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Banned because DC is better than Marvel

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A talking unicorn brings Communism to Equestria

Not a frequent church goer, but I am Catholic, and I wear a rosary bracelet my grandma made for me. 

Straight (heterosexual) male.

Twilight: I see a lot of myself in Twilight. I love the fact that she believes very strongly in hard work and she truly knows the meaning of friendship. 

But, I will say that the most interesting character is Pinkie

Pinkie, despite coming from a family that farms rocks (yes, fucking rocks) is still able to see the positivity in the world and laugh. Her quick and playful remarks, paired with her random actions make a truly ingenious character. 

As for supporting character, I was surprised that Starlight ranked so low. She is without a doubt, my favorite supporting character. Shem embodies the idea of second chances and forgiveness, and the fact that everyone can change. I also think that it's funny that Starlight, when she was an evil dictator, brought Communism to a town. Anywho, I just love starlight for who she is and love that they transformed her into an important character. 

4 minutes ago, BrawnyCharger said:

It's Fall Classic time again. Who are you going for in the World Series? The LA Dodgers to end their near 30 year drought. Or the Houston Astros to win their first in franchise history?

Dodgers all the way baby! I'm a true fan, and 29 years is long enough! Funny story actually: The historic night of Kirk Gibson's walk-off to win Game 1 in 88 was when my parents met. #Thisteam

5 hours ago, Twilight Witch said:

I believe Celestia and Luna were born outside of equestria, as born alicorns to alicorn parents, who have been gone a long time or their parents story is too...important to be shared or for some other reason.

Cadence became an alicorn in a comic. 

http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Sparkle_and_the_Crystal_Heart_Spell

Ah. This is why I need to branch out and start reading the comics. I based my assumptions and analysis solely on the show. Are the comics canon though? 

Welcome! Glad to have you here! This is a place for bronies of all shapes and sizes to just talk "till the Ponies come home!"

If you have any questions or just want to chat, don't hesitate to message me!

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Jayson

4 hours ago, CrimpedContraband said:

Ahhh you see, I'm getting to season 7, not there yet. So I need to catch up.

Oh. My bad! I hope I didn't spoil anything!  

4 hours ago, Midnight Blaze 98 said:

I’m just going to be boring and say that either Tia and Lulu weren’t born in Equestria or whoever wrote the script didn’t think it through.

And Cadence was the same age Twilight now is in that flashback, so I don’t see why she couldn’t have done some kind of special thing?

Cadence looked almost like a teenager there to me... But like I said it is just my take and speculation on it, so I could be dead wrong.  

I think @AlbaTross is right though; some books have stated that she has a love stare and did in fact perform some special feat using love. Oh well. It was fun to think about. Here I was just thinking it was bad writing, when someone else out there had an explanation. I love the internet! 

I just finished the season 7 finale and just saw the movie andI loved both of them!   

As for season 8, I hope for the following

-A background on how Applejack's parents passed (not likely, but hopeful!)

-Exploring Chrysalis' background

-See Flurry Heart as a filly

-Flash Sentry return?

-More Starlight interactions with the rest of the mane 6

-An Ember episode

-Sunset Shimmer episode

-Rainbow Dash takes over as leader of the Wonerbolts

-Exploring Celestia and Luna's background/origin

I'm totally not Jayson Thiessen leaking episodes btw...

Welcome! Glad you came and joined the forums!   

Another Twilight fan I see. Everyone here is usually friendly, so don't be afraid to talk to us and ask questions. 

If you have any questions at all or just want to talk/ become friends, don't hesitate to message me! 

Don't forget to check out the Subreddit for MLP (/r/mylittlepony) and fimfiction.com

Jayson 

YES! I caught the reference and it brought back tons of nostalgia! Did anyone else notice the Pulp Fiction reference in the form of Songbird Serenade's bodyguards, who were supposed to be Jules and Vincent Vega?  

