S07E14 Episode Discussion #3

>>30711351
THE BODIES DARLING
THE BODIES IN THE ATTIC

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>>30711351
I thought it was alright, song was pretty catchy.

>>30711351
That was a pleasantly surprising episode. I am really curious as to how much was Larson and how much was changed, but I can definitely feel some of his magic at work here at least. It was great, I loved all the tongue-in-cheek commentary on the fandom and seeing the Mane 6 all working through their newfound fame, the characters were all on point and I really liked the humor. The only missing role I really wish was here was Spike, I feel like he may have originally been in Starlight's spots as the voice of reason to Twilight's doubts, and though I wish he was here, I didn't mind Starlight taking the place.

On to Glim, Episodes like this are MORE of what I want from Starlight, working with the entire cast as a group and fellow friend rather than standing out and solving everything on her own. She never stole the focus, it really was like she was the 'Spike' of this episode as a foil to Twilight. Even the ending, which did have her find the two fillies, was not her solving everything at once (the rabid fans are still out there, no one can fix us) but merely reminders that there are those who took the lessons to heart. A simple gesture of confidence to the writers of the book. That said, I do really wish they could have found a way to work Spike in, he himself has Journal entries IIRC.
>Manifesto
Commie Starlight is best Starlight

I'm not sure just how much is Larson going by the interview but I'm taken to believe/hope a lot of what made this episode great was by his hand. He's definitely my favorite writer and I hope this ep will serve as a good example of his over-all outstanding job making this show, it has good Mane 6 interaction and serves as good meta for its fans.

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>>30711351
>http://www.strawpoll.me/13689353
>people liked this garbage
no wonder this place is so shit now

>>30711351
it was shit
they should have saved that for episode 200 in S9

>>30711392
I think one of the things I liked best about this issue is, the problem WASN'T solved. It didn't go away. The Mane 6 tried their best and ponies are still rioting outside their castle. I think that in particular is a lesson that the show doesn't teach all too often. Sometimes you can't fix all your problems, some you have to just learn how to deal with. But its easier to do that with your friends, and if you can find the silver-linings within. That was nice.

>>30711398
Feel free to leave any time now

>>30711404
If I could, I would.

>>30711398
>now
it's been that way since MMC

/mlp/ is dead

>If a writer addresses a fandom complaint, it's purely out of spite and an attempt to attack the fans

Do you people not realize they were probably just having fun with this episode and weren't actually trying to argue about the state of the show?

>>30711392
Glimmer wasn't needed at all, she took Spikes spot in the episode

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>>30711398
>10
>8
>9
>they liked it because it's larson

>>30711351
>"Written" by M.A. Larson
>Edited by the Lady Writers
>Writing staff victimization and immature jabs at the fandumb added by Vogel

>>30711412
Maybe after writing episodes and signing them with Larson's name, Jim can come up with new fans to fill this place.

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>>30711381
>not putting the brazzers logo over the discovery family watermark

>>30711398
>all those 8s 9s and 10s
proof that the vocal minority is just very loud

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>wrong shipping
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>30711409
Fair enough, enjoy your stay then

>>30711447
>still no Twilight and Rarity episode after 7 fucking years
I get it, they were too busy writing episodes telling how much they don't care about the adult fandom.

>>30711447
>tfw there are probably people who would unironically say this is shipping

>>30711447
Rarilight is best ship

>>30711479
I give it 2 more minutes until it's deleted.

>>30711447
Why not Twilight x Rarity x Applejack?

>>30711434
Damnit anon you beat me to it.

>>30711479
AHAHAHA

SALT IS REAL

HE MAD

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>>30711495
Twilight likes to watch.

>>30711507
>filename
So I wasn't the only one to notice that then?

>>30711410
>implying /mlp/ wasn't shit from the first day

>>30711421
I might be wrong but he might be involve in Rarity mane episode and zeppelin episode.

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>>30711495
Because RariJackDash is the true OT3 patrician triple lesbian ship. You were close though.

>>30711519
This

The first post was made by a DYEWTS, it was born tainted

>>30711517
Yeah, our autism is stronger but for some reason we're hiding it nowadays.

Yesterday EQG short was better than this episode.

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Glimmer just got an idea and DISAPPEARS.
What a smart pony.

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>>30711465
It is.

>>30711479
Here's the link:
https://derpibooru.org/1509066

>>30711570
Downvoted.

>>30711570
>>30711575
Fat autists BTFO!

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Sorry I missed the last couple threads but can anyone spoon feed me: what were some of the biggest criticisms to the episode you think? I want to hear someone who didn't like it because I really liked it and fear I may be too complacent in it just because it was a Mane 6 focus ep with a lot of meta humor

>>30711575
Hi Jim!

>>30711590
>>30710497

>>30711592
Hi Lauren! How's it going?

>>30711602
Salty and mad.

>>30711590
The biggest criticisms are that the staff are using the show as a mouthpiece to dismiss any critisim they're receiving from the fans while simultaneously telling their fans to suck a big one. Then there's the argument that doing such is a sign that they're not taking the show seriously.

Mind you, I don't agree with these arguments personally, but there they are for your consideration.

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I remember when people hated Buckball Season, a friendly and super nice episode, because it had "meme faces." This one has meme feces too, but it's ok because lol salt xd and that's more important than comfy episodes.

>>30711590
How about you tell us what you liked about it? I'd also be interested in other people sharing what they enjoyed about today's episode.

>>30711609
they're not wrong though

>>30711590
it's a "writers complain about the non-target audience of mlp" episode instead of an actual episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Imagine if Avatar the last airbender did this

>>30711392
>>30711421
I would be happy to have Glimmer if she sort of worked similar to Spike as an outside perspective for Twilight but on the other side of the spectrum to Spike

>>30711624
I'm pretty sure the people who bitch about meme faces just haven't showed up yet. They usually start posting later on after the episode airs if I remember correctly.

>>30711609
triggered and sad

>>30711637
>completely missing the point
>not wrong
LOL

>>30711412
the more things change the more they stay the same

I don't get it. Is this the true form of neo-/mlp/?
We get an episode that's the equivalent of a classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtmdHiCJNY

And /mlp/ gets salty about it? Have we been overrun by an army of Chris-chans and Barneyfags?

>>30711624
this meme face is done RIGHT.

>>30711672
>MLP is Animaniacs
Uh huh.

>>30711651
t. rigggered
I bet you love sucking Hasbro cock

>>30711624
>hating Buckball Season
I will never understand this, it was one of the most fun episodes of the series for me

>>30711682
Pffffffffffffffffffft

>>30711672
>animaniacs
>good

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>>30711351
I liked the episode message where they portrayed Pinkiefags as utter retards who laugh at anything she says.

