S05E01-02: The Cutie Map

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Re: S05E01-02: The Cutie Map

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:26 pm

Octavia has earned a million gangtags. :jingo:

SlateSlabrock wrote:Now that the iTunes copy is out, I feel pretty confident in saying that Double Diamond is really white. They don't appear to have even changed his eye color to even it out.

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I feel like I can see a slight difference, but Photoshop confirms it's pure white on either side of that eyebrow line. :ponder:
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:33 pm

Clearly his entire body is sclera.
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Postby stonecutter (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:10 am

londonarbuckle wrote:Clearly his entire body is sclera.

I remember that episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. :gonkity:
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:13 am

Doctor Wheeze wrote:That twisty tree to the east of the Equalist village seems way more detailed than anything else :ponder:


Interestingly enough, the elevated portion just southwest of where it says "Everfree" might correspond nicely to Knight's Peak from the "southern Equestria" map in the comics.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:38 am

Doctor Wheeze wrote:That twisty tree to the east of the Equalist village seems way more detailed than anything else :ponder:


Yup! Sorta looks like it might have a little building on top too...

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Interestingly enough, the elevated portion just southwest of where it says "Everfree" might correspond nicely to Knight's Peak from the "southern Equestria" map in the comics.


I don't think I'm familiar with that map; do you remember which issue it appeared in?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:42 am

PaulloDEC wrote:I don't think I'm familiar with that map; do you remember which issue it appeared in?

Issue #2 of the main series. There is a mountain range in the southern part of the map here that looks somewhat like the mountains the Mane Six had to pass under in that arc, but it's hard to say for sure what it is or isn't. Anyway, the last page of that issue had a map of the lands south of Equestria, the area between that mountain range and the place where Chrysalis and her army were hiding out.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:46 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
Yup! Sorta looks like it might have a little building on top too...



Actually, wasn't there leaked production art of a treehouse or something a while back?

fake edit: I think it was this:

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I guess it's not that similar, but I dunno.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:58 am

To me that looks like an earlier version of Castle Friendzone :pinkieshrug:

I actually remember thinking "hmmm, that looks like a castle for Twilight. Nah that can't be right, it'd be ridiculous" :v:
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Postby Octavia (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:31 am

Rewatched the episodes. Yeah they're still awesome. :cooliebelle:

"Laughs don't come in barrels. They come from inside you as your body's response to delight." :maud:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:33 am

The pony podcast I participate in is going to reference your song analysis, Octavia, if that's alright.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:35 am

Perrydotto wrote:The pony podcast I participate in is going to reference your song analysis, Octavia, if that's alright.

No problem. A mention of my Youtube page and/or songs would also be appreciated! :modesty:
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:13 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
Yup! Sorta looks like it might have a little building on top too...



I don't think I'm familiar with that map; do you remember which issue it appeared in?


Here's the image.

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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:14 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:To me that looks like an earlier version of Castle Friendzone :pinkieshrug:

I actually remember thinking "hmmm, that looks like a castle for Twilight. Nah that can't be right, it'd be ridiculous" :v:


Might work as an eventual regrown "Royal Library", assuming Golden Oaks ever got rebuilt (regenerated?).
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:31 am

WandereringPony wrote:Might work as an eventual regrown "Royal Library", assuming Golden Oaks ever got rebuilt (regenerated?).


:twonk: My Library!

:fluttersmith: I'm sorry, Twilight. It's too bad we don't live in a town founded by and mostly populated by Earth Ponies who have been well documented to have the magic to make things grow.

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Postby Ransom (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:44 am

Octavia wrote:Rewatched the episodes. Yeah they're still awesome. :cooliebelle:

"Laughs don't come in barrels. They come from inside you as your body's response to delight." :maud:

So if Pinkie was sort of being "Muadified" by her equal sign. Does that mean an Equalized Maud would...start smiling like those other ponies?

:eep:

Do we have a name for the four heroes of this episode as a group?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:58 am

WandereringPony wrote:
Here's the image.

"Sight of the Battle of Discord" :twonk:
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Postby acksed (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:11 am

Ransom wrote:Do we have a name for the four heroes of this episode as a group?

They came from the village of the Equalists... the Specialists? :-P
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:18 am

Ransom wrote:So if Pinkie was sort of being "Muadified" by her equal sign. Does that mean an Equalized Maud would...start smiling like those other ponies?

:eep:

Do we have a name for the four heroes of this episode as a group?


Pinkie was sorta becoming a generic Pie there, even if Maud is a Pie turned up (down?) to an 11 of stonelike disposition.

As for the Four Ponies of the Equalpocalypse? I guess we do now. :)
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:34 am

I enjoyed Pinkie in this episode. She felt like a rounded character again. :allears:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:43 am

Angel Beat wrote:I enjoyed Pinkie in this episode. She felt like a rounded character again. :allears:


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Postby Wildfire (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:55 am

Ransom wrote:So if Pinkie was sort of being "Muadified" by her equal sign. Does that mean an Equalized Maud would...start smiling like those other ponies?

