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HamburgerBoy

HamburgerBoy

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I just watched ten episodes today.

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HamburgerBoy

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
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omg I just saw 'Over a Barrel' and think this might be my favorite yet. Putting aside that it easily contains the most subversive content out of any episode so far, they managed to turn the "Everyone get along!" and "Respect for other cultures!" moralizing stereotype around. I love how everyone rejected Pinkie Pie's anti-war body-selling song, and the ending is just hilarious. While they don't explicitly show the ponies selling the pies to the buffalo, the idea of these noble and hardy creatures becoming soft and willing to whore out the majority of their ancestor's land for the weapons used to kill them is just bittersweet. I'll bet that they become addicts and mere pawns for Appleloosa's uncompromising market-based lifestyle, if not to the pies, then to the "salt". I don't think I've ever seen such a positive right-wing slant to a children's cartoon.

Only four more left. :(

EDIT: That said, there have been other great episodes as well, and only a few I didn't care much for. I still don't think this show rivals the first two seasons of Spongebob, and probably not Hey Arnold! or Rocko's Modern Life either, but I must definitely admit its worthiness. I even like all the main ponies now. Before I thought Applejack was kind of generic but I've noticed even in the one where she and Rainbow Dash race that there is a certain sense of duty about her that others do not. And Twilight Sparkle is just awesome. Her basic premise, a socially awkward probably-high-functioning-autistic pony learning lessons about how to interact with others is just so wonderful. ^_^

EDIT #2: Oh yeah, and possibly my favorite low-tier pony...

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Asian pony! :wub:
 
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Jeff7

Jeff7

Lifer
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HamburgerBoy said:
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I even like all the main ponies now. Before I thought Applejack was kind of generic but I've noticed even in the one where she and Rainbow Dash race that there is a certain sense of duty about her that others do not. And Twilight Sparkle is just awesome. Her basic premise, a socially awkward probably-high-functioning-autistic pony learning lessons about how to interact with others is just so wonderful. ^_^
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0roo0roo said:
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That'll come in the 7th season when the writers learn that they're about to get booted from The Hub after the CMCs get their respective cutie marks: A used condom, a whip and chains, and a crack pipe. Then the show will turn really dark for the last few episodes.



Also....dammit Season 2, hurry the hell up!
 
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HamburgerBoy

HamburgerBoy

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After watching the finale, Fluttershy is officially the scariest/creepiest pony on the show. I don't understand all the "omg I wish I could find a girlfriend like Fluttershy ^_^" comments on YouTube. She clearly endured some significant trauma as a child which has resulted in extreme need for friends either to control or be controlled by. I bet she's the kind of person that would stab you to death in your sleep if she suspected you of unfaithfulness.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

Lifer
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HamburgerBoy said:
After watching the finale, Fluttershy is officially the scariest/creepiest pony on the show. I don't understand all the "omg I wish I could find a girlfriend like Fluttershy ^_^" comments on YouTube. She clearly endured some significant trauma as a child which has resulted in extreme need for friends either to control or be controlled by.
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Love the Fluttershy - else she gonna fuck you up good.


I guess it's a classic freakout response to something that's entirely unexpected. You go your whole life doing well with animals, but suddenly you meet a group of them that respond in a completely unusual way. So your brain hits a STOP 0x0P0N135F4 error, and you go insane.



I bet she's the kind of person that would stab you to death in your sleep if she suspected you of unfaithfulness.
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In that case, I think it would probably more of an Annie Wilkes (Misery) thing. She'd kindly nurse you back to health, then arrange it so that you trip over a footstool and fall onto broken glass that's been coated with mercury. "Oh my goodness, just look at you! It's back to bed for you, mister!" Then as you experience the effects of heavy metal poisoning, you spend your days silently begging for Nightmare Moon to return, and bring eternal night, in the hopes of ending the most endearing suffering you've ever known.

(So the MLP writing staff has done their own take on various old stories and themes...I think they could get one or two good episodes out of the Misery theme. :D)
 
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