I loved Celestia's reactions to Twiley over reacting. And the side comments.
Yeah and it seemed really fitting. We've seen mischievous Celestia several times now, but this personality trait also really fits and ties in neatly with both Luna (as either cause or effect) and Twilight (because honestly, where else would she have gotten it from? Her parents?)
I found it particularly interesting that Celestia was also teaching classes, rather than 1 on 1 with Twilight all the time.
I did like the second episode a little better. The first was appropriate to have, but outside the twilestia moments wasn't particularly interesting. It was really obvious what the 'real solution' was, both in terms of what was necessary for the show and for the characters.
But the second... that had some really impressive character moments and shows off that the town is coming to terms with the controversial arrivals.
@Alzrius- for Trixie, I think it's a matter of her character and, frankly who's she's keeping company with these days. She's the Great and Powerful but... she burns pretty dim compared to the ponies she's sort of, kind of living with (or just outside in her wagon) at this point. That has to grate on the G&PT's ego.
I'm still amazed that they made Starlight both interesting and relatable despite that terribly ridiculous backstory and horrifying introduction. The emotional component isn't exclusive to studying, and it really ties in well to the ridiculous time shenanigans she pulled off- that needed some reasoning beyond 'studied,' as the only available time magic doesn't do that. Power of emotion also fits in well with a lot of themes of the show.
I also think the Mane 6 subplot was entirely necessary. Both as a counterpoint and to reinforce that the show is still about them as a group, despite, well, all the screen time for everypony else.
Also, yes. The shipping and the fanservice was really high in both episodes. Really, really, high. Sadly Trixie is too self centered for the obvious [fanfic] resolution, and the writers/network will undoubtedly avoid letting any of the relationships evolve in a romantic direction, simply because American TV. But I'm keeping my eye out for any lilies around in the background, because anime influences are obviously a thing among the staff, and they seem intent on implying a lot.
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The emotional component isn't exclusive to studying, and it really ties in well to the ridiculous time shenanigans she pulled off- that needed some reasoning beyond 'studied,' as the only available time magic doesn't do that. Power of emotion also fits in well with a lot of themes of the show.
Starlight's ability to travel so far back through time was explained in The Cutie Re-Mark, and it had nothing to do with her emotions. She said that she altered Star-Swirl's spell (which, again, shows her approaching complex and powerful magic via studying, not emotional force), and used it on the Cutie Map, both of which allowed her to do what she did.
As it stands, her thing about powering her magic via her emotions simply doesn't fit very well with how we've seen magic operate in general (which has been that it's use is physical, and that a pony's power is largely fixed) or for Starlight in particular. Again, we've seen her be much angrier than she was with Trixie here, and yet that never created a cloud around her horn. In fact, we've never seen anything to suggest that her emotional state of mind is affecting her ability to use magic at all.
To be fair, we have seen things in that vein over the course of the show, such as Twilight bursting into flames over the "doozy" in Feeling Pinkie Keen, turning her house upsidedown, etc. But those are one-off sight gags more than a serious representation of how magic is supposed to work in Equestria.
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I also think the Mane 6 subplot was entirely necessary. Both as a counterpoint and to reinforce that the show is still about them as a group, despite, well, all the screen time for everypony else.
I disagree. The lack of anything actually happening during their segments didn't serve to highlight that the show is about them (something which I don't think needs highlighting), and only seemed to distract from the actual conflict in this episode, which was between Starlight and Trixie. It was pretty clearly trying to create a contrast (hence the rapid cuts between the Mane Six and Starlight and Trixie during the song), but I didn't feel that was necessary at all, given that it was self-evident that Starlight and Trixie were very far from having worked out all of the kinks in their relationship yet.
Uh, sight gags or not, the fact that we have seen magic respond to emotions, makes that a valid source of power for magic. And it isn't limited just to sight gags, cadence and shining tossed all the changelings for miles just based on emotions, love in this case. Twilight hits god mode several times pre Alicornification, and they aren't episodes induced by study. She -ascends- because Emotion, not study
The cloud is a side effect to of trying to suppress her anger. Previously, she just used it, and channeled it into whatever she was doing
Yes, starlight did alter starswirls spell, but did she do it through study, or through misplaced rage? 'Altered' doesn't confirm or rule out either. But does fit in with the major themes that there is more than study, and emotional connections are what are truly important. They can be twisted or hidden (like sombra did with the heart), but love and light (again, not study) trump such things and protect the empire and by extension equestria.
