The wedding episode. · 6:07pm Apr 21st, 2012
Well I'll admit, I had my doubts about Cadence and Shining Armor. But given the episode, there's only one thing I have to say for everything.
Well I'll admit, I had my doubts about Cadence and Shining Armor. But given the episode, there's only one thing I have to say for everything.
Any episode that brings back elements from older series is automatically Bad Flanked. Don't know what I'm talking about? Think about the design of the changelings. What do they remind you of?
Evil Flutterponies!
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Changlings are a real mythological creature, they were fairies that replaced babies at birth
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That's what I thought, but I couldn't be bothered to look it up. It's funny, I didn't even know what a manticore was before ponies. I'm learning so much about mythology!
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Next up, hippalektryons
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Hippalektryons are greek mythological creatures, part horse, part chicken.
These creatures are a proud race, who only live on the ground, mastering tunnels and trains before the rest of the world had even concieved of them. They live in simple villages, under a oligarchy, they grow food and mushrooms for trade, they were the builders of the bridge eternias crossing, years ago. They are easily offended, and highly ceremonial, fearing their leaders. Long ago, many races enslaved them, the boarean and ibexian empires ruling over their trade as commerce. Celestia has ruled the illegality of such things, but there is still a huge following who still enslave them. As such, they are very mistrusting of most races, but worship ponies as saviors.
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I didn't even think something like that could be conceived. Ancient Greeks were either awesome or insane, maybe both.
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Both, definitely
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I am aware of this fact. I shall counter by saying that Flutterponies themselves are easily equatable to modern "Good" Fairies, as opposed to the morally neutral embodiments of nature Fairies of lore, from which Changelings were taken from. As such, comparing Show Changelings to Flutterponies still works.
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Flutter ponies are canon, they're called the glimmer wings krazykingsoftoys.com/images/detailed/1/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-Is-Magic-Ploomette-Glimmer-Wings-%28Stock%2913265502444f118ce4e8bf1.jpg
So yeah, They aren't flutter ponies.
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Just to be clear, I don't follow the toy lines, so I am only aware of the Spell. Is there a reference in the Show I missed at one point?
...ok, fine. I'll call them Evil Glimmer Wings, then.
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Why not just Changelings? That is what they're called in show.
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...sorry. I was trying to re-establish my original point, that this is as close as we have so far to a non-spell-based Flutterpony/Glimmer Wing/What Have You, but I suspect it isn't worth the effort any more. Also, I just read Chatoyance's rant, and my will to live in general just died a little.