S07E04: Rock Solid Friendship

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Re: S07E04: Rock Solid Friendship

Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:01 pm

Yeah, I liked this one. Maud is always great and Pinkie pulled off some good faces. Rarity's reaction to being told "these are all common gems" was priceless.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:15 pm

RudeCyrus wrote: Rarity's reaction to being told "these are all common gems" was priceless.

Unlike those gems.

Which were very common.

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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:28 pm

I enjoyed the episode. I think it was just well done all around. The only nitpick I have is that Pinkie was always aware of personality differences going way back - see dissuading Rainbow Dash from pranking Fluttershy - so it was a bit contrived to lean so heavily on that to make the plot work.

Otherwise, I liked Maud and Glimbo making friends, I liked the less-generic take on friendships and the message it gave, and Pinkie being Pinkie is always an A+ for me, even when she's being annoying.

Another note, though: This is one of those plots where, all else being equal, it could've been resolved a lot faster if they talked to each other sooner. Despite Maud and Glimbo not wanting to talk about feelings, Glimbo literally JUST had a lesson about making your feelings clear when someone is peeving you.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:56 pm

Image Maud, where did you find that hidden cave?

:maud: Between a rock and a hard place.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:06 pm

RudeCyrus wrote:Rarity's reaction to being told "these are all common gems" was priceless.

If Rarity ever gets married, I wonder if she'd be the type to absolutely want her wedding ring to have real diamonds and not cubic zirconia.
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:10 pm

Factory Factory wrote:I enjoyed the episode. I think it was just well done all around. The only nitpick I have is that Pinkie was always aware of personality differences going way back - see dissuading Rainbow Dash from pranking Fluttershy - so it was a bit contrived to lean so heavily on that to make the plot work.

Otherwise, I liked Maud and Glimbo making friends, I liked the less-generic take on friendships and the message it gave, and Pinkie being Pinkie is always an A+ for me, even when she's being annoying.

Another note, though: This is one of those plots where, all else being equal, it could've been resolved a lot faster if they talked to each other sooner. Despite Maud and Glimbo not wanting to talk about feelings, Glimbo literally JUST had a lesson about making your feelings clear when someone is peeving you.

While Pinkie knows some things like who can handle a prank, that doesn't mean she knows how other ponies react to all other situations.

And Starlight was really mad at Trixie, while Pinkie was just a bit annoying, but not that bad. And based on the lines from the end, it seemed like Pinkie's antics made Maud unsure of how she was supposed to make friends. So it was less finding her annoying, and more like Maud just got the wrong impression.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:52 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:If Rarity ever gets married, I wonder if she'd be the type to absolutely want her wedding ring to have real diamonds and not cubic zirconia.


There are people whose wedding rings are made of cubic zirconia?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:56 pm

I think what turned me off initially from Starlight being in this ep was they launched into yet another joke about her past, this time a minute long.

It's time for this branch of lazy writing to end.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:02 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I think what turned me off initially from Starlight being in this ep was they launched into yet another joke about her past, this time a minute long.

It's time for this branch of lazy writing to end.


I dunno, this one was more of a joke than a forced reference.

I wonder, is it the whole syndication/episodes out of order thing that makes them have to mention her backstory every single time?
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:08 pm

Daring Do wrote:
There are people whose wedding rings are made of cubic zirconia?


Yeah. It's big and sparkly and cheap. Some people are not picky about their wedding bands being traditionally expensive.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:16 pm

Oh, what's that short story about the French lady and the necklace?
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:21 pm

Factory Factory wrote:I enjoyed the episode. I think it was just well done all around. The only nitpick I have is that Pinkie was always aware of personality differences going way back - see dissuading Rainbow Dash from pranking Fluttershy - so it was a bit contrived to lean so heavily on that to make the plot work.

Otherwise, I liked Maud and Glimbo making friends, I liked the less-generic take on friendships and the message it gave, and Pinkie being Pinkie is always an A+ for me, even when she's being annoying.

Another note, though: This is one of those plots where, all else being equal, it could've been resolved a lot faster if they talked to each other sooner. Despite Maud and Glimbo not wanting to talk about feelings, Glimbo literally JUST had a lesson about making your feelings clear when someone is peeving you.


