S07E15 DISCUSSION PART 2

>>30759371
lol, didn't watch

>>30759371
Thorax a cute.
c u t e.

Ember was funny too.

Reminder that you're not allowed to criticize a show for little girls.

Better than last episode that's for sure.
EmberxThorax is a cute ship.
Spike was retarded but for one he's really called out on it.

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Like a 5 years ago / 10

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Thorax and Ember were the stars of the episode, and their interactions were great. Twilight and Starlight were good supporting characters too.

Get hype for the upcoming changeling episode.

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>>30759292
RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE RATE

>>30759385
I want to have your sixth sense.

>>30759429
have a fucking cry princess.

Essentally, Spike was shit, everyone else was great.

So, if thorax turns into a dragon and makes out with that nice nice blue dragon pussy, the child would be a dragon or a dragon/Changeling? changeling transformation also changes genetics?

>>30759416
Need a gif of thorax rubbing his ass on the chair

So far this is the only season that hasn't had a bad episode

>>30759371

Previous thread: >>30757669

http://www.strawpoll.me/13741420

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Spike is a fucking idiot that ruin everything: The episode

Twi getting lewd on chairs art when

>>30759442
wait i thought next episode was some campfire comics episode?

>>30759371
I actually enjoyed, 8/10

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>>30759458
This 2bh

>>30759429
Reminder that is better to see both bad and good parts of the show and enjoy the good ones.

>it's a cringy spike episode and that's kind of a point of this episode

6/10

Wasn't good writing but it was pretty funny

>>30759452
>Says rate twenty times
>Crosslinking to another post saying rate instead of the strawpoll

For what purpose?

Strawpoll here by the way >>30759290

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It was yet another "Spike fucks up" episode, highly predictable, and goes even further by having other characters agree that Spike fucked up and it was all his fault, even though it wasn't all his fault.

The rest of the episode was okay, but the whole premise was shit.

>>30759461
>honest apple

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Why do they refuse to kill off Spike as a character?

Poor little guy deserves and end from this torment.

>>30759465
spike has always been worthless, wish they would write him off.

>>30759459
This is a good question; do Changelings actually turn into whatever they disguise as? Is Thorax as strong as a bear in his bear form?

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>make him retarded
>blame him for it.
JUST PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISERY ALREADY YOU SICK FUCKS.

>>30759371
The part without Spike is decent
everything before that is unbearable

>>30759468
Yeah, it is. But Thorax set up his episode with his talk here.

>>30759371
It ended better than it started. So many stories could be easily solved if the characters would just say what's on their minds (Past Sins is a great example), and I was worried the episode would follow standard tropes for this plot. But it didn't. Ember and Thorax are pretty cool, too. I'd like to see more of Ember.

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>>30759482
>highest votes are 7 and 8
>just like every other episode

I really hate how "8/10" has become the new "it was okay"

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>Twilight and Starlight influence Spike by saying he shouldn't let Ember and Thorax meet
>They pin it all on Spike in the end and get away with it
What the fuck

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This was Spike at his worst.

>>30759510
PUNISHED VENOM SPIKE

>>30759502
I just give it an 8 when it makes my dick hard.
It is admittedly not a very difficult thing to do.

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I'm still mad.

>>30759513
t. Twilight and Starlighr

>>30759502
they don't want to admit the show is shit now and are desperately hanging onto it because they've wasted almost a decade in the fandom
which would also basically 1/3 of their lives at this point

>Spike gets double cucked

kek.

He can't even be gay with Thorax now, he's clearly more into Ember.

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>>30759487
Honest Apple was good

>>30759482
who dafuq gave a 10

>>30759502
That's because we're not expecting so much for a show meant for little grills nonny.

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>tfw didn't understand the Derpy muffin on the wall joke

Can anyone explain it to me?

>>30759502
>I really hate how "8/10" has become the new "it was okay"

Not just here. Rating inflation is a natural progression unless there's a mechanism to control things. Look at Yelp or Amazon reviews.

>>30759510
>Starlight and Twilight set up Spike to have time for both of them.
>Spike can't follow through and fucks up every time.
>Somehow their fault.

>>30759458
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>>30759527
Don't act high and mighty. You faggots were hating on the episode before it even started. Sorry it wasn't "lel salt the fandom".

Spike did literally, LITERALLY nothing wrong

>>30759491
>>30759495
They just need to keep him where he belongs.

The background.

>>30759537
You must have missed a line of dialogue.
Considering the Castle is made of gems, Ember says to Twilight "Is covering the walls in your friends favourite food a thing in Pony friendships?"
Hence her turning around and covering the wall with a muffin, to try and make friends

>>30759544
It is their fault, they specifically said don't let them meet.

>>30759502
Even when that's the case there is significant swing between different episode ratings, so you can always figure out what's up if you pay attention.

Looks like this will average somewhere around seven, and I imagine that's mostly because a lot of people are saying "interactions between Thorax and Ember were good and the episode wasn't a total dumpster fire even though it was another 'Spike is being neurotic' episode"

>>30759537
Ember thinks, that ponies make walls from food.

>>30759544
It's none of their business

>>30759537
You don't cover your walls in food to make friends? What kind of bad host are you?

Porn when?