3 hours ago, CrimpedContraband said:

Forgive me, my post length will not be as big as I would like to make it right now. But with my limited knowledge and remembrance of episodes, I'm pretty sure Luna and Celstia have been around for centuries. Personally I see it as if they were put here from a "Higher being," like a deity, or themselves are the only deities. And the queen of the changeling, is sort of "satan" to speak.

 

Just my personal take on it.

An interesting take on it - I like it!

Eh, but like I said, it's fun to speculate. 

2 hours ago, AlbaTross said:

Well, there is much debate on how canon the books are, but I subscribe to B canon theory, where all spinoff media is canon until it contradicts something from the show.  Not every piece of spinoff media is great, but I actually think most of G.M. Berrow's books are pretty solid.  That first one might actually be one of, if not her worst, but that's not saying much since I think she's generally a good writer.

There's also a comic that suggests that Cadance may be a long lost descendant of Princess Amore of the Crystal Empire, which at first glance seems to contradict the notion of her being a Pegasus.  However, it occurred to me that it's astronomically unlikely that there has never been any inter-breeding among the three pony races in Equestria's history.  It's possible that having a magic stare is a symptom of Unicorn ancestry.  Moreover, there is no record on who Cadance's parents are/were, let alone her family line.  We know that Fluttershy's parents are indeed Pegasi, but that doesn't mean she can't have Unicorn ancestry.  I actually think it's highly possible that Rarity has some Earth Pony ancestry.  Anyways, regardless of ancestry, Cadance is an Alicorn through and through.  

Yea. Also the fact that this is a show targeted towards kids means that Hasbro will never go into detail about pony genes

But part of the fun is to speculate and make theories!

Thanks for the feedback!

2 minutes ago, AlbaTross said:

Well, what Celestia said was that was the first time an Alicorn was born...in Equestria.  I'm a bit of a spinoff media buff, and in The Journal of the Two Sisters it is implied that Celestia and Luna were born elsewhere and ended up in Equestria, where they were so widely respected that they became its rulers.  Even the Journal doesn't shed much light on who their parents were or what happened to them, or even anything about Alicorns as a species.  If they were born elsewhere, that must be confirmation of a land of Alicorns...or were they merely the last of their kind?  That last notion hasn't been confirmed, but it is a very real possibility all things considered.

As for Cadance, if you read the very first of G.M. Berrow's books entitled Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Hearts Spell, it mentions that Cadance was an orphaned Pegasus filly who had a love stare, similar to Fluttershy's obedience stare, and used it to stop an evil sorceress from enslaving her village.  That love stare now manifests itself as Cadance's love Spell, which gives you an idea as to how she stopped the sorceress.  Celestia was so impressed that after that event, she adopted Cadance and made her an Alicorn.  It's a brief story Cadance tells Twilight, but it is infinitely more engaging than the actual plot of the book.  

By the way, Alicorns do also contain aspects of Earth Ponies, they just don't manifest themselves in physical traits such as wings and a horn.  I do believe it is possible for an Earth pony to have enough magic in them to do a magic stare, it just hasn't been seen yet and is astronomically rare in Pegasus Ponies.  As the book confirms that Celestia does make Ponies into Alicorns, she could make an Earth Pony into one.  She clearly likes to hold out for the very rare exceptional Pony who impresses her and likely holds the virtues of a Princess, as in Equestria being an Alicorn automatically makes one a Princess.  It is unknown whether males can become Alicorns.

Anyways, the reason why Celestia was intrigued by an Alicorn birth in Equestria is that it proves something interesting.  When Celestia turns a Pony into an Alicorn they don't merely take on the properties of one, but essentially have their DNA completely shifted to that of an Alicorn.  It's the only possible way Cadance could have an Alicorn baby.  

I see. Thanks for the clarification. I haven't read any books related to MLP, so I was unaware of this. 

I have a future episode prediction/request, or a possible prompt for a fimfiction (if this already exists, please notify me).

