@Orion Celestia leved before answering your questions

Time to play First Episode Recommendations again. Someone I know is a bit condescending towards the show, but she's finally agreed to try watching an episode. So what do you think? I know Dragonshy is the most commonly recommended first episode, but I'm a bit tempted to suggest the Royal Wedding. It does have action and an awesome song, but I'm worried she might get bored with all the stuff at the beginning.

@ginger: Ah, sorry I don't read many fanfics.

I wonder how a Brainwashed and Crazy story would work out (we got a taste of it in the Season 2 opener but in a skewed sense).

@storyeller: Perhaps one of the stories that doesn't have too saccharine a atmosphere (it's one of the show's charms admitedly but I can see how that can put people off). Some episodes like Lesson Zero have an amusing deconstruction of the usual childlike structure of similar shows so might make for an amusing taster to a more cynical viewer.

edited 25th May '12 7:18:15 PM by Psi001

@Yeller: I wouldn't go with the Wedding; if she's condescending already, then '888FF' will end her willing suspension of dis8elief right then and there.

edited 25th May '12 7:16:35 PM by RedSavant

Also, in tangentially pony related news, I saw someone riding a horse by the grocery store this evening. In the middle of a giant city, with no visible explanation.

@Ginger

I think there was apony judge on hearts and hooves

I'd like to see a subverted Brainwashed and Crazy plot where everyone instantly KNOWS that their friend has been brainwashed

@Red Curious, is it just typing Bs as 8s that the troll you're channeling does, or do they do more?

CEQ is pretty awesome. the corruption thing

The Big Bad makes clones of the Mane 6 then uses dark magic to invert there personalities, and hence there elements. AJ's clone is a tricky, devious, shapeshifter, Pinkie's feeds off inflicting fear, etc...

@Story

It depeneds acording to her personality wich pony do yout hink she will like the most?

@ Story go with Lesson Zero, psycho pony mind controlling ponies, bear neck-snap, sonic rain-nuke, gollum Twi........

@ginger: I had a funny idea about the mane cast basing themselves so much on morals and friendship that when they are turned evil they become completely incompetent. Say a villain brainwashes them all to it's minions and they proceed to completely tear their plan apart due to lacking the common sense gained from their usual scruples (Twilight 'corrects' all the schemes and lengthens everything with her overintricacy, AJ and RD becoming warring Co Dragons, Fluttershy is a Dirty Coward, Rarity is too busy preening herself and Pinkie is...well Pinkie...but evil), leading them to be changed back in exasperation. Given the disaster that they were in Elements of Harmony it would make sense.

Lesson Zero has a supposedly cute little pony go insane trying to figure out the Aesop of the episode. It's a brilliant parody of moralistic cutesy shows for the Tastes Like Diabetes loathing viewer.

edited 25th May '12 7:24:07 PM by Psi001

@crow: She also 8folds punctuation marks sometimes (usually exclamation points), sometimes letters when she's reaaaaaaaally excited, types 8s for the sound 'ate', and uses emoticons like ::::).

I'm trying to show some restraint. XD

edited 25th May '12 7:23:04 PM by RedSavant

@Story: Dragonshy is usually a pretty safe bet, although depending on the person there might be better episodes. Lesson Zero is a fun episode, but it's not as indicative of what the show is actually like. And it works better when you're already familiar with the characters. Twilight's breakdown isn't as hilarious if you don't know how rational she normally is. I'm tempted to recommend A Bird in the Hoof, but that's not enough of an ensemble episode.

Also, I see someone has been reading Homestuck...

edited 25th May '12 7:24:29 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@Seraph Ehhhhh, I find Lesson Zero very awkward and uncomfortable at parts

@psi001: that one needs to be funded.

I don't remember any, but we've sure come close before.

heh reminds me of the Beast Wars episode where Rhinox gets infectd with an "evil virus" optimus learns about this, and just leans back and chills telling all the maximals to relax and not do anything. Que Rhinox single handidly kicking all the predacons butts as he backstabs his way to the top.

@story The sonic rainboom is another good one

Glad you like the idea, Ace.

For some reason I think the ponies' personalities would work in a villainous edge, Hearths Warming Eve and Lesson Zero gave a little sample of this.

Come to think of it, when is Dastardly Whiplash Spike coming back?

Well I had an idea for a fangame like that, but it's been languishing in the brainstorming phase for months.

FOE also had corrupted elements. And what was your expiriment Turtle?

@story I LOVED the corrupted elements in FOE. I thought it was a REALLY cool idea

Oops, another accidental doublepost. And since when is Red channeling a troll?

Red's been channeling Vriska for a while.