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>>30759371
Now i understand why they made "fuck the critics" episode one week before that ep. They knew it's going to suck and they damaged control in advance. You can't tell them anything bad or they will just say that it was made for little girls.

>>30759537
ember thinks friends coat each other's walls with their favorite food

>>30759502
If i didn't generally enjoy the show i would just leave, I've done it before and i hope one day you'll be able to as well.

>>30759537
Ember thought the Friendship Castle was like a life size gingerbread house.

Why the writers hate Spike?

>>30759546
I'm beginning to think MLPG is less autistic than the rest of this board.

>>30759553
That's funny.

Am I the only one who think that Ember and Thorax are barely a character?

>>30759533
It wasn't great. I love AJ and Rarara, but they were both shit in that episode.

>>30759502
>5/10 I don't really care, but it didn't offend me with its badness
>6/10 it was mostly meh, but had one or two good jokes
>7/10 it was ok, but not really good
>8/10 I like it
>9/10 There are one or two things that annoy me enough to prevent me from giving it a 10/10

>>30759494
They transform into the actual creature. Otherwise there would have been no point to Thorax turning into a bear in the first place.

Though on a different note it feels kind of unimaginative for him to turn into a bear considering the types of fearsome creatures we have in Equestria he could have turned into instead.

A Manticore
An Ursa Minor/Major
A Giant Eel
You know, it just feels kinda lame to turn into a bear when there are scarier creatures out there.

>>30759575
Yeah

>>30759548
Why do they still use Derpy anyways besides fanservice? She was fine at first but now she honestly feels old and stale. Either use her for something else or just not use her at all.

>>30759521
What was the rationale behind that scene? She thought ponies would decorate walls with things they like to eat, so she steals her muffin, smashes it against the wall and smiles at Derpy. Did they think it would be badass or witty? Holy shit what a complete mess.

>>30759577
Applejack-Yes
Rarity-No

Spike is always trash so i excluded him from my rating.

>>30759546

uhhh I liked the episode, I just thought Spike was weak in his own episode. But everyone else was so good they saved it.

>>30759371
DOWNLOAD LINK WHEN?

>map sends ponies to solve friendship problems
>Spike does nothing
huh?

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>>30759548

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>The time has come, Anon.
>You stand upon the brink of the abyss.
>Yet even now it is not too late.
>I can save you from the flames of this world and the next.
>Choose me… or the fire.

>>30759590
slowpoke

>>30759590
Tomorrow ish for better quality

>>30759579
I mean, there's every chance he hasn't even seen most of those creatures. A lot of his time in Equestria was spent away from others, and it's not like he's been into the Everfree Forest, which has some of the more dangerous creatures.

That said, I don't think a Bear could take on a Dragon

>>30759537
>somehow manages to not watch the show while watching the show

>>30759578
Your 5/10 in reality is 1/10.

>>30759576
Why?

>>30759521
I'm trying to think of what she might be referring to with "weird friendship thing you guys do", here, but all I can think of is Pinkie Pie smashing stuff into her own face and Ember wasn't there to witness that.

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Updated bingo card and infodump.

S07E16 - Campfire Tales (August 26)
When their sister camping trip is ruined by Fly-ders, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash tell Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo the stories of their favorite legends; inspired by the tales, the girls make the most out of their new situation.
S07E17 - To Change A Changeling (September 2)
Starlight Glimmer and Trixie try to get Thorax's brother Pharynx to accept the new way by sharing love and transforming so he doesn't undermine Thorax's leadership, and that the hive will ultimately accept him.
S07E18 - Daring Done (September 9)
When Rainbow Dash's favorite author, A.K. Yearling, announces her retirement, Dash convinces Pinkie Pie to go on a quest to find out if the book on Daring Do really will be closed forever.
S07E19 - It Isn't The Mane Thing About You (September 16)
When Rarity's shampoo is accidentally switched with Zecora's magical remover potion, she does everything she can to fix her devastated mane in time for an upcoming photo shoot.
S07E20 - A Health of Information (September 23)
While helping Fluttershy gather supplies, Zecora comes down with a terrible disease called Swamp Fever; even though a cure has not been discovered, Fluttershy makes it her mission to heal Zecora no matter what it takes.

>>30759371
what if we fuck some writter or director in twitter as Megan McCarthy to find out if the ship "Ember x Thorax" is cannon? :^)

>>30759583

Yeah that's frequently Applejacks problem they try to give her flaws... and it just comes off weird given how she is most of the other time.

Rarity though was totally fine and really fun in that episode. Applejack is seemingly her best friend and she was just trying to make her comfortable.

>>30759583
I'll have to give it another watch. Maybe I'm just bitter that they made my waifu a total cunt.

>>30759577
>>30759583
Applejack-No
Rarity-Yes
She brought her into their mess

>>30759594
The map was trying to help Spike too.
But today Spike's brain wasn't working.

>>30759565
I mean, you can criticize the episodes, just don't be one of those guys who screams the same thing over and over again without ever giving an argument to back up your critisim and never engaging any of the counter arguments.

Seriously, nobody here will judge you if you say "I preferred Twilight before she had wings" if you can give clear and concise reasons as to why you feel that way, even if they happen to disagree with you.

That is provided they aren't total idiots of course.

