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A chart appeared in front of Betterbones' eyes. It was a line graph, and on it was a series of notes and scribblings, and a green line that started off high up on the bar to the left, and then, in a jagged decent, ended up fairly near the bottom. This was a graph detailing how good his day had been. It was also completely imaginary, and he shook his head to clear it from his vision. Perhaps he would have made a task of putting together a real graph to illustrate this depressing downfall in his day, but the exercise would have been pointless, as it would have simply gotten wet from the rain that was currently pouring down onto his head and fallen apart. His usually remarkably tall mane was wet and stuck to his head. He hated it when his mane was flat. Sat on the bench, he kicked a hoof sulkily at a pebble, sighed, and wished he could be back home. Of course, this city had been his home for many years at one point. He had grown up here, met and married the love of his life, raised his daughter, all in Canterlot. So why did he detest the place so much now? It was probably nothing. It was probably just the kind of day he was having - the kind that (literally) dampened one's view on life altogether. The city of Canterlot just happened to be the nearest thing for him to blame it all on. He suppressed a shiver as the cold water trickled down his back and he reminded himself that his life was good, and that he had a lot to be thankful for. I'd be extra-thankful, he added with an internal mumble, if every hotel in a ten-mile radius wasn't packed to capacity... This also explained why the street he was on, which was usually filled with ponies going about their business, was empty. Just him, his bench, the rain, and behind him, a large and decorative fountain that seemed particularly redundant in weather such as this. The doctor looked up at the sky, scowled at the clouds. He knew they were only there because those blasted pegasi put them there. Who made it their business to go about making it rain, anyway? Why, if he could give them a piece of his mind, he'd... well, he'd... He'd probably make his point in a reasonable and controlled fashion. Maybe write them a letter of complaint. Well, everypony has their bad days, right?

Weren't there frequently a bunch of dancing buffalo in tu-tus that went across the scene in Ponyville? That would suggest that he isn't limitted to just ponies. Maybe dragons are immune, though...

That would be cool, but I can't see it getting the go-ahead from the higher-ups. It would be marketted mainly to us, the bronies, who actually know these characters, and we know how much Hasbro insists on focussing only on their original target market. What's more, there are no toys based on the background ponies we love so much that the showing of which in an episode would bolster the sales of.

A brony teacher would be awesome . I converted my sister and myself and a fellow brony are kind of wearing this other friend of mine down XD. Okay, it's not so much 'wearing him down', so much as its making sure he knows its okay to like it. He's coming up to the end of season one now, and when I spoke to him today, I asked him if he felt like a brony yet, and he said yes. Not quite on the level of referencing the show or any fanon stuff yet, but we'll get him there

I wouldn't have the first clue I'll stick to 2D, thanks Although I did get this little sewing kit from my grandmother on Christmas, you know, for sewing emergencies and that, and I looked at it, and then I looked at my sister and went "NOW I CAN SEW DRESSES FOR ALL MY FRIENDS FOR THE GALA!!!" But seriously, both you guys have reall skills. The backpack is... well... that needs to be manufactured on a mass scale. Because. Awesome. And the Fluttershy, what is there to say but D'Awwwwwww.... Do you have a deviantART account I can watch for your work?

Well, process of elimination... Fluttershy is too timid to rule. A monarch needs a firm hoof. A vote for Pinkie Pie sounds good at first, but in the long run that's practically a vote for Discord... Elect Luna and she'll run things as was suitable 1000 years ago, and we'll all be living in the dark ages. With Discord you don't know what in the hell you're getting... Night Mare Moon is... um... a baddie? Big Mac would just agree with anything anypony said. Chaos would quickly surge up and overrun Equestria. I don't know enough about Derpy as a pony to put the fate of the world into her hooves... plus, don't tell her I said this, but she's kinda ditzy So, in conclusion, Celestia (or indeed 'Celstia') seems to have done a pretty good job for the last Celestia-knows-how-many-years. I'll go with her

I guess so. That's weird, I never even heard of that second one. I prefer the sound of the third one anyway... But that's off topic XD

That was my initial thought... but the synopsis says '... Make Big Macintosh and Cheerliee fall in love'. Not 'Try to make', or 'Attempt to make', or any other synonym... So unless the Synopsis People are trolling us?

You, my friend, just blew my mind. I do not have high hopes, however

Gotta agree with Dessa about the pairing. Never been too much of a shipper, but now that I think about it, that's one popular couple that doesn't make an awful lot of sense. As soon as I read 'Cheerliee' and 'Big Macintosh', on the other hand, I thought 'Yeah, that works'. Then again, when I read that I was still jumping for joy that we're going to get an episode where Big Mac actually speaks again. Probably. But with this and 'Read it and Weep' it looks like a really interesting couple of episodes coming up. If 'Super Speedy Cider Squeezy' is going to be as predictable as I think it is,however, I'm not looking forward to that one TOO much

The concept never even crossed my mind before. But I'm okay with this

Yep, Just wrote that two posts up

UPDATE: As of 17/01/2012, we now have a very brief synopsis for 'Hearts and Hooves'! It's now called 'Hearts and Hooves Day', and the synopsis is as follows: 'The Cutie Mark Crusaders make Miss Cheerilee and Big Macintosh fall in Love.' That pretty much tells us everything we've been wondering about the Valentines episode. I for one love the idea, since I've been wishing for more Big Macintosh (beyond "Eeyup!") since 'Applebuck Season', and I don't know how they're going to pull this off without giving him at least some new lines. If they do try to, I may cry. I also love how much awkwardness there's going to be with this situation, surely. It's going to be great fun!

I thought about that, but came to the decision that Sisterhooves Social had its main focus on Rarity and Sweetie-Belle, since it was those two who learned the moral of the story (that's one of the main things I'm basing these on), but if you think it's worth adding, I'll go ahead and do so.

This is something I raised in a different thread, but now I have charts. CHARTS! My favourite kinds of episodes are ones that focus on the relationship between two of the mane six characters. My reasons are that this gives both characters enough room for development, and also serves as a chance for their friendship to be evolved and deepened. It's fair enough to break these episodes up with single-character-centric episodes, and CMC episodes and the like, of course, that keeps things interesting. In season one, we got a lot of these 'duet' episodes, but there are still some gaps for ones that haven't happened yet. In season two the writers seem to be focusing on more sideline character relationships, EG. Rarity and Sweetie-Belle, or Applebloom and Granny Smith, which is fair enough, but there were plenty more possibilities for mane six interraction left over from season one! I've been thinking about it, and I think this is the single reason I don't like season two SO FAR as much as season one. It could all change, of course, we've got plenty of episodes to go yet. But there's my opinion on the matter. On the charts, the terms 'All' and 'Single-Character' are kind of interchangeable, because it's difficult to define where one stops and the other starts. I'm pretty sure these charts are fairly accurate, though.

What is this 'card' thing that everypony's talking about all of a sudden. I don't have a card. I want a card But no, the opening theme is the thing it took me longest to like about the show. I think that's pretty normal too.