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#243876 Red Savant Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:30:59 PM from Eastern US

^I would have problems with someone who set up a tent in my backyard and started their own little farm there, too. Who cares if they're growing carrots and I was just using my yard to run around in? You don't get to say 'oh, you'll barely notice me, let me just set up a few things, hardly be in your way at all'.

Edit: And yes, of course compromise was the best solution. Both sides were being obstinate about an issue that could have been easily solved in a number of ways.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:32:09 PM by RedSavant

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#243877 Meta Four Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:31:38 PM from my room

Bone did Cerebus Syndrome right. Because it was clear that the author planned it to some extent. The major antagonist of the story made an incognito cameo in the very first issue.

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#243878 Mio Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:33:09 PM

@Lurker: I thought you were implying that just by virtue of it being a comedy that it could use Rule of Funny to justify anything. I apologize.

And I have to be honest, comedy has never been this show's biggest draw for me. It has always been the characters, and to a limited extent the setting itself.

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#243879 Death Cloud Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:33:37 PM from Horsehead Nebula

Simple way to done Cerebus Syndrome right is (just by looking at page picture) to invite both drama and comedy, and make them have good time.

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#243880 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:33:47 PM

Do any of us actually think this show is undergoing Cerebus Syndrome, or are we just discussing it at random? I think I missed how this started. I mean, the two-parters have had End of the World as We Know It as the stakes since day one, so it's kind of hard to say that they've gotten progressively darker.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:35:51 PM by PerpetualLurker

#243881 Seraphem Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:34:57 PM from Delamare

Another great Cerebus Syndrome The Order of the Stick.

it started becuase someone asked how long it will be before the show DOES undergo it.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:35:23 PM by Seraphem

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#243882 Applelight Limited Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:36:28 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I certainly don't think it's undergoing Cerebus Syndrome. The finale was too light hearted to be considered such an example imo, and of course, the last normal episode was MM Mystery. That's hardly a serious 22 mins of tv.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:37:06 PM by ApplelightLimited

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#243883 Mio Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:36:53 PM

It doesn't seem like Cerebus Syndrome is taking place, nor do I think that is the direction it will go in.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:37:12 PM by Mio

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#243884 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:37:46 PM from Appleloosa

What do you think about The Order of the Stick's Cerebus?

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#243885 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:37:59 PM

@Mio The draw for me is the cohesive whole. A lot of the comedy works because of the great characters/setting, and the show even manages to take comedic situations and extrapolate Character Development and world building from it. Anything here standing on its own wouldn't be enough to make me a fan.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:39:01 PM by PerpetualLurker

#243886 Death Cloud Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:38:19 PM from Horsehead Nebula

This show need to have some longer adventure related arc or big bad to even have possibility of Cerebus Syndrome

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#243887 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:38:39 PM from Appleloosa

Another great Cerebus Syndrome The Order of the Stick.

Well that will teach me to not read all the posts before posting.

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#243888 Super Gex Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:39:00 PM from Your Face

In a world where little girls didn't watch TV, I'd actually enjoy it if the show went through Cerberus Syndrome.

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#243889 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:40:14 PM from Appleloosa

I wouldn't mind more consistent world building, but I don't think it should get too dramatic.

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#243890 Sereg Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:40:32 PM from South Africa

I was just about to mention The Order of the Stick when Seraph beat me to the punch.

Here's my issue. The buffalo weren't even using the land most of the time. All they did was stampede across it. They're in the middle of the desert! Is it really so hard to go around? If they didn't chop down the trees, that would have meant more fruit, even if they did give some to the buffalo. (Not that I had a problem with them paying taxes to the buffalo. It was their land after all.) Of course, as I said, I'm a little blinded by the similar activities in Africa which result in the murder and starvation of many people.

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#243891 Meta Four Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:41:48 PM from my room

Honestly I have a harder time taking the "adventure" episodes seriously than the slice-of-life ones. I just have a hard time believing that the mane cast are really in danger; Like You Would Really Do It is in full effect.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:42:17 PM by MetaFour

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#243892 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:42:40 PM from Appleloosa

Plus ponies are pretty much invincible anyway.

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#243893 Applelight Limited Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:44:32 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I think it speaks volumes that a girls cartoon about colourful magic ponies has the best writing in animation for the last decade by a very wide margin. That's not a slight on the show of course. That's a slight against all the so called 'adult' shows.

I'd watch any episode of FIM over South Park or...shudder...Family Guy any day of the week. Mostly because FIM actually tells a story, and very successfully too, using consistent characters and plots derived from said characters true personalities.

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#243894 Death Cloud Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:44:52 PM from Horsehead Nebula

Any children show have Like You Would Really Do It is in full effect. Even transformers when it's expected for Optimus to die and rise from dead.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:45:04 PM by DeathCloud

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#243895 Seraphem Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:45:29 PM from Delamare

Eh, the early family guy episodes were alright, but it went downhill fast after the cancellation/ uncanceling

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#243896 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:45:52 PM from Appleloosa

Time to learn about monads!

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#243897 Death Cloud Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:46:46 PM from Horsehead Nebula

I don't think Family Guy went that bad (not compared to last 10 seasons of South Park). But American Dad is far better show anyway.

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#243898 storyyeller Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:47:25 PM from Appleloosa

What's weird is in a show like Avatar which features war and genocide and yet barely anyone dies onscreen.

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#243899 marston Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:48:18 PM from America

Yeah, I love the first three seasons of Family Guy, but after the show got canceled and then uncanceled, it went downhill really fast.

edited 7th Jul '12 12:48:42 PM by marston

#243900 Death Cloud Sat, 7th Jul '12 12:49:57 PM from Horsehead Nebula

That's why I prefer Korra, where offscreen or backstory stuff is not that jarring when compared to onscreen.

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