>>30711672
Yes you fucking newfag for the simple reason that fim isn't a gag series like animaniacs, meta episodes have no place in it, let alone meta fandom episodes

>>30711626
I'm this anon >>30711392 and >>30711402

>>30711623
>>30711602
I can kind of see that. The episode DID come off as a bit bitchy at points to the fandom, I think that was a lot more Miller than Larson post writing as a way of taking it personally. Though I didn't mind it so much because if there's one thing Larson taught it's how to handle bants. People are always going to criticize the show so just this one time of the show criticizing the fans didn't seem like so much to ask for, even if does come off as preachy. The poners themselves were still acting cute and I rather liked the jokes. I can see how the song was a bit uninspired though, it serviceable but it's certainly not going to go down as one of the best. That and, I see how it also ties into the criticism that the writers are deflecting legitimate criticism. Though all that said, I do see it a bit like >>30711672 said: it's a light-hearted poke at the fandom, I don't think they expect us or WANT us to change.

But, thanks, I like seeing the perspective of those who thought the episode was bad, I like flaws being pointed out in this for perspective's sake

>>30711624
I liked Buckball Season overall because it had that slice of life feel of S1, but fuck that whole train segment that was there literally to show off all the funny faces.
This episode was shit overall so there's no need to single out the faces.

>>30711398
I gave it a 10 to trigger faggots like you desu

>>30711624
the only reason to like an episode anymore is because of all the salt it makes

>>30711704
Name me a few long running cartoon series, or even live action series, that doesn't have a meta episode.

>>30711690
I love it, it was one of the best s6 episodes. I hate it when people use the meme faces excuse to talk shit about it.

>>30711715
Fair enough.

But it was all true. All the fans were right about everything.

>>30711435
Every thought that YOU belong to the vocal minority, sweety?

So here's the problem. Star Wars created a fandom of fanatics that has lasted for decades. The MLP writers don't understand many of the fans have that level of fanaticism with the show, but this is to be expected. The show staff have gone the way of Disney in disregarding the concerns of their fans and outright telling them to shut up if they have any problems with the direction they're heading.

This is a case of entitlement prevalent in today's up and coming writers and developers coming from participation-award colleges and why entertainment media today is so much worse than it was years ago.

In the end, the article that got /co/'s attention towards the show ended up being right.

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>>30711553
>you open me to so much impossibilities and posibilities
Do you think that gang rape is one of her kinks when she sleep with Discord?

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>>30711624
>>30711697
My only complaint about last meme faces were they design.
It's everything fine, now.

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>>30711602
Theu just made 2 cute non meta episodes last week you retard. Sure, I hate those meta episodes too but it's not a problem if they happen once every 3 seasons.

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I'm just surprised that most of you enjoyed this episode. This episode isn't about the pony at all. They just made 'fandom is always arguing and they couldn't see what's important about this show'. I got this, but does it have to be shown for entire episode? What does it have to do with 'my little pony' they used to make?

>>30711624
>I'm going to dismiss an entire episode over one shitty face
It sounds like you are the kind of autist being made fun of in this episode

>>30711624
People only care about it because they make autists mad (even if those who laugh are probably going to vhimp out about something similar like those fans portrayed in this episode)

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I liked the episode. It was pretty funny.

That's all I care about honestly.

>>30711762
CUTE MEME FACE
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>>30711672
Animaniacs werent story driven. It pains me that writers will develop AJ parents and then say that we shoudnt take it seriously and we should let it go if they suddenly make them return from vacation or other shit.

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Purple hores are top tier feel free to prove me wrong

>>30711690
Just like the carts episode :^)

>>30711704
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbOfyBy5Yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzVQELfxUps&t=215s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-hKvalRj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ubNqkhfVU

>>30711791
one changed species in MMC and the other is pure shit

>>30711808
sub-species*

>>30711806
I'm not watching SU shit
Sonic is shit, period
Firenation propaganda and revenge from the Cabbage Salesman
they show admits that Scrappy is a shit character

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>>30711787
>and then say that we shoudnt take it seriously and we should let it go if they suddenly make them return from vacation or other shit.
Excuse me but what the fuck did you just say.

>>30711791
Starlight is pink

>>30711806
non of these make fun of their fans except sonic and sonic is retarded so who cares

if anything the writers should take lessons from scooby doo and give glimmer the same treatment

>>30711852
It was pretty easy to understand.

>>30711624
Buckball Season was a good episode. How is possible that some pepole hate for a reason so silly?

>>30711885
autism

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multiple ship.

>>30711898
>keep races among their own
Oh hey, a red pill.

>>30711857
Sonic fanbase is literally brony-tier autistic.

this episode was boring and everything with Starlight was cringey. The voice acting for some of the OCs was really awkward, especially the pegasi that were talking to Rainbow Dash

>>30712003
>implying horsefuckers aren't as bad as bronies

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how they managed to kill off fim and completely drain all its heart and soul out of it without even exhausting the source material is very impressive to me

>>30712007
DAWING DO

This episode was pretty fun.

>>30712007
YOU AWE BOWING.

>>30712060
stop liking things I don't like

>>30712075
I think it is above average not perfect.

>>30711898
Thought that was a .gif at first and was astounded by the quality and length.
But it's just a based .webm, thanks for sharing lad. Saving that

>>30711806
You.....got a point there.
I just hope we're not getting more shit like this. I thought Slice of Life was filling out our "meta" needs already.

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Is pony song the ultimate weapon?

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>>30711898
Not so fast. This ship is real, because they didn't mocked its fans.

Is there a link to the episode that isn't awful quality?

>>30712141
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzuLoIhNZwA
This one seems fine

I wish I could forget this episode ever existed

>>30711351
>Anons in Equestria the episode

>>30712187
you know the solution to that.

https://derpibooru.org/1509116

>>30712192
minus the rape of course

>>30712130
it didn't actually work so no

>>30712135
I was unironically thinking this. The fact that they didn't have any of the fans bring it up to satirize suggests to me that the writers are at least semi-seriously humoring the idea of pairing them together as an official couple down the line.

>>30712090
No problem.
Despite what the writer of this episode think, not all the adult fans are jerks.

This episode was really just a mess. It was way too meta and on-the-nose; not in a fun way like Slice of Life, but basically in a way where the writers are just using the medium of the show to shitpost at the fans because they'll be forced to watch it.

And for all that inappropriate directness, I don't really understand what the point was they were trying to make. At one point Twilight uses the defense that they're not characters, they're real ponies: but of course, in reality they are characters, so if that's their only defense aren't the writers essentially admitting they're shitty characters?

