S07E07 Discussion Thread #2

Uh, could have spoilered that image, no?

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>>30035711
>ywn have parents who save your diapers and who collect commemorative plates

>>30035711
So it looks like That guy from Games Ponies Play really is Dash's dad after all.

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>>30035717
Watch the canadian release you dumb faggot instead crying for spoilers for the next 5 months This episode will air in 2 weeks on Discovery while another 4 episodes will ar at the same time.

>>30035711
>>30035717
Yeah, what gives?
Now I won't be surprised that Rainbow Dash gets freckles!

Oh, btw, we're restreaming all episodes on http://stream.sunnysubs.com/
Works in most browsers without flash.

>Second episode in a row with no Shitlight, Starshit, or castle of solidified AIDS.
That's pretty good.

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>>30035736
I've watched it senpai. I'm just mindful of others. Personally hate spoilers and all that.

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>>30035735
It's not Rainbow Blaze if you mean this faggot.

>>30035717
By the end of the month the entire first half of the season will have aired. If you keep to the Discovery schedule you have no right to complain about getting spoiled, It's just the way it is.

>>30035747
It's clearly the same guy, just aged up a bit. Same color scheme. Same eyes. That staff person who said that's not him was full of bullshit.

>>30035747
Seems more like a retconned and retooled design. Same eyes, coat and mane colors, and similar mark.

>>30035711
How was it good again? Conflict was nonexistant, just as its resolution was instantaneous and anticlimatic. Dash's parents were way too stupid for no reason.. A lot of shit was retconned.

>>30035711
Spoil that pic you dumb faggot

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I know this is not gonna be a popular opinion, but today's episode was cringy, and how cringy it was and how it is being percieved by Dashfags right now feels like Newbie Dash 2.0

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You reckon her parents know Scootaloo is Dash's sister?

It was a pretty interesting episode, the synopses told us a lot though, with how overbearing they were it seemed like an inevitability that Dash would get angry at them.

I kind of hate reading Synopses because of that. 28 Pranks Later was basically ruined before it started. I'd try to avoid reading them but, I mean, it's not exactly easy lel

>>30035793
Yeah but it was crine done right. Like some anon said in previous thread, it was cringy to the characters, not to the audience.

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I wish I could own a diaper worn by Rainbow Dash.

>>30035793
>cringe
>to intelligent meme
go away, reddit

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>>30035735
>>30035747
>>30035759
>>30035762
this was inside scoots scrapbook. could have had midlife crisis.

>>30035766
>Dash's parents were way too stupid for no reason.
Your perception of the world isn't the canon perception. Plenty of parents do act extremely loud and overbearing.
>conflict was nonexistent
That was the point of the episode you dunce. RD thought her parents were embarrassing when the writers beat it over the head that nobody was making fun of her over it. She learned that she was overreacting. If you paid attention to the episode and actually watched it, you'd have picked up on the entire episode leading towards that exact climax
>A lot of shit was retconned
Such as?

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>>30035762
They flat out stated it wasn't the same guy. Different name, different design, plus they've always avoided saying that Rainbow Blaze is Dash's dad, and not to mention Kora Kosicka outright said he wasn't.

Also, Rainbow Blaze appeared last season in A Hearth's Warming Tail, too.

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>cute good episode gives the deep lore that something might be very wrong with poor derps
>she may one day end up going completely blind
>tfw shes already tried to fix it
>tfw theres probably nothing that can be done
>tfw in spite of it she'll never stop smiling
Why do the pure have to suffer?

>>30035793
I'm not even a dashfag and I didn't cringe a single time

>>30035793
I'm a dashfag and I didn't find it cringy
RD was the only one who really cared about the parents. They were loud and ponies acknowledged that, but they didn't really care that much and it was never made a problem. It's only a problem if you're insecure and RD was very insecure about it. That's cringe for her, not for the audience, and the point of the episode was for her to get over feeling cringy.

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>>30035820
Nope.

>>30035823
>Also, Rainbow Blaze appeared last season in A Hearth's Warming Tail, too.
Of course he did. Hearth's Warming is a time for family. Why wouldn't Rainbow's dad be hanging out with her?

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>>30035711
How many people can now relate to scootaloo?

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>>30035759
That staff person was his designer mon ami.
We also have this card from early 2014 as proof and this episode as well. Get you autistic headcanon outta here

>>30035759
>>30035762
But we saw him in that awful Christmas Carol ripoff episode like that.

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>>30035850
I'm saying it's not like he was some ancient, outdated design that they revived from S1 or something.

Also, Enterplay literally was not allowed to say he was Rainbow's dad, despite an Enterplay staff member believing he was.

>>30035793
I'm a Dashfag, I hate Dave Rapp with all my soul and I thought that today's episode would be literally Newbie Dash 2 I'm the previous thread 's OP, but this wasn't cringe shit at all. I really enjoyed it.

>>30035739
>we
who?

>>30035899
Whoever operates that website, presumably

>overbearing parents who pamper their kids are good
The ending ruined it for me.

>>30035899
anon2anon, russian fansubbing group

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>>30035711
That was actually a nice episode. The humor was on point and her parents were endearing.

Gotta say though, this season has had a trend of having both parties involved both be in the wrong and only showing that one side is wrong. Not a deal-breaker, but it's been bothering me.

Good episode though!

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HEADCANON RUINED

>>30035766
You fucking basement dwelling turbovirgin are trying to explain to me how the world works?

Shut the fuck up. Dash's parents were easily believable in their underlying behaviour.

>>30035926
whatever is there left to ruin anymore?

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>>30035933

>>30035906
Agreed. Rainbow Dash was perfectly in her right to feel the way she felt. Her parents responded the exact same way to her eating an apple to her winning a race.

Also, are they planning to do something with Scootaloo's parents? What she said at the end seem to imply some things

>>30035747

Could mean Dash has an uncle along with his dad, considering the rainbow mane seems to be a genetic thing (though not sex-linked). Just like the Apples have variations on the apple-cutie-mark thing, Dash's family shares rainbows in various forms.

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So I've started to record the stream this time around since it was taking quite some time in the past episodes, but looks like we've got our fast uploads again with >>30035259.

I'm kinda late now because I was figuring out how to cut the video (started recording when that weird leaf animation was still playing) without re-encoding everything.

Anyway, I'll be uploading the episodes on this MEGA folder from now on in case our uploaders are absent.
https://mega.nz/#F!hgBEGSJD!Tx24YuxbNO9avzGQOvKmzQ

>>30035936
I swear I'm going to track down and kill Jim if they turn out to be alive.

>>30035906
>implying they are bad

If something doesn't fit, bend it and breakt it until it does.

Just face it, you have no idea what you're talking about.

>>30035830
I still think this fits >>30035661

So I'll take the optimistic viewpoint. She's half-blind.

Also, >>30035268

>>30035821
>Your perception of the world isn't the canon perception. Plenty of parents do act extremely loud and overbearing.
When people launch fireworks at a flying show you know they're fucking retarded.

>RD thought her parents were embarrassing when the writers beat it over the head that nobody was making fun of her over it.
They did a bunch of retarded shit that warranted a comment, the fact that writers decided it wasn't such a big deal only shows their inability to construct a realistic story.

>you'd have picked up on the entire episode leading towards that exact climax
Nothing was leading to climax. They just kept showing her parents behaving in an embarrassing fashion to RD, and then she just snaps, almost out of nowhere, they easily could've done the same shit much earlier and not wasted time on uninteresting shit.

>Such as?
Rainbow Dash being a better flighter than Spitfire when they were kids, but somehow getting to wonderbolts much later, Spitfire being not much older than Dash, Dash knowing Lightning Dust.

And yeah, I'm yet to see why you considered this episode good.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5lbbnl_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-7-episode-7-parental-glideance-full-episode-online_fun

For the late comers...

>>30035941
Oh, how'd you cut it? Trimming with ffmpeg and -c copy gives desync in some players on windows.

>Scootaloo only gets a B
Come on mang that report was great and she spent a solid amount of time on it

>>30035928
Suck on my cock, dashfag, Answer the question or don't answer at all.

> Dash's parents were easily believable in their underlying behaviour.
Yeah, sure. Coming to air show and launching fireworks with no repercussion sure is realistic

>>30035967
ffmpeg -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss $START_TIME
It cuts instantly without reencoding with another codec.

