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Re: April General Discussion: As seen in entertainment!

Postby Minty (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:01 pm

That's what I like about the show, it shows there's more to being smart or talented than strict study-related material.
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Postby ZamuelNow (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:08 pm

There's also the fact that I think the show itself handled the "fancy mathematics" joke pretty well. It was southerner to southerner and it was among two siblings. It would have had different connotations if another character said it. Unfortunately, it's one of those things the fandom has run with.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:14 pm

Yeah, as a southerner myself I like how AJ isn't portrayed as an idiot. She has a Steryotypical accent, but has over all proven to be a compute my individual.

Also as A fan of WATAMOTE, The Manga mentioning MLP makes me super happy!
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:12 am

Yeah, I really like how they handled The Apples in general. They remind me of a slightly more optimistic version of the Joabs from The Grapes Of Wrath.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:00 pm

Agreed! Also kind of gettin antsy waiting for the July14 IDW solicits... They should be out today, so far though only Darkhorse has their July solicits out...guess the other publishers are busy at wondercon.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:54 pm

So how is BABScon going? I know it only just started today, but I've heard surprisingly little so far. In fact, things have been quite quiet all around today.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:56 pm

IDW is having a panal for their pony & other kids comics Sunday at Wondercon.
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Postby Frith (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:07 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:So how is BABScon going? I know it only just started today, but I've heard surprisingly little so far. In fact, things have been quite quiet all around today.

Yeah, the forum has been quite quiet today. Perhaps the reason is that this weekend is the Easter weekend.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:17 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:So how is BABScon going? I know it only just started today, but I've heard surprisingly little so far. In fact, things have been quite quiet all around today.


Well, InsertAuthorHere is having ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffFUN there :amazing:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:40 am

Frith wrote:Yeah, the forum has been quite quiet today. Perhaps the reason is that this weekend is the Easter weekend.


Yeah, it's probably due to that and the fact that Thursday and Friday are usually calmer days in terms of posting.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:20 am

I think things are kind of quiet, but at the same time, I don't usually have much time to post while at cons. Unlike the Eurohorsies where everyone still keeps posting in the thread during the event, cons don't usually give the same opportunity; the most you'll see out of some people is tweets and write-ups afterwards.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:28 am

Oh yeah, I forgot all about the big convention. I hope everyone's having a fun time there!
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:47 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:I imagine it'd be much like Twilight and her burgers.

Well yeah. Where else do you suppose Twilight learned such bad manners? Certainly not from her parents.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:51 am

Chaos Sonic wrote:Certainly not from her parents.


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Postby Strangest Letter (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:23 am

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You never know.


We probably never will either, I want a parents episode so bad. :fluttersmith:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:27 am

Yeah, that's one of the many things on my list for things that should appear in Season 5.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:25 pm

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We probably never will either, I want a parents episode so bad. :fluttersmith:

If anyone is first in line for such an episode, I think it's Fluttershy. She's still the only one of the Mane Six who has not had her parents alluded to in the least.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:03 pm

Oh, you big silly, Fluttershy doesn't have parents. She was born out of a flower like Aphrodite was born from the foam of the sea. :-P
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Postby Kronos (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:27 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Oh, you big silly, Fluttershy doesn't have parents. She was born out of a flower like Aphrodite was born from the foam of the sea. :-P


But...flowers don't grow in the sky :fluttersmith:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:29 pm

It was a MAGIC FLOWER. :gotcha:

But seriously, I would like to see more of Fluttershy's family, I think that we haven't even seen or heard of them from the show yet.
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:48 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:It was a MAGIC FLOWER. :gotcha:

But seriously, I would like to see more of Fluttershy's family, I think that we haven't even seen or heard of them from the show yet.


