Rainbow Sparkle

Yay, replies! I'll have to look into that, as well as the ones the others suggested. As for tastes, theirs not much genre wise I don't like, though I'll say that darkish sounding music is a favorite (an example being One Last Letter by Sound of the Aviators)

I've been wanting to expand my pony music folder of late, but I was wondering if the kind folks here could give me suggestions on who to look up or specific songs you think might be worth a listen. As a guide, most of the music I have is by SoundsoftheAviators and Restricted Madness.

Unfortunately, one of the bronies who was part of this debate not only takes fiction very seriously but he also ignores the just a tv show comment as well.

Now that the required dr,evil airquoting has been taken care of... On another site, a discussion came up between a few of us bronies about whether or not Friendship is an actual literal force of nature in the show, or in otherwords if it really is "magic" in the sense of being a tangible power. Several of us argue that the show gives more than enough evidence to support that it is indeed a power in Equestria, indeed that its a law of the very fabric of Equestria. Others contend that this is not true, and that we haven't really seen any actual proof that there is a literal magical power or force behind friendship within the confines of the show. I figured I'd bring the debate here, and get some insight from folks here. Included is some of both sides arguments. The first is the one that brought the debate up. So, what is the consensus of this board? Is Friendship literally magic in the show, or is it a metaphorical thing?

I shall reiterate the point I made earlier. I'll put it in bigger words so no one can possibly miss it. Please do not freak out or rage over this news until the episode airs please? We don't know what will happen, nor what lies in store for Twilight or the show. So let us all just be patient, take a deep breath, and calm down. Also, for those who are saying that an Alicorn Twilight will make you not a brony anymore, you do realize there are bronies out there who don't even consider the second or third season Canon right? That there are bronies out there who don't really care all that much about the show itself, but the community itself. What I'm saying is, don't let something like this ruin the fandom for you. So what if they make her an alicorn? There's still plenty of awesome stuff to find elsewhere in the fandom. As a parting shot, I'd like to point out that there was considerable amounts of freaking out and rage over the Season 2 finale...and look how many people loved those two episodes!

Can we leave any and all outrage and judgement until after the episode, when it could actually theoretically be justified? Please? EDIT: It is not the end of MLP FIM, Season 4 is confirmed.

This is nothing more than a theory and some semi-possibly-coherent thought processes (I thought it up while at work, not sure if it all translated over to text) but I figured I'd share. Let me ask a question. Why is Discord called a Draconequus. It can’t be because of his body, after all his body is a mishmash of things, and only one of them fits an equestrian while two (maybe three) really fit the dragon bit. The reason I think he is called a Draconequus is also linked to why he is considered the Spirit of Disharmony. The reason I believe he is called a Draconequus is because he has the natures of an equestrian and a dragon. And this is why he is the Embodiment of Chaos and Disharmony-Because he quite literally is. We all remember the dragons we’ve seen, how they acted, especially those younger dragons. Compare that to how Discord acts, and you should see some similarity. Now, where might you ask, is the Equestrian nature? It was shown in the episode Keep Calm and Flutter On, and it might even have been hinted at during Return to Harmony Part 2. The reason we haven’t seen much of it is liable to come down to what happened in Discord’s past. The point is, the two natures conflict with each other so much that it could be enough to drive one insane (which is certainly possible in Discord’s case) especially if they’re constantly asserting themselves. I theorize that something happened in Discord’s past that resulted in his draconic nature effectively taking control of him. I’ll be honest here and further add to this theory that his Equestrian nature is what has contributed to him not actually literally doing anything that could, well, cause mortal injury or real permanent damage. Think about the chaos he causes. Compared to the dragons, he’s certainly not as brutal they are, and the trouble he can cause is rather tame to what they could do if allowed to rampage (harder to fix too) Discord could certainly cause some damage if he felt like it, but I think his Equestrian nature keeps him from going too far unless irritated or agitated. Think of Spike for a moment, and imagine how Spike would have grown up as if not raised by Ponies. Now picture Discord in the same fashion, only with no support, no one to be his friend, and everyone either thinking him a freak or being afraid of his powers. Discord may actually be the most emotionally scarred character in the series, if you think about it.

I believe, as I've stated, that what this comes down to isn't the actual character that's been shown, but how we as the fans have interpreted his character. Some of us saw Discord as nothing more than a Heartless Monster, whereas others saw him differently (I personally like to think of him as acting alot like Trelane from Star Trek TOS.) In other words, since this debate isn't likely to end, I should state that you shouldn't be trying to convince them about Discords character in this episode, you need to get the other person to reconsider their interpretation of Discord back in Return of Harmony.

