Thoroughly Analyzing "Equestria Girls"

The latest from Digibrony, a 20 minute piece of pure masterpiece that reminded me of why I loved Equestria Girls so much. Now I love it even more.

Is There a Connection Between Sombra and Luna?

Gasp! An invitation to do a video response? The very thing that put the "you" in "youtube"? I haven't seen one of these in years! Although the feature was officially taken away I recorded this anyway.

Is there a connection between Sombra and Luna? I certainly think there is.

If you can't get through ten minutes of rambling I'll write a transcript over the next few days (I hope).

Scootaloo Uses

A blender.



The first in the series "Scoots' Absolute Bitchin' Rockstar Life: The Trials and Absolute Victories of Best Pony: A Novel". Admit it, you wish your life was half a percent as awesome.

Fluttershy Is Best Pony?

That's certainly what this fan poll seems to indicate.



There was a month long official fan favourite poll and Fluttershy won. While some of us voted for somepony all together, the people have spoken and we won't be bitter about it.



I really like how the Hub made a video that represents the great diversity of the fandom. And Andrea Libman was in it too! Yay! A lot of fans wearing Derpy shirts were there and they didn't get censored! This is just full of fun.

A Canterlot Wedding Part Two

Would changing one small detail fix all the flaws in the episode? If Chrysalis were to impersonate Shining Armor instead of Cadance would the episode make absolute perfect sense?



I'm not so sure.

First, imitating Shining Armor would mean Chrysalis would have to figure out how to imitate his shield spell as well, which it is explicitly stated at 8 minutes in only Shining Armor is able to use the spell. So Chrysalis would have to recreate a totally new, unique, super difficult spell.

Second, Shining Armor is captain of the royal guard. Chrysalis would have to learn all the intricate details and protocol of that position (and there are shedloads of intricate protocol involved in the military) to pull off a successful impersonation or else somepony would notice the fake Shining Armor is acting suspicious and an entire military unit would come down on her. Imitating a princess with no known duties prior to the reappearance of the Crystal Empire is a whole lot easier and a whole lot less risky.

Third, if Chrysalis is impersonating Shining Armor, why even have the shield up at all? When she impersonated Cadance the point was to get Shiny (which he will from thus forth be known as) to let his guard down so her horde could invade Canterlot. If she could get rid of Shiny from the beginning - since she is impersonating him - then why go through all the trouble of learning and maintaining the super unique shield spell? Just have the changelings invade right then and end it.

I know what you're thinking: "she has to maintain the deception until Cadance is depowered."

No, she doesn't. Cadance does not know the shield spell. No pony else does. Just invade and then drain Cadance of her love at your leisure.

"But she has to drain Cadance's love so she can defeat Celestia and/or Luna (who didn't do anything anyway)!"

No, she doesn't. Remember, Chrysalis was just as surprised as we were to discover that she had defeated Celestia in combat. That was never an integral part of her plan to begin with, just an unforeseen benefit.

If, on the other hand, Chrysalis impersonates Cadance then she can manipulate Shiny and take down the royal guard without having to know a thing about Canterlot military hierarchy and procedure, and she has the added protection of being thought of as the untouchable niece of the god-empress of all the world rather than just some general who could be court martialed for erratic behaviour.

Changing the story around may make up for some deficits, but it creates a host of new ones that, I think, make the story weaker than the canon version.

Equestria Girls Live Action Video

Yes, there is a nearly two minute live action music video for the upcoming Hub premier for Equestria Girls. Not that live action, with people. Now, I'm not a big consumer of the youngsters dancing genera, but this wasn't bad. It certainly was not "teh wurst thing evar!!!!1" Seriously, a lot of people in the brony community need to quit the drama shit. Hasbro still has a target demographic that it is, aah, targeting, and it ain't us so settle down. We lose what little credibility we have when we overreact to every little thing.

 Enjoy (or don't).

Is Fluttershy Funemployed?

Someponys' professions are obvious: Applejack is a farmer on the family owned farm Sweet Apple Acres, Pinkie Pie is an apprentice baker at Sugarcube Corner, Rarity is an entrepreneur, she owns and operates the Carousel Boutique where she designes and manufactures her own clothing. Twilight Sparkle is not employed, per se, but is the personal protégée of the god-empress Princess Celestia, and as such is living off a royal stipend. She comes from Canterlot, her brother is the Captain of the Royal Guard, and she was raised by royalty, so it is safe to say that her family is very wealthy and she has no financial concerns.

Rainbow Dash is a bit harder to place. She longs to be a Wonderbolt stunt performer, and has take steps toward that end, as seen in "Wonderbolt Academy" (though the ending was ambiguous as to whether RD is still in training as nothing more has been said in any subsequent episodes!). Her day job appears to be weatherpony for Ponyville; a job she does not seem to relish in the least as she is most often seen practicing her stunts, goofing off, or sleeping.

Fluttershy is the odd pony out. I can't seem to figure out what her profession is, and if I sent some Spartans to ask she would run and hide.



Fluttershy obviously has money. We've seen her paying inflated rates for goods at the market in "Putting Your Hoof Down." She has a whole huge menagerie to take care of, and even if animal feed were very cheap the vast quantities she would have to buy would still demand a healthy sum. And it is those animals who demand the bulk of her time and attention. She not only feeds, and houses, and cares for the hundreds of animals that she lives with, she also helps wild animals too, like that bear with the shoulder problem and the beavers who were arguing with Applejack.



Wild animals don't have money, and it seems doubtful she gets paid to have a whole lot of pets (if a welfare system existed in Equestria then Applejack wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for Granny Smith's hip surgery, her old age medical benefit would). The little time Fluttershy has that is not spent taking care of her animals is spent with her friends going on crazy adventures she would rather sit out. To date (as far as I can tell) we have never seen Fluttershy perform any job for money, leaving me to wonder how she is able to support herself financially.

It is true that she has had a few one off jobs, such as conducting a bird chorus for state events such as the Summer Sun Celebration and the wedding between Cadance and Shining Armor, but even if she did perform at these events for money how long would that sustain her? She was also a successful fashion model once (a job she hated), but only for a short time. We can't expect her earnings from that job to last forever, and she clearly was living quite comfortably before that, so she has to have some other form of income. The question remains, what is it? If Fluttershy does have a job we will have to wait for some future episode to find out.