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(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:20 pm

reidransom wrote:Nah, -i as a plural form is a standard thing for word with a greek root.

No, that'd be Latin, second declension. Second declension Greek would be -oi.

(?) · by **reidransom** (?) » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:27 pm

numsOic wrote:No, that'd be Latin, second declension. Second declension Greek would be -oi.

I never studied classics. :pinkieshrug:

Still, a lot of those words came from Greek, so I'm still claiming partial credit. :rainbert:

(?) · by **Mordja** (?) » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:34 pm

Teenagers, huh?
Secretly I'm hoping for an edutational rap to appeal to that at-risk, rural, cold-blooded demographic. :gotcha:

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:41 pm

WEEEEEEEELL I'M THE SPACE GOBLIN AND I'M HERE TO SAY
THAT STAYIN' IN SCHOOL IS A-OK

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:23 am

If they were ever thinking of putting a rap song into the show, this would be the right episode for it. I think we've reached the point by now where you can put a rap song in a kids' show without it feeling awkward and out of place and like the writers were trying too hard to appeal to the hip, modern youth of today.

...Come to think of it, when was that point? I've been out of the loop for so long that I'm pretty much just guessing at this point.

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:24 am

Actually I'm pretty sure we're still not at that point yet.

I mean a more self-aware series can get away with it as a parody of shows that have characters start rapping in a misguided attempt to seem 'hip' but I think it's still something you can't really get away with unironically.

(?) · by **Jupiter** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:47 am

Not even Ponies could make kids-cartoon-rap good.
I believe this despite similar "not even ponies could make ______ good" statements being proven dead wrong.

(?) · by **Pink Himalayan Salt** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:00 am

Maybe if they got someone who can actually rap it would be good.

(?) · by **Treehouse Censor** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:26 am

I'm wondering if any of these dragons will also be similar to Spike in that they are/were assistants to unicorns. Surely Twi isn't the only one who took that test and passed?

I do hope that this episode does put a focus on the fact that Spike is the only dragon in Ponyville, and how that may affect his relationship with the rest of the cast. He's one of the gang, sure, but he's still an entirely different creature (god that sounds kinda racist out of context).

I have a feeling it'll end up being like an episode about adoption, where the lesson is something like "It doesn't matter where you really came from, or what differences you may have, family is still family".

Discord wrote:
Charizard hated Ash for a while, but there was an episode where Ash took care of him (I thik he was sick) and Charizard came to like Ash.

I have no idea why I remember that particular episode considering how long it has been, but Charizard got frozen solid, and Ash spent the episode carefully thawing him out (lighting campfires, even wrapping his jacket around him). At the end, he finally got the trust of the damn thing.

(?) · by **Wayoshi** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:38 am

Treehouse Censor wrote:I have a feeling it'll end up being like an episode about adoption, where the lesson is something like "It doesn't matter where you really came from, or what differences you may have, family is still family".

I hesitate on this since it was part of CIDER CIDER CIDER, although it wouldn't hurt to focus on this explicitly either.

(?) · by **Ragnar** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:23 am

Headless Horse wrote:

WEEEEEEEELL I'M THE SPACE GOBLIN AND I'M HERE TO SAY
THAT STAYIN' IN SCHOOL IS A-OK

I don't know why rap has to suck this bad in cartoons, but I'll bet I could come up with an explanation involving racism if I thought about it (not going to think about it).

(?) · by **jerrylee** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:25 am

OpposingFarce wrote:Actually I'm pretty sure we're still not at that point yet.

I mean a more self-aware series can get away with it as a parody of shows that have characters start rapping in a misguided attempt to seem 'hip' but I think it's still something you can't really get away with unironically.

They could have a rap number but subvert it like they did with Pinkie's song in Over a Barrel. (So pretty much what you were saying about a self-aware parody, which I definitely think is in character for FiM.)

(?) · by **Grue** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:50 am

You all will change your mind once you hear Swagberg spit dat shit in Friendship is Witchcraft 6.

Anyway, it could happen like this. The dragons' leader challenges Spike to a rap battle. Spike can't rap, so he asks Twilight to do it instead of him. Then Twilight totally owns that dragon with her superior vocabulary and dope flow (which she learned from Zecora).

(?) · by **Takoluka** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:43 am

Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy. Adrian Brody. Adrian Bro-dy.

(?) · by **synthorange** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:15 am

In a shocking twist, Spike will turn out to be a dragon.

(?) · by **PhoolCat** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:20 am

Oh please can the rapper be Del? He's the only rap artist I actually like enough to tolerate :allears:

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:52 am

Treehouse Censor wrote:I'm wondering if any of these dragons will also be similar to Spike in that they are/were assistants to unicorns. Surely Twi isn't the only one who took that test and passed?

Faust had a comment on her DA account a while back saying that, in her mind, Spike is actually the first baby dragon to be hatched by ponies. Granted, it's not canon, and there's no reason why the current show runners can't come up with stuff that contradicts her thoughts on those sorts of things, but since she was still involved with the show at this point (even if it wasn't as much) I'm inclined to think we won't see things that directly contradict Faust's answers until season 3 (if only because she probably would have adjusted her thoughts on the matter if it had come up during production).

(?) · by **Daionus The 23rd** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:00 pm

Why do you guys hate rap? Is it because all the JOCKS listened to it?

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:06 pm

Daionus The 23rd wrote:Why do you guys hate rap? Is it because all the JOCKS listened to it?

Who said anything about disliking rap?

I like rap, I just don't think a cartoon could really get away with rapping without it being incredibly cheesy. They could make it intentionally cheesy, sure, but I don't think it's something you can pull off unironically.

(?) · by **PhoolCat** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:28 pm

OpposingFarce wrote:Who said anything about disliking rap?

