#379401
Thu, 27th Jun '13 2:42:24 PM
Poor Moondancer. One moment the target of Spike's affection, the next dumped for Rarity. Love is such a fickle thing.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Forum Archive (nuked Western Animation thread)
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#379402
Thu, 27th Jun '13 2:47:07 PM
from riding the wave
Fandom is a weird beast when it comes to romance. If you go heavy-handed with the romance between two characters, the fandom recoils in horror and complains that the love interest isn't developed enough. But if you leave romance out entirely, the fandom grabs characters who share a scene—no matter how flat they are—and shouts "Now make them kiss!"
#379403
Thu, 27th Jun '13 2:50:25 PM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Well of course. The fandom will naturally gravitate to the situation that allows for the most. . .erm, creativity.
#379404
Thu, 27th Jun '13 2:51:08 PM
Moondancer was an Astral Projection of the moon-trapped Nightmare Moon; this is why Moondancer's existence was only ever referred to at the beginning of "Friendship is Magic, part 1" EDIT: Oh! And the party Moondancer was having then was in the hope of getting Twilight Sparkle to come there instead of reading to learn about the Mare in the Moon!
edited 27th Jun '13 2:58:14 PM by Whatshisgame
#379405
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:00:50 PM
from Delamare
@ Apple, that could work, long as it's more he simply didn't get why how he was acting would offend somepony then he was actually trying to do so.
#379406
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:04:46 PM
from In the skies above.
@ Seraphem
Yeah that's exactly what I was going for. He's not biligerant, just insensitive.
#379407
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:08:17 PM
from the Pacific Timezone
Okay, so I need to make a Threshold Guardian for Fluttershy (The theme here would be fear or her absolute inability to fly unless the fate of her friends hinges on it, so fear or fear)
I have a Fanfiction
#379408
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:12:45 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
So Moon Dancer is an astral projection by Nightmare Moon and Twist is Applebloom's imaginary friend brought to life? So are any ponies even real, or just changelings?
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#379409
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:16:32 PM
#379410
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:25:25 PM
Speaking of Twist, it looks like Twist-a-loo and Silver Spoon may be getting brushable toys
#379411
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:25:54 PM
from Cranberry World
@ CDRW: I see from the voting that I'm in the minority, but I think those ponies(?) are hideous.
#379412
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:28:17 PM
I think they have a bit of an Ugly Cute thing going on. Especially Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.
#379413
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:49:56 PM
from Cranberry World
I'd like to see
1) Twilight go to one of Moondancer's parties.
2) Twilight wave back at poor Lyra.
#379414
Thu, 27th Jun '13 3:57:33 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
I'm surprised Moon doesn't get more fan attention, consider she's the first pony we see and has a speaking line to boot.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#379415
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:00:26 PM
from Cranberry World
Twilight and Moondancer haven't seen each other since the pilot. Moonie is probably wondering how that aloof bookworm got to be a princess.
#379416
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:02:43 PM
Good evening, everyone. How goes the day?
Applelight, I saw your AJ and it pleased me, good job, man.
#379417
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:03:11 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
She must have seen her on Canterlot visits though. But if she had, she must have freeked out hard during the changeling invasion along with everypony else who wasn't at the wedding.
Just imagine opening your door one fine day and see a dozen insectoid monsters come after you. Or even worse, your friends who seem just a little off.
edited 27th Jun '13 4:05:44 PM by Darkabomination
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#379418
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:04:14 PM
from South Africa
In My Little, I'm having Spike's affection or Moon Dancer be kind of important. Relatively. Not nearly as much as his affection for his families though.
Unity of the Sun Mare
#379419
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:08:34 PM
@Syd: Come to think of it, during the "Life in Equestria" song at the end of "Magical Mystery Cure", Twilight does a bunch of waving to the crowd which includes Lyra, and a few shots later we see Lyra jumping up and down with her manic grin...could it be?
@Dark: The first pony we see (outside of the Storybook Opening) is Twilight, and all three of the lines spoken to and about Twilight on her way to where Spike is are spoken by Twinkleshine (despite having been recorded◊ from three different VAs).
◊ from three different VAs).
edited 27th Jun '13 4:09:02 PM by Whatshisgame
#379420
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:15:09 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
Wow, they pulled a G1 on us!
Or you could go with the funnier option that Twinkleshine is schizophrenic.
edited 27th Jun '13 4:21:00 PM by Darkabomination
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#379421
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:36:20 PM
Jetbikes
more AJ
This amuses me beyond all reason.
Briskby, you so crazy....
more AJ
This amuses me beyond all reason.
Briskby, you so crazy....
edited 27th Jun '13 4:43:18 PM by Thirikal
#379422
Thu, 27th Jun '13 4:58:15 PM
from Texas
Actually, I'm pretty sure Moondancer isn't the pony we see at the beginning of the pilot. I mean, didn't the pony in question say that they were going "to Moondancer's party"? Well, unless Moonie's some sort of Third-Person Person.
#379423
Thu, 27th Jun '13 5:01:07 PM
from Meinong's jungle
@Mio: The DVD commentary for the first season said that Twilight lived in a dorm, for at least part of her schooling. I'm guessing she did have interaction with other students, but little of it was voluntary social interacting. Like she probably had group projects and went to class with other students and stuff, but never really hung out with other ponies just for the sake of companionship.
@Meta: Hey, I like my shipping well-developed. Why do you think I wrote a 150K word-and-counting fic?
@CDRW:
#379424
Thu, 27th Jun '13 5:03:42 PM
from Nowhere
There is a series of comics that depict Twinkleshine as being Moondancer who speaks in third person. But yeah, we never see or hear Moondancer, she's just mentioned.
Fun fact, Twilight Sparkle was originally going to have a variation of G1 Moondancer's cutie mark!
!
#379425
Thu, 27th Jun '13 5:07:16 PM
from In the skies above.
Watching EG now. Love it so far!