S2 Spoilers Thread is Dead Like Spike

Doctor Wheeze · Post by **Doctor Wheeze** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:50 pm

@dannyimusic wrote:Geeze, if you're gonna leak a song at least to it right! Don't make it mono and terribly lo-fi. Or better yet...don't leak it to start with

Ingram just tweeted this, which kind of implies that he's not the one who leaked it.

The great M · Post by **The great M** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:57 pm

Hm, who is dannyimusic? That's a pretty damn agressive post from Ingram.

BattyBovine · Post by **BattyBovine** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:01 pm

He seems really angry about the whole thing. He just recently sent another pretty angry message mentioning that an animator in the Philippines probably leaked it, but he seems to have deleted that one pretty quickly. Whatever actually happened, it probably wasn't his fault, and he's certainly not happy about it.

EDIT: And yes, @dannyimusic is Daniel Ingram's Twitter account. V V V

Weird Autumn · Post by **Weird Autumn** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:03 pm

The great M wrote:Hm, who is dannyimusic? That's a pretty damn agressive post from Ingram.

I'm not good at Twitter syntax, but I'm pretty sure that dannyimusic is Ingram's account and the @ means it's a post from him.

The great M · Post by **The great M** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:05 pm

OpposingFarce wrote:I'm not good at Twitter syntax, but I'm pretty sure that dannyimusic is Ingram's account and the @ means it's a post from him.

Oops

I don't use Twitter, no idea. Who is his comment directed at then?

Headless Horse · Post by **Headless Horse** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:06 pm

The known universe.

Weird Autumn · Post by **Weird Autumn** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:06 pm

Yeah, it's just a general comment directed at whoever leaked it rather than an actual reply to someone.

(?) · Post by **Big Boss** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:25 pm

Like I said in the past, leaking is so goddamn stupid. People's jobs and livelihoods are at stake. What compels you to do it?

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:32 pm

kefkafloyd wrote:Like I said in the past, leaking is so goddamn stupid. People's jobs and livelihoods are at stake. What compels you to do it?

I fear for the day episodes start leaking.

Headless Horse · Post by **Headless Horse** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:33 pm

It'd really suck if Top Draw manages to alienate themselves from Studio B by doing shit like this, after all the work they've done to get so good at ponies.

Whitenoise Poster · Post by **Whitenoise Poster** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:56 pm

Wait till it turns out this song isn't from an episode but for the secret pony cd they are coming out with. Two discs full of songs and bg music from the show and original content all yours for three easy payments of 9.99

BattyBovine · Post by **BattyBovine** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:03 pm

Whitenoise Poster wrote:Wait till it turns out this song isn't from an episode but for the secret pony cd they are coming out with. Two discs full of songs and bg music from the show and original content all yours for three easy payments of 9.99

I'll take seven!

It's weird that I'm saying this about a cartoon for 5-year-old girls, but I really would love a CD full of original songs. As much as I hate that it keeps getting leaked, I certainly understand why people are anxious to show this music off. This is the one show I want full of musical numbers, but they're unfortunately few and far between it seems. Meanwhile, some other shows have at least one or two original songs per episode, and they're not nearly as good, and are often downright lazy and awful. I often get the feeling that Daniel has more ideas for musical numbers than he actually gets the chance to write songs for.

So go on, Hasbro. Fill a CD with that shit.

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:13 pm

Still think the song sounds like something to be used in an upcoming stage show...

Hope they were able to fix poor Twilight's leg....

EDIT: Or Pinkie works as a candy striper at the hospital and sings this song to all the fillies suffering from Cutie Pox next week.

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** (?) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:19 pm

Danny has every right to be pissed about the leaked song.

To the person out there who leaked it: shame on you.

BHHammy · Post by **BHHammy** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:21 pm

The Doctor wrote: EDIT: Or Pinkie works as a candy striper at the hospital and sings this song to all the fillies suffering from Cutie Pox next week.

You know, I was leaning more towards Secret Christmas Special considering the last minute of the song, but this makes a TON more sense.

