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  1. HedonismBot
    "Between Dark and Dawn" had Celestia give Twilight some gadget enchanted with her and Luna's magic, designed to enable any unicorn to move the sun and moon. Hopefully they'd at least be available for technical support if anything were to go wrong with it. I doubt they'd ever be so heartless as to force unicorn after unicorn after unicorn to permanently lose their magic so they could avoid doing something they can do fairly easily. Though if it came to that, one would think that it'd be a simple matter to increase the size of the group (before Celestia, it was only five unicorns plus Starswirl), so that each one doesn't get over-exerted. That and/or start working on a cure, some spell or potion to recharge unicorns who get drained from sun duty.
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    If we are talking about humans, it's also possible Fluttershy might know that meeting their nutritional needs on a vegetarian diet is a solved problem. So in that case, she'd likely still disapprove of killing animals simply because it's tastier or more convenient than a well-balanced vegetarian diet.
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    After reading this thread, I'm rather surprised no one mentioned "masseuse".
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    You'd think so, but "She Talks to Angel" had her feeding vegan food to a snake. In real life no known snake can live off of plants of any kind, but I suppose it's possible that the ponies have found some way to take plant parts and synthesize something that would meet the nutritional needs of a snake. Though an earlier episode (I don't recall which one) had her feeding a fish to a ferret .
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    It certainly would have been cool to see a few scenes of Rainbow helping Scootaloo train her wings in hopes of one day flying. Also, Rainbow Dash was there when Apple Bloom tried hang gliding in "Call of the Cutie", and in "May the Best Pet Win" it was implied that she came up with the idea to get Tank his propeller backpack. If we're to assume that Scootaloo would never be able to fly on her own two wings, one would think Rainbow would have been able to help her obtain some form of assistive technology. Unfortunately, that scene at the end is the closest we'd ever get to seeing Rainbow (or anyone else) get Scootaloo the help she needs in that department.
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    Or it could all be epigenetics - that is, all ponies have the code for wings and horns hiding somewhere in their DNA, but only some of them have it switched on. Which would explain how the Cakes gave birth to a unicorn and a pegasus despite their family tree being mostly earth ponies, or how apparently any pony race can be upgraded to alicorn with the right magical trigger.
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    There's something I noticed as well - Celestia met all five of Twilight's new friends at the end of the previous episode, and was fully aware of the role they played in dealing with Nightmare Moon. Yet she only sent one extra ticket. The only logical explanation there would be that it was some sneaky test of character. Farming in real life isn't particularly lucrative - many independent farmers live near the poverty line. Selling value-added products (in AJ's case, baked goods and cider) is a good way to make more money than from selling raw crops, but there are probably better places to do so than a catered event (with what would likely be much higher quality food than AJ could produce) where guests can eat for free.
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    I also thought Punk Rarity was cool. Though it did slightly undermine their intended moral of "appearances aren't all that matters". It does, however, give us another moral of equal value, that of making the most of a bad situation (courtesy of Rarity's mad fashion skills and her friends' emotional support).
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    Wait, have we ever seen anyone native to the Equestria Girls universe step through the portal? I've watched barely any of Equestria Girls, but I only recall natives to regular Equestria go through (going from pony to human and back again). The later seasons have a fair amount of emphasis on welcoming new species (griffons, hippogriffs, dragons, changelings, yaks) to Equestria, so adding one more to the mix shouldn't be too tough. Which is good because there's no way in hell I'd want to come to a place like Equestria and not experience everything it has to offer. Get a sugar rush at Sugarcube Corner, play around in Las Pegasus, try to drink the water in Rainbow Falls, use my technical skills to help ponykind, live up to my username, and so on. Ponyville looks like a logical choice for a place to live (being roughly central to Equestria, convenient if I'd be traveling all over the place), or possibly Canterlot.
