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so just after season 1 had ended, my brother and i had gotten really fed up with seeing mlp everywhere and not knowing why it was so popular. i was like "ok what the HELL is up with this show. we HAVE to see it." the first episode we ever saw was the one where they're forced to have a sleepover with Twilight. as soon as the episode was over the first thing my brother and i said was "ok, applejack and rarity is a viable ship." and we both agreed, but didn't particularly ship it ourselves, and moved on to other eps we could get our hands on. it actually wasn't until catching up late on season 4 a couple months ago that we both caved in and we were like "OK WE SHIP IT." and we gush about it every now and then since. it's just so cute. i can't bare it. LOOK AT'EM. last month's Friends Forever issue made my LIFE. i happened to find the variant cover i was looking for at the one comic book store near me. celestia bless.

I've heard it theorized that Celestia is losing her powers and so chose a student to raise and train to become responsible and skilled enough to rule her kingdom if the time comes that she is no longer strong enough to do so. And that when Twilight and her friends became connected to the Elements of Harmony, Celestia and Luna lost their connection to it. Since alicorns all seem to be "immortal", or at least having such extended lifespans as to live for a couple thousand years, Twilight would then achieve this. But because the rest of the mane six have also been connected with the Elements through her, they are given extended life as well. So if this theory were to be true, those fics of her visiting their graves would still be bullshit lmao.

While it's true they have trains but no automobiles, I think it's just that they haven't found much of a need for them. Most ponies seem to stay within their own town, as it has most things they need day to day, unless a special occasion is happening elsewhere. Then they take a train. Plus, what would they really need cars for? Ponies (horses) are much stronger than humans and have ridiculous stamina compared to us. So foot (/hoof lmao) travel is basically nothing to them. Most of the time, it's sort of a Harry Potter sort of deal. The whole 'we have magic to do most of the stuff humans/muggles need technology for so we haven't had a need to invent it at all' sort of deal. But every once in a while they'll throw a technology into the show that is basically on par with what we have nowadays. Arcade machines were shown in one ep, Twilight made a funky brain examiner thing to strap Pinkie in the ep that she couldn't understand how "Pinkie Sense" worked, and the machine Twilight built in Rainbow Rocks was kind of ridiculous. Not to mention Vinyl's DJing equipment. I feel like they're capable of advanced technology, they just usually don't need it.

Sonata was my favourite by far (before i even saw the movie. i misread the box of Aria and Sonata, and thought Sonata was Aria and vice versa hahaha.) FOR A WHILE. then the more i listened to the music and watched the sneak peek videos over and over (after seeing the movie in theatres), i think Adagio officially took over as top. i'm not 100% sure they didn't use actual sirens to sing the songs for the movie, because i have become utterly enchanted with the Dazzlings and i ADORE them. i'm pretty much in love with Adagio. i'm going to be cosplaying her to BabsCon in april. (i'm modifying my HUGE CURLY BUSH wig that i used when cosplaying Merida, lmao.)

there actually was a sneak peek video for season 5! idk where this was shown but watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1gspN3BK0I&list=FLDJf1qAxu92waV3Hu6tYvpw&index=55 it's basically just the storyboard with voice acting already done, but it really really awesome! i was like "woooaaahh." i'm pumped!

Yo, yo. Calm down the butthurt a little. I fucking LOVE Bubbles (still calling her that). Almost everyone loves Bubbles. I'm not saying she should receive hate or not be there at all. I'm just saying she could have been handled a lot more respectfully the one time they actually gave her significant screen time. Geez.

they meant pedophile-ish because Twilight--assumed to be anywhere from 21 to 26 years old (also technically a different species, just as a side note)--is romantically inclined to a kid who's 15-16. Maybe 17. (((NOT TO MENTION SPIKE AND RARITY. LORD ALMIGHTY.)))

Sigh... Listen, man. All I want is for disabled people to be able to be represented in cartoons and TV shows that show them doing things and being fun and cute and loveable, and not just the butt of a joke 90% of the time because they're "not normal". Especially of them just being utterly incompetent specifically because of their disability, u feel me? If you had a disability, how would you feel if the only time you ever saw someone like you represented on TV the character was only ever "weird", a "freak", or just really "dumb" or useless or incompetent. That's most of what I see. When I do see it. Which is rare. And I don't mean rare as in a disabled person being portrayed that way, I mean it's rare I see a disabled person on TV at all and when I do they're usually a joke rather than a character. Especially in cartoons. Does that make sense? Disabled people are people, not an inconvenience. Also, we're far off from the original topic of the thread lol.

