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  1. weesh
    Is it time to push the artists up a notch?
  2. weesh
    The cutie mark change fundamentally changed each character mentally. But it is not clear that it railroaded them down a specific path, as much as it pushed them towards the character whose mark they had. Perhaps Rarity sees Dash's cutie mark as all things Dash, and started emulating her perception of Dash. In this case, she probably things of Dash as a skilled flyer and the local weather guy, but being unable to fly, defaulted to weather. All subconscious of course. A similar case can be made for Applejack, who isn't often around on Rarity's gem missions, and couldn't do it anyways.
  3. weesh
    Which was the problem. It would be better for the characters if they were intelligent and silly, or intelligent and troublemakers.
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    1) Regarding the portrayal of men, there are several levels that the show could strive towards. Firstly, they intentionally avoided romantic love and focused on friendships, which is one of the best decisions made in the show. They could go a step further and have more males that are friends, because modeling such things wouldn't be a bad idea in a society where it can be hard to be "just" friends with others of the opposite sex. I'd say "important" but they aren't failing this one. 2) I made this topic because it was hard to think of good male characters. Sure there are Shining Armor and Fancy Pants, but the rest are unsatisfying. Many have little depth, little screen time, are cliches, etc. While it isn't a deal-breaker for this part of the series to be weak, it is disappointing. 3) Fancy Pants, for the short period that we got to know him, showed open mindedness and love to all those around him, from the first moment to the last. He edges out Shining armor. 4) While it is hard to say that any of the characters hurt the show, there are some missed opportunities. Snips and Snails could have been portrayed with more respect, but still been troublemakers and thick skinned enough to not let teasing get to them. Sorin could have been the one male jock that was deeper than loving pie.
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    I saw lotus bloom in the supermarket today, and almost bought my first pony for me. But fluttershy and rainbow dash need to come first.

  6. weesh
    Update?
  7. weesh
    It seems like you are asking if you should act different than your normal self for some reason. If being yourself works for small groups, and for a big convention, why wouldn't it work for a small convention? What am I missing?
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    Oops! you seem to be right, I have removed her from the list. While similar, they are not exactly the same. Women and men are physiologically, emotionally and mentally different. I need to think about what specifically the differences are, but they should exist. I'll get back to this later. Then write us a better one, or should I just remove him from the list? We don't really know that much about him. It had seemed that he was a slacker before he got sick though. Unless the symptoms take a long time to develop, which is inconsistent with the story. But, maybe he had a low grade fever, and his immune system was already weak before he started hanging out with other sick ponies.
  9. weesh

    Dessa just contacted me on the World of Tanks forum : )

