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#71176 Whatshisgame Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:42:48 AM

Someone said that Mrs. Cake is skinnier in this episode, meaning that she's been pregnant the whole time. Did she actually lose weight, or is this like when people thought Spike was gradually growing bigger over the course of Season 1?

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edited 14th Jan '12 8:45:33 AM by Whatshisgame

#71177 L Mage Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:44:01 AM from The Moon

You don't losse weight after a pregnacy you gain it.

#71178 kegisak Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:44:01 AM

It'll be hard to say until we get a side-by-side. I didn't notice any outright difference, myself.

Yeah, but the balloon belly of actually being pregnant goes away.

How often have we seen Mrs. Cake this season? A horse's Gestation period is eleven months, and we've spanned at least half a year. If we hadn't seen her often, simple progression of time would be enough to account for it.

edited 14th Jan '12 8:45:23 AM by kegisak

#71179 Enlong Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:45:03 AM from The Magitek Holyland

Actually, with the diamond thing, she actively resisted his temptations and tauntings the second-best of the five to be turned in that episode.

I think this boils down to how much each of us think she would buckle down and focus when given the kids to look after. I think we can both agree that she's a dynamo when she focuses on something.

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#71180 Badwolfwho Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:45:09 AM

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You're a month Old.

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#71181 Mr AHR Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:45:58 AM from ಠ_ಠ

So, I saw the episode...and I kind of agree with Ginger.

I think it was good up until the ending. It was sweet, don't get me wrong, but it sort of wrapped itself up way too neatly. I liked that Pinkie had a breakdown, that was raw, that was natural, and the kids trying to help her out...sorta made sense, I guess? But I think it would have been better if she instead went to Twilight who helped her, or something, IMO.

#71182 gingerninja 666 Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:46:29 AM from Aboard The Damocles

But a belly caused by pregnancy looks a LOT different to one caused by fat though (at least in my experience)

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#71183 Enlong Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:47:50 AM from The Magitek Holyland

If she went to Twilight, it would've been Twilight dealing with the problem, rather than Pinkie actually doing something about it.

And then there would've been an argument about Twilight being overly competent, and Unicorns being hax baby sitters and... bluh.

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#71184 L Mage Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:49:07 AM from The Moon

Also: is it just me or did this moral have nothing to do with friendship?

edited 14th Jan '12 8:49:31 AM by LMage

#71185 gingerninja 666 Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:49:09 AM from Aboard The Damocles

@Enlong but that happened in Applebuck season and I was ok with that ending. (Hax Apple pickin' notwhithstanding)

Maybe they didn't want a repeat of that ending

edited 14th Jan '12 8:49:37 AM by gingerninja666

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#71186 Mio Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:49:15 AM

Really?!. . .you know I can kind of see that happening.

We've moved on from friendship. I guess.

edited 14th Jan '12 8:49:49 AM by Mio

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#71187 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:49:32 AM from Singapore

Yeah, it's a special lesson just for Pinkie.

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#71188 kegisak Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:49:40 AM

Yeah... it wasn't a prefect ending, but on the other hand it was still a really, really solid episode. I totally want to see fanart of pound and pumpkin all grow'd up.

Hell, if I don't see any I'll probably be making some myself.

#71189 Badwolfwho Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:50:03 AM

@ Enlong: Yeah if she does buckle down she'll get the job done. Like in the latter half of Sister Hooves Social and Suited For Success.

There's also the possibility that Rarity rarely goes to Sugarcube Corner (I think she's the only one of the Mane Six who hasn't been) and so they don't know her very well. I'd imagine she doesn't eat that sort of thing very often. Compared to Rainbow who is often over there with Pinkie and so they'd know her more and possibly trust her more.

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#71190 Enlong Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:50:49 AM from The Magitek Holyland

I think the difference here is that in Applebuck season, Applejack really did try to do more than she was reasonably capable of, and the problem was not the apple picking per se, but her unwillingness to acknowledge her limitations.

Here, the problem was Pinkie not taking her responsibilities seriously, and needing to realize that she had to do so. She wouldn't have grown if she had just accepted Twilight's help, and in the end, she managed on her own.

Yeah. *nod*. I think I can go with that explanation. Thanks.

edited 14th Jan '12 8:51:28 AM by Enlong

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#71191 kegisak Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:50:53 AM

No, Mage, you don't understand. FRIENDSHIP PERMEATES ALL THINGS. ALL THINGS ARE TO DO WITH FRIENDSHIP. ALL LESSONS ARE LESSONS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP.

#71192 Chadaman 99 Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:50:55 AM from Somewhere in California

Case and point. The least capable character has do a job contrary to what she knows. Hilarity ensues, again, and again. She learns her lessons over the experience. The end.

#71193 gingerninja 666 Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:51:38 AM from Aboard The Damocles

Except she didn't. She got a luckky break.

Okay, I'll stop now

edited 14th Jan '12 8:52:03 AM by gingerninja666

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#71194 L Mage Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:52:16 AM from The Moon

BUT SHE REGECTED TWILIGHT'S HELP IT WAS JUST PINKIE PIE AND NO OTHER PONY. Her friends wheren't even remotely involved in today's moral, she didn't use the word "friendship" once in her letter!

edited 14th Jan '12 8:52:36 AM by LMage

#71195 Enlong Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:52:32 AM from The Magitek Holyland

And spent the montage doing more to keep the house clean and the babies happy than she had done for the rest of the episode.

But yeah, we probably should get off that track.

edited 14th Jan '12 8:53:05 AM by Enlong

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#71196 kegisak Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:53:05 AM

ALL LESSONS ARE LESSONS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP!

#71197 Crowfall Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:53:31 AM

So are the mane six the closest friends the Cake's have? I can understand Pinkie, but all of them were there at the hospital, and no one else.

#71198 L Mage Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:53:31 AM from The Moon

BUT SHE DIDN'T EVEN INTERACT WITH HER FRIENDS!

#71199 Enlong Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:53:40 AM from The Magitek Holyland

She had to deal with a unicorn baby doing a magic surge.

Friendship is magic so magic is friendship.

She had to deal with a lot of friendship.

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#71200 Crowfall Sat, 14th Jan '12 8:53:57 AM

FRIENDSHIP