Then the song is about how the ponies aren't perfect and each character has their flaws, but the problem with that is that the fandom's complains are never about any character not being perfect. In fact the more common complaint is characters being set up as perfect (i.e. Twilight gets her wings and loses her awkward relatable persona and just becomes a stereotypical magic pony princess, or villains getting easily redeemed, or Starlight being able to fix everything with magic). It's true that characters are better when they have flaws, but the problem with MLP has never been that the characters didn't have flaws, the problem is when the characters are simply written shittily (i.e. Pinkie just being useless and obnoxious for entire episodes at a time, like in Filly Vanilli).

Finally, the episode seems to make the point that it doesn't matter what the majority of its audience thinks of it, as long as little girls are still gaining something from the lessons. And that's fine, I guess, but if so, why the fuck does this episode exist? This episode is literally all about the adult fandom and holds no lesson for little girls at all, so if the writers' point is they don't care about the adults, why did they write a fucking episode all about them? That just makes the whole thing seem like one big petty rant against the fandom.

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The Australians are out in force today.

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Waiting for p0ny p0rn my dudes

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>>30712245
i miss /mlpol/

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>>30712255
This qt3.14 definitely deserves some.

>>30712217
Me too. With Fluttershy there are two jabs at her they could mocked. Her assertivness lessons and little girls asking show staff about their shipping. THe fact that Discord was not brought up mean either they don't want to make fun of their storyline or the script was written before they made more obvious ship teasing around S4.

>>30711624
Buckball Season had Rainbow Dash's meme face, and nobody likes that
This one had Rarirty meme faces, and that's wayyyyyyyyyyyy more valuable.

>>30712216
maybe it would have worked if the song was so shit awful

>>30712234
>why the fuck does this episode exist?
I dont understand it either. There was nothing that a little girl could gain from this episode

>>30711351
Episode Description
>Everyone hates Whorse
>They say she is a bitch
>((Almost))Everyone Hates Fluttershy
>They say she is a cuck and too shy
>Everyone loves RD
>cause "she is awesome"
>Every one thinks Twilight is a nerd
>Even a lady said "Twilight was better before she got wings"
>Everyone thinks pinkie Pie is "the funny one"
>((Almost)) Everyone loves Apple Jack
>No one Cares about the CMCs
>Even after the song, everyone was still thinking the same


/mlp/: the episode

I did like that the premise for the CMC episode later this season was set up in a few seconds during this one.

>>30711351
This could have been a S5 episode if they took out Starlight and use Spike instead.

Prove me wrong

>>30712256
I do too. It revealed that the vogelfag is a gypsy. That alone should be enough for everyone to ignore everything he says.

>>30712318
Can prove facts wrong.

Starlight adds literally nothing to the show.

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>>30712365
*Can't

>>30712365
not since her redemption at the end of S5

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>>30712300
>Everyone loves RD
>/mlp/: the episode
If only.

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I really like Fluttershy's singing voice.

>>30711398
I would have given it a ten but I thought the song was shit.

>>30712501
>bizarro /mlp/

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>>30711351
>"TWILIGHT WAS BETTER BEFORE SHE GOT WINGS!"
>mfw

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>>30712148
Thanks, discoveryfam
Hopefully this one stays up for more then an hour.

>>30711737
>In the end, the article that got /co/'s attention towards the show ended up being right.
What?

>>30712552
Wait, wasn't the Journal only introduced in Season 4?

>>30712613
>implying writers watch the show

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I complained several times about how a lot of Fluttershy episodes are the same with her learning not to be autistic over and over again. Now the show calls me out. How should I react?

>>30712648
SALT
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>>30711898
Faces so close together like that I was hoping for kisses.

>>30712613
>>30712645
>implying Twilight wouldn't encourage them to write all their old shit in the book anyway

>people complaining that the episode is trying to push "it's a show for little girls"
>when Twilight never once tried to stop older fans from reading the book and was hoping that everyone, no matter their age or gender, would just take the lessons from the journal to heart

I mean I'm sorry that you feel so insecure about watching a cartoon, but you clearly missed the point by a mile

>>30712648
You should feel bad because the show called you out with the exact same argument people on here have been giving you for years.

Or at least I've been giving for years, if we've slipped past each other then my apologies, my autism vortex isn't all-consuming quite yet.

>>30712687
K Jim.

>>30712459
I haven't seen almost anyone complaining on RD

>>30712656
HI JIM
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>>30712501
I would have given It a ten but there was too much Glimmer

>>30712613
Celestia has every Lesson from Twi saved somewhere (as seen on the discord Episode, when Celestia sended them all)

I didn't really feel like this episode was an attempt to bitch about adult MLP fans being too critical.
To me it was more about the consequences of making your private life publicly available.
Sure, there were some imitqations of critical fan opinions thrown in, but anything presented as a counter argument by the M6 isn't even applicable to the situation of fans criticizing writers.
To me the episode was fresh and entertaining and I enjoyed it.

>>30712747
HI LAUREN
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>>30712544
>RAARGH
>NEW PONE IS BAD UNLESS OLD
>SEVEN SEASONS NOW WHY NO MUSICAL EPISODES?
>ANON WAS SCARED PONE WOULD NOT SAVE THE DAY BUT GIRL WAS I SURPRISED
>WAIFU WAS SHAT ON BUT IS OK JUST NEW PROBLEM TO OVERCOME SO YAY
>PONE SHOW DID SOMETHING I WAS EXPECTING YAY
>PONE SHOW DID SOMETHING I WAS HOPING FOR BOO
>PONE SHOW HAVE POORLY WRITTEN EPISODE AND ME HAVE NO STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT
>NOW THAT ME DONE WATCHING I GO NOW

I guess this episode means the show will never grow up and move away from episodic SoL to serial adventure and deepest lore.

Well, at least we have DuckTales now.

>>30712801
The only deepest lore here is why do you still go to /co/. You fucking pedophile.

>>30712801
The show wouldn't do well with that anyway.

>>30712554
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/the-end-of-the-creator-driven-era-29614.html

>>30711372
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0

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>>30712748
I would have given it a nine but it had just the perfect amount of Glimmer. This boosts the score up to a perfect ten!

>>30712801
But their marketing plans say otherwise, SoL is going to EQG and adventure stuff is covered by pony and the comics

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>>30712217
Shipteasing is quite prominent in the show, but they don't really want to canonize anything and the fact that they do not make references to Discord outside of Discord episodes is simple since he is relevant only when the episodes are about his character growth and not about Fluttershy. Fluttershy is more of a mentor for Discord and she clearly wants him to do well for the ponykind since that is what her task has been ever since Celestia told her that she is the pony who could show Discord how important having a friend really is. As you look at the scene it is more FlutterDash shippy than anything FlutterCord has ever got so far as you see Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash singing the same song in tune and they are nuzzling eachother with wide smiles and lookind directly at eyes of eachother. They acknowledge that the adult fans of the show have ships they favor and they simply pander the audience but they do not favor any ship to be canonized since that would be quite bad decisions considering the continuation of the series.