So, we start in Equestria, several years in the future. Flurry Heart is a young filly who is as beautiful as she is smart and kind. She attends Celestia's Magic School in Canterlot, where she studies spells and magic and learns to control her powers. She feels like an outsider, and doesn't know who actually wants to genuinely be her friend, or who wants to be her friend to be affiliated with a royal family. (We see a glimpse of this happening in season 7's "Once Upon a Zeppelin"). The episode follows Flurry as she wonders who to trust, and who she is meant to be. After the occasional musical number, Flurry goes and talks to each of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who are now fully grown mares. Each member reminisces about what it was like to try and find their place, and how they never gave up. 

Just an idea that I would love to see come to the big screen, or at least fimfiction.com. Thoughts? Comments? Questions? I'm all ears. Let me know what you think.

PLEASE HASBRO/FANS. MAKE IT HAPPEN

So, my knowledge of alicorns and how they are born were pretty much clear until Flurry Heart is born. Once that little foal was born, everything I thought I knew became irrelevant. All because of a quote by Celestia: "This is the first time Equestria has witnessed the birth of an Alicorn." This seemingly insignificant and innocent quote just told us that Celestia and Luna, as well as Cadence, were not born as alicorns, but they were transformed. This to me makes no sense, and could just be poor editing, but it makes me wonder: How do pony genes work? 

So, in season 2, when Shining Armor is marrying Cadence, we see a flashback of Cadence where she seems to be an adolescent, but she is still portrayed as an alicorn. And going off of what happened with Twilight, a pony becomes an alicorn once he/she does some kind of deed or action that reflects their true purpose and makes them a princess (i.e. Twilight solves Starswirl the Bearded's spell). And Cadence, who is the Princess of Love, must have done some kind of deed that brought out love in others. I doubt that a pony of her age could have done such a task, which leads me to believe that she was born an alicorn, but she was obviously not, according to Celestia. Once again, MIND FUCK.

SO, this also means that Celestia and Luna were born as a normal unicorn/pegasus and performed some kind of important deed to gain their wings, horn. It was much easier to think that alicorns are a royal race that have special powers, and that they were born when two alicorns had a baby. Pony genes are like season 3 of "The Flash;" just one big mind fuck. 

What are your guys' thought? What do you make of this? Do you have any explanations or can explain it better than I can?

Thanks,

Jayson

The Mirror Pool. Duh.

Favorite? I chose Starlight just because I love her backstory and the fact that she realized the error of her ways and became friends with the mane 6. As for least favorite, I chose other, to whom I can credit to Iron Will. Iron Will is just a lame character and really stuck up, and needless to say, he's really annoying. It's like, ease up on the roids and the weights, and stop yelling bro. The whole thing with the Zeppelin too; it was just so frustrating. I enjoyed the episodes that he was in, but I hate him as a character. Thoughts?

I'm diving in. Momma ain't raise no bitch

Ouch. Probably run. Missed me with that symbiote shit

4 hours ago, Dark Qiviut said:

OK, I'm back!

Rarity:

1. Suited for Success: Leading up to here, season 1 wasn't very kind to her, and two episodes preceding this (Boast Busters, BG) were two of her worst in the entire series. This is the first to really push her at her bet, and it still holds up. Everything about how Rarity designs the clothing and dresses for her is an exercise of creativity. Her personality and lust for excellent quality rub onto everything she makes. So, when her friends pressure her (through clever usage of client archetypes) of what they want than trusting her judgment, things went haywire, concluding with her first of many famous breakdowns. Having the RM5 (with Opal's help) put together Rarity's dress was a great method to make up to her and show how much they care about her.
2. It Isn't the Mane Thing About You: This was a royal surprise into not only season 7, but the series altogether. There's a fine line between egotistical and self-confident; Rarity stays in the line of self-confidence. How she struts and waves her mane automatically commands attention, but she doesn't do it because it's all about her. It's about helping others. So, when she loses her mane to an accident, her self-confidence is tested for the first time. Everywhere, she acts invisible and internally fights back the command for attention. When her friends' desperate attempts for a proper wig fail, who can blame her for feeling she as both a character and brand are fads? But here's the one thing this episode does well: It doesn't make them act like jerks to her; Rarity tries to stay so disguised with hopes of not being recognized by the merchants. Secondly, her friends really shine, especially AJ; everyone tried to help her and stuck with her through her trauma. The ending (Rarity changing her mane to punk style) is one of the smartest and cleverest in the entire series.
3. Rarity Takes Manehattan: Rarity's best are incomplete without this classic. Everything started out a little slow, on the nose, and maybe a little clumsy. But once Suri showed up, everything was masterful. This episode forced her to deal with plagiarism, a complete disregard of her hard work and creativity, and response to it. Needless to say, Rarity didn't respond well. Because Suri took advantage of her biggest and best quality, she couldn't trust anyone, not even her friends, and their fight in the hotel room lead to excellent character moments, including realizing what she had done. On top of that, Coco Pommel was excellent here, and the moral of keeping your will and not changing who you are after being taken advantage of is one of the best in the show.

