@storyyeller: I know that it was more of the Captured by Cannibals trope than anything Pinkie did to her in Cupcakes, but the idea of "eating Rainbow Dash" is what both scenes/stories have in common and is what I noticed.

And if they weren't going to eat her, then it's almost even more disturbing since they had her in a pot and were going to boil her alive just out of rage if they weren't going to eat her because they were hungry too!

edited 18th Feb '13 7:14:51 AM by Rainbow

Well, she can wrestle a bear.

I'm sorry about the fish crack.

Fuck worms, I guess? No one has pet worms right?

@Rainbow: I would like to think that people are past that sort of thing with RD. Thanks for proving me wrong.

There was seals, ferret, snakes and Gummy.

Gummy was the ringleader all along.

This is going to be the quality of our conversations for the next few months.

@edveed: Well these next few months are going to suck.

Well, at least there's the comic. I've found a shop that sells then cheap, myself.

and all the fanfic and content, and the speculation about how season 4 is going to make the show even MORE Ruined Forever!

So? Let's just break out what loony theories we can come up with, dust off those old abandoned fanfics, and go crazy. We've got time to kill.

Plus, yay chapter books! The seaponies shall make their glorious return and conquer the surface-dwellers! Or maybe not... But still awesome.

When do uoy think it would be appropriate to bring out the arbitrary rankings of episodes? Particularly Season 3 now that it's finished.

Well Gummy was first one trying to eat.

Only image with snake

http://www.derpibooru.org/229259 Maybe later I will capture screen with him and upload.

edited 18th Feb '13 7:35:05 AM by DeathCloud

Might as well do it now.

I really can't be bothered to rank all of the season 3 episodes so......

Favourite: Just for Sidekicks (Magic Duel is a close second)

Least favourite: Magical Mystery Cure

Already did a ranking thing some pages back. Sleepless in Ponyville wins top spot.

Most favorite episode of season 3 is One Bad Seed.

Can't be bothered to rank the other ones.

edited 18th Feb '13 7:37:18 AM by KylerThatch

Favourite: Either Too Many Pinkie's, or Sleepless In Ponyville.

Least Favourite: Erm...er...oh, er...Apple Family Reunion...which I still like btw...but it's not a favorite.

@Applelight: Well, if you insist. . .

1. Sleepless in Ponyville
2. Too Many Pinkie Pies
3. One Bad Apple
4. Wonderbolt Academy
5. Just for Sidekicks
6. Games Ponies Play
7. Keep Calm and Flutter On
8. Apple Family Reunion
9. Magic Duel
10. The Crystal Empire
11. Spike at Your Service
12. Magical Mystery Cure

edited 18th Feb '13 7:44:12 AM by Mio

Babs reappearing and racist barn are the only things I remember from Apple Family Reunion. It's pretty forgettable.

I don't have time at the moment to rank all the episodes, but for me at least the top episode is either "Magic Duel" or "Wonderbolt Academy" and the bottom one is "Apple Family Reunion". "Magical Mystery Cure" is basically smack dab in the middle.

Welp

Oh my

I thought of something about Discord. I wonder if he was in Ponyville when Twilight messed up the cutie marks, and what he thought of that. I bet he thought it was hilarious, especially considering who was responsible for the mess-up and may have been disappointed when Twilight helped her friends rediscover their talents and fixed her mistake.

@Mio: Sorry, it was just what I thought of with that scene, since both things involve eating Rainbow Dash, and in both cases, it's someone who isn't normally carnivorous doing it (or at least someone who wouldn't normally eat ponies). I don't think that they actually would have shown anything gory on the show or that Cupcakes is canon at all.

About the earlier conversation about Fluttershy in the comics, I would also note that while Fluttershy and Applejack regularly work with animals, Fluttershy lets them live on their own terms while Applejack's farming is all about controlling and corralling animals for whatever they need from them (like milk from the cows). So Fluttershy is probably more used to just letting nature take its course and is also the one who befriends otherwise scary/menacing creatures anyway, such as the manticore in the pilot or Discord. Fluttershy being more comfortable with nature's more "wild" aspects also makes sense if you think that she lives the closest to the Everfree Forest of all the main characters, where things aren't regulated by ponies. This is probably why Applejack in particular is so creeped out by it, since farming would be the opposite of just letting plants and animals go wherever they want, since farming involves purposely planting seeds and making specific plots and places for plants to grow.

That could be an interesting conflict for a Fluttershy/Applejack episode, actually. Fluttershy is used to letting animals run wild and only exerting control when they need her to, while Applejack is used to doing things like herding and corralling them and often ignoring it when they are able to speak for themselves (like in the gag with the sheep in Sisterhooves Social). This was shown in Applebuck Season where Applejack's way of dealing with the bunny census was to forcefully corral them, although it was also implied that she may not normally have been so rough with them if she wasn't so sleep-deprived and stressed.

edited 18th Feb '13 7:53:57 AM by Rainbow

Hahahaha◊

Top three?

1. Sleepless in Ponyville
2. Wonderbolt Academy
3. One Bad Apple

Least favourite would probably be... I dunno, after those they're all kinda blase to me... excluding the opening and finale as usual, of course, and Keep Calm and Flutter On is a definitive 4 I suppose. But I'd say my least favourite is actually probably Magic Duel, largely due to a sort of after-the-fact Hype Backlash. On their own merits probably Apple Family Reunion or Too Many Pinkie Pies. Although the latter is probably one I'd like more in retrospect.

edited 18th Feb '13 7:50:00 AM by kegisak