CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 16, 2013 14:20:20 GMT -5
Wouldn't Discord be jealous though?
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Post by Krazee on Feb 16, 2013 14:21:00 GMT -5
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LastCall
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Post by LastCall on Feb 16, 2013 14:22:46 GMT -5
I'm essentially putting aside my concerns about Twilight until we get into season 4 - what I feel could go wrong (The Gokou Effect, the Voltron effect) won't happen til we get there. If it doesn't happen, I'll feel better. But right now, the show has set itself up to be "Twilight and her 5 best friends" with her being a deus ex magica for the show. I want to be wrong about this, and the writers do find good ways to allay our fears. The way I see it, Twilight was already a really powerful mage even as just a unicorn. Outside of getting wings and a fancy title, she's still the same Twilight. I don't think she's going to become Celestia-tier overnight or anything. I trust the writers enough to handle her responsibly and not fall into those cliche traps. They've earned that trust from me and it's theirs to lose. Many staff members have already basically stated that Twilight's changes are purely cosmetic and that there's no change to her overall personality. I really don't see what the fuss over this whole matter is anymore. That's all I'll say about this topic.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 16, 2013 14:23:53 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 14:25:01 GMT -5
yeah, a ROCK farm, not one with actual stuff to harvest
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Post by LastCall on Feb 16, 2013 14:25:12 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm. Well it's not like she had to buck rocks off of trees.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 16, 2013 14:25:40 GMT -5
The way I see it, Twilight was already a really powerful mage even as just a unicorn. Outside of getting wings and a fancy title, she's still the same Twilight. I don't think she's going to become Celestia-tier overnight or anything. I trust the writers enough to handle her responsibly and not fall into those cliche traps. They've earned that trust from me and it's theirs to lose. Many staff members have already basically stated that Twilight's changes are purely cosmetic and that there's no change to her overall personality. I really don't see what the fuss over this whole matter is anymore. That's all I'll say about this topic. There is always the possibility that they've just been saying that stuff to calm the nerves of the fanbase..... Either way, this is for sure to be the most painful wait between seasons yet.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 16, 2013 14:26:50 GMT -5
yeah, a ROCK farm, not one with actual stuff to harvest But they harvested the rocks. And it wasn't just the harvesting/tending of livestock she had trouble with, she had trouble with literally everything.
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LastCall
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Post by LastCall on Feb 16, 2013 14:27:10 GMT -5
Many staff members have already basically stated that Twilight's changes are purely cosmetic and that there's no change to her overall personality. I really don't see what the fuss over this whole matter is anymore. That's all I'll say about this topic. There is always the possibility that they've just been saying that stuff to calm the nerves of the fanbase..... Either way, this is for sure to be the most painful wait between seasons yet. I have no reasons to distrust any of the writers. Well, maybe one of them.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Feb 16, 2013 14:27:19 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm. Pinkie looked like she was working alone at Sweet Apple Acres, though, so she was doing everything where AJ had Mac, Applebloom and yes, even Granny Smith to help with things. plus, she didn't work alone on the rock farm. The "weather" thing with Rarity as RD was the one that bothered me, though - RD got her mark for racing, not for weather control.
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Post by LastCall on Feb 16, 2013 14:29:09 GMT -5
yeah, a ROCK farm, not one with actual stuff to harvest But they harvested the rocks. And it wasn't just the harvesting/tending of livestock she had trouble with, she had trouble with literally everything. I'm pretty sure rocks aren't harvested the same way apples are.
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 16, 2013 14:30:08 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm. Pinkie looked like she was working alone at Sweet Apple Acres, though, so she was doing everything where AJ had Mac, Applebloom and yes, even Granny Smith to help with things. plus, she didn't work alone on the rock farm. The "weather" thing with Rarity as RD was the one that bothered me, though - RD got her mark for racing, not for weather control. Well, kinda hard for Rarity to use her powers for race-flying, so they had to improvise I guess. Maybe weather control is the minor degree to RD's major in being super-fast.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 16, 2013 14:30:14 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm. Pinkie looked like she was working alone at Sweet Apple Acres, though, so she was doing everything where AJ had Mac, Applebloom and yes, even Granny Smith to help with things. The "weather" thing with Rarity as RD was the one that bothered me, though - RD got her mark for racing, not for weather control. But as we clearly saw, Big Mac and the others were still at the farm, so what the hell? Sadly the more and more I pick at Pinkie's situation the more it doesn't really make sense. I mean at the very least Big Mac should've stepped up and done something. This is the problem with just showing us things in montages, it leaves out some details.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 14:32:09 GMT -5
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Feb 16, 2013 14:33:13 GMT -5
Pinkie looked like she was working alone at Sweet Apple Acres, though, so she was doing everything where AJ had Mac, Applebloom and yes, even Granny Smith to help with things. plus, she didn't work alone on the rock farm. The "weather" thing with Rarity as RD was the one that bothered me, though - RD got her mark for racing, not for weather control. Well, kinda hard for Rarity to use her powers for race-flying, so they had to improvise I guess. Maybe weather control is the minor degree to RD's major in being super-fast. I'm thinking it was easier to show difficulty in controlling weather (something she could do alone) than racing (which would require competition/others, but since Ponyville didn't have Laughter/Pinkie there'd be no "friendly" competition). I don't remember seeing the rest of the Apple family there in the first montage, were they there in the second? or did they reappear after AJ was restored?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 14:35:22 GMT -5
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LastCall
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Post by LastCall on Feb 16, 2013 14:35:32 GMT -5
Pinkie looked like she was working alone at Sweet Apple Acres, though, so she was doing everything where AJ had Mac, Applebloom and yes, even Granny Smith to help with things. The "weather" thing with Rarity as RD was the one that bothered me, though - RD got her mark for racing, not for weather control. But as we clearly saw, Big Mac and the others were still at the farm, so what the hell? Sadly the more and more I pick at Pinkie's situation the more it doesn't really make sense. I mean at the very least Big Mac should've stepped up and done something. This is the problem with just showing us things in montages, it leaves out some details. We never saw what Pinkie did on that rock farm besides harvesting rocks. Maybe she didn't know how to do any other farm work. As for the Rarity/RD cutie mark, what was she gonna do with the speed stuff? Run around Ponyville timing herself every time?
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Feb 16, 2013 14:41:55 GMT -5
Lupin might call Gimmick infringement
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 16, 2013 14:43:53 GMT -5
Twilberto Del Rio.
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Post by Bobeddy on Feb 16, 2013 14:53:43 GMT -5
Also, Pinkie struggling with the farm doesn't really make sense that much to me. She did grow up on a rock farm and has done the hard work required on a farm. All we've ever seen of Pinkie on the rock farm is her as a filly helping move along some pretty small rocks. And with her discovering her destiny wasn't to be a farmer I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that she'd be pretty terrible at it.
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