Same goes here, nobody is gonna thing your a faggot for not liking the episode provided you have a reason beyond "it's shit" and you're willing to discuss it with the people who thought it was alright.

>>30759610
No one cares

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Pros
+Spike was trashed and cucked and he deserved it
+Starlight was rightfully called out of being Twilight cheap clone
+Lyra talkin is a good thing because they will finally treat bg characters as characters and not fucking pandering memes

- comedy based on cringe and misunderstanding is just awful

- Starlight once again forced in like in the Princessess episode

- Thorax is kind of a bitch and doesn't really deserve being a ruler if he is lacking any backbone


Overall kind of a shit 3/10 episode

>>30759604
I'm sorry I'm a brainlet

>>30759609
Ember thought ponies welcome friends by decorating their walls with food, like Twilight's kitchen was made of gems that she ate.

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>>30759610

S07E21 - Marks and Recreation (September 30)
Wanting to help as many blank flanks as possible, the CMCs start a Cutie Mark Day Camp, but are surprised when one of their campers doesn't want a cutie mark.
S07E22 - Once Upon A Zeppelin
Twilight is torn when she discovers the cruise she and her family are on is a themed vacation experience in which ponies have paid for the privilege of spending time with her, and she must please both her family and the cruise attendees.
S07E23 - Secrets and Pies
When Pinkie Pie thinks she sees Rainbow Dash throw away one of her pies, she suspects the worst - that Rainbow Dash secretly hates her pies; Pinkie Pie attempts to catch Rainbow Dash in her web of lies.
S07E24 - Uncommon Bond
S07E25 - Shadow Play, Part I
S07E26 - Shadow Play, Part II
Finale written by Josh Haber and Nicole Dubuc

>>30759553
Oh. I'm too used to such things being used as throwaway gags.

>>30759582
You just answered your own question.

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>>30759502
Basically like IMDB

We should only look at its average comapred to other episodes to really see if it was bad or good

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What is this meme of characters having to be perfect 24/7 in episodes otherwise they're label "screw ups"? Anyone heard of episode conflicts?

>>30759608
we barely know anything about them besides their role on their speices

This episode proves that Joanna and Kristine are the best story editors the show has ever had. You can see the internal struggle of the episode. It's terrible storytelling clashes so hard with its good characterization. It's clear that Josh Hamilton's original story stayed in tact while Joanna/Kristine altered all of the dialogue they could get away with. I can imagine they didn't want their own character, Ember, to be depicted badly and it really showed since she was definitely the star of the episode.

But what was up with the story? Starlight and Twilight directly see Spike's freakout and just silently/halfheartedly agree. Then we have the map calling Spike for absolutely no reason. Assuming the map is an all powerful friendship problem god, it wouldn't need to call Spike to the place he already is. The entire point of the map is that it's a call to adventure in some place far away.

>>30759546
>You faggots were hating on the episode
I'm stating that people are giving it a higher rating than it should get because they won't concede that the show has gone down hill
and they won't do that because they have been in the fandom for years
it's like a bad marriage
great at first, but once a few years go by, it goes to shit
you try to stick with it and convince yourself that it MIGHT get better
but it turns out that it never does and only gets worse as time goes by

>>30759637
I cannot believe how bad the idea and execution was.

>>30759632
I really hope that Marks and Recreation involves Starlight

thorax was amazing and gay

spike fucks up: the episode absolutely fits because he fucks up in new and exciting ways, like starlight was right and going into town was a great idea.

Next episode summary.
When their sister camping trip is ruined by Fly-ders, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash tell Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo the stories of their favorite legends; inspired by the tales, the girls make the most out of their new situation.
What are your hopes and fears for the next episode?

At least this show is more progressive now with the two stallion having a date together

>>30759632
>Namefag

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Season 7 is feeling a lot like Season 5 to me;
Kino first-half, shit second-half

>>30759651
no, we need less of that shitty OC

>>30759641
A character should have some sort of flaw that creates conflict. The show would be very boring otherwise. The problem with that is when a character fucks up uncharacteristically.

>>30759629
>projecting this much
2/10 effort.

>>30759607
Nah man, 5/10 is literally "I have no strong feelings either way". 1/10 is offensively bad with a pity point thrown in.

>>30759570
And now you can't even bitch about it since they will tell you to fuck off as it wasn't meant for you. Thats why i didn't like the meta episode in advance. It just open up a gate for them to ignore all criticism

did no one ever worry as kiddos about how your friends from different crowds might react to meeting each other? I know I went through that.

REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE TO READ COMICS FOR NEXT EPISODE

>both have purple manes
But... Isn't Twilight's a dark blue?

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Spike actually solved 2 minor friendship problems though. His time with Twilight has served him well, his advice actually helped the stool Ponies and Lyra and BonBon. Good talker

Also it wasn't just his idea to keep Thorax and Ember apart really

>>30759680

Fuck off Bobby Curnow

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>>30759680
>reading the comics

>>30759610
RIP Good Spike episode
RIP Bingo

>>30759680
I already have.

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HELLO THIS IS JIM
I HOPE YOU ALL LIKED THE EPISODE! IF YOU DID NOT, FUCK YOU THE SHOW WAS NOT MADE FOR YOU IT'S FOR LITTLE GIRLS. MAKE SURE TO LEAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK!

