Some people say ponies are amazingly durable.

In a universe operated by cartoon physics, anyone is.

@Seraphem: I was actually fine with the portrayal of Dash in the episode. A little extreme perhaps, but well within her behavior patterns at that point in the show (and it was more even handed the people give credit for).

No I say that the other were worst, though that is more down to not recognizing implications and lazy writing then anything else.

@ d Roy

Exactly.

@Rainboom physics: Oh, this again? This is like that one website that calculates how many megatons of force anime characters can punch with or something, and then complain when it's not kept consistent.

Honestly, sit back, be quiet and enjoy the show. =|

I agree that the episode had problems, but it's a lot better than it's made out to be. When I first heard that people were calling t the orst episode ever, I couldn't believe how ridiculous that was. As you can see, it's not even close to my least favourite episode (it's one of my least favourite season 2 episodes, but that's different).

@ Red

Yes, exactly.

Call me a little too laid back, but I don't think I actually had a least favorite episode at all. It's probably just myself having no sense of quality, but I didn't find any particularly bad episodes in my books.

My thoughts on the rainboom?

@Sereg: Fair enough. I personally really hate the implications of her friends actions and feel that to just brush aside their part in it is wrong.

Nah, it's just people like me who are too uptight.

edited 29th Mar '13 7:25:06 AM by Mio

@Red - As such I am emphasizing the cartoon physics part.

Actually I think I am thinking about referring it as a bullshit physics.

@d Roy Fixed that. Changed link to better video of WWU without trolling.

I completely understand your POV. I have some least favorite episodes but I don't think any episode is bad.

edited 29th Mar '13 7:27:55 AM by DeathCloud

At least the comics have given us a more concrete evaluation of the upper limits of her abilities.◊ Especially since that's the point where her body straight-up gives out on her.

Understandable criticisms, (I do think that these are smaller problems than made out to be and I see that Mio grees about Dash) but that isn't anywhere near enough to be as hated as it is.

Racial magic is canon. Deal with it.

Um, it is within the show. We watched her do it! And being Cartoon Physics alters nothing. They can do it so they can do it. Reasoning is irrelevant.

Besides, moving the Sun (hey, the moon) is far more impresive. You meed to be mach 40 to move the moon around the earth once a day. Even if the moon and sun are "closer", they still need to circumnavigate the globe once a day.

OK, accidentally opened that page with the Japanese mousepad while my mum walked by. Thank Celestia she didn't see that.

I'm going to sit this one out.

Well, Sonic using the power of Chaos by default is practically canon lol, it's why he can handle Chaos Emeralds so naturally and figured out Chaos Control by the end of Adventure 2. Also he slows down for the sake of other a lot, in the CD ending he isn't moving that fast with Amy in his arms, and when he took part in the Olympics he slows down for the sake of Eggman and Mario and all the other guys who show up.

And yes I know cartoon physics lol, but Dashie is also shown to have excellent weather control, so it's pretty much a given she would bend her own winds about herself to improve her flight speed.

@Ed: It isn't actualy nsfw lol.

edited 29th Mar '13 7:32:26 AM by AceOfScarabs

Can we not start up the sun/moon moving thing again? We have no idea what the relationship between magic and physics is, so whether magic even follows the laws of physics is kind of a crapshoot.

I had a couple close calls too. -hug-

I suppose I shouldn't dabble... as long as the in-universe rules are obeyed, I won't question it.

(Gah! Ninjaed twice!)

edited 29th Mar '13 7:34:24 AM by NESgamer190

@Sereg

With regards to the sun and the moon, the current comic arc seems to throw real-life cosmology out the window, at least with regards to the Moon, though we don't know the exact details just yet.

I think you'd have to be a mad man to believe that Celestia is moving the Sun as in heliocentric model.

@Ace: Oh yeah sure, nothing at all suspicious about asscheeks on a mousepad.

And regarding MMDW I'm kinda in a middle camp on the other mane 5. I think their actions could have been justified, but the show did a crappy job of it and showed them jumping right to an extreme solution rather than trying anything else first. If there had been a scene with them sitting Dash down and explaining that she'd hurt someone if she kept the showboating up, and then resorted to the MMDW thing when it didn't work, it would have been more palatable. It also doesn't help that they included that scene where they all pat themselves on the back by talking about how the MMDW is so awesome, talking only about their own contributions.

And yeah, the cosmology is so different from reality that trying to apply real life physics to it is pretty much an impossible effort. Then you have to factor in Rule Of Cool and Rule of Funny and Cartoon Physics...

edited 29th Mar '13 7:36:44 AM by JapaneseTeeth

I'd have felt justified in imprisoning her. Criminal negligence is a serious offence.

Then Suoerman and Goku can't actually lift cars (or outrun them). Stop using Double Standards.

Isn't any rule out there about discusing science in fantasy? That every time someone do this , some magical creature dies?

More of these discussions? Come on, it's not even April yet!

@Sereg: Both of those examples have canonical explanations; Superman and Goku explicitly have super strength.