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#338201 Pykrete Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:07:45 PM from Viridian Forest

Gak. Oh my God, Sombra's back with unholy vengeance.

A crystal headdress. I can think of no ways that arranging sharp rocks next to your skull could possibly go wrong.

edited 11th Feb '13 2:09:06 PM by Pykrete

#338202 d Roy Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:08:55 PM from Buffalo, New York

-throws rocks at Japanese Teeth-

It is in the nature of the spiteful to spread animosity.

#338203 Perpetual Lurker Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:09:12 PM

I honestly headcanon that those hexagonal catchlights in the crystal ponies' eyes are indicators of a functional glare-reduction ability of their eyes.

edited 11th Feb '13 2:09:27 PM by PerpetualLurker

#338204 Pykrete Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:11:55 PM from Viridian Forest

Rarity did not anticipate that the headdress directions were written by King Sombra. It's just 600 lines of "GRAAAHHHHH CRYSTALSSSS" over and over.

...Why do I get the distinct feeling the ponies just slavishly greeted a random tourist?

Wow. I can't even think of words for Rarity's epic fail.

edited 11th Feb '13 2:19:33 PM by Pykrete

#338205 The Freeman Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:13:29 PM from Hialeah,FL.

She's seen things.

Ha.

#338206 Sereg Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:20:54 PM from South Africa

I honestly headcanon that those hexagonal catchlights in the crystal ponies' eyes are indicators of a functional glare-reduction ability of their eyes.

This is too cool to not become part of my headcanon.

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#338207 Pykrete Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:24:11 PM from Viridian Forest

We seem to be heading on a one-way road to tourist barf. On the plus side, it gets everything ready ahead of time for the Equestrian Games' Barfball tournament.

Pinkie is best tour guide.

...so uh...why haven't they just asked Shining Armor?

Twilight isn't worried. TWILIGHT ISN'T WORRIED. Who are you and what drugs did Cadence secretly inject into your backside during the calming exercise thing?!

edited 11th Feb '13 2:30:55 PM by Pykrete

#338208 Sereg Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:33:15 PM from South Africa

Wow. I can't even think of words for Rarity's epic fail.

It was pretty impressive, but I have her beat, I think. I once scored minus seventy percent on an assignment. I had a wierd teacher.

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#338209 Applelight Limited Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:36:38 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Pinkie is best tour guide.

Tealove is best pony. Ask The Mane Six

#338210 Pykrete Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:37:59 PM from Viridian Forest

So...Rainbow Dash just abducted a filly during the announcement. And the giant phallic castle ejaculated rainbows.

Okay, so the episode was decent, but the ending was more of an asspull than usual. I mean if the inspector's beef is that she gets unusual and biased treatment, why is she suddenly taking the unusual and biased opinion of the pony who got mistaken for her while she was having the worst day ever and getting drenched by random passersby?

I do like the ending being the bit from the previous episode though — for a viewer who hasn't seen it yet it's kind of a WTF moment.

edited 11th Feb '13 2:44:55 PM by Pykrete

#338211 storyyeller Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:43:34 PM from Appleloosa

Also, oh, I guess Rarity's parents really did have faith in her abilities, even from a young age. Even if they aren't really into fashion; I can't deny that they allowed her to pursue her dream to its fullest extent. They also must have been pretty accepting of her attempting to be high class, with all its affectations and such; even though it's a far cry from their lifestyle. Now that I think about it, that's some pretty darn good parenting.

Unlike Fluttershy's parents who don't approve of her lifestyle at all.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#338212 Pykrete Mon, 11th Feb '13 2:45:19 PM from Viridian Forest

Have we even seen or heard about Fluttershy's parents? I mean at this point her parents are about the only complete unknown left now that this episode at least conclusively showed that Dash is in fact not a magical lesbian spawn, which wasn't really in question but was funny to think.

edited 11th Feb '13 2:47:08 PM by Pykrete

#338213 storyyeller Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:10:29 PM from Appleloosa

We don't know anything about them, but I have my fanon.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#338214 Enlong Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:11:57 PM from The Underground Facility

Yeah. We know that Twilight's parents are around, Pinkie's are hiring downtrodden stage magicians for their farm, Rarity's are embarassing, Rainbow's father was around at some point in her childhood, and that Applejack's parents are never home and were never really in her life, to the point that Applejack's stopped hoping that they'll come around for the next reunion.

But we know nothing about Fluttershy's past.

edited 11th Feb '13 3:12:14 PM by Enlong

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#338215 Crowfall Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:14:28 PM

We know that she went to the same flight school as Rainbow Dash. And that she'd never been to the ground before, so she lived in the clouds, possibly Cloudsdale.

And aren't AJ's parents pretty much confirmed to be dead at this point?

#338216 The Freeman Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:15:33 PM from Hialeah,FL.

They're in space. Space parents.

#338217 darkabomination Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:16:19 PM from the Deepwoods

Speaking of the Crystal Ponies, I've always assumed since I first heard of them that they're descendants of the twinkle-eyed ones from G1. I've always thought Fluttershie was an orphan, there's no way parents would keep their kid so isolated and awkward around pony society.

"Welcome. You have entered the cranial vistas of psychogenesis. This is the place of no-time and no-space. Do not be afraid."

#338218 Perpetual Lurker Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:16:59 PM

#338219 Enlong Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:18:45 PM from The Underground Facility

The thing about symbolism is that sometimes it can mean several things.

I have a message from another time...

#338220 Perpetual Lurker Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:20:48 PM

The parents aren't confirmed dead. They could just be negligent and estranged. I'm not sure which is worse, though.

#338221 Crowfall Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:21:21 PM

True. And sometimes there's like one really obvious thing that it can mean, and some other stuff you kind of have to stretch to make fit.

#338222 Enlong Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:28:04 PM from The Underground Facility

True. There exist situations like that.

edited 11th Feb '13 3:28:18 PM by Enlong

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#338223 Crowfall Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:32:34 PM

Yup. There sure do.

So.

How about that Sweetie Belle?

#338224 storyyeller Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:33:09 PM from Appleloosa

Didn't one of the show workers confirm that the parents=dead thing was intentional?

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#338225 Perpetual Lurker Mon, 11th Feb '13 3:36:32 PM

It was intentional, but it was inserted by the storyboarders, not the writers. Nothing about it is set in stone.