    1. MyLittlePonyTales

      MyLittlePonyTales

      Well lookit that. :P

  10. weesh
    If you rewrite his summary, I'll use yours. The reason my thoughts aren't typed yet is because they are not easy questions to answer. This was almost a "where are the good men?" but it disintegrated when the information was pulled together. A little more time is needed for contemplation.
  11. weesh
    I don't understand your post, unless you are lamenting the ugly dresses. They are so bad, that they took me out of the moment. There was a brief window when I hoped that they had intentionally dressed down to make twilight's gown all the more spectacular, but hers was sub-standard as well.
  12. weesh
    Here is a survey of the non-antagonist male characters (that have talked and gotten significant screen time) with a brief description of each: Spike: Often a voice of reason, compassionate, has trouble focusing, dependable, loyal Big Mac: shy, hard worker Snips/Snails: nerdy fanboys, dumb Fancy Pants: navigates high society with ease, but open minded, courteous, respectful and kind. Mr. Cake: adept parent and baker Hoity Toity: fashionista Sorin: pie loving jock Shining Armor: Powerful magic user, leader, great brother Filthy Rich: good father, boring, money obsessed Pony Joe: down to earth pastry chef Thunderlane: talented slacker Flex: excitable, loud, jock Braeburn: pioneer, family oriented Sherrif Silverstar: steriotypical western sherrif Chief Thunderhooves: Action oriented, reasonable, boring Cranky Doodle: spent life searching for love, depressed Gustave: stereotypical french chef Firstly, feel free to write better summaries, or to add characters, and this post shall be edited. Secondly, some questions: 1) Is the portrayal of men in the series important? Why or why not? 2) What is your overall impression of how men are portrayed? 3) Which character best exemplifies good traits for a man? 4) Do the portrays of any of these men hurt the series? Who and why?
  13. weesh
    That is the problem with WMG; we may never know. I like your theory as well, since it is more grounded in fact than mine.
  14. weesh
    The best part is the quote about Rarity being a good role model, not because she loves fashion, but because she turned her passion into a career.
  15. weesh
    This is everything a documentary about bronies should be. To the point, open minded, plenty of clips, and intelligent conversation.
  16. weesh
    So here are the two spells: It makes me smile to think that Starswirl the Bearded (character) might not have been as clueless as Celestia seems to suggest. Perhaps he knew exactly what he was doing. "Secret unfinished masterpiece" is high praise for a harmful spell unless the intent and planning behind it is part of the charm. Perhaps "he did not understand friendship like you do" was referring to the fact that Starswirl knew he would not be able to successfully cast his greatest spell given his life of solitude (WMG!), so he intentionally sabotaged it as a clue for someone else to find. Or maybe it means Starswirl was unwilling to write it correctly because he did not want to ascend, and thus couldn't write it, for fear of... Aside - interesting magic lore: The spell did nothing when Twilight said it out loud, but transcribing the sentence and especially the period invoked it without her repeating it. This may be the way all new magic works the first time, or just the way certain special spells work for the first time. ...invoking it and becoming a prince when he had reasons not to do so.
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    I was explaining "cognitive dissonance" to someone, and came up with two far-fetched sentences that were contradictory as an illustration. Someone who was listening to us started to argue that the sentences weren't contradictory. It soon became clear to everyone else that cognitive dissonance fit them to a tee. Things got awkward.

  18. weesh
    That crossed my mind, but didn't it turn out that seasons 3 and 4 commissioned together? Perhaps my understanding is faulty.
  19. weesh
    That was not my impression. The predictable panic in Twilight was caused by two things: fear of losing her friends, and fear of inadequacy. Celestia address both of these. She assures her that there will be time to learn about her duties, and she assures her that her relationships will not only remain intact, but will grow, even as they change. Spending more time on it than that would have been overkill.
  20. weesh
    How creative! Owlowiscious as a griffin, and Tank in a turtle neck are brilliant! But angel bunny...just doesn't feel right.
  21. weesh
    I am going to repost them side by side so that I can compare them better: The first 6 words are verbatim, including the most important word in the speech. The rest of the words were modified for the setting. There is no stretch here. This is clearly an homage to Lou. Those words are so famous, that you cannot use them without it referencing Lou. Is your argument that it isn't subtle enough?
  22. weesh

    Rocking a rainbow dash temporary tattoo...

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    2. MyLittlePonyTales

      MyLittlePonyTales

      Sweet. I got a box of those.

    3. tacobob

      tacobob

      Bah! Go permanent, man!

    4. MyLittlePonyTales

      MyLittlePonyTales

      XD

  23. weesh
    Found a good one: SEASON 3 FINALE SPOILER INCLUDED! Also, spoiled for size...
  24. weesh

    I just noticed that the "EVERY TOPIC I POST IN DIES" thread got locked! I was just about to bring it back... http://www.canterlot.com/topic/5410-every-topic-i-post-in-dies/page__st__120

    1. MyLittlePonyTales

      MyLittlePonyTales

      Mhmm...

    2. weesh

      weesh

      Strange huh? I wonder why such a silly topic was considered bad?

    3. MyLittlePonyTales

      MyLittlePonyTales

      To prevent things like Last Post Wins again, methinks.

  25. weesh
    So...I am still a little bitter about the alicorn Twilight being given away, but I just got to watch it with four other people who had not heard the news, and I was watching their reaction very carefully so I could experience the shock and wonder vicariously. Just as the purple swills started surrounding her, the 5 year old boy predicted: "she's gonna get wings". The other 3 were appropriately surprised and thrilled by the experience though. Afterwards, I asked how he knew, and he couldn't explain. It had just been a guess!
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