#262326
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:03:31 PM
from Meinong's jungle
Okay, that's brilliant.
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#262327
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:04:26 PM
from Trottingham
oh god arthopods are the spawn of satan please no
I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.
Element of Indecision.
#262328
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:05:10 PM
from Texas
So would anyone else be interested in another flashback episode? I'd rather like to see how the Mane 6 met each other (minus Twilight of course). It's not actually very clear whether or not the 5 of them were supposed to be close friends before Twilight showed up. Fluttershy and Rainbow have been friends a long time, but I don't think we know about any of the others.
#262329
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:06:02 PM
from Trottingham
@Blue Sounds good to me.
I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.
Element of Indecision.
#262330
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:06:52 PM
from Manehattan to Canterlot
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Yeah, I'd like to see that!
edited 30th Jul '12 9:07:02 PM by ApplelightLimited
Tealove is best pony.
Ask The Mane Six
#262331
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:08:37 PM
from Trottingham
Speaking of new episodes, do you think they'll do a two-parter for the season premiere? They seem to like that for season premieres and finales.
I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.
Element of Indecision.
#262332
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:09:24 PM
from Meinong's jungle
I wouldn't mind if one happened, although I'd probably prefer stuff that happens in the present. Although I guess it would be kinda cool if they had a framing device where the cast explains how they met as fillies before Twilight moved to town. Maybe they could add some shades of Rashomon to it.
I'd assume so, although I don't know how the abbreviated season size will affect it.
I'd assume so, although I don't know how the abbreviated season size will affect it.
edited 30th Jul '12 9:09:56 PM by JapaneseTeeth
#262333
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:09:28 PM
from Texas
I imagine it would start with one character meeting another, and then spread out from there. Like, Dash meets Fluttershy, Fluttershy meets Applejack (maybe helping her establish her land, since Flutters wouldn't know anything about living on the ground), then Applejack meets Rarity (maybe take notice of her lack of fashion and try to convince her to come to her brand new shop), then Pinkie meets Rarity, and convinces them all to have a party at the end to establish their friendship. That's how I'd write it I guess.
I expect they will.
I expect they will.
edited 30th Jul '12 9:10:02 PM by Bluespade
#262334
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:10:24 PM
from the road
It would be funny if Pinkie did understand what they were talking about. Like it turns out she's some kind of idiot savant.
There was an amusing fanfic where it's revealed that Pinkie has a Ph.D. in Contraptionology (basically, mad engineering). The party cannon? Pinkie designed and built it herself.
The reason no one else in Ponyville knows about Pinkie's credentials is that, whenever she starts talking theory, everyone assumes "Oh, that's just Pinkie being Pinkie."
Don't remember the name of the fic, but it had a sequel which was named Contraptionology.
Polar ponies would need some means to grow plants in the freezing climate, or they'd have to get used to seaweed and lichen.
They could eat the arctic circle candy.
So can we get the FULL REVELATION cranking?
#262335
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:11:46 PM
from Texas
What's with the giant pink pony, Meta? She's cute.
#262336
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:12:44 PM
from Over there. Maybe?
It's Slowpoke pony!
#262337
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:13:20 PM
from The Garden of My Mind
Slowpony~
Don't give into the pressure of society, just be yourself, be fun, be crazy
#262338
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:13:22 PM
from Appleloosa
Applejack and Rarity probably weren't close friends. And I doubt Pinkie and Rainbow were either.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#262339
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:14:03 PM
from Trottingham
@Meta Who's that pony? Oh, Slowpoke, ok.
Also, as a side note, I'd like to toss this theory out there, just because I haven't heard anyone mention a similar one:
The Discord arc was originally going to be the Season 1 finale, and possibly the series finale, if Hasbro didn't order a second season. They did, however, and just decided to tweak the Discord arc slightly so that it would work better as a premiere. This explains why it came out earlier than the rest of the season, and why it builds on all the events on Season 1.
The Discord arc was originally going to be the Season 1 finale, and possibly the series finale, if Hasbro didn't order a second season. They did, however, and just decided to tweak the Discord arc slightly so that it would work better as a premiere. This explains why it came out earlier than the rest of the season, and why it builds on all the events on Season 1.
edited 30th Jul '12 9:14:26 PM by SkyStrike
I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.
Element of Indecision.
#262340
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:14:45 PM
from Appleloosa
Who's that pony?
It's Rainbow Dash! Ah darn it!
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#262341
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:16:22 PM
from Manehattan to Canterlot
@ Sky
Makes sense. That would have at least have made a tight story with a proper conclusion.
Tealove is best pony.
Ask The Mane Six
#262342
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:17:51 PM
from Texas
Applejack and Rarity probably weren't close friends. And I doubt Pinkie and Rainbow were either.
This might be true. In Look Before You Sleep Rarity and Applejack didn't seem to know each other well, and Rainbow came to the realization that she liked hanging out with Pinkie in Griffon the Brush Off after she'd initially tried to avoid her. So they probably weren't good friends.
#262343
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:19:13 PM
from America
#262344
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:19:22 PM
from the road
@Blue: It's a ponified Slowpoke. My way of lampshading the fact that I'm responding to old stuff.
As for "how the mane six sans Twilight met", I can't say I'm sold on the concept. Some of the early episodes show them (Applejack vs. Rarity in "Look Before You Sleep"; Rainbow Dash vs. Pinkie Pie at the beginning of "Griffon the Brush Off") clashing in ways that imply they hadn't interacted much before the whole Nightmare Moon incident. Showing that they were actually all friends before Twilight arrived would strain my...
Maybe they could add some shades of Rashomon to it.
YES. DO IT.
So can we get the FULL REVELATION cranking?
#262345
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:19:33 PM
from Eastern US
@Sky: I thought that was pretty much confirmed?
@Blue: Yeah, that's my take on it, and that's the reason I put LBYS so early in my timeline (which, ugh, needs updating).
#262346
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:22:01 PM
from Trottingham
@Red I've never seen any Word of God on it, and I haven't seen anyone mention it here either. Maybe I'm just pointing out the obvious.
I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.
Element of Indecision.
#262347
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:22:34 PM
from Texas
Better idea: they could show how they all met and initially got along horribly, then contrast it with how close they are now. The moral being "give people a chance to show their good sides" or something like that.
@Red: Is there some reason to think the episodes aren't shown in chronological order?
#262348
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:23:28 PM
from Manehattan to Canterlot
@ Blue
Another great idea! 
Tealove is best pony.
Ask The Mane Six
#262349
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:24:23 PM
from Eastern US
@Blue: Let me tell you about Homestuck pull up my timeline here...
Uh, well, the formatting will be an issue if I just post it directly, and it's pretty long. Suffice to say that there are instances - "Show Stoppers" (S 1 E 18) should come after "Cutie Mark Chronicles" (S 1 E 23) chronologically, because the clubhouse doesn't make an appearance at all in the latter, for instance.
edited 30th Jul '12 9:28:45 PM by RedSavant
#262350
Mon, 30th Jul '12 9:26:54 PM
@Blue: That honestly makes about as much sense as the other extreme. They had to have been able to at least be somewhat amicable towards each other if they were so willing to work together in the pilot.