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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:27 pm

Maybe, but it's hard to say. I know there was a bit of explanation of her backstory in the comics, though that story only appeared in one of the few EqG special annuals (which I didn't buy) and a con-exclusive print of an earlier issue. I never got the full story but I think there was something about her being another student of Celestia's, before Twilight.

It's hard to measure her knowledge of magic now given that she's near-exclusively stayed in Dougworld since she first got there.
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Postby Sidotsy (?) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:41 pm

Anyway, Fluttershy has The Stare and Pinkie has her sense. So that makes AJ and Rarity kind of normal. They're just good at what they like / do for a living.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:44 pm

"The Magic Inside" has been niminated for a Daytime Emmy award.

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:ponder: wonder why Lena Hall's name isn't on there too. Does the performer not get credit for these kinds of awards if they didn't write the song?

Emmy site is down, so I can't confirm, but the comments on EQD say that these were the other songs nominated.

"Fairy Tale Wedding" from Peg + Cat
"Little Froggie" from Bubble Guppies
"True Bromance" from All Hail King Julien
"We're Gonna Space Die" from Turbo FAST




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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:27 pm

Keeping my fingers crossed for "The Magic Inside". It's a great song. Image
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Postby Octavia (?) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:02 pm

A friend of mine who I used to compose with on a regular basis when I lived in LA is one of the other nominees in the best original song category, so I'll be rooting against Daniel Ingram this time. :modesty:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:47 am

Hey, couple things to say about the S5 rewatch thing that I've been doing in the Pasture. First off, it's continuing tomorrow at 7:30 EDT, same time as usual. We'll be watching the S5 finale, just in time for S6 to start this weekend!

Second, after that I'm going to start showing all of S1 with the same schedule. We'll start tomorrow, after I'm done with The Cutie Re-Mark, and then keep going at the usual four episodes a week. I hope you all will join me as I go way back to the early days of FiM.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:16 am

Sidotsy wrote:Anyway, Fluttershy has The Stare and Pinkie has her sense. So that makes AJ and Rarity kind of normal. They're just good at what they like / do for a living.


Yeah, I was gonna say this. Fluttershy doesn't just have the Stare, her talent for talking with animals also counts as a pretty unique ability. And as for Pinkie, it hardly stops at Pinkie Sense; she's a living toon. She does things that just don't happen anywhere else in ponydom.

In fact I think Rarity and Applejack both being the only "normal" ones really lends to the picture you get of the two of them being actual day-to-day "adults" more than any of the rest. Business owners, heads of household, just people who struggle through the daily grind, not always excelling but always striving. If they'd been superheroes too I think the show would have lost something of its resonance with me.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:54 am

I will try my best to watch the live stream for sure this time! :jingo:

Also, while Rainbow Dash is the fastest, she also has low stamina. She wouldn't be able to win any long endurance races. So it kind of balances out.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:58 am

Soft Snow wrote:Also, while Rainbow Dash is the fastest, she also has low stamina. She wouldn't be able to win any long endurance races. So it kind of balances out.


I mean, she says that but then she flies to like, the north pole to find Spitfire in that same episode :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:44 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:
I mean, she says that but then she flies to like, the north pole to find Spitfire in that same episode :pinkieshrug:

I can't imagine that Rainbow Dash would lie to us like that.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:49 am

Rainbow Dash getting flustered and starstruck isn't exactly new. I don't think she was lying per se, but she definitely was downplaying her own abilities in front of Wind Rider.
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Postby Sidotsy (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:17 pm

Headless Horse wrote:
Yeah, I was gonna say this. Fluttershy doesn't just have the Stare, her talent for talking with animals also counts as a pretty unique ability. And as for Pinkie, it hardly stops at Pinkie Sense; she's a living toon. She does things that just don't happen anywhere else in ponydom.

In fact I think Rarity and Applejack both being the only "normal" ones really lends to the picture you get of the two of them being actual day-to-day "adults" more than any of the rest. Business owners, heads of household, just people who struggle through the daily grind, not always excelling but always striving. If they'd been superheroes too I think the show would have lost something of its resonance with me.

Interesting you say that when Fluttershy is the oldest of the group. I think Dash and Twi are the youngest, Rarity, AJ, and Pinkie all seem to be same age? Does it actually mention their ages (beyond Fluttershy being older than the others) anywhere?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:20 pm

We don't even necessarily know that Fluttershy is older than everyone else, just that she's a year older than Pinkie Pie. As far as other ages go, there were 21 candles visible on Rainbow Dash's birthday cake in Pinkie Pride, but it was a massive cake and it could've had more candles from an angle that we couldn't see, so we can't say for certain how old she is. We also know that Sweetie Belle is definitely much older than five years old since we saw her fifth birthday in For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:22 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:We don't even necessarily know that Fluttershy is older than everyone else, just that she's a year older than Pinkie Pie. As far as other ages go, there were 21 candles visible on Rainbow Dash's birthday cake in Pinkie Pride, but it was a massive cake and it could've had more candles from an angle that we couldn't see, so we can't say for certain how old she is. We also know that Sweetie Belle is definitely much older than five years old since we saw her fifth birthday in For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils.



For what it's worth, in Cutie Mark Chronicles/The Cutie Remark filly Fluttershy has a different model than everyone else (she's bigger and more gangly). So while it isn't explicitly stated, I think it seems likely that she's the oldest of the mane 6. Especially combined with her saying she's older than Pinkie, and Pinkie having the same model as the rest of the mane 6 in those episodes.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:38 pm

Yeah, I always assumed she was the oldest for the same reason, though I also imagine that the youngest of the Mane Six isn't more than three or four years younger than her (i.e. they're all around the same age). It's just that there's very little hard info on how old they actually are.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:30 pm

The last of the S5 rewatching is about to begin in the Pasture! Get in!
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:31 pm

I'm read for pony! =D
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:58 am

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Postby PhoolCat (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:46 am

I'd quite forgotten that today is Poneday and was considering going to see Zootropolis instead - I can always watch a HQ after dinner, I suppose.
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