>>30712300
>Everyone thinks pinkie Pie is "the funny one"
Like, ironically? Because no one here thinks that.

>>30712941
so like Teen Titans GO!?

I didn't give it a 6/10 because I'm bitter about the message, but because the writing was absolute dogshit. A first-year writing student wouldn't make the terrible mistakes present in the episode.

Am I the only one extremely dissatisfied with the quality in writing?

>>30713005
If I were honest I would agree with you, but here, have this delicious SALT UMAD instead.

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>>30713005
I think the episode was terribly bad. I laughed at how bad it was, kinda like with Sharknado or shit like that. I can't get mad at this, it was just too silly to take it seriously, but I don't understand all the 9s and 10s.

>>30713047
>>30713005
Yeah I gave it a 7/10 because I found the whole episode ridiculously crazy and thus hilarious. There were some good jokes there as well and I liked the song a lot.

>>30713005
>>30713047
Simple, people here have differing opinions on what constitutes quality.

Believe it or not, it's quite common.

>>30713047
It wasn't bad enough to become funny to me. It was a waste of a good episode used to crack cheap jokes at the fandom.
We didn't need another meta episode where nothing happens.

>>30712613
Most of Ponyville should remember what Twilight was like pre-ascension considering she lived there for at least a year up to that point, so

>>30713005
this. fuck me they didn't even resolve the conflict with the crowd. the song felt completely disjointed from the actual conflict, or at least how the conflict developed. I liked the song and I even kinda liked the premise, but the way it unfolded felt bad, not to mention the way they shove in those little jabs at the fandom. From what I saw, it felt as if the crowd trivialized the book more so than criticizing the flaws of them. Rainbow didn't even get criticized.

Comparing this to Perfect Pear (and comparing the preceding yak episode to it) portrays excellently how the show's quality is a rollercoaster. It's one of my biggest gripes with the series. I wish the show would maintain more consistent quality because that would solve many of its problems and improve it greatly.

>>30711351
Was this Big Jim response to the fandom in episode format?

>>30711590
Controversial idea and decent execution wasted on terrible writing.

>>30713148
Yeah Perfect Pear was such a letdown after the yaks. At least the show's back to form with this ep.

>>30713148
This comment is somewhat strange considering how all of the recent episodes have been pretty well received

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>>30713175
Note how F&M only has 14 ratings at this point.

>>30711351
>Rate the episode
i'll watch it if it's uploaded somewhere

>>30713228
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ws2e3

>>30713211
You're saying an above 7 rating is bad then? I would say that for a mostly episodic show with a varied writing team shifting between 7 & 9 is remarkably consistent

>>30712941
>Flutterdash has more shipping fuel than Fluttercord
Holy hell, I'm not even a shipper and I can tell you're retarded.

>>30713247
In today's world of IGN tier ratings, especially on imdb where only fans bother ranking, anything below 8 was subpar and if you can't get a 6 on average then you know you've really fucked up

>>30711672
/mlp/ doesn't care about the show anymore, and hasn't cared for years now. Hope you like fapping to trite harem schlock starring "Anon", because that's all this board likes.

>>30713262
Alright, so how about we use 4chan's direct ratings then, the ratings that I happen to have on hand for the last few seasons? That should be more frank and cutting, right?

So, just to set a bar for quality here, why don't you tell me how you would rate the episodes in season 6 on average? Just shoot me a ballpark between one and ten and we'll see where your rating falls so that I can have an indication of where you're going to be compared to the actual average.

>>30713282
I'm not the guy complaining about the rollercoaster, and I don't have time to think about and rate all the 26 episodes. I have enough of that when the ranking threads are around.
S6 overall was on the same level as S4, which is only slightly better than S3 for me.

But you can definitely see the same trend here. Some people always vote an episode 10/10 no matter what, just like some always vote 1/10 no matter what. Overall the 8-10 ratings always prevail (except for Princess Spike and the like), simply because people have a lower standard for the pony show.

>>30713239
thanks, but the sound is off

The
> fluttershy is just learning the same lesson again and again
And the
> out of character
This fandom really need to stop think these argument has any fundament.
Maybe now that the show spoonfeed everyone,maybe the messenge got through they fucking skulls.

>>30713341
>maybe if we call the audience idiots for pointing out the flaws they will stop pointing out the flaws
True bravery.

>>30713327
I'm not saying rate all the episodes, I'm just saying where do you think the average is.

Again, ballpark, not complicated.

>>30713315
To be quite frank I don't really care about IMB's ratings because, as you said, I also feel that they're inflated and not reflective of what people here think.

I also really don't care about Adventure Time, so yea. That's cool that it's rated higher on that site, but it really doesn't have any meaning for me.

I'd love to continue this conversation, but you have to meet me halfway senpai.

Also, for the record, polls are closed for anyone who's paying attention.

>>30713247
>remarkably consistent
It isn't compared to, let's say, Adventure time. It is a good example of a show that has managed to maintain a much more consistent quality and thus has an IMB score of 8.4 compared to MLP's 7.7. AT has more continuity, story arcs and pretty good character development. While not perfect by a long shot, it outperforms MLP in many ways despite also having varied writers.

>>30713315
>>30713354
>>30713367
Dude, I'm not gonna pounce on you for phrasing, you don't have to revise your post twelve times.

>>30713362

> pointing out the flaws
Flaws that don't exist
After all
Fluttershy is not learning the same lesson again and again and "out of character" is just a meme

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>>30712941
>FlutterDash shippers are in this muc hdenial

>>30712941
You see "just friends" shipping ended twice on Bingo board with fluttercord because it was obviously a tease while FlutterDash was always an obvious autism in the fadnom. Fluttershy had as much "shipping" with Dash as he had with Pinkie Pie in that same episode and song sequence, you retard.
Their relationship isn't a focus in any episode nor had any plotline development and they barely interact outside mane6 episodes. Stop thinking with your brain and not shipping goggles.

>>30711624
meme faces have gotten out of hand; they're in every episode now so it's useless to bitch about them.

>>30713367
To be clear, the second part of >>30713364 is replying to you, dude

>>30713411
>"out of character" is just a meme
My bad, I thought that we were being serious here.

>>30711590
For this episode my criticism is mainly that they kind of dumb down the Ponyville citizens (and the foreigners who come to visit because of the book). They don't have to like, be insightful or solve the problem or something, they don't have to stop being the villain, although, like, maybe the writers could have toned down the caricature just a bit. In fact, it's kind of hypocritically mean.

