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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 12:10 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:I think having given Spike a key would have been an interesting change in plot, making him more of a... key player to the series. :shepspike:


That would have been a really neat subversion.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:52 am

What if Spike got a seventh key and then everypony had to figure out who was the useless one? :shepspike:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:06 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:What if Spike got a seventh key and then everypony had to figure out who was the useless one? :shepspike:

Their magic macguffin quest would be right back at Squaaaaaare One!
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 6:32 am

Maybe Spike is a key of sorts, as he is one of Twilight's oldest friends. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 6:33 am

What if Spike is the key. We see Twilight trying to jam him into the keyhole... :smirk:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 6:39 am

Well, I'd certainly like to see how if that actually works. :-P
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 9:47 am

Spike's key was one of the fireworks at the end of the last episode. Probably shouldn't have lit those off. :whyme:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 9:52 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:What if Spike got a seventh key and then everypony had to figure out who was the useless one? :shepspike:


Well I mean, Twilight doesn't have a key yet (Yes I know it's the diary). It'd be a nice twist if the 6th was Spike and not her, since the box is hers anyway :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 10:33 am

You think it'll be the diary? I only ever saw that as a replacement for DPC letters, particularly given how they've let Spike and the CMC write in it as well. Had it only been written in by the six of them then maybe.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:42 pm

Nah, I think the diary is going to substitute for Celestia's letters from now on.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:47 pm

Which is a shame since it's barely used. :-/
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:50 pm

Just a reminder that the final two episodes start in 10 minutes, early Pony this week due to the finale.


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:51 pm

ShieldedDiamond wrote:Which is a shame since it's barely used. :-/


Really? It's been used in almost every episode this season? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 1:55 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:
Really? It's been used in almost every episode this season? :pinkieshrug:


I didn't think it was, I thought it was only used in the key episodes, and a handful of others. Out of 24 (not counting the finale) I think it's a real shame. One of the things that I enjoyed from the show was the letter to Celestia part, and that's gone now. It was in nearly every episode of Season 1, most of Season 2, I don't recall it much from Season 3, and the same (for its equivalent) in Season 4.
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Postby Stuff (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:11 pm

So... now what? :-I
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Postby Durandal (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:13 pm

Stuff wrote:So... now what? :-I


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:18 pm

Stuff wrote:So... now what? :-I


Well...I hear there's a cheese thread that needs a new OP. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Mordja (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:22 pm

Apropos of nothing, but am I loco for thinking that season 4 had a lot less hoof-hands than the last two? I mean, I haven't gone back and counted, but...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:24 pm

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I didn't think it was, I thought it was only used in the key episodes, and a handful of others. Out of 24 (not counting the finale) I think it's a real shame. One of the things that I enjoyed from the show was the letter to Celestia part, and that's gone now. It was in nearly every episode of Season 1, most of Season 2, I don't recall it much from Season 3, and the same (for its equivalent) in Season 4.

I am glad that they cut down on the letters/diary entries. Back in S1 there was one in every episode, which led to Twilight getting forced into episodes where she didn't need to be (Stare Master, The Show Stoppers, etc.) and where people other than herself were really the ones to learn about friendship. They feel far more organic now, though S3 was sadly devoid of them.
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Postby Bakufoon (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:34 pm

Mordja wrote:Apropos of nothing, but am I loco for thinking that season 4 had a lot less hoof-hands than the last two? I mean, I haven't gone back and counted, but...


I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed. In Pinkie Pride they even had Pinkie's bubble wand (in the goof-off song) literally taped to her hoof to avoid hoof-hands, which is hilarious. :gotcha:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:38 pm

There were a couple of cases of hoofhands in today's episode. :spoiler:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 3:58 pm

Hey, look!


I think I found best pony :amazing:

(okay, weird out-of-nowhere show on the Hub which by the looks of it doesn't look 'family' friendly like most Hub original shows. Could be good, perhaps)
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 4:45 pm

With season 5 confirmed to have 26 episodes, it now occurred to me that we will now have more episodes produced under Meghan McCarthy than Lauren Faust.

