S05E12: Amending Fences

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Re: S05E12: Amending Fences

Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:59 pm

Things like that can cut some people deep.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:59 pm

The in the tail on the Celestia gag got me good.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:00 pm

Welp, there's an A+ episode.

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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:00 pm

B'awwww, this episode was adorable. :3:
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Postby Mordja (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:01 pm

I said it in the chat, but this was the most late-20s/early-30s the ponies have ever been. Amazing episode and one of the more understated Larson ones, which I appreciate.

Oh yeah, and the flashback to episode 1 really showed how sparse the show was.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:01 pm

That was fucking flawless.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:01 pm

This episode was absolutely adorable. I just...I don't know if I can even explain how I felt while watching it. :allears:
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:02 pm

Lol, Twilight is a giant dork reading that book at the table :3:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:03 pm

Our long national nightmare is finally over. Not only do we know once and for all the gift was for Moondancer...it actually got delivered!

Larson, you beautiful Prince, you!
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:03 pm

Thanks M.A. Larson!

Very good ep.
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:03 pm

Now I'm just imagining Moondancer saving Twilight from a potential assassin, a la Steve Buscemi in Billy Madison.

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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:04 pm

I have to wonder if Larson lurks TRS :gotcha:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:04 pm

Pinkie coming through again. :-)

I liked this episode very much, it's always good to follow up a busy episode with a more laid back one. I liked Moondancer, she's a pretty good character. The flashback scenes were cool too.

I thought Twi was going to try and go back in time for a moment, and seeing her bring Pinkie definitely reminded me of IAT. But it was a nice gesture for Twi to try and recreate the party.

Spike's looking fierce with those teeth. :here:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:05 pm

:gotcha: So... we just got an episode that is all about Moondancer and that gift. Is this the perfect Round Stable episode?
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:05 pm

What a profoundly nice episode. Slice of Life with continuity reaching back to S01E01, and with background ponies to the fore.

This may well be one of the best Princess Twilight Sparkle episodes to date.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:06 pm

Corpy wrote:Now I'm just imagining Moondancer saving Twilight from a potential assassin, a la Steve Buscemi in Billy Madison.

:sheepish: "Wow, I'm glad I called that pony"



As Moondancer lies on her couch, crossing out Twilight's name from an ominous list, heavily applying lipstick.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:07 pm

Moondancer's rant... man, that was really fuckin' real. I'm glad the episode did that, though. It takes some serious shit to have someone end up like that, so I would've been disappointed if the episode got resolved without Moondancer getting that out of her system first.

I also want to show some love for Minuette, Lemon Hearts, and Twinkleshine. They were all sweet and I thought it was funny how they were all so forgiving of Twilight.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:08 pm

Pinkie Pie riding Twilight on the way back to Canterlot?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:09 pm

I think the only thing I wish was in the episode was to get more glimpses of Celestia's School. The flashback was nice, but I wish more had been set there.
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:10 pm

Minuette is fucking awesome.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:10 pm

I felt for Twilight, hindsight is always 20/20 and regret always hard to deal with. But once again, count on Pony to make things right. :excite:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:11 pm

The Doctor wrote:I think the only thing I wish was in the episode was to get more glimpses of Celestia's School. The flashback was nice, but I wish more had been set there.

I was just glad to have seen Twilight's old house. Funny thing is, I'd always assumed that she had moved her stuff from Canterlot into Ponyville, but I guess the library had enough books and stuff for her already.
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:13 pm

The Doctor wrote::gotcha: So... we just got an episode that is all about Moondancer and that gift. Is this the perfect Round Stable episode?

:allears: :awesomedash:

What a great episode.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:14 pm

:twonk: ENHANCE!

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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:14 pm

I could see Twi moving her books out of her old house and into the Hall of Friendship.

:yikes: Twilight...these books are heavy...

:twiright: Only 2,845 to go, Spike.


:twonk: ENHANCE!


Very interesting. Is Canterlot next in line for a dose of equality? :ponder:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:16 pm

The Doctor wrote::twonk: ENHANCE!

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I hope the animators actually thought this through. Sure, it's funny to have Starlight Glimmer hidden in a background scene, but if she actually is set to return in the season finale then hopefully her appearance here is going to actually matter.
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Postby Strangest Letter (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:16 pm

That was a cute episode, Moondancers breakdown at the end seemed somewhat contrived, but overall it was pretty good.


DerFurShur wrote:So has Twilight even visited her parents once during all the time she's been spending in Canterlot?