Reposting Strawpoll for later Anons.

Rate here:
http://www.strawpoll.me/12914887/

I'm not the usual Strawpoll guy, but I want to see how the new accelerated pony rates.

>>30035969
She didn't need the extra encouragement. There was a mouldy sandwich and one of RD's diapers in there for crying out loud. There's research, and there's being a stalking nutjob.

>>30035945
The good news is the synopsis doesn't seem to suggest that, only a plothole of why Granny Smith never told them.

The bad news is that Rock Solid Friendship's has proven that they were also written under the influence of McCarthy.

>>30035986
>http://www.strawpoll.me/12914887/
He said you fuck his polls up, mate.

>>30035982
Yup, and this gives desync. Looks like ffmpeg setting start time for video stream (tells player to skip some frames from start of chunk but retaining them in stream), and some players can't correctly handle files like this.

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Thunderlane is now a Wonderbolt.

>>30035823
Why can't he just be RD's uncle? I mean that's not too much of a stretch to believe right?

>>30035998
I don't see how this would hurt anything of his since this episode won't be out for real in another few weeks. If it weren't me then some other Anon would likely make one anyway.

>>30035993
Hey that sandwich was awesome

>>30036012
Wew. That's interesting and a nice spot. I guess he made it in to the reserves too after the Academy.
Who's the grey stallion on the right though?

>>30035937
>Her parents responded the exact same way to her eating an apple to her winning a race
This degrades actual hard work and success. Rainbow says she's taken everything for granted but then again she's very proud of her achievements. I dunno if this should make sense.

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Reposting dump.

S07E08 - Hard to Say Anything - May 13
When the Cutie Mark Crusaders discover that Big Mac has his first crush, they vow to help him win Sugar Belle’s heart before Feather Bangs does it first.
S07E09 - Honest Apple - May 14
When Rarity asks Applejack to be a judge in a fashion show, Applejack learns that an opinion, however honest, can still be hurtful.
S07E10 - A Royal Problem - May 20
Starlight Glimmer is sent to solve a friendship problem between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. When it's clear that the problem is that the royal sisters don't appreciate one another, Starlight impulsively switches their cutie marks!
S07E11 - Not Asking For Trouble - May 21
Pinkie Pie visits Prince Rutherford and the Yaks. While there an avalanche falls on the entire rustic village of Yakyakistan. Pinkie Pie suggests that she go to get the other ponies to come help but the proud Prince and Yaks refuse.
S07E12 - Discordant Harmony - May 27
When Discord invites Fluttershy to his realm for tea, he worries she won't be comfortable there and begins to change it and himself with disastrous results.
S07E13 - The Perfect Pear - May 28
The Apple Siblings learn about their parent's love story and find out that they're half Pear.
S07E14 - Fame and Misfortune - June 3
Twilight Sparkle's publishing of the friendship journal has unintended consequences when ponies start to argue over who wrote the best lessons.
S07E?? - Triple Threat
Spike accidentally invites Ember and Thorax to Ponyville on the same day. He's sure the two new leaders are not going to get along so he does all he can to keep them apart and cover the fact that the other is there.

Nice episode. Nice RD episode, holy shit it's a weird thing to say.
We need more ATLA writers in MLP.

>>30036025
Silver Lining

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>>30036027
S07E?? - Campfire Tales (likely CMC episode)
S07E?? - Daring Done
S07E?? - A Health of Information
S07E?? - To Change A Changeling
S07E?? - It Isn't The Mane Thing About You
S07E?? - Once Upon A Zeppelin (cruise episode?)


AJ: Bright Mac and Pear Butter, grampa Old Grand Pear
Romeo & Juliet style duet in flashback.
-5 songs total
-William Shatner & Felicia Day guest-starring
-Pony of Shadows returns

>>30035961

Dash getting to the Wonderbolts later is pretty fucking obvious.

She was too young to be recruited. Minimum age and all that, she was junior division while Spitfire was senior. By the time Dash was eligible for Best Young Flier, Spitfire was already an established Wonderbolt.

Even if they're four or five years apart (basically junior high/senior in high school), that's enough to make a difference.

Also, 100% chance Celestia delayed her acceptance until after the Elements got returned to the tree. Wouldn't want to separate the bearers, right?

As for the fireworks bit? Yeah, her parents are overbearing and it now actually makes sense why she moved out to hang out in Ponyville with Fluttershy while getting her own really nice digs.

Her parents probably bought the place for her whether she wanted it or not because "My little filly is so AWESOME!"

>>30036013
It's totally possible, and given the resemblance to Bow, it's the most likely IMO.

>>30036015
Well, less people do the poll when he posts it or something. You may go to his thread and ask how exactly you fuck it up. He's autistic in that he refuses to make his poll after canadian airing though.

So... Is Scootaloo's parents assholes or does she not have parents?

>>30036068
>http://www.strawpoll.me/12914887/
Her parents are with Applejack's parents

>>30036064
The poll guy is an autistic normie anyway.

>>30035736
Fucking hell Flutterbutter you are such a bitch

>>30036075
>autistic normie
What dd he mean by this

>>30036064
Good idea. I'll do so.

>>30036060

It'd even make sense in the terms that if Beau came from a bunch of stallions, he'd be more than a little awkward raising a filly. One helicopter (hovermom?) mare marriage later, and you get Dash's childhood.

It's no wonder she fled and tends to be bragging about her own accomplishments. She can't possibly have learned a healthy sense of achievement scaling from her parents...

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>>30035936
>episode starts
>two ponies in a tourist hawaian shirt appear on Apple acres
>Aj: MOM? DAD? You finally returned form your trip around the world!

post your face when it happens

>>30036011
Weird. This seems to do the job just fine and there was no desync in all the 5 different players I've tested it.

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>>30035759
>>30035762
We have seen him recenlty and he doesn't look like the current parent of Dash

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>>30036098

>>30035823
WHo the FUCK it this faggot and why would he molest little fillies?

>>30035804
>>30035835
>>30035836
>>30035880
Huh, actually those are valid points, and now that I think about it, this episode did feel like Yesterday's episode
Maybe initial cringe I felt was just my personal reasonsmy parents were nowhere near clingy as them, and throughout the episode I was just yelling "Noo what the fuck are you doing that's bad parenting
Also rewatching the episode, I realized stream skipped over Scootaloo talking about her parents not being as supportive, which were endearing.
I'm gonna change my opinion on today's rating from 3/10 to 7/10
I still think sound effect door and Napping joke was shit tho
>>30035766
I mean, as retarded family goes, this isn't the worst for Season 7, with RSF and FF so far

>>30036123
He's probably her uncle or some shit gosh

>>30036012
Fleetfoot IS A CUTE.

A CUTE!

>When people launch fireworks at a flying show you know they're fucking retarded.
Alright and why is their "no reason for them being so stupid". Nothing you just posted challenges that. Real people act like that. It's stupid. But they act like that. I don't see why you're crying about it besides personally not being happy about or thinking it's not realistic (which again, some people act like that)
>hey did a bunch of retarded shit that warranted a comment, the fact that writers decided it wasn't such a big deal only shows their inability to construct a realistic story.
They are (supposed) to be mature professionals. If I saw one of my co workers had really overbearing and supportive parents, I wouldn't walk up to them and go "haha your parents are faggots dumb dumbs". It's nothing to be embarrassed about if you're not a child and the writers made clear that none of the WBs were making fun of RD for having loud parents.
> They just kept showing her parents behaving in an embarrassing fashion to RD
Like I said, the entire episode RD perceives her parents as embarrassing when the WBs never look down on them or her beyond going "wow your parents are loud". The point of the episode is that RD perceives her parents as embarrassing when nobody else does
>but somehow getting to wonderbolts much later
Dash was never shown not to be a better flyer. It was shown that more exists to being a WD than flying gud and RD didn't have to surpass herself in any manner when she finally did join the WB.
>Spitfire being not much older than Dash
and?
>Dash knowing Lightning Dust.
They were both participants in a flight division when they were young. I don't remember anyone from my childhood.
>And yeah, I'm yet to see why you considered this episode good.
Aww poor baby. You said the episode was bad, and I challenged your reasoning. The burden of proof is on your hands

>>30035717
why dont you stop being a faggot?

