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[Ruaken DiIlutar]

Sporkosophy, on 10 December 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

Some would consider it good news.




I can like things?

Huh?

Further (not directed at you, Spork):
dangit how do I use this bloody thing? Can't add images to signature, or posts...

Forever newb...

Edited by Ruaken DiIlutar, 10 December 2012 - 08:25 PM.

[Egomane]

Ruaken DiIlutar, on 10 December 2012 - 08:24 PM, said:

dangit how do I use this bloody thing? Can't add images to signature, or posts...

Forever newb...

You need to upload the picture somewhere like photobucket.com.
They will provide you with a link to the picture you uploaded there.
You then use the image function in the message editor and copy/paste that link there

You will then have something like this:

Edited by Egomane, 11 December 2012 - 02:11 AM.

[Ruaken DiIlutar]

Thanks, that ah-splains it

[Majorfatboy]

If you don't recognize what this is, I feel bad for you. Go buy a ********* Sega Saturn right now.

[Sporkosophy]

But Sega Saturn is only like the worst console ever.

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

Sporkosophy, on 11 December 2012 - 08:25 PM, said:

But Sega Saturn is only like the worst console ever.

You better check yourself there Pony... SATURN WAS AWESOME [I may also be biased in this feeling as I incured personal injury before aquiring my own back in the day]

[Watchit]

Because, Sega Saturn is best pony.

[wanderer]

Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh BEST....PREVIEW...EVER!

Spoiler

[Egomane]

Me is a sad pony after that preview.

Warning! Don't open spoiler if you have not yet seen the preview!

Spoiler

LAST WARNING! DON'T READ FURTHER THAN THIS LINE, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE PREVIEW YET!


The mail pony wasn't Derpy. In fact, there was no Derpy at all in the whole episode. Again!

I also get the feeling that the authors are trying to bring the show to an end. Trixie is redeemed, Scootaloo gets taken under the wing of RD, RD is going to be wonderbolt, ...
What is next? Rarity becoming famous? The CMC getting their cutie marks? I hope not!

The episode was good for itself though. I rate it a 9/10. The one point subtracted from the perfect score is, because Lightning Dust got thrown out of the Wonderbolt Academy without a chance to explain or redeem herself, just based on the story RD told in Spitfires office.

Edited by Egomane, 13 December 2012 - 07:07 AM.

[Samaritan]

Hon. Mechwarriors;

The preview was great, but don't pin wonderbolt wings on Rainbow Dash prematurely, We all know what a problem she has with cider.



RD must have a bit of Fancy in her back ground if she hit the cider this early.



This might explain her early reputation as Rainbow Crash.



As Fro7bite pointed out in an earlier post, the wonderbolts don't need any of this...



I hope your tingling pony senses are wrong about drawing the show to a close Egomane. Let's hope for the best.

Respectfully

Samaritan

Edited by Samaritan, 13 December 2012 - 09:25 AM.

[Watchit]

@Fros7bite and Samartian

Use Spoilers using [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ], except without the spaces in the brackets for the new episode material

Edited by Watchit, 13 December 2012 - 03:39 PM.

[Sesambrot]

Samaritan, on 13 December 2012 - 09:09 AM, said:

I hope your tingling pony senses are wrong about drawing the show to a close Egomane. Let's hope for the best.

Respectfully

Samaritan

Know what?
I had that feeling from the very beginning, since the first two episodes of S3, partly due to the content of the episodes itself, partly because of the intermissions (was watching it as livestream from "TheHub")...
all that stuff about somepony (presumably Twilight) discovering her true destiny and ****, and twilights task being to do it alone and Luna wondering if Twilight was ready (for whatever).
My bet is on Twilight being turned into an Alicorn/Princess/Whatever by the end of S3, which would pretty much conclude the whole thing.
I'd actually like to be proven wrong there... ...and no, I didn't watch the preview, don't really want to either, gonna see soon enough anyway!


However, on a completely different topic;
This whole idea of Lyra being/trying to be more "human" than other ponies, where did that come from?
Was it really just that one scene in S1 (?) where she's SITTING on that bench, and then people started talking about that an writing fanfics, developing this whole idea as part of the fanon?
Is it that? It seems quite impressive considering even someone such as myself who isn't too deep into the fanon hast gotten to know about it. Then again, considering the existence of fanfics of "FoE-magnitude" ('coz FoE being the only one I've read so far) it's not that surprising, yet still impressive nonetheless! ...to me anyway...

Actually, the reason this fascinates me so much is, that I've come across two pieces of work that showcase how differently two different people can approach the same topic.
The following are two (really good) songs I stumbled accross yesterday, both deailing with the aforementioned "issue", but presenting it in two ways, almost contrary ways.

That got me thinking, would you say it's the same message in both songs only with a different wrapping, or are the messages completely different to begin with?

[Ruaken DiIlutar]

I am beginning to wonder if I qualify as a Brony or not... What's all this kerfuffle over Lyra and anthro-etc-ness? Guess I should get a BAP installed in my brain, eh?

[Sporkosophy]

Is it really necessary to post the same thing everywhere?

[Sesambrot]

I'd say it's more of a matter of whether you wanna see yourself as one or not...
'Coz people who don't like/watch the show will lable you that just for watching it and most of those who watch/like it as well will most likely not care, and last I checked there were no requirements you had to meet to call yourself a brony...

I don't completely get that Lyra-thing either, I just couldn't help but notice...

[REDACTED]

Edited by Viterbi, 17 December 2012 - 07:21 AM.
Removed directed language

[Samaritan]

Hon. Mechwarriors;

The Lyra enigma is simple enough... Lyra is a Pony Brony. She exemplifies the Brony phenomenon in the Ponyvilization. Perhaps we could call her the first Fillyanthropist.


There certainly is an abundance of anthropocentric engineering to be found scattered throughout the show. Enough to make you wonder about the fate of man, so Lyra's fascination is not hard to understand, and not likely an issolated instance.





If you ask me, I think Luna is probably the source of a lot of the Human tech infusions seen in the Pony Victororian Age.



Respectfully

Samaritan

Edited by Samaritan, 14 December 2012 - 03:54 PM.

[juxstapo]

RD is actually becoming a Wonderbolt....
...Does this kinda feel like the beginning of the end for the show guys? For some reason?

*Edit* Well fricken duh!
Sorry guys, watched the episode with my little girl then hopped on here and posted. Didn't read the discussion thusfar.

[and we've reached 420.. and somehow it doesn't feel convivial]

Edited by juxstapo, 15 December 2012 - 03:09 PM.

[juxstapo]

Y'know... (yea, I walked away from the comp, helped my wife dress a kid for bed, did a sinkfull of dishes.. still pondering this)
Hasbro is a toy company. The purpose of the show wasn't to provide dream fuel for bronies or to keep the hub hopping, it's goal was to sell toys.
How many of us get our Ponies on without putting a red cent in Hasbro's pocket?

When I was a kid I think I singlehandedly financed an entire office building for hasbro with G.I.Joe merch. My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles spent more on me than I've ever spent as an adult fan of anything. Friendship is Magic has us legions of Bronies, but does it really seem to have legions of little girls clamoring for toys? (Anyone notice the shrinking pony section in department stores?).

[sigh].... Perhaps after this season we will never truely return to Equestria.. at least we'll always have the fanbase [slightly disheartened brohoof]

[Hollister]

juxstapo, on 15 December 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

RD is actually becoming a Wonderbolt....
...Does this kinda feel like the beginning of the end for the show guys? For some reason?

Sadly this is the last season if memory serves, and only a paltry 13 episodes this season... not the full 26.

[Sporkosophy]

O HAI drama.