Never on screen atleast. I'm sure Twilight spending a decent amount of time with her parents will be an episode somewherere down the lin-hahaha, nah it's never gonna happen. :v: :saddash:
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Postby Swift (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:17 pm

Wow, this was excellent. :awesomedash: I love that they actually chose to follow up on the stuff with Twilight's friends from the first episode at all, and they handled it really well. It was great to see the show address Twilight's pre-Ponyville personality so directly, and expand on her old life in Canterlot so much. Great stuff.

Also Twilight magic-ing herself into the book was amazing. :lol: Especially since this is apparently a well-established reading/studying technique used by unicorns that Moondancer recognized. :twience:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:18 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I hope the animators actually thought this through. Sure, it's funny to have Starlight Glimmer hidden in a background scene, but if she actually is set to return in the season finale then hopefully her appearance here is going to actually matter.


:-/ I hope it's just the animators screwing around and Canterlot isn't in for a dose of equalization. While I want Starlight Glimmer to return, I really hope it's not as some super-villain. She worked so well as a low-tier villain.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:22 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I'd be surprised if this episode even tries to go for a strong emotional angle. I predict that it'll be making fun of Twilight's behavior back then.

:lol:

One thing I really liked about this episode though was that it did take both of these sides. Minuette & co. are pretty cool / understanding of Twi's situation, and accept the apology, initially looking like the conflict is over in 5 minutes. Moondancer was obviously not in an emotional state to brush it off, though, and the plot truly begins then as the "what-if" parallel is pretty blatant.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:22 pm

Swift wrote:Also Twilight magic-ing herself into the book was amazing. :lol: Especially since this is apparently a well-established reading/studying technique used by unicorns that Moondancer recognized. :twience:

It reminded me of the comics. In MLP:FiM #15-16, there was a magical bookworm eating all the books in Twilight's library, and to fight it she and a few others had to magically go into the stories of the books where the bookworm was.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:28 pm

I really liked the little animation switch with Book Twilight. I really hope they do something like that in a later episode.
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Postby Swift (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:37 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:It reminded me of the comics. In MLP:FiM #15-16, there was a magical bookworm eating all the books in Twilight's library, and to fight it she and a few others had to magically go into the stories of the books where the bookworm was.


Yeah, it definitely reminded me of that comic arc, and I liked that concept there too. In this episode's case, I liked how her book-entering was apparently a recognizable, maybe somewhat specialized studying technique for unicorns skilled enough at magic to pull it off, but not anything too out of the ordinary.

Also makes me think of Larson's weird "They're eating the words!" gag from the parasprites episode, come to think of it.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:40 pm

I loved how the lineart book twilight looked like Wind Waker. :ponydrugs:
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Postby Lapis Infinitas (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:47 pm

The Doctor wrote::twonk: ENHANCE!

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The finale features Starlight Glimmer hatching her intricate plan to incapacitate the princesses and seize control of Canterlot.
Then she realizes that it's 7am and the sun hasn't come up yet.
"Oh, right."
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:55 pm

That flashback to when the others invited Twilight to that party, did they reanimated that for this episode, or did it come straight from the first episode?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:57 pm

You can tell the Minuette & co models are from the first episode, unrefined and all
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:59 pm

Wayoshi wrote::lol:

One thing I really liked about this episode though was that it did take both of these sides. Minuette & co. are pretty cool / understanding of Twi's situation, and accept the apology, initially looking like the conflict is over in 5 minutes. Moondancer was obviously not in an emotional state to brush it off, though, and the plot truly begins then as the "what-if" parallel is pretty blatant.

I was honestly surprised after that first scene that Minuette and the others were just really, really chill and good-natured about the whole thing. It felt like they were setting up for a "sure they'll act chummy now that you're a princess" twist, but it wound up being more heartfelt than that.

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That would've made for a really awkward library conversation.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:07 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:I was honestly surprised after that first scene that Minuette and the others were just really, really chill and good-natured about the whole thing. It felt like they were setting up for a "sure they'll act chummy now that you're a princess" twist, but it wound up being more heartfelt than that.

Agreed. I thought they were being chummy because she was a princess now, so I'm glad it went in another direction.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:12 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I hope the animators actually thought this through. Sure, it's funny to have Starlight Glimmer hidden in a background scene, but if she actually is set to return in the season finale then hopefully her appearance here is going to actually matter.


Let's note this is even used as a gimmick in a much more obvious part of the episode:

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The question now is: Did she go back to Canterlot because she's stalking Twilight, or because it's her new base of operations?

Because heck, stealing a couple of Princess's cutie marks to empower yourself after realizing transferring power is Tirek-style evil overlord tactics wouldn't be out of the question.
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