Emotion based magic really is all over the place. Pulling off the rainboom again was a product not of training, but the need to save a friend falling to her death. Windigos, and the countering thereof. Changelings and neo-changelings.
As for the escape room, quite a lot is happening. That you find it clear it was there for contrast demonstrates the point of it. The girls took a while to work out their kinks too, but most of last season often had them acting in pairs, not as a group- something they explicitly reference (how long has it been since they'd all been together), so they're taking the point of reinforcing it, while showing that both starlight and trixie are ultimately moving in that direction, despite their introductions and first reappearances.
If you didn't feel the contrast was necessary, what would you have replaced it with?
As for the need to highlight the mane 6- yeah, there was. Last season ended with the main characters neutralized off camera and stuffed in bags for two entire episodes. This was followed by a lot of theories and rumors that they'd no longer be the focus of the show...and then were followed by a lack of the standard two part adventure, but instead more starlight and trixie. While I was fine with how they turned out, they sent the rumor mills spinning.
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Uh, sight gags or not, the fact that we have seen magic respond to emotions, makes that a valid source of power for magic.
No, they don't. The very nature of sight gags is that they're not meant to be interpreted literally; they're just jokes that aren't meant to be taken seriously insofar as understanding how the setting works is concerned. (Pinkie Pie's entire shtick is dancing back and forth over the metaphorical line of what's a sight gag and what isn't.)
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And it isn't limited just to sight gags, cadence and shining tossed all the changelings for miles just based on emotions, love in this case.
That's not an instance of magic increasing based on the user's emotions. Cadance was using her special talent, which is love, to give Shining Armor strength back, which isn't the same as an individual's power increasing due to the emotions that they personally feel.
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Twilight hits god mode several times pre Alicornification, and they aren't episodes induced by study. She -ascends- because Emotion, not study
Leaving aside that there's no such thing as "god mode" - that's a term that allows people to project whatever meaning they want into it, since it never comes up in the show itself - you're not providing any specific examples of this. Insofar as her ascension goes, she ascends only because she completes Star-Swirl's unfinished spell, which is what makes her an alicorn. That's study, not emotions.
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The cloud is a side effect to of trying to suppress her anger. Previously, she just used it, and channeled it into whatever she was doing
That's what I said would have been a much better explanation if they had used it, but it's not what they said in the show itself.
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Yes, starlight did alter starswirls spell, but did she do it through study, or through misplaced rage?
Study. That's self-evident, since her ability to cast it is in no way shown to be due to her state of mind, whereas she flat-out tells us that she made changes to it.
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'Altered' doesn't confirm or rule out either.
I disagree; it tells us quite clearly that she took the spell and made changes to it, which is a deliberate act based on what she knows about magic, not how she happened to feel.
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But does fit in with the major themes that there is more than study, and emotional connections are what are truly important.
That's the theme of the show; it's not the explanation of how spellcasting itself works.
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They can be twisted or hidden (like sombra did with the heart), but love and light (again, not study) trump such things and protect the empire and by extension equestria.
Except that wasn't spellcasting; that was an artifact being powered by the emotions of everyone involved, which isn't the same as how unicorns cast spells.
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Emotion based magic really is all over the place. Pulling off the rainboom again was a product not of training, but the need to save a friend falling to her death. Windigos, and the countering thereof. Changelings and neo-changelings.
None of which is spellcasting.
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As for the escape room, quite a lot is happening.
There really isn't.
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That you find it clear it was there for contrast demonstrates the point of it.
Yeah, which is why I said that. But the point was redundant; it didn't need to be made because it was already self-evident that Trixie and Starlight were still working on becoming better friends.
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The girls took a while to work out their kinks too, but most of last season often had them acting in pairs, not as a group- something they explicitly reference (how long has it been since they'd all been together), so they're taking the point of reinforcing it, while showing that both starlight and trixie are ultimately moving in that direction, despite their introductions and first reappearances.
Which was a point that was already self-evident, and so didn't need to be pointed out again. We've had six seasons of the Mane Six getting their friendships on, which I suspect is part of the reason why Starlight (and now Trixie) are getting so much attention, since the students have now become the masters. The contrast was already obvious, and so didn't need to be made again.
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If you didn't feel the contrast was necessary, what would you have replaced it with?
More of what we had, which was Starlight and Trixie trying to figure out their dynamic. This episode was quite clearly about them, and so having cutaways to another subplot that ultimately went nowhere took us out of the action more than anything. Better to give us something like Starlight trying to talk to someone about what to do (probably Spike) and getting some unhelpful advice, which would have served to underscore that the only real solution was to be honest.