>>30759641
Problem is Spike's conflicts are always of his own doing, instead of an external problem he tries to fix. It also contradicts his usual characterization as the sensible one.

>>30759666
Nothing in the episode was uncharacteristic aside from Ember sudden view of using brute force.

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>>30759680

>reading this shit

>>30759688
We already got one though, and Videogame Reference would give us a second.

>>30759677
>friends

>>30759680
Thank you for the reminder. Can you tell me which comics please?

>>30759677
Seeing as most people here are friendless shut-ins the answer is most likely no. Which is why no one understands what Spike was going through.

>>30759644
I thought the point of the map was to call ponies--or dragons, apparently--to friendship problems.

>>30759697
The Legends of Magic series is okay so far though. Mostly because it doesn't have pre-existing characterisations to ruin.

>>30759691
can you stop spamming the thread dude?

>>30759655
Why do you think they were on a date? Have you never had dinner with one other friend?

>>30759677
I still do. Usually I blow off the one I have seen more often in recent times before that and hang out with them another time.

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Okay, so most of you are too retarded to understand how ratings work. Let me explain what each rating means:

1/10 - Not MLP.
2/10 - Massively shitty episode with no redeeming qualities.
3/10 - Episode has overbearing faults.
4/10 - Quality of episode is barely not acceptable.
5/10 - Perfect average.
6/10 - Episode does many things right.
7/10 - Very good episode with outstanding qualities.
8/10 - Excellent episode sporting some monumental or milestone aspects.
9/10 - Episode is perfect. No blemishes.
10/10 - Essential MLP.

>>30759713

Yes He fuck my ass that night

>>30759718
>Listen to my objective view of a subjective matter

Lmao shut up

>>30759680
No you don't. The comics are all set after the stories in the episode.

>>30759670
5/10 is failing marks in like 95% of institutions, anon. No one gets on a plane with a 50% approval rating.

>>30759702
ALL OF EM

>>30759662
>second half of season 5 was bad
Wrong.

>>30759705
The map is a simple storytelling device that allows the writers an easy way to get the characters to go someplace far away. It makes zero sense to utilize it in this way as it's completely redundant.

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>>30759610
More Zecora episodes
Yhusss

>>30759706
>Legends of Magic collection isn't out until November 21st.
Guess I'm gonna have to steal 'em instead.

>>30759733
Anon I was being serious

>>30759724
What's the matter? Are you too dumb to understand basic math?

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>>30759502
Except episodes have been polled with 7,6,5 or below as the highest voted number several times.

What you meant to say was
>I really hate how people like things I didn't like

>>30759461
>So far this has been the only season that hadn't had a good episode

Fixed your typo m8. That must have been embarrassing.

>>30759610
Why does "another good spike episode" have a picture of Gauntlet of Fire?

>>30759727
So? That's not the way it works with media. If you say a movie has 50% approval rating, you know half likes it and half don't, so it's averagely divided.

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>>30759702
Legends of Magic miniseries, 4 issues out so far.
And probably #51-53 arc for the season finale.

>>30759736
It was, It edited by fucking Meghan

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Why ember is a shitty dragonlord and friend?

>>30759743
Rankings aren't really a big matter of math, they're a subjective view of the individual person. You can bitch and moan all you like about "people not doing it right", but at the end of the day everyone sees things differently, and it's daft to try and get people to conform to your way of seeing things, because it'll never happen.

>>30759761
Drangons are shit people, next question

>>30759756
Thanks, I'll do this. I need to buy issue #3 physically but can't find it anywhere in the UK

>>30759753
Because it was the last good Spike episode, duh.

>>30759513
>Spike at his worst
No. SAYS/PS is Spike at his worst. Spike was in the wrong here and had a lesson to learn, but his actual actions in the episode weren't nearly as stupid as in the two mentioned episodes. He acted reasonably well in the mindset of "I need to keep these two a part" where in other Spike episodes, he's drooling on him self and starting fires to draw attention away from what is embarrassing him.

This on the other hand, while he clearly had a lesson to learn and the lesson was obvious, he was not acting stupid beyond needing to learn the lesson. The mane 6 have had several episodes where, although they need to learn a lesson, they don't act stupid to the point that it is no longer believable. Spike wasn't trying to dress them up in disguises or do anything stupid. He acted far better than he usually does in 'Spike needs to learn a lesson episodes'

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>>30759753
After-episode strawpoll had an average over 8.5.
It was the mark-off for the S6 bingo.

>>30759767
Try Ebay. IIRC there's always a few UK sellers who have back issues.

>>30759771
t. spike

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>>30759703
/mlp/ has this bizzare thing of dismissing an episode outright if something doesn't match their personal taste.

I remember anons automatically not liking Power Ponies before it aired because they "don't like comics".

7/10

I cracked a smile a couple of times. Nothing really interesting or novel done with any of the characters though.

expected exciting episode but pretty much just "eh" excited for next one and Changed the changeling tho

>>30759620
Rarity did, expecting the end result of the episode (applejack being fair and honest) to have been the first result and without any real hiccups.

Instead, she got AJ being a retard cunt first and had to put the breaks on her before getting the desired result she already determined.

