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and it was still a better episode than the Season 3 opener!
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@ceruleanspark Is the S3 opener the new Twilight. "Still a better episode than the season 3 opener!"
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 10:50:16 UTC from web-
@abigpony If I can make it a thing it will be.
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@ceruleanspark Now I gotta go comment that on Baby Cakes just to exaggerate the point
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 10:52:36 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark @abigpony I actually didn't mind the premier. I mean it was sub-par but it opened up a few things. For one there seemed to be a hint at a more long-term plot than just what happened in the episode itself. Second, if I'm understanding this correctly, the big bad actually -died-. Not sure whether the implications of that are good or bad, but still.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 10:58:48 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Yeah I wonder about that. Why was Luna so mad at the start, and what was that book? Also, why the focus on his severed horn when he got killed? What's going on there?
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@ceruleanspark Well his horn was the focus of the conflict. it's where the problems started and thusly where they ended. It was a throwback.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:04:58 UTC from web -
@ceruleanspark hmm.. hadn't thought about the horn flying off as being significant, but now that you mention it, it does lead me to speculate about his possible return
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@ceruleanspark OOH, maybe he's not dead. Maybe he'll be coming back. His horn was still in tact when it was blasted away.
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@ceruleanspark @darkly9 Oh sorry thought you mentioned the other horn scene, which I shall reference now. Perhaps that was why they showed his horn being broken and reformed earlier on?
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:08:17 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Well I was sort of thinking: Celestia killed him this way last time and he came back. What's different now?
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@ceruleanspark I don't think they elaborated enough on what happened before to know specifics. It seems to me like Cadence is going to be their princess, (Queen, but since Disney made queens evil they have to be princesses.) maybe that wasn't an option before so something else had to be done?
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:19:48 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Like really why isn't Celestia Queen if not for that reason? Are their parents still around? If so, where have they been anyway?
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:25:49 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Faust and the production staff have confronted this several times. They're princesses because the title of a "Queen" gives an image of a tyrannical ruler and they don't want MLP to even go in that direction. I'm guessing that's why he was KING Sombra.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:33:02 UTC from web-
@abigpony I know it gives that image. Disney played a role in that, from my view, as far as children's programs are concerned. Personally I would be working to rectify that, rather than giving them the title of a medieval diplomatic bargaining chip.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:35:56 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Well the way I see it is that instead of throwing around the image of a great queen and reinforcing an idea of a strong central figure that knows best for everyone, they just changed the word. I believe "queen" is all-too-often seen otherwise as more of one who knows best for all, wants the best for everyone and as far as America has gone, we've pretty much replaced that role with President (though unglorifying it through business ethics and the like, something the youth can't connect on) and we want power to remain as is instead of reinforcing an idea of a monarchal ruler. It's turned sorta as a societal statement to... meaningless jargon over the years and whether we do away with it or not it doesn't matter. In the same vein, I believe this topic's been delved into in a few articles and I remember one mentioning it's connection to places like European countries where they have a queen but a more educated public as to their role and it seems to be used more often there.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:46:52 UTC from web-
@abigpony Still. I don't plan on shying away from the usage of the title "Queen" and "King" in anything I write, if it's called for. I guess I have a thing for redeeming certain particles of culture/society that have come to be viewed negatively.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:51:03 UTC from web-
@darkly9 Yeah, okay, whatever. You show the man who's boss or whatever you're trying to do. You're just one man on a mission to redeem a word that's been shied away from for hundreds of years.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:54:46 UTC from web-
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:55:53 UTC from web
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@darkly9 No, not at all. I just don't particularly care about your writing and am stating the historical relevance of the title.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:57:53 UTC from web-
Well, it's been sort of nice to be back, I guess, but I'll head to bed now.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 12:03:55 UTC from web-
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 12:04:13 UTC from web
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@darkly9 goodnight
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 12:06:42 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark he is pure evil, i dont think you can kill pure evil
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:21:24 UTC from web
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@darkly9 I liked the longer-lasting subtle subplot throughout the series as opposed to the straightforward one. As for him dying, I don't really know. He... died and exploded in friendship, but he's smoke, so... he kind of just dissolved or whatever. I dunno.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:04:33 UTC from web
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@juicyorange You're canadian, right? There is no bad in Canada (unless you count prices). It's just an image that's been hanging around since we split as the US of A that we are. Society exaggerates it, but it's always been around.
Thursday, 15-Nov-12 11:42:18 UTC from web
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