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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

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#78776: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:23:33 PM

@Irish: That would make sense, but if they alluded to it in-show, I missed it (Which I admit might have happened). So as far as I could see, he was meeting her for the first time in years, and then they were suddenly snogging. It was doubly weird because neither of them seems like the type, what with Mai being an Emotionless Girl and Zuko being "Repressed Issues: The Character". They were two of the last characters I'd expect to have a sudden hookup. I'll give the Suki bit a pass, though. They follow up on that decently enough.

Also, what's the deal with Combustion Man?

edited 30th Jun '14 8:24:38 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#78777: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:23:49 PM

For my part, I kinda feel like the creators are cackling, "You wanted this! You wanted this!" as they make the puppets dance. Like, off the start of S3 I thought they were gonna nip shipping in the bud, but it looks like it'll be back in full force. the Korrasami shippers will be pleased though.

Still, Season 3 is off to a really good start. IT's kinda clear some of the moments were meant to be crowd pleasers - the appearance of Zuko and the return of Korra's cousins come to mind in particular. But, we have some interesting plot threads getting introduced, and the main villains so far look to be pretty cool. I'd have preferred to learn what their actual deal is, but I guess they want to keep a supply of information and surprises to feed the audience. If nothing else they've proven themselves to be a credible threat, and they're fun to watch fight, which is a necessity of any Kung-Fu inspired series.

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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#78779: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:27:23 PM

[up][up][up]He...blows stuff up...Yeah,there doesn't seem to be an explanation for him.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#78780: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:29:59 PM

Pretty much, even Word of God is vague about him. All we know is he's got a unique form of firebending, and it's the only kind he can do. Though I understand there is another person with that power that shows up in Korra. So it's pretty much just a rare, but not unheard of talent.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#78781: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:30:10 PM

Seriously, he's cool and all but... what is he doing? Avatar is usually good about explaining how this stuff works, so he's really just sort of an enigma.

Also, I'm about halfway through S3 and I still can't get over how weird Aang looks with hair.

edited 30th Jun '14 8:30:33 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#78782: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:33:09 PM

Maybe they originally had a plan for but got scrapped?Maybe the comics or Korra will give an explanation.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#78783: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:33:12 PM

Probably has something to do with his chakras. So that he can only channel fire through the chakra closest to his forehead.

Or maybe not. I don't know a thing about chakras.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#78785: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:36:36 PM

A flashback in Korra indicates that sometime people just develop extraordinary bending abilities beyond the current knowledge level of bending. Combustion Man and Toph's metalbending were both given as specific examples.

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#78786: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:37:19 PM

Yeah it is odd how nothing about him is explained. Like I said Korra has a similar character, so maybe they will explain it.

And yes Aang with hair is odd. By the way, just curious, what was your reaction to the bloodbending episode?

[up] Not really. More of examples of benders being able to perform feats no one thought was possible, or had ever seen, but Toph's wasn't spontaneous or unique. It was a skill she developed simply from looking at things differently then others, and one nearly any earth bender could replicate given the knowledge of how to do it.

edited 30th Jun '14 8:38:50 PM by Seraphem

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#78787: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:41:20 PM

> Aang with hair

Fffffffffff

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#78788: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:44:02 PM

Lil' fuzzball of a head, ain't he? tongue

We need a super slow cartoon with tons of exposition. I wonder how that would feel...

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#78789: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:44:12 PM

I posted my Sombra trees idea to tumblr and now somebody's totally on board with it and I'm a little worried.

[up] I'm sure there's an anime out there that fulfills that purpose.

edited 30th Jun '14 8:45:15 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#78790: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:45:22 PM

Looking the guy up, it looks like I was right. The sixth chakra is located right where Sparky Sparky Boom Man's third eye is. Also, it looks like he's capable of regular firebending, but he just prefers to use his optic blasts.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#78791: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:52:59 PM

He's like Tien and Cyclops fused together. tongue

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#78792: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:53:09 PM

So he's Cyclops?

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edited 30th Jun '14 8:53:26 PM by edvedd

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#78793: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:53:16 PM

Anyone heard of a cartoon called Ruby Gloom? Keep hearing about it in a cultish tone among teenagers, it apparently aired in Canada only.

ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#78794: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:54:16 PM

I know its on netflix.

edited 30th Jun '14 8:55:16 PM by ScottPilgrim2013

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#78795: Jun 30th 2014 at 8:55:24 PM

@Seraphem: It was a good episode, I guess. I found it a bit weird that Katara was so opposed to using bloodbending on principle when it really isn't that much better than say, freezing people solid or slamming them into walls.

@Wryte: Thing is, Toph's metalbending was explained in a way that made sense with her powers. Same deal for bloodbending and (kinda) for lightning bending. The latter still strikes me as weird because it makes more sense as an offshoot of airbending than firebending. (Lightning is caused by electrically charged air, after all).

@Dark: Never heard of it. We seem to have a page on it, though.

edited 30th Jun '14 8:57:06 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#78797: Jun 30th 2014 at 9:02:06 PM

I have to get to bed now. We can get back to discussing something tangentially related to ponies tomorrow.tongue

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#78798: Jun 30th 2014 at 9:02:31 PM

I have to admit that all the shipping in season 1 of that kind of killed my interest

I think it peaked at about episode 6 which was pretty much a pure comedy shipping episode. Once the story arc got serious, there was a lot less shipping.

There was a fair bit of shipping in season 2 too though.

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#78800: Jun 30th 2014 at 9:05:01 PM

Decided to look up Ruby Gloom,and i have to admit,it looks really cute.Not sure why you brought it up though,Dark.

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