What 'Filli Vanilli' Taught Me · 2:51am Feb 18th, 2014
Hm. Bronies are complaining again, so it must have been a good episode. Having shelled out another $25 bucks to iTunes, which apparently thinks half a season is a season, or something, I've at last had the chance to sit down and watch the episode myself. People have been so busy complaining that they've failed to notice how this episode has confirmed various fan speculations. Observe.
1. As the title "Filli Vanilli" indicates, My Little Pony is stuck in the Nineties, thus confirming that Ponyville is actually Portland.
Portland, artist's conception.
2. Pinkie Pie suffered brain damage somewhere between seasons 3 and 4. Poor girl.
Even I have to ask, what the hell?
3. My Little Pony rips off its ideas from old episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Or maybe they were thinking of Singing in the Rain. Whatever.
This feels familiar . . .
4. Miss Cheerilee is confirmed to have a crush on Big Macintosh. I guess this clears up the delightful ambiguities of "Hearts and Hooves Day," which saddens me just a little bit. I liked those ambiguities.
Mares everywhere, including a Wonderbolt and a princess, have their hearts broken tonight.
5. On the other hoof, Big Mac and Fluttershy have finally interacted.
And the shippers rejoiced.
6. Also, Lyra Heartstrings has a boyfriend. They're standing next to each other, so they're obviously going out.
Somewhere, a sarcastic Catholic seminarian is crying.
7. The word "dude" confirmed as canon . . . further proving that My Little Pony takes place in the Nineties.
Dude.
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You mean he's a member of the Benevolent Fellowship of Geldings?!?
I can't imagine how Lyra failed to notice that, seeing as how they don't normally wear clothes.
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And this is why I read your blog posts.
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Dude, your Odd Thomas Noteworthy story has no words. You gotta put some words in it, man, so I can read it.
P.S., if it makes you feel better, I know friars who stand next to other people all the time. Doesn't mean they're going out.
If it takes place in the nineties, then that means poor sweet and innocent Equestria is only a few short years before the horrors of the World Wide Web destroys everything they hold deer.
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According to Skywriter, all the deers they hold live in the kingdom of Hind.
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Go for it. It reminds me vaguely of my Fellowship of Geldings and Order of TImekeepers, which have a similar relationship. I was planning to have an ongoing quibble between Chief Gelding Parsnip and Chief Chronomaster Clockwork in The Mixed-Up Life of Brad, but I haven't been able to fit it in yet.
It taught me that Big Mac is a really good singer.
afaik, I'm the only one complaining about this episode :B
And all the shippers broke down and cried.
I suppose I should respond to each point individually...
1. I knew there would be long-term damage from Twilight's free-wheeling use of chronomancy. I hope you're happy now, Sparkle! Plaid! Plaid flannel for the rest of your miserable life!
2. It's not easy trying to force herself down to the level of the colorful flesh creatures. The equinoid interface is breaking down after doing the impossible too many times. Very sad.
3. I'm leaning towards the latter, personally.
4. To be fair, I nearly swooned when Big Mac started singing, though that was mostly out of shock. "Apple Family Reunion" had me thinking he had a maximum word quota.
...which might have been enforced here, actually.
5. Too kyoot to spell correctly.
6. I've seen at least one hypothesis that they're siblings, given the similar eye color and talents.
In any case, the Principle of Pony Pairing by Proximity requires multiple data points to confirm a ship. Once is a coincidence. Twice is a romance. Three times is Flash Sentry laying waste to all in his path for the sake of his true love.
7. Plaid! You've doomed us all!
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They stood next to each other twice within this single episode.
DUUUUUDE!
The 90s were awesome! All those dudes rocking out to Nirvana while guzzling down Ecto-Cooler.
Remember. What You See Is What You Get!fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/287/8/a/motivation___90s_kid_by_songue-d4ctcb1.jpg
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Then it's a valid possibility. One among many. No one said the PPPP was perfect.
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Lyra in a heterosexual relationship, with a stallion instead of a man? WHAT BLASPHEMY IS THIS?!
What? Bronies are complaining again? What now? It was a good episode. : /
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Maybe that's her fetish.
Oh, come on, everybody knows Cheerilee is a lesbian. She was just trying to be funny, because friends do that sort of thing.