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#321051 from Stardust Road
@ Morning Star: I recall something about a confirmed history episode involving Discord and the Princesses as well.
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#321052
The leaked pictures of episodes 12 and 13 do not in any way appear to be related, so we can't assume anything about it being a two part finale.
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#321053 from Manehattan to Canterlot
OK.

I hope this Fluttershy episode turns out to be true. And that Rarity gets one too. That would be all of the mane six accounted for...plus a spike and CMC episode to boot.
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#321054
@JT Wasn't the wedding episodes mandated by hasbro? It could go ether way but considering that the 1st season finalie was a Sliceof Life episode i would doubt that dhx would make 2 2-art episodes unless they were forced to do so. on the other hand maybe we'll see a 2part finale soon.

Also why the 2 week break?

[up][up][up] So the "Oregins of Harmony" guess may be confirmed after all?

edited 23rd Dec '12 2:32:19 PM by MorningStar1337

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#321055 from Meinong's jungle
The fact that they were wedding episodes were mandated; we have no way of knowing whether the fact that it was a two-parter was mandated or whether they just wanted to give the season a good send-off.
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#321056
[up]Good point.
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#321057 from Delamare
with only 13 episodes to work with, I kind of doubt they'd do two two-parters.

Plus, before being realeased, some of the hints about season 3 from the staff pretty much hinted at there being one two-parter.

edited 23rd Dec '12 2:36:39 PM by Seraphem

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#321058 from a random Pokècenter
and wasn't there that hint of a straight to TV movie or something of the sort?
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#321059 from Manehattan to Canterlot
I forgot about that. Hopefully it'll be aired in late spring or something.
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#321060 from Island of Nunyabizness
Well after so much airport hopping and unpacking I finally got to watch the episode.

Better than last weeks, Apple Rose and Babs were the topper, and it was good to get a good AJ driven episode.

Kinda tired of Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy getting shafted though.

edited 23rd Dec '12 3:11:20 PM by terlwyth

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#321061 from Fort Worth, Texas
Twilight being shafted? Twilight's had so much screentime I'd be happy if they had a season without a Twilight centric episode.
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#321062 from his own little world
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#321063 from Delamare
.... it's an ensamble show, you are going to have the spotlight sahred between the ponies, and they do so pretty damn evenly, so please, stop with all the "X id being ignored" crap
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#321064
Let's see some of the Character Development for the mane 6 and how easy it is to make an plot or idea with them in mind.

  • Twilight Sparkle: no longer required to send letter every week, advance to a next level of magic. Seems pretty content with her life so far.
  • Rarity: gained a benefactor of sorts in the form of Fancy Pants. also seems happy so far but haven't became a big-name celebrity yet.
  • Fluttershy: Gotten some self-help with her assertiveness, However still acts meek in spite of that.
  • Pinkie Pie: It would be harder to make her sad the it would be to make her happy, Though she did gain some lessons on responsibility and not need to be everywhere at once (I'm sorry that I couldn't state the aesop form Too many Pinkie Pies better)
  • Rainbow Dash: slowly but surly becoming closer to achieving her dream of being a Wonderbolt, but like Rarity is not there yet.
  • Applejack: Arguably the hardest to write an episode for unless it involved her sister or her stubborn streak. She's usually more laid back otherwise.
  • Spike: Not sure about him yet but he seems to be happy. and there still a chance that the writers could squeeze a plot or two out of the fact that he's a dragon or his crush.

Now then with this in mind. Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash have the most obvious choices for plots ideas while the writers may have to be creative with the others at some point.

edited 23rd Dec '12 3:26:54 PM by MorningStar1337

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#321065 from Appleloosa
Also how come MLP:Fi M is the only work that has a dedicated list of pages that it provides the image for? (and by extension one for former images)?

I actually started that way back in the day when there was a big argument about whether MLP had too many page images. Presuambly, people have been updating it since then.
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#321066 from Delamare
wait where is this list? I know I saw it at one point, but though it got cut or something

NVM I found it

edited 23rd Dec '12 3:31:31 PM by Seraphem

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#321067 from Manehattan to Canterlot
One thing the fan base has shown is that it shouldn't be too hard to come up with episode ideas for the girls. Naturely though, the show writers have to be a bit more discerning with the topics.
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#321068 from Delamare
really the only one that's rather difficult is AJ, since she's the least liekly to do something on her own that would require a lesson or that would make a good episdoe, her real strength is playing off other ponies. hence why she tends to be the pony that shares the most episodes with others after Twi
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#321069 from Manehattan to Canterlot
That's true, but even AJ could have a ton of potential if they would get her out of her comfort zone.
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#321070 from Delamare
The thing is she's the least likely to leave her comfort zone without somepony else pushing her out of it.
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#321071 from Appleloosa
But seriously, if we got a G 4.5 I'd probably want it to be something centered on a side character in another location in Equestria. Oooh, maybe it could be based on the Manehattan CMC branch and their families or something. I really would like to have a cast with a different sort of setup. Like maybe you'd have Babs, two others, and their families as the primary cast. Preferably one with continuity, so you could actually have them get cutie marks and develop that way.

They could also do it like Legend Of Korra.

Re: AJ plots. One possibility is her learning about white lies and going overboard.
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#321072 from Manehattan to Canterlot
We need another episode of AJ being wrong. Episodes featuring the pony being wrong are the best for character development.

I can see AJ on a bad day being a bit of a misguided crusader...her honesty streak could make her go overboard in that regard. Maybe something to do with that could work?
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#321073
@Story

Honestly, that'd be grossly out of character. She's already made white-lies and half-truths and the past, and it obviously makes her uncomfortable.
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#321074 from somewhere
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#321075
[up]Discussion of potential plots episodes for the mane 6.

edited 23rd Dec '12 4:08:50 PM by MorningStar1337