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#8951 Kyler Thatch Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:07:03 PM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

Criticized? The only high-class pony that's been called out on bad behavior was Blue BallsBlood, and that's only because he was an asshead by anyone's standards.

What is boils down to is a huge difference in culture between the kind of ponies that usually wind up at the gala, and those of our favorite ponies from Ponyville. So they don't "PAR-TAY!", and probably aren't all too fond of apple fritters. Does that make them bad people? I think not.

edited 5th Jul '11 5:07:13 PM by KylerThatch

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#8952 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:08:19 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

She could have told them that, or insist that the greetings be faster, or only available for the first 100 or so guests

someone elses sorry (I'm a slow typist, hard to keep up

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edited 5th Jul '11 5:15:02 PM by gingerninja666

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Tealove is best pony

#8953 Kyler Thatch Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:10:04 PM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

I'm sorry, were you referring to my post or someone else's?

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#8954 Fallen Legend Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:10:04 PM from Mexico City! from Mexico City!

Snobbishness itself has been criticized a lot thorugh the show. We were even shown good/bad with rarity/blue blood. But I concur they weren't evil.

edited 5th Jul '11 5:10:53 PM by FallenLegend

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#8955 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:10:07 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

Kyler's right, you can't let Blueblood (who was indeed a massive prick) act as a template for how you judge EVERY high class pony

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8956 Bagof Magic Food Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:10:15 PM

When you think of it, Pinkie Pie could very well have been the "bad person", from a certain point of view.

Right, I couldn't exactly take either side. Most of the main characters were at fault for not staying cool and enjoying the gala for what it was, but the Gala's planners may have also been at fault for not providing enough chances for new guests to loosen up. I think the conflict is personified in Rarity and Prince Blueblood, each expecting the other to be more gallant.

#8957 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:12:45 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

I don't think there ARE any new guests beside the mane cast, and expecting changes to be made on behalf of only 6 new guests is kinda mean

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8958 Fallen Legend Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:13:41 PM from Mexico City! from Mexico City!

I agree with Kyle too. My point is that, the snobbish behavior itself was portrayed a bit negatively. They weren't shown as evil nor jerks to the level of blur blood however.

It was a critique oriented more towards the bahavior than the ponies on it.

edited 5th Jul '11 5:15:57 PM by FallenLegend

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis

#8959 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:16:34 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

snobishness is kinda portrayed positively in Suited For Success (since it was the ignorant un-fashion savvy cast who were in the wrong)

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8960 Parable Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:19:21 PM from California from California

I don't see how snobbishness was portrayed good there.

Because "for the lulz" is a perfectly good reason to do something.

#8961 Fallen Legend Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:20:39 PM from Mexico City! from Mexico City!

Don't want to bore you, but snobbishness as defined by the dictionary is "Having the property of being a snob, arrogant and pretentious, smugly superior or dismissive as inferior."

Rarity was not like that on that episode.I think that part of the point of Rarity is to show that you can be a lady without being a snob/jerk.

edited 5th Jul '11 5:21:49 PM by FallenLegend

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis

#8962 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:22:49 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

well Hoity Toity was snobbish, and he wasn't portrayed as a jerk. Impressing him was considered a good thing aswell.

It wasn't so much that snobishness was portrayed as good, it just wasn't portrayed as bad

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8963 Kyler Thatch Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:24:14 PM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

Y'all may be confusing the terms "snobby" and "classy".

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#8964 Bagof Magic Food Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:24:37 PM

I'm tired of thinking about the Grand Galloping Gala now... Poor Applejack's cake was ruined...

#8965 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:27:07 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

how did she make that cake anyway? where did she cook it? what did she use as ingredients? (the only things she had with her were the fritters pies and whatnot, did she throw them in a big bowl?)

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8966 Parable Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:27:46 PM from California from California

I'm amazed she made that thing so fast. Cowgirl pony has mad baking skills.

Because "for the lulz" is a perfectly good reason to do something.

#8967 Bagof Magic Food Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:33:42 PM

Yeah, suddenly I'm realizing that cake is suspicious...

#8968 blueharp Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:36:06 PM

The Cake was there all along. Watching. Waiting. Preparing.

#8969 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:39:24 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

and now it's gone. sadface :(

I don't think i've ever even seen an apple cake

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8970 Japanese Teeth Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:55:40 PM from Meinong's jungle from Meinong's jungle

I think we're taking the whole Gala thing too seriously. Celestia probably just underestimated how much damage everyone would cause. She may be good at predicting stuff, but she obviously doesn't get everything right all the time.

My guess about why the gala is how it is is that it's simply been done that way for so long that it's considered an Equestrian tradition that nopony wants to risk changing. Celestia included. She technically has the authority, but if she pulled rank and reformatted everything she'd probably get complaints.

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#8971 Jack Of All Trades Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:58:31 PM from Somewhere clever from Somewhere clever

Is it bad when the background music for a kids show about ponies goes incredibly well with a psychotic breakdown scene from a horror movie? Well, that's what this is. It's the BGM from Pinkie's breakdown in Party of One set to the "Laughing Room" scene from Evil Dead 2. I made it, but I got the idea from an Fi M thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_iWFg70IvI&feature=player_embedded

Future's so bright, I gotta wear shades

#8972 Parable Tue, 5th Jul '11 5:59:22 PM from California from California

Its not that different from real life high profile parties. Lot of people don't really want to go but it is expected of them.

^ Dude. Duuude.

edited 5th Jul '11 6:00:05 PM by Parable

Because "for the lulz" is a perfectly good reason to do something.

#8973 gingerninja 666 Tue, 5th Jul '11 6:01:44 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

That was scary how much that fit, specially the door at the end. Did Ash just shoot Rainbow Dash?

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#8974 storyyeller Tue, 5th Jul '11 6:02:48 PM from Appleloosa from Appleloosa

My theory is that the Apple family has limited transmuation powers relating to apples and baked goods. That would also explain where they get all the flour and other stuff that goes into the pastries. Seriously, if you look at episode 21 you get the impression that they're fabricating pies entirely out of apples.

It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"

#8975 Kyler Thatch Tue, 5th Jul '11 6:03:14 PM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

I think we're taking the whole Gala thing too seriously.

Are you kidding? We're tropers. Taking stuff like this way too seriously is what we do!

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...