Yeah, but I don't particularly like when it goes around there either. Yeah, she may drop things. I was fine when they had her drop a package from the air as a side gag in one episode, that was perfectly fine and funny/cute. Of course she will miscalculate where things are sometimes because of her eyes. Hell, I drop things all the time and I just have slight focusing problems (and moderate double vision if I don't take my iron pill....) But when she busts through top of city hall, and breaks through the floor and sends Dash through it, and Dash is really pissed at her because she can't do anything right all because of her eyes, it just seems really mean? I know they didn't MEAN to BE mean, but honestly. Why was that even funny? People with eyes that shift/stray from a matched position can still see and manage life ok. Yes. I do spend a lot of time on Tumblr. But don't start that "WHAT IS THIS,,,!!, SOME KINDS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE BULLSHIT???? !?!/! !!!! ??" stuff with me. I've dealt with people ridiculing my mentally disabled friends for things they can't help since second grade. Long before Tumblr existed, thank you very much.

Definitely Diamond Tiara. I never liked Trixie (before Rainbow Rocks. An Equestria Girls movie is the last thing I'd ever expect to win me over to a character I previously had no inclination towards, but here we are.), but I can still say she has more of a personality and... probably usefulness to plot than Diamond. I mean... well, Diamond, instead of having a personality, pretty much exists solely to start or move forward the plot (usually by adding conflict). Trixie can be interesting to watch. Diamond just starts shit with the CMC and is a very very stereotypical character.

She's really cute and sweet and people probably liked the outcome of the episode because of what she did. Also her design and color pallete are ADORABLE. She doesn't get much for development, but I wouldn't say she's empty personality-wise. You can at least get a little sense of who she is. And I don't like the use of the slur "retard" to refer to Derpy (also "derp" is a very condescending word used to make fun of mentally disabled people so I prefer Bubbles, one of her others names. Not forcing you to use that name instead, just going to refer to her by that myself). People enjoy that a character with a disability can be widely accepted and loved in a show watched by all ages. While it's not 100000% canon that she is actually autistic or has down syndrome, she at least definitely has a disability when it comes to her eyes. And I think it's cute that they acknowledge that the fans love her and add her to the show for us. Although the scene where she got actual dialogue and they actually called her "Derpy" was a pretty cheap, mean-spirited series of gags. Just because her eyes are askew doesn't mean she has to absolutely ruin everything she touches like Wreck-It Ralph. People with physical/mental disabilites aren't just roving accidents waiting to happen. Sorry, that got a little... off topic. I'm just a little defensive of Bubbles. You may not mean to be insulting with the use of that word, but just so you know it's not a good word to use.

I started collecting them very late in the number of waves that have already been out, so I don't have that many. I've had to order a few on ebay since they haven't been sold in stores in months. I'm pretty particular about the ones that I get. I only want characters that I really really like. So far I have glitter Pinkie Pie, glitter Lemon Hearts, the first variant of Roseluck, neon Cadence, neon Flim, clear Soarin, and clear Apple Fritter. Oh, and the mini figure of Spike whose face mold is ATROCIOUS, and he doesn't really look like Spike at all. My brother and I have thus dubbed him "Spuck". I would eventually love to get my hands on 3D cutie mark Twilight, 3D cutie mark Trixie, and 3D cutie mark Twilight Velvet. If anyone has these for sale, let me know. I'd be very interested in buying! I also want Big Mac (clear or not), neon Flam, Lyra, clear Bon Bon (Sweetie Drops), Minty, Apple Bumpkin (I think she's called Apple Dazzle in merch), and clear Applejack. (Again, interested in buying any of these.) And right now I've been waiting FOREVER to find the wave 11 blind bags in stores. CHEESE SANDWICH IS A NECESSITY TO MY COLLECTION. Also Sunset Shimmer and more Breezies. *u*

45% Pinkie: I have pink and fluffy hair, I naturally over-emote, I laugh too hard at things that I find funnier than other people, I LOVE snacks any time of the day, all I want to do in life is make other people smile and laugh. 35% Rarity: I am very generous (sometimes in ways that hinders myself), I love fashion and art and can be inclined to aesthetic over functionality, I can be dramatic even when I'm aware I am, I love making things for other people, I like showing off what I can do to others, I LOVE myself and compliment myself all the time and I know I'm adorable/fabulous/pretty. 20% Twilight: Not so much in the book smart way, but I tend to depend on logic to work out most of my thoughts. I can be really sarcastic and /done/ with what's going on around me, but people usually know I don't mean it in a harsh or actually condescending way. It also took me a very (very) long time before I figured out how socializing and making friends worked, and once I did I realized it was basically the most important thing to me.

In the opinion of someone who didn't like the first one very much, it was a very good movie! This one was a vast improvement. There seemed to be a lot more effort put into this one: music-wise, plot-wise, writing-wise, and animation-wise! If you go to Hasbro's youtube channel and watch a sneak peak video of the villains singing their first song called "Battle of the Bands", you'll see that they have improved on animating the human models SO SO MUCH. My brother and I were sitting there like "WOAH." No spoilers: but this movie actually made me laugh out loud several times. The writing is better, the jokes are great, the cameos are hilarious, the plot strung along better than the last one I think. It didn't seem as rushed or empty. Sunset Shimmer is an actual character this time around rather than a stereotype. She is ADORABLE and I love her very very much (and I ship her with Twilight now, whoops). And the VILLAINS! I am in LOVE with them.