>>30711626
I can't exactly name what I specifically like, I like the sentiment. Also, it has the fun episode structure they do sometimes were they introduce the problem, then show how each of the mane six's lives has got worse before they solve the problem.

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>>30712265
truly

>>30711624
Which meme is that?
I don't recognise a meme face like that...
is this bait?

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>>30713437
Look how warmly they snuggle up to eachother as they have have sung about the strength of friendship, no sign of Discord as she looks in her eyes and later on warmly snuggles up on her chest looking for warmth. Now did Discord and Fluttershy have such a heartwarming role of the song together. I think Discord hasn't earned that friendship title yet and I truly think they never will. She closes her eyes as she closely touches her and spreads that warm cheer her personality shines off as she is with her closest friend Rainbow Dash. Just because she told Discord he is a fine friend just the way he is doesn't make him the friend Fluttershy feels the most content to have around, just consider his lack of appearance in wide majority of episodes where Fluttershy has appearance and how closely tied Fluttershy has been with Rainbow Dash ever since she has a little filly and how Rainbow Dash has always stood up to her, hoping for her to step out of the shell of shyness and over time Rainbow Dash has been more heartwarming for her as they have grown so close as friends. Your pathetic effort at spamming a single pic from a scene from last season doesn't really have any worthiness of relevancy anymore.

>>30713497
That's the problem
We take pony cartoons for little girls to serious

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>>30713411
Actually I want to know, is "OOC" a meme always? As in, no character ever has been written out of character in any work of fiction?
Or are you saying that it's a meme when talking about MLP, because this particular show is always spot-on?
Please, be honest, there's no wrong answer. Both alternatives are equally stupid, and I'm curious.

What's so bad about this episode? Rara finally got BTFO and will never recover. Glimmer will take her place. Screenshot this.

>>30713367
>>30713488
I'm just gonna assume you're all set then and stop waiting for a reply. Have a nice day.

>>30713563

I'm not that guy, but technically OOC SHOULDN'T be able to happen in the original work it's written in.

But boy sometimes the creators (of any work in particular, this isn't limited to MLP) do their best to make it happen, then give no reason as to why that happened.

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how has no one noticed the hot pocket pony?

>>30713654
those are clearly pizza rolls anon

>>30713659
they're mini hot pockets, same difference

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Deep fried marshmallow

>>30713695
spoopy

>>30711351
I uh
I don't know how to rate this.
This was the most meta I've ever seen the show get. I'm not sure I like it.
Also, I don't get the Rarity hate...like, wasn't that more of a season 1 thing, season 2 at best? Seems she's become more popular since then.

>>30713563
No.
No.
No.
I claiming that the reason of grand part of the "out of character" arguments made here are unfunded,all I saw here is "oh that pony will never act like that cuz she never did that before",people here confuses the grow of a character as out of character, out of character is an one time occasion if keep happening regularly or foreshadowing is in character.
Ex:fluttershy

>>30711351
SO ARE PINKIE PIE AND APPLEJACK RELATED OR WHAT
Honestly this was a freaking weird episode, Rarity's meltdown was kinda funny but creepy as hell
I really don't know how I feel about it, it seemed like the whole picking sides thing went too far.

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>>30713531
Yes retard, because she and Fluttershy are friends as much as Rarity is with Applejack and Fluttershy is with Pinkie. Do you even watch entire song or are you pretending to be retarded. They are the MANE6 they will never be romantic for eachother. Discord made a point in many episodes that she is more important to him than anyone else and she herself said that he is "acting like anypony else" when he is normal which mean that she find him more interesting than Dash. So as you can see

actual episode+blushing=real ship teasing

FlutterDash = pic related unless you think Pinkieshy and TwiPinkie are canon too. As well as Starlight/Spike.

>>30713785
Sorry Anon, I'm an idiot, I misread your post. I thought that you meant "out of character" as a general criticism, but you meant it referred to Fluttershy's character development. Yes, I agree with you on that. My apologies.

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>>30713531
>shippers will see this interaction as romantic
>literally Dash doing "my buddy" hug with no blushing

Even LyraBon interaction were jumping to conclusion, but this is pure autism.

>>30713841
They should have made a jab at shippers. The bigger autists than the nitpickers.

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>>30713584
This was their plan all along.

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>>30713821
As you know, Discord only considers Fluttershy her real friend since she was the first friend of him and the others have been doubtful of his intentions but lately that has changed. However Fluttershy hasn't even directed actual interest on him other than having him as weekly friend for her tea party, as she continues to share her heart with true passion of hers which is the well-being of her animal friends. Haven't you seen her take care of animals before? She puts so much effort into their well-being and feelings that she almost ignores anything else in her life. Also haven't you seen how Fluttershy often gets tired of Discord been so keen on spending time with his only friend, which is pathetic itself, I remind you, that she has to pull herself further away from him like in Dungeons and Discord or to reassure him that they still are friends like when Discord totally didn't validate their friendship as worth her time, like in Discordant Harmony. Fluttershy has seen much effort for her friends that is simply outdones any little effort she has seen to make Discord feel more comfortable about befriending Fluttershy who is in charge of reforming him for the good of Equestian interests in dire needs of the whole ponykind. Don't you see that he is a mere friend of Fluttershy as Fluttershy has grown such a close tie to the mane six that it is worth so many season premieres and finales and so many songs and heartwarming intimate moments that it simply outshines all the attention Discord has ever shown Fluttershy so far. There hasn't even been a song for "love" of Fluttershy and Discord, yet there has been a song for Fluttershy being heartwarming and enthusiastic to find the pet for Rainbow Dash she will love and appreciate to the fullest. Don't you see how your clinging on the memes of other cartoon shows applied on MLP:FiM sounds like unoriginal solution to validate a ship you personally like instead of base it on actual proper facts of the show more...

So how did the journal survive the explosion in the s4 finale?

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>>30713821
>>30713893
...more than telling what actually happened in the show you watch. You can't outdo the strength of friendship between the mane six with any type of fanbased romantic relationship that has never had any proper Shining Armor/Cadance type validation and that has so far clinged on fan serviced meme tier clingy moments that do not serve any actual canonical importance so far. Just view the tease as you wish but realize how the friendship of mane six is worth just so many actual premieres and finales and so many actual songs just to dedicate their worth as friends is so much powerful to than Fluttershy befriending former villain and telling him he is okay as his natural being. Stop being delusional person who believes in power of fan made ships and just embrace the value of friendship the show gives us. What would tell that love is longer lasting and more valuable than love and romance anyways? Which is better for two character, friendship or love in sense of uniqueness and value?

