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Hmph. Rubiks Cubes are so last week anyway

Rarity and her miniature harp Mayhaps this is just me projecting my own personal interests into my headcanon of her character and then desperately grasping for reasons to back up that headcanon as a possibility, but given her artistic nature I can really see her having an appreciation for fine music A lot of people would instantly see her as being classy and elegant and thus pair her with something of the classical variety, but I really big to differ on that one. I can see her like the artsy stuff - the stuff that makes you think while sounding good. The deep, complex stuff. While she might put on a classical tune when the mood strikes her right, I can see her liking stuff with lyrics that have deep meaning as well as well-executed structure on top of a good sound that sticks around your head as well as your emotions for a few days after the first time you hear it. Ergo, I'm relatively certain most of the artists she'd like would come from England, but I digress

I like all of them quite a bit myself, but I just care about some more than others. I do like all of them, though Of course, the one that gets criticism seems to fluctuate greatly. Sometimes it's Rarity, sometimes it's Rainbow Dash, sometimes it's Applejack, sometimes it's Twilight, sometimes it's even Fluttershy or Pinkie Pie Every one of them has someone who hates them and will go out of their way to attack them for some reason or another, and it isn't really something that's going to change as long as this fandom has breath, so I just try to leave it be nowadays I do see people using some of the old defenses I wrote for Rarity as pro-Rarity arguments from time to time, though, whenever the need arises That makes me feel like Sun Tzu or something. I dunno. I just wanted to add that

Here's my votes, in case anybody was wondering

Trick question. There is no improving anything to do with Rarity because she is the very essence of perfection in everything she does

Hmph. My school went on a site blocking spree today and blocked all of the sites I use for pictures as well as Steam My school is not being fabulous and is cutting down on my required amount of daily Rarity worship, thus I am being persecuted for my religion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9o4Ek8QOLo Fortunately I get out of school at 12:12 and I'm done for the day because epic senior schedule

I'm under this impression as well, to be honest, but personally I've heard people claim them to be outright 100% canon to alternate universe to non-canon to who knows what This statement seems to provide a bit of clarification on the matter I do feel it to be a good thing as people have seemed to have issues with recent issues namely, and I personally have felt they've struggled maintaining consistency with the show's defined characterizations of the ponies from the issues I've read. This could provide a good, middle ground for both the writers of the show as well as the fandom itself, thus I feel that this is generally a good thing

I can't really say much other than he confirmed it to be separate canon via that tweet, and coming from the director of the show itself, I think that's all that's really needed to say that the show's canon and the comic series' canon don't officially intertwine with each other. Of course, no one is stopping you from believing the events of the comics took place in the same timeline of the show All this really does is say that it doesn't "officially" intertwine with the show itself. It doesn't negate them from happening all together, it just isn't officially recognized as the same canon. Key word: Officially

Article: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/02/comics-and-show-to-remain-separate-canon.html The director of the FiM Television series recently came out to say that the comics and the show canon are to remain separate - as in, they're both canon in the same universe, so the comics don't apply to the show. This basically reduces the comics to being Hasbro approved fanfiction, but all in all the events in the comics have no impact on the show itself, nor what happens in it. My personal take on this is that it's a good thing for the show, as I feel the comics have struggled to maintain consistency with the show numerous times throughout their arcs and honestly, I haven't really liked many of the comics I've read, with the only ones I've enjoyed thus far being the "Return of Chrysalis" arc, the Rarity micro, the Rainbow Dash and Trixie Friends Forever and the Rarity and Applejack Friends Forever. While I've heard the Babs Seed and Rarity one to be rather good, I haven't read it yet myself. Regardless, the comics have always struck me as being a bit inconsistent and lower in quality in comparison to the show. That's just my personal opinion, however, and I base it on how I prefer character driven, slice of life stuff to actiony fanservicy stuff. From what I can tell, the comics are really hit or miss, but that's especially true with characterization. If those sorts of problems with characterization were introduced into the show's canon, then I think that'd create problems for the show's writing staff having to follow an inconsistent second medium and thus lowering the quality of the show itself. Hey, this is just my personal take on it, though. What are your opinions on this breakthrough in the FiM universe? Discuss! EDIT: Edited the title for clarification's sake

