Some random pony catches the bouquet and proceeds to enjoy munching on it.

For the pagetopper

edited 28th Mar '12 10:50:19 AM by latenight

Feh. The best stories happen after the guy gets the girl.

Speaking of the Cakes, how old were they when they had the twins?

There is clearly more about the Royal Wedding than is immediately apparent. Celestia and Luna are definitely planning for something. Just in case.

I'm guessing the Cakes are in their early forties.

@ Purple: But what about when the spiders are the dreaded Acromantulas?

I parry with the shield of snark.

edited 28th Mar '12 10:50:42 AM by Badwolfwho

If RD is the village bicycle then Big Mac must be the village taxi.

I don't know what those are! Stop using fancy words to muddle the issue!

The Ring of Cloudcuckooland will beat the Shield of Snark.

edited 28th Mar '12 10:51:42 AM by PurpleDalek

Someone's going to try to crash the party. Literally crash.

All of a sudden I remembered the bit about the clones and the fighting. Now, the wedding was fine, but this has me just a little bit worried.

Re: the bouquet.

My original prediction is that it would be caught by a goat, but that isn't looking so likely since there aren't any in the previews I've seen.

@ Purple: Read Harry Potter? They are Aragog's species.

But rings can be melted in the Microwave of Villainous Valour!

edited 28th Mar '12 10:52:50 AM by Badwolfwho

That's a pretty long time to wait to have kids. Unless they only recently got married or something.

That, or they already had a kid that we haven't met.

edited 28th Mar '12 10:52:53 AM by KylerThatch

Not so much "upset" as just "cautious." Despite what another poster suggested, its hard for me to "just have faith in Studio B" lately.

When I first read the spoilers, nothing really stood out to me, but the more I think about it the more the following gnaws on my mind:

1. Lots of subpar eps lately.

2. It's a two-parter about a wedding... a traditionally "girly" theme in a show that is known for defying "girly" conventions. It feeds into the feeling I've brought up before that the show is becoming more "standardized."

3. Twi having a brother just out of nowhere, when its been strongly implied she's an only child. Not only that, but he's apparently an important person. It kinda feels like they're pulling a Negima or Naruto on us*

for the unfamiliar, both stories started off with the assumption that the title characters were gifted-but-otherwise-normal people struggling to reach great heights, but in both cases later revealed that the heroes were in fact descendants of nobility/legendary heroes and thus greatness runs in the family. What I'm suggesting here is that it would disappoint—but not necessarily surprise—me if it turned out Twilight Sparkle is actually a goddess or something and her becoming Celestia's student was actually some sort of plan and not just a lucky fluke

4. It's a two-parter. None of the two-parters in this series have been especially great (though its always possible that third time is the charm).

Cutie Mark Chronies? Is that ponies who gave themselves Chrono Trigger-themed cutie-marks? DO WANT!

Hey guys, I hate to shill my stuff but.... Im a finalist in the We Love Fine Adventure Time Cupcake contest.

If you fancy please go to the Mighty Fine page on Facebook and like it, then vote for the Cupcake "Catnip: Sweet Babies" by Sharonanne Atkins.

I really appreciate any help I get. I'm so exited!

@Bad. Oh. I should have know that. Silly me.

The Dagger of the Complete Monster beats all!

edited 28th Mar '12 10:54:10 AM by PurpleDalek

Yeah I know. They just have the whole "late parents" feel going on for me. Maybe they had difficulty getting pregnant.

edited 28th Mar '12 10:55:46 AM by CDRW

What little we've seen of the promo clips show that it will be anything but girly. "Major Badass" would be closer to the mark...

—R.J.

With the multiple writers thing going on, would it be reasonable to point to a scene (or several) and say "this didn't happen"?

Okay excuse me a second but WHAT.

I can kind of see where you're coming from, Moe. The main problem is that you're the only person I've seen (aside from maybe Mio) who thinks that almost every recent episode is subpar, so nobody else is seeing this trend of decline that worries you.

@ Turtle Nice, I'll go and find it now.

The show has always seemed rather girly to me. It more embraces girly conventions, it just does them better than most shows.

@ Purple: But it can be caught with the glove of the Well Intentioned Extremist!

Show takes girly conventions and make something cool wiith it.

My headcanon is always "each episode plays by its own rules, " so I'm usually forgiving of continuity snarls. Mostly, continuity only bothers me when it marks an uncomfortable trend (such as what I was saying about Twi's Flanderization a couple of hundred pages back).

It's called "the track record." If you put a batter up to plate twice and he strikes out both times, it's reasonable to expect him to strike out the third.

The show has had two 2-parters so far. "Friendship is Magic" was okay but not great, mostly brought down by the second half. And "Return of Harmony"... I don't think this forum would survive if I started on that again.

For example, A wedding might have a clone army battle in it.

I had no issues with any the the two parters. My only gripe with 'Friendship is Magic' was that is was predictable.

edited 28th Mar '12 11:08:14 AM by Cookoo

Being as there have only been two two-parters, that's not necessarily a rock-solid guide to go by.