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#278051 Purple Dalek Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:25:57 AM from the Moon

Celestia and Luna went back in time and created the world and all the ponies.

"You mean, you detect the dreaded hand of my nemesis' henchman, Viscount von Sausageroll?"

#278052 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:27:44 AM from Chicago

Just like in Repo Man.

God, I love that movie. It's so weird.

But... yeah. Jason Todd may be kind of a Badass now, was resurrected in a way that even I think is kind of stupid.

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#278053 Bluespade Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:28:20 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

I really don't understand why everyone disputes the idea that Granny Smith is several hundred years old. The show gave us two facts: Ponyville has been around for several hundred years, and Granny Smith was there when it was founded. Therefore, she is several centuries old.

Flying ponies who can hover and levitate with little feathery wings and unicorns who use their horns to do all sorts of magic, ponies who can pull houses around and kick ponies over the horizon, alicorns who explicitly live thousands of years, all fine. Why does a 300 year old Earth Pony break your Willing Suspension of Disbelief?

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#278054 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:29:57 AM from Chicago

Well, my Willing Suspension of Disbelief was rocked to its core by the Superboy Prime punching the universe thing, but I still go along with it.

By the way, I totally recommend Repo Man. It's so 80s, I love it. I can't believe I missed the 80s... I was made for The Eighties.

I guess I'll always have The Nineties.

edited 2nd Sep '12 10:32:21 AM by condottiera

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#278055 Japanese Teeth Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:36:37 AM from Meinong's jungle

Except I don't think it ever confirms that Ponyville is, in fact, that old. The other thing is that if typical ponies lived that long, there'd be a lot more old farts running around. It basically comes down to either "Granny is several hundred years old" or "Twilight misspoke and/or didn't state her facts clearly", and I find the latter a lot more likely. I feel like if ponies living multiple centuries were commonplace, it would be an important enough aspect of the setting that it would have come up at some point.

edited 2nd Sep '12 10:38:29 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#278056 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:38:50 AM from Chicago

Twilight would not get that fact wrong.

I know because I would not get that fact wrong.

Watching The Da Vinci Code was an agonizing experience.

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#278057 Purple Dalek Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:39:07 AM from the Moon

Granny Smith clearly bathes in the blood of virgins.

"You mean, you detect the dreaded hand of my nemesis' henchman, Viscount von Sausageroll?"

#278058 storyyeller Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:42:01 AM from Appleloosa

Also on the Winter Wrap Up thing, the way I heard Twilight phrased sounded like she was say that Ponyville had been doing it the Earth Pony way for hundreds of years, not that Earth Ponies had been doing it for hundreds of years and that is how Ponyville does it.

That's how I initially interperted it too, but that seems to have been contradicted.

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#278059 Mio Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:46:17 AM

Which is why I say it is a retcon.

I can see her having very detailed knowledge of the event's history, but not knowing how the event is actually being conducted.

edited 2nd Sep '12 10:48:51 AM by Mio

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#278060 Badwolfwho Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:47:11 AM from Stardust Road

Twilight didn't prepare for Winter Wrap Up enough to find out what she'd even do during it. This does not bode well for her knowledge of the thing.

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#278061 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:47:38 AM from Chicago

I am a slave to continuity.

Still getting over my general huffiness at the DC reboot, after all.

Hmph.

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#278062 Japanese Teeth Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:47:46 AM from Meinong's jungle

Okay, the exact line in question is this:

No Spike, Ponyville was started by Earth ponies, so for hundreds of years they've never used magic to clean up winter. It's traditional.

I admit this implies that Ponyville is hundreds of years old, but I still think there's some ambiguity about whether she's intending to refer to Earth ponies in general, or the Earth ponies in Ponyville. It could really be argued either way. I personally lead towards the former given that we have more evidence that Ponyville was founded relatively recently and Twilight just phrased it badly, but that's just me.

edited 2nd Sep '12 10:48:51 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#278063 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:48:33 AM from Chicago

So, what you're saying is, it's vague enough that you can believe whatever you want?

Just like Real Life!

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#278064 The Freeman Sun, 2nd Sep '12 10:51:15 AM from Hialeah,FL.

Umbreon got deleted. Booo.

Playing your games wrong.

edited 2nd Sep '12 11:22:42 AM by TheFreeman

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#278065 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:07:36 AM from Chicago

Why is it tagged "Fluttershy?"

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#278066 Super Gex Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:13:30 AM from Your Face

@Umbreon pic LOL at the Pokemaniac argument in the comments about the ranking of Umbreon in the games.

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#278067 Davidthe Mouse 14 Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:21:11 AM

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#278068 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:22:53 AM from Chicago

Well, maybe cause it had nothing to do with ponies.

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#278069 storyyeller Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:29:28 AM from Appleloosa

What was the Umbreon thing?

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#278070 d Roy Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:33:07 AM from University at Buffalo

Good afternoon, bronies. I have a question regarding the series pilot.

So out of resentment, Luna turned into the Nightmare Moon. This said entity was so powerful, and Celestia couldn't cleanse the corruption. So, she had to harness a powerful set of artifacts that is the Elements of Harmony, exiling Luna/Nightmare Moon TO THE MOON!

Am I getting it right so far?

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#278071 Super Gex Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:36:54 AM from Your Face

Mousa uploaded this. Was it posted here yet?

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#278072 The Freeman Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:37:03 AM from Hialeah,FL.

Pretty.

Dramatic.

"All I ever wanted was the truth." Element of Ambiguity

#278073 Mousa The 14 Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:37:10 AM from Northern Virginia

Ya know why idjits like JJ are sho lazy? 'cause if they even attempted to waste as much time as I did on some worthless fanshervice pictur, they'd get nothing done in the time they'd want it dun.

Spitfire and Soarin' on the cover of Skyrunners Illustrated

and here's da derpibooru link or whateves

, I'm gunna go die or sumsuch.

EDIT: Gex, you know full well even if it was posted before no one but Applelight would care, and further more, how the hell did you get to it before I did?

edited 2nd Sep '12 11:37:55 AM by MousaThe14

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#278074 Badwolfwho Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:38:03 AM from Stardust Road

@ Roy: Yeah pretty much, some people think there's an evil space miasma that made Luna into Nightmare Moon before or after that first step. I disagree with that fanon personally.

edited 2nd Sep '12 11:38:27 AM by Badwolfwho

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#278075 Blissey 1 Sun, 2nd Sep '12 11:39:42 AM from a random Pokècenter

Mousa, are feeling ok? you haven't been hitting the cider, have you?

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