Re: S05E10: Princess Spike
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Perpetual Lurker
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Niels Olof wrote:While princesses are universally obeyed by default (I suppose because they usually form decisions based on rather more than mere reptilian brains), bad decisions can and will be challenged, and answers will be expected. The princesses are not operating our kind of absolutist autocracy. The form of the whole conference suggests that while ultimate authority lies with the princesses, they rule informed by their populace. (Another strike against annoying fanfic that paints Princess Celestia as a despot).
SlateSlabrock wrote:Oh, speaking of which, there's a griffon! Representing... an Equestrian city?
Fizzbuzz wrote:I think what was more interesting was that there seemed to be a lack of crystal ponies.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Yeah, I was surprised that they didn't have a zebra at the conference. Also, I don't think we saw any delegate from Cloudsdale either...unless it was the blue cloud pony.
Perpetual Lurker wrote:There was one who showed up in several scenes. It's just that outside the crystal empire, they don't sparkle. They still have that different looking gradient on their manes and tails that sets them apart, though.
I was really looking forward to the "Don't Spend All Your Bits" speech, but when I went into the hall, a pony had taken my seat! A pony who used to be my friend!
Perpetual Lurker wrote: It's just that outside the crystal empire, they don't sparkle. They still have that different looking gradient on their manes and tails that sets them apart, though.
Mechanical Ape wrote:You can tell a crystal pony because their eyes' catchlights are faceted instead of round.
Wayoshi wrote:Was anyone else kinda annoyed at ponies coming to Twilight for very basic friendship problems? Felt like the show was dumbing down in a way it rarely does.
Wayoshi wrote:Was anyone else kinda annoyed at ponies coming to Twilight for very basic friendship problems? Felt like the show was dumbing down in a way it rarely does.
Wayoshi wrote:Joke or not, it kinda ruins some of the immersion/worldbuilding of Equestria as a society if you take it seriously.
Wayoshi wrote:Joke or not, it kinda ruins some of the immersion/worldbuilding of Equestria as a society if you take it seriously.
Wayoshi wrote:Was anyone else kinda annoyed at ponies coming to Twilight for very basic friendship problems? Felt like the show was dumbing down in a way it rarely does.
While that may sound like a total insult to the intelligence of modern day children, I greatly suspect that the marketers/producers of FiM have pigeon-holed Spike into being an eternal metaphor for immature youth, and thus his character is forever doomed to act as the mechanical device for expressing a habitual childhood lesson. Thus, while the likes of Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, and Fluttershy constantly move towards a higher plane of awareness, Spike is stuck in a sort of crazy meta limbo where he "golly gee willickers" his way from one PSA plotline to another with no hope of escape.
Orange Fluffy Sheep wrote:i am not ready for the transhumanist revolution to begin with my butt
Pocket wrote:(Although right from the start I was practically shouting at the screen, "CLOSE. THE. WINDOW.")
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