Don't mind me, just more complaining about the episode · 6:52pm Dec 30th, 2013
I strive to rewatch episodes within a day or two of airtime, but after hearing two valiant but awful remixes of the awful but also awful song, I'm not looking forward to this.
SO LET'S LIVEBLOG IT
after I find a youtube vid without a fucking overlay, wtf
Yeah, Applebuckin' DAY because it's not a season or anything
oh applejack, never stop being obsessed with apples
okay, so she does say "they're back", I wasn't sure the first time
man this opening looks great in hd, you really get the parallax pan-in with rainbow dash
since when do barns have bells?
how can I calm down when APPLES?"
yeah, so vampire fruit bats... wtf <.< at least they explain the difference between them and the regular ones, bu tstill, why did we need this
that apple is a triumph of earth pony magic
she polishes it with her butt every day :V
she really goes big, Rarity, yeah
so AJ doubts Flutershy's ability to be passive aggressive with animals, what a chump
I mean, the doubt is well-placed after the fact, but that is not a foundation
since when do animals have language?
they're not monsters, they're minotaurs!
oh god time for the song
why is this worthy of a song we could have had way more episode instead
I do kind of love that they spit them out
that line is awful
destruction does not rhyme with 'nothin''
god that little bat is fucking adorable as fuck I can't even
Fluttershy's argument of "your livelihood is unimportant because bats have families" is pretty suspect
the cape is a bit much
lol, sin
goddammit AJ sounds so flat
and then Rarity starts singing and makes her sound even worse
"go to go/got to hit the road" god these lyrics are terrible
and then they just start singing the same thing, it's fucking awful, I want it to stop
I never want to watch this episode again
WAY TO MAKE FLUTTERSHY FEEL AWFUL GUYS
fruit bat roundup, thank you Pinkie (How many WWU references will we have this season?)
horse noise!
sanctuary! it's honestly a pretty decent plan
but how does spitting out apple seeds make trees more productive?
see, what they need to do is round up the bats and THEN build the infestation
hiya grant grandpa and grandma smith!
also, dat projector noise
Dashaholism is a serious problem
"If Granny Smith wasn't inconveniently somewhere else" and why in the fuck would they have competition in Appleloosa, aren't they the same fucking family?
this spell is a good idea because why?
"You've used the Stare whenever you want to, right?" Um, no, not really.
cider is the unexplored path to AppleDash
LONG ZOOM
oh Fluttershy, you're such a pushover :V
"They're not icky." she's so indignant! :D
Pinkie Miranda lol
the hazmat suit is a little... whyyyy?
of course, watching Rarity freak out is tons of fun
and Rainbow Dash has the best method, unsurprisingly
see, now that they're rounded up, you go SANCTUARY (because how do you even do that?) and make them go there instead
PEER PRESSURE
also given how fast they suck apples dry, they shouldn't be eating that long
way to resuse animation there, did we really need to see that twice?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW THEY WILL WANT TO EAT PONIES I READ THAT FANFIC ONCE
god, this really is just Swarm of the Century
also what do they eat now, are they just gonna starve to death wondering why their inside hurt?
wow Spike, way to ignore the last episode
complicaaaaations?
take two indeed :V animation reuse
she's about to cry because apple
Rainbow Dash is all about extreme
why the fuck are they even hanging out in the trees now
also they're intelligent because that one is reading a bat periodical
"Fluttershy, you're our animal expert, which is why we were ignoring your opinion earlier."
Twilight has always wanted to declare a stakeout
Rainbow what
I'm... really... not acting right...
"We're all in this together, unlike before when we pressured you into doing things you didn't want to."
pony signals, why?
again I say, Pinkie got zapped by a little bit of the Maneiac's hair dryer ray
Pinkie's suspicious face is so great
oh god Fluttershy that's fucking creepy
dem bite holes
also I note that neither AJ nor Rainbow Dash had signals, wtf
I swear I remember someone making a big deal about the first time we see pony scarecrows in, like, the comics or something, god I need to catch up with those
hi owl from Find a Pet
oh wait, there's AJ's flashlight
where in the fuck do they even get those anyway?
haha Flutterbat is so great :D
wow thanks Rarity for pointing that out for us :B and then completely ignoring the distrinction you just made
haha she's so cute I can't handle it
she used Whirlwind lol :V
oh god the digging lol
that would require vampire bats to eat other bats
and then the drill, it's a little much, but it's still funny
this screen thing, wtf, srsly
"So, this is me. I'm chillin'. Damn, that's a sweet me, you might say."
because all of that explanation makes sense
see, the drilling is funny because she digs back out
and now it's time for a pointless chase sequence!
her fluffy ears :D
good one Spike
but oh look, she's not interested in hurting you, she went for the apple
it looks like all of AJ's crop is gone anyway
thank you AJ, for remembering what's important
dat cornering
the only way to catch her is to GO REALLY FAST LIKE A CERTAIN FAST GOING PONY
IF ONLY WE HAD A PONY GOOD WITH ROPE
also the stare thing makes no sense
since when is Appleloosa a state?
god that's gruesome
ohh, Rainbow is spreading the scent
this is really clever, it's not that she's repelled by the mirrors or has no reflection, but she's confused by it, and it works alongside the vampire thing without drawing directly from it
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS EXCHANGE PINKIE? D: JUST SHUT UP FOR FUCK'S SAKE THIS IS GOING ON TOO LONG
LONG PAUSE
see, all you needed to do was make a sign with a bat painted on it
also wtf was the point of any of this
once again Spike is the writing slave
I mean, even Rainbow Dash was able to write in her journal herself, wtf
wow AJ, way to be a dick
holy shit Pinkie that was awful
yeah, what's with that zinger, I don't even
I can undoubtedly say that this is an overall mediocre episode with a single bright spot (that isn't even all that great), ruined by a muddled execution, a confusing lesson, and the worst song to ever grace this show. Or I could sum that up as "Merriweather Williams".
