@Calnos: My guess is that they stuck it in as a placeholder and forgot to replace it before publication.

It's half 4 in the morning here, and yet I've just had my sleep for the day. Will I ever get my body clock back on track?

Anyway, how you all doing?

As I said, RD and FS have the excuse of they're from a different town, and thus their parents are also presumably from said town and the only reason they'd show up is if they are going to visit their parents or vise versa. We're actually kinda lucky we got to see Twilight's parents on a couple of occasions even if we don't know much about them.

Scootaloo doesn't have the same excuse, but there's really only been one time where they could have shown her family ("Sleepless in Ponyville") and they passed up on it, and the episode didn't suffer for it. We just had an episode all about Applejack's family and the closest thing we get to learning anything about her parents is we see a pair of shooting stars. Not mentioned in passing or seen in a flashback or anything.

The writers only show family members if they feel like introducing family members.

On a side note, when the hay are they gonna show Pinkie's sisters as adults? Every time Pinkie has a focus episode I keep thinking they might show up, but nope. I guess they're still on the rock farm and its too far out of the way for them to show up randomly in Ponyville. At least we got a cameo from her dad this season.

Sweetie gets her cutie mark, but it's not what anyone expected...

@Blissey: Reminds me of these three comics.

I'll have to leave now. Goodnight everyone.

Goodnight!

I don't hate the characters themselves, it's just that they tend to be stuck in subpar episodes.

See ya sleepyheads later :V

In the meantime, Still hoping that Earth Pony script is basically English characters It'd be a sad day if we can't read Equestrian :V

Sweetie, just HOW did you get that?

edited 27th Dec '12 9:24:25 PM by AceOfScarabs

I'm going to start drawing again very soon. After a breakfast.

I should get to writing another section of my fic, but it's 5:30AM, so it would be crap.

I just file their writing under Translation Convention.

I hope I can be forgiven for indulging in a little Doylist line of thought, but I had an idea as to why we rarely see family members in the show (Applejack aside). For the most part, their presence is never integral to the plot, that much has been said. But there's another idea that I'd like to put forward.

And the idea is this: The writers simply want to keep their options open. If they start implying one way or another that all of them have parents still alive, you run into an obstacle when you want to explore the story of an orphan, or a single-parent household. That is, they're intentionally leaving certain details blank to give them a bit of wiggle room to try certain kinds of stories and plots that they may never have imagined when they first started.

This is, after all, a continuous series, one that sees no definite end. You want these kinds of thing to keep going for as long as you can make them, at least until the premise has worn itself out. But if you give too many things away, you could easily write yourself into a corner. And from there, you get either the death of a series, or all the nasty stuff like retconning and discontinuity.

TEAL DEER: The writers are just keeping their options open.

edited 27th Dec '12 9:54:37 PM by KylerThatch

That's actually a great observation.

@ Kyler

nods in agreement

@Kyler: A very good point.

And now I go to bed.

That was definitely true in season 1, but I think teh effect isn't as strong now, because there's already lots of continutiy and options.

I posted that 5 posts before you :p

what does Fluttershy have in her mouth?

edited 27th Dec '12 10:51:43 PM by Blissey1

I don't think I wanna know.

I admit the CMC could use a lot more development, though they aren't bad. I can enjoy their episodes, and their characterization is okay, it's just that it's one same characterization for the most part. There isn't really enough distinguishing traits to them so they are different and rub off each other personality wise. Even in their individual episodes it feels more like the scenario making their unique role rather than their own personality and direction.

Awesome avatar, Psi.

The other thing is that when they do have unique traits, it doesn't stick.

Thanx. Homemade.

http://e-122-psi.deviantart.com/art/FiM-Rainbow-Dash-Wallpaper-344467422

True, Sweetie Belle goes anywhere between an Extreme Doormat, a Bratty Half-Pint, a Genius Ditz or just an average Ditz. Some traits may make for a developed character if managed together but mostly they just make them feel interchangable. Applebloom is the nearest to having a distinct personality, though not by that much.

edited 27th Dec '12 11:35:41 PM by Psi001

Guys, I'm thinking of coming clean to some friends of mine about being a brony. Should I?

@ Apple: If they're good friends, they'll accept it. If they don't, you need better friends.

Also, did you ever go to bed? Your sleep schedule is getting as weird as mine.