2.9 Sweet and Elite, *SPOILERS**PONIES**RARITY**PONIES**SPOILERS* Options

[Guardian Prime]

Ponies galore!
Derpy's in there, sporting a rather spiffing necklace and hat.

Ha! Derptastic! So she WAS in the ep, Scav. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif)
---Dave

lol...I wonder how Derpy snuck into high-class society wearing a paper bag for a hat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)


Overall, I really enjoyed this episode. My fave background character for this particular episode would have to be Fancy Pants. He's much more open minded than the rest of the high-class ponies there. I also liked the white unicorn with the pink hair that looks similar to Luna, but thinner. To me, she looked like a cross between Luna and Celestia, but without wings.

[LoomX]

I loved Twilight's dancing at the garden party. She was really going for it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

[Master Fwiffo]

By far the best yet of the season.

[Nayuki]

I guess Nayuki can't comment anymore on public forums much consider latest events (leaks and such) :<
Damn I'm slow, just figured it out.

Also, it seems name Fleur sticked to that luna-pony.

Sorry, I'm back. Only had 3 hours of sleep before the episode, so I went back to bed afterwards. The 'lovely unicorn' seen with Fancypants did use a modified version of Luna's build. I think the idea was for more of a supermodel tall and skinny look, not sure though, since that's a design decision... Ridd or the directors would know for sure though.

The earlier events/leaks is a topic I will not be discussing. It did not effect me personally, but I guess I have been more conscious of what I post since it happened.

[MrBlud]

I enjoyed the ep immensely.

Poor Opalescence (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

[Nayuki]

Applejack had possibly my favorite line in the episode:

"Why aren't any of y'all doing any gardening? This IS a garden party isn't it?"

[Database]

Someone said that if this was after the Gala no one learned their lesson; I think they did since Celestia took them all aside afterward and told them "The whole reason I invited you was to liven up the atmosphere", So their mayhem at Canterlot parties is God-Princess approved. And it seems that Fancy Pants, sees that same quality as needed. Though I was waiting for Rarity to mention Twilight as Celestia's apprentice, since she built up RD anyway. That would have been fun to see "You know that plain clothed, dorky dancing purple pony? That's the Princess' star student!" then watch the chaos.

[MrBlud]

Isn't Rainbow Dash the only Pony in history to perform a Sonic Rainboom (2x!)? You can't tell me that's not notable. As said, Twilight is Celestia's star pupil. Fluttershy was an incredibly popular model. Rarity herself is a rather important designer, she did tour outfits for Sapphire Shores at the very least.

Applejack and Pinkie are the only Ponies who haven't done anything (that we know of) of "import to larger Equestrian Society.

This post has been edited by MrBlud: Dec 3 2011, 04:00 PM

[DrSpengler]

Pinkie racing toward the garden party, cannon in tow cracked me up.

And I appreciated that Fancy Pants turned out to be a nice guy at the end. It would be so easy for a cartoon with an episode like this to end with the theme "all people in high society are arrogant scum", and a lot of cartoons that go with the class warfare plot do take that route. But it's much better to show that in every caste there are the good and the bad; keeping kids from making sweeping generalizations about groups of people at such a young age.

This post has been edited by DrSpengler: Dec 3 2011, 04:13 PM

[Scavgraphics]

Applejack and Pinkie are the only Ponies who haven't done anything (that we know of) of "import to larger Equestrian Society.

Other than being decorated heroes of the realm, you mean? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)


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Breaking this out from the transcript so the word can be spread far and wide...which is what we keep Kein around for, I suppose.

[Nayuki] 8:32 am: pony names from this episode: Jet Set, Upper Crust, Hayseed Turnip Truck, Fancypants, Rapidfire, Fleetfoot.
[Nayuki] 8:37 am: Rapidfire isn't specified, Fleetfoot is the white maned mare

This post has been edited by Scavgraphics: Dec 3 2011, 04:31 PM

[TM2-Megatron]

Hoofkissing.. damn, you have no idea how fast this fandom will catch it because apparently now "CONFRIMED FOR CANON!!11".
Sigh, another fuel for Molestia fanart >_>

If you don't like something, the best course of action is to just ignore it. This is what most adults do, and it's certainly what I do in the case of both aforementioned things. You'd be amazed how much less stress that is than complaining.

