Yellow Diamond

If Chrysalis had disguised herself as Cadance for any length of time, she and Shining Armor might have... you know... snuggled at night. That would be one bizarre scenario: Shining Armor's bastard child by Chrysalis, who was acting as Cadance.

Merged the Crystal Kingdom culture thread with this one.

It seems to be more or less related to our own: Days (e.g. Pinkie mentions the amount of days until a given birthday in "A Friend in Deed") -More specifically, the coming "disaster" in "It's About Time" is set to occur "next Tuesday." Weeks (e.g. Twilight asserts this in "Lesson Zero") Years (e.g. Fluttershy states she's a year older than Pinkie in "Griffon the Brush-Off") 24 hour clock (Multiple references) Four seasons: -Spring ("Winter Wrap Up") -Summer (Summer Sun Celebration in "Friendship is Magic, parts 1 and 2") -Autumn (Running of the Leaves in "Fall Weather Friends") -Winter ("Winter Wrap Up" and "Hearth's Warming Eve") Save for the fact they need to manually change the seasons, the weather, and the solar and lunar cycles, the ponies appear to go by a calendar not unlike our own.

That's a fairly new ship. I haven't seen a lot of Luna Dash.

Because it is technically aimed at little girls. Therefore, for a number of people, the show is entirely defined by its target audience.

There was already a topic for "My Little Dashie", so the newest one was merged with the original. Please use the search function before creating new threads about especially popular subjects.

I suspect the reason AJ has so few songs is because it's hard for Ashleigh Ball to maintain her accent while singing. If you listen closely to AJ's part "At the Gala", you can definitely hear her slipping as she tries to maintain especially high notes. It may be better if they can get songs for AJ which require a lower register than most of the other ponies.

Twilight Sparkle, so we could read lots of books and then show off our incredible dance moves to the general public.

If she is growing larger, I suspect Pony Growth Hormone (PGH) might be involved. There's no way she can break the single-season record of 61 spells cast by a single unicorn.

I can't get on board with killing one of the characters, even if it could be done "well." The narrative would be saturated by that event alone such that the rest of the story would risk being suffocated by a character meeting a dramatic end. How could it not be? If Rainbow Dash died defending/saving her friends, then the only thing most viewers would talk about is that instance. I don't think it would be fair to the potential story as a whole. Furthermore, I think a dramatic effect can still be achieved by having a near death event which results in an eventual happy ending. But MLP doesn't lend itself to making death anything but tragic; Equestria is relatively free of strife and conflict, so somepony dying would be a shock to all the characters in a profound fashion. The finale could then only be described as either tragic or, at best, a pyrrhic victory for the main characters. It's like letting the villain win at the end of a Disney film. One can craft a mature narrative without making it instantly dark and/or grimdark. I would venture to say the season two finale was mature inasmuch as it knowingly disrupted several tried and true formulas established within the show (e.g., the Elements of Harmony defeats the villain). There was also the introduction of yet another vile and uncanny foe (Chrysalis; Discord being the other) for the ponies to battle. We were also given a fairly serious fight scene involving the main characters. But none of these events disrupted the formula so much that viewers would sit back and wonder if they were still watching MLP. Let us not forget, furthermore, that a significant element of show's charm is its innocence retained in the midst of greater self-awareness as more than a show for little girls. I don't think that can be jettisoned without jumping the shark wholesale. If and when there is a series finale, I am of the opinion that everypony should be relatively fine at the end---although I would consider a Lion Kingesque event where perhaps one of the royal sisters may pass away, providing deep emotional investment for the story. In the style of Calvin&Hobbes's final comic, the journey should remain fairly open-ended. Undoubtedly My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will live on in the fandom after it goes off the air, so a small yet meaningful nod from the writers to the fandom signifying that the journey into friendship continues would be the most impactful; and I happen to think it would subvert the "and they all lived happily ever after" trope just enough to retain the independent spirit of the show.

It's attraction to the very essence of the object rather than infatuation in a sexual or romantic sense. Think of it as a dispassionate acknowlegement of the attractiveness of ponies.

I really like Cloudchaser's colors and design. I have the impression it's due in large part to the fact her mane looks a lot like human hair.