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[Jacob/Lee]

Thank ye, Dice. I tip my hat to you.

[Flying Dice]

Thank ye, Dice. I tip my hat to you.

Aww, you didn't pick the one where she was staring at the pile of glowing, uh, manic pixie dust. 

[penguinofhonor]

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Luna's thous and thys made me cringe, but it does make sense with the whole thousand years thing.

Of course, why didn't Discord or Nightmare Moon talk like that? I guess discord is way too cool to conform.

[Flying Dice]

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Luna's thous and thys made me cringe, but it does make sense with the whole thousand years thing.

Of course, why didn't Discord or Nightmare Moon talk like that? I guess discord is way too cool to conform.

Because they've been alive all that time, even if they haven't been able to interact with the world they still likely were able to observe it. Luna's personality was submerged, so she as an individual probably didn't experience much, if any, time during the thousand years on the moon. I mentioned an example before that I think suits this situation very well; imagine if one of the kings of England from around 900-1100 CE went to sleep and then woke up in the modern U.K. Yeah, that bad. On top of that, Discord is essentially a god of chaos, which isn't exactly the sort of personality to hang on to old traditions.

 

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Not to mention my interpretation of him being that he actually willingly let Celestia and Luna take power, and has basically spent the time since then fooling around and occasionally helping Tia out; I see the two Discord episodes as him and Tia working together to troll/teach the mane six a lesson about friendship.

[SirAaronIII]

Hey Flying Dice, could you PM me the avatar bundle? I might consider switching to one after Nightmare Night Halloween.

[Flying Dice]

Hey Flying Dice, could you PM me the avatar bundle? I might consider switching to one after Nightmare Night Halloween.

Sure. I'll send you the two Luna ones I didn't use, as well. 

[Dsarker]

If you could PM me them too...

[SirAaronIII]

Thanks! I was expecting more but actually taking caps at exactly the right moment is hard (which is why I asked for these) so I understand.

[Flying Dice]

Thanks! I was expecting more but actually taking caps at exactly the right moment is hard (which is why I asked for these) so I understand.

Yeah, they were just a few I whipped together on a whim, rather than some sort of organized effort. 

If you could PM me them too...

Heh, sure. Like I said though, there are only 4 of Zecora and 2 of Luna. I might go back and get more tomorrow though. I was really tempted to do a He-Man joke with that one of Luna hovering upright. That, or Highlander. If anyone wanted something specific from that episode, go ahead and ask, and I might do it before I pass out in my chair go to sleep.

[kaijyuu]

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Luna's thous and thys made me cringe, but it does make sense with the whole thousand years thing.

Of course, why didn't Discord or Nightmare Moon talk like that? I guess discord is way too cool to conform.

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Discord at least was quite obviously able to see what was going on during his imprisonment, or at least learn about it very quickly. Consider his intimate knowledge of the mane 6: he even nudged Applejack when he said "no cheating," an obvious reference to what happened during Fall Weather Friends. He made references to other events too.

Nightmare Moon doesn't seem to have quite so good an excuse. Maybe the thees and thous are also part of "canterlot speech" (the royal we definitely is as she says so herself) and Luna's keeping some sense of formality, while when she was Nightmare Moon she was royally pissed off and drunk on power and not caring for such things. Luna doesn't seem to grasp that if she wants respect, she should treat people like friends, not like subjects. I'd argue that message still didn't quite go through despite the rest of the episode, so if she shows up again with more ye olde englishe, I'll just mark it off as more formalities.

[LordBucket]

I tried to withhold judgement after the failing of Lesson Zero. Sadly, after seeing Nightmare Night, I'm calling it now: Jumped the Shark

Luna was annoying. The premise of the episode was that she was carrying the idiot ball, just like Lesson Zero's premise was that Twilight was carrying it. Pinkie was once again a hollow shell of her former self. She had lines this time, but it was like it wasn't her speaking them, just some pinkish facsimile of her. Rarity wasn't even in the episode. I guess they just forgot about her? I spent more time cringing that I did enjoying it.

Disappointed.

[kaijyuu]

Number of people I've seen outright dislike the episode (not counting youtube comments which are probably trolls): 1

I've talked to several who were lukewarm, but no one but you have said it's not at least a decent episode. Seriously; scour the equestria daily comments on the episode. See if you can find someone who hated the episode. I'll wait.


If it's your personal shark jumping, that's fine. Understand though, two dud episodes does not ruin a series. Isn't it a bit presumptuous to assume?

Truth be told, I'm still a bit skeptical since the main creative lead is now largely out of the picture. However, I'm still giving it a good 8 or so more episodes before calling anything. Firstly of course I think I'd need more evidence before calling shark jumping, and secondly this series has huge value to me through analysis, and that requires time. Most shows, when you dig deep into them, have plot holes and other junk. This one, I just find more things to like.* I was pretty lukewarm to the Return of Harmony two parter when I first saw them. Now they're among my favorites.

*Should be noted that neither Lesson Zero or Luna Eclipsed have really shown much in this area yet. Lesson Zero was an almost total failure, actually, but Luna Eclipsed was pretty good in the details except the plot holes concerning episode 1.

[Dsarker]

Rarity is simply too dignified to dress up in such...garish.... Costumes!


Plus she would have fit right in with Luna. Especially with the thees and thous.



Plus

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[kaijyuu]

Rarity was cut for time, actually. Awesome as Rarity's costume would've been, I can't think of any scenes that would've been better to cut. Except most anything with Pipsqueak.

[Dsarker]

Headcanon.