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2012-03-24, 05:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Season finale, speculation time!
SpoilerAnyone see if Twilight/Shining's parents are in the crowd of the wedding? If they're not there I guess hopes for Luna are even smaller.
Also, new synopsis is out... apparently Cadence is Celestia's niece? More mind screwing pony genealogy. Either that or only explanation is Cadence is Luna's daughter. First thing she did after returning from the moon was find the first stallion in sight...
Anyway, on to the promised speculation, maybe more silly now with the above note: Cadence is actually Luna! Think about it, Luna feels neglected and alone again, she has her duties at night when most other ponies sleep, and maybe a lot of ponies still feel a little uncomfortable around her. So she begins to wonder if anypony could ever love the real her and so she takes on a new identity, Cadence, to experience true love. Only, things don't go as planned...
I'm not sure how things end up in clones, maybe she has another panic attack like that of Lunar Eclipsed and try to "fix" the wedding when Twilight reveals that Cadence has some dark secret.
Lesson, of course, would be to be yourself and so on.
Eh... I guess I'm grasping at straws here. I really don't like the prospect of this one.
And do you think Cadence is as long-lived/potentially-immortal as Celestia and Luna? Because if she is, what of Shining? He seems to be a perfectly normal unicorn.
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2012-03-24, 05:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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We got the synopsis for both parts of the wedding *SPOILERS*:
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Episode 25 - A Canterlot Wedding Part 1
Air Date: April 21
Synopsis: Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, is marrying Princess Celestia's niece, Cadence.
Episode 26 - A Canterlot Wedding Part 2
Air Date: April 21 (Listing the same date for both, I'm stumped)
Synopsis: Twilight discovers a dark secret about Cadence right before the wedding.
Calling it now, whatever Cadence turns out to be, the wedding will go on as planned and the Aesop will be "Be yourself".
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2012-03-24, 06:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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ROYAL CANTERLOT WEDDING
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My guess is she's Celetia's niece in the same way Blueblood is her nephew, perhaps a it more closely related (explaining the alicorn-ness). But then again, it all depends on what her "dark secret" is.
Whoa.Last edited by Athaniar; 2012-03-24 at 09:12 AM.
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2012-03-24, 06:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 07:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerHeh, she thinks she is a fairytale princess, who is going to be taken away by a noble prince who will love her and her subjects forever and ever. Problem is, she is no alicorn, the stallion she is marrying is not only not a prince but a brainwashed stallion that found her at the wrong time, and he subjects are all just clones of other, living ponies. She's just a crazy, crazy mare with a complex that would make Pinkie seem normal and sane under the surface.
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2012-03-24, 08:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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AAAAAAARGH! Spoilers! Spoilers everywhere! Why did they have to release a clip of the finale!? I'll never be able to avoid everything until then! It's bad enough that certain points about the finale have been spoiled to me already (not by you guys though).
And I notice some of you are discussing things outside of spoiler tags. We have rules about this. Please keep any discussions about future episodes, even speculation, in spoiler tags. So far I've managed to avoid stuff by averting my eyes and quickly scrolling when I see things, but please be careful. I don't want to have to boycott Ponythread until the series is over.
And so that this isn't all moaning, have some Lyracorn.
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2012-03-24, 10:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ask me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2012-03-24, 10:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 11:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Finale (without my insane rambling theories of madness)
SpoilerI am interested in seeing Rarity's reaction to all of this though. Maybe she's the only pony Twilight even told about her connectionsAsk me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2012-03-24, 12:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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New episode
SpoilerAnd thus, Fluttertree became cannonIf brute force isn't working, that just means you're not using enough of it.
When in doubt, set something on fire. If not in doubt, set something on fire anyway.
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2012-03-24, 12:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerCold-war era filmstrip writer is best ponyAsk me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2012-03-24, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Before this thread drowns in spoilers today - if you have a steam account you might want to go check a certain Steam group. For two reasons. Just saying
Come one, come all! GitP MLP Steam Group is open!
Current location of the last MLP Thread OP, too.
Want to ask me something? Use MAIL or message me on Steam!
"Well, the Great and Powerful Trixie can't actually transport you to Equestria... But!
The Great and Powerful Trixie can beat you over the head until you think that's what happened!"
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2012-03-24, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hurricane Fluttershy, initial thoughts, kinda
SpoilerDamn these streams are getting worse and worse. Unavailable, overfilled, lagging worse and worse for every week... The only one I could access at all was so freakin' slow it might as well have been dead. Practically unwatchable.
Fluttertree! ^^
That pony is one heck of a freak! But we've known that for a while. Did he actually have a part in all this, though? Seemed really odd given that apparently his entire role boiled down to something like three "YEAH!"s
Saw Derpy a few times. Despite the lagging. That was nice.
Crying Fluttershy makes me cry
Animals to the rescue. Nice.
Ooooh, Spitfire!
Awesome horn!
Seemed like a nice episode, from the few combined seconds I managed to piece together.
I guess I'll have to wait for youtube again this week, cause that was absolutely useless. I missed like 90% of the episode from lag.
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2012-03-24, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ummm... Hi. I've been *Ahem* a looooong time lurker of this since approximately end of summer last year. I had actually found that picture months ago and have been trying to get Trixie, by private chat on steam, to make that picture an appropriate thread starter.
So... yeah. Picture was found by me...
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Edit: Oh um... I also found this...*Goes back to hiding*Last edited by Silverraptor; 2012-03-24 at 12:35 PM.
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2012-03-24, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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today's episode 1st thoughts
SpoilerFLUTTERSHY IS A TREE!!