Faust was involved in at least 52 episodes (even if season 2 was finished after she left, she was still involved in getting the stories ready). When season 5 rolls out, McCarthy will have 65 episodes, and many more if the show keeps getting renewed and she keeps her job.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 5:57 pm

And Meghan has Equestria Girls movies and shorts and (possibly?) show under her belt too.
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 6:19 pm

AppleCobbler44 wrote:Hey, look!


I think I found best pony :amazing:

(okay, weird out-of-nowhere show on the Hub which by the looks of it doesn't look 'family' friendly like most Hub original shows. Could be good, perhaps)


They chose this over more Dan Vs.? :-/
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Postby Venusy (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 6:28 pm

Dan Vs. wasn't a Hub owned series, just licensed from Starz. It's unclear whether Hub or Starz canned it. This is just licensing a cheap show that was already aired in Australia and Mexico. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 10, 2014 7:27 pm

I think Dan Vs only aired in the Western hemisphere, I don't think I've ever seen it anywhere in Europe... :pinkieshrug:

Also, since it's Eurovision tonight, MLP España has come up with the best possible candidate for that:
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Postby Kronos (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 3:08 am

So I haven't seen the new episodes yet, given that I had to leave early and spend most of the day traveling in my car. No biggie, I didn't catch Inspiration Manifestation until the day after it premiered and I skipped the olympics Equestria Games because I slept in, then never bothered to see it on YT after hearing it wasn't as good as it could have been from a friend who generally thinks the same as I do about Polsky eps.

Now? I can't even go anywhere pony related without people gushing about how good today's eps must have been. The fact FimFic decidedly has a screenshot from today as the banner that keeps getting set as my new default no matter how many times I try to change it doesn't help.

Clearly there is but one reason: M. A. Larson is responsible for this :v:

I'll catch the episodes tomorrow, but honestly? This is the strongest reaction I've EVER seen to an episode. And that's factoring in The Day Derpy Spoke.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 3:44 am

Well, tons of hype on the day of the finale is to be expected, don't you think? :v: But really, I think it's the best one we've had yet. And do make sure you see Equestria Games. I usually like Dave Polsky's episodes and I loved that one.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 3:45 am

Yeah, "Equestria Games" is a great episode. Quite possibly one of the best from the show, period.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 4:30 am

Oh brother. You guys really are letting the moral weigh too much on that ep. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 4:43 am

It was good for reasons other than the moral. :eep:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 7:03 am

Yeah, I thought that episode had some great humour, excellent characterisation and motives for Spike and absolutely gorgeous visuals.
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 8:59 am

Aside from one pretty fantastic scene I didn't think Equestria Games was that great, TBH.
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Postby Tears (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 12:27 pm

Still haven't seen the finale (look, Eurovision is important, right?) so am being a bit gunshy on here and Twitter, but a few tidbits:

Someone asked the Hasbro VP who's pretty active about the show (@mktoon) about show runtimes, and apparently with the addition of S5, MLP:FiM will be Hasbro's longest-running show of all time, longer than eighties Transformers and GI Joe.

And a pretty minor thing, but given how Twitter's been an avenue for a lot of bile channeled towards some of the writers, it's nice that the season managed to end this way:

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 1:04 pm

Yeah, there's some mentally unstable jerks that pointlessly give show runners grief. But there just as many giving em love & calling the loonies out on their shit.

I've reported afew people/tweets over the past year myself.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 1:15 pm

Giving criticism is one thing, and I am a critic of Meghan's writing on these two parters. But #RIPMeghan... that's just bad taste.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 1:19 pm

That's, uh, not about her.

(It's not even a Rescue at Midnight Castle reference, though I thought at first it might be :-P )
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 1:20 pm

I don't think that was related to MLP. It's A gal named Megan Cambelm or somethin.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun May 11, 2014 1:57 pm

:-I Well, don't I feel silly now.
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