Please do. Spread the word.

Anyway, just hit the first commercial break for S 3 E 1. I'm... kind of worried so far, actually. I don't know why Luna's so upset with Twilight, and I don't like that hint of Ascension there.

Edit: Hooray, second song. Hnngh, I needed bouncing Fluttershy back in my life.

edited 11th Nov '12 1:19:25 AM by RedSavant

You watching it now?

Yup, just hit episode 2.

Aw, Pinkie. You already have a Flugle Horn.

edited 11th Nov '12 1:26:23 AM by RedSavant

I found a great comment on the video I'm watching:

And, y'know, brutal protracted slavery in a region that screwed with the emotional state of the whole country.

I don't think Luna was actually pissed at Twilight, really. Just that she's usually pretty stern on the whole, and her neutral-face looks a little uncanny. I can kinda relate to that, really — people think I'm pissed off about something pretty often when I'm usually just kind of spacing out and thinking about stuff or enjoying the music in my head.

Just finished both episodes. Spoilers...

Twilight is OP as usual. Sombra went out like a bitch before there was an actual confrontation, and appears to have been blown to pieces in a rather hindsight-disturbing way. He had a cool set of gimmicks too; I kind of wanted there to at least be more than a few seconds of him fucking shit up and the other Manes taking him head-on, instead of the line being held right up until the very end. Then again, he seemed to be a lot more balls-out DESTROY EVERYTHING than our previous villains, so I understand why a fight scene may not have been feasible.

Mixed feelings on the whole framing it all as a test for Twilight. I realize Celestia knows that's a quick way to motivate the girl, but she should also be aware that it's a hell of a double-edged sword. I mean, Twilight's Exam Mode seems to actually take priority over her Hero Mode. On the other hoof, it's an excuse for solo Twilight, and it's kind of interesting to see how she's actually gotten badass enough over the course of the series to do that by now. That, and seeing her copy Sombra's general malaise spell was pretty awesome.

EDIT: f'ing a, they took out superspoilers!

edited 11th Nov '12 1:46:18 AM by Pykrete

...Twilight is Original Poster?

overpowered

Oh.

Twilight has always been, and will likely forever be OP.

But this isn't a competitively balanced fighting game or MMORPG, so it's all good.

Well, that's kind of her thing. She almost killed a room full of ponies by accident when she was about nine years old...

And if you subscribe to Rainrad theory, it's because she's irradiated.

Okay, just finished it. That was a good opener - not as good as the Wedding was a closer, but still very good. Sombra certainly lacked the personality of the other villains, but I can appreciate him as a force rather than a character. (Also, his design was kind of silly, so I'm glad he didn't get all that much focus.)

Okay, the book is worrying me, though. There are a lot of hints in this episode of an overarching plot, which is fantastic, but if it's Ascension... hm, I don't know.

At least Spike finally got a window! And everyone continues to hit on everyone else. There were gryphons at the library, too...

I love how Celestia keeps turning event into stained-glass windows.

Kind of makes you wonder how it's even possible that those upper-class rubes in Sweet and Elite could possibly have no recognized Rarity.

I'm hoping it's not Ascension.

I think it's just more powerful magic. Twilight has shown she's able to use Dark Magic now, and she knows advanced telekinesis, teleportation, object fixation, enchantment, and science.

So maybe it's alchemy.

@Enlong: They're just snotty jumped-up nobles, they don't get the true meaning of the glasswork in Canterlot Castle. The actual council, the Guards and the staff all know what's really up.

I wonder what sort of Alchemy it'd be. I hope not FMA-style alchemy. Cool as it is, you just know Twilight's he sor to think "That resurrection formula is just incomplete. I just know I can figure it out."

I like to imagine that Fancy Pants knows as well. Like, he knew who Rarity was the whole time, and he went along with her little fib because he knew she needed a little... boost to get through the absolute pigheadedness of the other high-ups.

edited 11th Nov '12 1:57:38 AM by Enlong

Hey, it could be healing magic. Or maybe even Area of Effect offensive magic. Twi only has the bolt right now.

@Enlong: True. I like to imagine Fancy is a spymaster for Celestia or Luna.

What's Ascension?

EDIT:Are we talking about Alicorn Twilight theories?

EDIT 2: Called it.

edited 11th Nov '12 1:59:39 AM by DeviantBraeburn

Yeah that'd be a one-way ticket to some rather ill-placed SCIENCE.

General fan theory that Celestia's grooming Twilight to be another princess.

edited 11th Nov '12 1:59:15 AM by Pykrete

@Devbrae: Oh, it's just fancy fanon for Twi getting promoted to Alicorn.

@Braeburn

Becoming an Alicorn.

Alternatively, they could be setting her up for court archmage. But knowing Hasbro it's probably princess.

Also my favorite moment was Pinkie as Fluttershy. That was fucking perfect, and Fluttershy creeping out over the her-skin on the floor was even better

edited 11th Nov '12 2:01:35 AM by Pykrete

Double ninja'd

I'm expecting Luna's Little Black Book to have significance this season.

Becoming as powerful as powerful can be.

Making my mark on those twits who teased me mercilessly.

edited 11th Nov '12 2:01:53 AM by KylerThatch

And that's the art of revenge~