Have you ever seen the Spongebob clouds? :-P

In terms of Fluttershy's family, I would be interested in seeing how they act compared to Fluttershy. Are they the ex-Wonderbolts I have seen in some art, or are they just like her. I would be very interested to know.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:03 pm

Yeah, but the Spongebob clouds are only under the sea. :gotcha:
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:05 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Yeah, but the Spongebob clouds are only under the sea. :gotcha:


Oh yeah... :fluttersmith: I forgot about that. Sorry... :fluttersmith:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:01 pm

Well, it's hard to believe we only have such a short time of new pony episodes. It feels like only yesterday that Season 4 was first starting up.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:34 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:If anyone is first in line for such an episode, I think it's Fluttershy. She's still the only one of the Mane Six who has not had her parents alluded to in the least.

They haven't mentioned Applejack's parents. We can only assume they're not around.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:50 pm

Octavia wrote:They haven't mentioned Applejack's parents. We can only assume they're not around.

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While that was intentionally vague and is retconnable in an emergency, it's still more than they've ever done with Fluttershy's parents.
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:24 pm

Octavia wrote:They haven't mentioned Applejack's parents. We can only assume they're not around.


But if we're having a conversation about who needs to have their family brought more to the forefront, it's definitely not Applejack.
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Postby InC (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:28 pm

The main reason for subtlety is that kids of all ages will be watching, and a cartoon probably shouldn't be what get younger children to understand the mortality of parents. I doubt they'd ever retcon it, not because they'd have to explain where AJ's parents have been all this time, but mostly because there must be a reason the Apple family was designed this way. This show was built on the principle that representation matters, and since the Apples are the go-to choice for any lesson on the importance of family, I don't think it's a coincidence that they're not a traditional family unit. There's no need to outright explain whatever it is that happened to AJ's parents, because I don't think it's supposed to be a tragic part of her character rather than a way to show some of the kids in the audience that the "best family ever" doesn't have to be exactly like that of their friends.
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Postby ixnay (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:23 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:So how is BABScon going? I know it only just started today, but I've heard surprisingly little so far. In fact, things have been quite quiet all around today.


The only thing I've heard about the convention the last couple of days is that the Everfree Network guy got kicked out of the convention, apparently for trying to interview VAs when he wasn't supposed to. :-I
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:54 am

I hope you are all having lots of fun with the convention! I really hope that I can go to one someday, it seems so interesting...
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:06 am

I remember being at Bronycon and a teenager in a staff T-shirt snapped at me for not having my badge out and visible.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:42 am

Thought I would repost this here for general discussion...

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This is Stellar Eclipse, a pony with a minor role in Trade Ya. Why is this important?

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http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/202191 ... -research/

I am pretty fascinated by this earnest fundraising attempt (I also wonder what connections this family had to actually get the role for such a young boy...). Seems bronies' reputations for $$$$$ has gotten around.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:07 am

Wayoshi, you know that the story you linked is from June 2008, right? That's almost six years ago (meaning he's 17 now, incidentally). Most likely someone at DHX knew about him and knew that he was a fan of the show and thought that it would be nice to let a ponified version of him appear in the show. It seems kind of selfish to assume that this was done entirely to get this fandom to donate loads of money.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:24 pm

The Digibrony review mentioned it was apparently through the Make-a-Wish foundation, but I`m not sure where he got that from. I`m sure it will come to complete light soon enough.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:32 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Wayoshi, you know that the story you linked is from June 2008, right?

Somehow no, I never noticed. :-I
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:31 pm

I'm actually a little bit surprised there's been so little mention of him online between then and now. I do hope his full story gets told.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:17 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I'm actually a little bit surprised there's been so little mention of him online between then and now. I do hope his full story gets told.


Here ya' go. EoD just posted it at 11:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/04/t ... -pony.html
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:24 pm

Well, I certainly hope he gets more exposure from this. He certainly deserves it.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:31 pm

So really, no $$$$ incentive? Color me surprised...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:38 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Well, I certainly hope he gets more exposure from this. He certainly deserves it.

Interestingly, he didn't seem to want it. That EqD post deliberately left out a lot of info at the family's request. I can't blame the family over that, either, but I'm glad we at least know that much now.
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