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#345801 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:45:44 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Yeah I am so so happy to hear that it's open to all ponies.

So all one has to do is to do something awesome not done before in the name of other ponies?

#345802 Purple Dalek Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:47:08 AM from Betelgeuse

The book contradicts Magic Duel and Games Ponies Play, so I probably won't consider it canon.

I will, however, consider all the stuff about Cadence and alicorns canon. Because, hey, canon is incredibly arbitrary anyway, so I might as well cherrypick.

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#345803 Perpetual Lurker Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:47:37 AM

That, combined with a great deal of magical energy being unleashed.

The details it contradicts seem to be so small that they have no affect on the story itself. Easiest thing to do is to say that the story is canon except that Trixie has met Twilight a second time before this, and Twilight has been to the Crystal Empire a second time before this, both of which are rather inconsequential differences.

edited 6th Mar '13 9:50:57 AM by PerpetualLurker

#345804 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:54:48 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

That gets tricky for an EP I think, but hey who cares? This information is just awesome!

Wish I had the book to see it first hand.

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#345805 Pykrete Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:56:27 AM from Viridian Forest

Well yeah, but apparently Trixie is still an antagonist, albeit a minor one. I mean the fact that she's not evil anymore kind of is a big flub.

Again, I'm not shouting to burn the novel or anything. This kind of continuity weirdness is going to naturally accumulate in multimedia, especially multimedia that has a long development time. Just that maybe we shouldn't be so eager to toot the flugelhorn at every turn.

edited 6th Mar '13 9:57:34 AM by Pykrete

#345806 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:58:12 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

One question...can boys become Princes? Did it hint at that?

edited 6th Mar '13 9:58:30 AM by ApplelightLimited

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#345807 Perpetual Lurker Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:58:33 AM

I believe that all it said was Trixie was putting on a show, and was her usual, arrogant self. Not at all surprising considering her exit in Magic Duel.

#345808 Purple Dalek Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:59:31 AM from Betelgeuse

Looks like Trixie fell off the wagon and is a villain again.

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#345809 storyyeller Wed, 6th Mar '13 9:59:52 AM from Appleloosa

EDIT: Oh, fuck you.

Oh the irony.

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#345810 Mio Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:00:42 AM

@book: . . .minor details aside, I accept this outcome. We will see if it gets contradicted later.

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#345811 storyyeller Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:02:34 AM from Appleloosa

The Strength of a good, pure heart of an earth pony was interesting, too

A beautiful heart, faithful and strong...

That reminds me. In MMC, AJ manages to completely regrow the orchard in under a day. More evidence of EP powers?

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#345812 Sereg Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:06:39 AM from South Africa

In MMC, AJ manages to completely regrow the orchard in under a day. More evidence of EP powers?

Yeah. We discussed this before. It's a lot faster than I sspected.

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#345813 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:06:46 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ story

Yes! I've been saying that!

And so E Ps are strong of stature and character too right?

edited 6th Mar '13 10:07:28 AM by ApplelightLimited

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#345814 Purple Dalek Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:09:28 AM from Betelgeuse

I like the idea of earth ponies being difficult to corrupt. Kinda like the opposite of the Men in Lord of the Rings.

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#345815 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:10:25 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Or...hobbits?

E Ps...as hobbits...yes please.

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#345816 Japanese Teeth Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:14:50 AM from Meinong's jungle

Trixie being a show-off hardly means she's fallen off the wagon; Character Development isn't a linear thing.

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#345817 Applelight Limited Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:15:37 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

She could still be show offy, just...less of a bitch.

edited 6th Mar '13 10:15:56 AM by ApplelightLimited

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#345818 Badwolfwho Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:16:05 AM from Stardust Road

I kinda just took as the musical montages don't correlate to how much time actually passes.

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#345819 Sereg Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:18:21 AM from South Africa

Yeah. This is all awesome. In Dn D I'd stat it as a wsidom bonus and bonus to will saves.

Also, I noticed something that gets slightly Harsher in Hindsight. Cadance desperately wanting her own family since she was small. Awwww!

She really is The Woobie, isn't she?

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#345820 Japanese Teeth Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:21:40 AM from Meinong's jungle

It certainly explains why SA's whole "You'll get a great sister, too!" thing worked.

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#345821 Badwolfwho Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:23:46 AM from Stardust Road

~~Wasn't that just a joke? It wasn't that Cadance literally wouldn't marry Shining Armour unless she'd get a sister as well.~~

Edit: Completely missed the smilie.

edited 6th Mar '13 10:27:24 AM by Badwolfwho

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#345822 Meta Four Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:28:28 AM from riding the wave

Re: that Japanese Pony display. The phrase "the queen of all ponies, Princess Celestia" amuses me to no end.

And, since today is apparently National Jump To Conclusions Day...

#345823 storyyeller Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:29:09 AM from Appleloosa

Yeah. We discussed this before.

Odd, I don't remember it coming up before.

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#345824 Japanese Teeth Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:29:29 AM from Meinong's jungle

I know, I love how they phrased that.

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#345825 Meta Four Wed, 6th Mar '13 10:31:35 AM from riding the wave

Or...hobbits?

EPs...as hobbits...yes please.

Have you read The Final Quest of Star Swirl the Bearded?

And, since today is apparently National Jump To Conclusions Day...