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The Burden of Proof
I asked 800 pony fans how they feel about some of the shows lingering questions, and used it to talk about media criticism for 20 minutes. Does the fanbase agree with you? Does it even matter? Let's talk about it.
"Death of the Author" - Lindsay Ellis:
ua-cam.com/video/MGn9x4-Y_7A/v-deo.html
Music by Canvas
TN by Feather Bloom
Mouse Ed by Beatlinked
Sprout and Ally Shuffle by Cupute
0:00 - Intro
2:37 - About Arguing
3:52 - The Sprout Test
4:30 - Survey Results
8:58 - Death of the Author
9:51 - Equestrian Toilets
10:51 - More Survey Results
16:18 - Survey Issues
17:17 - Why Did I Do This?
"Death of the Author" - Lindsay Ellis:
ua-cam.com/video/MGn9x4-Y_7A/v-deo.html
Music by Canvas
TN by Feather Bloom
Mouse Ed by Beatlinked
Sprout and Ally Shuffle by Cupute
0:00 - Intro
2:37 - About Arguing
3:52 - The Sprout Test
4:30 - Survey Results
8:58 - Death of the Author
9:51 - Equestrian Toilets
10:51 - More Survey Results
16:18 - Survey Issues
17:17 - Why Did I Do This?
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The Twilight Trilogy
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Celebrate Twilight Day with a look back at three of the core episodes that made her the mare she is today! 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Twilight Sparkle 2:20 - Games Ponies Play 4:12 - Amending Fences 8:18 - The Point of No Return 11:08 - Outro Art by Baja Music by Canvas
A Zephyr Heights Mystery For The Ages (REVIEW)
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MLP is back on PC and consoles with "A Zephyr Heights Mystery", and while it's not perfect, it's a huge step in the right direction. I break down what works, what doesn't, and wax way too much about game design on the way there. TN art by Beatlinked Music by Canvas 0:00 - Intro 0:25 - Is it Worth It? 2:09 - Primary Gameplay Loop 5:12 - Verbs 6:56 - New Stuff 10:18 - Minigames 11:37 - Ending Fat...
Ten Little Things (10,000 Subscriber Special)
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Come to Whinny City Pony Con! whinnycity.com/ Read some of the stories from the convention! www.fimfiction.net/group/217292/the-ponyville-ciderfest-storytelling-adventure Play Ponyguessr! ponyguessr.com/ To celebrate 10,000 subscribers, here's a 22-minute anthology of horse topics that were too small to get their own episode, beginning with a interview with Vivid Syntax, the man behind Ciderfes...
Rainbow "Alcoholic" Dash
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A lot people have tried to dissect the question of Dash and cider, but I've never seen it done by an actual alcoholic. I take a look at Rainbow's dependency, and look at another discarded episode that bit off way more than it could chew. 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Semantics 3:21 - Dash 4:39 - Jokes about Drinking 5:34 - Dash II 7:08 - Berry Punch 7:34 - Sugar-Free Pie 11:24 - Outro "Sugar-Free Pie" an...
The Cutie Count
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The Cutie Mark Crusaders tried a LOT of things to earn their cutie marks. It wasn't always pretty, but their track record shouldn't go without merit. Enjoy this April Fools Day episode where I pay homage to one of the hardest working horror teams on UA-cam! TN art by Feather Bloom! Feather_Bloom CMC Clubhouse, Golden Cutie Mark, and Bronze Blank Flank medals by Eryn Erikard. Music b...
Winter Wrap Up (but Google autocompletes the lyrics)
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Just in time for the first day of Spring, I let Google autocomplete rewrite the lyrics to one of the most iconic songs in the fandom, and @SpinScissor was kind enough to lend his awesome vocals to my dumb idea! Vocals by SpinScissor Minuette by Beatlinked Inspired by my new favorite Internet video: ua-cam.com/video/s-7Yya_nmLs/v-deo.html
Pony Parents
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Happy Leap Day! A video tribute to the ponies who raised all your favorite characters, and I even resisted telling a Dad joke! TN by @Beatlinked Music by @singlepurpose Google Doodle by Eryn Erikard 0:00 - I Love My Mom... 0:22 - Intro 0:49 - Spitting Image 1:49 - Black Sheep 3:08 - How My Parents Found Out 3:43 - ...But I Need My Space 5:06 - Parental Baggage 5:44 - Worst Parent Award 6:14 - N...
Ponyville Cold Opens
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Every episode of "Friendship is Magic" begins with a cold open: a little taste of the good stuff before the theme song drops. Let's take a look at what makes a good one, check out some of my favorites, and break down what a the different ways they get you hype to watch your favorite horse show! Flim & Flam voiced by Eryn Erikard Apple Bloom voiced by BajaGryphon TN by Baja Gryphon Music by Canv...
Ranking Every Episode of "Friendship is Magic"
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I spent two years ranking over 200 episodes of Friendship is Magic, and I would like to go to sleep now. This video is by far the largest thing I will ever make. Let's talk about what make a bad episode, a better episode, and the best episodes. 0:00 - Intro 0:44 - The Worst 8:11 - #200 21:00 - #180 31:53 - #160 45:54 - #140 1:03:19 - #120 1:15:37 - #100 1:28:35 - #80 1:40:23 - #60 1:57:52 - #40...