>>30759777
>try eBay
Bloody hell, I've been doing this with no luck recently. Even made a thread here asking where I can buy the comics in the UK.
I have a look now and what do you know, one seller has it. Thanks lad, that should be that solved

>>30759778
You can meme as hard as you want, if you really think Spike acted worse here than in SAYS or PS though, I think you need to rewatch them

>no sticky
>everyone already dead

DEAD SHOW
DEAD BOARD
DEAD FANDOM

Why is Thorax such a flaming homo? Everything about him SCREAMS fucking faggot. How is a character like this allowed to exist?

>>30759727
Except this isn't a test, it's a rating, you fucking idiot.

This isn't a competence test, it's just a statment of opinion. Learn the difference please.

>>30759808
>being homophobic

>>>/pol/

>>30759808
>not liking a reason for more m/m rule 34
It's almost like you don't like sucking dick as much as your posts indicate

>>30759808
Nobody likes him.

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>>30759808
He's actually pretty cool, m8.

>>30759816
He's barely a character anyway, including Ember.

>>30759808

Mike Vogel need more "subtle" homosexual characters in the show

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>No Legends of Magic comics on YP
Where am I supposed to steal these from?

>>30759821
jesus christ ESLfag get your own fucking schtick for once

>>30759808
Changelings don't conform to binary gender norms.

>>30759754
No one brothers to see a movie with two stars unless it hits some sort of personal itch that can't be met anywhere else.

Ever heard of "B" movies? Those are the "oks" Not D rated movies.

>>30759826
Buy them, Jamal

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>>30759818

>>30759808
>shit upbringing
>shit design
>shit personality
>shit interaction with main characters
He's the worst thing to come from s6

AHAHAHAHABA
SPIKEFAGS B T F O

>>30759814
He's enforcing harmful stereotypes with his behaviour, the only thing missing is a lisp. Apply yourself.

>>30759833
*peter

Spike did nothing wrong

>>30759826

>#1

http://arch.b4k.co/mlp/thread/29847781/#29847781

>#2

http://arch.b4k.co/mlp/thread/30054168/#30054168

>#3

http://arch.b4k.co/mlp/thread/30252902/#30252902

>#4

http://arch.b4k.co/mlp/thread/30457665/#30457665

Better than the perfect pear, but anything is better than that snooze fest

>>30759813
If it was a competence test you would fail it anyway with thinking a 50 mark would pass you anywhere that mattered. Do you even drive, anon?

>>30759836
>shit personality
but he doesn't have any

>>30759831
But we're not talking about 2 stars, we're talking about 5/10 - i.e. perfectly average.

>>30759840
>episode well received
>also had ember/thorax
Yeah, it's pretty terrible. I can't believe some posters in the thread didn't like the episode unlike every other episode that gets discussed here summerfag

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>>30759855

>>30759845

Effeminate heterosexuals are an underrepresented group.

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>>30759853
Anon delivers!
Thanks, bruh.

>>30759610
>starswirl to get the bingo

its over

>>30759855
Perfect pear was a cringe fest MUH FEELS type of episode, no different from SU trash

>>30759761
Why does this fucking writer love dragons so much?

>>30759718
This is why I insisted we could use a 5/5 rating

Nobody votes below 5 unless its for trolling or butthurt purposes

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This detail is really cute. We need more male gay couples in this show

>>30759883
Dragons are basically blacks

>>30759857
He does, he's a fucking submissive not assertive faggot.

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>>30759845
What harmful stereotypes? If anything he's the closest presentation of an actual Anon we've had in the show.

>>30759856
It's not though, so your point is irrelevant.

>Those spoilers on your car are cool, but they would make shitty wings if it was actually a plane

>>30759886
>>>MLPG

>>30759886
Just friends

>>30759808
>meek male = gay
Jesus, be patient would you? He was a regular changeling for years before becoming a leader, and if the upcoming episode and what he learned today is anything to go by, he's going to learn to be more assertive.

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>>30759886
>stallions
How about fuck you.

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>>30759882

At least it was better than anything Faust wrote

>>30759886
gtfo you fucking homo

>>30759893
>An autistic whiny green bitch who is still somewhat well liked because he's actually a nice guy when you get to know him and he can get shit done when you put a fire under his ass

>>30759918
Yep, right on the nose.

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Where are these cute mares?

>>30759886
So the next time you're out for lunch with a male friend, it'd be fair to assume that you're both gonna blast each other's asses later?

>>30759896
>that thlg thread
oh fuck no

>>30759925
asking the real questions here

I'd appreciate if some of you could drop in and contribute to the Movie Bingo:
>>30759919
>>30759919

>>30759928

Dude, this is a fucking date, look those flowers

>>30759913
This, Faust would have turned this show into another feminist sjw pandering show. Her leaving was the best thing that could have happened to this series

>>30759886
>this in an episode where Spike and Thorax are left alone with hearted tea cups
Fuck.

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>>30759893
> actual Anon

>>30759937
I'd appreciate if you went back to Red dit

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>>30759934
I don't know, but I would give them a horn to blow, if you know what I mean.