Jerkface · Post by **Jerkface** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:45 am

Here's something I always wondered, when Twilight first comes to Ponyville, while accommodations were obviously made for her to stay in Ponyville, she seems to have just been given the town library to stay in but the Library from the looks of it, there already was a bed, and living quarters, and it was of course, a functioning library before then. So... who was Ponyville's librarian before Twilight Sparkle? Where did they go? And IS Twilight the town librarian? If somebody wanted to take out a book is it Twilight's responsibility to check the books out and make sure they get returned on time?

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:08 am

Well, if by "does Twilight do all this?" you mean "Twilight makes spike do all the work" then yes.

Super Karoru · Post by **Super Karoru** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:13 am

It's true. Spike is the one that knows where everything is and cleans up all the messes (mostly made by Twilight).

(?) · Post by **@Zebra_ebooks** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:15 am

Ponyville ponies never struck me as the type to read books...

Mordja · Post by **Mordja** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:25 am

So does that mean they deliver new books to the library the same way they send letters?
Poor Spike.

stonecutter · Post by **stonecutter** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:56 am

LiamA wrote:Ponyville ponies never struck me as the type to read books...

That's the exact problem we've got where I live. I'm sure my town will lose it's only bookstore one of these days (again).

Scuderia · Post by **Scuderia** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:34 am

LiamA wrote:Ponyville ponies never struck me as the type to read books...

They would if the books had lots of pictures!

Mordja wrote:So does that mean they deliver new books to the library the same way they send letters?
Poor Spike.

: Spiiiike?! What's the holdup? I was supposed to get an unabridged dictionary about now!

Ditzy Derp · Post by **Ditzy Derp** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:38 am

I figure that the town didn't have the budget to hire another full-time librarian after the last one retired/died/moved away. Now there's no one who knows how to maintain or update the collection - at least, not the way sweet old Book Worm could. Happens all the time in our world!

So please support your local library. They have DVDs and Internet and audio books and ebooks and community events and they'll answer most of the questions that Google can't and OH SWEET MERCIFUL CELESTIA WE'RE ALL SO LONELY! PLEASE LET US HELP YOUUUUUUUUUU

Aramek · Post by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:48 am

DarkMatter wrote:To the person out there who leaked it: shame on you.

Chronos30 · Post by **Chronos30** (?) » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:39 pm

The Doctor wrote: I fear for the day episodes start leaking.

So far the leaks have all been photographs of monitors/storyboards and what sounds like a cruddy phone recording.
I bet there's something in place to prevent direct file (or episode) leaking, like no internet on their workstations.

Pocket · Post by **Pocket** (?) » Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:58 pm

The Doctor wrote:Or Pinkie works as a candy striper at the hospital and sings this song to all the fillies suffering from Cutie Pox next week.

I could see her doing that. She probably applied for the position thinking it involved actually putting the stripes on the candies they hand out to kids when they leave.

EDIT: The more I think about it, if the song was posted from the animation studio and they didn't even have any animation to go with it, they probably just started animating that episode, which means it's probably from all the way at the other end of the season. Didn't they finish animation in December last year?

God, this is gonna be a long wait. And asshats are going to be reposting the song and trying to Pinkieroll us with it until the episode airs. I know because it's already started happening.

Jerkface wrote:Here's something I always wondered, when Twilight first comes to Ponyville, while accommodations were obviously made for her to stay in Ponyville, she seems to have just been given the town library to stay in but the Library from the looks of it, there already was a bed, and living quarters, and it was of course, a functioning library before then. So... who was Ponyville's librarian before Twilight Sparkle? Where did they go? And IS Twilight the town librarian? If somebody wanted to take out a book is it Twilight's responsibility to check the books out and make sure they get returned on time?

I have this mental image of Twilight being shocked that the library uses such a backward method of organizing their books ("Everything's in alphabetical order by title? What kind of system is that?!") and setting aside a few days to re-file everything properly according to the Dewdrop Decimal System.

