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And at long last we reach the end of season 2 of 9, and with it the third of the 15 two-parters. I have to say I’m looking forward to season 3, and especially the little special we have planned for the end of that season… But in any case!
What’s the chef cookin’ tonight?
- “Dragon Quest” is an episode that actually addresses Spike’s background and relationship to his species, which is something many of you have been wondering about. It won’t be the last episode to do so, either, and the characters introduced in this episode will be seen again!
- “Hurricane Fluttershy” is an episode in which Fluttershy and other pegasi have to make a waterspout. More interestingly, I believe this is the episode that introduces the recurring character Bulk Biceps.
- “Ponyville Confidential” concerns the Ponyville Schoolhouse’s own newspaper, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders find themselves yellow journalists under the leadership of Diamond Tiara of all ponies! Or really it’s only Apple Bloom that’s the yellow journalist, Scootaloo is an orange journalist and Sweetie Belle is an… Off-white journalist, I guess?
- “MMMystery on the Friendship Express” is another long episode title, and the episode itself really puts the “yoke” in Hyouka… Which I suppose is a pun that only works when spoken, but the point is in any case that Pinkie Pie says “KININARIMASU!” and puts on her Sherclop cap to solve the, well, mmmystery, of who ate some cake without permission.
- “A Canterlot Wedding” was created to capitalize on the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, and introduces several new recurring characters including a recurring villain. I referred to this villain’s dastardly scheme as “pony 9/11” in the chat once, which is maybe a bit facetious, but whether you agree with that label or not I’ll leave up to you!
Content warnings
- Bullying (“Dragon Quest”, “Hurricane Fluttershy”)
- Animal abuse (“Dragon Quest”)
- Depiction of social anxiety (“Hurricane Fluttershy”)
- Disclosure of compromising or private information (“Ponyville Confidential”)
- Blackmail by an employer-like figure (“Ponyville Confidential”)
- Impersonation (“A Canterlot Wedding”)
- Kidnapping and leaving for dead (“A Canterlot Wedding”)
- Claustrophobia (“A Canterlot Wedding”)
- Mind control (“A Canterlot Wedding”)
If there’s anything you’d like to add to or change about this list, please tell me!
♫ Uniting nations at the speeeed of liiiiight ♫
[epic sax solo]
♫ Station of the '20s — TV☆3SIS! ♫
That Blumenkranz cover I mentioned
Contrary to the stereotypes, German is like the peak ASMR language IMO. So many crispy consonants!
German really is a nice language, it gets a bad rap. That said the peak ASMR language for me has to be Circassian, either Kabardian or Adyghe.
Yeah, I feel like most people who say it sounds harsh have never heard a German person speak outside of WWII movies and parodies. And, I’ve not heard of that language family before but it sounds quite lovely (so many tasty fricatives including /ɬ/ my beloved). Bit harder to find audio of, though.
Also, that German voice actor who did the Blumenkranz cover also does German lyric adaptations for anime songs (including a few official ones), and it turns out she did a video critiquing the German adaptation of “This Day Aria”. What a coinkydink!
Something perhaps notable is that Ubykh — a close relative of Circassian per se, spoken by Circassians in the Sochi area — was the non-click-language with the highest number of consonants ever. Was for unfortunately very tragic reasons, which happen to also be an enormous rabbit-hole that will take you everywhere from P. T. Barnum to Niconico MADs, certainly more places than you’d expect for an ethnic group that whenever I bring them up I’m usually met with “What, those Star Trek aliens?” (which isn’t actually completely coincidental, either!)
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