I think she read some of the outlines, but she's since moved on. Any later seasons won't involve her.

It's anoying to see people claiming that this season don't have Lauren touch.

I dislike the fact that everyone claims Lauren was the ONLY person who made this show worthwile. All those writers, artists and whatnot? Fuck em!

With the (possible, since I quite liked it) exception of Mare-Do-Well, this has been a pretty tight season so far

I swear, Sparkler's sister/daughter/client has a strangely adult voice for a filly

she's the one who says "LAME"

edited 27th Nov '11 12:33:37 PM by gingerninja666

Eh, she sounds like Scootaloo.

So what's the fandom's reaction to the kid, does anyone know? Does the doo family get another sister? Is she Sparkler's daughter, and Ditzy's granddaughter?

My theory is that she's another client of Sparkler's "Big Sister Foundation" job. Sparkler acts as a sibling to both her AND Dinky

I vote for another sister or cousin.

I love Sparler scene. And her to, she is now one of my fav backgrouds.

I like to think of her filly from this ep as Sparkler's daughter while Dinky is her niece.

Yup, "not rescuing someone who's in danger because she's being busy with her fans" is the worst thing she's ever done in the series willfullingly, it is also an OOC moment - you know, she is an element of loyalty.

It was perfectly in character given the first episode. Ten seconds flat! I'd never leave Ponyville hanging.

Yeah, a bit of overconfidence is 120% in character for Dash. She reached the balloon before it hit the ground; it's just that she didn't reach the balloon before whoever was in the costume for that scene extracted the victim.

^Her friends weren't in immediate danger in that scene; if she had gone with the Shadowbolts, yes, they'd have been screwed, but that definitely isn't the same thing as going to the margins of when someone plummeting to their death or horrible injury can be saved. That definitely felt out-of-character for her - or rather, in-character given an exaggeration of her existing character traits.

Remember earlier, when one of the creative staff members said that Luna's body size or proportions weren't changed between appearances?

I'm calling bullshit on that one. Here's my comparison◊: In Season 1, her "chest" is at neck-height of regular-sized ponies. In "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight's eyes are on the level of her chest.

Maybe Luna hasn't gotten bigger, but the ponies have gotten smaller! 0_0

If anyone happens to have that exact quote I mentioned laying about, please link it.

Maybe she has platform horseshoes but they're MAGIC so you can't tell.

In all seriousness, they probably didn't have an exact height for her yet since she didn't do much in that episode.

edited 27th Nov '11 1:56:17 PM by boobustuber

Ever consider that maybe moments like these were why the mane cast wanted to teach RD a lesson in humility in the first place? because her arrogance and egotism were actually beginning to ENDANGER people? She THREW a baby

That's why it didn't feel out of character to me. It's what RD would be like if she let her ego (which is already quite massive) go to her head

edited 27th Nov '11 1:58:34 PM by gingerninja666

In the first image Luna's hooves are further down the image than Twilight's. If you shift Luna up◊ so that her hooves are on the same level as Applejack's, the line of sight is closer to that of the second image. They still aren't exactly the same, and she's definitely a little smaller in the top image, but it's close enough that I'm not sure whether the change in size was intentional or just a byproduct of how the scene was set up.

I don't think RD was OOC, I just think that this was basically her at her worst.

edited 27th Nov '11 1:59:57 PM by JapaneseTeeth

agreed, Rainbow's biggest flaw is pride, this episode basically showed what happens when that goes to far, she became more concerned with being praised for saving ponies, then actually saving ponies. And it even led into it realistically, at first she really was just trying to help, and it was only after all the other ponies started praising her non-stop that she let it get to her.

Except that until then she didn't. That's kind of why I was kind of bugged by the other five's behavior. I would have been more accepting if RD had already been putting ponies at risk with her behavior, but until that point (and need I remind you they had decided to go through with their plan before this scene) RD had been doing just fine. Without that other factor it really just feels like the other five just said "our friend is getting a big head we need to do something about it. Oh, I know, let's dress up as a superhero and show her up at every opportunity possible. Brilliant!"

edited 27th Nov '11 2:07:35 PM by Mio

She dismissively threw a baby. That's when the cast first started getting annoyed by her. (though still admitting she was awesome) Dash had also started using her catch phrase by the time she saved those OA Ps, wasting time that she could've spent saving them. It was gradual, but it was clear that it was only gonna get worse.

They nipped the problem in the bud as it were

edited 27th Nov '11 2:15:10 PM by gingerninja666

I have to agree with Ginger here. (Granted, throwing the baby one's just rescued is one of those Seen It a Million Times tropes - think Captain Hammer.) If Dash hadn't spent her catchphrase (and the ensuing Phrase Catcher conversation with the disturbingly hirsute pony in the... bus...?) allowing the thing to build up momentum, she might have been able to stop it by herself, for instance.

edited 27th Nov '11 2:15:55 PM by RedSavant

to be fair, maybe she was just secretly trying to rid Equestria of that un-holy abomination before it could fully develop into the reality rending abyss of madness it would surely become.

She also could have saved the balloon pony if she went when Snips asked her to. As it seemed, if it wasn't for Mare Do Well, the pony would have crashed.

sigh*

That all really would have been fine if it felt like the episode was focusing on that, but it really didn't. I guess what I'm trying to say is that while all of you got the impression that the other five were trying to prevent Dash's ego from causing serious harm, I got the impression that her friends found her new bigger head to be really annoying and wanted her to stop being so obnoxious.

This episode probably would have been better if it had the aesop of "you shouldn't put your own desire for recognition over the lives of the ponies your trying to help", but instead we get a reversal of Boast Busters and that's all.

edited 27th Nov '11 2:26:21 PM by Mio

She WOULD'VE crashed actually.

look at the scene again

RD hit the BALLOON. She wouldn't have saved her

What does the sighing mean exactly?

edited 27th Nov '11 2:26:26 PM by gingerninja666