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>>30036098

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>>30036135
she's for sexual

>>30036143
oy be nice ya cunt

>>30036025
>Wew. That's interesting and a nice spot. I guess he made it in to the reserves too after the Academy.
I think he was mentioned in Wonderbolts Handbook as one of the reserves.

Anyone think Rainbow's dad was in military service like EUP or Royal Guard? I'm not familiar with military personnels but I somehow felt like he was.

>>30036054
>She was too young to be recruited. Minimum age and all that.
If she was better than Spitfire when she was much younger than her, then it's safe to assume that she was getting only better as she got older and her body developed. The fact that she could participate in a senior competition and win shows that the age gap couldn't be that big, plus their designs are identical, and age gap in kids is always much more noticeable that in adults. The fact that she was an absolute noname for the longest time to wonderbolts, Spitfire and people overall just confirms the retcon. She could've easily become a wonderbolt being in her late teens. Nothing was in her way of becoming Wonderbolt after she already became an element of harmony there was literally no need to wait.

>>30036068
find out in season 15!

This was a good episode. It got a little cringy in some spots, but just enough to make it feel real. I liked the door gag too.
Scootaloo's shriek in the beginning is the only thing I'd really detracted from it, but I'm not going to nitpick.

>>30036100
You're kinda lucky. Cut is at 0.012s from start of chunk, and desync is probably not so noticeable.

Shit, my new hetzner server ip already got banned. How do you even post here, guys?

>>30036042
>S07E?? - To Change A Changeling
Chryssi reformation confirmed?

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>>30036027
Biggest HYPE episode rankings

Discordand Harmony(fluttercord possibly canonised>Royal Problem(first Princess episode)>Perfect Pear(Aj parents)>Hard to say anything(BigMac canon romance)>Triple threat(EMBER!!)>Fame and Misfortune(sound like Hasbro damage control of their writers)Honest Apple (MEH RARIJACK)>Not asking for toruble (shitty yak episode)

>>30036140
meant for
>>30035961
You go on about how the writers are stupid and didn't construct a realistic story and yet you completely missed what the story was when it's written for children.
See >>30035836
RD has no reason to be overreacting to her parents and the episode portrayed throughout the episode. It wasn't sudden at the end because of scene of RD interacting with her parents made clear that the WBs didn't care as much as RD was making it out. It's realistic for someone to make a big fuss about something that isn't as embarrassing as the person thinks and while RD's parents were loud, nobody was making fun of RD so it was not a problem.

>>30035711
I get the mom, with the whole color and eyes theme, but that can't be her dad, she has no genetic traits tied to him.

Anyone else feel like this was more of a Scootaloo episode than a RD episode?

>>30036084
She was always a bitch since she started to hang out with Discord

>>30036157
When was RD ever shown to have any physical issues with getting into the WBs? It's not like it was ever said, "RD, you're good, but we're still better than you at X". Even from the start, RD was the only one capable of the Sonic Rainboom. It's consistent and always has been that she is physically capable.

If what I'm saying still isn't obvious, take a look at TESTING TESTING 123 to get an idea of what I'm talking about.

>>30036185
It was about half and half

>>30036185
I think it too. It's kinda weird that she isn't even mentioned in the original synopsis.

>>30036157

Dash also apparently bowed out early to be her own mare- I wouldn't be surprised if she put off things so Fluttershy wouldn't be alone in Ponyville. Loyalty, remember?

And we also know that Celestia knew what cutie marks to look for beforehand since they were literally engraved on the Tree of Harmony. Why potentially fuck with destiny when you have five of the six Bearers already in one town, needing only to send Twilight to finish the mix?

Keeping Dash out of the Wonderbolts until after that was almost certainly deliberate, talent or not. Once she no longer was needed as a Bearer, her entry into the Wonderbolts was fast-tracked.

>>30035854
SCOOTALOSER
LOSER

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>>30036195

>>30036166
>the theme is "family"
>Discord and Big Mac are the one who get the romantic aspects of the family member while Mane6 get brothers and parents episodes

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10/10 No starlight in it.

*grabs popcorn*

>>30036189
Not to mention how in Sonic Rainboom she saved the Wonderbolts lives.

>>30036177
Hair color?

>>30036151
I'll hook u right in the fookin' gabber

>>30036224
They look nothing alike.

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>>30036240
wut

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>>30036185
>>30036191
This episode felt similar to Yesterday's episode which I'm absolutely fine with
-Clingy annoying family member for first half
-Then CMC deliver episode's lesson about family
-Second half making Mane6 realise their wrongdoing and trying to make up for it

Wonder if they'll do that with Applejack and Apple Bloom too? I'm looking forward to it

>>30036177
Eye and coat color are from the mom and mane color is from her dad

>>30036220

Mind you, she also was a notorious speed freak who was nicknamed "Rainbow Crash" for good reason.

Precision flying was not a Dash thing for some time, given her tendency to go through windows and such and even injuring herself from bad stunts. That's a negative for a team that needs precision flyers, but she learns that over time and matures a bit. Now she's good enough to be a reserve.

>telling the orphan that you don't want parents
hahahahahah

>>30036064
>>30036093
He's pretty autistic, so be careful. He refuses to defend his statistical methods, only screams down anyone who dares to contradict him.

>>30036261
i really would like them to expand on Scoot's parental situation. Watch her just be neglected and slow developer, not actually crippled.

>>30036231
oy i fooken sed play nice wont tel u agen

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>>30036259
>but she learns that over time
Is there an episode about more precise flying and less recklessness?
Obviously it could still be offscreen development and doesn't need one, but I'm just wondering

>>30036168
>>30036140
Literally "no I have an anecdotal evidence of contrary" the post.

>Alright and why is their "no reason for them being so stupid"
Literally because it's dangerous for their daughter?
>Real people act like that. It's stupid. But they act like that.
How is RD was in the wrong then again?

>They are (supposed) to be mature professionals.
They literally made up a nickname for her in one episode, the fuck are you even on about? It's just an inconsistent writing.

> If I saw one of my co workers had really overbearing and supportive parents, I wouldn't walk up to them and go "haha your parents are faggots dumb dumbs
They literally was deranged and dangerous, not just overbearing. Plus see previous point.

>Dash was never shown not to be a better flyer.
They literally had no idea who she was, how does it make sense, if she's such an amazing flyer, who was better that their fucking captain?

>It was shown that more exists to being a WD than flying
And how exactly RD is any different in this respect now, than she was at the beginning of the show. She was dealing with herself being a huge retard not fitted to be a part of military flying group in Newbie Dash when she already was a wonderbolt.

>They were both participants in a flight division when they were young.
Lightning Dust was the winner several times, knowing Dash she sure as hell would make a notice of her, given that she remembered even those guys at Rainbow factory.

>I don't remember anyone from my childhood.
Well, you have shite memory then.

>Aww poor baby. You said the episode was bad, and I challenged your reasoning. The burden of proof is on your hands
Literally the first thing I asked was an explanation how was this episode good, so far you failed to provide any actual argument to that beside some half assed attempts to 'counter' my points.

>>30035711
Scoots has been my favorite CMC since Sleepless in Ponyville and I like that this episode builds on the idea that she idolizes Rainbow Dash because she's never had the family support that the rest of the CMC take for granted. Scootaloo is a happy optimistic filly but she also deals with loneliness and sometimes it feels like the writers forget about that and only focus on her insecurity about her flight.

>>30036189
She was literally noname, how does it make sense again? She could've passed the test in the first season, not like she aquired some important skills to do so so late in the show.

>>30036195
Just as the guy here>>30036209 pointed out, it's literally nothing but headcanon

>>30036320
Presumably it's something that would have happened in her childhood, so no, I don't think we've seen it. Wouldn't make for a bad episode, although you'd need something good to frame the flashback.

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>best pony episode

I'm okay with this.

>>30036320

It's more an experience thing, but we can see she's matured by the point of Wonderbolts Academy. Plus, she had to teach an even clumsier flier than she was- Twilight Sparkle.

Teaching someone else is a learning experience in and of itself, from having worked as a trainer for a while myself.

So Dashie believes she is awesome because her parents made her believe every little thing she did was awesome
So Dash is mediocre then

>>30036362

Given, it's good headcanon since it seems to fit what we see in the episodes.

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>>30035936
>mfw

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>>30035926
Another one bites the dust.

>>30036413
Did you watch the episode?