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As for the need to highlight the mane 6- yeah, there was.
No, I don't think so.
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Last season ended with the main characters neutralized off camera and stuffed in bags for two entire episodes. This was followed by a lot of theories and rumors that they'd no longer be the focus of the show...and then were followed by a lack of the standard two part adventure, but instead more starlight and trixie. While I was fine with how they turned out, they sent the rumor mills spinning.
Quite frankly, that's not a plausible reason for why they got a subplot in this episode, nor a very good one, largely because what we got here spoke to none of that. Giving them a few minutes of a non-issue with a non-resolution which ultimately distracted from the main plot of this episode didn't serve to make them feel included again; if anything, it made them look more superfluous. Trying to shoehorn them into an episode that quite clearly wasn't about them didn't advance much of anything, but rather detracted from what we got.
Interesting tidbit? The Polish title translates to "Dance Magic." As in, the song from the Friendship Games soundtrack that was unused. Makes you wonder if this 22 minute special started out as a post-Friendship Games short, then got expanded and revised. Means we'll probably see the Shadowbolts again.
This is the first season were we didn't get a two part adventure. I am disappointed in this. We haven't had a good new villain since season 4.
This leads to something that confuses me, a few months ago, there was an announcement that the current run of the comics would deal with season 7 in some way. The comics in question, the "From the Shadows Arc", seem to be introducing vague hints about an looming threat. In addition the "Legends of Magic" sub series is also supposed to have connections to season 7, I haven't read them so I don't know.
But I would think that if they were going to introduce some arc villian or threat it would be in the season opener and they didn't and judging by the announced episodes. I doubt any of them have any arc plot building.
So why make a big deal about a connection and have nothing in the early season deal with it?
I suspect the comics stuff may be building things for the finale. (After all, #53 hasn't come out yet. It would have been very strange if the premiere referenced things from a comic that hasn't even released.)
I saw a tweet where a staff member explained the fact they passed on doing a two-part premiere had to do with start of work on Season 7 overlapping with work on the last of Season 6.
Maybe those comics, and Season 7, all set up for the movie? And the theatrical is taking so much time and effort that EG isn't getting a full movie this year. Could be that they want to downplay this season a little in order to build up to the movie.
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Some thoughts about today's episode (spoilered for those who haven't seen it yet):
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Okay, I know it's been five years, but we've had an "adventures in babysitting" episode with season two's Baby Cakes, which made me a bit dubious about the show repeating itself. Luckily, the content was so good that I found myself caring less and less about this as the episode went on, until by the end I didn't really mind it anymore.
This was largely due to the fact that I couldn't get over just how adorable Flurry Heart was! Far more so than her debut in The Crystalling, where her nature as a walking (er, flying...and teleporting) natural disaster interfered with how cute she seemed, this time around I was gushing over her. Top-notch stuff there!
So...if Cadance and Shining Armor just wanted some baby-free time, was it really necessary to find an event all the way in Ponyville that they didn't really want to attend in order to justify it? Why not just ask Sunburst to do it, since he lives in the Crystal Empire and is Flurry Heart's "crystaller"? We've seen him taking care of the kid, or at least carrying her cradle around, in The Times They Are a Changeling, after all.
Flurry Heart's magical abilities are shockingly powerful, especially given that she's still an infant. Given that she's had a fledgling's forbearance spell used on her (Sunburst mentioned it near the end of The Crystalling) to curb her power fluctuations, that means that what we're seeing now is her "real" level of power...which is only likely to increase as she grows up, considering how other foals older than her seem to have such a hard time mastering basic abilities that adults can easily do (e.g. seeing Sweetie Belle struggle with basic telekinesis in season four's Twilight Time). Maybe that's why only Twilight can babysit for her?
Wait, we're actually getting scenes of Cadance and Shining Armor at Spearhead's art show? I'm not sure that...wait, hang on...unlike the last episode, here the subplot is actually working. We're being given jokes that not only stand on their own (e.g. the superfluousness of the Royal Guards), and it folds it back into the main plot in a way that nicely complements what we're seeing. Well done!
Spearhead makes me wonder...are all of the Royal Guards ponies that have cutie marks related to, well...guarding royalty? Or is that just a stint that some stallions do before going back to what they really enjoy? Because guarding and artwork seem like rather different walks of life, even if he did keep making art about his time as a guard.
