tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post4123922879647044511..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Episode Talk: S6E1-2: The CrystallingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-44418199105341464592016-04-11T16:00:17.352-05:002016-04-11T16:00:17.352-05:00Huzzah! I'm not the only one being irritated b...Huzzah! I'm not the only one being irritated by the thouroughly unimaginative Magic is Lasers thing that's going on here.<br /><br />As for Starlight's promotion, well. I'm worried, but it's not her inclusion in the opening photo that worries me. They've got the mayor in there, and she's never around. Rather, it's that she seems to be taking up Twilight's role. I've been waiting for the season bookends to take a break from being the Twilight Show, but I figured we'd eventually see one of the mane six stepping up to the two parter plate, not some brand new character whose defining trait is "questionably reformed cult leader".Nadnerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148563431832938129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-55244772317195323742016-03-30T20:48:21.770-05:002016-03-30T20:48:21.770-05:00Shimmer, Starlight, Strixie... how am I supposed t...Shimmer, Starlight, Strixie... how am I supposed to keep up with all these names?<br /><br />Anyway, fixed now. Thanks--I don't rightly know how I screwed THAT up!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-58062763436913463422016-03-29T11:53:41.578-05:002016-03-29T11:53:41.578-05:00Is it bad that I didn't even notice until you ...Is it bad that I didn't even notice until you pointed it out?Holly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-71489046975095729812016-03-29T11:52:42.346-05:002016-03-29T11:52:42.346-05:00I actually missed that crystalling was a play on c...I actually missed that crystalling was a play on christening, though I figured a crystaller was like a godparent. Not sure how that happened<br /><br />A wizard's just a unicorn of the nominal highest level, like Trixie when she had the Alicorn Amulet :pHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-44470805700785848252016-03-29T00:28:14.842-05:002016-03-29T00:28:14.842-05:00I really like how you managed to type "Shimme...I really like how you managed to type "Shimmer" instead of "Starlight" in every instance. Says something about the show getting repetitive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-61972629282048530322016-03-28T17:26:00.405-05:002016-03-28T17:26:00.405-05:00Also similar to liking Spike, on the basis of (mos...Also similar to liking Spike, on the basis of (mostly) the majority of the time when he's in a supporting role. Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-62244884975008387312016-03-28T16:29:49.578-05:002016-03-28T16:29:49.578-05:00The subtitle of the show needs to be changed to &q...The subtitle of the show needs to be changed to "Teamwork is Magic."iisawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454386148259666080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-65485706372885311252016-03-28T16:03:06.722-05:002016-03-28T16:03:06.722-05:00But that just makes it even WEIRDER that they'...But that just makes it even WEIRDER that they're letting a total stranger do it! My godparents were (are? do they stop being your godparents once you're old enough not to need a backup plan in case your parents die?) my aunt and uncle; I know plenty of people who've had close family friends be godparents; but a guy who just happens to show up at the right(?) time?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-11562101005304303612016-03-28T16:00:55.825-05:002016-03-28T16:00:55.825-05:00Spike has to take what he can get "personal a...Spike has to take what he can get "personal assistant to Twilight who's now the eighth wheel instead of the seventh" is a whole lot better than he gets in most Spike episodes...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-75158624915674808802016-03-28T07:52:54.395-05:002016-03-28T07:52:54.395-05:00Shitting fuck beans.
Okay, hear me out, I just no...Shitting fuck beans.<br /><br />Okay, hear me out, I just now thought about this after reading schpeelah's comment.<br /><br />I got the "christening" vaguely-a-pun, that was obvious after ten seconds' thought. But it means, in a back-translated kind of way, that all things crystal in the Empire also have religious overtones.<br /><br />And what happened in this episode that aired the day before Easter? The Crystal Heart was shattered and restored. THE CRYSTAL HEART IS PONY JESUS AND THIS WAS THEIR EASTER EPISODE<br /><br />Anyway.<br /><br />I'm actually mildly bummed that Sunburst didn't end up being promoted to Royal Crystal Librarian. I mean, think about it: he got his cutie mark saving Starlight from a tower of falling books, while simultaneously reshelving them. His house is full of books that he spent the episode nervously sorting. He outright said that he studied lots of magic and couldn't do any of it. His special talent is obviously sorting books, or at least memorizing them. He could definitely fix the crystal ponies' oversight there.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-77739871491759588822016-03-28T07:48:42.007-05:002016-03-28T07:48:42.007-05:00This makes a lot of sense, in hindsight.This makes a lot of sense, in hindsight.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-30878044809665955472016-03-28T06:09:48.468-05:002016-03-28T06:09:48.468-05:00It took me a while to figure out, but Crystalling ...It took me a while to figure out, but Crystalling is a play on christening. Sunburst is Flurry Heart's godfather.schpeelahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-27347252676655446972016-03-28T04:31:50.299-05:002016-03-28T04:31:50.299-05:00Thanks for the plug, Chris.
Star Swirl was also s...Thanks for the plug, Chris.<br /><br />Star Swirl was also said to be a wizard on several occasions. Taking all sources of canon into account, what we know about him is that he was a teacher, an adventurer, and an inventor of spells who made several important discoveries, and worked for the Crown. So from context, I'm going to say that a wizard is probably a magical scientist of some kind.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-8202911046022948952016-03-28T04:31:22.740-05:002016-03-28T04:31:22.740-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-87861706243125160752016-03-28T04:08:15.426-05:002016-03-28T04:08:15.426-05:00"Is this what it's like to have Rarity as..."Is this what it's like to have Rarity as your favorite pony?"<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Poor Rarity.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-47361443522475767082016-03-28T03:04:14.254-05:002016-03-28T03:04:14.254-05:00My thoughts are below here.
"I loved the wa...My thoughts are below <a href="http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/612511/equestria-is-run-by-a-big-eastern-syndicate" rel="nofollow">here.</a> <br /><br />"I loved the way he was used in this whole episode."<br /><br />As the personal assistant to the "new" Twilight? <br /><br />"Twilight's parents talked! Oh... okay. I mean, that's fine, nothing wrong with that... but somehow this is the most exciting thing to a bunch of people,"<br /><br />I want you think deep and hard about all happened in these two episodes. Then I want you to think about that last part you wrote again. <br /><br /><br /><br />Now does it make sense why it would be true?<br /><br />"So, I guess it's really gonna be a "main seven" situation from now on."<br /><br />Poor Spike. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bugs the Curmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995195569022345933noreply@blogger.com