Me! I did, because I really really etc. dislike rap. and r&b. and c&w.

I am an olde git. :harrumph:

Not to say I wouldn't unironically love some Tsparx up in da librizzle…

(?) · by **Mordja** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:32 pm

In a shocking twist, the group of teenagers will be played by the Wu Tang Clan.

Even ODB. :starity:

(?) · by **Treehouse Censor** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:04 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I hesitate on this since it was part of CIDER CIDER CIDER, although it wouldn't hurt to focus on this explicitly either.

Not really, adoption and "honorary family" are extremely different. It would be the same situation if one of the other main 5 was raised on the Apple family farm like one of their own despite having no connection by blood, however.

That's what I'm talking about with Spike. Twilight is the only family he knows, but they aren't even the same species, let alone related. I see this episode beginning with him finally becoming fully aware of that fact, and needing to go on this retreat to be with his "own kind", but realize that his home is with the others in Ponyville.

(?) · by **Mechanical Ape** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:09 pm

All this yammer about rap -- pshaw! Everyone knows real dragon teenagers talk and act like '50s juvenile delinquents. Their musical number would be a version of "When You're A Jet", and Spike would be repeatedly admonished to "play it cool, daddy-O." :colbert:

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:08 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:All this yammer about rap -- pshaw! Everyone knows real dragon teenagers talk and act like '50s juvenile delinquents. Their musical number would be a version of "When You're A Jet", and Spike would be repeatedly admonished to "play it cool, daddy-O."

Tunnel Snakes rule.

In all seriousness, this would be epic.

(?) · by **Artificer** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:29 pm

Herr General wrote:
Tunnel Snakes rule.

In all seriousness, this would be epic.

Heh. Yeah. I'd love to see that.

(?) · by **Pink Himalayan Salt** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:33 pm

Ragnar34 wrote:I don't know why rap has to suck this bad in cartoons, but I'll bet I could come up with an explanation involving racism if I thought about it (not going to think about it).

I think it's more of trying to be cool and not actually getting someone who is able to write rap to make the song.

Daionus The 23rd wrote:Why do you guys hate rap? Is it because all the JOCKS listened to it?

Only one person has said they don't like it, everyone is is more of "They'd probably not do a very good job."

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:43 pm

Because I like this conversation, let's continue it in the music thread! I'd love to hear some of your opinions on the matter!

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=334&start=240#p157866

(?) · by **Grilox** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:41 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:All this yammer about rap -- pshaw! Everyone knows real dragon teenagers talk and act like '50s juvenile delinquents. Their musical number would be a version of "When You're A Jet", and Spike would be repeatedly admonished to "play it cool, daddy-O."

This would be the best. :allears:

(?) · by **Dragongem** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:59 pm

synthorange wrote:In a shocking twist, Spike will turn out to be a dragon.

Nuh-uh he's gonna be a Salamander

Mechanical Ape wrote:All this yammer about rap -- pshaw! Everyone knows real dragon teenagers talk and act like '50s juvenile delinquents. Their musical number would be a version of "When You're A Jet", and Spike would be repeatedly admonished to "play it cool, daddy-O."

Spike's gonna be invited to hang out at a.. gasp.. a DISCO and he may listen to some evil rock and roll

oh nooo spikeeeee

(?) · by **Daionus The 23rd** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:15 pm

The teenage dragons will either be punks, greasers, jocks, or worst of all, neckbeards.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:17 pm

I just wanna see a dragon smoking. :allears:

Like, he doesn't even have a cigarette, just standing there lookin' like a sleazy 1950s ganger and every now and then tips his head back and blows a little smoke. Or, better yet, right into Spike's face as he's talking to him.

"Come oooon, maaaaaan. *pwaaahhhh* You wanna be cooooooool...don'cha?"

(?) · by **Daionus The 23rd** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:18 pm

That makes perfect sense.

(?) · by **Dragongem** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:22 pm

Daionus The 23rd wrote:The teenage dragons will either be punks, greasers, jocks, or worst of all, neckbeards.

"Wanna come watch my magical unicorn animes???? I imported this anime all the way from Mare-pan."

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:28 pm

You know what would be neat? If the teen dragons, despite their rough and tumble behavior, are actually pretty cool. Might be a good lesson to kids.

Yeah, I'm excited about this. Spike episode, guys!

(?) · by **Chronos30** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:48 pm

Dragongem wrote:
"Wanna come watch my magical unicorn animes???? I imported this anime all the way from Mare-pan."

Glorious Nippony.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:32 pm

Daionus The 23rd wrote:The teenage dragons will either be punks, greasers, jocks, or worst of all, neckbeards.

All the dragons will strangely be wearing a shirt with a familiar Grenade Logo..... :iiam:

(?) · by **Whitenoise Poster** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:57 pm

Spike will meet six dragons who are identical in personality to the six ponies and the ponies get eaten off screen and the show becomes the new modern dragon tales.

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:27 pm

Whitenoise Poster wrote:Spike will meet six dragons who are identical in personality to the six ponies and the ponies get eaten off screen and the show becomes the new modern dragon tales.

fanfic tags: [guimdark][Terry]

(?) · by **Whitenoise Poster** (?) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:02 pm

Also maybe Spike will slay a knight though that's ignoring the synopsis in favor of just reading the title.

(?) · by **Kumquat** (?) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:02 am

Whitenoise Poster wrote:Spike will meet six dragons who are identical in personality to the six ponies and the ponies get eaten off screen and the show becomes the new modern dragon tales.

And then he proceeds to have a crush on Dragon Rarity, which of course is reciprocated because Dragon Rarity is actually the same species, and they live happily ever after the end

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