MLP Liveblog Chat Thingy: Maud Pie

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How to participate in the liveblog chat:

Option 1: Whenever you watch the episode, comment on this post as you watch with whatever responses you feel like posting!

Option 2: Go to http://webchat.freenode.net/. Enter a nickname, then for the Channels field enter ##rabbitcube, and finally fill in the Captcha and hit Connect! We'll be watching the episode and commenting there starting at 3:00 p.m. EST. Note that that is back to the new time because it seems to accrue more people. After the chat, I will update this post with a log of the conversation.

Chatlog below the cut!

[15:00] <@Sylocat> Sleepy Rooster

[15:00] <@Sylocat> Whoa

[15:00] <Froborr> lol, sleep rooster

[15:00] <@Sylocat> Pinkie toss

[15:00] <Whiteeyes> So they worry if Pinkie doesn't bug them daily.

[15:00] <Froborr> Also: Pinkie has a house?

[15:00] <@Sylocat> Rainbow Meth

[15:00] <Froborr> I thought she lived at Sugarcube Corners.

[15:00] <@Sylocat> (Sorry, I had to)

[15:00] <Frac> Rock candy, amazing

[15:01] <Frac> I guess she does now!

[15:01] <Froborr> Short cold open this week.

[15:01] <Whiteeyes> Are we skipping the intro song or?

[15:01] <@Sylocat> Nah, watch it

[15:01] <Froborr> Nope, too hard to stay synched if people start skipping around.

[15:01] <Frac> It's not that long anyway

[15:01] <@Sylocat> Another new writer

[15:01] <Frac> Eeyup

[15:02] <Whiteeyes> Yes sir. Don't want to get out of sync, I'm the only non blind watcher so Spoiler Alert I know how this goes down.

[15:02] <@Sylocat> Ooh, arty flashback

[15:02] <Frac> This is great

[15:02] <@Sylocat> "Secret ingredient?" Like in Kung-Fu Panda?

[15:02] <Froborr> I like the lined paper.

[15:02] <Frac> Looseleaf is now canon

[15:02] <Whiteeyes> Pinkie made it herself.

[15:02] <@Sylocat> So that's what they grow on rock farms

[15:03] <Whiteeyes> The secret to rock candy is rocks.

[15:03] <Froborr> "a rocktorate in rock science"

[15:03] <Whiteeyes> I'm still slightly amazed Rick farms are real and not something Pinkie made up.

[15:03] <Frac> Taaaaaaaaaaank!

[15:03] <Froborr> D'aw, Pinkie looks up to her sister.

[15:03] <Whiteeyes> *rock

[15:03] <@Sylocat> Mom just said, "My word for this so far is 'Saccharine.'"

[15:03] <@Sylocat> HAHAH

[15:03] <Froborr> TANK

[15:04] <@Sylocat> What is Rarity wearing?

[15:04] <Froborr> THIS IS NOW THE BEST EPISODE

[15:04] <Whiteeyes> Giant hats.

[15:05] <Froborr> Plot twist: Maude doesn't exist.

[15:05] <Froborr> Oh, there she is.

[15:05] <Whiteeyes> Presenting....eventually....

[15:05] <@Sylocat> ...Oh wow

[15:05] <Frac> I like her already

[15:05] <Frac> Maud is best pony

[15:05] <Froborr> She identifies rocks by smell. I LOVE HER

[15:05] <@Sylocat> I know I'm going to like her

[15:05] <Whiteeyes> Gummy is best navigator alligator.

[15:06] <Frac> "It doesn't talk. It's a dress." LOVE THIS MARE

[15:06] <Frac> LOVE HER

[15:06] <Froborr> BEST PONY

[15:06] <@Sylocat> She has a pet rock

[15:06] <@Sylocat> Calling it now

[15:06] <Whiteeyes> I know!

[15:06] <Frac> BEST PONY

[15:06] <@Sylocat> Yep

[15:06] <@Sylocat> Tom had a kid

[15:06] <@Sylocat> All of them laughing nervously

[15:06] <Frac> Maud is mai waifu

[15:06] <Froborr> SHE HAS A PEBBLE NAMED BOULDER

[15:06] <Whiteeyes> Best new pony of season 4! Sorry Coco!