Welcome to every sitcom ever dude. Also real life. People don't communicate properly if at all. Because that requires using one's brainmeats or empathy or common goddamned sense. Which is a reason why sitcoms use it so much. ITS FUNNY BECAUSE ITS TRUE AND RELATABLE. :v:

I mean nearly every single episode of Frasier or Seinfeld would be over in 5 minutes had people communicated and stuff. It's just how it is. I've known people who have held a grudge against me for almost 20 years because of a thing said person thought about me because he didn't tell me at all. Even though all evidence of his beef was in his own brain. People are dumb like that. It's easier to assume the worst or not risk any issues by not saying anything than it is to communicate and work it out. :fluttersmith:

Shit, I've seen people cause massive drama bombs because they wouldn't explain WTF was going on when a simple explanation woulda solved the issue if not helped the actual problem because of a sympathetic ear or two! (And in one case when the info was shared they didn't get it. Like it made no sense to them that explaining shit was the best route. They didn't have to go into detail but a simple bit of honesty and communication would have turned a giant asteroid heading to the earth into a heavy pillow at best. I'm no rocket scientist but goddamn people are Fukken DUUUUMB sometimes. :consternation: )
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:36 pm

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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:03 pm

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Postby Gloomy Rube (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:54 pm

Aramek wrote:This owned. Maud owns. Starlight owns.

Starlight really owns.

I loved the cold open. So full of rock puns. So full of Pie family. Limestone being the cutest grump ever, Marble in panic mode, Igneous "comforting" Cloudy in that very Amish way. All of it was great.

Kites! Powerful gems! ENSLAVE THE WORLD!


for once aramek and I are in complete agreement, this episode was great, maud owns, starlight owns, kites own I guess too
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:46 pm

:maud: I have deep academic interests that consume much of my attention, and I struggle with finding somepony else who'll understand that.

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Postby Gloomy Rube (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:48 pm

Pinkie was kinda really unlikable during this one :-I
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:55 pm

In the end Pinkie learns the hard truth that Ponyville does not, in fact, offer more than just rocks. I'm so sorry you had to find out like this, Pinkie. :deflated:

• It's cool we finally learned Boulder's species. :tom: This could have been a basic joke, but someone took the extra step of putting him in a little chair on the regular chair, and whoever you are, I want you to know I appreciate it.
• Limestone and Marble have appeared on screen so now I can stop asking for it. :)
• What's the abbreviation for Rocktor? Rr?
:maud: standup
• Ponyville has a gem cave! Of course it does! Why not!
• Ha, a tearful Rarity putting all her gems back.
* Pinkie antics so far: great, not annoying.
:rant: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON, TANK?! And why are you unaccompanied? Oh, right, Dash is a neglectful parent. :v:
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• Maud may not move to Ponyville, but it looks like she'll be Team Magic Is Friendship's newest member! Assuming she gets along with Trixie. That seems hard to envision, though.
• Ponies snoring is always hilarious. :lol:
• Continue to love these Rarity segments. :iiaia:
• "You know what, jalapeño red velvet omelets sound gross. I just can't."
• Starlight's bluntness continues to be great.
• Oh god, where's the hole Amethyst came out of? :flutterdear:
• Maud's campfire fire is made of rocks.
• I like that we finally get some of Maud not being perfect. She really does need other ponies. (Sometimes.)
• Maud moved into Bender's closet! :sweetiebot:

The Rock Bottom Line: I had no idea Starlight would be around, but I like Starlight so cool. This was cute and fun, like the whole season has been so far. Pinkie was in character, funny and nice and annoying whenever the script called for it. This had an interesting symmetry with last season's Trixie/Starlight episode, where here Pinkie is trying to push Starlight and a friend together, while Twilight was trying to push them apart. Man, everypony needs to get off Starlight's biz.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:38 pm

Starlight and kites was literally out of nowhere, but I liked it.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:03 am

Just Scuds wrote::maud: I have deep academic interests that consume much of my attention, and I struggle with finding somepony else who'll understand that.

Image I have a very forceful personality, and I sometimes wonder if my sordid past was too weird or ugly for regular ponies to really consider palatable.

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:amazing: I am not bound by any such concerns.


Pinkie isn't even bound by PHYSICS so....
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:19 am

stealing from #ponyday... :starity:

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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:24 am

[quote="Mechanical Ape"=]
• I bet Maud was analyzing Discord's statue and cracked it and that's how he escaped.[/quote]

Okay, this needs to become a fandom gag. Make Maud somehow responsible for every villain ever.

Go.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:27 am

Great episode. It made me laugh a few times.
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Few things I spotted. That pizza that hit Derpy in the head had tomato slices on it, not pepperoni like I feared. A nice detail for something that was shown for less then a second on screen.
:gotcha:

I also noticed that Pinkie had dirt in her mouth before she licked up the dirt off the ground. Just what was she eating?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:31 am

Wayoshi wrote:stealing from #ponyday... :starity:

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Do you think the animators ever scare themselves or each other with the stuff they have Pinkie Pie (and other ponies, on occasion) do?
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:33 am

Soft Snow wrote:Great episode. It made me laugh a few times.
:allears:

Few things I spotted. That pizza that hit Derpy in the head had tomato slices on it, not pepperoni like I feared. A nice detail for something that was shown for less then a second on screen.
:gotcha:

I also noticed that Pinkie had dirt in her mouth before she licked up the dirt off the ground. Just what was she eating?
:skeptical:


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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:34 am

^It's her cousin, MUD Pie!
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:36 am

Wayoshi wrote:^It's her cousin, MUD Pie!


