I gotta say, that felt just like the Saturday morning cartoons of my youth. You wake up, eat breakfast, sit through a bunch of bleh cartoons like Eek! The Cat waiting for X-Men or Reboot or the other good stuff with actual new episodes to come on. Good days.
I love that TNG and MLP, two of my favorite things recently, have come together. I'm willing to believe Q actually is Discord. Or Discord actually is Q. On that note, I celebrate with TNG ponies: See if you remember TNG well enough to tell who's who. \o/
Can't wait to get more bitchy Fluttershy! That tail-flick was /magnificent/.
Noted. I'll change it if I actually ink and colour these. Unless I come up with something better than a trombone since actually Riker...wasn't that good at it if I remember correctly.
I'd think Pony!Data wouldn't have his cutie mark, and his quest to earn it would mirror and/or be combined with his quest for emotional discovery.
It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who though too hard on that. I concluded Lore and Data either both have to have the same cutie mark or both don't have one at all, other wise the whole masquerading as each other thing makes less sense. If the latter, Data's eventual cutie mark is the black bird in his dreams. Ta da.
Lots of really nice little bits of animation in this episode, actually. Things that I would rewind and watch in slow-mo on a DVD just to admire, you know. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity some day.
So, what are the odds that the chocolate rain was put in just to spark the internet meme machine?
I'm not sure about "spark the meme machine" but definitely to appeal to bronies. Along with De Lancey (sp?) being cast as Discord/Q-all-over-again and the particular dance Discord is doing... Yeeaahhh, they know.
Things I noticed on the second watch through: * Discord nudging Applejack when he tells them that he took the horns and wings in order to ensure fairness. Apparently he knows about what happened in "Fall Weather Friends". * Camera zooming in past Rainbow Dash towards Discord when he tells them that every pony has to play or he wins. Foreshadowing. * Symbolism all around, as the very first thing that shows up on the way to each of the ponies corruption is their cutie mark in one form or another. * Of course each corrupted pony displays the very opposite of what their element of harmony represents. Rarity (generosity) becomes stingy. Applejack (honesty) becomes a compulsive liar. Fluttershy (kindness) turns into Flutterjerk. Rainbow Dash (loyalty) abandons her friends. Pinkie (laughter) becomes a spiteful curmudgeon. * Big episode for Fluttershy who had to be corrupted by manual override, and she had a ton of hilarious facial expressions.
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Also, from the pajama jeans commercial aired during the second viewing: "Smooth butt-lifting technology."
It's gonna be so hard waiting for this next episode.
See if you remember TNG well enough to tell who's who. \o/
Can't wait to get more bitchy Fluttershy! That tail-flick was /magnificent/.
Lore would have one, of course. The bastard.
Pre-season 3, Riker's cutie mark would be a greasy picture of Kirk.
I do love the image of Pinkie lying on the ground with her mouth wide open for the chocolate rain though.
* Discord nudging Applejack when he tells them that he took the horns and wings in order to ensure fairness. Apparently he knows about what happened in "Fall Weather Friends".
* Camera zooming in past Rainbow Dash towards Discord when he tells them that every pony has to play or he wins. Foreshadowing.
* Symbolism all around, as the very first thing that shows up on the way to each of the ponies corruption is their cutie mark in one form or another.
* Of course each corrupted pony displays the very opposite of what their element of harmony represents. Rarity (generosity) becomes stingy. Applejack (honesty) becomes a compulsive liar. Fluttershy (kindness) turns into Flutterjerk. Rainbow Dash (loyalty) abandons her friends. Pinkie (laughter) becomes a spiteful curmudgeon.
* Big episode for Fluttershy who had to be corrupted by manual override, and she had a ton of hilarious facial expressions.