>>30759913
>>30759942
is this an ironic posting

>Mods made a sticky saying that after the mid-hiatus they'd return to making stickies.
>Still nothing.
Even the mods have given up on FIM, haven't they?

i told you, sugar can write a better episode than this

>>30759942
I bet not get off to Hitler 24/7 is "sjw pandering" to you.

6/10 It was OK?
While the plot was really generic and clumsy (not to mention retreaded several earlier episodes like Sweet and Elite and more recently Celestial Advice which honestly should've had both Twi and Spike's bells ringing) and Spike was basically typical Spike episode Spike, I can't really bring myself to rate the episode just average or below because I really enjoyed the framework and thought it was well done (as someone else said, pretty much everything without Spike was great, Spike helping semi-random (good use of Lyrabon in my opinion) ponies was great, renegade changelings confirmed (>implying they'll come up again), well-done meta humour, Thorax and Ember helping each other was great although it kinda made the plot dance around a proper resolution by Spike).

>>30759928
When it's a restaurant like that with a centerpiece on the table and you're staring lovingly into your friends eyes, then yes, it's a fair assumption that there will be some ass-blasting later that evening

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>>30759951

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>>30759913
>>30759942
What the hell are you trying to do by this?

>>30759960
I think they realized that we're legitimately better at their job than they are and thus decided that the best thing to do would be to stop trying instead of actually doing what they're supposed to do.

>>30759928

>not sucking your friend dick and get you ass filled with his seed after a nice lunch with him

Everyone look this faggot

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I thought the episode was good. Seems to be getting more hate than I expected. Spikes atleast called out for his BS. Thorax does try to go after ember at 1st, so I can kinda see why spike would be afraid.

>>30759960
Blame the fucking leaf.

>>30759945
I think the population is a mix of the two. With doompaulers being the Zephyrs.

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>>30759940
>>30759967
Ponies eat flowers.

This thread's activiy proves that episode itself was just average at best.

3/10
Basically, Spike became Glimmer and Glimmer became Twilight. Also, too meta for my tastes.

episode link pls

>>30760041
the usual, then

>>30760049
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPWgfnGbD0g

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>Dragons respect aggression and competition
>Ember gets along with Thorax because he stood up to her when they first met
>Just as planned.

>>30759928
There are a lot of homos here, so the possibility is high.

>>30759893
He acts like a FLAMING HOMO. He looks like a FLAMING HOMO. His voice couldn't sound gayer if it came muffled out of some other guy's ass.

>>30760049
>>30760057
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xf5uv

>>30759904
His voice sounds SO FUCKING GAY.

>>30759644
But what if it was Lewis and Songco's story that was assigned to Hamilton and he put in the great dialogue and other scenes?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://www.strawpoll.me/13741420
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Just reposting in both discussion threads to make sure that everyone catches the strawpoll.

If you have yet to rate Season 7 Episode 15 "Triple Threat" in this strawpoll then please do so now once you have watched the episode. If you've done so already then ignore this and all subsequent posts by me.

The episode can be found here if you haven't watched it already, or if you just wanted to give it another go around.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xf5uv

Other than that, continue having a wonderful day!

>>30760077
I know, fucking adorable really>>30760078

>>30759737
>The map is a simple storytelling device
It was telling Spike to stop being a fucking faggot as an audience insert.

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>>30760067
Are you arguing for my point or against it?

>>30760067
>>30760077
Honestly he sound like beta 20 year old guy that grew up around hippy parents.

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>>30760067
Kyle Rideout is the perfect voice for flaming homos

>>30760067
I thought your post said FLAMINGO HOMOS.

You made me lol irl.

After today's episode, should they not make any more Spike episodes?

did spike just ship those two ponies together

>>30759718
I mostly agree with this, but I would remove 9/10 (or merge it with 10/10), insert 6/10 as "Episode mostly does things right", and move the original 6/10 and the other higher ratings one up each (basically meaning 7/10 "Good", 8/10 "Great", and 9/10 "Amazing"). That's pretty much how I rate things and why I consider today's episode a 6/10.

>>30760129
It actually makes me angry. It makes me want to grab him and tell him to stop sounding so fucking gay.

It wasn't really Spike's fault desu
I'm surprised Twilight didn't just encourage him to make Thorax and Ember meet, but at the same time she's pretty wary about Dragons

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>>30759718
>Not MLP
>Essential MLP

>>30760171
You should have an honest think about why it bothers you so much.

>>30759829
You sure about that, as far as I've seen its been Queen and Drone. In which the Queen is a female and the Drones are male.

>>30759662
Dude. Literally episode 15, and it's still good.

>>30760191
I don't know why. Gayness in itself doesn't bother me, but his voice annoys me to no end.

>>30759610
You could fix that fluttercord picture and zoom it out a bit

>>30759452
>rate

>>30759548
What?

>>30759465
Where is this from?

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>>30759632
I literally dont care about any episode beside the Twi family and S7 finale. The premises just sound like shit.

>>30759644
I think Lady Writers miaght have been just lucky with first half of the season. So far this and previous episode was utter garbage.

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>>30759502
>I really hate how "8/10" has become the new "it was okay"
I think 7-8/10 means good (that's implying we set up 50% as the average rather than using the C-grade 70-80% as the average like in universities). I would say that the 7-8/10 means that most people on /mlp/ think the episodes were good. This doesn't really surprise me that the community on a pony-dedicated imageboard think the pony episodes tend to be good at a 7-8/10.