BattyBovine · Post by **BattyBovine** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:39 am

Not sure if this counts as a spoiler, so I'm posting it here just in case. Tara Strong has apparently re-confirmed a third season, and along with the news the following details have been provided:

Writing started a month ago.
The current writing staff appears to be Meghan McCarthy, Cindy Morrow, M.A. Larson and Dave Polsky. Nobody else is confirmed as of yet.
Rob Renzetti apparently left the show soon after Lauren Faust.
Only thirteen episodes for season three are supposedly confirmed.[/list:u]

Sources are Derpy Hooves Central and Reddit. Not terribly conclusive, I know, but worth noting I suppose.

Mordja · Post by **Mordja** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:48 am

Any confirmation is good confirmation!

(?) · Post by **Wayoshi** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:53 am

Like the writing staff on board still.

Amazing to think the show is a year ahead of us, but I guess that's how it works now.

BartonFink · Post by **BartonFink** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:56 am

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that's cool to post in the news thread.

13 episodes is a bit disappointing, though it's not like an official announcement or anything (and really I guess 26 episodes was us being spoiled in the first place).

(?) · Post by **Wayoshi** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:59 am

Episode orders usually come in packs of 13. As long as S2 goes as expected, S3 should be a full 26.

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:05 am

Season 3 was all but confirmed anyway but this news still makes me happy!

I'm pretty sure this is cool to post in the news thread. It doesn't spoil anything about the characters or the plot.

BattyBovine · Post by **BattyBovine** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:12 am

BartonFink wrote:I guess 26 episodes was us being spoiled in the first place

It is pretty standard for a lot of shows, but it's true that tons of others get only ~13 per season, especially for children's shows. I'm okay with whatever keeps ponies going as long as possible until it loses its steam (which is hopefully a long way away).

Wayoshi wrote:Episode orders usually come in packs of 13. As long as S2 goes as expected, S3 should be a full 26.

That's certainly true, and could also explain why not all of the writers have been confirmed so far.

Honestly though, I'm more concerned about Rob Renzetti's supposed departure. I know this is all technically speculation so far, but if this turns out to be true, I admit I'll be somewhat apprehensive; more so than with Lauren's departure anyway. At least when Lauren left, I could say to myself, "well, she's leaving the show in good hands. She did hand-pick Rob Renzetti for a reason, after all." But that news, combined with a reduced writing staff, leave me a bit hesitant. I'm paranoid like that.

EDIT: Okay, it's in the Hoofington Post now. It probably is more appropriate there, anyway.

Scuderia · Post by **Scuderia** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:14 am

I don't like the looks of this...

In other news:
HELLYEAH REDDIT USES SPRITING!
Now THAT'S HOW YOU DO EMOTICONS!

e: whoops let's visit the emote thread

Throbulator · Post by **Throbulator** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:18 am

With season 3 nearly confirmed, I wonder what the next pony drought will be like.

Vivianinatoga · Post by **Vivianinatoga** (?) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:08 pm

LiamA wrote:Ponyville ponies never struck me as the type to read books...

I'm now pairing WWU scenes with "Iowa Stubborn" in my mind.

"And we're so by-God stubborn we can stand touching noses for a week at a time and never see eye to eye~~"

Mr. Big · Post by **Mr. Big** (?) » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:23 am

Info for episode 36. It's a Spike episode.

Title: Secret of my Excess
Synopsis: Spike gets greedy on his birthday and has a huge growth spurt that could decimate Ponyville.
Air Date: December 10, 2011

Damathacus · Post by **Damathacus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:30 am

Mr. Big wrote:Ready for another Spike-themed episode?

Title: Secret of my Excess
Synopsis: Spike gets greedy on his birthday and has a huge growth spurt that could decimate Ponyville.
Air Date: December 10, 2011

Oh hell yeah I am, even if it sound bit like Owl's Well That Ends Well in that Spike does something stupid and then other ponies have to fix it.

Treehouse Censor · Post by **Treehouse Censor** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:14 am

They are really putting out the previews at a fever pitch. I'd love it if they would leave some of it to our imagination. Although they are approaching Christmas...

I want a Christmas special!

(?) · Post by **@Zebra_ebooks** (?) » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:45 am

So I guess we will get another peek at what adult Spike may look like.

What would the ponies call Christmas?