>>30036256
Sauce on image? Did two episodes air yesterday?

>>30036435
Yes I am watching it.

>>30036416
You only have this headcanon because the episode today wasn't consistent with the stuff that was established previously, i.e. stuff was retconned. If episode didn't retcon anything you wouldn't have needed a mediator of a headcanon to make sense of overall consistency of the show.

>>30036383
She was still sort of reckless during S1/S2

>>30036323
>no I have an anecdotal evidence of contrary
For what reason would I need to do that? You decided to share your reasoning and I think your reasoning is incorrect. Whether I share my own opinion of the episode or not won't change whether you're right or wrong. If you don't want your opinions challenged, don't post them you big baby.

>Literally because it's dangerous for their daughter?
Do you understand what "no reason" means?

>How is RD was in the wrong then again?
How about you refer to the several post explaining so? Actually, here you go
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>>30035628
Do you really need to be told again?
>They literally made up a nickname for her in one episode, the fuck are you even on about?
It's a callsign which is standard protocol in the airforce. For someone complaining about realism, you don't know much about the real world.
>They literally was deranged and dangerous, not just overbearing.
And the WBs acknowledge those actions and the parents are not shown doing it again. Beyond that, they never make fun of RD personally.
>They literally had no idea who she was, how does it make sense
Because she was just a weather captain for some little village? Why would it be more realistic to know about her simply because she's skilled. That's not how the real world works which you seem to have such a fixation on with your 'realistic' comments. As soon as the WBs notice her, she is fast tracked to WB status
>Lightning Dust was the winner several times, knowing Dash she sure as hell would make a notice of her, given that she remembered even those guys at Rainbow factory.
Dash went to school with them and was shown directly interacting with them both in school and in the race. RD never interacted with LD. It makes even more sense when you consider the bullies. RD never interacted with LD

Word count limit so I'll continue in next post.

>>30036443
Go to utube and look up new episodes of mlp you stupid faggot.

>>30036443
One episode aired yesterday
One today

This is how its going to be for the rest of this month. Treehouse will have E8 next Saturday, E9 on Sunday. The cap is from yesterdays episode.
Discovery Family aired Fluttershy Leans In, but Treehouse is ahead and aired the Rarity/Sweetie Belle episode

>>30036432
Shut up pedo cock sock

>>30036466
RIP the entire season

>>30036466
Why is it so hard for people to follow pony news

I get that not everyone is a NEET who lives and breathes horse, but it's not like there's much to keep up with.

>>30036323
>>30036460
>well you have shite memory then
maybe. But I doubt that, if you participated in sort of competitions outside of school, you'd recognize all the no names you never paid attention to several years later.
>Literally the first thing I asked was an explanation how was this episode good, so far you failed to provide any actual argument to that beside some half assed attempts to 'counter' my points.

Again, you put forth points and I'm challenging them. You requiring me to give my opinion is just crying. You can either defend your points or you can't. My opinion of the episode won't change that.

Even if you can defend your points you're baby for crying about me not giving my personal thoughts. It's unrelated. Defend your reasoning or don't. Don't start going "y-yeah well I bet your opinions are stupid". It has no bearing on anything I've posted. Even if I didn't like the episode either, I can still think you're stupid and explain why.

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I really want to adopt her

>>30036362
>she could've passed the test in the first season
She struggled to do so just as she struggled in deciding what's right in WB Academy. The point is that physical performance isn't everything.

>>30036478
I just don't get it when this is the Season before the movie. Leaks like this are literally anti hype

Our stickies were already on the decline, now they're really dead. It also puts people off watching episodes live as they release since the schedule is so off. That kind of kills the hype too.

>>30036485
It's not often we get leaks tbf, and even when we do it's not like this.

>>30036509
maybe they want all the adult fans to be burnt out so there are less that actually go see the movie so parents don't feel weird bringing their kids to see it

>>30036497
Why did you remind me that Scootaloo will never be my daughter?

>>30036509
>I just don't get it when this is the Season before the movie.
It's Treehouse's fault, not Hasbro's. Blame the Canadian network that's showing them early, just like you blamed the UK network last year for prematurely blowing the premiere wad.

>>30036497
Windy and Bow should adopt this filly so she and Rainbow Dash can finally be real sisters

>>30036466
Then we did get two episodes yesterday.

>>30036485
I assume one episode a week, and since I don't have great internet, I just wait for the episode to be uploaded instead of watching the streams. And frankly, the show's still fine. Discussion is shit.

My issue with this episode is that it portrays Rainbow Dash 100% in the wrong.

I agree RD overreacted to the whole situation, but her parents don't learn any kind of lesson on their own, that they could tone it down in some situations.

Just me.

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I really liked the episode. What significant flaws could you possibly find in there?

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I noticed there are only one song in whole season so far(

>>30036568
>Liking an episode.
>Ever.
Turn in your brony card.

>>30036560
It could've been stated better, but it's sort of implied as they laugh ironically on how embarrassing all the praise was for them

>>30036560
Lol, they just switched oversupportive mode to scootaloo

>>30036570
They said only 7 songs this season. Or maybe 5, I don't really remember a number but I certainly remember it was a digit.

>>30036539
>Discussion is shit.
No, no. There's still some good to be had. Trust me. Even this thread has some good stuff, it's just you have to waffle through a lot of crap.

>>30036560
I feel like her Parents did learn something though, when Dash overreacted, she clearly laid out her feelings, which I got the impression she never did before and so the message got across

>>30036570
We're only 8 episodes in.

>>30036594
But we had more songs befor

>>30036592
>They said only 7 songs this season
Someone said this before and I didn't want to believe them. I asked and they didn't respond so I figured it was a joke.

Looks like it isn't.

>>30036600
5 songs

>>30036460
>You decided to share your reasoning and I think your reasoning is incorrect
The problem is that your rebutal of my "incorrect" reasoning is anecdotal evidence.
>If you don't want your opinions challenged, don't post them you big baby.
Yes, I want my opinion challenged, you however failed to do so so far.

>Do you understand what "no reason" means?
I wrote they were TOO stupid for no reason. They can be stupid, they can be overbearing or embarrassing. I don't care personally. But when they launch a fucking firework, I consider it to be TOO stupid, as over the line. I said that it was for no reason, because it didn't have purpose. While writers tried to make RD to be in wrong, they made her parents act so stupid where it potentially could put her daughter and other flyers at danger.

>How about you refer to the several post explaining so? Actually, here you go
The problem is that while characters weren't giving any attention to what was happening it didn't make any sense since he parents did some really stupid, i.e. dangerous, and some really embarrassing shit. I know how writers tried to make RD to look like she's overreacting, but they failed, because it felt rather that other people underreact.

>It's a callsign which is standard protocol in the airforce. For someone complaining about realism, you don't know much about the real world.
Yeah, I bet those nicknames got assigned officialy with stamps and everything. Are you fucking retarded? What makes you think that overbearing and overall dangerous parents wouldn't be a reason to pick on her? This reason is just as good as any other, and if army I went to is anything to go by, people sure as hell would use it.

>And the WBs acknowledge those actions and the parents are not shown doing it again
Never was it shown that they acknowledged those actions. The reason why they didn't do so again is that from a writers standpoint it would be really bad and repetetive writing. cont.

What if Stormy Flare met Windy Whistles?

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So Beau Hot Hoof calls her "Our Little Dashie"

Fascinating.

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>>30036320

I'd say May The Best Pet Win! was something of a pivotal point, and I think Tank helped her in more ways than she realize. "Slow and steady wins the race" literally as well as figuratively.
While not specifically about her flying, I think Hurricane Fluttershy shows the first real tangible example when she sees she can't brute force a problem. She doesn't drag or push Fluttershy around in the same way she does in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 and Dragon Quest, but rather talks to her on her own level and eventually lets her go rather than try and force her. Her outlook on life has changed, and she's matured as a character.

The confrontation between Young, Reckless Dash and Adult, Responsible Dash happens in Wonderbolt Academy, when she distances herself from Lightning Dust's recklessness she also distances herself from her own past.

Of course, it's a slow ongoing development, but if you look for it it's easy to spot.
Back in S1 and S2, it feels like she crashed on an almost weekly basis. Crashed into Twilight in the pilot. Crashed into her library in various episodes. Crashed into Rarity's place. She crashed while training for the Young Fliers competition, and fucked up during the actual competition itself. Crashed so bad she ended up in hospital with a fractured wing.

