S06E08: A Hearth's Warming Tail

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Re: S06E08: A Hearth's Warming Tail

Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 12:05 pm

:smirk: So less Christmas Carol more....



And the more the Worst Pony thought of this Pony Heathswarming thing,
The more that she thought, "I guess I must sing"

Why for a quarter of a season I've put up with it now!
I must stop Hearthswarming from coming! But how?"

Then she got an idea! An awful idea!
The worst pony got a wonderful, awful idea!
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Postby Lapis Infinitas (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 2:43 pm

First a pony suicide attempt, then fitting into a new workplace, then holiday depression. They've covered most childhood problems, and are moving into preparing kids for grown up problems.
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:32 pm

A song right out of the gate! :awesomedash:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:32 pm

A+ cold open. Gat damn.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:33 pm

What a great opening. Vogel is off to a good start, wonder who helped him with the song.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:36 pm

"This is a holiday about friends and family"

"You mean the holiday that started from the horses wanting to kill each other until magic demons almost killed them?"
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:37 pm

oh my god this is literally christmas carol
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:38 pm

But better
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:39 pm

I once again find myself on team Starlight Did Nothing Wrong
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:39 pm

This is an awsome villain song
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:40 pm

There's going to be a lot of background pony spotting in this one.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:40 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:I once again find myself on team Starlight Did Nothing Wrong

She's the best, she's the best, she's the absolute best.

Also I love her Miles Edgeworth outfit.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:40 pm

More ponies need to sing songs in minor keys. They're always the best ones. :evil:
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:41 pm

hero song, hearthswarming is a bullshit holiday about how even if you hate someone there's magic demons that hate you more so be nice or you'll literally die. Clearly Celestia propaganda meant to keep the underclass in line. Even in fictional analogy form Starlight is correct :smirk:
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:41 pm

Also, song ruled
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:41 pm

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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:44 pm

Ok Xmas carol
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Postby ixnay (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:46 pm

We've gone full Christmas Carol :flail:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:47 pm

:pcstare: OK. Most obvious thing in the world would have been to cast us three as the ghosts.

:speakest: Lets go to Maui for week. These jerks can learn the lesson of the Holidays themselves.

:allright: I'll get the kid.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:47 pm

hey can we talk about how equestria has necromancy apparently because starlight was NOT shocked to see a ghost
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:49 pm

How long has it been since we saw pinky sense?
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Postby ixnay (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:51 pm

Can we take a quick break?

I need to share some important messages from our advertisers
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:52 pm

This owns so hard I'm buzzing.

Also :lol: at them being aware of the god damned commercial break.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:52 pm

Pinkie got a Dixieland song. Wasn't expecting that. :amazing:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:53 pm

Man, I always love it when characters go on a break or something to signify a commercial break. :lol:
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:53 pm

The whole Christmas Carol schtick may be cliche, but these songs are knocking it out of the park.
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:54 pm

I love Fluttershy's hair here
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:55 pm

You know I get the point but

"Ponies working for the betterment of their home, HAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT BOOO"

feels like a weird message
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:56 pm

Wow nightmare moon....
And Luna finally fucking gets to sing
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:57 pm

I'm getting some Nightwish vibes from Luna's song. It wasn't long enough.
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:58 pm

Adelor Lyon wrote:I'm getting some Nightwish vibes from Luna's song.

I got that too... I love nightwish....
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:58 pm

The point isn't that Frost is wrong because she thinks we should work hard, she's wrong because she thinks friendship and the message of Hearths Warming is just a story and an excuse to have a day off, not realizing that it's the thing that actually keeps ice demons from wrecking shit
"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:58 pm

The Doctor wrote::pcstare: OK. Most obvious thing in the world would have been to cast us three as the ghosts.

:speakest: Lets go to Maui for week. These jerks can learn the lesson of the Holidays themselves.

:allright: I'll get the kid.


:delight: Well. Fuck me, I guess.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:58 pm

Sailor Yue wrote:Wow nightmare moon....
And Luna finally fucking gets to sing


This is like the second or third time she's sung
"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 3:59 pm

The Doctor wrote:
:delight: Well. Fuck me, I guess.


All is right with the world
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 4:00 pm

The Doctor wrote:
:delight: Well. Fuck me, I guess.
twas a ruse :moonie:
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 4:00 pm

Octavia wrote:More ponies need to sing songs in minor keys. They're always the best ones. :evil:

Luna heard my request :speakest:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 4:00 pm

HOW DO THEY KEEP DOING THIS?!

11/10.

AUUUGH!

:ponydrugs:
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 4:01 pm

DerFurShur wrote:The point isn't that Frost is wrong because she thinks we should work hard, she's wrong because she thinks friendship and the message of Hearths Warming is just a story and an excuse to have a day off, not realizing that it's the thing that actually keeps ice demons from wrecking shit


Oh I know, it's just kinda funny to go from Scrooge who's point was he was a miserly and abusive jerk because he was bitter to 'she genuinely thinks these things that are real are fake and thinks working is good'.

Awesome episode but loses a bit of the same punch that Christmas Carol had when it could have all be summed up with 'wendigos are real, idiot, we'll literally die'.

But hey, still by far the best pones in a long ass time. :awesomedash:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat May 14, 2016 4:01 pm

What a great holiday episode. Good songs, lots of cameos and they did a great job of telling a Christmas Carol-style story in only 22 minutes.

Luna made a dynamite Ghost of Hearth Warming Eve Future, will all due respect to AJ and Pinkie in thier parts as well. I do wish Celestia had had a part too.

The Whoville style song in the cold opening was fun. And I thought it was a nice touch to have Vinyl Scratch just be a regular pony without glasses, etc. in the flashback scenes. And of course Derpy in the tree. Image

I liked how they drew a parallel with what Starlight Glimmer herself did in Our Town - doing what she thought was best, but what wasn't necessarily so.

I enjoyed this, I'm sure I'll enjoy it more about seven months down the road. :allears:

The episode aired commercial free for me, so I missed Spike's break being the commercial break. That's really clever. :here:
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