Nice little Rarity tarot card Obsi showed me a bit earlier I think he said it represented temperance, and I guess that'd be fitting for lovely lady Rarity, but we agreed that charity suited her best That's good! Is your nose doing any better? Sounds like it'd be rather painful. Regardless, here's some nurse Rarity to help ease the pain

I just wanted to share my personal thoughts on the matter, albeit I generally try to avoid participating in these kinda of threads nowadays. I found Twilight Sparkle to be a very likable character pre-Alicornification and I find the show to have a brand of purity in S1 and S2 that it frankly doesn't have anymore, and I'm saying this as someone who found S4 to be their personal favorite season. I still find Twilight Sparkle to be a likable character, but she is frankly uninteresting to me at this point. While I can certainly understand why some would find her interesting, with the epic DBZ-like fight scenes and issues involving the fate of Equestria, that brand of entertainment isn't what I find "entertaining," per se. I enjoy character driven shows that have a good focus on character development and storyline that don't take themselves too seriously. I found S1 and S2 to be highly enjoyable for this very reason, but the last part is what I feel is bogging down the show itself. I'm under the impression that FiM is beginning to take itself too seriously and that is causing it to lose some of its luster to me - not to say I'm not a fan, because my room is still adorned with Rarity posters and merchandise and I'm even holding a Rarity plushie as I type this, but the fact of the matter is that it's just trying too hard at this point and I'm approaching S5 with interested caution because of such. What is driving it to take itself so seriously is the alicornification, from what I can figure. It got an extremely negative reception upon being introduced into the show for what it not only meant for Twilight's character but for the course of the whole series as well as a generally poor way to introduce the concept. The writers probably felt a need to recoup and thus, have been trying to propel Twilight Sparkle to these epic proportions such as the fight scene in "Twilight's Kingdom." They also tried to keep that same charm as before in her episodes, even though it wasn't there anymore - or it didn't feel that way to me, rather. She's not the same as she was and for good reason, as this sort of thing would realistically change someone. I applaud them for not ignoring it but I also feel that the show has been dampened by such as it detracts from the fun, friendship fueled romp that it was before. Her Alicornification is a big issue with her character. I will say that I do have faith in the writers' ability to handle it based off of a strong S4 even if I feel it's made her less likable (not unlikable, I should point out, because I do like her quite a bit) but my biggest issue is what her alicornification represents. It represents superiority, in this case. Twilight is the main character of the show so naturally she's going to be given ample development, screentime, yadda yadda yadda. It's just that, though - I don't like the idea of having 1 + 5 friends type deal as they've done with Twilight's character and the others, I like a 6 friends deal. I think the show would be much better without the presence of a main character such as Twilight Sparkle and relegating her into a similar role as her friends currently play. Don't make her anything special in comparison. Strip her ties to royalty and her destiny and give her the same treatment the rest of the mane 6 receive. That's the big key for maintaining quality in a character driven show such as FiM, in my personal opinion - not letting one character overshadow the rest so much. While some characters receiving more attention than others is inevitable, on shows centered around groups of people such as FiM, I'm under the impression that letting one character overshadow the rest is going to skew the general balance of things within the show, as it always has been with MLP and always will be with MLP. I just find the fact that they blatantly skewed her to overshadow the rest of the cast to be a shame, I guess. I feel the show could be much better without a singular leading character with emphasis being placed on the group at large. One can make the case that it does with the amount of episodes being given to the rest of the mane cast, but I just think that the whole "main character" angle they took with Twilight from episode one to detract from what the show could've ended up being. I certainly don't dislike Twilight, but I do dislike her role in the series.

24 minutes until Valentine's day is over here in Texas. Hopefully you all had an absolutely fabulous day, and I hope you all celebrated at least a little of it accordingly

Happy Love Rarity day, everybody! Looks like Applejack is well ahead of plans Sure, every single day is love Rarity day in a perfect world, but hey - Valentine's Day is better for Rarity Is her holiday, dangit