8ballgremlin

Spike: His laziness and willingness to slack off. Twilight: Possible Aspergers syndrome and high intelligence plus rotten social skills equals a female me. Fluttershy: Her hidden temper and her compulsive kindness. Rarity: Her obvious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Pinkie: Her insanity Rainbow: Female Donald Duck Applejack: Nothing really.

I can see it now. Twilight becomes a laidback country yokel. Fluttershy becomes a hyperactive party animal. Rarity becomes an egotistical slovenly athlete. Pinkie becomes a nerdy aspie know it all. Rainbow becomes an obsessive compulsive fusspot and Applejack becomes a craven coward.

I would go all out Moe Howard on Snips and Snails. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw0riLqQBj0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZOK5ia_A0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZS9XAzn48 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn81tOrs3WQ Those knuckleheads. I'll moida them! I hate those idiots. Their stupidity annoys me.

How about a "Weekend at Discord's" episode? Think about it, it could tie into Fluttershy's eventual coronation. Here's how it could work: Twilight is working on a formula that could turn Discord's good and evil halves into separate entities, unfortunately she leaves the CMC in charge of guarding the formula since Spike is on vacation. Sweetie tries to practice magic but fails miserably and somehow accidentally kills Discord causing the gang to have to pretend he's still alive in order to pass a test from Celestia.

That's what would make it interesting. They would be targeting the gang specifically. It's already clear that Trixie doesn't care who gets hurt as long as she can make Twilight suffer and that Gilda has no loyalty other than to herself. I already said that I'd see Blueblood as a member simply to be around Trixie. Equestria will burn in their wake only until Twilight and Friends are found dead in the rubble. Also I don't see Flim and Flam being members of Elements of disharmony willingly. They'd have been blackmailed into being members. They'd turn Court's evidence on the others for a much lighter sentence.

For something in a safety deposit box of course. Let's say that Trixie planted evidence that Rarity was a hack and that her designs were copied from someone else. It doesn't matter that our seven teenage heroes know that that evidence is fake. It only matters that the police don't. Clearing up the matter will take hours maybe days leaving Trixie and her lackeys free to move on to the next phase of her plan.

Yeah I figure that Trixie as the leader (with shades of Prof. Moriarty) would be the element of sorcery. Blueblood would be the element of selfishness. Flim and Flam would be the element of duplicity. Gilda would be the element of treachery, the new additions would be the elements of spite and malice and Garble represents peer pressure vs Spike's free will. Blueblood would develop a relationship with Trixie that darkly mirrors Spike and Rarity's hinted at relationship. Whereas Spike and Rarity are equal partners, Blueblood is ultimately Trixie's flunkey. Trixie would also taunt Twilight and the gang with riddles containing clues to identities of her co-conspirators: "I'd be a lyin' if I said this wasn't my way of giving you the bird." To add more power to the story the CMC could be kidnapped. With Scootaloo being kept in a building in Cloudsdale containing a bomb. In fact the bombs should be placed throughout Cloudsdale, Canterlot and Ponyville so that Twilight, Rainbow and Fluttershy will have a harder time deactivating them. It could be a two part episode and in the climax of part one, Trixie could be confronted by Twilight at the falls behind Celestia's castle where she is revealed to have enhanced her abilities with a pair of cybernetic wings that she built from specs stolen from a lab in Whinnypeg. Part two could begin with Twilight and Trixie both falling to their deaths in the struggle. Later while the gang is trying to adjust to life without her, a mysterious eldery book peddler appears at either the library or the boutique depending on whether Spike stayed in the library or moved in with Rarity so they could comfort each other. Spike invites in the mysterious old mare who as soon as he turns his back is revealed to be Twilight, alive and well. Perhaps Blueblood escaped from police custody after hearing about Trixie's fall and was hunting Twilight for revenge. So in order to protect her friends Twilight had to let them think she was dead, confiding only in Celestia and Shining Armor. Comical highlights could include: Trixie reprimanding Gilda for doing something stupid ala Siegfried from Get Smart: "Gilda, this is the elements of disharmony! We don't (X) here!

You must have missed "Keep Calm and Flutter On". Fluttershy outsmarted him at his own game in that episode. WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE ELEMENTS.

How about a Legion of Doom sort of thing between Trixie, Blueblood, Flim and Flam, Gilda, Garble and two newer characters. Think about it. Trixie assembles almost every one-off who'd have a grudge against the gang.She blackmails a reluctant Flim and Flam into joining while Blueblood joins because he hates Rarity (for that reason you suck speech) AND is smitten with Trixie and Gilda works well enough with her anyway. They could be portrayed as truly villainous, pulling off multiple felonies to wear down the mane seven, perhaps bombings in Cloudsdale, a bank robbery in Canterlot (for which Rarity is framed), among other things.

On my on, I'm lazy, cowardly, jealous, opinionated, tactless, egotistical, rude, insulting, distrustful,bitter, vengeful, spiteful and duplicitous. Being discorded would be an improvement.

The Odd Couple Rarity - Felix Unger Rainbow - Oscar Madison Pinkie - Murray the cop Fluttershy - Vinnie Applejack - Speed Twilight - Roy Spike - Gloria Unger Gilda - Blanche Madison (Oscar's ex) .....