1st break and they show a spoiler for next week 8(
so many new named pegasi
I totally believe her...worst case of PonyPox i have ever seen
filly fluttershy in flight school...with cutie mark?
Abacus! Luna is going to be jealous!
good overall..not much in the way of standout moments
and dear gawd the FlutterDash fuel...Ponies not only make ME want to be a better person than I was before they entered my life, they make me want to HELP OTHERS be better people too.
And that is a GOOD thing by any definition.
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2012-03-24, 12:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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New episode:
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I am gonna say that Cindy Morrow has been terriffic in season 2, and this episode would be her best ever except I think Sisterhoove social edged it out just by a touch.
- yay! fluttertree
- Pony 50's PSA, best thing ever!
- Spitfire in command canon
- IT'S OVER ONE THOUSAND!! had to do it
- awwww cryingshy
- yay montage!
- Feather flu!
-Rainbow is now a tree.
- great aesop!
"Winning with friendship means winning at life!"
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2012-03-24, 12:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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New Episode initial thoughts
SpoilerOpening was really good. Fluttertree and Rainbow Dash recognizing Fluttertree. Combined with Rainbow recognizing Pinkie Pie in that hay disguise in season one, this is good evidence that Rainbow actually has really good perception.
1950s style film strip was spectacular. I'm curious what international viewers thought about it, since I associate it with a parody of the American school system and I'm not sure how widespread those kind of videos were.
Twilight being adorkable, although I think she made a mistake when she combined acceleration and velocity in her explanation. Does anypony remember her exact wording?
Fluttershy training montage was good, and I liked that even after that she remained significantly weaker, as that's more in keeping with how she's portrayed. Then doing better in the ending shows that Fluttershy really does best in an emergency when she needs to act to help others.
Based on Fluttershy's speed here (~6 wingpower since the gauge went just over 800) we can infer that Rainbow Dash dragging both Rarity and Pinkie Pie cut Rainbow's speed by about 2/3 in the Discord episode. That implies that all three of them weigh about the same amount, which also implies that the pegasus wings work on magic, not just a light bone structure. Of course, it's also just possible that discorded Rainbow Dash lacked the same motivation as normal Rainbow Dash and was flying slower starting out.
Interesting secondary lesson. When you're leading a group, it's important to push hard and inspire them, but don't ignore real problems. I'd bet that if Rainbow had let Thundermane go home in the beginning, none of the other pegasi would have caught featherflu and they wouldn't have been in the dire situation in which they found themselves.
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2012-03-24, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerUm, all this (especially the streams, I missed the cold opening). Except I was getting annoyed when Spitfire was standing there.....and standing there. She finally spoke and it didn't even sound like her. It sounded like Rainbow Dash.
Oh, and one more thing:
ANGEL WAS NICE!!
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2012-03-24, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Does anyone know if that preview of next week's episode that aired during the commercials has been uploaded anywhere? I was occupied with something during the ad break and missed it.
Anyway, episode thoughts:
SpoilerWas pretty good, can't really find anything to complain about, besides Spitfire just standing there and doing nothing for most of her appearance. Was it just me, or did Bon-Bon turn into a Pegasus?Last edited by Gamerlord; 2012-03-24 at 12:49 PM.
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2012-03-24, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Regarding spoilered episode point.
SpoilerI didn't think about that. They were one pony away from getting the water spout created, and that's to provide water for all of Equestria. How come Spitfire didn't just jump in to help? If Rainbow Dash is pushing a 16 wingpower, I'm sure that Spitfire would have broken the required 5 no sweat and is probably about equal with Rainbow.
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2012-03-24, 01:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-24, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh I agree with that. Either said pony was helping already or there was some good reason not to do so.
This is an episode spoiler but continues the non-spoilered discussion.
SpoilerIf Spitfire was helping that certainly solves one problem. I can think of a few good reasons not to help of course. It might be that getting the water from elsewhere isn't that hard and that she is there basically to act as a judge of Ponyville's efforts, so her helping wouldn't be allowed. Another possibility is that joining the tornado in the middle actually isn't all that safe and Fluttershy jumping in is even more heroic than we realized.
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2012-03-24, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerNow THAT'S how you do a Fluttershy episode
Fluttershy finally got to be a tree, the newsreel bit was the best world building we've gotten all season, and we got an awesome pony training montage. We even got a Spitfire cameo!
I'm sure the Flutterdash shippers are ecstatic with all the new material they got to work with, as wellProof-reading is totally unnecessary in the digital age now that we have spell cheque.
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2012-03-24, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hurricane Fluttershy, my thoughts, again, this time without lag - yay, youtube!
SpoilerThat was a really solid episode. That's the kind of episode Fluttershy really lacked this season. Great to see her back in form, being her good old self and really shining.
Really not sure what to make of that freak pony, is it a reference? Because seriously, that one felt wrong.
The old-timey movie at the beginning also bugged me a little, but I guess it's not a surprise by now. Just going to have to accept that they throw in technology haphazardly all the time, even if I'd like otherwise.
Loved all the Flutterdash. Loved all the background ponies. Loved adorkable Twilight. Great to see Spitfire again, even if she didn't get to do a lot. All in all, everything looked nice and worked great, especially Fluttershy. She really was great in this one.
Also that's three great episodes in a row. Nice to see.
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2012-03-24, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well to the specifics:
SpoilerOn the one hand this is water for all of Equestria. So it ultimately has to get done or everything goes to pot.
However at the same time it probably wouldn't throw things off terribly to wait a day or two and bring in outside help. However that would be a crushing embarrassment for Ponyville who would likely never get the chance to do so again.
So "she's there as judge" stands up as a reason, it just doesn't avoid certain jerky aspects.