But has she ever crashed after Lightning Dust made her crash in Wonderbolt Academy in S3? I can't recall a single time.

>>30036604
5 left or 5 total.
Damn that's crazy.

>>30036447

That's what happens with an ongoing story. We have to fit new things into old. Take Derpy, for example. We get a chunk of her backstory as well, that she wasn't crosseyed from birth and a talented flier in her own right. Then last season we find out she had (failed) surgery on her eyes and she moved to Ponyville (likely because it was safer for a flier with her condition) and grew up with Rarity, became the mailmare, and so on.

And she wasn't originally part of anything more than random background pony with animation error. But they wrote her story in bits throughout ever since.

Being Dash's backup in the Equestrian Games makes a fuckload more sense in retrospect if she was good at flying as a filly, too.

>>30036620
>But has she ever crashed after Lightning Dust made her crash in Wonderbolt Academy in S3? I can't recall a single time.
Newbie Dash

>>30036624
total

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>>30036027
I propose "Fourth Wall Broken" to be replaced with sound-effect door from today's episode
Ponies other than Ponk breaking fourth wall is rare

>>30036620
>Her outlook on life has changed, and she's matured as a character.
What do you reckon caused the change between something like Dragon Quest and Hurricane Fluttershy? I get what you're saying, but she's been friends with Fluttershy forever, I can't really recall an episode that changed her outlook on her approach from then to Hurricane Fluttershy.
Unless you're saying it was Hurricane Fluttershy which changed her outlook, which I'm not really sure I see, considering she chose to handle Fluttershy differently from the getgo really.
>Crashed into Twilight in the pilot. Crashed into her library in various episodes. Crashed into Rarity's place. She crashed while training for the Young Fliers competition, and fucked up during the actual competition itself. Crashed so bad she ended up in hospital with a fractured wing.
Yeah that was my point, it did happen quite a bit, so I just wondered if there was an episode that was slipping my mind or something.

I'm just thinking where the distance between Young, Reckless and more Adult, Responsible is/comes from. Fall Weather Friends is probably a good mention, but it's one I can think of

>>30036630

Oh shit, yeah.
Newbie Dash ties back all the way to Sonic Rainboom and similar. Nervousness is another big enemy of hers.

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Why are the other wonder bolts here, rainbow dash said they were seniors. But if that was the case why didn't they remember her during the first season final? Is this a fuck up?

>>30036668
>implying this entire show isn't just one long, continuous fuckup

>>30036668

It's like saying "do you remember that guy who was in 8th grade when you were a senior?"

Plus Dash basically dropped out of Cloudsdale life when she went groundside. Weather pony for an earth pony village when you and your buddies are becoming weather factory workers or military elites? Blip on the radar.

>>30036668
This Anon >>30036689 took the words out of my mouth. She was the youngest one there too, so it makes sense to me.

>>30036668
>I remember the names and faces of competitors in a contest or even classmates from back when I was 8.

>>30036539
>Then we did get two episodes yesterday.
No, anon. Unless you're counting Fluttershy Leans In, but we already got that last week. Just because Discovery Family runs a bunch of previous episodes in the mornings, that doesn't mean we get five episodes each Saturday.

The only way for you to get more than one episode in a day is if you personally jump from the US to Canadian schedule on a Saturday. But that's not "we," that's just you, and it's because you were behind on the stuff that people already saw.

>>30036594
>I feel like her Parents did learn something though, when Dash overreacted, she clearly laid out her feelings
Yeah, and I think it took her turning the tables on them for them to really get it. They felt loved and appreciated, obviously, but also self-conscious.

>>30036689
>military elites
>autism

>>30036689
You know, that makes me wonder. Why did Rainbow Dash move to Ponyville, anyway? Was it ever directly addressed?

>>30036704
Pegasi are a warrior culture all around. The Wonderbolts in particular are based on the Blue Angels, which are an elite flight demonstration team of the US military. The Bolts were founded as part of the E.U.P., and you see them serving as such in the timeline where Equestria's at war.

>>30036460
>>30036607
If anything they should've made an accent how WB scoled Dash's parents, but since showing her parents in the wrong was clearly not their intention, they should have cut this retardedly stupid moment with fireworks out.

> Why would it be more realistic to know about her simply because she's skilled. That's not how the real world works which you seem to have such a fixation on with your 'realistic' comments.
Yes, it fucking does. In any activity that requires some impressive physical feats, skills and talents, i.e. sports which pegasus flying shows seem to be very similar to, people get scouted since the early childhood as soon as they demonstrate some promise.

>Dash went to school with them and was shown directly interacting with them both in school and in the race. RD never interacted with LD. It makes even more sense when you consider the bullies. RD never interacted with LD
I'm not sure if you never had an experience of being part of any sport team when you were a kid, but when people compete on a regular basis they end to know each other, especially those who are the best.

>Again, you put forth points and I'm challenging them. You requiring me to give my opinion is just crying. You can either defend your points or you can't. My opinion of the episode won't change that.
How the fuck is this crying is what I can't understand. I didn't liked the episode, so I asked why it was considered good. If you're unable to answer my question, then good, just say so. No need to pretend that it's somehow wasn't the very thing I was asking for, because at the end of the day even if somehow magicaly you will disprove all my points, the episode still had nothing behind it to make it good. Because those things are more than likely isn't why people liked the episode.

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>>30036664

Old post, but still relevant.

Kind of agree with it. So to answer your question, I'd say Tank and MMDW did it, and Hurricane Fluttershy is the first solid proof of "nu Dash".

>>30036668
Lightning Dust salty as fuck

>>30036668
Maybe pegasi just have shit memories. Like how no one but Fluttershy and Dash remember her first sonic rainboom even though she won a race with it.

>>30036709

Never directly. We've actually got a better timeline for Derpy now than Dash or even Fluttershy.

>>30036704

Hey, that's what they call the Blunderbolts.

FUUUUUCK.
Nearly everything was great. Why they COULD NOT touch Scoots parents for real?

>>30036607
What about my reasoning stands out as anecdotal over you initial complaints for the episode? You argue that the parents are "TOO" stupid when the line you draw is subjective and arbitrary. It's not unrealistic, it's just something you personally did not like. That is a point I made clear since the start.
> didn't make any sense since he parents did some really stupid, i.e. dangerous, and some really embarrassing shit.

Let me make this clear again, dangerous and embarrassing are two separate things being argued. The episode was not about danger it was about embarrassment. The latter embarrassment is explained in every post I linked to you and you have not argued why people are under reacting in regards to RD feeling embarrassed.

>Yeah, I bet those nicknames got assigned officialy with stamps and everything. Are you fucking retarded?
That's not how it works in the real world. I'm not going to repeat myself again but refer back to all the "you don't know about the real world" stuff
> What makes you think that overbearing and overall dangerous parents wouldn't be a reason to pick on her?
Because different people act differently and your personal experience isn't sufficient reasoning. The point is that the WB did not bully her, that it's not unrealistic to not be bullied even if you hang with manchildren and that the episode was consistent in that portrayal.
>Never was it shown that they acknowledged those actions
Of course they acknowledged it. They reacted to it.
>The reason why they didn't do so again is that from a writers standpoint it would be really bad and repetetive writing.
The point is that they were not shown being told they couldn't do something and do it anyway

Again, you are doing nothing to argue how the writers failed and how the WBs underreacted when I offered you several posts, including my own, on why it was consistent throughout the episode. You argued that the ending was sudden and that the conflict was non existent.

>>30036737
Interesting post, doubly so when Rainbow Falls was actually an episode where she showed she valued Loyalty and Friendship over being #1.
I'm still not sure there's anything specifically about being reckless though, just more being reckless at the expense of others since Loyalty and Friendship are important to her

Also, Wonderbolt Academy aired in 2012? Man.

>>30036766
Probably still haven't decided what to do with them yet. I get it, honestly; one thing at a time.

>>30036709

Let's see:
>She was bullied in Cloudsdale, her friends were "outcasts" like a shy fuckup Fluttershy and a foreign griffon
>School had too many rules for her, so she quit (she "wasn't kicked out!")
>And now, we see she feels her parents get in her way too.

