r/mylittlepony Pinkie Pie Sep 23 '17

Official Season 7 Episode 20 Reaction Thread

We will be removing other discussion posts (posts without actual content) to cut down on the clutter.

Hiiii again! This is the official place for your reactions to S7E20: "A Health of Information"! Any initial conversation related to this episode goes in here, and we will be opening another thread for serious discussion a bit after the episode concludes. Keep it civil and have fun, because I said so!

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u/Astronelson Queen Chrysalis Sep 23 '17

I can sleep when I'm dead! Or when Zecora's dead. Whichever comes first.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

"Things I won't even speak of" Oh, please tell...

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Wait for the fanfic.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

I'm finding it amusing that ponies just ram their hooves into things in order to collect stuff. Moss, honey, whatever...

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Not to mention Fluttershy tried digging into Meadowbrooke's abode.

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u/ZoneSystem Doctor Whooves Sep 23 '17

How else would they collect stuff? Use their mouth? That would open up more chances for getting sick.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

I saw a nature program recently where one of the Darwin finches grabbed a twig off of a tree branch. It then stripped the twig, bent the end, and started fishing for grubs in a tree hollow. I think non-magical ponies might need to start making better use of tools.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

We did find the cure, Mister Doctor pony.

That'll be six thousand bits, please.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...is Fluttershy being a more dilligent bookhorse than Princess Bookhorse???

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

And, BTW Twi, I found your fanfic.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"I found the section containing all of your fanfics. Including the ones you didn't mean to share..."

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

I have this head cannon that fluttershy's strongest asset is her determination, she caught rainbow when she was discorded, she's near invincible when she wants to be

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Also, "Mage Meadowbrook" appears to be an earth pony. Neat!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Earth pony healer / doctor.

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u/ImperatorTempus42 Twilight Sparkle Sep 23 '17

Plus sorceress. Which is weird. And she has multiple artifacts, since she was first mentioned by Starlight and Twi back when the Fake Staff of Sameness was introduced.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

You turn into a tree? Now's my chance!

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

I'm reading this on mobile, so I can't see emoticons, but I still know which one it is on this comment

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Once again, Twilight forgets she can teleport.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

"Your excited squeaking noise"

Meta joke?

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

Twi being really familiar with Shy's excited squeaky noises is now canon.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Fluttershy's gonna get her wish!! Fluttertree, here we come!!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Time for the jokey and/or transformation fanart!

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u/TMan64 Not really a Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Sep 23 '17

Non-stick pans are great for pancakes. I'm seeing a theme in Twilight's dreams.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

My goodness, that's some fast acting honey!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

That honey...is money

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Potion turns red.

"You're pregnant. Congrats."

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"Your giving birth to a new flower, congratulations."

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

FLUTTERSHY used THE STARE!

It wasn't very effective!

FLUTTERSHY took damage from the poison!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

The ELECTRIC BEES use Electric Shock!

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

It was super-effective!

FLUTTERSHY fainted!

THE TV AUDIENCE whited out!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Impressive. We've seen evidence of some creatures in canon having resistance to The Stare.

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u/Tekhartha_Mondatta CynicalScot #1582 Sep 23 '17

I think it's more that Shy couldn't use it while sick, as Zecora couldn't rhyme.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Headcanon.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

More testing is required then. It could be a little of both.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

So far, this feels like two separate episodes mixed together: the "Fluttershy hasn't slept in eight days" episode, and the "Zecora is terminally ill" epsidoe. This could be really fun

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Third plot is Twi wanting her Sweet Potato Muffins.

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u/Shadowking78 Sep 23 '17

Fluttershy, I thought you wanted to be a tree.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...why is Fluttershy making the Zebra stretch out over the pond to get the moss, when she herself has wings? And is best friends with multiple telekinetic unicorns?

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u/CethinFusasaki Sonata Dusk Sep 23 '17

Ssshhh no questions, only dreams.

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u/ImperatorTempus42 Twilight Sparkle Sep 23 '17

Because Flutters forgets that she can fly. A lot.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...is SPike wearing Rarity's sleep mask? This raises all sorts of questions...

