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#149401 Rich Reeders Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:54:07 PM from The ground

Picture Perfect Pony:

Damn that's a fun song.

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#149402 Psi 001 Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:54:34 PM

It was too faint to really hate her for it (it was amusing seeing her get into the Holmes getup as much as Pinkie). Besides the majority of times Twilight or another pony is too smug or pompous it's usually a sign they're about to get taken down a peg or two, which makes it more sympathetic.

I admit smug heroes do often bug me a bit, at least the ones that never suffer consequences for it. Twilight's too fallible for that category though.

edited 7th Apr '12 5:57:03 PM by Psi001

#149403 storyyeller Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:55:34 PM from Appleloosa

Yes. I could possibly be friends with an affable murderer... but a SMUG Murderer... grrrrr

Must be why you love Manfred von Karma so much.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#149404 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:57:04 PM from Meinong's jungle

I really didn't get Twilight as being all that smug; I think she was just happy that Pinkie was taking her advice, and that it was paying off.

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#149405 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:57:32 PM

Hold on a tick, aren't you a fan of House? Are you saying he's never smug?

That's how I saw it too.

edited 7th Apr '12 5:57:55 PM by Crowfall

#149406 gingerninja 666 Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:57:47 PM from Aboard The Damocles

Kinda weird how Twi is giving a "Don't Jump to conclusions" aesop when in the next episode an apparent "dark secret" is going to put Twi on edge regading SA's marriage to Cadence

Given how these things tend to work, the dark secret will merely be something innocuous and Twi will have just been overeacting

He's an exception. There are exceptions to ALL my rules

@story male antagonists get a free pass on being smug too

edited 7th Apr '12 5:59:16 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#149407 stevebat Sat, 7th Apr '12 5:59:19 PM

It's a season finale. I highly doubt it will end up with Twilight overreacting.

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

#149408 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:01:00 PM from Meinong's jungle

I'm guessing that the secret will be something that actually seems credible. At least in "It's About Time", the reason looked legitimate.

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#149409 storyyeller Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:01:26 PM from Appleloosa

The jump to conclusions thing made me think of Bridle gossip and Luna Eclipsed.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#149410 Applelight Limited Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:01:37 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Say JT?

What did you think of the episode?

Tealove is best pony. Pony Fanon Workshop

#149411 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:03:21 PM from Meinong's jungle

I thought it was awesome. The only substantial issues are the the opening scenes are a bit long, and that the other ponies were kinda OOC when they ruined the cake.

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#149412 gingerninja 666 Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:04:15 PM from Aboard The Damocles

How the hell was that trampoline gonna protect anything?

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#149413 Applelight Limited Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:04:38 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ JT

Agreed...though it was funny right?

And what do you think of the very end? As a plot point, not a moral question.

Tealove is best pony. Pony Fanon Workshop

#149414 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:06:35 PM from Meinong's jungle

Oh, the infamous Pinkie scene? At first I thought it was kind of dickish, but when I though about it, I remembered that 1. the cake already won, which means everybody probably sampled it already and 2. It's entirely likely that they didn't use up all of the ingredients and probably had other stuff lying around.

It's totally in-character for Pinkie, though. I mean, it's hardly the first time we've seen her eat something bigger than she is.

edited 7th Apr '12 6:07:06 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#149415 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:06:52 PM

The trampoline was just there so that if the cake fell, it would bounce and land comically on an unsuspecting background pony. You always have to be prepared for cheap slapstick humor.

#149416 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:06:57 PM from Austin

Well, I'm caught up. And I liked the episode. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but it's still not my favorite~~

And Ginger: Sexism! D:<

But the tacos I bought are really good. Really expensive for tacos though... ><

The Element of Procrastination

#149417 Chadaman 99 Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:07:06 PM

So who else wanted a GIF of this?

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#149418 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:08:08 PM from Meinong's jungle

I was kinda surprised at how much that resembled blood spatter.

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#149419 kegisak Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:09:10 PM

Well that's...

exploitable.

That is not the first thing that came to my mind.

edited 7th Apr '12 6:09:46 PM by kegisak

#149420 stevebat Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:09:19 PM

Oh hey. Did they just do that on a kids show? REALLY?

Did I ever tell you guys that Vinyl Scratch is my favorite pony of all time?

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edited 7th Apr '12 6:10:10 PM by stevebat

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

#149421 Psi 001 Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:09:52 PM

@Ginger: There are some smug male protagonists that bug me as well, albeit usually because it's often merged with them being Jerk Sues. Sonic the Hedgehog is good example of dividing the two extremes, games Sonic is smug but in a rather playful friendly way, then there's Sonic The Comic.

Maybe that's why you dislike smug females more, a recurring template for strong female heroes is a rather bitchy heroine that's always more competent than their team mates.

edited 7th Apr '12 6:11:00 PM by Psi001

#149422 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:10:21 PM from Meinong's jungle

1. You have a dirty mind. 2. Well, that shot happened right after the cake got shoved into a buzzsaw. Context, man!

I don't mind smugness as long as the other characters react appropriately. When someone is smug and everybody else just smiles and nods, then it bugs me.

edited 7th Apr '12 6:12:30 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#149423 storyyeller Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:10:26 PM from Appleloosa

How the hell was that trampoline gonna protect anything?

As seen in Best Night Ever, MLP trampolines have an innate magical breaking field that allows them to arrest the velocity of falling objects so that they hang safely in the air above the trampoline.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#149424 Chadaman 99 Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:10:50 PM

I have had about a year's worth of the word smug today.

"Come" on with that face, blood wasn't the first thing to "come" to mind.

edited 7th Apr '12 6:12:07 PM by Chadaman99

#149425 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:11:25 PM

@kegi: Oh god. Now I can't stop seeing it. It's horrible yet I can't look away.