It was a decent episode, but all the wasted potential brought it down quite a bit for me. The setting presented an excellent opportunity for some world-building, but in the end we got absolutely nothing on that front. Disappointing.
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 4 |OT| Twilight Princess Returns
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It was a decent episode, but all the wasted potential brought it down quite a bit for me. The setting presented an excellent opportunity for some world-building, but in the end we got absolutely nothing on that front. Disappointing.
True, and the reactions given by the end of the episode were shared by myself as well, but when the bar is low it's easy to surpass it.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh it's out eh?
UberTag
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Some of the facial expressions and reaction-takes in this week's episode are priceless.
There's one from Fluttershy, in particular, that had me in stitches. (You'll know which one I'm talking about when you see it.)
Also, Twilight's nerding out seems even more over-the-top adorable now that she has wings. I didn't think that was possible.
There's one from Fluttershy, in particular, that had me in stitches. (You'll know which one I'm talking about when you see it.)
Also, Twilight's nerding out seems even more over-the-top adorable now that she has wings. I didn't think that was possible.
DrForester
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More of this should be behind spoiler tags guys. It is a leaked episode.
DrForester
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We now have an awesome official banner picture for the thread, courtesy of Myke.
UberTag
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Yeah, I made a point of keeping my comments deliberately vague for just that reason.
Love the new banner from Myke. It's glorious.
It's missing a Belle Eve cameo but if he's circulating this artwork through non-GAF channels I can understand the omission.
Yup, I appreciate the efforts to keep things vague, but the more behind spoiler bars the better IMO.
We now have an awesome official banner picture for the thread, courtesy of Myke.
Woah, that's awesome. Great work, Myke!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, real horses exist in Equestria?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It was a leaked episode?
Also why does
ruin everything.
Also why does
Pinky
We now have an awesome official banner picture for the thread, courtesy of Myke.
"Y'all are MY background ponies, sugarcubes."
Because it's not there. Not sure if it's still out there. The original source is missing from the file sharing website it was on.
I just watched it. I'm not going to give a link, but its there. Maybe someone posted another up.
Anyway, a fun episode. Season 4 seems off to a great start.
Ending was a little obvious. Sadly pinky seems to be getting a flanderized too. Shes always been a bit crazy, but she started off being just really hyperactive and manic, now she seems just nuts.
All this talk of nightmare moon and now shadow ponies? Origin time!
All this talk of nightmare moon and now shadow ponies? Origin time!
They live in Saddle Arabia. You can see them in the Season 3 episode Magic Duel near the end where Celestia is entertaining two Saddle Arabian dignitaries by having Twilight juggle woodland creatures.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah but why would they be decorated in some ancient castle away from Saddle Arabia
I guess that explains it too.
They're an old race.
Is that based on the Final Fantasy Tactics PSP boxart? Love it.We now have an awesome official banner picture for the thread, courtesy of Myke.
Myke Greywolf
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That is what I was going for, yes... since this is a gaming forum and everybody loves that game. I was hoping to raise an eyebrow or two among non-pony-fan GAFfers, in the good sense.
Unfortunately, I was late to the thread creation, so I guess a good part of the impact was lost.
Shadow Hog
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Was thinking both of these things, actually. Particularly the latter. Her voice was so much deeper originally; this Nightmare Moon was just a less prissy Rarity acting a villain.
For that matter, her stint as NMM was remarkably short-lived. No wonder the tales about her from Nightmare Night are so exaggerated - they only had a good five minutes to go off of, so word of mouth must've been fuzzy as all hell.
Decent episodes, otherwise, I suppose.
I kinda just take the attitude that the flashbacks Twilight experiences are compressed versions of what actually went down, in the same way that real dreams often don't conform to the normal flow of time.
As you say, the alternative is that Nightmare Moon's reign lasted literally about three and a half minutes.
This is a little late but maybe it is. Maybe alicorns have to be careful with their magic or they'll corrupt themselves? It might explain what happened Luna (assuming the comic's not canon of course)
It is possible that the conflict between Celestia and Luna had been going on for a while before she turned into NMM though.
Yup, judging by Luna's whole "There can only be one Princess in Equestria!" speech, I'm guessing things were already pretty rough between the two of them. Lots of latitude there to justify what was shown versus what we've been told in the past.
So, I waited for the newest episode to actually air on TV and.... I liked it. Yeah,
has the potential to really take a bad slide this season, but everyone else felt spot on, and it was nice to have a different sort of change of pace episode, even if it didn't push the plot along directly, it still provided some indirect movement (The diary, the tapestries, etc).
Pinkie
I think non-ponies will automatically click page one anyway, and not just the last page. Otherwise they would be totally lost.