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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:47 am

Wayoshi wrote:Starlight and kites was literally out of nowhere, but I liked it.


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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:11 am

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Maybe Nick took inspiration from previous storyboarding (but I doubt it - disconnected?). But it was out of left field for sure as far as the writing was concerned - never heard about it before, and hell I thought Starlight was just saying a random thing to try to keep the conversation going.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:13 am

Was a fun, enjoyable episode. I really enjoy Starlight as a character, and like that she's getting expanded role, possibly developing her own group of friends.

That said, I wish they cool it with the exposition about how Starlight used to be a dictator. This is becoming this show's "Rex Racer is secretly Speed's long lost brother"
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:20 am

This episode was too good. So many laughs, both from Nick Confalone's writing (Best current MLP writer? Fight me.) to DHX's endless stream of terrific faces and visual gags.

And yes, Pinkie was annoying. She was supposed to be annoying. That was the point.
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:25 am

Wayoshi wrote:
Maybe Nick took inspiration from previous storyboarding (but I doubt it - disconnected?). But it was out of left field for sure as far as the writing was concerned - never heard about it before, and hell I thought Starlight was just saying a random thing to try to keep the conversation going.

Kites probably wouldn't have fit in previous episodes. Starlight was usually training with Twilight or doing a friendship lesson, trying to save everyone and then celebrating that, or helping Trixie with magic and then trying to fix her mistake. Here it was coming up in casual conversation, Maud brought up an unexpected interest, so Starlight tried sharing one of hers. And from the way she acts, she probably doesn't normally bring it up because she tends to geek out about them and ends up mentioning a bunch of jargon, which she gets a bit embarrassed by.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:28 am

:-D We could have a friendship brunch! What's your favorite kinda omelette cupcake? Mine's jalapeño red velvet!

I'm trying to figure out what Pinkie says when she's dreaming. "Cupcake ____"

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:maud: And you melt my heart easier than sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar.

This episode has a lot of little dialogue details I appreciate, like the slippers or Maud's stand-up. Nick Confalone does a good job with these simple concept episodes that could be rather barren but wind up charming because they make Equestria feel lived-in.

By the way, Ghastly Gorge has wheelchair access. Sort of.

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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:31 am

Marimo wrote:Kites probably wouldn't have fit in previous episodes. Starlight was usually training with Twilight or doing a friendship lesson, trying to save everyone and then celebrating that, or helping Trixie with magic and then trying to fix her mistake. Here it was coming up in casual conversation, Maud brought up an unexpected interest, so Starlight tried sharing one of hers. And from the way she acts, she probably doesn't normally bring it up because she tends to geek out about them and ends up mentioning a bunch of jargon, which she gets a bit embarrassed by.


I thought the kites thing was a really nice idea, and it actually fits Starlight quite well. She probably took it up after Sunburst left; it's something she could easily do on her own (which she likely was a lot) that leveraged her dorky academic tendencies. As someone who spent a lot of time focusing on magic, it might've been a kind of meditative thing for her too.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:33 am

Marimo wrote:Kites probably wouldn't have fit in previous episodes. Starlight was usually training with Twilight or doing a friendship lesson, trying to save everyone and then celebrating that, or helping Trixie with magic and then trying to fix her mistake. Here it was coming up in casual conversation, Maud brought up an unexpected interest, so Starlight tried sharing one of hers. And from the way she acts, she probably doesn't normally bring it up because she tends to geek out about them and ends up mentioning a bunch of jargon, which she gets a bit embarrassed by.

Again though, I'm having trouble seeing "quirk: loves kites" ever being in Starlight's bible information before this episode.
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:35 am

Even if it wasn't, so what? It's a nice little character detail that makes Starlight seem more well rounded and grounded, IMO.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:36 am

Wayoshi wrote:Again though, I'm having trouble seeing "quirk: loves kites" ever being in Starlight's bible information before this episode.


I feel like the number of character traits that are developed on an episode-by-episode basis probably greatly outweigh the pre-planned ones.
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:37 am

Wayoshi wrote:Again though, I'm having trouble seeing "quirk: loves kites" ever being in Starlight's bible information before this episode.

Does that honestly matter?
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:42 am

Perpetual Lurker wrote:and grounded

Unlike the actual kites. :gotcha:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:55 am

PaulloDEC wrote: Nick Confalone's writing (Best current MLP writer? Fight me.)

Apparently his only episode this season, surprisingly.
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