Applejack:

1. The Perfect Pear: I'm cheating a bit, since this is mostly an Apple family episode, but no list is complete, period, without the greatest MLP episode of all-time. Everything about TPP is so right. The Apple siblings' curiosity of what happened to the Apple/Pear feud, wanting to learn more about their parents' history, and going around Ponyville to talk to ones they were close with turns them into impactful beings in their lives. Burnt Oak and his brotherly relationship with Bright Mac, Mrs. Cake learning to bake with help of Buttercup makes them feel so whole. Unlike many episodes this series, TPP's more down to earth, and, boy, does it work so brilliantly. The relationship of Buttercup and Bright Mac is so organic that it feels like a real couple. "You're in My Head Like a Catchy Song" is the best song of S7 and maybe the entire series for being so heartwarming, beautiful, and tear-inducing. Felicia Day and William Shatner as BC and Grand Pear, respectively, were awesome.
2. The Mane Attraction: Season 5 ended on a really great two-episode run, and this is the back end of the two. For most of the series, AJ's stubbornness is portrayed negatively. TMA's the first and only one to use it as a strength. Applejack suspected something was wrong when Coloratura was told by Svengallop what to do and then performed music that was all style, no substance, and was more artificial than a Pepperidge Farm cookie. Yes, Svengallop helped her succeed, but she was successful and obviously not all that happy with maintaining a façade rather than showing us who the real her is. With help from her friends, she outs Sven as a manipulator and liar, and she shines best when performing from the heart.
3. Apple Family Reunion: The most underrated episode of the entire series. It's not the grandest episode of the series, but it doesn't need to be. In fact, that was a nice secondary moral: You don't need to go so overboard to make your time with your friends memorable. Rather than being stubborn, she wanted to make the reunion as grand as possible so those who may not make it (back) for a future reunion will have something to remember by.

Rainbow Dash:

1. Sleepless in Ponyville: This is a Scootaloo episode, but Rainbow Dash had one of her best characterizations in the entire series here. Everything about her is really balanced. Her ability to show off how cool she is without being too egotistical and proving her excellent flying abilities. How hilariously oblivious she can sometimes be. How she can tell one hell of a ghost story. But when shit got real, she was right there. Rather than getting upset with Scootaloo and not taking her fears seriously, she admitted to being scared as a filly, too. Wrapping her wing around Scootalo and becoming her mentor is one of the sweetest moments of the series.
2. Wonderbolts Academy: One word for this episode: balanced. Every facet of her character is balanced. Her confidence, cockiness, uncertainty, and reservations were all on display. Thank Lightning Dust, her foil and Dash w/o morals, for giving us the conflict needed to show us what makes Dash such a great character. She showed here how much she learned over the years, including from really terrible episodes like MDW, and that growth came into fruition when she rescued her friends, confronted Spitfire for all but rewarding recklessness in the Academy, and quit the Wonderbolts. Quitting the Academy and leaving her dream behind in favor of her friends and morals is her apex, and nothing else has come close.