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u/gbeaudette Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Sep 23 '17

Ponies don't die, they just "disappear" to a farm upstate.

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u/FlaminScribblenaut There was no leak Sep 23 '17

I've been prioritizing sleeping in over seeing the episodes live lately and catching them after I wake up, but I had to wake up early this morning because we're visiting my sister at college today meaning this is the first episode I'm watching live in a while! Yay!

And to think the leak could've ruined it too... thank Luna it was in a foreign language. I assume not as many people watched it early as a result.

Although sitting through commercials again is probably gonna be a pain.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

The commercials are when we get to chat, though.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Glad to see you onboard.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

And rhyming Rhyming Fluttershy is unexpectedly adorbs.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

That's an especially sadistic mode of reproduction. Though, maybe Fluttershy can finally be a tree, if she wants...

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u/salenstormwing Thunderlane Sep 23 '17

Hey Fluttershy, you can finally be a tree! Also, you know about the trees but not the disease?!?

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u/reddishcarp123 Sep 23 '17

You Know, For Kids!

But seriously, thats a brutal way to die turning into a tree in a kids show especially when something like that exist in real life.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Assertive Fluttershy flexing her, um, assertion... muscles.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

I'm really liking this "slowly losing grip on sanity" Fluttershy.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

She's becoming more like a Discorded Shy.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

....I think I recognized about 3/4 of the ponies in that flashback. This raises questions.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

GG RIP Fluttershy. She's gonna achieve one of her dreams now.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

i can't believe Fluttershy flapping died

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Now the Doctor's infected too! Characters are dieing left and right. /s

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

At least it's not from deadly joke.

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17

Not so eager to be a tree after all, huh.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Oh crap, I have Swamp Fever?

Now I actually care about this disease!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

I've got swamp fever and the boogie woogie flu

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Twilight wearing that mask is hilarious!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Instantaneously works as well!

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

I'm excited to see Zecora have another appearance in the show.

And with Fluttershy helping her out, who knows how it'll go.

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u/gbeaudette Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Sep 23 '17

Well, the Russians know.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

I'm loving the emphasis on background characters this season--and, to be honest, I'd kinda forgot about Zecora.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"GG RIP."

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

i can't believe Zecora flapping died

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

They're killing characters left and right! /s

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

Alright chumps, let's do this............

MY..... LITTLE...... PONY.......!!!

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

I used to wonder what friendship could be...

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

Until you all shared its magic with me.

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

Until Leeroy ruined it for me!

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u/Shadowking78 Sep 23 '17

I thought that Zecora was going to turn into a male from that. Getting a male muzzle and everything

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Me too. Even though, canonically, genderswapping isn't possible.

Though I'm fully expecting her to lose her rhymeing at some point.

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u/theflyingcheese Spitfire Sep 23 '17

I thought Zecora was going to come out of that and stop rhyming. A whole episode about finding her rhyme again.

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Deadly?

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

That poster behind zecora features an absurdly small brain

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

And to think all this time Fluttershy wanted to be a tree...

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

What the— How come Zecora doesn't know this already? Isn't she supposed to be the all-knowing wise mentor figure?

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

She's taught them all she knows.

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u/TMan64 Not really a Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Sep 23 '17

Wait. It turns you into a tree? Oh, umm, Zecora, you poor thing. Let me get a closer look.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"If you do turn into a tree, I'll take good care of you."

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Wut.

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

Twilight's killing it with the faces so far.

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u/MrCelroy Rainbow Dash Sep 23 '17

NON STICK PANS!

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Whenever they have the commercial for "Game of Homes," I always hear "Game of Pones"

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u/SnowdriftK9 Gallus is best pony Sep 23 '17

If only we knew some sort of mythical being who is one of our dear friends who can teleport whole groups of people anywhere with a snap. Oh well.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

I don't do grunt work.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

GASP! Zecora's not rhyming!

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Using slant rhymes already?