Also, he's really not helping with the general perception of the Guard as being completely useless. I still say that Celestia keeps them around as eye-candy.
Watching Flurry Heart play with the Cake Twins had no right to be as much fun as it was! Seriously, I could watch that scene over and over, it was so heartwarming! They way the twins gave Flurry those adorable little suspicious glares when they first spied her; the way Flurry Heart worriedly tried to signal spike when Pound and Pumpkin started fighting; the way she panicked and ran when they started throwing cupcakes at her. Seriously, that sequence should be bottled as an antidepressant.
First "Horsey Hives" and now "Pony Latin"? I get that it's a kids' show, and being amusing is very important, but those really feel like someone was phoning it in, there.
Nice reference to Pinkie's having party files on everypony in town, kept in her not-so-secret party cave.
Okay, I never watched G1, but even I caught the references in the story that Twilight was reading. One can only imagine what this is doing to headcanons everywhere.
Twilight...I'm not so sure you did anything wrong by yelling at Flurry Heart. Obviously, shouting isn't optimal, and yes you should have been paying more attention to her, but at the end of the day children need discipline when they misbehave. That sequence made it clear that Flurry could have really hurt somepony, and yelling at her to stop wasn't exactly going too far, especially since this episode kept signalling that Flurry had at least some understanding of what she was doing (since the show intimates that even infants have some level of near-sapient understanding of what's going on around them). Firmly telling children what not to do is an important part of parenting.
Purely as a guess, I doubt if we'll be seeing Flurry Heart again anytime soon. Much like with the Cake Twins, outside of some sort of external event that happens to feature her (much like her debut in The Crystalling), this episode seems to be about all that can be done with her as a character. Personally, I'm hoping that we'll somehow get a glimpse of what she's like when she's grown up, though I suspect that if that happens it'll be in an imagination sequence, rather than something more definitive, like more time-travel.
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The reference was...
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In the story Twilight was reading, the villain was named Grogar, who was a villain in G1 My Little Pony. I suspect - although I don't know for sure - that the narrative sequence she was reading was the actual scene of Grogar's defeat.
I thought this weekends episode was pretty decent. Wasn't a big fan when they introduced Flurry last season, but this episode went a long way toward changing that opinion.
Actually, this weekend's episode had two G1 references.
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Grogar was already mentioned, but Gusty also counts. She was a G1 unicorn. If you check the cover of the book, it depicts a unicorn with Gusty's color scheme. There's even maple leaves around her head, which was Gusty's cutie mark.
Movie Magic and Mirror Magic. Mirror Magic is the one that interests me the most. We gonna see the two groups meet? Or are we going to have them stumble across EqG!Sunset?
What really bites is we know this because Treehouse is planning to run two new episodes every weekend through the end of May. Ep 5 airs tomorrow morning. Spoilers will be everywhere, and it's going to suck that ep 13 is probably going to be spoiled for me before I even get to see it. (Because I watch it on Discovery Family, unless I sleep through it like I did this morning.) Treehouse has a history of censoring stupid things, so I don't want to watch a Canadian upload.
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Okay, some thoughts on yesterday's episode (spoilered for those who haven't had a chance to see it yet, as always):
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This was, to my mind, a much better Maud episode than last season's Gift of the Maud Pie. Part of this was simply because that episode wasn't done very well, but I felt that this episode did a much better job making use of Maud as a character. As a natural straight man (straight mare?), Maud provides great comedy relief...but we already knew that about her, which meant that we needed to see more of who she was, without invalidating what made us like her to begin with. Luckily, this episode did a great job of that, presenting things like Maud being lonely or being sensitive to being judged all while keeping true to her presentations up until now. This was really an excellent job of fleshing a minor character out.
We also got to see another side of Pinkie Pie, via her benevolent but still harmful assumption that Maud needed her help to make friends. That's really a great example of how bias works, as well as something that's entirely believable with regards to Pinkie. This is shades of the lesson we saw her learn in Pinkie Pride, and was also very well executed. The writer for this episode quite clearly got both characters exceptionally well (which is rather ironic, as that's what Maud wanted in a friend).
All of this is enough to make me overlook the fact that we just had a "Pinkie and Maud's sisterly relationship" episode last season. That said, I'm more than ready for the other Pie sisters to get some additional screen-time. Please more Marble and Limestone, DHX!
Okay, Starlight, you know you're my soul-sister, and that I'm always pulling for you, but you're starting to become just a teensy bit intrusive. Three of this season's first four episodes have featured you in a major, or even central, way, and it's starting to become rather noticeable. I get that you made the most sense for someone in Ponyville who hadn't met Maud yet, and so could easily start a new dynamic with her, but I'm a bit worried that you're wearing out your welcome.
