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Season 1 Episodes that make clear references to romantic/sexual 'love' beyond friendship: 3/26. (The Ticket Master, Green is Not Your Color, Best Night Ever) || Season 2 Episodes that make clear references to romantic/sexual 'love' beyond friendship: 9/26. (Cutie Pox, Secret of my Excess, Hearth's Warming, Baby Cakes, Hearts and Hooves Day, A Friend in Deed, Putting Your Hoof Down, and A Canterlot Wedding Parts 1 and 2. .) If you include the topic of family relations as opposed to friendship, you can get a much bigger difference between the seasons. In one hoof, it seems like they wanted to hint at the season ending like they did Season 1's gala. In the other, it seems like they're trying to branch out and explain that friendship is not all there is to relationships, but it is merely one kind of relationship that breeds many...
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:05:47 UTC from web-
@rainbowflash The one that always dresses in style?
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:07:27 UTC from web-
@retl @rainbowflash Oh man, this scene could use more Starshine. ... :(
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:08:06 UTC from web
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@rainbowflash I knooooow. ;~;
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@rainbowflash Ah. O.O
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:11:29 UTC from web -
@retl love is an emotion, not an event. I personally took the direct confrontation of "love" from a sort of maturity standpoint. With it being the end of the season, it seems like the ideal time to reflect on the show's growth as well as it's reach and I figured they realized this and took it as an opportunity to show more of an exaggerated emotion for the ever-expanding show.I don't think the amount of references to it in the episodes really make much of any difference at all. That'd be a good point to bring to producers, though.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:13:52 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse "I don't think the amount of references to it in the episodes really make much of any difference at all." Possibly. It's hard to tell because of other key changes for the whole duration of the season, such as Twilight not being required to write the letters. This ended up making a lot of 'friendship' lessons we see harder to see where they're coming from. And episodes like Mmmystery just about throw the friendship out the window for wacky antics. In the case of Baby Cakes, yeah. It's pretty easy to work around the little bit of hints they dropped and still have the episode happen without elements of romance or complications of intimate relationships getting involved. Yet there's Hearts and Hooves Day, which wouldn't function without.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:20:00 UTC from web-
@retl Well H&H day was a holiday episode.Now that you point out the thing with the letters and it's effects on the season, I'm really curious as to whether there is something that I missed that may have hinted at the finale or something.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:25:05 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse Hearts as a symbol and love/romance/non-friendship-bonding as a theme were the hints for the ending. Family as a theme is scattered for about 1/4th of the episodes. It represents Shining Armor and Twilight's relationship. Hearts and romance as a theme is similarly scattered through season 2's lineup in hint at Shining Armor and Cadance's relationship. This season has not nearly as blunt about it as the three particular Grand Galloping Gala episodes last season. I'm not convinced the season turned out any better for it, either.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:31:22 UTC from web-
@retl In the end, the seasons were equal and both had their positives and negatives. Thanks for pointing those out, man. I actually never made that connection.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:33:15 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse Objectively speaking, Season 2 had better animation and detail-work than Season 1 did. (Intro reworked, distinct magic-colors per character. Variety in pony body builds increased, since they had the old ones available to reuse.) || Subjectively, I believe Season 1 makes a better humor series, and Season 2 makes a better exploratory series.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:46:23 UTC from web-
@retl I think season 2 looked better overall, but season 1 had the authenticity. it felt more like a little girl's show as opposed to a boys one or whatever we've made it. I used to believe season 1 had better writing, but upon further review, they're both pretty even there. I think the reason S2 looked so much better was purely because budget was increased so much. I believe they're both good and I can't really pick a favorite or anything, but they each have their redeeming factors.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:50:55 UTC from web
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@rainbowflash No... :B Doesn't really ring any bells.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:14:50 UTC from web-
@retl he was applebloomsarepetalknives and petalbasedweaponry
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:15:26 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse Ah, got it.
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@alargesmallhorse wow did you see that Ebay auction... I wonder if it is being trolled, or if Bronys are that crazy!
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:17:38 UTC from web-
@nlghtmaremoon it is: A) best villian B) RIGHT after the finale with her and C) REALLY well made. I honestly doubt anyone will top that.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:18:49 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse HAY! I have a bone to pick with A
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:19:30 UTC from web-
@nlghtmaremoon still a NMM fan? In all honesty, she was a great starter villian before they realized how much the show would progress and mature and she had the largest impact with the best backstory and lasting effects as she was princess Luna all along. She was cool, but Chrysalis is badass as a villian and has a better cause in terms of creating an actual "evil" villian.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:22:50 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse Luna/Nmm will always be my Fav ... although Chrysalis is cool.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:25:13 UTC from web-
@nlghtmaremoon they all have good and bad aspects. They're all memorable.
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:26:59 UTC from web
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@alargesmallhorse [sp]Juvyr fur naq ure xvaq znl or qnatrebhf ol angher, V jbhyqa'g pnyy ure rivy zhpu zber guna V'q pnyy Enevgl rivy. Dhrra'f gelvat gb srrq ure naq ure xvqf, naq znavchyngrf gb trg gurer. Enevgl znavchyngrf orpnhfr fur'f crggl... naq orpnhfr vg jbexf.[/sp]
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:27:07 UTC from web-
@retl 1) why would you spoil that? 2) looking at "villians" in the modern sense, most have a noble cause behind it at some point. I suppose the way one would define someone like her as a "villian" is the way that she approaches such a cause. She ould be "evil" in the sense that she is the predator to the ponies, the main focuses of the show. The way she is depicted and her cause are what make her a great antagonist, though that's relative to the portrayal towards the "good guys."
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:30:50 UTC from web
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@rainbowflash I think shining armors name ame out of know where but I can tell you one thing,,,,,, IIIII LLOOOVVVEEEEE Cadance's mane, its so beautiful,,, and I love love stories. my favorite part of the canterlot wedding is 35:25 ... I Love that part soo romantic Shining Armor sighting of good night everypony
Wednesday, 25-Apr-12 03:39:03 UTC from web
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