Fluttershy:

1. Discordant Harmony: A Discord episode that brings Fluttershy's best. All of her development comes full circle with this episode. Her friendship with Discord feels genuine, and her care for him feels genuine. When she realized something was wrong, she said so immediately. As Discord started fading away for being "too normal," she knew what to do to fix it. Act like him and bring the "chaos" back into his dimension. Delivering the moral of how people with nothing in common can be great friends makes so much sense, considering how it all began.
2. Hurricane Fluttershy: I don't think much needs to be said about this one. Fluttershy's shyness is transformed into something far deeper she has to face, and beating back her crippling phobia remains a beautiful triumph.
3. Scare Master: Her most underrated episode. Natasha Levinger deserves a lot of credit for taking what was nothing more than a comic relief scene into something far deeper. What makes Nightmare Night so much fun? By pranking everypony. Fluttershy hates being pranked. This episode brings her out of her comfort zone by delivering one of the best pranks in the series. Nevertheless, it smartly doesn't fall for the cliché of having her like NMN after so long. She appreciates the effort, but isn't into it.

Spike:

1. The Times They Are A Changeling: Spike's best episode, and the better version of Bridle Gossip. Everyone's fear and hatred of changelings is absolutely justified. But as Spike gets to know Thorax, he knows at least one changeling doesn't agree with everything Chrysalis does. What makes Spike so great here? Because he's great when needed to be, vulnerable when needed to be, and will do the right thing. He makes mistakes without going out of character, learns from them. By risking his reputation in The Crystal Empire, he delivers his best moment of the series: singing A Changeling Can Change. Twilight trusted Spike, and others follow suit.
2. Gauntlet of Fire: While TMA plays AJ's strengths, so does GoF with Spike's. He needed a conflict to bring him that leadership, skill, and characterization that will have him be consistent and respectful to the audience. In a thorough critique of Dragon Quest's sexism and xenophobia, the episode teaches that folks from all walks of life can work in harmony and share knowledge with each other. Rather than stereotyping or glorifying masculinity or femininity, GoF shows how neither concept nor being are trapped in some type of box.

Starlight Glimmer:

1. Shadow Play: Not gonna spoil it. Will wait till it airs officially either next week on Treehouse TV or the week after that.
2. Uncommon Bond:
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   This episode forces us to look back into Starlight's friendship with Sunburst and how much things change or not. Rather than seeing what she has in common with SB, she witnesses how much he has in common with TS, Trixie, and Maud instead. This distance puts her in a spot she's very unfamiliar with. When her desperate attempt to find something in common fails, it crushes her. The ending with all five playing a lifesize game of Dragon Pit was cute and heartwarming.

    

3. All Bottled Up: Of the two S7 premiere episodes, this is the better half. Trixie may be a little annoying. However, look at this in her shoes. Trixie's probably the weakest magical pony in the series. Everything she does is based on illusion. For her to accomplish a very difficult piece of magic (transfiguration) followed by transportation are such huge accomplishments for her that it makes sense for her to be so childlike. OTOH, Starlight's problems with her anger literally take a toll on her, but no one can blame her for bottling it, either. She values Trixie so much that if she rages at her, there could be another major fallout. She's taking her lessons from Every Little Thing into account.

 

Woah. Hands down the best answer to the question lol. Definitely did your homework hahaha

13 hours ago, Firedog said:

Starlight, also your name is..... suspicious....

 

Are you sure you're not secretly Jayson Thiessen gathering intel?

hahaha I'm just Jayson, the average MLP fan  

4 hours ago, Sly said:

I feel Discord should be here as well. By the way, to me are Discord and Starlight Glimmer.

4 hours ago, Hierok said:

Discord of course, but out of these 6 I would say Starlight. 

My bad! I forgot to add Discord! I certainly meant to!

Out of all 7 seasons, who is the best supporting character?

Personally, I like Starlight Glimmer and Spike. Starlight Glimmer embodies the idea of second chances an forgiveness, and Spike is a foil to the mane 6.