How big and long his leash is up in the air for now. We don't know how much chaos he can get away with at the moment. My biggest problem with the people saying this seems out of character for Discord is that, to be perfectly blunt, I don't think Discord had much character. Sure, he was an awesome big badass embodiment of chaos that did what he wanted, even if it meant mind-raping those in his path (I'd like to point out that its certainly possible Discord might not have done anything to the mane six if they hadn't gone against him.) but we didn't really know much of anything about him. We don't even know for certain what his reign of Chaos was like. For all we know, he simply disbanded the government of Equestria, let the land descend into Anarchy, and then do whatever he wanted with whatever he pleased. I'd like to further add that his first releasing was after lord knows how long being stuck in a stone prison. I'd think he was pretty damn fucking ticked off at being in a "I have no mouth and must scream" style prison for so long. If his imprisonment had been short, he might not have been so ready to go off and start destabilizing the foundations of everything all at once (he might have settled for trolling Celestia for a while) Instead, he's stuck in there for years and years and years, and the onyl clue for a time frame is that it was before Luna became Nightmare Moon (and considering the sisters are seemingly immortal/ageless, who knows how long that's been). In this case, its not a case of Discord acting out of character (except for fanon interepretations of his character, lets all be honest with ourselves on this, that's what's really doing it) so much as acting how we don't think/prefer him to act.S Someone made the mention of its like Converting the Joker to a good guy. The Joker has had numerous episodes to very much flesh out his insanity and depravity, so yes, doing a face heel turn with the Joker would make absolutely no rutting sense whatsoever. Discord? We see him for maybe twenty minutes in two episodes, not even the length of a full episode, and that's it. Nothing more. Everything else about Discord is what we assume or believe him to be like. Sure, some of those assumptions may hit the mark, but until this episode we knew next to nothing about him. Now? Now we know something about him, and there's oppurtunity for him to develop character. Sure, it would have been more fun to develop his character as an actual villian, but quite frankly that was going to be impossible simply because he's an overpowered freaking spirit of Chaos.

I would like to point out to those whoa re saying Discord is 'on our side' is technically inaccurate. Celestia said she sensed a change in Discord, and he isn't always going to be using his magic for good. At the moment, I'd say the only one he's most likely to help, is, well, Fluttershy. He's made no promise to save Equestria should it come under some sort of assault (heck, he'd probably just respond by saying "Use your precious elements") or some such. Discord is still Discord, and will do whatever he wants, but he won't do anything that might risk his friendship with Fluttershy, so that's the only thing limiting him now (and how much it limits him is up for debate). And technically, as long as Fluttershy doesn't find out...... I'd say he's more of a wild card when it comes to helping out in a disaster. He may help, he may not help, and he may help in a way that might not actually really help at all (or if it does, it's not immediately clear that it does so) After all, I do believe Discord's magic is somewhat random. I don't think even he has full control of it at all times. There's also something some haven't been considering...he might not end up being a Deus Ex as he begins to develop and act less...disharmonious. His acting more in harmony with things around him could actually end up back firing, draining him of his power or weakening him to the point that he can effect a bit of a local area, but nothing more.

lets just simplify this and state that your not going to convince the majority of our side, we're not going to convince you, and we all have better things to do than argue around in circles, because that's what its going to devolve into. Now, I think my favorite part of the episode was Angel's scream as the house was spinning. I lost it at that, laughed so hard I briefly gave myself a cramp 0_0

Technically, that'd probably happen to poor Sisko and Janeway too Actually, that brings up the interesting thought, with those three series, would this bring up the possibility of Discord meeting Q? I'm not actually sure how that would go over.

Or, more specifically, what if one of the crews from the TV series ever encountered Equestria? Lets forgo the whole Prime Directive thing and say that one of the crews do find and meet the Equestrians. This applies to the crew from each series. After all, its safe to say that how first contact would if Picard was the one handling it, or if it was Janeway or Archer. So, thoughts? If your not sure how first contact might go with one of the specific crews, then just summarize how you think FC between the Federation and Equestria would go over.

I enjoyed watching the episode, even if I think it was the worst episode by far. Okay, worst is laying it on a little thick, but to suffice to say this is not my favorite episode of the season. Spitfire has changed completely it seems, and many of the qualities that make up Rainbow Dash's personality seemed to be shunted off onto Thunderdust. EDIT: I can skip the Spitfire bit, since the guy above me makes a good point, but I think they should have shown such an thing in the episode, then it would have made more sense. Not only that, but the whole bit with Pinkie Pie was really really overdone, and for the first time ever I wanted to smack Pinkie upside the head with a rubber chicken and say "Enough already, we get it!" Overall, to me it was a weak episode. Hoping the next one is better.

Is that anything at all like "More Daka!" *suddenly pictures 100 pinkie pies armed with jelly bean gatling guns....* EVERYBRONY RUN, THEY'RE ARMED!