S05E05: Tanks For The Memories

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Re: S05E05: Tanks For The Memories

Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:19 am

Rainbow Crash wrote:Destroying the cloud factory was just cartoon hijinks. You might as well ask why the Apple family isn't broke from having to rebuild their house every other week.

We already had a whole episode to answer that question :twiright:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:21 am

Tell me I'm not hearing things: " :v: Horse hockey with no shoulder or rump pads!"
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:24 am

I think the whole "first winter" thing was only thrown in so it made sense why Dash didn't know that Tank needed to hibernate. :pinkieshrug:

The only time snow has ever been in the show is when it's relevant to the plot. Whether it be for an avalanche on a mountain, Winter Wrap Up, Hearth's Warming Eve, or Tank's hibernation. There hasn't been an episode where it's been snowing for no other reason than because it happened to be Winter when the episode took place.
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Postby Durandal (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:25 am

Opposing Farce wrote:I like the morals of this episode, both the one about "sometimes you just need to cry it out and that's okay" and the one about pet care, and "it's true" is one of my favorite gags in a while. Still, there's a couple of things that feel kind of weird and arbitrary and even a little bit sloppy; I realize it's just a show and I should really just relax, but there are a couple of odd things--like how nobody so much as comments on all the damage Dash caused, or the "who's on first bit"--that kind of feel like somebody took the easy way out and just put a scene or a gag or a reference in without doing the legwork to make it feel natural and grounded in the world or the story. And, you know, that's fine, you can point to tons of moments where that kind of thing happens all over the place and it usually doesn't bother me, but in this case, I dunno, it felt a little weird.



I was gonna say the same thing about this episode seeming a little weird and different. I think it's because it's a chimera of two completely opposite tones. One is the idiot villain Rainbow Dash trying to sabotage winter by stuffing clouds into trees. The other is her sinking into depression knowing her first and only pet will disappear (albeit temporarily). As a comic episode it was about average for pony, and as an emotional episode it was one of the best. Rudecyrus & others already attested to how well this episode brought out our feelings, and I was no different. The last time I can remember this kind of emotional attachment was Testing Testing when Rainbow told Twilight to go home because she [Rainbow] was a stupid, worthless failure. But while we've got the stages of grief being portrayed on-screen, there's also random Abbott & Costello moments and over-the-top Grinch shenanigans. A more pessimistic person might almost view the whole thing as a dark satire about the madness that can come from a person who is consumed by loss, because let's admit it, everything RD does here is really idiotic.

So I guess I agree with you. The antipodean comedy/slapstick and then depression/crying moments, while well done in their own respects, kind of left me confused after they got mashed all together.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:27 am

Headless Horse wrote:First episode in a long, long time that I've wanted to rewatch right away just so I could re-experience all the guffaw moments, of which there were many. Such as:

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Yeah I was going to FFT this, guess I should have, but it's best as a gif with him yawning. :v:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:29 am

Also in the cold open where he's just slowly rotating in midair, jeeezus :lol:

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:31 am

Well, the "Who's on First" wasn't just a throwaway gag. Rainbow Dash was doing stuff in the background, and since she just sang about it, there's no need to keep the focus on her while she does it.

As for the damage, I don't think it was that bad. The damage seemed to just cause Winter to arrive instantly, rather than slowly. There seems to be no lasting damage, and no one was hurt. I would agree they went a bit far in showing her exploits there, but the end result seems to be no-harm, no-foul. I mean, Twilight brainwashed most the town and she wasn't tossed into jail. Rarity nearly ruined the town, no consequences. Rainbow Dash sabotaging the weather doesn't seem all that odd.

As for the emotions, it worked really well. It perfectly captured losing a pet, without doing the whole "dead pet" thing. Yeah, Rainbow Dash was just saying goodbye for a few months, but anyone who has had to put a pet down knows what that goodbye is like.
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Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:35 am

The Doctor wrote:As for the damage, I don't think it was that bad. The damage seemed to just cause Winter to arrive instantly, rather than slowly. There seems to be no lasting damage, and no one was hurt. I would agree they went a bit far in showing her exploits there, but the end result seems to be no-harm, no-foul.

I mean you're right that it's hard to judge the actual damage that was caused since the only end result we know for sure about is a bunch of snow getting launched at Ponyville, but between flooding the place and busting open all their lightning and the general smashing of things that occurred it's safe to say that at the very least somebody is going to have a hell of a time cleaning up.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:42 am

Opposing Farce wrote:I mean you're right that it's hard to judge the actual damage that was caused since the only end result we know for sure about is a bunch of snow getting launched at Ponyville, but between flooding the place and busting open all their lightning and the general smashing of things that occurred it's safe to say that at the very least somebody is going to have a hell of a time cleaning up.


