Lord Bloodpool

It's debatable. Under English law, the act of murder is defined thus: For the sake of the argument, let us assume that: Equestrian laws are the same, if not similar, to English law.Twilight's actions were certainly conducted with forethought; the plan to discover the "real" pinkie pie may not actually have been her own idea, but carrying out the plan certainly took some conscious and deliberate effort on her part. However, it is unlikely that her actions were malicious in any way, and this is where things get a little complicated. If her actions required forethought, but were not intended as a malicious act, the question of whether her actions could be considered as murder becomes infinitely more technical; there are (as far as I am aware) no precedents of such a case to be found anywhere, so this argument becomes the business of trained lawyers. Tl;dr: It's complicated.

@, Personally, I think I'll wait to actually see the full movie before I make any sort of judgement on whether it is a deconstruction of high school stereotypes, a reconstruction, or merely a continuation of the same sort of stuff we've seen hundreds of times before.

@, I was just throwing some theories out there. I never stated that anything I said was true. And anyway, like I said before, I think it's just down to shitty writing more than anything else.

I don't know. Maybe she never properly recovered from Discord's corruption or something... Personally, I think it's just down to poor writing.

I like to think he's just bouncing about somewhere outside of Equestria's borders, causing some (controlled) chaos, and pretty much having a good time. Maybe he pops back to ponyville every now-and-then to see Fluttershy, who knows?

I think it's fair to point out that they are, at this stage, merely prototypes. The finished product will probably look much better; Hasbro representatives have already said that the faces in particular will be vastly different to what we see here. That said, I still don't like them, and I am certainly not going to go out of my way to buy them.

"Favorite" Pony? Why, that would be Celestia, of course! Although I'd be very confused as to how she got into my house in the first place. Then... I don't know. I think she'd be a great person/pony to talk to about both Equestrian and Human politics. Sounds boring, I know, but that's just me. After that, I'm not sure what else I'd do. In fact, I'd probably just ask her about life in Equestria, and how it differs to life here. Then I'd ask her to take me back with her, if it were possible. I'd take my Dictaphone, and a notepad to record information about Equestria. What's the point in going to an alien world if you're not going to do any research while you're at it?

It's because the setting is the fallback position for lazy writers. It's the same old template we've seen used hundreds of times before: Take Character X and put them in High School. Now Character X must deal with things such as homework, planning for school dances... I could go on and on here, but I fear that my sanity would be irreparably damaged as a result. Personally, I'm inclined to stick my fingers in my ears, ignore the movie entirely, and pretend that the whole thing never happened in the first place.

Well, technically speaking, the word "Alicorn" through most of time has referred to the theoretical substance that made up a unicorn's horn. In the late medieval period and in the early renaissance, "Unicorn Horns" were supposedly powerful artefacts that aided in healing and the like. Queen Elizabeth the first owned one and it was valued at being equal to 3,000 ounces of gold. It was, of course, a narwhal horn. Anyway, in the show, it’s a term used to refer to the likes of Celestia and Luna, who have both horns and wings. All Princesses in series have both wings and a horn. Is this a trend, or a coincidence? Which one implies the other? Are they royals due to their Alicorn nature, or are they only Alicorns because they belong to the royal bloodline? Prince Blueblood, it may be noted, is not an Alicorn. So it’s likely that it’s just an inherent trait. Let's break this down over-analytically: Cadence is Celestia's niece, which either means there’s a third Alicorn sibling somewhere, or Luna had children at some point. Blueblood is not an Alicorn, but part of the royal family, meaning that you don’t have to be an Alicorn to be part of the Royal family. We can state with reasonable certainty that Alicorns possess some serious magical power; after all, it would take an enormous amount of energy to move celestial bodies through the interplanetary medium [of space]. The case of Princess Cadence further strengthens this theory. We’ve seen that she can change the thoughts and feelings of ponies through magic, which, one can assume, is no easy task. If it was easy, wouldn’t everyone be doing it? Now we get onto the interesting part. Celestia, Luna and Cadence all have some sort of unique power, and they are all Alicorns. Prince Blueblood, as far as I can tell, has no unique power. Unless of course being terribly un-gentlemanly counts as a “Unique power”. Something to think about, is it not?

I'd assume that learining to fly is like learning to walk. It'd take time to get used to, and no-one would be able to do it straight away. So yea, I call BS too.

It's practically impossible for the "dark side" of the fandom to die out. As Rule 34 of the internet states: There's always going to be people who feel sexually attracted to characters in the show, and therefore there will also be people who are willing to cater to these... particular needs. I don't see the problem with it personaly. I'll happily admit that I am part of "the dark side" of this fandom. And who says it's the "dark side"? This particular sub-section of the fandom is just as creative, if not more, than the rest of the fandom. What's not to like?