Re: Offseason General Show Chat
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Fizzbuzz
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Fizzbuzz wrote:Twilight's Kingdom explained that their strength was a gift granted by magic.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Twilight's Kingdom explained that their strength was a gift granted by magic.
ZamuelNow wrote:
Now if only they didn't wait until S4 to try to give earth ponies credit for anything. It frustrated me that it always felt like earth ponies were defined by what they couldn't do than what they could.
The Doctor wrote:Not to mention we've never really seen extraordinary strength from Earth Ponies that we haven't in other races. Dash can pretty much break even against AJ, and both of them probably skew on the high end of the curve for their races (especially Dash).
We've seen super strength from Sweetie Belle.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were able to keep up with two Earth Ponies in a Carriage chase.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:Yeah, but what about the other Earth ponies, like Bon Bon, or Roseluck? They don't really seem like "strong, house pulling" type to me.
ZamuelNow wrote:Personally, I think the show might have better benefited if they played up the growing plants part than strength since it feels less replaceable by the others. AJ had that giant apple in Bats! while the Appleloosa ponies grew a whole orchard in the middle of the desert. That or a combination since the other types technically have two abilities. Pegasi can fly and they can control the weather through touch. Unicorns have basic telekinesis and whatever individualized magic spells they have.
Strangepony wrote:When did Sweetie Belle have super strength?
The Doctor wrote:We saw Sweetie Belle pull half a house!
Octavia wrote:Are you talking about from Sleepless in Ponyville? All the stuff was in a cart on wheels. Big Mac was dragging a house along the ground. There's a big difference.
I think it's been made pretty clear that Earth Ponies (in general) are stronger than the other two races and are much more in touch with the natural world. Pegasi are generally faster and more agile than their counterparts, and unicorn strength lies in their magic.
The Doctor wrote:
True, but I still would hold it as an example of the other race's strength. I agree with Zamuel that the Earth pony magic should have been tied in more with nature.
And on the note of Big Mac strength.
ZamuelNow wrote:
Eh, alicorns have all three types and Celestia is over 1000 years old. That's not a strength battle I have a problem with him losing.
ZamuelNow wrote:
Eh, alicorns have all three types and Celestia is over 1000 years old. That's not a strength battle I have a problem with him losing.
The Doctor wrote:
Oh me either. Just the talk about Big Mac strength made me think of that panel, and I do love it. I would expect nothing less than for Celestia to beat him handily, but let him try his little heart out first.
Undecided wrote:Every time you write a story I can't help but sigh, because I know I'm gong to lose another man card.
ROBOT B9 wrote:I thought that Hasbro bought out MASK a few years ago.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Hmm...who created the show? They might be the rights owners to the cartoon.
ROBOT B9 wrote:Huh...I did not know that. Does this mean that the Hub owns the entire DIC library? If so, they should really use at least some of it for programming.
SoundMonkey44 wrote:
No, they would have to buy the rights to air them just like with anything else.
I guess I should have been more thourough in my post.
What I meant was is given Hasbros Realationship with DHX it would probably be pretty easy to buy the rights to air DIC shows, but my guess is they just don't want to for some reason.