@Lurker - Why would you even impersonate someone that you know nothing about?

Roy, I think you're getting a little nitpicky...

edited 7th Sep '12 6:22:04 PM by TheFreeman

At least people have heard of the saxophone. And you can play solos on it.

I want this.◊

If I appear to be so, do note that I am not trying to be so. I don't like nitpicky people so I don't like nitpicking myself.

We're tropers. I think we have a license to be nitpicky.

As do I. Though I say that about most pony plushies I see.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:23:51 PM by TheFreeman

@d Roy That person being your one shot at ultimate power and taking over an entire country is usually a good reason. Not to mention that she could mind control the one pony she knew of who would immediately know something was wrong. Twilight was the unknown factor that undid everything.

imaginges Chrysalis playing an rpg where she is Cadence

Oh man, that Vinyl plush. I am so jelly of the amazing plushes this fandom produces.

Its also possible Chrysalis only bothered keeping up the act in front of ponies she considered important, ie Shining and the princesses. And with Shining she could afford to slip a little, thanks to the mind control.

Mental Image: Chrysalis wielding an RPG.

For what reason, I have no idea.

Yeah, she was perfectly behaved when in front of Celestia, and her Wounded Gazelle Gambit actually had me going for a bit.

Relevant, sort of.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:28:00 PM by TheFreeman

@Vinyl Plushie: Argh, must... finish... own... plushie...

@Lurker - Why would that even be a one shot chance? It was not implied that she got her power from love of anyone other than Shining Armor. It wouldn't be as if it would be the only wedding. Now, if she transformed into Shining Armor and was gaining power from Cadance, it might make a bit more chance.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:28:55 PM by dRoy

What would she even do with a rotten pomegranate?

@d Roy How often is there a royal wedding in the middle of Canterlot with Celestia in attendance and the groom being the one pony in charge of all of Canterlot's defenses? That sounds like a one time deal to me.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:30:39 PM by PerpetualLurker

@Freeman: I love that picture.

@Lurker - If she was absorbing power from other guests in the wedding, probably. Nothing of sort is implied. This also raises the question of the defense of Royal Guards being so utterly incompetent that anyone which such a half-baked preparation can utterly penetrate its core.

Not, from the same artist, at least.

@D Roy: We have no idea how good her prep was. It was apparently good enough to fool Celestia so she must have done alright. Again, the only pony who saw through it was Twilight. Just because she didn't anticipate Cadance giving SA a powerup doesn't mean she didn't prepare well. That was literally the only thing that caught her offguard.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:36:40 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@d Roy Ultimate power comes after you overthrow the kingdom from the inside with a sudden changeling blitz. As for the guards, they weren't expecting the shield to go down. Why would they? As far as they knew, nothing could breach Shining Armor's shield while he was maintaining it. Not to mention the sheer numbers of the Changeling army. The plan was prepared extremely well, IMO. The only thing that was bungled was her handling of Twilight and her lack of knowledge of Cadance's abilities, both of which were X Factors she couldn't have planned for.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:39:39 PM by PerpetualLurker

This will be the last post for today because I need to take care of something.

JT - True, but

Chrysalis missed the fact that Cadance is a love goddess and acted completely different from the latter's character. I find it really annoying that how Cadance's drastic personality change escaped Shining Armor's notice. Yes, he said that Cadance was under stress because of having to prepare the whole wedding. However, as we see seconds after Chrysalis was defeated, she looked pretty fine, even the whole wedding preparation part did not change.

There are so many pieces of screws missing in this finale's structure.

If you want to disagree, feel free to do so.

Well then, see you all tomorrow.

Shining Armor was also pretty destracted by the impending threat, so it isn't too big a stretch that he didn't pick up on Cadence acting strange. They probably didn't see each other that much in the days leading up to the wedding.

2 things:

"Being a love goddess" =/= "can give fiance an ubercharge". Chrysalis knew Cadance was a love goddess, she just didn't know that Cadance could do that. Which isn't surprising given that Cadance isn't a fighter and has probably never used that power before anyway. Also, Chrysalis' personality was only truly different when she was around ponies she thought wouldn't notice the difference. Whenever she's around Celestia or SA she's totally in character.

He was being brainwashed. Of course he didn't notice. Also this And we have no idea when or how Chrysalis made the switch. She could have easily done so before preparations began and then played up the "stress" element to explain her behavior.

edited 7th Sep '12 6:51:35 PM by JapaneseTeeth