Well, so did the town after the parasprite incident Twilight caused. So did Cadance and Luna after Rarity went nuts. The cleanup isn't the story being told.
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:49 am

I liked the interplay of Twilight and Applejack. It's interesting to see they're typically adventurous relationship as leader and second in command being put on display in a domestic situation. Twilight expects Applejack to have her head on her shoulders and acts surprised when she thinks Applejack is gonna lose it. She pushes Applejack forward to deal with a situation she's not entirely comfortable with but thinks she knows what has to be done. Lots of little glares and in-credulousness between the two. Applejack and Twilight also continue to show their inability to utilize Fluttershy and a lack of trust in her emotional intelligence dating back from Keep Calm and Flutter On.

Twilight and Applejack are both characters not wholly in touch with their emotions and the emotions of others. This usually gives them a level head in a crisis, but it leaves them stuck when more interpersonal situations arise. Fluttershy on the other hand is an emotional being, and being both a victim of her own emotionality and having the strongest sense of empathy has given her a greater understanding of the emotional lives of others.

Twilight, Applejack, and the audience (if the Discord is like an abusive SO! crowd are anything to go by) continue to underestimate Fluttershy because of her perceived cowardice in the face of life threatening situations, but they are just as helpless as her in the domain of empathy .
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:14 am

Headless Horse wrote:Tell me I'm not hearing things: " :v: Horse hockey with no shoulder or rump pads!"


That's what I heard.

Speaking of, am I right in hearing "We're the maker's pegasi" in Dash's song? If so, is that the first reference we've had to a deity (other than, y'know, god-princesses)?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:16 am

Fluts knowing how to handle RD's last stage of grief was definitely a nice character moment for her. She's stealthily been written very well early on this season without any focus episodes yet.

I wasn't bothered by the "chimera of tones" at all. This is decently heavy stuff with the analog to death, some levity was needed in spots. The only time the two really clashed head-on was the end, but we know RD crying it out was the best way to heal her [from Fluts for the kids who didn't pick up on it before], so was it really that heavy then?

Re: some transcript things - not official, but the transcript on MLP Wikia has "arm pads" (I think I hear rump though) and "Weather-maker pegasi". The lyrics were serviceable in this one I guess, but some odd grammar as usual.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:18 am

Wayoshi wrote:Re: some transcript things - not official, but the transcript on MLP Wikia has "arm pads" (I think I hear rump though) and "Weather-maker pegasi". The lyrics were serviceable in this one I guess, but some odd grammar as usual.


Ah, that makes a lot more sense, thanks.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:21 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
That's what I heard.

Speaking of, am I right in hearing "We're the maker's pegasi" in Dash's song? If so, is that the first reference we've had to a deity (other than, y'know, god-princesses)?


All ponies are the work of our Maker's hooves, from the highest princesses to the lowest apple farmers.

...On a more serious note, I doubt the song would've said what you think it did. :P
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:26 am

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All ponies are the work of our Maker's hooves, from the highest princesses to the lowest apple farmers.

...On a more serious note, I doubt the song would've said what you think it did. :P


I have to admit, it did strike me as kinda weird. Luckily I have the fine folks of this forum to set the record straight!
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:50 am

Durandal wrote:One is the idiot villain Rainbow Dash trying to sabotage winter by stuffing clouds into trees. The other is her sinking into depression knowing her first and only pet will disappear (albeit temporarily). As a comic episode it was about average for pony, and as an emotional episode it was one of the best. Rudecyrus & others already attested to how well this episode brought out our feelings, and I was no different. The last time I can remember this kind of emotional attachment was Testing Testing when Rainbow told Twilight to go home because she [Rainbow] was a stupid, worthless failure.

Owl's Well also does that kind of "main character is misbehaving comically, but out of insecurity" story. They laid the comedy on a lot thicker in that episode, which this season seems to be testing the boundaries of.

By the way, I wonder if the Who's On First act was received well by kids. We know exactly what they're going for, but I'm not 100% sure a 6-year-old would pick up on the wordplay, since it wasn't even as emphasized as it was in the Abbot/Costello sketch.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:54 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Owl's Well also does that kind of "main character is misbehaving comically, but out of insecurity" story. They laid the comedy on a lot thicker in that episode, which this season seems to be testing the boundaries of.

By the way, I wonder if the Who's On First act was received well by kids. We know exactly what they're going for, but I'm not 100% sure a 6-year-old would pick up on the wordplay, since it wasn't even as emphasized as it was in the Abbot/Costello sketch.


Not like it's the first time a kids show has referenced the routine.