[15:07] <Froborr> THIS IS THE GREATEST THING TO HAPPEN TO THIS SERIES SINCE HELICOPTER TORTOISES

[15:07] <@Sylocat> This is downright creepy

[15:07] <Frac> INDEED

[15:07] <Whiteeyes> Boulder is best rock, sorry Tom.

[15:07] <Frac> YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH. BEST CHARACTER

[15:07] <@Sylocat> "Intense" Hide-and-Seek

[15:08] <Whiteeyes> Well now they should feel bad for not paying attention earlier.

[15:08] <@Sylocat> Pinkie is rolling out her entire teleportation spell loadout and still WAIT, MAUD WAS CHEATING?!

[15:08] <Frac> Boulder's amazing at this game

[15:08] <@Sylocat> No wonder Gummy is climbing over Maud, they have quite a bit in common

[15:09] <@Sylocat> Whoa, Rainbow Dash is not pleased

[15:09] <Froborr> Also no wonder Pinkie and Gummy get along so well.

[15:09] <Frac> Calling it now: someone's going to screencap Dash's face there

[15:09] <Froborr> No guys, Maude isn't nervous, she's just BETTER THAN YOU

[15:09] <@Sylocat> This is... almost a sensible plan. I wonder why it won't work

[15:09] <Frac> ^

[15:09] <Whiteeyes> There are plenty of faces to be had.

[15:10] <@Sylocat> This is almost scary

[15:10] <@Sylocat> One down, four to go

[15:10] <Whiteeyes> The deadpan makes it so hilarious.

[15:10] <Frac> Maud confirmed for best fashion sense

[15:10] <@Sylocat> "Hummingway"

[15:10] <@Sylocat> HUMMINGWAY

[15:10] <Froborr> I'm sorry I'm being so quiet, I'm too busy laughing.

[15:10] <Froborr> Wait, Hummingway? The guys from FFIV?

[15:11] <@Sylocat> A spider bearing flowers

[15:11] <Whiteeyes> Spider's giving flowers...ewwww!

[15:11] <Froborr> That spider is adorable.

[15:11] <Whiteeyes> < Arachnophobe

[15:11] <@Sylocat> Ooh, she's got a poetry journal

[15:11] <@Sylocat> And it's... HAHAHAH

[15:11] <Froborr> And Maude is basically Pony Daria, she is the best.

[15:11] <Froborr> POET LAUREATE OF EQUESTRIA

[15:12] <@Sylocat> A regular Jack Prelutsky

[15:12] <Whiteeyes> They are all about rocks. All of the thousands of them.

[15:12] <Frac> 2deep5me

[15:12] <@Sylocat> Mom just said, "She's sedimental all right... she's sedimentary."

[15:12] <Frac> I love this mare

[15:12] <Frac> Maud speaks to the very essence of my soul <3

[15:12] <@Sylocat> Wow... Pinkie drinks

[15:12] <@Sylocat> Yikes

[15:13] <@Sylocat> HOLY CELESTIA

[15:13] <Froborr> WOW

[15:13] <@Sylocat> She's invincible!

[15:13] <Whiteeyes> Rock nuke. Gives new meaning to "rocks fall, everone dies" doesn't it?

[15:13] <@Sylocat> Rainbow Dash's jaw drops

[15:13] <Frac> I

[15:13] <Frac> LOVE

[15:13] <@Sylocat> "What's wrong?" She's scary, that's what's wrong

[15:13] <Frac> MAUD

[15:14] <Whiteeyes> Competition does not amuse her, for none can compete with Maud.

[15:14] <Froborr> Maud wins everything always.

[15:14] <Froborr> Have you accepted Maud as your personal lord and savior?

[15:14] <@Sylocat> Awwwwwwww

[15:14] <Frac> Yes! Yes I have! <333333

[15:14] <Froborr> Aw, poor Pinkie.

[15:15] <Frac> Where's my rock candy necklace to signify my rock solid bond with Ms. Maud Pie!?