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    Or someone could have found him a job that would actually make proper use of his strength and shovel skills (farm work, construction, mining, etc.). Seriously, their first instinct was to try to make him a teacher despite him having no prior teaching experience nor any real knowledge of whatever it is he was supposed to be teaching. How could they have expected that to work out? Or someone could have helped him learn to control his strength so that he isn't breaking everything he touches. Or maybe one of his employers could have realized that he wouldn't be the first pony to embarrass himself at his first day on the job, and given him a chance to learn from his mistakes. For what it's worth, one of the Season 10 comics shows Rockhoof working alongside Tempest. I haven't gotten anywhere near that far with the comics, but that does look like it could be WAY more interesting than what we got out of him here.
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    It did seem rather obvious that the writers wanted to do a message about dealing with death, but were forbidden from mentioning actual death (see also: "The Perfect Pear" and Applejack's parents). And it delivered said message well enough that the criticism of Rainbow overreacting to Tank's hibernation felt like a minor nerd nitpick.
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    To be fair, I'm pretty sure this was back when the higher-ups were still pushing to "late bloomer" line. In which case their insults would be slightly closer to their usual "blank flank" chant than "Ha ha, you're crippled!", but still a good deal worse than everyday teasing. The episode's dialogue (What if I never fly?) appears to have been weaseling out of answering the question of whether Scootaloo had an actual disability, though I suppose it's possible that they were just leaving their options open at the time. Either way, that would only end up making her situation feel more tragic than if she had been established as disabled from the get-go: There were multiple instances of her yearning to fly, but there would never be any reference to anyone helping her learn to fly, or her having been to a doctor to see if there might be some treatment for whatever was keeping her from flying, or pointing her in the direction of technology (such Apple Bloom's glider from "Call of the Cutie") which would have enabled her to fly in some capacity if her own wings would never be up to the task. Though it's probably not fair to single out this episode for what was a series of sub-par decisions, seeing as it handled its message respectably.
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    That's basically how it always has been with every sequel, remake, or reboot ever. Even if G5 delivers on Hasbro's promises and then some, there will be a certain population of fans hating it simply by virtue of it being different. Hopefully not enough to screw up the fandom as a whole.
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    Perhaps, but Rainbow Dash had no reason (initially) to know that. Without having witnessed the events of "Somepony to Watch Over Me", she would have had no reason to question Applejack's rules.
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    Perhaps common sense for someone who knows the grannies (or has experience working with elderly people in general). For one such as Rainbow Dash, not so much. How exactly was she supposed to know how excited is "too excited", or what kinds of dancing to watch out for? Plus, "Don't let them out of your sight, ever" (especially with the forceful tone in which AJ said it) is kind of hard to interpret in any way other than "these old farts actually ARE so feeble that they need to be treated like toddlers". The episode seemed to convey the idea that Rainbow Dash was 100% at fault for spoiling the grannies' fun, but Applejack was at least as much to blame. There's also the issue of Rainbow Dash caring more for riding the roller coaster than for her duties towards the grannies. In and of itself, it was in fact selfish of her. There's just one small problem there: the roller coaster was the whole freaking reason Rainbow Dash wanted to go to Las Pegasus to begin with. Applejack was fully aware of that, but she demanded something in return for covering for Rainbow that would have rendered her trip completely pointless (if not for that VIP pass). Perhaps Rainbow should have asked around to find a different substitute instead of agreeing to AJ's terms and then looking for an opportunity to sneak away from her end of the bargain, but she wasn't the only selfish one here. Yeah, it wouldn't be the first plot that could have been resolved with proper communication. And as others have said, anyone who's too senile to know their own limitations shouldn't be going anywhere near a place like Las Pegasus.
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    Not to mention the other yaks enjoying her music seemed to kind of undermine the message of doing what you love despite being not-so-good at it. True, they were reacting to the fact that playing made her happy as opposed to the actual sounds she was producing, but the message they were going for is supposed to be about not caring about whether anyone would like what you're doing. It would have been way better for the rest of the Mane Six to talk to her about appropriate places and times to play, and end with a shot of her happily playing the yovidaphone by herself (and/or have Twilight use her magic to create a soundproof bubble). On the plus side, the yovidaphone music coming from the master player was interesting - it sounded very different from any real-world instrument, yet still like something that could be enjoyable music.