Wouldn't you too want to get out if that is your life? Cloudsdale has become oppressive and hostile to her, and moving lets her get a fresh start while getting away from her parents.
Note that her birthday and moving to ponyville anniversary happens on the same day. I think it's likely she moved as soon as she could legally take a job, and moving to the same town as her only pony friend makes sense.

>>30036729
>they should have cut this retardedly stupid moment with fireworks out.
see my comment on subjectivity
> people get scouted since the early childhood as soon as they demonstrate some promise.
and while some people might get scouted, that does not imply everyone is.
>but when people compete on a regular basis they end to know each other, especially those who are the best.
Again, they are not shown interacting. You are given no reason to believe they would recognize each other beyond them having been in competitions together as kids which is not sufficient. As far as a reasonable expectation goes, it's reasonable that RD would not recognize someone she was never shown directly interacting with
>How the fuck is this crying is what I can't understand.
I disagreed with the points you put forth and explained my reasoning for disagreeing with them. Every response from you ended with you demanding my own opinion on the episode. Why? I'm just challenging your reasoning. If I wanted to share my own thoughts on the episode, I would have. You asking why people liked the episode is unrelated to this reply chain and to end each of your replies with a demand for opinion that implies I need to give you one comes off as you being insecure about defending your own points. It's the same as people who, if arguing about a video game, ask, yeah, well what rank are you? It's irrelevant to whether the person is right or wrong and to ask is to imply that the person is trying to revalidate/reassure themselves.

>>30036807
Oh, I know there's plenty of reasons we could infer, and personally I figured the Fluttershy thing as well. I was just wondering if they ever actually showed it, especially since the anniversary of her arrival in Ponyville was such a big point in Pinkie Pride.

>>30036793
It's just, here it comes a FUCKING 10/10 material. This episode just begged for it.

I'm fucking pissed.

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>>30036027
>S07E?? - Triple Threat
>A Spike is a retard episode.
It's been a while.

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Anyone notice that the year Lightning Dust won, is the year Derpy's eyes messed up?

Lightning Dust crippled a child because she was between Dust and a spot at #1. A spot that she maintained, until Rainbow Dash came and fucked it all up.

>>30036818

Nope, nothing solid.
The show just has us infer a lot of the tonally darker content. Getting a glimpse of Dash's troubled past and fragile psyche back in Sonic Rainboom is actually what finally got me hooked on the show back in the day.

Applejack's parents have never been explicitly stated to be dead either, but everyone more or less takes it for granted. And it's clear Nightmare Moon wasn't Luna's fault alone.

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>see Scootaloo going nuts over Dash's parents early on
>think it seems a bit much since she's RD's friend now, not her distant fangirl
>Scootaloo reveals at the end that she has no parental support at all
>my fucking face when

>>30036880
I had the exact same thoughts. Thought it a bit weird and exaggerated, until the end put everything in perspective.

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>>30035845
I always enjoy seeing her, even if she doesn't have the horn.

>>30036876
Lyra is in there THREE (3) times making the same expression.

>>30036933
>3
>3
>33

>>30036668
Dash is way younger than them

>>30036756
i think derpy's timeline is just more confusing

she's everywhere as a child and it doesn't make sense

>>30036933
The question is not who will let her.

The question is who will stop her.

>>30036876
>>30036933
I think Cloud Kicker's expression at the end really takes it

>>30036880
I know that Hasbro will never let the staff explicitly say she's an orphan, but she's an orphan guys.

Shame really as they could have a great episode about mothers day with Scootaloo getting mad at Applebloom for being resentful despite having some family left. Sweetie bell can sort of empathize what with her parents ditching her all the time with Rarity.

So... Scootaloo parents are dead?

>>30037101
yes and no

>>30036768
>>30036816
>What about my reasoning stands out as anecdotal
>Real people act like that.
>If I saw one of my co workers had really overbearing and supportive parents, I wouldn't walk up to them and go "haha your parents are faggots dumb dumbs"

>You argue that the parents are "TOO" stupid when the line you draw is subjective and arbitrary
Ok, you seem to have difficulty to understand a simple concept. Let me chew it out for you first. Do you agree that launching fireworks in a flying area is dangerous? If yes, then please tell me why the reaction of WB ended on 'lol we weren't expecting fireworks today'. Because for all purposes such behavior should've warranted RD parents being kicked out from the show or at least scolded, which is, guess what, embarrassing. Next, explain to me what was the point of this particular scene, what purpose such behavior served? Writers tried to demonstrate how RD parents are embarrassing to her, correct? Well, guess what they demonstrated instead. They demonstrated that they're dangerously stupid for their daughter and that she has every right to be embarrassed of them.
cont. in part 2

>>30037101

I'd like to think so, but I suspect they'll go for a cop out and say they're just really busy all the time and don't have time for Scootaloo.

>>30037135
>>30036768
>>30036816
cont.
>That's not how it works in the real world. I'm not going to repeat myself again but refer back to all the "you don't know about the real world" stuff
You're not disproving anything here. In real world people pick on other people for stupidest reasons. You arbitrarily decided that embarrassing parents isn't one of those, or that WB wouldn't use it as such.
>Because different people act differently and your personal experience isn't sufficient reasoning. The point is that the WB did not bully her, that it's not unrealistic to not be bullied even if you hang with manchildren and that the episode was consistent in that portrayal.
From Dash's perspective it doesn't matter if they didn't bully her in this instance, because she had a prior experience of them picking on her, so she had every right to be afraid, that's one thing. The second thing is that despite characters not reacting in any way, it's retarded to assume that her parents didn't indeed acted in an embarrassing fashion and, what's more important, dangerously , or do you care to argue otherwise? Because as far as I could understand what you were arguing is that RD's parents weren't embarrassing her in any way because other characters didn't care. But every act of RD's parents points otherwise, and because I found their behavior embarrassing for numerous reasons I already named, the reaction of all characters but RD was quite underwhelming, for the glaring example let's return to that damn firework incident. That's a bad writing, because the writers say one thing, but show another.
> Of course they acknowledged it. They reacted to it.
Is what I meant by saying the underreacted.
> The point is that they were not shown being told they couldn't do something and do it anyway
The show ended by that point so they physically couldn't repeat their retarded act.
cont. in part 3

>>30035711
They're setting things up for a Scootaloo adoption episode

>>30037135
>>30036768
>>30036816
>>30037145

cont
> and while some people might get scouted, that does not imply everyone is.
The best out of the best, the one who was at the top despite age disadvantage is destined to be scouted, the only reason she wasn't is that writers retconned the whole thing with her being the best.
> Again, they are not shown interacting...
This is a no argument, you basically saying that it doesn't matter that things work like this in real life, because in this particular situation writers didn't think things through, but for some reason you give them unwarranted benefit of the doubt. Make no mistake I don't argue what is canon and what is not. I'm arguing the ability of writers to make a coherent and believable story.

> I disagreed with the points you put forth and explained my reasoning for disagreeing with them. Every response from you ended with you demanding my own opinion on the episode. Why? I'm just challenging your reasoning. If I wanted to share my own thoughts on the episode, I would have. You asking why people liked the episode is unrelated to this reply chain and to end each of your replies with a demand for opinion that implies I need to give you one comes off as you being insecure about defending your own points. It's the same as people who, if arguing about a video game, ask, yeah, well what rank are you? It's irrelevant to whether the person is right or wrong and to ask is to imply that the person is trying to revalidate/reassure themselves.
Because guess what, since I opened my very first message in the thread with this question I was expecting to see the answer, since you weren't intending answering it you could've just said it, but instead you got overly defensive and started saying that I'm crying baby for no reason. Looked kind of fishy, like you were trying to backpedal the lack of your point. I don't care personally.

>>30037135
Not that anon but how about "This is a children's show, they're not gonna show real world consequences to goofball comedy" what, would you have preferred the rest of the episode about how security kicked them out and then they were detained by the royal guard for inciting public panic? Also you should see soccer matches in South American countries, they love letting off fireworks during matches.

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>>30037142
My guess is she was sent to an orphanage or some gay shit

>>30037154
I would prefer them to cut this particular moment out all together, and since the idea was to picture RD overreacting I would shure as hell try to depict her parents mildly less enthusiastic

> soccer matches
Soccer matches are a little bit too different that an avio show, plus even in the soccer the usage of fires is forbidden as far as I know

>>30037153
Also you're fucking scouting argument is retarded. Age requirements exist in professional fields for a reason. The most gifted highschool football player in the world isn't going to go straight to the NFL right after highschool is over. Were the wonderbolts supposed to sit in their ass for years until RD came of age to go through the cadets? No, they would take the best fliers available to them at the time. How is this hard for you to understand?