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>>30713893
So far we have
>Discord getting jealous of Fluttershy at the Gala like a boyfriend over a girl
>Discord saving her like a knight over a princess in distress
>Discord being nervous over a date with her and being nervous like a virgin
>not to mentioned referenced as Beauty and Beast in S3 and official card games
>and like thousands of visual and vocal hints of Discord being attracted to her like pic related and with quotes like "you and I don't make sense to anypony else" which is an indirect message to their antishippers,


Vs your hardcore reaching over their 2-3 interactiions that happened in the course of 7 seasons. Get over it, She prefer to spend time with WOnderbolts and Fluttershy goes on a beach with Discord(as stated in D&D) while she herself didn't mind her brother hitting on Dash while she blushed when Discord rescued her. It's pretty much confirmed and await official episode to canonise FlutterCord. Just give up.
Even if Hasbro would allow lesbian shipping, they would sooner go with RariDash or AppleDash that got more ship teasing than FlutterDash ever had.

>>30713775
After some thought, I can't give it more than 6/10. This just felt...off.

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The really unfortunate thing about this episode is that it's one of the episodes that's probably going to get worse with time. This is a hinge moment in the lives of the Six, like becoming a Wonderbolt, opening Canterlot Boutique, becoming a Princess, but I get the feeling it's never going to be referenced again. Next Saturday, four Saturdays from now, even, none of the girls will be harassed by fans. Maybe something at the end of the season, but I'm not holding my breath.

It doesn't matter if it was done knowingly or not, the status quo has been altered by this episode. The Six are now superstars and that won't/shouldn't change just because the episode ends. Likewise, this episode should result in a massive uptick of map-related friendship problems to solve. But, again, I get the feeling it won't.

So this episode, which basically encapsulates my daily visits to /mlp/, and actually has a decent moral, has probably already been consigned to the dustbin. The only thing people will really remember about it going forward is the nice animations during the musical number, and that all that drama amounted to nothing.

>>30713239

>first 20 seconds
>2 new OCs

Fuck you

So the only good thing I took note on was some degree of marshmelodrama. The rest was pretty dull. I'd say possibly worse than season 5 lows and thats a pretty low fucking bar.

Especially since season 7 has been an average 8 across the board except Perfect Pear, which was utter shit or amazing depending on your outlook.

>>30711712
It's not actually the poke at the fandom I mind, so much as the "haters gonna hate, haha, at least the target demographic likes it :^)". This shit was actually handled a lot more gracefully in Stranger Than Fan Fiction, which poked plenty of fun, but also seemed to have a healthy respect for the care and attention given by the fanbase.

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>>30713967
How is that any different than having a friend? Aren't friends important at all? Especially in the show about friendship.

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>>30713929
The mane6 will never be involved with eachother roantically, but they will one day find boyfriends and have kids just like Twilights and Applejacks brothers, did.


And as much as i find them cute, there is no doubt that Hasbro will rather make a HETERSEXUAL ship with her best friend canon than with Rainbow Dash. Especially since they made Discord so much of a orbiter of Fluttershy.

Is there a clip of the "I AM CREATING A GOWN DARLING?" that face is so kek.

>>30712217
They don't want to tack on any real romance in the show proper and mentionning a ship would be a ship tease in itself.

>>30714026
Quibble literally saved the day. I guess at some point they decided that it was too subtle and decided to spell FUCK YOU in a less ambiguous manner.

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>>30714027
They are being prepared for a friendship message that says "It's okay to fall for your best friends and it doesn't ruin your friendship"

They won't always go for love from first sight like with Aj parents and SugarMac. And they approved too much ship teasing with them already to not canonise it at some point.

>>30713967
How about you two just stop being autistic?

>>30714052
Yeah, I think a filly asking Pinkie if she dates Cheese or asking Fluttershy if she likes Discord would indirectly confirm or sink a ship depending on their response which would then cause more shitstorm.

>>30714073

The comic has a different dynamic and character for pretty much EVERY character since they are allowed to be a bit more adult with them. Starlight for example is still an obsessive control freak in the comics and intolerant of alot of shit. If they'd kept that in the series, she'd probably be less hated and work off Trixie better now that Trixie isn't a fairly competent magic user who was only surpassed by a potential alicorn.

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>>30714073
It isn't a friendship message if it is about having a romantic relationship. Shipteasing exists to give something special for the fans of certain ship but if they make anything canon that is one way road and it certainly ends at dead end. Why would anyone care to canonize romantic relationship for mane six character since that would halt the character growth for such a character that plays such a huge role in the show. If you think about it, it is better to tease something that gives something for the adult viewers with certain interest, in similar way as today's episode gave fuel to those who admire FlutterDash friendship or even love interest. Why the fuck would anyone get so personally invested at thought of two imaginary characters creating love interests when there's way more valuable things in life, such as bonding over friendship. Your personal interest at Fluttercord is more like manifestation of you being a lonely nerd who can't find anyone who personally likes you for being yourself so you focus on projecting your insecurities and lack of personality into characters who you relate to and find worth bonding over the episodes you have seen, but realize that the show is about friendship and they do not really break that boundary other than serving one or two juicy fan service moments for you to orgasm to. Friendship is much for valuable than love anyways, isn't it?

Why do people keep calling Toola Roola and Coconut Cream OCs?

I liked the song cause it was one of the few parts that felt genuine instead of meta and I can't tell if that's ironic or not because there are too many levels of irony, help.

>>30714000
>OC
They're from G3 you fucking heathen

>>30714162
Because their designs are clearly made from OCs. One has a unique mane and the other has a unique mane AND differing colours from her mane and tail.

That tends to be the first note of an OC.

It was alright. I don't like the meta writing but season 7 has been super solid so I can forgive it. It wasn't a bad episode.

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>>30714208
>Because their designs are clearly made from OCs.
???

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>>30714208
Toola Roola

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Who else feels like Rarity's part made no sense?
I mean, is Rarity-hate even a thing anymore? I feel like it hasn't been there since S4 at the latest anymore.
This bothers the shit out of me.

>>30714402

it's a joke, like how applejack was popular.

>>30714421
But it's such a dated joke. It just doesn't fit at all.

>>30714197
>too many levels of irony
We need one of those levels of x 4-panel comics for this episode, e.g. FiM/Hasbro logo asks about levels of meta, Larson replies the standard 5 or 6 phrase with SoL references in the panel, then standard panel 3 and in panel 4 stuff like "direct meta-criticism", "G3 designs", "anti-MMC joke", and "hiding behind Larson again".

>>30714437

you know how /mlp/ likes rarity? and how we call applejack a background pony?

>>30714536
don't believe his lies

>>30714541
>you know how /mlp/ likes rarity
You mean the one slow dedicated thread?
Anything else I've seen related to her is some meme thread which allows someone to insinuate she's a whore and everyone else going "lol good one".