Do they really need to say "the first day of apple buck season?" Can't we just, y'know, understand simple naming conventions?
Goddamit, I love you, present. Everyone I've complained to about this episode being a disappointing mess has told me that I'm wrong, but at least someone agrees with me. And yeah, seriously... fuck that song. Fuck it so hard.
Baticorn want. /)^,•,^(\
This was a fun episode. The subtext overrode the overt scenes like all MW's eps, but not as bad as others.
I was entertained and that is all that matters.
You and I should have a show like GameGrumps but for fics and episodes.
Except once Applejack had decided to sacrifice her prize apple, they didn't even really need the mirrors, did they?
1664758 Umm... 'The first day of applebuck season' would be the simple naming convention.
If you said it's the first day of Christmas at the beginning of December, no-one would understand what the hell you meant. Same applies. It's gratuitously senseless.
1664975 Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Winter and summer begin on their respective Solstices. Applebuck season begins on Applebuck Day.
1664982 False equivalence. Lent does not begin on Lent day. Winter does not begin on Winter day.
1664990 fine, if you're gonna get that specific, then I present May Day.
1665019 Which is a single day and is not celebrating the season of May. Also not a valid comparison.
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So I can't call the first day red holiday cups and seasonal drinks appear at Starbucks (usually November 1st) "red cup day" at Starbucks, and be excited about it, because the red cups will continue for the rest of the season? That would confuse you, even if you knew about red Starbucks cups?
I'm fairly sure my mother and sister would totally understand what I meant if I called them up and told them it was red cup day at Starbucks.
1665172 Well, I don't know what it is, and you have confused me.
It's not a question of what you can and can't do, but if you were to call it 'red cup day' then yes, my assumption would be that it was a singe-day event and I would be equally confused it it wasn't. I can call tomorrow the make me a damn sandwich day and it has nothing to do with whether anyone could, should, or would, in fact, make me a sandwich.
JetstreamGW said, 'Can't we just, y'know, understand simple naming conventions?' and the point is that we're saying that that's exactly what we want. The 'simple' naming convention is the exact opposite of what he is suggesting.
We do not, as standard, name the first day of an extended period as 'so-and-so day'. That's functionally against the standard. You, of course, have no need to obey the standard, but you don't get to expect other people to know what the hell you're talking about when you use such wildly contradictory terminology.
Further, it would make sense that 'red cup day' would denote a single event, the day that Starbucks change from normal cups (white?) to red cups. Thus that event is actually a single-day event and is therefore also not genuinely equivalent.
They just goofed. It's not that big of a deal.
-M
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What Jetstream and I are saying is that we understood it perfectly, so maybe there are different standards for different areas/generations/whatever. You are mistaking it for a mistake, we are mistaking it for a generally understood convention, and it's likely that Williams made the same mistake we obviously are.
But, for multiple, unrelated people, it was shorthand that fit within how we would normally speak. You have to accept that part, even if it's not how you would normally understand something.
1665350 And how do you know you understood it perfectly? How do you know that you're not the one that understood it wrong? You don't. You can't. None of us do. You're just making assumptions and they're not relevant to the point in question. That's confirmation bias.
-M
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We are both making an assumption, which is, in fact, the point in question. Therefore, we're guilty of the same thing.
ETA: Also, I'm done with this. Enjoy New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. (New Year's Day is obviously the only day in the new year and not the start of a new year.)
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No, stop, you'll doom us all! D:
Actually, your GG idea has merit. :B
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I assume the "full attention" condition was still in effect.
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yup, this
shit if this is the one that made my shit canon i might be in trouble hahaha
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your canon is cool
it doesn't involve shitty songs :B
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b-but
it has a musical number in chapter 9
1665523 No, we're not both making an assumption. I'm not assuming what the writer actually meant by this; I'm observing that, based on the actual meaning of words, what the character said is a contradiction of established canon. If this were not so, one of you would have come up with even one established instance of this language being used. You haven't, which pretty much proves that it's not standard usage, regardless of any colloquial oddities.
Your snide addition clearly demonstrates you don't even understand what the problem is here: New Year's day is a singular event marking the start of the new year. The fact that you can't even see the distinction shows why trying to use logic with you is pointless because you don't understand basic logical constructs.
And, you know ETA stands for estimated time of arrival right?
-M
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Or "edited to add," a polite abbreviation on the internet to let people know that if they viewed your comment before this edit they might not have seen or responded to this piece of information.
And the fact that you just assume I'm wrong about a fairly common internet abbreviation, and well as not being able to see how applebuck day could be a singular event marking the the start of applebuck season, the same way that New Years day is "singular event marking the start of the new year," shows me that this isn't worth arguing.
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Throwing more wood on this argument: How can you have Applebucking Day take 2?
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My family does re-dos of holidays and special occasions that get ruined all the time. Last year we had "4th of July (Take 2)" in August, because while we were together for the 4th my mom was sick the whole week.
Once again, I didn't blink at that part.
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That's very flattering <3