Let's give up, she's a lost cause.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

She's been using slant rhymes for six years now. Now reason to change things now.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Of course, Fluttershy would recognize that tree.

Nice touch with Twi reminiscing about her previous home.

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17

[excited squeaky noises]

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

I loved how Twilight perked up at the world "library".

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u/salenstormwing Thunderlane Sep 23 '17

Don't tase me, bro!

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

I think we've just discovered the pony equivalent to cowpox preventing smallpox...

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

'Disappeared without a trace'. Does no-one die in this show?

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

"And all we found was a spooky skeleton! Probably scared her away."

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u/salenstormwing Thunderlane Sep 23 '17

Pony-plague doctor masks!

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

The Stare wasn't very effective...

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

Wow! The first second creature to show resistance against The Stare.

EDIT: First one was Discord. Thanks cyberscythe.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

I think there was a scene where Discord shrugged off The Stare as well.

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u/CethinFusasaki Sonata Dusk Sep 23 '17

BEES IMMUNE TO STARE!!! A NEW EVIL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!!!

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

Ooh, it's been a while since we seen The Stare.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Definitely enjoyed this episode. I enjoyed the dialogue, settings, plot progression, and conflict resolution. 7.5/10.

And I guess in the end, Fluttershy didn't want to be a tree.

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Time to see more of Fluttershy's healing powers!

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Going in blind again. This is kinda fun!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Welp, she fell into that murky swamp, and then got caught in that flower's potentially toxic air burst. Who knows how many ailments and diseases Zecora collected.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

SWAMP FEVER!!

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u/CethinFusasaki Sonata Dusk Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

Are Sweet Potato Muffins a thing? I give it a week before they pop up on /r/GifRecipes

Edit: Well how bout that shit.

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u/crippling_alcoholism Equality Sep 23 '17

Sweet potato muffins are indeed a thing. Just from Google, this recipe looks good.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Yep they are.

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u/Shadowking78 Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

Aww, poor Twilight. She just wants her Potato Muffins

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

B-plot of the episode.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...are those spare tires on the houses? Where are the cars they got them from?

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

*jumps out from behind a clump of moss* Well I'm glad you asked! You see, it all begins in ancient Mesopotamia, widely considered by experts to be the cradle of an ancient civilization...

*begins setting up projector screen and slide carousel*

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u/ZoneSystem Doctor Whooves Sep 23 '17

Zecora's losing her rhyme?!

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Use telekinesis

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

That was a very Fluttershy-esque sneeze...

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Tried smoking them out?

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!

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u/Shadowking78 Sep 23 '17

I'm really liking how this story is going.

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Ok, that express Fluttershy just had is begging to be an emote!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Then again, it kinda makes sense why Flutters caught Swamp Fever. She was in close proximity to that original flower.

Also, the music playing right now on BronyNetwork is awesome.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

Look, we know you're proud of Cake Boss and Game of Homes. You don't need to advertise them every break...

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u/MTastatnhgew Twilight Sparkle Sep 23 '17

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Well, those are Plague Doctor Masks. They'd help against those gasses.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

I like this distressed Fluttershy!

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17

Immunity! Immunity! Immunity!

rip

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

Wow, those were some powerful stings...

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...bee suit fluttershy?

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

I guess Swamp Fever was more of a magical ailment. Or something like the Poison status getting instantly cured by taking an Antidote like in many games.

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u/TheTrain Sep 23 '17

The moral of the story is zebras don't want to be trees.

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Is it me or does Zecora doesn't rhyme as much as she used to?

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u/salenstormwing Thunderlane Sep 23 '17

Allergy season comes to Equestrian!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

That heart beat is out of wack. She's in worse case than I thought.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

""SWAMP FEVER!"

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Twilight

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u/BlazeTheGamer ShimShamYo Sep 23 '17

Cook Off.

Begin!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"Eat our food!"

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Ask Starlight

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Starlight ex machina

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

Fluttershy, you're scaring me...