>>30713364
It's easy to ignore IMBD then and just look at other sources for ratings by the fans of the show. The same trend can be seen there too, with numbers rising and dropping rather suddenly. It's not just episode-based either as the general consensus is that S6 was "meh" at best while this new season is pretty good. And we can depart from "quality" and discuss the tone instead and note how greatly it varies too, and not necessarily in a good way. Some episodes come across as mean-spirited, others the opposite, and they can be right next to each other like Perfect Pear and Fame and Misfortune.

There are many ways to make a show with a large number of different writers constantly switching places work, but MLP doesn't appear to be using any of those methods.

>>30714571

you still managed to wildly misinterpret the intent of the joke. it's not meant to specifically invoke any period where the fans hated rarity, so it's not possibly dated.

similarly, the gag with applejack being popular is *also* not meant to invoke any such timeframe.

>>30714604
I suppose. It only feels that way because there was a time when people (especially on /mlp/) were being unreasonably hard on Rarity.

>>30714599
>Some episodes come across as mean-spirited
Desu I can think of very few such episodes and most of them are among the usually-considered-worst ones like SaYS, Dragon Quest, and Princess Spike. Not sure what you're on about here, the vast majority of episodes is pretty happy in tone I'd say.

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>>30714157
tl; dr
Fluttercord is going to happen whether you like it or not and wheter you're a shipper or not. Whats the point of even discussin it if we aren't in control over it?

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Why was that ending so bad?

>alternative 1: poochie comes out and explains to the crowd, angrily, that the lessons of the book are precious and mean a lot and aren't meant to be taken so seriously, more used as a set of moral principles and guiding lessons for friendship in one's own life
>alternative 2: celestia intervenes to say that she's proud of both the good and bad from Twiggles
>alternative 3: the crowd accepts the song and goes home

another pithy meta-episode from M.A. Larson. Why am I not surprised desu? 4/10

>they didn't learn a thing from what should have been learned
>instead they whine and bitch about everything and just cause so much needless bullshit

I liked it because it hit the absolute definition of /mlp/

Why wasn't there any counterargument ponies for the individual points? You haven't got any ponies going "Rarity is best pony" or "Rainbow Dash is overrated", just the main characters acting as voices for the writers. Makes this feel very petty and mean-spirited, wtf.

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If you calculate the mean score with all the data on the strawpoll so far, it's 7.4 (2695/364), with the mode being 10 and the median being 8.

If you remove outliers, and then calculate the mean score without the 10-a-boos and the 1-a-boos, it's 6.9 (1661/239), with the mode being 8 and the median being 6.

I think we've hit an episode rating, desu.
>6.9/10

>>30715067
That seems weirdly low, considering as far as I can tell, 6 is passable but boring, 7 is passable and 8 is good.

>>30715089
Statsfag here, the episode was exactly that -
passable, but boring. Same as most other M.A. Larson products

I gave it a '4' because '5' is my neutral rating desu

>>30711392

I assume that Larson meant it to be more like Stranger than Fan Fiction without actual commentary on fan groups. Instead, we got Vogel trying to push his agenda as normal because he's a terrible writer who can't actually create good episodes without a co-writer to lean on and his recent assblast comments about how the show should be aimed at little girls (ironically would solve the issues the show has today since season 4-6 were aimed at the older audiences and not kids)simply proves he hates the fandom that spread MLP larger and wider than it would have otherwise.

He's clearly got a chip on his shoulder with this episode and how it portrays the fanbases when he's constantly crying about how they are saying 'Twilight was better before her wings' and 'Fluttershy doesn't learn' when the fact is that Twilight has been relatively boring since she got her wings and Fluttershy only RECENTLY became more assertive after 5 seasons onwards.

My thoughts are the episode was shit in general. It was extremely boring overall, the song was bad and the subject matter was out of place on a level that no previous season had because either Larson or Vogel wanted to use it as a mouthpiece against his detractors on the internets because everyone laughs at him otherwise. If he was an intelligent man, he'd have just ignored this actual episode as a possibility and just stop pandering to the fanbase in general by prohibiting waifus and plot in every episode. It'd increase general perception of the show and annoy the people who only watch for more faggotry.

>>30711351
I want to like this episode, i really do, the morals arent bad, the history isnt too bad on itself but starlight could very well just have been spike and it d work so much much better, not to count on the direct jab on with the 'mature' audience
To be honest i cannot get myself to give it any less than 7 thou, it was actually quite good, if only they removed the fucking poochie it could ve been a 9, seriously where was Spike in it all? Just bring him back already

>>30711351
10/10 episode

>>30712501
Song could ve done with a simple intro, the way it was it was indeed kinda flat, but wasnt THAT bad

>>30715067
>Tfw i had statistics last semester
>This still feels like greek to me
Just fuck my shit up...

>>30715182
S A L T
A
L
T

>>30714277
>>30714254
>>30714202

You should really learn to ignore OC posters.

>>30715196
Spike was out beheading those that insulted Rarity

>>30715182
Vogel wrote Stranger Than Fan Fiction, though. He isn't even involved in S7 so far; he's been too busy with the movie.

>>30715253

Sorry. I meant Miller, not Vogel in >>30715182

But my points remain the same. It's a dig at the fans that refuse to accept the terrible writing of season 5's inbetween episodes and asking for a return to the initial 3 seasons where the popularity increased where as post season 4, it's plummeted to the point that even the fucking debut episodes for season 7 are less viewed on T.V than middle episodes were in season 1-3.

>>30715226
It's not even proper statistics senpai, just shit you do in highschool

>mean = average = combine all results then divide by number of results
>median = 'middle' result, ordering all results from top to bottom
>mode = most common result

now doing shit like bell curves and standard deviations, nibba i dont remember SHIT

>>30712300
>No one Cares about the CMCs
Makes sense in universe. The only journal entry the CMC had in season 4 was Twilight Time and there really wouldn't be much need for an episode if the fans comprehended that moral.

>>30711351
>Fluttershy cowering in fear on the ground

That was so hot.

>>30715236
H I J I M
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>>30715386
Oh, though you went DEEP into that shit
Fucking hell, as if me overthink the show wasnt enough

>>30713121
People like you is the reason the conflict didn't get resloved

>>30715444
it's data analysis, you don't just use it to grade small children's cartoons on a scale of one to ten, it's used to determine the spread of results

>>30715182
I felt the same 2bh
It reminded me of Emoji Movie; busy poking funs at target audience while failing to deliver good story entirely and ending with bad song number

>>30711351
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DHWjCStB6k4o&ved=0ahUKEwitv_TkldPVAhVF3IMKHcpEBvsQ3ywIKzAB&usg=AFQjCNEWtlbHEBG2KM5a1w1Pw5ueyX3fHg
Total disintegration of perfect apostles. Shows how far the church has faded from its Greek roots. Hellfire wasn't a thing till the dark ages. -daily reminder.

