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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[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

[jeffreycwells]

I know that people try to put a positive spin on things, so you can't believe everything you read, but I wasn't under the impression that Ms. Faust left the show; more that she was stepping down from a direct role in the animation quarter and would continue as consulting producer in terms of character and storyline issues.

Also, per Ms. Faust's blog, Luna is on for Season 2.

[jeffreycwells]

Oh, and Sonic Rainboom calculations for the win. Now all we need to do is figure out how much cooler this makes her than everyone else, mathematically-speaking. I think she'd appreciate that.