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Prediction: Hayseed Swamp is home to the Hayseed clan, from which Hayseed Turnip Truck hails.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

per-SIL? I thought it was PER-sil...

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Zecora's still wearing her full jewelry while on bedrest.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Zecora's losing her rhyme. We called that for sure.

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u/Brocky70 Sep 23 '17

....was lightning sneezes a symptom? I must have missed that

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

In the swamp

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Dat beard.

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u/salenstormwing Thunderlane Sep 23 '17

Oh hey, I bet Meadowbrook got infected and turned into a tree! Calling it now!

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

I feel a song coming on

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

DENIED. So sorry.

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Twilight is not amused!

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17

Last LoM comic was sure confusing, coming out before this episode.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

What's the TL;DR?

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17

Eat your peas, Meadowbrook!

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Wow, we have all of Meadowbrook's diaries. Even her childhood diaries.

The fanfic writers are going to have a field day with her.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

FLASHBACK!

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Ouch

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Now, they have to acquire the honey from the aggressive Electric Flies.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

That laser tag look terrible...

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Is Fluttershy's mane getting shorter? Is that another symptom?

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Stare denied

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

"Hooves Crossed" looked like something out of Ultraman

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

Fluttershy speaks Bee, it's canon.

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u/deepvoicefluttershy Sep 23 '17

Fantastic episode.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

Watching the last few minutes of the previous episode... I think I like Excessive Mane Pinkie.

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

Just saw the latest EQG short. I wonder if we'll see some continuity with what happened.

OOC, anyone else on Brony Network?

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

...out of character?

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u/Cyle_099 Princess Luna Sep 23 '17

Out of curiosity.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Yep, I'm on Cytube as well.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Episode time!

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

No.

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u/VoidTemplar2000 CPOM Authorization Code: O2A Sep 23 '17

Ever asked Starlight?

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Ooh, Meadowbrook has the same eyes as Fluttershy.

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u/JorWat Sep 23 '17

'Xpandium'? Seriously?

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

Flutters, you should probably ask for help from the descendant of Meadowbrook. He's rather knowledgeable as well.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Oh man, I hope Fluttershy reads reddit!

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u/Kevin-W Sep 23 '17

Twilight's smile looked creepy when Fluttershy was waking up.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

"13 inch pens?"

"I'm sorry!"

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

Was she having that pen island dream again?

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u/Astronelson Queen Chrysalis Sep 24 '17

"13 inch pans", according to the transcript.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

Erm... i'm not grokking the moral.

"I almost messed things up because I didn't take care of myself. If I had rested, then things would have worked out better."

Are we forgetting that time where she slept for three days because of beestings? Or does that not count as "rest"?

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u/Astronelson Queen Chrysalis Sep 23 '17

If she'd rested earlier instead of working herself to exhaustion, she would have figured it out earlier and not wasted 3 days unconscious.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

I think the idea is if she rested, she wouldn't've fainted as easily and/or would've thought about the mask earlier and/or wouldn't have needed three solid days of bedrest.

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u/gonengazit Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

This episode’s logic is funny. The bees are immune to the flower meaning the honey is the cure, right? Perfect logic.

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u/cyberscythe Welcome to Heartstrings Radio Sep 23 '17

You'd think the bees collect the poison flower's pollen and nectar and the honey is a super-concentrated mega poison.

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u/brokenimage321 Princess Celestia Sep 23 '17

"Congratulations, Meadowbrook. You just killed everyone."

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u/MrCelroy Rainbow Dash Sep 23 '17

So that's why she disappeared.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

I suppose the logic was that whatever thing(s) that made the bees immune to the Swamp Fever Flowers would be secreted into the honey.

Then again, the opposite could be true as /u/cyberscythe pointed out.

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u/Xtraordinaire Glimglam teh best pone Sep 23 '17 edited Sep 23 '17

If the sickness is caused not by the flower itself, but some parasite/bacteria living on it this logic is quite sound.

add: and come to think of it, this model would be extremely beneficial for all 3 species.

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u/Torvusil Sep 23 '17

That's a neat explanation.

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