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2012-03-07, 04:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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2012-03-07, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerNo, they shouldn't be. However, said sibling cannot appear spontaneously, as unlike a mother and father, the existence of an older sibling isn't guaranteed and cannot be just assumed. Therefore, if the sibling needs to appear, the episode must make sure to introduce him properly, and the backstory of the sibling must be plausible enough to have him be completely absent from the character's daily life and dialogue up to this point.
I.e. "This is my brother I never told you about" is wrong, "Oh my gosh, can it really be my brother, I've never seen him since he left to live abroad when I was little" would be closer to acceptable.Bearer of the Psionic Flame
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2012-03-07, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerI don't think the writers should put in a plot-important character as a sibling in the season finale. That just feels like a complete flank-pull.
Twilight might not have said anything about it, because she doesn't want to seem so high-and-mighty, but no foreshadowing at all?
As for pony-izing myself, here's the best three out of a half-dozen or so attempts today:
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2012-03-07, 04:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 05:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerWell, there probably up in the clouds, and it would probably be hard for them to actualy go on a trip when they would have a nice, ground-free lifestyle. Heck, seeing just how competive Cloudsdale was (bullies never realy got punished on screen, arses mocked flutters, ect), they are presumably raised to be rather indipendent. Fluttershy, presumably, has little reason to go back to the place that made her childhood a wreak, and Dash presumably is having to much fun with her job and her friends for a visit to cross her mind. You dont see much of there parents because, presumably, they are controling the weather elsewhere, or they have other jobs to deal with. Like, say, makeing liquid rainbows or churning up big clouds in isolated areas.
Scootalo may simply have a mother who works the night-weather shift somewhere, and the reason she has so much free time is because her father works in Cloudsdale. I know that this is entirely feasible, because I have a parent who comes home around 3am-ish and leaves for work at around six. Hence, plenty of time for a filly to goof off.
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2012-03-07, 05:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey guys. Remember when we used to label our spoilers so that people knew what was inside them? Good times... Good times...
And so that I'm not being completely negative, random, non-spoilery pics:
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2012-03-07, 05:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXXIX: There is no Pegasus Mafia!
Just going to chime in on dead conversations here, don't mind me.
SpoilerThis just gets better when you remember that Twilight was discorded too and reverted herself using those same letters, and three weeks later? Lesson zero!
Are you people stealthing your birthdays to challenge my attentiveness?
Let's see if the drill has been established by now...
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I'm surprised to see that I'm the only one here interested in hyperosmia.
Quoted for future reading.
SpoilerDidn't one of the animators mention working on a very disturbing scene in the season finale? Methinks this wedding could get interesting.
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2012-03-07, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Playing Mass Effect 3... while doing interviews... and pony.
Are ponies in suits saving the galaxy?
There's no time for sleep and it's all blending together.
I think ponies in suits are saving the galaxy.Ask me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2012-03-07, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Consider this thirded.
Also, Siosilvar? As much as Thanqol is an authority on many things, I must say I think that the general colour-scheme is fine. Of the latest three, I like the first most. The third is quite good, but the stripe needs work, I think. It looks too much like, well, a line. Thicker, like one stripe of Rainbow Dash's colours could work perhaps?
I prefer the first though, either way.
The bright yellow hooves are a bit strange, though.
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2012-03-07, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'mma sayin' you're cuddly! :3
...win.
Did you know that that is (eventually) the primary limit placed on Lixie's powers? My/her power is limted to that which best serves the 'plot' at any given moment, expressly and specifically.
I want some space liches who actually have as their phylacteries their entire ships.
Not much to tell. After attracting the attention of the Aotrs, they offered me a commission, I accepted and became a Lich.
As to what I did to attract the attention of the Aotrs...sorry, I'm afraid that's one of the very few times, I have to metaphorically smile politely, and say "that's classified."
Yeah, it's above even my pay-grade, that.
What about me?
That is awesome.
(Though if I met a real Cybertank capable of stretching it's turret up like that I wouldn't know whether to laugh or be worried.)
Because ponies.
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2012-03-07, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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So do I.
Now, let's check the list:
1. Pony.
2. Cutie mark.
3. Learn to draw.
4. ???
5. Profit!
I thinfh I need another stfep in there abouf learning to hold a penfil in my hoovsh so I can talk at the same time as I'm writing. Maybe I could get one of those baby dragons instead...ze/zir | she/her
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2012-03-07, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: TVGuideGate, Closing Season Advance Episode Description, random speculation, whatever you want to call it.