[15:15] <Whiteeyes> Partial deflate only, so it's not a full crisis

[15:15] <@Sylocat> HAHAHAH... Rainbow Dash plays the wordsmith

[15:15] <Froborr> OMG Rainbow Dash's line.

[15:15] <Frac> xD

[15:15] <@Sylocat> Uh oh... Pinkie had an idea

[15:16] <Frac> Looks like Dash has been reading more than Daring Do novels

[15:16] <Froborr> Please tell me the moral of this one is going to be "Friendship doesn't have to be transitive." I WANT THAT SO MUCH

[15:16] <Whiteeyes> Pinkie had an idea that puts normal Pinkie ideas to shame.

[15:16] <@Sylocat> Well, that's certainly the secondary-implied moral, even if it's not the explicit one

[15:17] <@Sylocat> MAUD TO THE RESCUE!

[15:17] <Whiteeyes> None can stop Maud.

[15:17] <@Sylocat> Maud used DRILL! It's super effective!

[15:17] <Whiteeyes> Maud falls, every rock dies!

[15:17] <Frac> MY GOD

[15:17] <Froborr> So, how long until somebody dubs Maude over with Kenshiro punching?

[15:18] <Frac> 98462/10 episode

[15:18] <Whiteeyes> Eh, 5 minutes.

[15:18] <Whiteeyes> It's the intranet, stupid ideas spontaneously generate.

[15:18] <@Sylocat> Uh oh

[15:19] <Whiteeyes> Play sad music.

[15:19] <Froborr> I seriously really like the relationship between Maude and Pinkie.

[15:19] <Frac> As do I

[15:19] <Whiteeyes> I like it more than Twi and Shining

[15:20] <Frac> Maybe just a little more

[15:20] <Froborr> Wait, so the moral is Freindship Is Transitive?

[15:20] <@Sylocat> Nopony shows their enthusiasm like Pinkie does

[15:20] <Froborr> Way to fumble at the end, episode.

[15:20] <@Sylocat> Maybe it's a stealth "Friendship Isn't Transitive"

[15:20] <Whiteeyes> Yeah...it kinda is. I would have warned you sooner, but spoilers...

[15:21] <Froborr> Still, Maude remains made of 100% pure Awesometomium.

[15:21] <Whiteeyes> Maude is flipping awesome.

[15:21] <@Sylocat> Oh wow

[15:21] <Frac> xD RD's necklace xD

[15:21] <Froborr> D'awwww.

[15:21] <@Sylocat> That was by far the scariest episode ever

[15:21] <@Sylocat> But it was awesome

[15:21] <Whiteeyes> And Maud has every one Pinkie ever made, even though she doesn't eat them she still keeps them all.

[15:22] <Froborr> Okay, despite the ending stumble, that was still a completely awesome episode and I want more of Maude.

[15:22] <Froborr> Yeah, Whiteeyes, that's what I was D'awwing about.

[15:22] <@Sylocat> Wait, is it Maud or Maude?

[15:22] <Whiteeyes> Maud.

[15:22] <Froborr> ....but that's not how you spell it!

[15:22] <@Sylocat> I think it came as close as this show could come to saying Friendship Isn't Transitive

[15:23] <Whiteeyes> Totally best siblings ever. Move over AJ.

[15:23] <Frac> Is there a rock pun in there?

[15:23] <Froborr> Okay, so the episode has *two* glaring flaws, but all of that is wiped away by the gloriousness that is Maud and the Maud-Pinkie dynamic.

[15:23] <Whiteeyes> Maude Pie...Med Pie

[15:23] <Froborr> What's Med Pie?

[15:23] <Whiteeyes> Mud Pie

[15:23] <Froborr> Oh, Mud Pie?

[15:23] <Froborr> Oh, heh, I get it.

[15:23] <Whiteeyes> Yep.

[15:24] <@Sylocat> The whole "Even if all we have in common is Pinkie, that's enough" thing

[15:24] <@Sylocat> But yeah... Maud is just awesome

[15:24] <Froborr> I don't see any reason the show *can't* do Friendship Isn't Transitive.

