Lexamena

So demure. So feminine. So gorgeous. So sweethearted. So perfect.

I think I do, a little bit. I like getting absorbed into something entertaining and ponies are cheerful, colorful, cute, and that helps keep me in a good mood. Somewhere I read a meme one time about how the best lessons I've learned came from people who don't even exist and on it like was Link from zelda, I dobt know, Yoda maybe, but when I think about that now, I know ponies could definitely be on there.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Gilda's statement "Bored now." Tim Burton style conveyer belt scene with Danny Elfman style music in one of Twilight's alternative realities.

I knew right away she was a mare. After watching her a ton, I feel like she could be a boy NOW more than I felt in the beginning. I dunno, RD in the previous version had Rarity's accent and demeanor so I've always felt that RD was altered to be more appealing to the LGBT audience, what with the rainbow mane and tail and all. But I have no idea what motivated the writers or artists so that's pure speculation on my part. Either way I like her much better as a Pegasus with her current personality, and Rarity with her current personality.

I think because they appear at first to be relatively easy to draw, resulting in fan art. Their characters have simple life histories meaning viewers easily feel like they know them very well, enough to predict or guide their actions in original story writing. Which I might add, that because of their simple personalities, it seems there is a need (and much potential) for expanding their experiences beyond the boundaries of the cartoon which can be done without stretching their character too far from original personalities. Their color combinations are simple yet endless, and coupled with idea of the cutie mark being whatever makes them special appeals to the viewer and provides an outlet for individualism and expression. I just think theyre awesome, and that naturally draws flattery in the form of imitation.

I'm pretty blah on their cutie marks. I think it was a lazy choice in terms of story writing and likely will be confusing for younger veiwers. For me, I'm finding that all previous CMC episodes are worthless now for entertainment.

Well I, for one, am not going to tear this episode apart to fact check, compare storyline, or use it for future prediction. I am going to take it at its face value, a good episode that thankfully used two parts to tell the whole story. I enjoyed the episode, the buildup was great, but I agree with others that this recurring theme is soooooo stale. We get it, friendship is THE great redeemer. How bout instead of taking the easy way out at the end, the writers actually come up with original content that has substance. Also, I felt the animation for the time travel parts resembled Zelda Twilight Princess' graphics some. OK that's all I have to rant about. Other than the rushed tired ending, I enjoyed all the little quirks, visual tricks, and overall story. Tho I couldn't help roll my eyes at how they took the time to actually explain out the butterfly effect. Duh it's common sense but I guess I have to remember the target audience is children. I felt the whole thing was a huge BTTF reference, and expected them to see their past selves, tho that didn't happen, thank Celestia. Oh and seems no pony has mentioned the Danny Elfman-esque music during the Tim Burton-esque apple canning conveyer scene.

Eh I have no idea. Which is why I can't stand the invention of the cutie map. It introduces too much margin of error in storytelling and lends to plotholes. Absolutely unnecessary device for a kids show. If the cutie map calls them when needed, then AJ should have kept her mouth shut in this case, RaRa was just fine on her own.

Funny, if AJ's wisdom was so necessary for this epic friendship problem, why didn't the cutie map summon her to wherever RaRa lives? Woulda coulda shoulda.

I love that song. Call me lame but I've always liked it.

Don't know if it's been pointed out but it's also interesting that if RaRa is a correlation to GaGa, so is Countess Coloratura to her character Countess this season on American Horror Story. Reminds me of an old joke about gaga liking her meat raw raw raw raw raw (or ra ra ra ra ra?) .

Ehh it was OK for me. Nothing endearing about it and it's was way rushed at the end. I guess I'm not crazy about the eps where somepony makes a complete personality overhaul after a lifetime of being stuck in their ways just because of a single interaction with one of the mane 6. Just me.