>people are actually genuinely upset over this episode

WEW
E
W

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>>30715417
kys

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>twilight got pancake flattened by a door again for the first time since S1

>>30715510
I remember a thread a couple of days ago complaining about how twilight never gets hit with slapstick comedy anymore

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whatever happened to just enjoying the show for the plot?

>>30715562
The lack of a good plot.

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someone pls feed me a HQ link to the episode
that's not youtube AzuLoIhNZwA because it's dropping tons of frames
and not dailymotion x5ws2e3 because it's just a low res copy of the same youtube AzuLoIhNZwA that's dropping tons of frames

>>30715580
wait a day for yayponies

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>>30715591

>>30715580

How about this form EQD?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nJJ6uebvOQ

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ws89t

>>30715603
hmm. either they're just more reuploads of the same sources I already mentioned or there was simply a broadcast error. the dropped frames are in all the same places
at least your dailymotion isn't out of sync though

>>30715627

>the dropped frames are in all the same places

Where?

>>30715633
i've been looking mostly at the first 20 seconds
first, right as ruby pinch and tootsie flute run by twilight
then, toola roola's first ice cream scoop that hits twilight

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>>30715209
Well it certainly wasn't good or catchy.

>>30715598
What episode is this from?

>>30715758
i'll give you one hint
it's a CMC episode
well, that's not much of a hint
it's a CMC episode from the season everyone forgets about

>>30715580
Here https://mega.nz/#!kJIRQAAC!9dC0W1jxnKZTbUUQEM2dHjF8IosE7UAHiFkmNIg6eNM

>>30715772
Applelosas Most Wanted?

>>30715785
oh cool
i guess this means the ice cream scoop hitting twilight was a broadcast error, and the other four copies i know about so far on youtube and dm are just duplicates of each other

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>>30715817
>the best season of the show is the most forgotten
No.

>>30715855
One Bad Apple?

>>30715872
that's the one

cutie pox

>>30714277
>>30714294
I want to pet them!

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>>30711590
Think of it this way:
>We make this cartoon for little girls, fandom! That's why we're going to dedicate most of this episode to the kind of criticisms that come from the fandom
It's having your cake and eating it too, basically. Even if it is not meant as an attack in any sort of way, I did not get into this show to watch things that relate so hard to real life stuff that it pulls you out of it and reminds you of said real life. I got into this show because I simply like immersing into a fantasy land full of pastel colored ponies and forget about the world for 22 minutes. This kind of meta thing has no place in MLP, at least not for what I see the show for.

>>30715209
That song was like bread, you can get it down but you're sure as hell not going to remember it

>>30716505
>>30716505
>>30716505

Why does he refuse to fuck off the show, /mlp/? is he autistic or a genuine sadist?

>>30711590
It's just as garbage as Lesson Zero.

>>30711672
>>30711704
And the unique part of MLP's hypocritical lessons is that it's completely self-absorbed, dishonest and idiotic. The writer puts the mane6 in a horrible light, but puts Starlight in a good light.
The worst part is how the writer avoids the confrontation.

In Teens Titans GO for example the writers directly tell you to suck a dick without pretending to be all happy and cutesy about it. Hell sometimes they point out how shit the show is. "Hey I admitted it, okay? I admitted. Now fuck off." While Magical Mystery Cure's writer(Mike Vogel) not only doesn't fix the original problem, it also never admits to being wrong about anything. Just like the Coloratura episode. The asshole pretends he's on the good side. No meta episode is so backhanded and self-righteous. Only a gipsy is enough of a mental retard and a scum to do such a thing.

>>30713270
Yet the hasdrones still find the time to contradict and bitch back when we criticize blatantly bad shit. I don't remember even the sonicfags being this bad. Seems like hasdrones are just idiots pretending to be fanboys.

>>30713654
>That hat
>Glasses
>Fat
>Stains on his clothes
>Pizza rolls
THEY DIDN'T

>>30713654
It is a stallion.

>>30714554
This is exactly what Larson disliked about show production and oversight after Lauren left.

Everyone's just part of a chain with no further involvement once you've passed your part on to the next person.

>>30715067

> The mode score is an outlier.

Please don't hurt yourself trying to do those statistics.

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this guy has a name?

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>>30717180
Perfect example that Mane6 like eachother equally and there's no special chemistries between them. As much as people want
>Rarijack
>AppleDash
>RariDash
>FlutterDash
>TwiDash
>PinkieDash
>TwiShy
>PinkieShy
>ApplePie
to happen, they will in the end of finale season, find a close male friend to marry. Opening a route to another generation in the process.

>>30717191
Rarifag being angry that people call her a "slut"

>>30717191
I think he showed up in the first manehatten episode and was an alicorn

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>>30717191
>>30717211
Found it, is Neon Lights (he usually wear sunglasses and in Manehatten episode he has wings for some reasons).

He was also in Spice Up Your Life.

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>>30712895
this was the only body hitting floor image I had

>>30711590
>Hammers a message about how the everyone their own unique flaws and characteristics.
>Everyone that isn't the mane6 or starlight and those two fillies is a turned into a single joke of being meta about the fandom.
>Including people who should have interacted with the mane6 across a very long time and be aware of the first point through experience.
And why would they make a Twilicorn joke when the book was written after that?

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>>30716799
dubs confirms

This thread is hilarious; The episode made me chuckle in its skewing of all these miserable and bitter retards that insist on going into every thread and trying to derail them as much as possible by copypasteing the same moe face bitching about things everyone already knows about, didn't care about in the first place and have moved on from that they seem incapable of letting go of.

Then I come to /mlp/ and here you all are, you haven't learned anything, you haven't grown, you've just topped up your personal kiddy pool of bitterness and failure with some extra salt and continued to wallow in your own shit loudly complaining about the smell.

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>>30715067
>xDD lets just disregard the option chosen by most people and call it outlier :DDD!!111!!
I think we've got a fucking retard here, desu.

>>30715089
What else would you expect from a purely Hasbro exec written episode with original writer being too cowardly to write his name on it?

>>30715067
I would give it 6/10 for lack of actual story and focusing on a message/commentary while sacrificing intelligence of every non mane6 characters.

Also they missed the point when they made them act like mane6 are ficitonal character and not real ponies when Bronies DO talk about fictional characters and it make more sense for them to discuss their characters. We don't really go full autistic over real life celebrities unless you are a tumblr or normie retard.