Although, given how Starlight made friends first with Trixie, and now with Maud, I'm really wondering if they're trying to have her form her own "alternate Mane Six." Yeah, she already had a "save the world" story, but Discord and Thorax were quite clearly there by necessity. This seems more like Starlight is inadvertently putting her own team together.
I'm calling it now, Maud was messing with Starlight about that whole "with the right rock, you could rule all of Equestria" line. That's partially because, when Starlight asked if she was messing with her, Maud's response of "Am I?" was unusually playful (for her). That, and her very next line was "and of course, stand-up comedy." The "of course" making it seem like her previous bit was what was referenced, and so wasn't meant to be serious.
That isn't to say that Maud's wrong about rocks reacting to magic - it's notable that the Elements of Harmony were gemstones, and the Crystal Heart was, well...a crystal, etc. - I just think that her whole "you could rule Equestria with the right rock" was her extending that to the point of absurd humor, on purpose.
So Derpy likes pizza, huh? Will they change her name to "Pizza" next? Grr.
Starlight, why are you complimenting Boulder on getting you guys out of there? We expect Maud to anthropomorphize her pet rock; it's just what she does, but it's just weird coming from other people. Stop it.
So Maude does move to Ponyville(-adjacent) in the end. It's always interesting when there's a change to the underlying assumptions of the show (presuming the changes are palatable). I wonder if this means we'll be seeing more of her in the future? If so, I'd prefer them to be cameos, rather than full-on episodes about her, but I guess we'll see.
Well of course Derpy likes Pizza. Who doesn't? (Aside from people with gluten or dairy allergies). Pinkie was very mean to her. :(
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Maud's new place looks so... toyetic. And way to big for one person. Kinda like the Friendship Palace.
Definitely agreeing on the New Mane 6. We have alternate Rainbow Dash in Trixie. Maud is a kind of cross between AJ and Fluttershy. And Starlight is Sunset Shimmer-Adjacent, which makes her the substitute Twilight.
I'm wondering, between the movie, and Equestria Girls, if they are trying to shift the show, to require less regular use of Ashleigh, Andrea, Tabitha, Tara, and Cathy.
And people are beginning to have a fit about that synopsis.
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Because Starlight is going to switch their cutie marks. Considering we already know she can take them, it's not a far leap to switching them around. I'm looking forward to the silly antics that are undoubtedly going to ensue.
I thought showing Fluttershy's increased confidence and development was a great decision, her "dream" didn't feel forced, it was logical, but overall I found the episode a bit...meh...very predictable story, not a lot of jokes, no real climax to the conflict. I enjoyed it but it won't be in my top 10.
I'm kind of sad they spoiled this. It would have been nice if Chrysalis's revenge strike had been a surprise. I am very intrigued about these villains she's recruited to help. I'm pretty sure Chrysalis will lose, but I'm betting it's because they will abandon her. Watch them go on to be the villains of the finale.
As for who? I'm betting at least one is Tirek, and I wouldn't be shocked if the other is Grogar. I doubt they placed his name in Episode 3 for no reason. Yes, I believe Chrysalis is foolish or desperate enough that she thinks letting those two out of Tartarus is a good idea.
"Daring Done" - That sounds a bit like Daring Do wants to retire. Though is she done with the adventures, the books, or both? Rainbow certainly won't take this well.
"Health of Information" - No clue about this one.
"To Change a Changeling" - I bet this is a Spike/Thorax episode. Maybe some of the changelings are having trouble adjusting to the new rules?
"It Isn't the Mane Thing About You" - I suspect this is an episode to do with hair-styling. Maybe we'll see Babs again? That is her special talent, after all.
"Once Upon a Zeppelin" - Another title that really gives me nothing to work with for guesses.
It does disappoint me that after all these years and we still haven't had...
-A Celestia episode.
-Sunset Shimmer showing up and maybe one day staying on the show.
-A Zecora episode.
-Starswirl the bearded.
-Scorpan.
-A story about Celestia and Luna as kids and/or about their parents.
-How Celestia/Luna become Alicorns and why they can live for so long.
-Discord's origin/family.
-The pony of shadows.
-Celestia as a villain.
-A Lyra and Bon Bon episode.
-More about Twilight's parents and family line.
-Spike's origin/family.
-Spike getting wings.
