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My feelings on Pinkie's behavior this episode.

So it is "Noble". Huh.

Here's an interesting tidbit for those who watched the episode:

So I take it Dash originally refused Spitfire's reconciliation offer? Or perhaps there was none at all. The possibilities are, like, endless!

So much for the delay: seems Nook has issue #2 available already.

And now for the coup-de-grace.

Right, almost forgot: there's one thing that might tick some people off, and the thing is that it's not even a spoiler.

Spitfire's voice definitely changed. This episode confirms it. I guess they couldn't get the Season 1 voice back for some reason.

It's leaked!? But there was only a few more days till it aired live!! Are people that impatient?....Patience is a virtue.

Not watching it until it airs on the Hub.....

Even though I haven't watched a single episode on the television...

It's not even an iTunes derp, apparently it was just straight up leaked. Bizzare happenings

Anyway, I've watched the episode:

The script's written by Merriwether, so there's some quality dis-junction here and there.

Also, Merriwether has to be some kind of PinkieDash shipper, because Pinkie is ridiculously obsessed with her in this episode (though Dash is not. I think the obsession is a setup for a brick joke, to be honest). For what it's worth though, there's some decent character growth in this episode.

Speaking of shipping...

Also, no Derpy I think. Then again, there were not very many BG ponies (only in the second intro).

...come to think of it, even Soarin' wasn't there. The hay?

This is supposedly a screencap, but the source is questionable.

EDIT: BARF! THE EPISODE'S BEEN LEAKED! This is even earlier than the blasted Hearts and Hooves Day leak!

You don't happen to have a link to this troll message, do you?

No, but I do remember something similar back earlier this year.

The "original" image was likely posted on Ponibooru, which has gone under sometime in August.

That's actually just an edit from a troll message back earlier this year (made for the sole purpose of creating arguments).

I think it was about Cadence back then.

Funny how that turned out.

Can anyone find any objections to the episode? I haven't heard anything bad yet.

I loved it! But in my struggling to find something bad, I recall a moment or two when some ponies' limbs bent awkwardly.

...ant that's all I got.

There's a few scenes where either Rainbow or Scoots are missing their wings.

Nothing a little custom editing can't fix, though.

Actually, although this isn't a mistake, I feel the episode would have ended on a higher note if it was with the scene where Dash is carrying Scoots through the air.

The last dream wasn't a pointless addition, but it wasn't as strong and uplifting an ending as the previous scene could have been.

This is Corey Powell's first episode, by the way. Fairly solid, I'm looking forward to see what else he(she?) can write.

False alarm I guess (Concerning the "nerd out" moment)

I think this is the "least flawed" episode so far, but I haven't looked at it under scrutiny yet.

According to one of the show's staff members, there's going to be a "nerd out" moment in this episode. And perhaps in "Apple family reunion" and the season finale as well.

Some guesses are that it's Scoot's parents, AJ's parents and Alicorn Twilight respectively, and that their reveal will disappoint "nerds".

Just warning ya.

EDIT: Turns out this might have been an inside-joke with the member's fans.

Notice the lack of Rarity. She wouldn't be caught dead camping out in a dirty forest.

Not quite.

ScootaDash is almost necessary at this point.

The use of "alicorn" is not necessarily canonizing that as the name for tri-ponies/royal ponies, or whatever you want to call them. It could be creepier than that. What if some crazy guy made it out of a unicorn's horn? That would be consistent with the classic meaning of the word, the high magic potential and the dark nature of the amulet.

The tri-pony on the front may be coincidence and styling. Or it could show the image of the creator. Or worse, it could have been made from the horn, or the piece of a horn, from a tri-pony.

(shudder)

You're over-thinking things - the current person in charge of the show said that she used to call them "Pegacorns", but decided to call them Alicorns instead when she saw how popular the term was with the fans.

Alicorn, I think, is how Pre-G4 fans called them too. It might even be why the term got so popular in the first place.

Preview time.

LUNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJO76DHkc2Y&feature=vmdshb

http://tvlistings.za.../EP013304160062

[colour=#333333]S03, E10( First Aired: December 29, 2012)[/colour]

[colour=#333333]After Applejack saved Spike, he insists on fulfilling the Nobel Dragon Code by repaying him with excessive help around the farm.[/colour]

[colour=#333333]Err...I'm guessing "him" is a typo that's supposed to be "her".[/colour]

[colour=#333333]Anyway, and Spike episode? Sparity shippers must be angry . [/colour]

I've only seen it once so far, but as far as I could tell the episode lacked a bit of depth, and had a slightly rushed ending.

However, it was rather entertaining nonetheless.

Also, Twixie shippers must be pleased.

Blatant pandering?

Not in-show, specifically, the Hub sent the clip to EqD provided they re-tweeted them 150 times first.

Another blatant pandering preview.

Comic's apparently already out now on iTunes, as well as select stores.

http://tvlistings.za...0061?aid=zap2it

[colour=#333333] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic : Apple Family Reunion

S03, E09 (Airs: December 22, 2012)

Granny Smith agrees to let Applejack lead the Apple Family reunion but Applejack loses sight of what is truly important.

IT'S ABOUT TIME AJ GOT AN EPISODE.

This sounds promising on her lead department, too. [/colour]

http://tvlistings.za...0060?aid=zap2it

[colour=#333333] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic : Wonderbolt Academy

S03, E07(Airs : December 15, 2012)

Rainbow Dash receives an invitation to attend the Wonderbolt Academy but questions whether she is Wonderbolt material.[/colour]