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Published: 2013-11-23 16:54:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 50318; Favourites: 745; Downloads: 211
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Starswirl, you really need to check which idioms you use.
Also, wooooooooooo, Season 4 opener! How did you find it? I really enjoyed it personally; I think it's about tied with Season 2 as my favourite opener. Although, that locked container shown at the end has piqued my interest: is this going to form part of a season-long story arc? Will the Mane 6 have to go on a Legend of Zelda-style quest for the keys? Is this Discord's fault? And why not just try to open it with a sledgehammer?
Guess we'll be finding out these coming months!
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UPDATE: Posted to Equestia Daily on 23/11/2013!Β www.equestriadaily.com/2013/11β¦
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Now I'm just imagining Gene Wilder's rant as Willy Wonka, but in reverse
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I blew up your points
Why?
Cos I can... Also cos I had a leftover granade, and mum told me to get rid of it...
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Oh yeah well I still have points.Β
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And?
I am a timelord. Nothing can beat that.
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*sigh* stab, dead, and now i'll just keep stabbing you when you regenerate . . . stab . . . .stab . . .. stab . . . .stab . . . .Β
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Totally thought of Zelda with the whole key thing.
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I really hope they reference that somehow when they get around to opening it. If there's a 'Dah dah dah DAAAAAAAHHHHHH' noise in the backing music when it opens, that will be just perfect :3
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I think the whole fandom would explode if they did that!
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im calling itΒ
half life three is in the box
its the only thing that will bring peace to equestria
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"Wake up, Mr. Freeman... Wake up, and smell the harmony."
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Ponies for Science, unite! Also, Aperture Science rules, Black Mesa drools!
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It IS a season-long story arc.Β twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/stβ¦
And sledgehammer? That's... okay, that's actually a pretty good idea. But the box is probably magically charmed or something, so it won't be that easy.
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Really? Sweet! I avoided those tweets to not have the season entirely spoiled by hints, but it's good to hear that from the horse's mouth (excuse the pun). And yes, I'm sure a sledgehammer would just bounce straight off, but there's no harm in trying, right?
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Thank you! Really glad you liked it! ^^
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ofcourse! This is the 'missing link' story between the IDW comics and the S4E1 episode XD!
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Wonderful job with the facial expressions!
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Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! ^^
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Glad you liked it! ^^
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Might as well make use of it if it's there, right?! Next week, Celestia and Luna will probably start using one of the Elements as a softball
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Element of Harmony bowling!
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First one to get a strike banishes the other to the moon for an hour!
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I don't want to go back there.
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Because you got lonelier and angrier?
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No, because there's a nasty little woman up there trapped in a magic trash can.
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Thanks! Glad you liked it! ^^
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Thank you! ^^
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ya welcome!Β
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I hope not. Β I want to see more slice of life episodes.
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As said down there, it'll probably be slice-of-life episodes, but ones that relate heavily to one of the Mane Six and the Element/virtue they represent. I'm guessing Wonderbolts Acadamy or Sleepless in Ponyville would be a good example of what we could expect for Rainbow Dash, for example.
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Chances are it'll be intertwined. Some episodes will focus on key collections, while others will focus on slice of life.
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Definitely one of the best of the 2 part episodes. The items does scream quest doesn't it?!
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Oooh yes. I'm very excited. I think next week will have them exploring the old castle in the Everfree, so fingersΒ crossed for more world-building!Β
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Definitely. I love the flashbacks Twilight got.
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People also wish the same case for money.
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People should be careful what they wish for! If money trees were deciduous, we'd have hyperinflation every autumn when the banknote leaves fell off the trees!
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The temptations are always there, my friend. People will always take easy way outs.
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On the contrary Starswirl almost everything grows in trees even cupcakes.(Seriously, I've seen so many cartoonish trees that grows who knows what)
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Especially if Discord's around!
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I found it to be ok. I mean it's possibly the best episode they've done so far, but the tree seemed to be a pointless deus ex machina.
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Also unless they can find a way to earn 950 points they aren't opening that mystery box for a long time.
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Well, the tree was a nice addition. I mean, in a way, it was a reverse Deus Ex Machina as it removed the Elements from play, which until now have played heavily into most of the season openers/finales. I'm glad they're moving on and coming up with new ways to defeat villains, at least, and it was good to have it asserted that the Mane Six's friendship had power beyond powering the Equestrian Magical MacGuffin Defence Force
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AGH, YET ANOTHER ONE WHO FAILS TO SEE THAT GETTING RID OF THE ELEMENTS WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA!
...The Elements aren't overpowered per se, the villains just aren't all that resilient.
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(And, on the other hand,Β there's alwaysΒ the possibility that the Mane Six are the REAL Elements of Harmony.)
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I didn't 'fail' to see anything: in every opener or finale where there was a villain, with the exception of the pilot, there came some convolution as to why the Elements weren't available for use. Quite how you see them as 'not overpowered' when the villain lost as soon as the Elements were activated by either the Mane 6 or Celestia and Luna, I haven't a clue. Nor that the villains 'weren't that resilient' when both Nightmare Moon and Discord were shown to be monstrously powerful before they were defeated... by the Elements. Getting rid of them and coming up with new ways for both the Mane 6 to express their inner virtues and for villains to be defeated was only a good thing.Β
Also, in future, kindly refrain from insinuating that people who disagree with you have 'failed to see' your point of view (especially when you're in the minority), or expressing your thoughts in block capitals. Both methods of communication are really rather obnoxious.
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And plus, I just have this nagging feeling that this choice will have severe consequences in the S4 finale.
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