You could argue "Well, they just don't want to admit it's bad after dedicating so much time into it." I would argue by saying, while there may be some people that do that, the show still has things about it that makes it still enjoyable. If we thought it was 5/10 or an average show, I don't think those of us who still post here (since the board posting frequency is in a huge decline) would still post here anyway. But I will say that this could be a factor some viewers face.

I'd say that most people still here would rate the show episodes as being good most of the time because they enjoy the show, and that's indicative of why they still post here.

Does anybody else find Thorax's voice really annoying? Like he stands there and looks all grand and shit but when he opens his mouth he sounds like a fucking cat going through puberty.

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>>30760291
I think its kinda cute

I think people are mistaking him being an actual character and learning a lesson like any other character would learn given a very real possibility with pre S6 cringe Spike. He did wrong things here but it wasn't over the top or cringy.

Also good to know that the map can call him.

>>30759626
it's been discussed to death.

No one wants to give any real criticism, because it's the same effort every time.

No one wants to argue for nothing.

>>30759582
They thought it would showcase that Ember is a dumbshit who can't into friendship, and it did. She copied what she thought was a custom to try and make a friend, and it blew up in her face.

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>>30759452
1/10 terrible episode but surprisingly not the worst this season also pandering out the ass

>>30760147
Oh no it was fine.

>>30760248
IDWs comic you stupid

>>30760291
Yes, he sounds gay as fuck.

>>30760291
He was really bad when he was bitching over his subjects not listening to him. He doesn't fit to be a ruler if he lack any backbone and whine about it to some baby dragon. It's like Celestia bitching about hardships of being a ruler to some of the CMC's.

He is a queer with queer mentality and i hope Pharynx will BTFO him and become the actual ruler.

>>30760362
Glad I never read them. Looks like the awfulness of the artwork has actually been exceeded by a hateful, inept storyline.

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>>30759371
I don't know how to feel about this episode...
I have the impression that every episode of season 7 is getting more and more like 4chan. Episode 15 just made me feel like I am just lurking on /mlp/, wtf man. It's like the fandom and the show have become one single huge awkward bowl of spaghetti...

>Ember eating the castle
>muffin's muffin getting smashed infront of her with that smirky expression
>Thorax being a total beta fruitcake
>Glim glam = Twiggly wiggly

Also we need a gif of ember smashing Muffin's muffin with the captcha "prepare your muffin"

>>30759626
pointing out arguments to hasdrones is pointless. they'll just cover their ears and pretend everything is okay

>>30759782
But Power Ponies was a mediocre to terrible episode. Only capeshit fans can enjoy it, because it had no substance and it felt like fanfiction.

>>30759610
asking once again what caused "you know, for kids" to be checked

>>30760321
>it's the same effort every time

Making the same argument gets easier overtime though. Every time you make it you should get a better understanding of what you're trying to argue for and exactly what the best way to make the argument is.

Eventually you should just get to a point where you can just post a copy pasta or screen cap of your argument and everyone will be able to understand exactly what you're trying to say just from that alone.

That is to say, if it takes the same amount of effort every time then you're probably not a very clever person. Either that or you're just a very lazy person who is making excuses so that you don't have to engage with anyone.

>>30760319
I liked the map thing because now we will probably have episodes where map call out both Fluttershy and Discord to different lands which will create interesting adventures.


My problem with Spike and this episode is that he spent entire episode freaking out and not being funny or entertaining and bascially wasted entire episode without bonding with either Ember or Thorax and i hoped he would have similar episode like Discordant Harmony had with Discord. Aslo now people will jump onto ThoraxXEmber ship while EmberxSpike would have been more interesting.

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>>30760393
>hateful storyline
what did he mean by this?

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>>30760396
>Also we need a gif of ember smashing Muffin's muffin with the captcha "prepare your muffin"
This needs to happen

>>30759674
>You see children, this is what happens when your favorite cartoons are smarter than your parents.
>They can't get the message because they're so bitter and ready to insult the writers for anything and everything they do, so they assume the episode is targeting them.

Seriously, people actually think the episode was supposed to be meta...? If I have to explain a children's show to grown ass fucking adults AGAIN, I WILL >leave the fandom.

>>30760417
>the map calls Discord

This would be great

>>30760396
Thats because Hamilton is a newfag writer so he look at the series from a "fan perspective" rather than a consistant story with established lore.

>>30759925
>???
>Lemon Hearts
>Minuette
>Amethyst Star
>???
>Twinkleshine
If anyone can fill me in for the other two I'd appreciate it.

>>30760433
Hamilton had more experience than almost every other writer that has come on the show.

He worked on Avatar, Korra, and Voltron Legendary Defender.

>>30759666
Go away satan.

>>30759371
Ember was great, Thorax was a shit as usual, Spike was a dope, Glimmer was great, and Twi was fine. Acceptance of casual racism for the win.

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>>30760426
fuck off Jim, no one like you

Its a good lesson to the kids not to worry about how friends from different cliques might react to each other. Also another poignant reminder how accurate fame and misfortune is.

