The One Where Steel Reacted Live With Guest Xjuggernaughtx · 5:47pm Oct 17th, 2015
[11:00:20 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: THERE! Now that was a good episode!
[11:53:13 AM] Steel Resolve: Well of course
[11:54:42 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: That’s what I want out of MLP. Nice, low-stakes slice of life stuff, with an epic-ish opener, maybe mid-season, then finale. This is how I like my MLP.
[11:55:16 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: A story that fits well within its timeframe.
[11:55:58 AM] Steel Resolve: I just love how the main conflict is something I adore about Pinkie: secrets and the keeping thereof.
[11:57:47 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: Yeah, it was nice to see her struggle and succeed. I thought they’d have her crack and deal with the fallout.
[11:57:53 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: Nice that she was strong enough.
[11:58:58 AM] Steel Resolve: Pinkie's expression when she thinks twi already knows is fucking priceless. This confirms something I've always thought about Pinkie. She doesn't consider it a broken promise if the other party already knows or has guessed
[11:59:57 AM] Xjuggernaughtx: I like how growly and pissy Pinkie was getting at the end.
[12:00:14 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: “They’re gonna have a lot more to take care of soon…"
[12:02:19 PM] Steel Resolve: XD Pinkie with exciting news she can't share is awesome. I KNEW she was best secret keeper!
[12:04:14 PM] Steel Resolve: ... Rarity just delivered the forever line. I fucking love it.
[12:06:56 PM] Steel Resolve: the cmc have their marks, holy fuck continuity.
[12:08:50 PM] Steel Resolve: sweet jeebus pinkie is a ninja cake deliverer!
[12:09:54 PM] Steel Resolve: ... rarity is pinkie's conscience. Goddamnit show, do you want me to ship raripie more?
[12:14:50 PM] Steel Resolve: okay wow. that chandelier is bigger than I ever suspected. Pinkie being on it makes me question even more: how did they dig it up and move it?
[12:16:11 PM] Steel Resolve: hmmmm, she damn near did blab.
[12:16:21 PM] Steel Resolve: even she has a breaking point.
[12:17:31 PM] Steel Resolve: candance looks really svelte. must be 1st trimester.
[12:17:51 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: Alicorns don’t show. Nor do they have morning sickness.
[12:18:21 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: That would be unlady-like. They are still trying to get over Twilight and “the hayburger incident.”
[12:18:49 PM] Steel Resolve: oh, I just bet she does have morning sickness.
[12:18:55 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: In fact, knowing Equestria, they probably have stork deliveries or something.
[12:19:19 PM] Steel Resolve: also, this kinda blows all of the "alicorns are sterile" headcanons.
[12:19:31 PM] Steel Resolve: As if the princess of love couldn't conceive.
[12:21:06 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: I still kinda want to write my story about Cadence and how weird her life would be. I mean, if you can control/manipulate love, how can you be sure that you aren’t doing it subconsciously to ponies that you want to like you? Does anypony REALLY like you? How do you manage the temptation to just make everypony love you instead of dealing with issues? It would be a burden.
[12:21:19 PM] Steel Resolve: "We get the picture, you like books!"
[12:21:42 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: Yeah, Pinkie isn’t fucking around by that point. She’s ready to go.
[12:29:24 PM] Steel Resolve: Mayor mare knows, and is somehow keeping the secret. holy fuck, an honest politician.
[12:29:51 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: Actually, Pinkie’s just the first pony that she’s run into that day. The Mayor sleeps in.
[12:30:20 PM] Steel Resolve: still, she didn't blurt to pinkie.
[12:30:25 PM] Steel Resolve: That's impressive.
[12:30:39 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: I wish they’d use the Mayor more. I love her.
[12:31:45 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: I love that look she gives Twilight in Applebuck Season right before Twilight gets disgusted and stomps off.
[12:33:11 PM] Steel Resolve: Pinkie just literally fell to pieces.
[12:33:19 PM] Steel Resolve: she's an ex pinkie pie.
[12:33:24 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: I love when she’s putting her hair back on.
[12:33:25 PM] Steel Resolve: she has ceased to be.
[12:34:20 PM] Xjuggernaughtx: Okay, gotta go to the hardware store. I’ll talk to you later.
[12:34:29 PM] Steel Resolve: "Piece of cake" and she's shaking her head furiously. "No, that was hell."
You know, with one exception I'm starting to notice that Pinkie episodes are the most fun...
3477048 Damn right.
It does, but that's not the end of the world :V I've always liked that idea, but it is hardly a problem.
I just hope their kid isn't an alicorn.
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Unless, of course, Cadence is not an Alicorn, but only a Winged Unicorn (or something along those lines), as is the case in Rites of Ascension, for example.
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S4 confirmed she was an alicorn.
In fairness, my "alicorns are sterile" headcanon was just that Celestia hit menopause, like, 1,000 odd years ago.
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...Please ignore my previous comment, it seems my memory is more holed than swiss cheese <.<
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Happens to the best of us.
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To be fair, recent research suggests that women are capable of producing new egg cells, and menopause is simply an effect of aging and declining health. So an immortal female would, assuming they are ageless, probably never hit menopause.
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Although that presumes that Celestia is, in fact, ageless, and not simply aging REAAAAAAAAAAAALLY slowly. Though even in that case, it would be unlikely she would have hit menopause at this point if what you say is the case.
Also, got a link to anything regarding that research? Because that sounds actually kind of awesome if true.
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http://www.nature.com/news/egg-making-stem-cells-found-in-adult-ovaries-1.10121
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120229-women-health-ovaries-eggs-reproduction-science/
http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(05)00650-1?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867405006501%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v428/n6979/full/nature02316.html
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Neat!
Well that was an interesting way to summarize one's thoughts on this episode. I wrote a rather detailed review on my blog. But you know, I still loved this episode.