>>30037176
Their world works different than ours, her reaction was appropriate as is.

>>30037159
Her house was shown in Flight to the Finish.

>>30037142
Well, considering that's what Lauren said, I would actually prefer it.
>in b4 Faustfag
It's not just that. I'm unsure if we need TWO orphan families, and the idea of neglectful parents has a more unique bite to it.

>>30037178
Usally there're special trainign facilities that gather talent, they live, train and study in those facilities. There were instances in soccer when a 15 years old played for a professional team, so here's that. I understand that Equestria isn't really that great of a competetive enviroment in a sense of organizations, and WB have pretty much monopoly over flying shows, but still.

>Were the wonderbolts supposed to sit in their ass for years until RD came of age to go through the cadets?
Nobody asked them to wait for her just to keep in touch and to be aware of her existance at all.
It's really fucking stupid that they didn't care that much.

>>30037101
Scootaloo is just a holdover from pre-production and doesn't fit in, which is why we don't know jack shit about her after 7 seasons. She was supposed to be Cheerilee's sister when Cheerilee was part of the main cast, but then that didn't happen and for whatever reason they just let things be.

>>30037202
Also this, I don't think we'll ever know more than what is >implied through non-specific lines.

>>30037194
>Their world works different than ours, her reaction was appropriate as is.
That's the laziest excuse there's. Which eventually leads to the point where we have no footing to say anything about equestria at all. You see, good writers actually know that all we know about things be those real of fictional comes from our real life experience and so they use our knowledge to build worlds without need of explaining every little detail. Once we start changing rules, we need to explain them, otherwise the thing happening in the story would clash with our expectation of real life, which isn't a good thing.

>>30035711
I really really didn't like how it made Rainbow Dash to be the asshole after she yelled at her parents. Her parents WERE being loud, annoying assholes ruining other peoples' time, in addition to hers.

Making it up to them for yelling at them and getting mad is alright but Rainbow Dash did literally nothing wrong with being direct with her parents, which everyone made out to be so much worse than it did. What, so it's okay for Starlight to be direct with Pinkie in telling her she's an overbearing autist, but Rainbow Dash can't do it to her own parents?

I'm glad the parents at least seemed to be self-aware at the end, the statements about 'too much' and 'embarrassing' indicating they had learned their lesson too but it was much more downplayed than Dash learning to take their incredibly disruptive cheering on without question. Would have preferred a middle ground statement: support is important and you should accept it when offered but don't be a freaking nuisance seems like a fair message.

>>30037264
I think it was downplayed because they were really just doing it out of love, with the best intentions in mind. There's no need to make them suffer unduly -- just to help them understand how it feels. No real harm done.

omg that squealing scoots is 2cute4me

>>30037264
>your kid is retarded and terrible at everything
>try to make her not feel bad
>turns out she's not shit at one thing
>does pretty good at that one thing but goes on to do menial labor in some hick town for the rest of her life
>suddenly you learn that she has received the highest honor in all the land at doing that one thing aside from being a fucking princess
????

>>30037198
Her room was shown. Didn't show who she lived with.

>>30037296
LOTS of really annoying shit in this show is done out of love though but isn't above being called out on. Just this same weekend we had Sweetie Belle yelling at Rarity at how she was treating her, which was out of love but still in the wrong. Did Sweetie Belle need to feel guilted into apologizing? Or the earlier mention with Starlight (admittedly '''unintentionally''') outright telling Pinkie she ruined her relationship with Maud?

Theres tons of other examples to go through but the point is, I think it's bullshit that the only one who ever seems to be made to feel guilty for acting like a cunt when it's necessary is Rainbow.

>>30037325
Dash was in the wrong not telling her parents but you are going to sit there and tell me they didn't deserve a stern shouting after almost ruining the show with fireworks, ruining the other audiences' enjoyment, disrupting signings and photoshoots and even her own private down time in the locker room that Rainbow Dash wasn't justified in raising her frustrations to them? Rainbow's right, who DOES make a contest of hanging up a fucking towel?

>>30037159
That was cute.

>>30037264
Even though I liked the episode, I kinda agree. I feel that the way the episode is done implied that the problem was only that Rainbow confronted her parents, and I think that her real problem was that she wasn't open about her feelings until she exploded and overreacted. I mean, Dash was definitely wrong when she overreacted, but their parents were wrong with the fireworks and such, and the episode ignores it. I think that the episode would had been much better if somehow everyone had openly admitted that all of them were wrong.

It wasn't enough to ruin the episode for me, I still liked it more than some of the season 6 Dash episodes, but I can see how it can be a problem.

>>30037346
>what is a cartoon

>>30037325
When you put It this way, it kind of reminds me of that episode of American Dad where Jeff and Stan went to meet Jeff's father.

>>30037353
> I think that her real problem was that she wasn't open about her feelings until she exploded and overreacted
guy you replied to here, I can agree to preferring that lesson being made in place of what we got, since the only reason she snapped was due to never seeming to bring it up directly before and letting it boil over. But instead we just got the message of 'don't take loud, obnoxious people for granted if they're trying to help'

lost mah shit when scoots put the sandwich in the report

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My opinion: Really nice episode. Not amazing, but part of the reason that season 7 is making me feel pretty good in general.

I felt that the idea that the parents did nothing wrong and Dash's frustrations were unwarranted was bullshit. Dash has every reason to be furious, and it should have been a "both dash and her parents learned something" rather than "dash learned the error of her own ways".

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>>30037332
Her house, it doesn't look like an orphanage.

>>30037353
Do you think the parents' craziness would have come across properly without fireworks exaggeration?

You know how /mlp/ is. Without making it blatantly obvious, nobody would have understood the parents' motivation. Everyone would be like "why does Dash hate her parents so". But this way, everyone can follow.

>>30037375
Me too, it was also nice to see that they kept it in the next scenes as well.

I also laughed aloud with that door gag.

>>30037379
Dash acted like a real cunt lately so it seems fair.

>>30037399
>lately

>>30037399
But thats an unfair justification.

Which this board is fine with because this board is ALSO full of cunts, so heh.

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Why do they keep making episodes that hit so close to home?

>tfw you have super supportive parents that love you no matter what and have given up their lives for you and you have no idea how you will ever repay them

>>30037387
This. Remember this is a kids show. Everything is exaggerated by necessity.

>>30037399
Dash is always a cunt. But she wasn't the only one wrong in this situation. The parents were extensively overdoing it.

But looking at it from a kid's perspective, its important to learn that some parents who are over-supporting are better than parents who don't support you. I still thank my parents for canceling work and coming to my football games back in high school.

greetings small ponies
ƃɹǝǝʇiuƃs sɯɐll bouiǝs

>>30037387
There's still one turboautist who says that dash was in the wrong just because "the wonderbolt didn't mind".
Even tho they WERE pretty invasive and definitively deserved to be toned down a bit.

>>30037414
never mind the kids, every anon here can be at least twice as dense at times

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>>30037159
Charlie Brown i'm telling you

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RIP AND TEAR

>>30036149
She loves hitting the showers.

>>30037387
Yes. I thought the diaper was the obvious sign in my opinion. But then again, its a cartoon and not supposed to be subtle. It was obvious that Dash was a bit in the wrong. I still think it could've been addressed that the parents could tone down their enthusiasm and be more reserved in their support. Support her just as much, but don't embarrass her.

>>30037087
>Hasbro will never let the staff explicitly say she's an orphan, but she's an orphan

I've heard this line before. I'll let the show address it

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>>30037412
>tfw parents used to support me at every step
>tfw they cheered me up after every failure
>tfw they kept pushing me in the right direction
>tfw moved out and got a job years ago
>tfw parents stopped asking me whether I have a GF already
>tfw parents stopped praising me for accomplishments
>tfw parents stopped asking if I'm happy

I did not want these feels.

>>30037380
I'm assuming she was only adopted a short time ago. Also her adoptive parents might be too busy for her.

>>30035711
Anyone have a download link? I don't want to have to watch it with the pitch raised.

