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#136051 CDRW Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:34:12 PM

I vote for Trixie being at the wedding.

edited 25th Mar '12 8:34:41 PM by CDRW

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#136052 Rich Reeders Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:35:11 PM from My library, of course.

Oh shit. I didn't do what it looks like I did, did I?

edited 25th Mar '12 8:36:16 PM by RichReeders

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#136053 Japanese Teeth Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:35:24 PM from Meinong's jungle

Trixie at the wedding would be epic.

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#136054 CDRW Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:35:49 PM

She could be The Wedding Singer.

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#136055 Fallen Legend Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:36:04 PM from Mexico City!

Trixie should marry them

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#136056 Kyler Thatch Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:36:05 PM from the bottom of my heart

I have apparently only come back in time for the fallout. I don't know what happened, and I wasn't exactly around for the incident, and either way I don't think it would be a good idea for me to pester the good moderaters further when they're already being appealed to. But I will say this: I don't know what went on, but Apple is normally a fun and cool person. I hope their suspension was a temporary time-out.

Anyway, moving on...

Time to read that review! For great justice!

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#136057 Mio Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:36:06 PM

@J Teeth: Pretty nice review, as usual. Though it is certainly a bit "meatier" then your usual reviews.

The only thing that I don't quite agree with is purely interpretive.

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#136058 Bagof Magic Food Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:36:19 PM

Crowfall: There were the first three episodes of the second season, the two you mentioned, and then the flashback in "Family Appreciation Day", if you want to count that.

#136059 Seraphem Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:38:02 PM from Delamare

very nice J Teeth.

Only issue I have is trying to force an in universe answer for the wingpower addition errors when really, the only one that makes sense is a simple Writers Cannot Do Math. The characters didn't goof, it was all on the writers.

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#136060 Crowfall Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:40:53 PM

Right, I forgot about Lesson Zero. I'm gonna need to rewatch the whole season soon, its been awhile since I've seen the earlier episodes.

#136061 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:41:54 PM

Even if the writers messed up, it's still fun to think that the characters messed up instead.

Indeed.

edited 25th Mar '12 8:45:51 PM by PerpetualLurker

#136062 crowlover Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:43:05 PM

Watsonian Versus Doylist...

That could work...

edited 25th Mar '12 8:45:46 PM by crowlover

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#136063 ilsemmr Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:43:42 PM from Austin

I also like to think that some of the pegasi were weakened by the disease but were not yet under the full effect from it.

#136064 Japanese Teeth Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:46:00 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, Watsonian Versus Doylist pretty much covers it, and given that out of everyone in the cast, RD is the most likely to botch a math problem, I really don't think it's that much of a stretch. But then again, that's an incredibly minor issue anyway.

@Mio: Yeah, This is at least 40% longer than any of my other reviews. Lots of character stuff.

That's a good theory...

edited 25th Mar '12 8:47:03 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#136065 Mio Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:47:07 PM

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I've always though that in shows like this where there are multiple writers and loose continuity it is always better to air on the Doylist side.

The problem I had with that explanation was I interpreted that Twilight was handling the "fancy mathematics". I mean other then the measuring machine why else would she be there?

edited 25th Mar '12 8:50:49 PM by Mio

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#136066 Bagof Magic Food Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:48:23 PM

Another interesting fact I found while looking up that information was that "Hearts and Hooves Day" is so far the only episode where Princess Celestia wasn't even mentioned.

#136067 Seraphem Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:48:39 PM from Delamare

I agree, it's fun to find the in verse explanation, and I'm noramlly all for it and one of the ones trying to find it. it's just, in this case, I can't think of a single in verse explanation that both makes sense, and doesn't relay on Twilight getting a math problem wrong.

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#136068 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:48:40 PM

@Mio Like I said, its all for fun. Of course it's the writers' fault. We know that. We just have fun justifying it anyway.

edited 25th Mar '12 8:49:02 PM by PerpetualLurker

#136069 ilsemmr Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:48:58 PM from Austin

I think someone else mentioned it off hand on this thread, so I can't claim credit for that one. I just wish I remembered who it was... :(

#136070 crowlover Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:49:22 PM

I think I'm generally Watsonian in this kind of thing...

@Lurker WRONG! These are historical documents of Equestria!

It could have just been one number off... They can really mess up your answer...

edited 25th Mar '12 8:53:12 PM by crowlover

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#136071 Seraphem Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:50:45 PM from Delamare

@ Crow, same here, I'm normally very Wartsonion, it's just this is the rare case where I cn't find a a non-Doyilst answer that doesn't make the characters look like idiots.

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#136072 Japanese Teeth Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:54:30 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Mio: I just assumed that she was the only one who knew how to work the machine. RD is the one heading the thing off and is the professional flier, so I figured it was more likely that she'd be the one who figured out wingpower and stuff, especially she first notes the total that she needs before Twilight ever enters the episode. But yeah, it's largely an interpretive thing.

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#136073 Kyler Thatch Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:55:33 PM from the bottom of my heart

I generally prefer a Watsonian approach, but here I'll have to agree with Mio on the multiple writers bit.

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#136074 Whatshisgame Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:55:50 PM

There are pictures of Celestia on the walls of Cheerilee's classroom, which showed up in "Hearts and Hooves Day".

#136075 storyyeller Sun, 25th Mar '12 8:57:33 PM from Appleloosa

Why is it so implausible that RD made a math mistake or was overoptimistic?

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