Now see, if she did more odd yet adorable things like that she'd probably be more popular. Come on writers, lets delve more into her ponypomorphizing of her crops.

Pagetopper time.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:31:22 PM by Crowfall

You should know how complex my relationship with her is

Ginger: Pinkie, I've always sort of had a crush...
(Pinkie Pie shoves a cupcake in Ginger's mouth)
Pinkie Pie: Well, Duh!

I actually liked both Polsky episodes. Personally IDGAF if you're being offensive as long as it isn't BLATANTLY very sexist or anti-LGBT.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:30:34 PM by PinkieP

Didn't like Over a Barrel, not on any controversy grounds, It just wasn't that great an episode for me (Other then the train scenes)

Pinkie Keen I loved, ESCEPT for the aesop, they lost it at that point.

Here's the deal: The subject matter was very clearly drawn from the events of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion by the Americas after gaining their indepndence, which itself plays into the bigger issues of Imperialism and Expansionism.

The Buffalo where completely and utterly in the right. End of discussion.

It pisses me off when people soften the larger and grander truths and ideas here to try and make it seem like the settlers had any validity what so ever.

They didn't. Not one iota.

The land belonged to the Buffalo/Indians first, when we came here, we wiped out their way of life there was literally a mountain of buffalo skulls, the primary source of food and way of life from the native American. We effectively committed genocide, we forced Indian to go to boarding schools where they were mistreated and degraded over and over again, where we attempted to beat thousands of years of culture and belief out of them. To "Americanize" the original Americans. Missionaries forced native Americans into demining and humiliating tasks, they killed anyone they found practicing their traditional faith, they crusaded against an entire way of life.

Nothing about manifest density, the expansion of America, the sheer disgusting horror of what was done to the rightful owners of the land was right. So forgive me if I get really, really, really pissed off by it being simplified and then tweaked to make it seem like the settlers had any validated what so ever.

They didn't, the Native Americans where here first. They had built up a entire way of life, a civilization, a culture around pure and good ideas. We ruined that with our selfish desire for more land, or greed, or entitlement, or vain assurance that no matter what we could do no wrong, especial by some group of backwards savages. Even though those "savages" had been leading a far less corrupt and wanton life than ours.

There is no justification, no right way, no properness to it.

It's utterly and completely wrong, for this episode to have even close to proper moral all of the ponies should have been forcibly and prejudicially evicted from the Buffalo's home and any remnant of their influence there (apple trees and all) burned to the ground.

EDIT: I...am going to go take some deep breaths and watch 22 to purge this episode from my mind. Sorry if I've offended anyone it's just...this is a sore subject for me.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:34:52 PM by LMage

You know what? If a character needs flagrant and constant displays of mental neurosis to get popular in this fandom then we have some deep-seeded problems here.

Ummm. . .yeah I got nothing.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:36:07 PM by Mio

I liked Over A Barrel yet hated FPK (because I personally didn't care for the slapstick)

Oh for the love of... Another over a barrel hater and using history as justification? For the love of god, why can't a fun romp be enjoyed as a fun romp? What's wrong with trying to turn the horrors of history into a positive compromise to show we've learned somewhat? Why can't we share and care about this episode? WHY?!

So...what if Dave Polsky and Merriwether Williams co-wrote an episode?

Sorry...I just...ugh.

I am vehamitaly opposed to Imerpialsim and Expansionism....it's a very sore subject with me. I'm done ranting however, moving on!

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:37:35 PM by LMage

I'm with you, Mousa, but we should ust drop it. We all have our wonks and this is clearly his.

They weren't forcing the buffalo to leave their homes or anything

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:39:21 PM by gingerninja666

So...what if Dave Polsky and Merriwether Williams co-wrote an episode?

Ginger would implode.

ANYWAYS!

A little ways into 22; that bird is pheonix. Calling it now.

Also, the tea cup gag was funny.

Well. . .it would have a sort of "out there" concept. A lot of people will find it hilariously entertaining. The characterization will be some what questionable. And it will have the single most bullshit moral in the whole series.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:40:43 PM by Mio

Shutting up now.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:41:28 PM by RhymeBeat

I hate imperialism as much as the next guy, but come on! Pie war! Horse drawing' horse drawn carriages! Mild west dances! This episode was a laugh a minute! It'll never be as good as Lesson Zero, but Pie War!

Philomena! Now there's another pet that needs a return appearance. Any bird that enjoys pranking that much is okay in my book.

That episode was worth it purely for the horse drawn horse drawn carriages gag.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:42:37 PM by Crowfall

Meh. Wasn't that funny.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:42:32 PM by Mio

@Syd Why would I implode?

Over a Barrel is actually my favorite episode. I do admit that the conflict resolution was kind of weak, but I think the characters were the more entertaining part of it. Plus the fight at the end was both awesome and funny.

For my own sanity, I am just going to abstain from any further conversation about this episode.

Unless it's in refrenece to PP's song and dance. Which, both where pefect. (Seriously PP needs to sing and dance more on this show)

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:43:29 PM by LMage

Gotcha XD

Best bait-n-switch gag yet for season one.

It was a punaloosa, Mio! How is it not funny? It was a Pie war!

I just tend to think most things in this series are not nearly as funny as people make them out to be.

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:46:24 PM by Mio

I liked the ep purely for Braeburn

edited 22nd Dec '11 8:46:51 PM by gingerninja666