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    The plot felt to me like not much more than a cookie-cutter "just be yourself" story, of which I've seen more than enough. It also doesn't help that the last episode also had some version of that same moral. Plus others were talking about Yona getting familiar with the culture in which she had been living - implying that she was in the wrong for doing that seems like a not-so-great message to be sending.
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    Hell, the episode with Luna dealing with her past as Nightmare Moon essentially had her committing self-harm. Maybe not with whatever language you're used to, but we've seen arcade machines which kind of suggest at least a 1970's-1980's level of computing. Personally, I'd find ways to use my engineering background to help advance Equestria's technology. We've also seen examples of combining magic and technology (such as Tank's popeller backpack) - if I could work alongside one or more unicorns, it would be fun to see what else I could do there. I've also thought about getting into prosthetics in real life - maybe I could track down whoever made Kerfuffle's leg and see if they could use a pair of opposable thumbs.
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    The big problem I had was with how that conflict was resolved. Them going their separate ways was portrayed as a failure in their relationship, yet it was the only way that both of them could possibly have had an enjoyable vacation. A message of "Being in a healthy relationship doesn't mean you have to do EVERYTHING together" would have fit beautifully with the kinds of lessons the show has taught. Instead we get some generic "Yay, family!" stuff, implying that it's better to be utterly miserable than to be apart for even a few hours.
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    Not a pony, but I could see Gabby being into it. Probably none of the other griffons we've seen on camera, though.
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    It's plausible that some ponies might have heard of Rainbow's exploits, but not know of her relationship with Scootaloo. It's also possible that at that stage in her life, Scootaloo might not want to leverage her relationship with Rainbow to solve all her problems, wanting to become her own pony.
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    If nothing else, it'd be a sweet idea for fanfic. You could even get a disability-related moral out of it if that's your fancy: have her academy partner take a look at her equipment and be like "Why do I have to work with a stupid cripple?", and transition to "She gets the job done, who cares if she has to do it a bit differently than everypony else?".
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    Not to mention the fact that her whole motivation for joining the Washouts was to find something cool to do with her life despite her condition - that she had accepted that her original life goal (the Wonderbolts) was for all intents and purposes out of reach, and found what looked to her like a satisfying second choice. And then they give us the impression that she was in the wrong for doing so. That's a big steaming pile of horse apples. Plus there's the "Scootaloo Fan Club" scene at the end, which had no logical connection to previous events. I don't recall Scootaloo having done anything (that is, individually as opposed to as part of the CMC) up to that point that looked fan-club-worthy. It felt like the club was founded out of pity more than anything. As to what they were going for, it looked like they were trying to suggest that she didn't need either the Wonderbolts or the Washouts - that she should be happy with her life without achieving anything remotely resembling her original dream. If so, that would be severely patronizing. Coupled with the suggestion that joining the Washouts was a poor life choice, this is a textbook example of what NOT to do when dealing with the issue of disability. A much better ending would be to either reform Lightning Dust, or have one of the others discuss the idea of Scootaloo replacing her. The episode had its fair share of entertaining moments, but it screwed up its message as badly as "Parental Glideance".
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    As others have said, the main priority should be assembling a team to find a way to save whatever ponies you can't. First I'd start with Discord for his reality-warping power (which it seems includes interdimensional travel), then the foremost magic experts: Celestia, Twilight, Starswirl, Starlight, Sunburst Then I'd get the other princesses (Luna and Cadance) for raw magic power. Then some fighters to counter whatever the voice was referring to when it threatened to have you arrested if you tamper with the machine: Rockhoof, Tempest, Shining Armor, Flash Magnus, maybe a yak and/or dragon if they're also in there. Then the rest of the Mane Six.
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    This reminds me of a few pieces of fan art of some unseen human petting Tempest, who had always struck me as the last pony who'd be into that. If you're not careful, you may as well be petting a downed power line.
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