Yellow Diamond

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Am I the only one not really bothered by this one way or another? I'm excited to see what they have in store for us and the franchise, but I'm not jumping around the internet slathering my dirty opinions on everything with regard to Alicorn Twilight. I know what the fuss is all about. I nonetheless fail to understand why a substantive amount of Bronies are prepared to jump out of virtual windows over this revelation.

I will list one potential complaint, though it has little to do with Twilight becoming an Alicorn in particular: if they completely neglect all the artifacts and magic they teased at throughout the season (e.g., Alicorn Amulet, the Mirror Pool, Luna's mysterious book), I will be fairly disappointed.

Why is Season 3 so easy to target with The Dark Knight Trilogy references? I swear that we could do this in our sleep, Devin. I suspect there will be no turning back. Once you turn the central character into some sort of super being, you really can't pretend it never happened without breaking the story.

Quick! Somepony open a request for Tara Strong to grunt and yell for four minutes straight in her Twilight Sparkle voice! For those who are suggesting this may be temporary: the language used by Meghan McCarthy makes it sound as if this is a long-term change. One should also bear in mind the emphasis on Ra's al Ghul's Twilight's destiny and the test at the beginning of the season.

"You may bring your urgent matter before your new princess." I suspect now the hornet's nest has been whacked sufficiently hard enough to get Bronies going bananas. I'm also going to go out on a limb and state that this will be a cliffhanger episode, further tantalizing us with the prospect of Princess Twilight Sparkle usurping the throne of Asgard Equestria.

All of the prominent threads pertaining to rumors and/or speculation of Twilight becoming an Alicorn and/or princess have been merged. Further discussions on these two topics should occur here. Thank you!

Actually, I thought the article was sort of funny. Yes, the fandom has some weird if not unsavory components to it. We already understand that such instances do not define Bronies as a whole. But let's not get upset each and every time those dark corners receive attention. It's a joke article to begin with, so outrage is basically feeding into the desired result.

We finally have a good Spike episode! It feels is though so much time has passed since Spike was a central protagonist and not totally out of character. The moral of the story fit Spike quite well given his predilection from gems and his previous brush with uncontrolled greed. Spike wasn't so much a bumbling imbecile (I'm looking at you, "Spike at Your Service") but rather blinded by his own shortsighted desires. It's difficult to imagine a more straightforward premise: consider that the whole episode literally revolved around Spike wanting to have his cake and eat it, too. Yet the narrative felt loyal to the characters and avoided overplaying non-sequitur gags. Spike should not be a blanket excuse for poor writing covered up by visual jokes. Speaking of sight gags and such, "Just for Sidekicks" did a nice job of incorporating visual humor---a must since the pets can only really interact through their non-verbal behavior. The physical comedy did not come at the cost of other aspects of the narrative. So far it seems only "Sleepless in Ponyville" has truly achieved the balance between physical jokes and character interactions. This is the first episode in a while that made me laugh aloud, with the animal dryer gag giving me the biggest laugh. I haven't laughed so many times since "Ponyville Confidential", one of my favorite episodes in the series. The mass involvement of the pets resulted in an interesting combination and exploration of their personalities. Angel and Opal's behavior is fairly evident through their high volume of screentime versus the other pets. But now we know that Owlowiscious is the most "responsible" of the Mane Six's pets; Gummy is either immensely enigmatic or just a few bricks shy of a full load; Tank is eager yet somewhat misguided and/or inexperienced; and Winona is as loyal as her owner. So each of the pets reflect their owners in various ways. I'm glad the episode did not try to over elaborate on their character traits too greatly; the pets were best used as supporting characters (save for Angel who, unlike the others, appears to be at least quasi-sapient). And that is exactly how it played out. Overall I'm very pleased with the episode. I am only left wondering if this episode was intended to take place during the next episode when the Mane Six are slated to go to the Crystal Empire. If such is the case, it might be funny to see some of the antics from "Just for Sidekicks" appear in the background.

I think you may have identified at least three major problems with fan fics in general: OOCs, Mary Sues, and the wonky pacing of lemons/clopfics. I remember reading a clopfic---I won't delve into specifics for obvious reasons---which had a seemingly fantastic set up in terms of how ridiculous things were about to become. Suddenly the author aborted a bunch of lead up and insinuation for a very predictable result in the second chapter. Though still rather humorous, the follow through did not live up to the hype.

It seems as if there are frequently rotating complaints about somepony getting too much attention versus somepony else being ignored. I recall the demand for a Fluttershy episode during the second half of Season 2 grew until "Putting Your Hoof Down" and "Hurricane Fluttershy." Frankly speaking, I was on board with that particular group: I thought she had been neglected in favor of Apple Family-centric episodes. There were a batch (or bushel) of Apple episodes packed into the middle of Season 2. @poniesforfun[/b] is right, I think: Rarity is really the one not receiving much screentime. But Rarity has been entertaining in the spots she has appeared, typically in a comic relief fashion which emphasizes social interactions versus gag humor. That has helped make up for the lack of attention. Strangely enough, Twilight has also been pretty quiet since "Magic Duel", only appearing prominently in "Keep Calm and Flutter On." At least she'll return to the spotlight in the final two episodes. I personally do not have the sense that RD is receiving too much attention. Part of the issue is that she is already very popular and a gregarious personality, thus her appearances tend to be especially noteworthy. But the Rainbow-centric episodes ("Sleepless in Ponyville" and "Wonderbolts Academy") have been no more numerous than the Apple Family-centric episodes ("One Bad Apple", "Apple Family Reunion", and "Spike at Your Service"). I'm sure someone will eventually quantify how much screentime Rainbow has actually received.

TheMarkz0ne, I merged your recent thread with this one. Please use the search function in the future, if you didn't already, especially with such a popular topic.

I merged two threads regarding the same topic (i.e., the introduction of other equine races in MLP). The previous topic was fairly old and in Sugarcube Corner, making it easy to overlook.