>>30760461
I'm still waiting for the porn of Ember getting railed by a Dire Bear

>>30760396
>quoting DWK for an argument
1-800-come-on-now

>>30760440
Yet he see MLP as some random kids cartoon with episodes not being connected to eachother and he himself confuses Twilight with Starlight so he projects his newfaggotry onto Ember.

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Was there no screencap thread? I need caps. Shit, does this mean I might have to actually do something myself.

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>>30760461
Please no, Ember suppose to uncuck Spike. Now she cuck Spike with Thorax while Rarity is still going to cuck him with Capper.

>>30760475
He also wrote the episode with Rainbow Dash's parents.

I think the premise was the problem. These writers don't know how to utilize Spike properly.

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>>30760461
That is one horny love-bug!

>>30760412
The image is right there anon. S07E08.

>>30760383
>He is a queer with queer mentality and i hope Pharynx will BTFO him and become the actual ruler.
You know he won't.
Glimmy will fuck up with spell, Thorax will try to solve problem, Glimmy will fix own fuckup, evil bro will have a change of heart.

>>30760490
This

I honestly think that you could even pull off Spike being neurotic if you do it just right, but clearly nobody on the writing team can.

Then again, maybe it's that exact same attitude that make them try again and again. Everyone looks at it and thinks, "I can totally make this work" and they just can't quite manage it in practice.

>>30760486
Was there a screencap thread last week? I didn't see one

Plz link

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>>30760396
>>30760425
how do you add captcha!?

>>30760417
The moment they met, and the lessons all three learned were important. Also, we found out he is the official pony-dragon ambassador, so...

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>>30760520
Screencap threads have been fading out since the tail end of S5

>>30760531
This whole episode was a cringefest. At leasst we got a passable meme here.

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>You can't blame me, you both look and act so much alike.

That got me good.

>>30760548
Oh I know, I've handled a few myself. It's something I hate, I was just wondering if there was one last week.
I'd have done one for last week and this but my main machine is out so I'm not really best prepped for it. Don't even have VLC on this laptop

>>30760548
Tis unfortunate, people make the excuse that they're going to wait for the itunes rip and nobody makes a thread when it comes out.

>>30760470
I honestly did not know he said that. But either way this episode is just another cringe fest, don't you agree?

>>30760516
They are focusing on the wrong aspects of his character.

The thing is Spike has a personality that makes him eager to please others, and the writers decide the best way to play off of it is to make him incompetent at it ,rather than show what happens when things go wrong.

Here are two story concepts that you can do right now with Spike that would fit his character.

A. Spike tries to give a character a special gift for his or her birthday, but after trying really hard fails to do so.

B. Spike's desire to help winds up backfiring when he makes someone else feel useless.

>>30760561
Oh dear, now I got what tripplethreat meant...
The porn will be glorious

>>30760578
I would really love to see B in particular

We've seen Spike be super competent when it comes to basic chores and manual labor, and he has been shown to have some pretty good organizational skills.

>Entire episode is just a comedy of misunderstanding that could easily have been avoided by simply talking straight.
>There's no reason for Twilight or Starlight to be paranoid and to play along with the game.
>F&M's strawmanning criticism leaks into this episode with the arrogant one saying Starlight is just a shitty Twilight clone.
>Thorax is suddenly easy to enrage despite showing no such thing prior.
>There's still no explanation for the map calling Spike, and justification that he created it just adds to the confusion.
Boring episode.

>>30759610
>Starlight fucks up big
Why is the solution to all of the problems she encounters "fuck with their cutie marks"? I'm not even upset that she did it on the princesses, I'm just surprised that it worked on all-powerful deities who move celestial bodies.

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>>30760570
>>30760587
>Mein Führer

>>30760606
The map thing was weird. I get that it was a gag but it seemed kind of OOC considering what we've seen from the map before this.

>>30760609
>Spend a lot of time obsessing over one particular thing
>Become an expert on it and learn how to solve problems by manipulating it

Seems really natural considering her character's history desu. I imagine that it's just something that comes with spending so long obsessing over cutie marks and what they do to ponies.

Tell me an episode with an unexpected friendship, this felt familiar with how 2 people you wouldn't expect to get along, do.
I think somepony even says something like "true friendship can happen/bloom in the most unlikely places"

Hate that I can't recall but things haven't been smooth lately

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>>30760495
Carlos

>>30760609
To add to >>30760631 I'll also say that we've seen that her impulsivity is a pretty strong part of her character. She's more likley to act on the first thing that pops into her head instead of stopping to think about the consequences of her actions.

Honestly, I never understood the people who say she's a Mary Sue or has no personality. I could really go on and on about her established personality traits and character flaws. I can totally get it if you don't care for her as a character, but those assertions are just straight up baseless.

Not saying you were saying those things, of course, just making a general statment here.

>>30759371
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ecOy-YAJk4
when all you can find is the reaction vid
>with the commercials
(O_O)

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Look at this face, would you tell her to stop?

>>30760659
>(O_O)
This is what you deserve.

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Why is this faggot running like that?

>>30759599
I also think changelings cant take forms much bigger than themselves. Probably a bear is the biggest thing he could do.

>>30760659
>(O_O)
Get the fuck out of here you newfag

>>30760659
You clearly haven't looked through the thread then, lol. People have posted a working dailymotion link like four times ITT