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:17 am

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I know it's wrong, but what does it matter?
'Cause nothing's gonna stop me now
I'll change it all, it's only the weather
And nopony's gonna bring me down

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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:18 am

Haven't read this thread yet but that was A+ pony.

The part where they're all standing in Dash's room trying to comfort her (badly) and everyone is reacting in different ways and interacting with each other in little mini-conversations--that's the essence of why, after five seasons, I still love this stupid cartoon about miniature horses.

Also, Rarity doing a Dr. Zhivago :vogue:

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The Ghost Of Ember wrote:Twilight and Applejack are both characters not wholly in touch with their emotions and the emotions of others. This usually gives them a level head in a crisis, but it leaves them stuck when more interpersonal situations arise. Fluttershy on the other hand is an emotional being, and being both a victim of her own emotionality and having the strongest sense of empathy has given her a greater understanding of the emotional lives of others.


Quoting this because it's on point.
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Postby Femto (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:21 am

As a Canadian, let me just say that Rainbow Dash did nothing wrong. :rainbert:

Fuck winter forever.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:52 am

Oh man, I half predicted Dash talking to Spike about hibernation. :gotcha:


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:grumpydash: :"I'm gonna get a second opinion from a real reptile expert."
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:yikes: :"I told you, Rainbow Dash, I'm a dragon!"
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:maddash: :"But if you don't have to hibernate, why should Tank?!"
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:offendash: :"Well, what would you know?! You're a dragon!"
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:05 am

:gotcha: the scene in Castle Sweet Castle is a lot funnier now, knowing that after going to the bed store, they just stopped by the pet store to get him a new Doggie Bed.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:12 am

Ha, never thought about that aspect. I wonder if that was intentional, it'd be great if the entire mattress store scene was building up to that payoff.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:13 am

The Doctor wrote:Not like it's the first time a kids show has referenced the routine.

That sketch (a) spent a lot more time carefully hammering the joke home, and (b) aired 21 years ago.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:32 am

PictishBeast wrote:
The part where they're all standing in Dash's room trying to comfort her (badly) and everyone is reacting in different ways and interacting with each other in little mini-conversations--that's the essence of why, after five seasons, I still love this stupid cartoon about miniature horses.


I don't find myself having much to say about the show these days, but yeah pretty much this. Anything that's just the characters talking to each other and like, having to deal with each other is my favorite thing.

Also, Bakertoons you have officially ruined me

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Postby !saak (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:28 am

This episode didn't gel with me yesterday and that was because of the odd tone that Op Farce and Durandal mentioned, but I saw it again just now and... this is nigh peak pony :allears:
It's emblematic of what I love about this show: take a premise that's on the surface very simple and then just go to town with it and shatter any expectation.

Don't have a whole lot more to add beyond Pinkie walking through the wall being one of the best visual gags in the show, and the whole exchange between Ponks, Twi and AJ being maybe the best of the entire show.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:30 am

Femto wrote:As a Canadian, let me just say that Rainbow Dash did nothing wrong. :rainbert:

Fuck winter forever.


Want to swap climates?
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Postby !saak (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:33 am

Oh wait, here's another stray thought:

Dash sneaking into Cloudsdale reminds me of Twilight infiltrating the library in Canterlot in that both don't make any sense and are hilarious :v:
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Postby DaBatGuy (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:07 am

This was a cool episode, had a grin my entire lunch break because of the humor and Rainbow being diabeetus adorable. I was a little annoyed at first that she was such an asshole to her friends and got away with felony level vandalism but her affection for Tank was too sweet to be ruined by that. :awesomedash:
Maybe it was the winter setting, the amazing song, or Rainbow being a colossal jerk(for good reason) but it felt like a Season 1 episode. Rainbow finally gets a solo song and I'm suddenly disappointed that it took 5 years to get one, easily the best of the season. There was bit of a missed opportunity to have Fluttershy and Pinkie console Dash by revealing that their pets do the same thing each year and how they cope with the temporary loss. AJ cries on the inside... and a hundred "silently depressed AJ" sadfics were born. On another note Fluttershy has been amazing this season, from foiling Starlight to sassing Pinkie and being brutally honest with Rainbow we can really see that she's come such a long, long way with her self confidence since the start of the show, especially when dealing with her friends.
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:10 am

Great episode. Will watch again.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:21 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Yeah, for everything this episode did right, I'm surprised that it didn't re-address Rainbow Dash's destruction of the weather factory. While I certainly don't think she's going to get sent to the moon for it or anything, hopefully she'll at least be off helping to repair it later in the season.


