All this talk about barley drinks. I think I'll grab myself another can of barley pop.

She likes to shake things up every now and then.

Or maybe Berry is traying to sober up and be good mom.

Pinkie's midle name is Diane, what if human middle names are normal? What do you think Twilight's would be?

D'aww, Trixie tripping over. But eh, didn't really care about the episode that much.

Carl.

edited 1st Dec '12 6:39:35 PM by absolclaw

Hamilton, Twilight Hamilton Sparkle.

No really. I'm traying to think of one but can't.

edited 1st Dec '12 6:41:53 PM by HeroShepherd

She likes to shake things up every now and then.

Eh. The problem with Babs was not only that it's a thing that actually happens to people and skews their entire outlook for the rest of their lives (and will thus be a powderkeg no matter what), but also that it felt like a huge copout with the whole "oh she's not really a bully, and fake bullies just need love". Which grates even more in the context of cartoons on the whole rarely if ever acknowledging that kids can be bad apples at all, much less deliver a decent and very much-needed moral about it to the kids who need it right now.

With Trixie, not only do you have the abstraction-from-reality of an impossible scenario and the double standard that it's okay to have adult villains, but it was also pretty clear that she really was an asshole, didn't get a free pass because she had issues (at least that weren't her fault in the first place), and got better specifically because she got put in her place, and then most importantly, sought forgiveness herself (which Twilight was visibly hesitant to give at all and just wound up being enough of a bro to do so) instead of having it handed to her on a platter. From a writing standpoint it was a less divisive scenario in the first place and just plain pulled off better on top of it — it felt rushed, but not a complete omission.

edited 1st Dec '12 6:47:45 PM by Pykrete

Pinkie's midle name is Diane, what if human middle names are normal? What do you think Twilight's would be?

Eve.

I heard RD being called Minerva in one fic. Rainbow Minerva Dash.

Eve is good. thanks for puttingup with my madness.

edited 1st Dec '12 6:51:04 PM by HeroShepherd

I really can't agree with that. To me the apology seems to come out of nowhere and does not seem to stem from the events of the rest of the episode. I know that the amulet was supposed to be corrupting her, but her actions and demeanor seemed to change little before she put it on, and even after she took it off.

edited 1st Dec '12 6:50:20 PM by Mio

D'aww, Trixie tripping over.

"The Great and Apologetic Trixie meant to do that."

Actually, the way she face plants, I can't help but imagine her muttering, "F**k, that hurt."

Lyra's drink looks the same as the smoothie "with extra hay" that Trixie has Snips bring her in "Boast Busters".

I'm more wondering how she could get the cup like that. You can't hold it and walk at the same time unless you're a gravity defying Crystal pony.

Lyra got it from the human world.

Granular jamming. Or magic.

@Grannular jamming, you know how silly a pony would look with a cup stuck to the side of their leg? Plus it'd probably spill.

Twilight herself can walk with three legs. Is she obsessed with humans too, now?

Seriously folks, "Lyra drinks from a Hayshake" is another one of her Funny Background Event Running Gags.

Only unicorns who have studied at Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns can master the three legged walk

Lrya knowes about humans becouse she can trun ponies into them.

edited 1st Dec '12 7:00:49 PM by HeroShepherd

I like how Bon Bon is staring directly into the camera.

Bon Bon: *psst*! Lyra, we're being watched. Lyra!

Thank you for that post

Bon Bon 'Lyra the human is right there look."

@Mio: Admitedly it bugs me that even long after she took off the amulet, she's still in evil laughing tyrant mode. It's only when they start cheering Twilight and she suddenly just backs down dumbfounded we see a change in mood.

Come to think of it, it was a bit odd the ponies weren't even the slightest bit vengeful about it when she was depowered, especially since they likely had no knowledge she was brainwashed.

edited 1st Dec '12 7:08:17 PM by Psi001

Lyra: I don't know what a human is, but this magic fight is boring. This drink though? Delicious.

There's the most pressing observation: The Saddle Arabian delegates are HORSES. FULL SIZED HORSES. WITH BLANK FLANKS!!!