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Hrm... what if alicorns weren't born, but rather made? Like, a pony is born as a regular Earth/Pegasus/Unicorn, and at some point, *something* happens that upgrades them to all-powerful, immortal alicorns, thus giving them the right to rule? Very unlikely, of course, but I just thought of it and thought it would be a cool idea. If this was the case, it would make a really interesting flashback fanfic to see Celestia and Luna as regular fillies. It would also explain why there are so few of them (this upgrade would obviously be a rare occurrence) and no males. This new Cadence pony could be a new alicorn, or one from the past that isn't around any more for whatever reason.

I pretty much agree with what everypony before me has said. We're not asking the world - the show is fine as it is, that's why we love it so much. Outside of the show, I definitely think more could be done for the franchise, and, again as everypony else says, more accurate toys are a good place to start.

We've never had any shortage of new toys that SHOULD be made. Just a shortage of ones that it's likely ever WILL be made. For a massively successful toy company, Hasbro's really being kind of slow, turning a blind eye to bronies when it comes to merchandise. I understand that, since we're not their original/standard target market, and maybe they're scared that we're not a reliable source of income, they might not want to throw all their weight behind show-accurate toys for us, but would it be such a big risk to maybe make a trial of one set of toys that are aimed at us? Something like the gift set but with all the mane six, a non-pink Celestia, pets that resemble their animated counterparts. If they did that just to test the waters, and saw how eager a lot of us would be to purchase, I think they might open their minds a little to whom they were marketing their products to.

Well, it's a story of ups and downs in my experience. I tend to drift in and out of RPing, and it often gets to the point where I have to force myself to go to the computer, find the thread and type out a reply. Then it's not so fun. On the other hoof, I've been a part of so many epic moments through my time RPing, and at times I've truly felt like I was part of another world. I wouldn't give that up for anything. So, in my opinion, the pros outweigh the cons, even if it doesn't always seem so.

Totally the same story here, man. I'm pretty sure that now we're back to one episode a week we'll be golden though Being a brony born of Season Two, I can't imagine how the older fans among us survived the great drought between seasons... I don't know... if I'll be able to do it... when the dreaded No Pony season comes around again

Okay, so, we've got Some great comedy (the Granny Puppet scene almost had me in tears), Awesome animation and magic-y stuff with the zapapples, Cool new monsters in the timber wolves, A moral I thoroughly approve of (even if it wasn't spoken about directly), And that epic little lecture from Granny Smith. At the end of it I was gawping with the rest of the class, thinking 'Wow. Granny Smith is kind of a badass!' Pretty nice episode in all. But it needs MOAR FRIENDSHIPS. Seriously, only ONE out of the SIX mane characters? Their interractions are becoming more and more sparse, and those are the characters I watch the show for. I like the Cutie Mark Crusaders well enough, and I've got nothing against Applebloom, but I miss when every episode had the mane friends actually interracting with each other in some way more than a passing encounter or a song On second thought, maybe it's just Twilight I miss in every episode So the agreement is that there was no Derpy today? That's fair enough - her last appearance was in-your-face enough to warrant a break from the derp, I think I was disappointed that Big Macintosh didn't have more to say, though. He's my favourite non-mane-cast pony, and in the first few minutes of this episode, I saw him and said "Don't say Eeyup", and he went "Eeyup!" Why won't they give you more dialogue, my red-coated friend? Why? I know he said *something* at the beginning, but it was all mumbled in with Applejack's and Applebloom's saying the same thing.

Nopony's made a thread about it yet, so allow me! We have the episode names of the next two episodes after 'The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000' (can't believe I managed to memorise that title...). The first is called 'Read it and Weep'. It's going to be another Rainbow Dash episode, airing on the 4th of February, and it comes with the synopsis: "Rainbow Dash secretly discovers the joys of reading when she's laid up in the hospital." Now, while I was as put off by Mare-Do-Well as the next guy, and disliked having two Dash-centric episodes side by side as we did, I'm actually looking forward to this one - it sounds like they're going to do something different and interesting with her character, which she deserves, and I can't wait to see how the whole thing takes place. Considering the topic, perhaps Twilight could play a role in this episode too? The second title is 'Hearts and Hooves', is going to air on the 11th of February, and comes with no synopsis, but we're (EqD) assuming that it's a Valentine's Day themed episode (or whatever the equivelant is going to be in Equestria). If that's the case, it's going to be another interesting episode, since the only mane character actually attracted to another character so far has been Spike toward Rarity, so unless it's going to be another Spike/Rarity episode (which I can't see happening for a while, since they've taken care of that with 'Secret of my Excess'), it's going to mean some other characters developing likings for some other other characters. What are everypony's thoughts on all this?

I believe that... it's cartoon logic. Just one of those fantastic, inexplicable things that works simply because it's in a cartoon, and nopony questions it. Alternatively, upon giving birth, all mares are blessed with temporary psychic abilties, and are able to take a quick peek into the future in order to know what to name their child, before losing said gift again. Yeah, I'm gunna go with the first one.

I have to say, I've been pretty lucky with people around me and my being a brony. They either agree with me, find it vaguely amusing, or just ignore it entirely, which I'd much prefer than having a negative response like that. My only advice would be the same as Conor's - try and talk to them, but to be honest after what they did, I don't know if I could personally find the strength to do so. If you can, then you're a better man than I. It may not seem like much of a consolation, but we're here for you at least, and if you want someone to talk to without being judged for anything (it doesn't sound like the people you know can offer such a thing) than I know I'm not alone in offering my full attention to you - PM me, if you ever feel like it.

That's too cool. If only stuff like that happened to me. Sigh. I would invite him in for tea next time I saw him, and we would discuss pony politics.

Just looking at them makes me smile Excellent work!