-Spike finally getting over his crush on Rarity.
-Twilight as a villain(Midnight Sparkle).
-Another Diamond dogs episode.
-More episodes focusing on the main six when they were kids.
-More dealing with Celestia and Luna's old castle.
-One shot characters making a comeback.
We haven't had a cool new villain since season 4.
Hopefully we finally have sea ponies in the show since we are getting them in the movie.
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Stop posting aspects of the movie without using spoiler tags.
You've been asked multiple times to be courteous towards other posters, and you continually refuse to do so. At this point, that can only mean that you're deliberately being a jerk about it. Knock it off.
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Dragon78 wrote:
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Sea ponies are not spoilers about the movie, they are old news, they are shown on art, toys, and everywhere the movie has been talked about.
You don't seem to understand the concept of a spoiler.
If the actual media itself isn't out yet, any information that we're given ahead of its release is a spoiler. So when some entertainment news website leaks information about a movie's plot, and that news gets passed around, that's still a spoiler, no matter how much pre-release merchandise it appears on or how "old news" you think it is.
Again, if you're going to post details about the movie, just put spoiler tags around them. Why you seem to think this is such a burden I have no idea, but you're ruining things for other people even after being asked multiple times to stop.
If you can't conduct yourself respectfully towards others, then you need to reexamine whether or not you belong in this thread (or even this entire community).
Alzirus, calm down. The last two "spoilers" you've complained about are not spoilers.
1) There is an episode with a Main Character in it, that has aired in Canada but not the US.
2) Apparently Wal-Mart and the various teasers count as Spoilers.
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Alzirus, calm down. The last two "spoilers" you've complained about are not spoilers.
First of all, you need to relax. Take a deep breath and count to ten.
Secondly, they are indeed spoilers, whether you put the word in sarcasm-quotes or not.
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1) There is an episode with a Main Character in it, that has aired in Canada but not the US.
Not everyone lives in Canada, which means that talking about an episode before it's aired elsewhere spoils it for everyone who isn't Canadian. I'm not sure why you think that it having a "Main Character" somehow makes it not a spoiler; telling us something about the plot before it's available to view is the very definition of a spoiler, after all.
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2) Apparently Wal-Mart and the various teasers count as Spoilers.
Exactly. If you know that then I'm not sure why you were just saying otherwise; it's self-evident that not everyone shops at Wal-Mart, and you have to deliberately seek those teasers out, which some people choose not to do. From what I can tell you're trying to suggest that leaked information about the movie is somehow ubiquitous and virtually impossible to avoid, and so everyone already knows it. I'm trying to tell you, that perception is not only false, but wildly so.
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Please just relax.
I've repeatedly asked for people to act in a courteous and respectful manner, and been repeatedly snubbed by someone who apparently thinks that typing a tag around something is too much of a burden. This despite the fact that "needs spoiler tags" is one of the reportable offenses here on Paizo.com (and notice that the offending posts have since had tags added to them by the mods). I'm still amazed by the irony of someone starting a thread about a show about friendship, and then deliberately acting in a manner that they know is rude to other people even after it's been pointed out more than once.
If this subject distresses you, then maybe the best course of action isn't to try and say that plot-related information about a movie that won't release for another five months somehow isn't spoiling aspects of it. Maybe it's to tell the person who's acting with blatant disregard for other people that they're being childish.
Alzrius, flag things for needing a spoiler tag if you must. Outside of actually physically taking people to task, you have every tool you need to address issues you disagree with with respect to spoilers there. Long posts venting your spleen are not going to do anything other than take this thread down a bad path.
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Alzrius, flag things for needing a spoiler tag if you must.
I have. But that's what you do after something has already been spoiled; I'd prefer that tags be applied beforehand, rather than after. Is that really such a burden that people need to keep asking me to stop, rather than asking the other person in question to use spoiler tags?
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Outside of actually physically taking people to task, you have every tool you need to address issues you disagree with with respect to spoilers there.
Again, just flagging spoilers isn't enough; you have to actually tell the other person "you're ruining this for other people; please stop." When they refuse to do so, well, there's not much other recourse but to keep saying it.
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Long posts venting your spleen are not going to do anything other than take this thread down a bad path.
I'm trying to tell you, for the people who want to talk about the series without having future developments ruined for them, this thread is already heading down a bad path, due to one particular bad actor who won't make even the tiniest change for other people's sake even after being repeatedly asked.
Just because that's not a problem for you doesn't mean that it's not a problem for other people. Just ask Rarity.
