There were a few shots of them rolling out pastry in ep 21 though

edited 5th Jul '11 6:04:36 PM by gingerninja666

Either that or they just massively simplified the process because the show is geared towards 6 year old girls.

Keep forgetting that. Then they should stop writing it so well those dumbasses. they make us care too much

edited 5th Jul '11 6:06:02 PM by gingerninja666

Whenever I think of Breakdown Pinkie my mind now leaps to this (the effects are there so it doesn't get taken down)

edited 5th Jul '11 6:07:32 PM by AnonymousUser

"Then they should stop writing it so well, those dumbasses. they make us care too much."

This is going on my Best Line of the Day wall.

This reminds of that big discussion on whether or not most ponies were literate. Most people didn't take into account that the reason the ponies use symbols for everything is because the show's target demographic can't read all that well.

I thought it was so they didn't have to mess with a whole bunch of signs when they dubbed the show into other languages.

For some reason that reminds me of Happy Tree Friends not having any writing/text anywhere in the show proper. It doesn't help that they speak in gibberish.

edited 5th Jul '11 6:33:46 PM by AnonymousUser

^Most of them probably can. Who was it who was helping Applejack with her baked bads? Pinkie?

Anyway, I have to say that I really like 'Dangerous Business's portrayal of Ponyville's society. Applejack and Dash discuss a drinking contest they held once, and Dash mentions that she likes beer. It fits in with the idea that most of the ponies in Ponyville are considered adults, even young adults like the mane cast. Someone posted a link a few pages ago pointing out that they were basically around 18-22 going off standard horse age scales... so, yeah. I feel like the ponies are more autonomous than they appear in the show, simply because of the demographic.

...I can't believe I'm arguing that a children's cartoon dumbs down a realistic magical sparklepony society.

Which ponies actually sparkle?

The vampire ones!

You see, it's a Twilight Sparkle.

edited 5th Jul '11 6:58:03 PM by blueharp

I've never really been able to place the ponies at a given age. Their autonomy in society implies that they're at least college age in human years, but I feel like personality wise, they're closer to high school.

College freshmen?

sorry I guesss I took the debate seriously. Sorry I hate to debate, I tend to become a jerk when I debate. Won't happen again

^^Yeah, sounds about right.

And now we know why bronies identify so strongly with them...

edited 5th Jul '11 7:09:03 PM by RedSavant

Indeed.

I'm more interested in Spike's age. Twilight refers to spike as a baby even though he can speak fluently and can manage a reasonable work load. Maybe dragons are very quick to learn.

...I just graduated from college...

Collegish, then.

Perhaps dragons have a hundred-year childhood, as Hesiod says men did in the Silver Age?

Perhaps they age quickly as children then slow down a lot as they enter maturity. Seeing how adult dragons treat the little ones (If that one encounter with Spike and the big one is anything to go by), little dragons need to grow up quick if they want to survive without someone taking care of them.

Well the only times we've seen adult dragons be aggressive, their property was being infringed on. I don't think their rage discriminates when they want themselves or it to be left alone.

edited 5th Jul '11 7:28:56 PM by AnonymousUser

Most likely. The fact that Twilight hatched Spike since she was a filly (sp?) and had years worth of magical equcation might suggest that Spike is around 4-8 year old.

Speaking of Twilight's flashback, did anyone else did anyone else find it odd that some ponies had a dragon egg just ready to hatch? I'm curious of Spike's parents and what might have happened to them.

They horde a lot of gemstones, what do they leave for the little guys?

If I had to guess, it seems that dragons mature mentally rather quickly, but then spend a long time maturing physically, with traits like their wings, stronger firebreath, and such. It's also possible that purple dragons look completely different from red and green dragons when they're adults, too.