:eep:



I doubt it. You wouldn't be able to see any change.

Maud grinning would have a result like this:

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Postby Applepie (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:12 am

The song starts out in E♭ major. I'm just gonna quickly go through the progression:


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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:48 am

Forgot to check Twitter after the episode.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:08 am

So the marching in the song WAS inspired by North Korea...I guess I was right. :v:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:37 pm

Angel Beat wrote:I enjoyed Pinkie in this episode. She felt like a rounded character again. :allears:

She didn't have much of a role in this episode, though. I'm waiting to decide on this until there's an episode that stars her or at least gives her a somewhat big part (like what she had in Filli Vanilli, for example).
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:41 pm

I thought that the barrel comment in particular gave us a lot of insight into how she thinks and how she manages to be so positive. Of course, it's only added to the fact that she loses that part of her later on.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:08 pm

I wonder if they're going to acknowledge Starlight Glimmer's name. At this point that's the 2nd Twilight clone who happens to be a unicorn with really powerful magic (yeah EQG isn't canon blabla, but still). And she's going to be a recurring villain. I wonder if she used to be Celestia's student as well :ponder:

It could just be the writers being cute, but maybe it has some story relevance :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:14 pm

I think she'd have to show back up first. At this point I doubt she'll reappear in S5, if at all. (Maybe there'll be an issue of the comics about her, should IDW later revisit the current FIENDship is Magic miniseries.)
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:49 pm

Why do you doubt her reappearance? They pretty much gave us a sequel hook, given that she escaped and we never found out WHY she wanted to get rid of cutie mark. It was hinted, but not actually explained.

If anything, it guarantees that she'll reappear at least once more.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:54 pm

Yeah, and it definitely felt more legit than the often rather cheap hooks in season 4.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:56 pm

Yeah, I'm almost certain that she might make a reappearance sometime this season. Who knows? Maybe she'll come back in the finale to wrap up the whole thing.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:17 pm

There have been plenty of antagonists who disappeared without being killed, but never returned anyway. Think of characters like Gilda or Lightning Dust, for example. I'm more inclined to count Starlight Glimmer amongst them than with the major villains of two-parters past.

Besides, if she does come back, what would happen? I can't see such an episode being much different from Magic Duel, unless it's 22 minutes of Twilight and Starlight debating political and social philosophy or something.
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Postby Discord (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:25 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:She didn't have much of a role in this episode, though. I'm waiting to decide on this until there's an episode that stars her or at least gives her a somewhat big part (like what she had in Filli Vanilli, for example).


Pinkie's been plenty well-rounded in most of her episodes in recent seasons where she's a focus point; Pinkie Pride, Maud Pie, Pinkie Apple Pie and even in Too Many Pinkie Pies.

Where she's perhaps lacked or become one note is where she's in a more distinct supporting role/group episode and takes on a comedy role.

This has certainly been one of her best supporting/group roles in a while.
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Postby Corpy (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:43 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:There have been plenty of antagonists who disappeared without being killed, but never returned anyway. Think of characters like Gilda or Lightning Dust, for example.
Yeah, but those were not really villains with an evil plan. Starlight Glimmer was up to something other than being a jerk. Also, Gilda and LD had lives outside of their encounters with the main six, and presumably went back to their lives after the events of their episodes. Starlight Glimmer's entire world just got ripped up, so it's hard to imagine her not plotting some sort of revenge.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:28 pm

:pcstare: It seems Twilight and her friends have passed the Cutie Mark Equality Test with flying colors. Now on to the next test I have prearranged.

:speakest: You are quite the chessmaster, my sister.

:gotcha: And the castle map is my board.
:speakest: The fun has been doubled!
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:09 pm

Bakertoons wrote:Why do you doubt her reappearance? They pretty much gave us a sequel hook, given that she escaped and we never found out WHY she wanted to get rid of cutie mark. It was hinted, but not actually explained.

If anything, it guarantees that she'll reappear at least once more.

We've gotten loose plot hooks before (mysterious shadow pony in the sisters' castle, Flutterbat's fang, etc.), so the real question is whether they have a larger plan for her with that cutie mark-stealing magic or not. If they do, great! If not, she might wind up like Sombra's horn.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:14 pm

It could end up like Sombra's horn, but I'd say that ending was a bit unsatisfying if she never shows up again. I'm sure she'll be back.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:02 pm

Yeah I'd put money on her coming back. Not necessarily this season, but definitely sometime in the future.
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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:56 pm

Unfortunately, we're not likely to see the other villagers. I rather liked those ponies.
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Postby Ransom (?) » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:20 am

Master_Twig wrote:Unfortunately, we're not likely to see the other villagers. I rather liked those ponies.

I have a hunch that they will at least show up in episode 100. My guess is that it will center around how the mane 6 have helped various ponies over time.
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