S05:E01+02 - The Cutie Map

[Steve Piranha 29,424]

Little did Applejack know, she was helped by her future sister in law

[saum22 6]

Equestria is an enthostate.

Let the fire burn.

[starlightglimmerlove 10]

I like Starlight very much 

[SomeponySparkle 245]

I love love love Pinkie's suspicion towards a town filled with Stepford Ponies. The faces she's making, tho - perhaps my favorite thing she's ever done, and it says a lot about her character that she distrusts fake happiness.

[Quackkyy The Pegasus 222]

I just watched this for the first time and I think it's a really good episode. Starlight is a great villain and the dark plot is unsettling in a good way. The episode wasn't predictable (in a good way) and the characters were realistic. It just would be nice if twilight didn't stand there while Starlight took her Cutie mark.

Also, this episode changed my favourite quote to "You can't have nightmares if you never dream". Creepy!

Arbitrary score: 9/10

I'm probably not going to become a review account, I just wanted to share my love for this episode.

[Octavian 5,421]

Is this the best line in all MLP?  

 

 

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

2 hours ago, abrony-mouse said:

Is this the best line in all MLP?  

 

 

‘We have... *dies inside* muffins.’ 

[Octavian 5,421]

Flutters a whole 2 years before Trump

 

 

[Astralshy 26,637]

This is one is surprisingly dark for the show, but great.

The episode has a great setup in the beginning and also the cutie map is introduced which is a great plot device and works really well with this show.

The plot of this episode is actually amazing. I like especially how the characters are shown here. For example it just makes so much sense for Pinkie instantly getting suspicious and Flutters instantly loving this. The characters are the best part of MLP in my opinion and this episode plays  a lot with the characters.

Starlight is a really interesting character and belongs definitely to my fav characters of the show. So there is another point why I like this episode. The most interesting stuff with her happens  later but this is where she's introduced.

Well and there is sugar bell, also a really sweat character which will reappear in later seasons. It's also nice to see Rebecca Shoichet having a full character speaking role beside Sunset Shimmer and of course her singing voice of Twilight (Yeah, I know this stuff by now ).

Great episode, I love it.

 

 

 

[phantompone1148 126]

Apparently they were able to get away with putting communism in a kids show. In all seriousness, this was a fantastic premier! 

10/10

[Rosy Moonlight 369]

I think that this episode turned off quite a number of fans by the fact that the Cutie Map was a signal that many of the upcoming episodes were going to be more formulaic.

 

But that was a given in order to keep the show going, and those cute map episodes were mostly not too bad in my opinion.

[Gale Wind 82]

Definitely thought it was an interesting concept. And I do have to wonder what if trouble shoes had found the village…

[Lonstecation 523]

When the Mane Six sat down on their thrones,

A map grew out of the castle stones.

The map led the Six to a town that defines

The ponies whose cutie marks are equal signs.

Starlight Glimmer was in charge of that town -

Her magic is what kept equality up and down.

What Starlight was doing, of course, wasn't right.

Equality couldn't be kept every day and night!

So, the Mane Six spoiled her trick,

And Starlight's life was ruined real quick.

But ever since then, Starlight was very mad,

And a revenge on Twilight would make her really glad! 

 

To be continued...

[Splashee 28,564]

15 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

When the Mane Six sat down on their thrones,

A map grew out of the castle stones.

The map led the Six to a town that defines

The ponies whose cutie marks are equal signs.

Starlight Glimmer was in charge of that town -

Her magic is what kept equality up and down.

What Starlight was doing, of course, wasn't right.

Equality couldn't be kept every day and night!

So, the Mane Six spoiled her trick,

And Starlight's life was ruined real quick.

But ever since then, Starlight was very mad,

And a revenge on Twilight would make her really glad! 

 

To be continued...

[Lonstecation 523]

32 minutes ago, Splashee said:

That's just a piece of my MLP poetry! Just you wait until you hear the rest!

[Gale Wind 82]

That was pretty good poetry. It will be good to see more. 

[Lonstecation 523]

On 2023-01-31 at 5:17 AM, Gale Wind said:

That was pretty good poetry. It will be good to see more. 

Thank you! But if you want me to get notified about your reply, you should quote me instead of just replying to the thread.

And yes, you will definetely see more from me!

[Gale Wind 82]

8 hours ago, LCpony417 said:

Thank you! But if you want me to get notified about your reply, you should quote me instead of just replying to the thread.

And yes, you will definetely see more from me!

Sorry, didn’t think about it. I definitely should have quoted. 

[Lonstecation 523]

6 minutes ago, Gale Wind said:

Sorry, didn’t think about it. I definitely should have quoted. 

It's okay.

BTW I have just posted a new poetry! Go check it out if you liked this one!

 

[StarHeart333 1,764]

I honestly wanted to see Dash introduce Starlight's face into the pavement she annoyed me so much in this episode. 

 

Don't get me wrong I love Starlight now as she became a great character but OMC she was the biggest twat on the show just short of Blueblood with this commie propaganda crap.

 

Like I said SO HAPPY she got better as a character.

[Sparklefan1234 170,627]

 Wouldn’t it make sense for Twilight to lose her Alicorn wings when she loses her cutie mark? 🤔

[Iforgotmybrain 5,671]

3 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 Wouldn’t it make sense for Twilight to lose her Alicorn wings when she loses her cutie mark? 🤔

Maybe the wings are physically permanent after becoming an alicorn? But one might lose the ability to fly with them if they lose their cutie mark/magic. I can’t remember if we see any of the ponies flying after having their cutie mark stolen despite rewatching these episodes not too long ago. So many unanswered questions about alicorns like that 

[Rafa Stary 2,991]

The cutie marks have anything to do with Alicorn power, I actually don't think the ability to fly with wings has anything to do with magic at all (at least not in G4's original concepts, in G5 it is for sure)

I believe the magic of Cutie Marks serve to store someone's talents and powers, so removing them result in a individual losing control of its own will, but not to straight leave a individual weak or without energy (which is required to use magic)

But the show is really ambiguous when it comes to that, apparently the loss of cutie marks here is a result from the same kind of magic used by Discord in the Return fo Harmony, as both are used to manipulate the characters' talents, then, making them lose their colors, that represents them not acting the way as they should (Discord gave an extra by making everyone mean), which is different from when Tirek stole the magic of everyone, there, everyone got powerless, but they also have their cutie marks stolen, then we see that they only lose the color of their eyes, but apparently their talents are kept? It's never said, it's really confusing.

[Antiyonder 1,152]

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