Dessa

Yeah, looking back, wow, this one is stacked, isn't it?

I love how many obscure Pony callbacks they make. And I love that we have a crew that can spot them.

Round 2 time!: I'll update the bracket in a bit.

Round 2 is GO:

This poll is part of a larger bracket in the Best Episode Ever! tournament (Master thread/bracket here: http://www.canterlot...ason-2-edition/) This thread will close after 5 days. You may vote for as many as 3 episodes, but no more. This poll is public, and after the poll closes I'll be verifying votes to make sure this rule is followed. If you wish to vote for less than 3 episodes, this is allowed. This topic will close automatically after 5 days, at 6:00 PM board time, on Thursday, June 7th. Get your votes in before then!

YOU DON'T SAY. It sure felt like a first draft, that episode. Also, Amy keating Rogers was best pony.

Hosted by Scootaloo, who jumps ship and abandonds Rainbow Dash the moment a new hero shows up. Even Scootaloo was out of character.

Rue scrambled onto her belly, but stopped short of climbing to her feet. The train was still spinning, after all. The ringing in her ears didn't help matters either. Despite her panic, Rue had enough wits about her to know she needed a moment to recover. Fortunately, her friends provided. Although she couldn't make out the words, she could see Kite puffing her chest and acting the hero, Thistle buzzing about, her face contorted into rage, and Blaze deploying one of her fancy tricks. This wouldn't be enough, Rue knew. She had seen what Cutlass could do, and she didn't want to think about what she could achieve with backup. They wouldn't best Cutlass, but maybe the time and distraction would be enough, thought Rue. The prone filly checked herself for wounds. A few minor cuts and bruises -- nothing major, except... Rue's ear twitched. Through the ringing, the sounds of the scuffle slowly came to her attention, and the voice she had dreaded to hear -- Cutlass'. While she wasn't fully intelligible above the din, Rue got the gist. Cutlass was using her friends as leverage. 'A dirty trick,' thought Rue, 'now she's fighting on MY territory.' Camly, Rue twisted to lick her wounds. They hardly needed this attention. Rue was more interested in the payload she had prepared. Beneath her crushed saddlebag lie a spot of silver -- a second dose of mercury she had perpared for Cutlass. It was Rue's special thanks for Cutlass ruining her family vacation -- an interruption which keyed Rue into the need for this protection in the first place. Rue lapped the mercury from her fur, and turned back to Cutlass. Good, she was blabbing away, probably wasting her time with a taunt instead of sealing the deal, but facing Rue either way. Rue grinned "You should have stuck to violence, idiot." Rue sprayed her mouth's contents through her teeth, coating her nemeses face in a fine silver mist. "Know that smell? It's familiar, I'm sure. That's leverage. Something we share now. Rue turned her head and spit out a few more drops. "This stuff is disgusting. I can see why you're pissed. Well, that and the fact that your skin itched and burned, and from the looks of it, peeled away. Still does, I'm sure. Saw firecracker there go through the same thing. And it lingers don't it? Well, and unfortunately for you, it also builds up. We're talking hair and tooth loss. Heck, it might even take your hooves. Rue ducked her head, ears flat against her skull, bracing to be struck. "Wait wait! I mentioned leverage. There's a cure for this. Magical." Rue reached back and fished two vials from her saddlebag, uncorked one, and emptied it into her mouth. The other one, of course, is one ingredient shy of a full cure. The vial floated over to Cutlass. "You can hold on to that. You're months away from figuring out that last ingredient. At least, that's how long it took me and my teacher to figure out. Don't figure you'll be walking at that point anymore." Unsteadily, Rue climbed to her feet and shook her body clean of debris, then glanced around the cabin. Spotting the hole in the ceiling (or was it the floor?) she remarked "Took the kid for a tour huh? Heh, she'll be fine. Got bones o' rubber, that one." The others, however, Rue wasn't so sure about. "If you want the cure, you'll let my friends go, WITHOUT tailing them. Including her." Rue poked a hoof at Blaze-Bright. She rubbed her chin for a moment in thought, then added "Let them get the final ingredient. That way I'll know they're safe. Here..." Rue knelt and produced a quill and parchement from her dry saddlebag, and wrote on it the words "HERB REVERENT, IF MEAN -- KEEN WOE" then floated it over to Blaze's saddlebag. "She knows my Cipher. When she comes to, she'll know what it means, and know how to find the ingredient." Climbing back on to her feet, Rue said plainly "As for me, you can have me. You don't have to worry about ME running to tell daddy about this. I've got a million bits that says you'll do that yourself. Or should I say he does? His name is Maximilian Rockefilly, billionaire mogul. Deliver me safely, and he'll make sure you're set for life."

Yeah, the asura look pretty cool.

Aaaaaand complete! Because there is a tie for third, BOTH of these episodes will go on to the next round. I'll update the bracket/post the next poll when I get around to it.

So, SonicRainboomGirl, you got the app? If so, I'll clear out the app above. Staff review cast apps with names removed prior to voting, so there's no need to keep it in 2 places on the board...

Take it easy, Skye. I hope we cross paths again.

Facebook links to RL identities. If nothing else, it might become an easy way to cyberstalk our younger users.

Oh, did I say science? I meant mad science.

That's not a kiss!

Rainbow Dash is lesbian.

Yes, that occured to me, without all the fancy language. It's all just for fun.

I can't just pick which episodes I hate and send them along to worst. Science must decide! S'like... Get people voting?

And I was really looking forward to voting for MMDW in the worst episode polling... Is this how the poll will go down?

I haven't done that kind of equation for quite a while, and I've completely forgotten how. Maybe try asking Lauren Faust. See if she knows.

ITT: you ask me questions about ponies that I can't answer, and I tell you to ask Lauren Faust instead.

TaruTaru in FF11 were pretty great.