first ones to wear the various versions.

@ Mio, yeah she stuck around hoping her friends way s would help, because like sh said, she never learned how to learn. Which ye IS something you need to do. So was panicking.

Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#63613: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:33:30 AM

Those first Wonderbolts uniforms didn't look very aerodynamic.

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#63614: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:34:47 AM

[up] They're just that good at flying.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#63615: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:35:24 AM

There's probably a distinction between their uniforms and their flightsuits. Spitfire probably doesn't wear that drill sergeant uniform when she's in formation.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#63616: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:37:25 AM

So it occurs to me that there's also an Earth Pony and unicorn equivalent to the Wonderbolts. It would make sense that the Canterlot Guard is probably what happened to the U branch of the EUP, but what about the Earth Pony defense organization?

edited 5th Apr '14 8:48:56 AM by RhymeBeat

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#63618: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:41:14 AM

The Marines?

EDIT: Or how about, the Mareines?

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold

RD likes to jam. Especially when she shouldn't.

edited 5th Apr '14 8:48:34 AM by IrishZombie

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#63620: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:48:39 AM

[up][up] Celestia that's a painful pun.

The Earth Pony, Unicorn, Pegasus defense force. It was a part of the history lesson.

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#63621: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:49:38 AM

[up][up]Unusually evil pancakes?

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Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#63622: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:51:56 AM

@seraphem: She seems to have known about the test for sometime, she should have already realized she didn't know anything. If she is literally only finding out the day before then she has problems that need initiative on her part to resolve, which she doesn't put in. I don't care if she doesn't "know how to learn", she should have been trying ANYTHING instead of just passively being paraded around by her friends and giving up when she doesn't receive instant results.

When it comes down to it, this is her big dream. The thing that she has wanted more then anything else. And when it comes to needing to do something she doesn't necessarily want or know how to do, she gives up with barely any effort. I don't care if it was something that she wasn't good at. All I wanted to see is that she wanted it badly enough that to knuckle down and at least, and if not for the episode to rightfully call her out on it.

But no, we learn that she can accomplish anything easily if you can tangentially connect it to flying. It's not like she is capable of anything else. Makes it easy!

edited 5th Apr '14 8:53:47 AM by Mio

Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#63623: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:53:03 AM

Here come the edits. (possibly NSFW)

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#63624: Apr 5th 2014 at 8:59:38 AM

Except she sees them as fliers, that is what she loves about them, and all she sees as being needed. She knows she has the flying skills to join them. She just blew off the test as nothing that mattered, because to her, what does a written test mean when she's such a great flyer?

It wasn't until Twilight made her face that she DID need to know this, made her realize how screwed she would be that it hit her. At which point, yeah she tagged along, because that's all she COULD do, she had no idea how to study.

And no it wasn't "Anything related to flying comes easy" cop out. It was something that really DOES make a ton of sense. She is used to gathering and processing a rather staggering amount of information while flying, all without even trying. It's natural to take advantage of that fact.

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