>>30037412
We've all failed our parents, if it makes you feel any better

>>30037463
keep moving those goalposts

>>30037482

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>>30037488
>What is Foster Parents?

>>30037460
Do you call them? Do you make them know how appreciative you are?

Or did you just pull a fucking Gran Torino on them.

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That Derpy thing, that's... That's just depressing...

>>30035262 (Prev thread)
I personally say around 9/10, and I fucking hate Dash. I think she's a total bitch. STILL loved the episode.

Maybe it's just because I fucking love my parents. Nicest people you'd meet in your life. If I ever did anything like what Rainbow's dumb ass did, they'd probably react in a similar way, and I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

Also, Scootaloo's line right after... My god...

>>30037496
thanks

Ponies are really boring at sporting events.

>scootaloo wishes she had supportive parents

At least her room at her foster home is nice though

So, Flurry of Emotions and Parental Glideance turned out to be good.

Maybe Triple Threat will turn out to be good.

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>>30037236
>Scootaloo is just a holdover from pre-production and doesn't fit in, which is why we don't know jack shit about her after 7 seasons. She was supposed to be Cheerilee's sister when Cheerilee was part of the main cast, but then that didn't happen and for whatever reason they just let things be.
Source on that?

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>>30037658
>hating best pony

>>30037709
My biggest worry is the big mac one. It's very, VERY easy to fuck up those date episodes.

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Looks like the WB had another opening because it looks like Thunderlane graduated to full fledged member judging by his official uniform.
Great to see that slacker make it.
Wonder what his 'bolt name is?

>>30037387
>Without making it blatantly obvious, nobody would have understood the parents' motivation.
Then again, they way the episode uses to show that the parents admit that they were wrong too was just the moment when they tell Dash that she's embarrassing them. It's unfair that the parents' craziness that motivates Dash's reaction is overly exaggerated and blatantly obvious, but the recognition that their parents were partially wrong is much more subtle, making it look like only Dash was really wrong.

I think that >>30037417 may have a point, and the episode is written to bring the attention to the most important lesson to a kid. Maybe it makes sense to make subtler anything that could distract the target audience from the real moral. Maybe we should accept what I called "subtle" as a real "Dash wasn't the only wrong". I don't know, it still feels kinda unfair.

>>30037709
I'm looking forward Triple Threat, I think it can be good.
I'm more worried about A Royal Problem, I really can't see how they can do anything good with that premise.

>>30037379
But that's what non-Twilight mane 6 episodes are all about.

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oh garsh, best couple from last season still at it

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>>30035711
6/10 it was ok
The good:
>RD in wonderbolt uniform doing wonderbolt things
>cute fillies
>good moral

The bad:
>The beginning part where Scootaloo was fangasming went on too long
>The young ponies in RD's flying competition were just a filly version of every pegasus we've seen more than once so far
Were there only 8 pegasus fillies in all of Cloudsdale eligible to compete for several years?
>Rainbow Dash wins gold in the most recent year while Soarin and Spitfire come in behind
How did RD become a wonderbolt after ponies she was already out-flying? In earlier seasons they didn't know the name of the pony they competed against and lost to for several years?
>10 minutes of Rainbow's parents being obsessive just so we get the point
When this show wants to make a point it really tends to hammer it in too far.
>Making Derpy tragic
Fuck off, she doesn't need a lost potential cripple backstory. She's just a silly pony with googly eyes.
>I missed the stream
Fucking Canada.

>>30037859
I missed it.
C U T E

>>30037805
>Wonder what his 'bolt name is?
You know, that's a good point. Dash isn't even the Newbie anymore, even though it was just last Season she made it in.

>>30037805
Dunderbrain

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>>30036149
Damn right she is.

>>30035747
So what exactly was the point of this guy?
Why the hell would you put a character with someone with the same mane with no relation?

>>30037148
I just want more sisterly moments. I accept the possibility that her parents are just too busy. But fuck them Dash can still be the most important pony in her life.

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>>30037805
I'm just waiting for them to become wonderbolts

Scootaloo confirmed to be an orphan
>sorta

>>30036027
Hot Hoof's new design is not a retcon fuck-up?

>>30037805
I like to think he was never too bad at being lazy and got pissed at Rainbow for insinuating he was so he decided to show her up and join the bolts to spite her. Now Dash has to either admit the bolts aren't all that because they'll hire anyone or acknowledge he's a legitimate, good flyer.

>>30036098
I'd only be okay with it if AJ gave them hell for missing a family reunion, two Christmases and their youngest filly finally getting her mark

>>30037964
Maybe he /wasn't/ a good flyer but he /became/ a good flyer to prove that he could do it.

>>30036737
It keeps coming back and I disagree with most of it. That episoded introduced a problem to "fix" it in the same episode. Dash could at both humble and arrogant before and after it and she didn't have to be bullied into it. Guess the writers weren't so consistent regarding this.

>>30037142
If her parents are as completely uncaring as Scootaloo claims, that could actually be just as bad.

It seems like all of the serious and lasting problems that don't appear in the show's main plot are fully present in its backstories and side details, and Scootaloo is a perfect example of that. And that sort of thing is why MLP is still leagues better than the average show of its type.

Anyone got a mega link to the Raribelle episode?

>>30037997
>>30028659

"Your parents are loud, but they're not that bad.

What did Fleetfoot mean by this?

>>30037962
That thing has been settled long time ago.

>>30037159
>yfw you realize that time Rainbow said "nice moves, kid" in Sleepless in Ponyville was the first time Scootaloo had received praise from anyone she looked up to

>>30038002
tank you vury mush

>>30037863
>Fuck off, she doesn't need a lost potential cripple backstory. She's just a silly pony with googly eyes.

Dude, chill. It just LOOKS fucked up. Nobody knows anything, and I'd personally welcome a story like that.

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>>30038124
>they managed to make even better an already great episode
All my yes.

>>30038114
But what was the point of dropping Rainbow Blaze while Bow Hothoof looks identical except cutiemark? Name?

>>30035736
>watching a censorship channel

>>30038142
Same reason they didn't just use one of Pinkie's already existing sisters for Maud's personality: reasons.

>>30037859
"""just friends"""

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>>30038124
Didn't think of that.

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>>30037714
He probably got that idea from the fact that Cheerilee and Scootaloo were sisters back in G3, where Cheerilee was part of the core 7.

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>>30038157
Nopony said the F or L word, yet.

>>30037101
No she just has a confusing family life because she's half-pony, half-dog, half-chicken.

>>30035836
Still, it would've been nice if her parents learned a lesson.

>>30037236
Cheerilee was never slated to be part of the main cast, though. She got added via Hasbro mandate when the show was in development (along with Scootaloo and the other 3/3.5 ponies), so Faust stuck her in as the schoolteacher.

>>30038320
>scootaloo is a hotdog

>>30036320
Who is this cutie again?

>>30038446
Amethyst Gleam

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>>30038339
Next time we'll meet them they'll be bothering Dash about finding a boyfriend.

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>>30035711
What the fuck is this trash? They released ANOTHER episode early? WHAT HE FUCK IS THIS FUCKING GARBAGE

>>30036027
>S07E?? - Triple Threat
>Spike accidentally invites Ember and Thorax to Ponyville on the same day. He's sure the two new leaders are not going to get along so he does all he can to keep them apart and cover the fact that the other is there.
>it's one of the most standard cartoon plots episode
why

>>30036098
This image always makes me think he's peeking out someone's butthole.

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>>30038511
see >>30036466
and then see >>30036485
You slow fucking memer

>>30037859
They gonna fucc like discord and fluttershy

>>30038590
That treehouse logo actually fits with what Dash's Dad is wearing. At first glance I did a double take and wondered what it was.

>>30038511
Get out, you fan of the fagdom.

>>30038590
>dat carpet
I need it. I need that room. Wall, maybe not the diaper, but I need everything else. It's so fucking damn cute.

>>30038590
I haven't noticed that Dash carpet. Neat.

>>30038621
>>30038633
I didn't notice the carpet either. Was too busy looking at the rest of the room.

>Reminding me about Lightning Dust
I'm still mad Hasbro for you not using the original ending and kicking someone who made Wonderbolts their life goal as much as Rainbow Dash for a simple error, ruining her life.

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>>30038621

>>30038619
You have no idea what that means.