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#383001 darkabomination Sat, 13th Jul '13 8:39:59 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

And that's wen the resident pink party pony prances in. Instant comedy potential right there. AJ learns that it's OK to have fun and Pinkie learns that sometimes you have to do what isn't fun so you can have fun later.

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#383002 kegisak Sat, 13th Jul '13 8:42:15 PM

To The Moon is phenomenal. Like, seriously, the ending had me openly sobbing, while I was at home with my parents. I have a great relationship with them at all, but I'd hate for them to see me cry, and there you go.

But I mean, you don't have to have AJ hurt to give her a break. I think the break would be a much stronger idea if she just finished all of her work. Like, it's the off season or something.

edited 13th Jul '13 8:48:04 PM by kegisak

#383003 Japanese Teeth Sat, 13th Jul '13 8:58:35 PM from Meinong's jungle

True. I could see her as going around town looking for work because she feels like she's wasting her time if she isn't doing something constructive, i.e. working. So somepony (Pinkie) has to teach her to really unwind.

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#383004 storyyeller Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:13:26 PM from Appleloosa

Actually, I think RD would be much better than Pinkie for teaching AJ to slack off.

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#383005 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:21:15 PM from Singapore

Well, she already knows how to make work fun for Applebloom :V

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#383006 darkabomination Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:24:22 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Speaking of, another gloriously chaotic CMC episode. Sleepless in Ponyville was nice, but I do kind of miss having them as a team doing their own thing. And I'll never understand the dislike for One Bad Apple, it's one of my top eps in the season.

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#383007 kegisak Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:30:21 PM

It's not completely fair of me to hold this opinion, but I feel like a lot of the hate is because a lot of people in this fandom have serious issues with bullying, and think Babs got off too easy. I liked it a lot too.

Oh, and as a disclaimer, so it doesn't look like I'm an ass who doesn't 'get' it, I was bullied a lot as a kid too. I'd have a hard time being polite with my old bully if I ran into him in the street, but I'm largely over it, which I think a lot of people never quite get.

edited 13th Jul '13 9:31:52 PM by kegisak

#383008 darkabomination Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:36:38 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Ah, so there's a bit too much real life subtext for some people. For me personally, the punishment wasn't important, it was Babs being cured of her hatred and being able to break the cycle. Punishing someone who really doesn't want to repent won't do any good. Plus I think it managed conveying a fairly complicated moral kids could understand.

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#383009 Japanese Teeth Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:37:48 PM from Meinong's jungle

Not gonna lie, I feel the same way sometimes. I've seen a lot of people who hate her because of her actions, despite the fact that she only acted that way for a week, realized it was bad, and stopped. I realize that bullying is a serious issue, but seriously, some people go overboard in how much they hate Babs for it.

Granted, I do think that everyone got off a bit light at the end of the episode, but given that this is MLP we're talking about, it's par for the course.

And before this turns into another debate, I'm going to bed.

edited 13th Jul '13 9:39:30 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#383010 storyyeller Sat, 13th Jul '13 9:56:12 PM from Appleloosa

Quick, bring out all the controversial episodes. Over A Barrel or Feeling Pinkie Keen?

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#383011 kegisak Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:00:41 PM

Man, I know the writers are American and all, but I wonder why Canadian/First Nations history never gets touched on like American/Native history. Residential schools, y'all. Spread that White Guilt around.

I mean, not to me. I'm third generation Immigrant. That shit was before my family's time here. Mostly. Aside from that one school that went to 1996....

#383012 storyyeller Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:20:41 PM from Appleloosa

It's before pretty much everyones time.

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#383013 Bluespade Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:28:03 PM from Fort Worth, Texas

How about an AJ episode where she just gets to be awesome and doesn't fail at something? Make it an adventure episode, so it doesn't need a moral.

@Storyeller: I played about 3 or 4 hours of To The Moon then never picked it back up again. It was intriguing but I started to get bored after awhile, and the actual gameplay is completely token. Also it kind of lost me when one of the characters started ranting about cogninormative privilege.

This.

edited 13th Jul '13 10:28:33 PM by Bluespade

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#383014 Irish Zombie Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:36:28 PM from Texas

@To The Moon: Play it. Now. It's an experience you won't soon forget.

I do agree the game half of it is just kind of there, but I stopped caring about that fairly quickly. Just play it like you would a visual novel like Phoenix Wright and you'll see what I mean.

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#383015 storyyeller Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:42:35 PM from Appleloosa

The only visual novel I'm familiar with is Katawa Shoujo. I did watch a LP of Phoenix Wright though.

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#383016 darkabomination Sat, 13th Jul '13 10:58:19 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

One of these days I'm going to find a way to play that novel. I've heard nothing but praise about it.

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#383017 storyyeller Sat, 13th Jul '13 11:23:35 PM from Appleloosa

I'm thinking about downloading NVDA so I can see if I can figure out what the problem is. It doesn't seem like it'd be too hard to get working.

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#383018 darkabomination Sat, 13th Jul '13 11:39:15 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Well, you seem to be pretty good with programming, so it's worth a shot. It could just be your seeing a command or some such I'm not. I'm the only one who's tried visual novels, so it's no wonder I haven't figured it out yet.

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#383019 Sereg Sat, 13th Jul '13 11:40:03 PM from South Africa

I'm with Kegi and JT. Then again, I'm a very forgiving person. Yeah, I hate bullyin. It was done to me too. But as far as I'm concereed, once the bullier repents, that's the end of it.

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#383020 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 13th Jul '13 11:45:56 PM from Singapore

This apparently has been reproduced in our world now

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#383021 storyyeller Sun, 14th Jul '13 12:02:55 AM from Appleloosa

Oh nice. Speaking of fictional jewlry, I always thought it would be cool to make a The One Ring which actually has that glowing message when you heat it up. I'm not sure how you'd actually do that though.

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#383022 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 14th Jul '13 12:04:54 AM from Singapore

Some kind of metallic polymer that glows when heated a bit would do nicely.

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#383023 darkabomination Sun, 14th Jul '13 12:05:51 AM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

There's a company that's making jewelry based off the show. If I remember correctly, there's going to be replicas of the Elements going to be out this fall. Cash Cow Franchise much?

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#383024 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 14th Jul '13 12:08:11 AM from Singapore

It'd be nice to own a set of Elements of Harmony. I've already got a minature replica Chaos Emerald.

edited 14th Jul '13 12:08:26 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#383025 Steventheman Sun, 14th Jul '13 12:12:05 AM from Wales

I want a replica Alicorn Amulet. It looks really damn cool.

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