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#73226 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:14:06 AM from Singapore

Shaggy Dog Story, huh.

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#73227 Pannic Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:15:16 AM

My my this season has been on a roll for destroying fanon. I wonder how many ships this'll sink...

Blimey, this could pre-emptively ruin one of my fanfics. Ah well, it's the price I pay.

#73228 CDRW Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:15:51 AM

MLP cannot dissapoint, therefore, something will be different at the end of this episode, even if we don't get full shipping. At the very least, Big Mac is going to get some real lines.

Fortunately, my fanfic is an alternate universe, so I can ignore any ships I don't like.

edited 17th Jan '12 9:16:32 AM by CDRW

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#73229 kegisak Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:17:08 AM

Is that the one where Granny Smith is trying to marry Mac off, and he eventually winds up with Celestia or something?

I'm actually sort of bumbed because it shoots my idea for the homophobia thing to hell.(please don't freak AJ, it's not as bad as it sounds).

edited 17th Jan '12 9:17:14 AM by kegisak

#73230 gingerninja 666 Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:17:12 AM from Aboard The Damocles

Maybe the CMC learn that it's wrong to force love for ulterior motives and that these things have to evolve natrually. (if they do at all)

an important lesson for kids these days.

The episode itself could also shed some more light on the characters of Big Mac and Cheerilee

edited 17th Jan '12 9:17:47 AM by gingerninja666

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#73231 Badwolfwho Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:17:25 AM

So Big Mac and Cheerilee. I didn't ship either of them with anyone before.

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#73232 Pannic Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:17:46 AM

Yeah, that one.

Though bear in mind, this is speculation. All we know is that it involves the CMC trying to get them to fall in love. If anything actually happens I can just imagine alllll the RAEG that'll come from shippers. I don't know whether I look forward to it or dread it...

edited 17th Jan '12 9:20:08 AM by Pannic

#73233 Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:19:06 AM from Canada

Pannic: Like CDRW, I also find the best way to not have to stress about the ever changing canon is to treat the fic as an alternate universe time stamped with canon from up to when the fic was started, with everything coming afterward ignored if it's inconvenient to the story.

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#73234 Whatshisgame Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:19:15 AM

I just realized, canon Cheerilee x Big Mac shipping makes it kinda disturbing that the Blind Bag toy & card of Cheerilee depict her as a Palette Swap of Applejack

edited 17th Jan '12 9:20:13 AM by Whatshisgame

#73235 Japanese Teeth Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:19:16 AM from Meinong's jungle

@Ginger: I dunno I just find it funnier that way. Also, just because you don't care for the romance doesn't mean that everybody else can't enjoy it. I'm not a big fan of romance either, but I can put up with it for one episode, especially as it seems to be between two characters that aren't going to shake up the status quo too much.

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#73236 Mr AHR Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:19:22 AM from ಠ_ಠ

You care if your ships are canon?

HAH!

#73237 Applejack Pony Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:19:24 AM from Sweet Apple Acres

No I'm not gonna freak out. Do whatever you want.

#73238 Pannic Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:21:12 AM

I'm not freaking out. I'm just concerned about fandom reaction, because shippers kinda ruin everything: the Harmonians, the Zutarans, the Klainers...

#73239 Mr AHR Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:22:01 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Yeah. Fandom wars are a shit pile to wade through. God I love my ability to find my anything-goes fandoms.

#73240 gingerninja 666 Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:22:47 AM from Aboard The Damocles

@JT I have no problem with people enjoying romance IF IT HAPPENS. I have a problem with people who want it to be everywhere, and those who get annoyed if it doesn't happen.

I don't mind if Big Cheer DOES end up happening (it could be cute) but I don't get being annoyed if it doesn't

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#73241 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:24:46 AM

I tend to ignore shipping for the most part, but I can definitely get behind canon ships, as they are basically always going to be justified, and have an actual effect on cast dynamics. So, yeah, for me canon ships >>>>> fanon ships.

#73242 Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:24:54 AM from Canada

I don't think there will be much of a reaction, really. The usual people who think their ideas should be canon might complain, but the fandom's taken all the jossing this season really well, so I don't see why there should be a problem with something as small as a side character ship.

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#73243 kegisak Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:25:45 AM

@Pannic: I think he was talking to me. The last time the possibility of the mane cast being even a little homophobic was brought he, he reacted... poorly.

@Ginger: The issue is that the episode revolves around it. It's a different issue, because if it doesn't happen it makes the episode feel sort of pointless, doesn't it? It's like an episode where someone is following a treasure map, and they finally find the buried treasure and dig it up... and there's nothing there. There was no point to the episode.

#73244 Japanese Teeth Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:25:48 AM from Meinong's jungle

@Ginger: It's like Kegisak said, it makes the episode a Shaggy Dog Story if it spends the entire episode building up a plotline and not bothering with the payoff. Granted, that doesn't make it inherently bad, but I can see where it would annoy people, even if it wasn't a romantic plot.

edited 17th Jan '12 9:31:05 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#73245 Mr AHR Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:25:50 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Kuroi: I hope so. I bailed the Glee thread because of all the passive aggressiveness on all sides. I'd hate to do the same for this thread.

edited 17th Jan '12 9:26:07 AM by MrAHR

#73246 CDRW Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:26:23 AM

This. Our fandom trusts the show creators, and they've never let us down yet.

edited 17th Jan '12 9:26:39 AM by CDRW

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#73247 gingerninja 666 Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:27:56 AM from Aboard The Damocles

Did people COMPLETELY IGNORE my post?

Maybe the CMC learn that it's wrong to force love for ulterior motives and that these things have to evolve natrually. (if they do at all)

an important lesson for kids these days.

The episode itself could also shed some more light on the characters of Big Mac and Cheerilee

edited 17th Jan '12 9:28:22 AM by gingerninja666

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#73248 The Freeman Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:28:32 AM from Hialeah,FL.

You and me both, bro....

Not the Glee thread, another thread that I just decided not to follow anymore for the same reasons.

edited 17th Jan '12 9:29:11 AM by TheFreeman

Once again, now where do I start, dear love...

#73249 Mr AHR Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:30:04 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Yeah. I mean, I used to be big into shipping as well. I was into Naruto at the time, so I argued a bunch of stuff just because.

I am actually kind of thankful I enjoyed gay shipping, since I had to accept it would never ever be canon.

#73250 CDRW Tue, 17th Jan '12 9:31:02 AM

@ Ginger: Nope. I think that's exactly what'll happen, and then at the very end of the episode, we'll get a Ship Tease.

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