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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:45 am

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Ah, but she is a highly talented athlete (and given her home, she has a wealthy background, too), and if watching North American culture has taught me anything, it is that privileged athletes are permitted transgressions far above the hoi polloi.


Especially when there's also little evidence to link them to the crime, and they're besties with several high-ranking political figures.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:18 am

It's obvious. Twilight will have to get a scapegoat for Rainbow Dash to get off the hook. :v:
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Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:19 am

The Doctor wrote::gotcha: the scene in Castle Sweet Castle is a lot funnier now, knowing that after going to the bed store, they just stopped by the pet store to get him a new Doggie Bed.

I think it's kind of sweet that Spike's been upgraded to his own room now that they have a castle.
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:25 am

From the synopsis I was lukewarm about this episode since RD has quite a few in her back catalogue that for me aren't that great, but yeah I'll parrot what most people are saying and say it was really good and enjoyable. :ponydrugs:

Was this the first time we've seen Rainbow Dash crying? I don't remember seeing it before.

Regarding the vandalization of Cloudsdale, I think the Mane 6 can basically do what they like with total impunity, unless there's a future episode with a plot point that requires one of them to be sent to prison.

And yeah, Twilight using magic to push AJ forward during an awkward situation is definitely a running joke now.

Lots of nice visual touches in this ep, like the slippers etc.

I thought it was good that Applejack and Twilight managed to resist crying, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity are the soppy ones. :gotcha:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:06 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:By the way, I wonder if the Who's On First act was received well by kids. We know exactly what they're going for, but I'm not 100% sure a 6-year-old would pick up on the wordplay, since it wasn't even as emphasized as it was in the Abbot/Costello sketch.

I think it would be. After all, while that scene had sort of the same brand of humor, it really doesn't require viewers to be familiar with Abbot and Costello for it to be funny. It does require viewers to be familiar with typical whimsical-sounding pony names, but I think anyone watching this show can figure that out soon enough (If anything, it works better here. While the "Who's On First" names sounded rather absurd by human standards, when your characters are talking cartoon animals, you can have those sorts of names actually sound natural and thus add another layer to the joke.)
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Postby Jill (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:34 am

I really liked this episode but it seemed kinda off in some ways.

Like I guess I've always found RD difficult to empathize with, but in this case her attachment with tank never really seemed like it had all that much build-up that she couldn't handle being apart for the winter.

I've also never heard of someone's pet needing to go into hibernation to begin with, which I assume is because pets generally have a warm place to stay and eat year-round which kinda defeats the purpose??? And in the event I'm wrong about that, I still have to wonder why Angel wasn't at least mentioned at any point. (unless I missed something???)

I also mistook Fluttershy's "oh, you poor, poor thing" as sarcastic at first, considering she'd just finished deliberately making RD cry without budging herself, and you would think she's had to deal with the same thing every winter but with multiple animals. I'm glad I turned out to be mistaken there 'cause the whole scene is really sweet. :flutterunsmith:

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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:29 pm

Jill wrote:Like I guess I've always found RD difficult to empathize with, but in this case her attachment with tank never really seemed like it had all that much build-up that she couldn't handle being apart for the winter.


I think of Rainbow Dash as the kind of person who thinks big and acts big. She showers Tank in all her love, which, by the looks of it, would destroy lesser robust pets. Her plans for the winter are big, her reactions to having her plans foiled are big, hell even her grief is big.

Actually I'm starting to wonder if it's not so much being seperated from Tank, as it is having to settle with a less than awesome winter, that is her driving motive. :ponder:

And for the record, my parents' neighbours have a tortoise who hibernates every winter. I'm not sure if he hibernates on his own volition, or if it's because they put him in a cardboard box and put it somewhere dark and cold. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:52 pm

I can understand why she's so torn up about having to lose Tank for a while. She's the type of person who dearly loves getting attention from others (MMDW) but also fears their judgment (Sonic Rainboom). Pets are very well able to provide attention while also not being smart enough to judge you, so I'm sure Tank became incredibly convenient whenever she needed an emotional pick-me-up that not even her friends could provide.
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:45 pm

Like Headless said earlier, the scene in Dash's room felt like a callback to S1 Suited for Success. One pony is in hysterics, the others are standing there awkwardly like "WTF do we do now?"

Also, think how easy it would have been to write the Dash scene as "Fluttershy starts crying too, and pretty soon all six of them are crying." That's the kind of thing that might read funny on paper but wouldn't have felt real. My fave character beat is that AJ and Twilight don't join in, and that this is immediately addressed--AJ with the "cries on the inside" gag, and Twilight getting called out by Pinkie and responding by basically throwing AJ under the bus ("see, I'm not the only emotionally repressed robot!") :twonk:
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