SpoilerI watched Children's TV Shows in the 80's and 90's so I totally go this.
The reason why Twilight Sparkle never talked about her brother is because, prior to this episode, she never had a brother. You see, Shining Armor's parents, as a wedding gift for him, decided to adopt Twilight Sparkle, thus making her his brother- this is the actual shocker. Because of that, Twilight actually has to move out of Ponyville, to whatever foreign land Shining Armor resides. This is predicted to put a strain on all the friendships Twilight has created, so the Mane 6 start scheming up plans to ruin the wedding.
As all marriage plans do on children's TV, the wedding goes off without a hitch, regardless. Steadfastedly yearning to return to Ponyville, Twilight ends up partnering with 5 other new ponies in Newlandia (Judging from the Happy Meal toys, Lily Blossom will be one of them) to achieve her goals. In the process, she sees how upset her leaving Shining Armor makes him. By the end of the episode, Twilight learns the lesson that she can keep her old friends while still making new friends, and decides to stay in Newlandia. The original mane 6 promise to write to each other and occasionally visit, but as soon as season 3 rolls out we never hear from the rest of the five again.
Season 3 rolls out with each pony getting new weapons to compliment their snap-on armor they got in Season 2, and introduces a more extreme, edgier storyline as Twilight combats the forces of unfriendship with her new friends and defend the fair maiden Cadence.
There you have it. A sufficient explanation of why nobody said that Twilight Sparkle had a brother in the first place, so who could have any complants?
"Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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2012-03-07, 07:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler label: refutation
SpoilerThere is no pegasus mafia! I thought we'd established that pages ago!
Spoiler label: legitimate disagreement
SpoilerBear in mind that Twilight's daily life has been, for the span of the series, in a different city than her parents'. We have no indication that they were close, even before that. I have no problem believing that if she mentioned her brother at all to other ponies since she moved, it was in the form of brief reminiscences (I remember when my brother...). Such things can easily happen without note in between episodes or even scenes.
That said, yes, "my brother I never told you about" is wrong. I'd think that just "my brother, Shining Armor" would be all right, though.Level 4 Bibliophile/Level 3 Bard, working toward the Bibliomancer Prestige Class
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2012-03-07, 07:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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2012-03-07, 07:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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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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2012-03-07, 08:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerOf course not, but this finale is already asking us to accept a LOT of stuff that hasn't really been established, and I think that putting in an out-of-nowhere sibling as an excuse for the Mane 6 to get involved is silly. That said, we could have had a solid Twilight episode where her brother came to town, and she felt shown up/overshadowed and worried that her friends liked him more than her. That would be a great way to introduce the character. I just worry that they're trying to cram way too much into this finale. Even if they decided to throw Twilight's brother into the finale, it wouldn't have been too late to add a throwaway line into an earlier episode that establishes that he exists at all. Again, I'm hoping that I'm wrong and it turns out to be great.
In other personal fanon related to pony relatives, I'm also holding out for an episode where Pinkie's Aunt Surprise comes to visit her favorite niece and we find out that she had a falling out with her sister/Pinkie's mom sometime in the past. Pinkie tries to fix it, unsuccessfully, and we get the moral that even if grown ups don't always get along with each other it doesn't mean they can't both love their kids.
I think Faust said she didn't picture RD being a good older sister. I'm inclined towards only child.
This is totally sane and sensible by pony thread standardsLast edited by Eakin; 2012-03-07 at 08:12 PM.
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2012-03-07, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 08:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's fine, sure, it's not good.
Jayden: Cuddly like a fox! I don't know I'm out of comebacks.
...win.
Did you know that that is (eventually) the primary limit placed on Lixie's powers? My/her power is limted to that which best serves the 'plot' at any given moment, expressly and specifically.
Purple hooves are you mad
Otherwise this one works better, the tone's reminiscent of beaches.
Yep, that would be fun. Now imagine what happens when you go to a concert or head out Christmas shopping and have a few hundred people in your view at the same time.
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2012-03-07, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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So there's this giant robot, right?
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But it's okay, the Ponithid has lured it into the spoiler box.
Well done Ponithid!
This is what I did instead of getting to bed at a decent hour.
I regret nothing.Last edited by Tiki Snakes; 2012-03-07 at 08:31 PM.
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2012-03-07, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 08:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-07, 08:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Amazing
You're not crazy?
Get out.
Jayden: Ahhhh, too tired to protest.
She put it on herself to avoid censure from the Foundation. It's bypassed by certain extreme emotional circumstances, but that's more a safeguard... and a loophole.
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