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World building FTW.

That was a pretty epic battle, and the animation is clearly being kicked up a notch. And of course plenty of Luna which automatically makes it 10/10 game episode of the year for me.

The flashbacks were boss, yeah. And luna / NMM being badass

dang
(watching the latest episode)
twilight doesn't really care about spike at all lol
and rarity is really embodying that 'element of generosity' thing huh

they should pair up RD and AJ more often, Rainbow Dash's bitchiness is much funnier directed at somepony who can dish it back rather than Fluttershy

Twilight had some very good faces near the end, Angel was the embodiment of pure unadulterated evil as always, Rainbow Dash wasn't irritating for once. The moral at the end was a bit feh but you know. You've got to make allowances. I liked it, good episode.

Also AJ is the only one who gives a feather about Spike lol
(I want another AJ and Spike episode)
and

evilsoup wrote:Also AJ is the only one who gives a feather about Spike lol
(I want another AJ and Spike episode)

I like to think it's positive character development retained from "Spike at Your Service" personally. Although they all look concerned, which is nice (RD does too, I just didn't grab the screen at the right point).
Also because, y'know, AJ is best pony.

The things Chuck will do for money


I'm thinking he's not that enthusiastic about returned to mlp.

Dude's gotta make rent somehow

Well, at least the person who requested it was nice enough to give him the episodes with John de Lancie, so it fits his ST-ness.

Darksi4190 wrote:Dude's gotta make rent somehow

Wait did he literally make sfdebris his job?

uraniun235 wrote:

Darksi4190 wrote:Dude's gotta make rent somehow

Wait did he literally make sfdebris his job?

That and substitute teaching i beleive.

He's got a blog entry that mentions it.

I guess he got popular enough to make it somewhat his full-time job, with substitute teaching on the side? Or maybe he just enjoys teaching enough that he'll sub regardless of whether he "needs" the money (though I'm sure the extra income doesn't hurt either way).

Anyway. I watched the opening two-parter the other day. So I could properly argue about Celestia's hair! ( )

I think 'soup was right though the flashbacks were the best part. In fact I could have done with whole episodes for those events rather than the snippets we saw.

As for the main plot, it felt rather forced. Especially the 'go-home twilight' and 'we'll always be friends because elements!' thing to set up the lesson. Twilight's worries and difficulties flying worked though and the animation for the big fights was very impressive for the show.

Crazedwraith wrote: I think 'soup was right

I tend to be
anyway yeah, that two-parter was kind of weak. I wouldn't go so far as to call it bad but eh
the latest episode was pretty good though, you should watch that
also have a look at this (especially the image in the description)
and (kinda sorta spoilers for the latest episode):

Okay soup what is your take on the whole "Why wasn't Celestia's hair pink in the flashbacks?" debate.

why would it be pink?

Because it was pink in the storybook scenes from the pilot episode. Hence that whole "young Celestia had pink hair" fanon that's around.

Well since her hair was pink in the storybook depictions of the Nightmare Moon battle, her hair being the usual wavy multicolor magic in the flashback (and Luna as well, instead of looking like her S1 self) is apparently a continuity error, or so the argument goes.

she also had pointed legs in the storybook segment though

Yeah I know, my position on it is that it's just a stylized impression, not to be taken literally. The pink hair thing isn't my argument, but apparently people are out there making it. I take it you do not agree.

Which just means

Crazedwraith wrote:'soup was right

of course

eh
nerds
it's all Tolkien's fault

Thanks, Obama Tolkien.

I have to agree for the most part with that post. I think I finally learned to let go thanks to the horrible state of the Star Wars EU and just decided to accept the elements I liked and ignore the crap that I don't. Which means Pellaeon is still alive and being badass out there.

But yeah. Also the whole TCW thing. That said, I do think show runners should try to respect continuity rather than just do whatever they want (unless it's for comedic effect like The Simpsons, which does acknowledge past continuity as they gleefully ignore it) because otherwise it just makes it seem like past events didn't matter.

But this mainly applies to the broad strokes, I feel. Like in ST they don't just pretend the Dominion War never happened, but if they did a flashback to a time period set in early DS9 but Sisko is bald because Avery Brooks didn't want to wear a wig, who the fuck cares? That sort of thing. Which means that yes, getting hung up on whether or not Celestia's hair should be pink (ignoring whether that was ever the intended purpose or just pure fanon in the first place) is pointless, because it's that kind of little detail that just plain doesn't matter. If they had banished Discord without using the Elements of Harmony in the flashback, that would I think be a more acceptable thing to complain about.

So just wondering, but do you know what happened to bring about that blog entry?

Thanks, Obama Tolkien.

I have to agree for the most part with that post. I think I finally learned to let go thanks to the horrible state of the Star Wars EU and just decided to accept the elements I liked and ignore the crap that I don't. Which means Pellaeon is still alive and being badass out there.

But yeah. Also the whole TCW thing. That said, I do think show runners should try to respect continuity rather than just do whatever they want (unless it's for comedic effect like The Simpsons, which does acknowledge past continuity as they gleefully ignore it) because otherwise it just makes it seem like past events didn't matter.

But this mainly applies to the broad strokes, I feel. Like in ST they don't just pretend the Dominion War never happened, but if they did a flashback to a time period set in early DS9 but Sisko is bald because Avery Brooks didn't want to wear a wig, who the fuck cares? That sort of thing. Which means that yes, getting hung up on whether or not Celestia's hair should be pink (ignoring whether that was ever the intended purpose or just pure fanon in the first place) is pointless, because it's that kind of little detail that just plain doesn't matter. If they had banished Discord without using the Elements of Harmony in the flashback, that would I think be a more acceptable thing to complain about.

So just wondering, but do you know what happened to bring about that blog entry?

So I've been doing a little research and apparently Tara Strong's had a bit of a thing for posting closeups of her chest on instagram.

And this, which was great

timmy wrote:So I've been doing a little research and apparently Tara Strong's had a bit of a thing for posting closeups of her chest on instagram.

I demand proof of this.

And hey, if you've got it, flaunt it.

that squeep? Luna is adorbs that is all