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#302951 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:26:22 AM from Singapore

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#302952 Applelight Limited Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:26:38 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ Cuckoo

That's...right, actually. If the show does it again, that would be wonderful.

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#302953 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:27:55 AM

@Sereg

The episode made a point of showing that the town was build on the only bit of livable land in the area, meaning that the buffalo would have needed to stop there to get food and water for their journey. Forcing them to run through the desert instead of by the river could easily be equally fatal.

#302954 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:28:37 AM from Singapore

I did a quick Google dive, and that there's a REAL cocktail Pinkie has

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edited 13th Nov '12 8:31:26 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#302955 Applelight Limited Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:32:31 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Why did I read that story you linked Ace? Why did I do that to myself?

Bloody hell, I've just had to wipe a tear away.

edited 13th Nov '12 8:33:15 AM by ApplelightLimited

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#302956 Enlong Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:32:45 AM from The Magitek Holyland

But it is equally true that the land was the buffaloes' property before the ponies showed up and assumed it was empty. Taking something legitimately owned by one party because another one needs it more can turn into a bit of an issue.

Of course, the ponies didn't know that it belonged to someone else, so there is that.

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#302957 Badwolfwho Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:35:06 AM from Stardust Road

I dislike Over A Barrel for pretty much everything except proving that Earth Ponies can't just go "lol orchard grown" in a second.

The bit on the train was pretty good as well I guess.

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#302958 Seraphem Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:35:30 AM from Delamare

Except it wasn't really land they owned, they didn't live there, they didn't use it most of the time. It was just land they passed through every now and then.

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#302959 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:36:59 AM from Singapore

@Apple: Sorry about that, I go all over the emotional spectrum.

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edited 13th Nov '12 8:39:20 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#302960 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:40:37 AM

@Seraph

What you're forgetting is that this is a First Contact scenario. Two completely different sets of beliefs, cultures, and laws are clashing, and it's wrong to call one superior to the other. The buffalo owned that land by their law, while they didn't by Equestrian law. A compromise was necessary.

#302961 Applelight Limited Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:40:52 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ Ace

No it's OK...I'm glad I read it.

edited 13th Nov '12 8:41:32 AM by ApplelightLimited

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#302962 Sereg Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:40:56 AM from South Africa

@Sereg The episode made a point of showing that the town was build on the only bit of livable land in the area, meaning that the buffalo would have needed to stop there to get food and water for their journey. Forcing them to run through the desert instead of by the river could easily be equally fatal.

They said it was the only flat land capable of growing trees. They didn't say anything about the buffulo using it as a stop off point. Even after the compromise, the buffulo didn't need to stop for water. Food would have been even less important. The Apploosians actually say they need the land to live, but the buffulo don't. They just say they need it becuause it's tradition.

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#302963 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:41:24 AM from Singapore

@Apple: Pinkie brings cheer to all, even Ill Girls.

Not the Sun and Moon we know

Warning: vaguely addictive/ contains WUBS/ Intercourse with You lyrics

Apart from that Give Me All Your Love song, this is Chrysalis's other theme song.

edited 13th Nov '12 8:44:55 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#302964 Sereg Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:44:39 AM from South Africa

@Seraph What you're forgetting is that this is a First Contact scenario. Two completely different sets of beliefs, cultures, and laws are clashing, and it's wrong to call one superior to the other. The buffalo owned that land by their law, while they didn't by Equestrian law. A compromise was necessary.

But they had made no attempt to indicate ownership beforehoof. They couldn't expect it to stay unclaimed. And they weren't even using it except as a road! A road that could have easily goneanywhere else.

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#302965 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:45:29 AM

@Sereg I'm just extrapolating the reasoning from the details provided. This issue is a failing of the writing of the episode, not in the morality of the buffalo. You need to take your real life biases out of this.

As for the ownership thing, in their culture, the fact that the ground had been worn flat was probably marker enough. How would they know that a race they had never encountered before would come along and disregard it?

edited 13th Nov '12 8:47:36 AM by PerpetualLurker

#302966 storyyeller Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:47:40 AM from Appleloosa

But if the Apploosians had done what the buffulo wanted, they would have died horribly

Not necessarily. They could have moved elsewhere.

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#302967 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:47:44 AM from Singapore

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#302968 storyyeller Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:49:39 AM from Appleloosa

except proving that Earth Ponies can't just go "lol orchard grown" in a second.

They were able to grow a full apple orchard in under a year in the middle of a desert! What more do you want?

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#302969 Applelight Limited Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:51:40 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I'm going with the auto growth theory too. Over A Barrel, Hearth's Warming Eve and Family Appreciation Day seem to prove it.

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#302970 Kyler Thatch Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:52:26 AM from the event horizon

One issue that seems to be overlooked is historical value... or whatever it's called. I have no idea. Anyway:

The buffalo have been using that specific trail as their stampeding ground for generations. You don't just one day decide to up and move, at least not without some serious resistance. The location is just too well intrenched in their cultural identity for that.

They were able to grow a full apple orchard in under a year in the middle of a desert! What more do you want?

Sprouting a sapling in mere seconds with only a fistful of dirt!

Wait...

edited 13th Nov '12 8:54:24 AM by KylerThatch

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I don't expect you to care.

#302971 Enlong Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:52:29 AM from The Magitek Holyland

I don't think Bloomberg was the only transplant.

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#302972 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 13th Nov '12 8:57:20 AM from Singapore

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