TAVI!!!!! 0w0

So... why was Zecora doing to Princess Luna the same thing Pinkie did to her?

Adorable costume, though.

Zecora was judged on her looks before anypony got to know her.

Nightmare Moon was a villain who wanted to bring eternal darkness, thus she got flanderized as a character to scare little children.

Not exactly the "same" thing.

But still similar enough

Anyway, just what is the target age group for this show? Princess Luna speaking in King James English, Twilight calling Fluttershy "demure", "pre-Classic era"... lots of vocabulary words.

Most of what children's shows tend to do is interject terms that children can therefor learn and pick up.

Look at the previous episodes, how many things were said and Subsequently explained in the span of a second that you wouldn't think children knew about before?

The first episode taught children what "precipice", "threshold", and "brink" meant.

Actually, I wasn't too familiar with "precipice" myself, before that.

edited 22nd Oct '11 12:07:13 PM by KylerThatch

That honestly seems to me to be a pretty good way of helping kids build vocabulary: have characters who engage in the Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness gag, who then have to explain their speech to the others.

EDIT: Damn it, I was one letter away from spelling "Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness" correctly without looking it up.

EDIT 2: I generally try not to go "OMG fan-reference!" at everything in the show that might tangentially relate to a fan-meme, but I genuinely have to wonder about Zecora calling Pipsqueak "Little Pip".

@Rottweiler: Honestly, it's probably a good idea to prepare kids for the fact that people will do that disturbingly often.

On another note, while I enjoyed the episode, I have to be a little concerned that one of the lessons was effectively "you can make friends by scaring people." Or am I just overthinking this way too much?

@Deathonabun: "Fun" might be a word that arose fairly recently in the development of the Equestrian language, despite the concept and several synonyms existing prior to the invention of the specific word (hence her knowledge of "enjoy"). I'm not even sure when the word "fun" arose in English — we'd probably have to ask annebeeche for that. In any case, from my very rudimentary knowledge of Middle English, I believe that several English words have effectively ceased to exist in normal usage since around 1400, so it makes sense that several new words would arise in that time frame.

And yeah, I think we can say that Luna's characterization was pretty radically different from most fanon conceptions of her, but still pretty awesome.

edited 22nd Oct '11 2:22:41 PM by Hsere

I feel a bit guilty for saying it, but the bit with Fluttershy cracked me up.

I am a bit confused at exactly how Luna could've gone for this long without speaking to anyone including her sister long enough to realize those shenanigans went out of style. I mean hell, after a thousand years of the most chill executive branch ever, I'd assume the royal retinue would have a collective stroke about twice a day. Sure Trollestia would think it was funny, maybe for a few days even, but I'd hope letting it go on for over a year is a bit past her. Cripes.

Also, pretty pissed that about half the picking at Luna's rather deep-seated scabs here was just because Pinkie felt like being a twit. You'd better make up for that chickenshit later this season, young lady :|

edited 22nd Oct '11 5:05:41 PM by Pykrete

"I feel a bit guilty for saying it, but the bit with Fluttershy cracked me up."

I thought that was the best part of the episode.

-Twilight slams door-

-Fluttershy slams into door-

Pinkie was dressed as a Scootaloo and "scary butt fun" is presumably a thing now. That aside...

It was alright. Not as funny as last week's, but a bit more relaxed, which was welcome.

I wonder how much of Nightmare Night was traditional and how much was Zecora's addition. Presumably she wasn't involved last year given that nobody would associate with her back then.

1600s, says the OED. It used to be a verb; the noun usage doesn't show up until around 1699.

I liked this one better than the last one.

Funnier? No. But it just felt more charming.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It was more the kind of tone I expect from the show, to be honest.

Welp, I have a pony avatar. I'm officially a brony.

Welcome to the herd.

Is getting a pony avatar like a rite of passage or something?

Applejack's other job

Also, a summary of the episode today

edited 22nd Oct '11 7:11:27 PM by Pykrete

As I become more drawn in to the series, I can almost hear a tiny voice inside me shouting "Stop! Don't do this! This isn't who you are, you don't even like this girly stuff!"

It really is starting to feel like some form of The Corruption to me. And what's even scarier is that I think I've reached the point where I want to be converted further, the only thing holding me back is my old outlook on the series, a flickering light that's quickly waning.

Speaking of The Corruption, ever since I heard someone use the term "Friendship is Magic: The Gathering, " I've been imagining a Phyrexian invasion of Equestria. I personally think it would be hilarious if the ponies won because they've mastered horsemanship and are thus unblockable.

I've only read the M:TG novels but Ponies turned into Phyrexians would be pretty horrifying. Though I'd pay to see Celestia and Luna take on Yawgmoth.

Just watched the first two episodes of MLP:Friendship is Magic, and ... I actually liked it. I guess this means I'm a brony now.

Oh fuck

Welcome to the herd.

Just one thing:

If Nightmare Night was an annual celebration before Luna's return from the moon, then the ponies would have had no reason to reckognize Nightmare Moon during the first season pilot.

If Nightmare Night was made after the incident, that would make the newest epiosde the rirst Nightmare Night ever for everyone, not just Pip.

BUT everyone was acting like they've had the celebration before, so if it was made after the Nightmare Moon thing, atleast a year should have passed in the shows time.

... Then again, this show has had so many inconsistencies with how the time and seasons go and the target demographic probobly doesn't notice or care, so I should just throw all those thoughts down the drain.

Well, they did go from "Winter Wrap Up" to knocking down leaves with only one episode in-between.

Episodes don't have to be shown in a linear manner, you know.

@Kuro: Everyone believed it to just be legends, so they didn't really believe that was Nightmare Moon? They never knew how NM looked til the pilot, and just the statue is new?

I have only one thing to say about yesterday's episode, and that is I LOVE YOU, LUNA! <3

@Pyk If the second episode was anything to go by, Luna doesn't speak that way with fellow royalty.