[15:24] <Whiteeyes> I can deal with "friend of a friend" and they didn't suddenly treat her as "best friend ever", it was more like "we can stand being around you".

[15:25] <Whiteeyes> And they should because Maud is now Goddess of this fandom.

[15:25] <Froborr> That's true, but still it ultimately came down to "If your friends aren't all friends with each other, something is wrong, and you should pressure them to get along."

[15:26] <Whiteeyes> Except Pinkie tried that and it didn't work and put her in danger.

[15:26] <Froborr> Except that then at the end it was rewarded.

[15:26] <Froborr> Which is kind of a recurring problem with Pinkie Pie episodes.

[15:26] <@Sylocat> The pressuring itself wasn't rewarded, they had to find something completely different

[15:26] <Whiteeyes> Yeah...it kinda is.

[15:27] <Froborr> But it worries me because the notion that everyone should always be friends with everyone else is *extremely* toxic, especially to young girls.

[15:27] <Froborr> (I am so glad my readers got me to read Odd Girl Out.)

[15:28] <Whiteeyes> So, anyone else amazed at how off the mark Dash was?

[15:28] <Froborr> How do you mean?

[15:28] <Whiteeyes> She can go super sonic, and Maud had better factions speed than her.

[15:28] <Whiteeyes> Reaction, stupid auto correct

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[15:29] <Whiteeyes> Also, Dash could have flow right tomPinkie

[15:29] <Whiteeyes> And not waited untill the rock slide started.

[15:30] <Whiteeyes> And what about Miss Magic PrncessL she didn't have a spell that could help?

[15:30] <Whiteeyes> I know Maud is awesome but they didn't need to leave everything to her.

[15:30] <@Sylocat> Maybe they were about to, but then they got paralyzed by watching Maud be awesome

[15:31] <Froborr> Eh, Rainbow Dash's abilities aren't consistent from episode to episode. No one's are, it's not really that kind of show.

[15:31] <Whiteeyes> Eh true, over all I give this episode 97/100, a meh moral and characters not using their abilities, but +30 for Maud.

[15:32] <@Sylocat> Well of course, it gets massive props for Maud

[15:32] <Whiteeyes> Why don't you guys give some ratings and final thoughts, and then we can end the log for the blog?

[15:33] <@Sylocat> (seriously, this season has been epic)

[15:33] <Froborr> I don't really go in for numerical ratings generally. This was my favorite episode of this season, though.

[15:33] <Froborr> Possibly of the series.

[15:33] <@Sylocat> 4.75-4.79/5

[15:34] <Froborr> I would have to watch it and Lesson Zero back to back to be sure.

[15:34] <@Sylocat> (if I had to pick)

[15:35] <Whiteeyes> So yeah, surprisingly good. Did not expect it to be this awesome when I heard the basic premise.

[15:35] <@Sylocat> It might be my new third-favorite of all time, right behind "Party of One" and "Filli Vanilli"

[15:35] <Froborr> Filli Vanilli, really? Interesting.

[15:36] <Froborr> I really want a series that's nothing but Maud and Tank wondering the world, deadpan-snarking and/or hovering at things.

[15:36] <Whiteeyes> For me, it's competing with "Pinkie Pride" for my #1 slot. And Pinkie's not even my favorite pony!

[15:36] <@Sylocat> Well, Filli Vanilli has the music

[15:37] <@Sylocat> (it's mom's #1 favorite episode)

[15:38] <Froborr> Anyway, any more final thoughts before I copypasta up to the blog?

[15:38] <Whiteeyes> So anything else or are we done for this episode?

[15:38] <@Sylocat> Great minds think alike, I see

[15:39] <Whiteeyes> I guess that's that.

[15:39] <@Sylocat> Well, I have accepted Maud as my lord and savior, and will now be wearing rock candy necklaces on a regular basis

[15:39] <Froborr> Nonono, a true Maudist STORES their rock candy necklaces. Heretic!

[15:39] <Whiteeyes> Well it's been fun. Looking forward to whatever the heck it s next week!

[15:40] <@Sylocat> Ah, I forgot