OMG PONIES

[jeffreycwells]

Hey, folks, suffering through another one of my typical pervasive can't-write fits. Normally I just pull the covers over my head and wait these out, but I've got deadlines to meet, including a self-imposed deadline on "…Starbuck Avenger", and I actually have to muscle through my block this time. And the only way I know of to do that is to start

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[feech]

"Eric, for you Dungeons and Dragons: The Animated Series fans"

Eric is my favorite Animated Series D&D character. I grant he's one of my animated-series "types"-- the spoiled, whiny rich boy brat-- but he's actually heroic. In order to prove this, though, you have to _watch_ the series, and that's kind of tortuous. Doing so proves that while Eric does a heroic thing, it's generally undone by their "Master".

As for Twilight, trustingness in a horse is a major benefit and absolutely necessary for advanced and continuing cooperative tasks, and breaking trust is a major no-no, so that's weird.

[feech]

Well, and then there's Presto, too, who was always a shoo-in with me, too. So.

I haven't actually seen the Ponies show. From the images you showed me, I think the expressions are a riot and my faves right out of the gate are the stunt fliers with their goggles. I like the themed ponies, not the individuals.

Did we figure out poor Sweets's identified-with pony?

[jeffreycwells]

Not yet. I don't remember the criteria.

[feech]

Well. Now I think that can be laid to rest, having watched enough of it to see a certain pony in action.

And when I logged on to LJ tonight, this entry merged with another and loaded as subject header "OMG PONIESSkin Horse" because LJ melded this entry with an SH entry. I thought you and Shaenon had done a ponies feature, like a Sunday thing or somethin'.

[tracerj]

Notes

[tracerj]

The only time I can think of that the Applejack 'honesty' thing came into play in an interesting way was when they were all making up excuses not to attend Pinkie Pie's party.

Twilight Sparkle and Rarity make up convenient excuses (that are still lies), Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash tell a real whopper, but Applejack has an extremely hard time of it. She essentially doesn't lie, just omits a lot of facts, and even in that she struggles.

A stretch, I know, but we _are_ overanalyzing a cartoon already.

[jeffreycwells]

Are you kidding? Overanalysis rules! I want more overanalysis!

[tracerj]

Speaking of over-analysis...

- I'm assuming it's intentional that a character named Twilight is responsible for the reunion of the Sun-pony and the Moon-pony, but I do wonder why this is all dropped after the first episode. I seem to remember the executive producer mentioning that Luna would be back in the first season. I wonder if the fact that she *wasn't* back has anything to do with the fact that said creator left the show.

- I thought the moral lessons at the end of episodes were pretty interesting. Not many shows would have a "The customer is not always right" moral.

- Also, have some major math over-analysis of Rainbow Dash's sonic rainbow save: http://i.imgur.com/2gg2w.jpg

[dvandom]

One theory that's been advanced is that the Elements weren't attached to them because they naturally embodied those traits...but because they had made some effort to overcome shortcomings in that area. Rarity is not naturally generous, but has learned to be more giving. Dash is naturally self-centered with occasional flashes of thinking of others, loyalty is something she's had to learn. And if "Psychoshy" is how Fluttershy really is, then she's done a DAMNED good job of learning kindness. Pinkie certainly didn't embody laughter back on the rock farm, and Applejack spent quite a lot of time in Manehattan putting up a false front, trying to be someone she wasn't. While most of them came to some sort of epiphany tied into their Element during the first Sonic Rainboom, they all still have to work at it. And they can all suffer lapses, because it's not who they ARE, it's who they're trying to BECOME.

[tracerj]

Well-spotted! That's actually a really keen observation there, and something I actually feel kind of dumb for not picking up on myself. :)

Also... finally, someone found a decent use for one of the Cutie Mark Crusader episodes. *grin*