However, ignoring it is made more difficult when it appears even here, one of the few refuges for family-friendly ponydom left on the Internet. Personally, I'm sick of hearing about it and how something in the show may supposedly encourage such things. What you've forgotten about the people who like this stuff is that they need absolutely no encouragement.

This post has been edited by TM2-Megatron: Dec 3 2011, 04:41 PM

[MrBlud]

Other than being decorated heroes of the realm, you mean? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

True but when you have Equestria's top ace, a supermodel, fashion designer, and next in line to the throne (probably)...those tend to overshadow the bumpkin and the party planner. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

[Rezo]

Isn't Rainbow Dash the only Pony in history to perform a Sonic Rainboom (2x!)? You can't tell me that's not notable. As said, Twilight is Celestia's star pupil. Fluttershy was an incredibly popular model. Rarity herself is a rather important designer, she did tour outfits for Sapphire Shores at the very least.

Applejack and Pinkie are the only Ponies who haven't done anything (that we know of) of "import to larger Equestrian Society.

In fairness, re: Rarity. Who knows who makes the dresses of popstars? Not many~

Fluttershy's model career was also rather short, probably just a few weeks, and I imagine it's a quick-lived business. Some people should remember her, but natural- rather than done-up Fluttershy is probably less easily recognised.

Rainbow Dash's rainbooms... One was effectively anonymous outside of Cloudsdale (Twilight didn't know who did it until near #2, either, after all), and the other one was still effectively restricted to cloudsdale - it probably made it on the sports page of the newspapers, but it's not something I'd necessarily expect the Canterlot bourgeoisie to be familiar with.

Twilight being a star pupil shouldn't be particularly notable - she's still only a pupil, why should upper-tier adults know about her?

What should be remembered is the whole 'Saved Equestria from Disqord, were publicly celebrated by the Princess by way of a huge reception in the castle, and it sure as hell must've made the news' gig.

But that's really the only aspect where continuity was a bit broken, and probably fairly so, considering that the show's focus is not the whole adventuring and heroing gig.

(This being said, an adventure episode to liven things up would be pretty nice... By this time last season we'd already had Dragonshy, and (Arguably... Lets say, pseudo-adventure) Bridge Gossip & Boast Busters. And Swarm of the Century was coming up. I love slice of life, but some variety would be appreciated)

Applejack had possibly my favorite line in the episode:

"Why aren't any of y'all doing any gardening? This IS a garden party isn't it?"

Language barrier. I always have difficulty understanding her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif)

This post has been edited by Rezo: Dec 3 2011, 05:39 PM

[TM2-Megatron]

lol,

(IMG:http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/e61022134e9749acf96e61424749dd36/93311%20-%20dance%20dancing%20elaine_benes%20horrible_dancing%20little_kicks%20mlp:fim%20Seinfeld%20thumbs%20twilight_sparkle.jpg)

[pao]

lol...I wonder how Derpy snuck into high-class society wearing a paper bag for a hat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

It's avant-garde. You wouldn't understand. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

[ZeroX]

lol...I wonder how Derpy snuck into high-class society wearing a paper bag for a hat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

It's avant-garde. You wouldn't understand. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif)

More likely there was a chance encounter with Fancy Pants where he was enchanted by Ditzy Doo's delightful quirkiness.

This post has been edited by Zecora: Dec 3 2011, 06:01 PM

[WorkbenchManiac]

I just noticed: During the scene when Rarity soaks Opal in the bathroom, the background music is a variation on the Boléro by Ravel.

[Copper Bezel]

Hey, wow. I'd never heard of that piece, let alone heard the piece itself, but that's nuttily fitting.

What I love in that moment is the genuineness of Rarity's discomfort with this thing that she's resolved she has to do. Like a tiny piece of her is about to die, but she's not questioning that it beats the alternative (of letting her friends know she'd flaked out on them.) In a lesser cartoon, I'd be feeling sympathy for the cat. = )

This post has been edited by Copper Bezel: Dec 3 2011, 07:01 PM

[RC85747]

Rarity certainly learned her lesson well after going to that garden party, eh? In fact you could say things are all right now for her.

[Pocket]

In regards to the main six's alleged fame, it's clearly something the writers are ignoring on purpose because of how much more it would come up, realistically, and how much it would change the whole dynamic of the show. Being world famous isn't really the sort of thing you can do and still live a normal life — and unlike the creators of a certain other popular girls' show that tried to build its entire premise around that, this show's writers realize that it isn't the sort of thing their audience can relate to, either.