Pinkie Pie is Loki in disguise. She's been giving hints for so long:

"Okie dokie Loki."

I thought Loki was Pinkies great grandmother?

No, I didn't misspell grandfather.

It makes perfect sense that Loki would be the only Norse god worshiped in Equestria.

Well there is an Avengers crossover where she's distantly related to Loki, but he's kind of too much of a tremendous murderous douche for her to really appreciate that side of the family.

edited 8th Nov '11 12:38:02 PM by Pykrete

@ Octo: Most of the previous pony breakdowns lasted for only a couple scenes. Twilight was already freaking out four minutes into the episode, and her facial expressions get progressively more exaggerated throughout. Plus, you know, that episode also had Fluttershy "wrestling" the bear and the Atomic Rainboom or whatever we're calling it.

But I was talking more about the frequency of slapstick gags and characters yelling at one another in the first four episodes this season. It seems atypical.

But yeah, too soon to say, really.

What

Yeah and Big Mac is Thor.

It makes sense from a mythological perspective.

Ahem. Gather round, ye children, and I shall weave for ye a story!

See, way back when in Asgard, Thor and Loki were good buddies, right? Thor was the son of Odin, Loki's Blood-brother, and the two of them got along pretty famously. They were both pretty fun guys, and they liked a good game and a good bet, being nords.

Now, after a battle with some giants, the road to Asgard had been wrecked up, so the gods had to call in a guy to fix it. Well, this giant showed up, bragging that he could fix all the damage to their road in a single day. Thor and Lokie thought this was funny, because damn, was that road ever broken. So they made a wager with this guy; they'd pay him three, four times the asking price if he did it in a day, but if not he worked for free. The giant agreed, and he set to work.

Thing is, he had an ace up his sleeve. The giant had a mighty stallion who carried his materials for him, gathering the bricks and tools and allowing him to work ridiculously fast. It looked like Thor and Loki were going to lose the bet, but Loki had an idea. He was a half-giant, and that gave him the ability to shape-shift. Loki turned into a beautiful mare, and paraded himself in front of the stallion. Loki managed to get the stallion to follow him, leaving the giant to work on his own, and he couldn't get it done in time, and lost. Loki, however, didn't return for a while. When he finally did return, he had with him and eight legged foal.

Now, the other gods mocked Loki for this; not only had he lain as the woman with the stallion, he had borne it's child. Thor and Odin, both indebted to Loki, were pissed about this. Odin proclaimed that Loki had done a great thing here, and adopted the horse, named Sleipnir, as his personal war-horse. Sleipnir's eight legs made him the fastest steed across land, running like lightning into battle, and with Loki's cunning it was completely fearless.

So yeah, a few generations down the line you have a insanely fast pony with gummy limbs and a knack for a bit of reality warping - all talents Loki the half-giant possessed. It's a theory that I've seen around a few times, and it really does fit pretty well.

... and "Okey dokey Loki" is a statement of protest at her ancestor being chained up as a villain.

I'm not sure how atypical it is, really Bobby. I mean this is the same series that gave us the most delicious land dispute in history, dropped fucking anvils and pianos on Twi, and has Pinkie and Rarity in the main cast. Hell, Applebuck Season alone was like 95% Silly Pony.

If anything it was just Twi going down the same rabbit hole as everyone else.

edited 8th Nov '11 1:30:45 PM by Pykrete

The frequency, I said. There's been nothing that, on its own, would have been out of place in season one.

I may be mistaken/imagining things, anyway.

For the record, because I can easily see us going down this route and I want to avoid it: I am not saying that season 2 is not as good as season 1, or predicting any kind of decline, or anything like that.

Applejack finally pays for Granny Smith to get a new hip

<Applejack> How do ya feel now, Granny?

<Granny Smith> I feel like last season was better than this one!

<Applejack> eyes narrow HIPSTER!

I dunno, Season one had quite a bit of slapstick. Feeling Pinkie Keen, anyone?

I think the only episode so far that really doesn't mesh well with the season 1 vibe is Lesson Zero. That was just a bit too over the top.

I haven't actually seen Lesson Zero, but from what I heard, I suspect it was created mostly for the plot of Celestia giving all the girls report duty.

Now that Twilight doesn't have to appear in every episode, they could save on animation and voice acting for future episodes.

You fillies today with yer newfangled seasons an' yer fancy pants flash animation an' yer Discord! Back in my day, we had only 26 episodes an' our flash was modest an' Princess Luna didn't have none o' that "canon characterization"! Her personality was debatable, and that's the way we liked it!

On another note, how practical are pants for the non unicorn ponies to get into and out of?

If the way Twilight puts on a saddle in Winter Wrap Up is any indication, it might not be as hard as you think.

I like the show. And the funniest thing about it is to watch clips on Youtube about it and read the comments.

THE NUMBERS MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!

Honestly in the first season the animation was still really darn good for flash.

Twilight takes the "the" out of Psycho Therapist.

No, she puts a space after "the".

So for those who haven't seen it yet, Twilight's theme in Fighting is Magic is out. Not nearly as in-your-facey as Applejack's, but you are duking it out in a library.

Also, at the kung fu pose.

edited 8th Nov '11 8:55:50 PM by Pykrete

It sounds like The Sims music, for some reason.

The Sims has music?

I dunno if the first one did. More specifically, I meant The Sims 3. The loading screen music, anyway.

Need want need.