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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

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#74251: May 26th 2014 at 10:18:45 AM

I'm telling you guys, great S5 opener, right here.

I still like my idea that people start tearing up Rarity's outfits when they realize she's selling them at below the value of the gems.

So much of his humour is visual. Could be why I don't get much milage from him,

Yeah, it's pretty much nonstop visual gags whenever he's talking. Sorry about that.

There was an old tumblr post about how all Sombra did was gargle and turn into gas.

Don't forget the stair fetish!

The villains I like are all underrated and the ones I don't like are all overrated.

I agree completely. Just not on which villians those are tongue.

Who's Airy and why are you yelling at us?

Here's a famous 19th century mathematician and astronomer. Obviously.

Quicksilver was just so OP that the movie would have ended too quickly if he'd stuck around past his big scene.

Xavier is even more OP and yet the writers always manage to find excuses to keep him out of action.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74252: May 26th 2014 at 10:20:17 AM

Except we have time to build Sauron as a threat, we see his machinations, we FEEL his presence. He was that concept executed right. Sombra, just didn't get enough real build up to be at that level. And they tried to give him some hints of personality, which just made everything worse.

Yeah great idea, but flawed execution.

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#74253: May 26th 2014 at 10:21:17 AM

Even then, Sauron is barely a character in LOTR.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74254: May 26th 2014 at 10:23:06 AM

Basically this,[up] they tried to split the line between formless, faceless, evil entity that is more presence then character. And an actual character, and it came out doing neither well.

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#74255: May 26th 2014 at 10:49:31 AM

I think in the Crystal Empire they just didn't have time to make Sombra a real character.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#74256: May 26th 2014 at 11:20:51 AM

I still think the second half focusing on the other five goofing around to stall the crowd was fairly bland by comparison, time used for more stuff with Twi and Spike, or develope a bit of Sombra's backstory. Perhaps finding some secrets in his castle as to how he corrupted the ponies, so the reveal of the crystal could come off more dramatically.

Tirek's nice here, but lacks the subtlety and sheer presence that made him more threatening in the original. Not bad, but he sounds like the hulk when he growls and a giant monster that succeeds in draining every possible source of power is just overkill and ruins tension.

marston Since: Sep, 2011
#74257: May 26th 2014 at 11:24:53 AM

[up]I actually agree in regards to Tirek. I liked him more in the first half of the two-parter {Where he was a creepy wizard} then I did more in the 2nd half {Where he just reminded me more of an angry Wrestler and really isn't intimidating that much}.

edited 26th May '14 11:31:03 AM by marston

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#74258: May 26th 2014 at 11:25:01 AM

@Dark He was still a pretty good villain compared to say Sombra where he has no personality whatsoever. But yeah I reckon they should've fleshed his character a bit more, give him more lines, give more stuff to do plus what you said about how he enslaved the Crystal Empire.

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#74259: May 26th 2014 at 11:25:39 AM

I guess the problem is that he becomes less Azula and more Commet!Ozai.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#74260: May 26th 2014 at 11:31:09 AM

@Dark: Yeah, Tirek did become slightly less interesting in the second half, but I think he still worked because it made sense with the plot. He had gotten to the point where he had enough power to not bother being tricky. It showed just how successful he had been up to this point.

And now for something completely different: Today I am attempting to make my own barbecue sauce.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#74261: May 26th 2014 at 11:31:14 AM

Okay, I'm impressed. This has got to be one of the better implementations of a "Leave Your Quest" Test that I've seen in a while. Mainly because they actually coupled it with the protagonists having legitimate reasons for doubting whether what they're doing is right.

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#74262: May 26th 2014 at 11:37:20 AM

@Japanese Teeth Funny, I actually went to a family BBQ today.

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#74263: May 26th 2014 at 11:58:56 AM

[up][up] Oh yeah, that was a good part of the game.

I kind of wish there was a separate ending where you can choose to stay. Even if said ending turned bad

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74264: May 26th 2014 at 12:11:04 PM

He seems just as great if not moreso the second half.

He's large, his shear raw presence is overwhelming. he's managed to do what no villain yet has done. Just the shear power he holds, and makes clear he holds is extraordinary. You can't ignore him, and you KNOW he is a threat everytime he does anything. Plus he never loses his guile and skill, never forsakes them for power. Simply uses both as needed. When he has enough raw power to whatever he wants, he simply uses it, but always while paying attention and planning ways around when raw power alone won't be enough, right up till the end.

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#74265: May 26th 2014 at 12:13:37 PM

I do think I preferred his voice in part 1, though.

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#74266: May 26th 2014 at 12:33:57 PM

I think MLP could use a few less Large Ham villains, and some more subtle villains. Tirek was cool and creepy in the first part, but he kinda lost that edge with the second half.

Chrysalis could have gone that way, had she bothered to continue beyond the physical masquerade, and had Twilight only realize something was wrong when she began slipping up on more intimate details about Cadence and her relationships.

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#74267: May 26th 2014 at 12:39:06 PM

Diamond Tiara actually works pretty well in that respect. At least when she isn't being a straight up brat.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#74268: May 26th 2014 at 1:00:05 PM

The first half yeah, but more so Midnight Castle. He was scarier because of what you didn't know, and was a shadowy figure with enough presence and threat to back it up, unlike Sombra.

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#74269: May 26th 2014 at 1:10:48 PM

I couldn't really take G1 Tirek seriously.

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#74270: May 26th 2014 at 1:13:06 PM

I second the need for a more subtle villain. Not because any of the ones we had so far were bad per se, but because Tirek is really about as high as they can push the potential power levels without starting to get absurd. To introduce a villain with more raw power would really be overkill. One of the things I liked about Discord's first appearance was that he didn't rely purely on raw power; he manipulated the ponies into neutralizing his weakness, so even if he wouldn't be a reality warper he would still be a threat.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74271: May 26th 2014 at 1:17:54 PM

But he was only able to do that via his powers.

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#74272: May 26th 2014 at 1:23:31 PM

Want.

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#74274: May 26th 2014 at 1:29:46 PM

Discord used his powers in more of a creative manner than Tirek, while Tirek just blew stuff up. Discord used his wit and powers to needle at the Mane 6's insecurities. The only time Tirek did that was when he preyed upon Discord's selfish nature and used Twilight's friends as bargaining chips against her. And the latter only happened after Discord told him about them.

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#74275: May 26th 2014 at 1:35:08 PM

Discord is pretty good at mainpulation even without using his powers. Though Fluttershy is his big weakness both evil and good.

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