Thanks for making this place more personalized for PonyGAF. It wouldn't feel the same without it.
re: ep - so he sowed the seeds of discord, the sisters took the magical heart of Everfree to defeat him, and kept it to consolidate their powers. Next thing you know, they're at each other's throat. I'm willing to buy Alicorn evil balance as long as I get a Dark Celestia story out of it in the future.
It's a shame, but it's still a really good piece and, for what little it's worth, I appreciate your effort.
On the Celestia/Luna thing: I feel like Luna going NMM and then being banished not five minutes later did diminish NMM's impact, as awesome as the flashback was. I like to think that perhaps NMM was a mystery enemy causing havoc in Equestria, and that the flashback was just the culmination of the conflict. Maybe Celestia had discovered that Luna was NMM, or Luna/NMM felt confident enough to reveal herself, or something.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Was that Luna's castle only? I thought Celestia said it was theirs.
DrForester
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Celestia and Luna riding wacky slides. The show only mentioned it, make it a new meme artists!
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It was theirs, after all it's the Palace of the Royal Pony Sisters, or the Palace of the Two Sisters. In fact, we can see the throne room, where there are two separate chairs with two tapestries above them.
DrForester
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I really wish they had Given Twilight regular pegasus wings all the time rather than just in animation errors where they forgot to give her those ugly giant wings.
I really wish they had Given Twilight regular pegasus wings all the time rather than just in animation errors where they forgot to give her those ugly giant wings.
That need to fix her neck. It's too long.
The was just a fun episode. Classic idea with several parties in a scary location scaring each other, but it's pulled off really well.
Poor Fluttershy, though, putting her in a horror episode is kind of mean. Then again, as the easily startled one, she kind of has to be there. That scene where she thought Angel had been crushed was just cruel and funny at the same time. And they could totally do it because they had shown that Angel was okay several times before pulling it off, so we all know that Fluttershy is wrong about Angel being splattered.
Now we have the diaries as the new framing device. Was wondering what they'd do since Twilight isn't Celestia's student anymore. A diary works fine for that.
And then... THE SHADOW PONY! I wonder if that'll go anywhere. They did say they were going for a season long story arc, so we have 23 more episodes to see if there's a payoff. If what AJ speculated is true, then it begins to make a little more sense that Twilight saw Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon as part of the reason for the vines attacking in the first two episodes. What if it IS the darkness of Nightmare Moon lurking? This was the site where Luna was restored, wasn't it? In any case, it'll be interesting to see what they do with this.
Poor Fluttershy, though, putting her in a horror episode is kind of mean. Then again, as the easily startled one, she kind of has to be there. That scene where she thought Angel had been crushed was just cruel and funny at the same time. And they could totally do it because they had shown that Angel was okay several times before pulling it off, so we all know that Fluttershy is wrong about Angel being splattered.
Now we have the diaries as the new framing device. Was wondering what they'd do since Twilight isn't Celestia's student anymore. A diary works fine for that.
And then... THE SHADOW PONY! I wonder if that'll go anywhere. They did say they were going for a season long story arc, so we have 23 more episodes to see if there's a payoff. If what AJ speculated is true, then it begins to make a little more sense that Twilight saw Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon as part of the reason for the vines attacking in the first two episodes. What if it IS the darkness of Nightmare Moon lurking? This was the site where Luna was restored, wasn't it? In any case, it'll be interesting to see what they do with this.
Fantastic episode, loved it. Great choices of pair-ups, loads of laughs, a light sprinkling of lore, and even Pinkie's over-the-top antics felt right. Great debut for Josh Haber for sure.
Well, she really just froze their positions - Applejack didn't have much trouble moving her eyes or speaking.
Ha! Nice.
Interesting to see all these loose ends being left hanging this season. Between the Pony of Shadows, the chest/keys stuff and the "Alicorn magic" thing (which may turn out to be nothing) we're getting tons of things to think about between episodes.
Well, she really just froze their positions - Applejack didn't have much trouble moving her eyes or speaking.
Ha! Nice.
Interesting to see all these loose ends being left hanging this season. Between the Pony of Shadows, the chest/keys stuff and the "Alicorn magic" thing (which may turn out to be nothing) we're getting tons of things to think about between episodes.
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Still no gif of school bell Pinkie?
That cut made me laugh so much.
Certainly fun to toss around, but more promising is the antics.
It's actually all pretty promising so far. I can't really think of any aspect in the first three episodes that felt below-par (besides a lack of music, which I imagine will start to ramp up in the next few episodes).
Season 4 has definitely had a much stronger start than Season 3. The Crystal Empire opener had some nice moments (and songs) but it felt a little flat to me overall. Too Many Pinkie Pies wasn't bad either I don't think, but throwing in such a high-concept episode like that one so early on was a bit of a risky move.
They seem to be taking one step even further in the music department. Just listen to this BGM. I say damn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xgk8AtbGuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xgk8AtbGuw