Season 9 Discussion Thread [Warning: SPOILERS!!!!!]

@Philweasel  
I guess we’ll never know :P

@Philweasel
 
That’s an interesting thought actually.
 
Do some consider it narcissistic to watch the show they star in, to a degree? Aside from it possibly not being their cup of tea?
 
Also, there was no Derpy cameo, was there?

You know what I’ve just noticed? It wasn’t all the voice actors, because I noticed ‘Castle Mania’ was mentioned twice.
 
Ie, Josh Haber’s first episode.

@Spinny
 
I figure it still is nothing but a science fiction concept there, but that’s Pinkie we’re talking about - going to space with a balloon sounds like something she’d want to do even if it wasn’t possible.

@Philweasel
 
Ohh…
 
That’s why it got a reference.

@AC97  
Someone tried to preemptively trash on this episode because Ashleigh Ball likes NCC and Cathy Weseluck likes Princess Spike.

@AC97  

 
Most people find it hard to listen to themselves. Especially since it’s almost a year displaced most of the time, and it can be easy to cringe and think how you could have delivered a line better. Plus I doubt many of them are that into cartoons themselves, just because they happen to act in them.
 
Even Tara and Andrea I get the impression are only really interested in their own characters. I heard Andrea enjoyed ‘Flutter Butter’ for instance, but I doubt she’s ever seen an episode she didn’t play a major role in.

@Vivace
 
Hah.
 
That’s unfortunately unsurprising. Too bad there’s really people out there that have preemptive pessimism on that level.
 
But that’s life.

@AC97  
I don’t think it is. Granted I can only speak as an artist, not a writer, but I absolutely love most of my artwork despite having been the one who made it. I even browse my own tag sometimes. Personally I’ve always hated the sentiment that we’re supposed to hate what we make :D

@Philweasel
 
True, as they say, you’re your own worst critic.
 
I’m pretty sure I could empathize to a degree, since I think I dislike hearing myself on camera.

@AC97
 
Pretty low bar of narcissism.

@Dustcan
 
Touché, but that’s in respect to how they might personally feel about enjoying their own performances.
 
True narcissism would be something like genuinely thinking you could churn out 10/10 episodes, just because you’re a fan.

 
By far the best episode of season 9.

@AC97  

 
I’m almost certain I don’t know anyone like that.
 
 
@Pudding Pone  

 
You’re the second person I’ve heard say that. Dude, it’s like… episode four!
 
I mean, it’s true, but kinda lacks meaning when we’re barely an hour into the season.

@Philweasel
 

 
;)

Spike!! You magnificent bastard I read your book!!!!

@Philweasel  
I remember one man gloating about how he could turn out something amazing because he was a fan. It ended in tragedy D:

@Badumsquish  

 
In fact it reminds me a lot of… certain people.
 
Let’s make it all adult, and grim! _{(and boring)} Fun is for kids! Firebenders make no sense, the writers are clearly lazy! My idea for how they work is so much more realistic!

@Philweasel  
I’m a dabbling musician. I listen to my own music all the time, but I go back to certain songs I once thought were great and find that they’re impossible to listen to.

Holy frick I loved this episode.
 
Takeways:
 
Luna and Celestia’s sibling rivalry is hilarious. Luna’s goose-stroking scene had hilarious levels of melodrama, and I loved those “I’m so pissed at you but we need to keep up appearances in public” painfully fake smiles they gave each other at the end.
 
The goose thing was genius, because I’ll be damned if it wasn’t a reference to the geese that saved Rome’s collective asses at the Battle of Allia by honking up a storm when the Gauls tried to attack the city at night.
 
God, Zephyr’s a creep.
 
I think it’s fairly clear that the blue mare in armor and her palette swaps are the general-purpose model for female background guards now.
 
Spike. Spike! Spiiiiiike. I loved Spike. I loved his acknowledgment as a Twilight sibling in full (because bite me, “Twilight family” makes a hell of a lot more sense that “Sparkle family” when only one member’s named Sparkle and two are named Twilight), I loved the episode’s theme about him being overlooked and finally being given credit, I loved him being clever and awesome. I love him.
 
@Philweasel  

 
I mean, this is quite possibly one of the best episodes in the show’s run, so, you know…

@Philweasel  

 
I see you’ve never read a fix-fic before.

@Dustcan
 
I have, yes.
 
They, as per Sturgeon’s Law, often devolve to the author mouthpiecing through the characters, that is to say, talking through them, a lot of it due to them being frustrated at the time instead of say, writing it with a cool head.

@DerpyFast
 
I often feel the same about my earliest drawings. _{And yet they seem to get better scores than my newer stuff…}

@Philweasel  
Not to be too off-topic, but watch The Lego Movie 2. It lampoons all that pretty hilariously XD
 
@Dustcan  
@AC97  
I read one of those once. It was awful D:

@AC97  
XD Come on, no one’s that narcissistic.