Speedrunning "A Maretime Bay Adventure" For Charity
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Donate to the ALS Association: www.als.org/ In August 2023, we raised money for the ALS Association by donating $10 for every minute it took us to beat "My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure". Along the way, we answered some viewer questions, educated Mike on a variety of pony topics, and had a ten minute discussion on everyone's Rainbow pegasus. 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Tie-In Games 6:22 - Pipp ...
How To Scare Horse Kids
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Outtakes: ua-cam.com/video/fRRHDXHSsM0/v-deo.html Striking the right balance of horror in a kids show is really, REALLY hard, but MLP actually managed to pull it off with almost flying colors. Let's check out how MLP used every kind of horror, from the kid-friendly to the OH MY GOD WHY ARE HER TEETH FALLING OUT?!?! 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Halloween Episodes 2:59 - A Little Intense 5:38 - Scare the ...
Equestria's Next Top Motormouth
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MLP has a lot of characters that like to talk a LOT. I did some math to figure just which one of your favorite characters talks the most! My Little Screentime: www.equestriadaily.com/2023/07/a-gigantic-spreadsheet-calculating.html List of character word counts: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iLnhCKb4CtW_7B5j7YAD-QUbamc9I3vN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105890193347708019346&rtpof=true&sd=true 0:00 - ...
MLP Fan Theories
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I just spent the last month researching My Little Pony fan theories, and I'm still NOWHERE NEAR the bottom. Let's take a look at some of my favorites, explore the secrets of some of the best theories, and check out my hottest take when it comes to canon ships. Art by Beatlinked and Eryn Erikard Music by Canvas 0:00 - Intro 1:33 - My Favorite Fan Theory 2:25 - Teen Mare 3:10 - Even More Trixie 5...
Trixie: The Great and Powerful Paradox
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I tried to wrap my head around the most paradoxically likeable character in all of "Friendship is Magic", by way of one Starlight Glimmer and a heaping helping of the philosophy of magic. Come watch me relive my inner magic nerd as we try to figure out what draws people to the Great and Powerful Trixie! 0:00 - Introduction 1:08 - The Paradox of Magic 4:32 - Boast Busters & Magic Duel 6:12 - For...
Every Tell Your Tale Episode in 10 Words or Less
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Every Tell Your Tale Episode in 10 Words or Less
Two Cakes: Exploring Tell Your Tale and Pony Life
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Two Cakes: Exploring Tell Your Tale and Pony Life
Early Installment Weirdness in Ponyville
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Early Installment Weirdness in Ponyville
Make Your Mark puts the THEME in Theme Song
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Make Your Mark puts the THEME in Theme Song
Maretime Bay Adventure: The Experiment We Needed
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Maretime Bay Adventure: The Experiment We Needed
I'm Excited About Gen 5 Unicorns, Okay?
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I'm Excited About Gen 5 Unicorns, Okay?
My Little Pony: A New Generation - The Day After Podcast
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My Little Pony: A New Generation - The Day After Podcast
Friendship Is Magic - The Day After Podcast
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Friendship Is Magic - The Day After Podcast
I love debating over such stuff even if it's little like if Rainbow is an alcoholic or not. I'm very happy that the show writers left many things open so everyone can be satisfied with their asnwers. But some are just cacon like Lyra x BonBon or Lil' Cheese is the child of Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich. On ships I even have multiple answers while having a mane couple I like. I ship Rarijack but I like to imagine that Aj and Rainbow were in a relationship at some point.
The terms "arguing in good faith" and "...in bad faith" were not coined by Sartre. Karl Marx already accused Max Stirner of arguing in bad faith about a century earlier.
>"a design choice usually reserved for stallions" >immediately shows a shot of a stallion with two reflection spots
Imagine these hypersensitive ponies just casually taking a dump in public while walking, not even stopping in place to "aim". You mean to tell me that the "Oh, no! I hurt my best friend's feelings!" ponies would do something so grotesque and animal like? You mean to tell me the world of "hugs, compliments and forgiveness" is also littered with mountain piles of stinking residue scattered all over the corners?
IMO the sonic rainboom is a special variant of a sonic boom, with the latter not depending on mane color
A couple things to improve on, constructive criticism if you will: • Multiple disclaimers on something that was brought up again and again, is not necessary. It comes off very annoying • Just ignore the clearly stupid, dumb, ignorant, etc. people out there commenting stuff on your videos that aren’t helpful. You are wasting your time adding them in. A opinion is a opinion until it’s not one • Why censor names? You aren’t protecting that persons piracy at all. All you are doing is making it annoying to the viewers who would like to see the name That’s basically it, not a big deal right? I’m simply helping out any way I can, other than that, your videos are pretty great and enjoyable.
16:44 I'm in this fandom for fun, and it's more fun to assume everything explositly mentioned and shown is cannon. It's more difficult to prove anything that way. I like the challenge
19:27 friendship and love go hand in hand, you can’t have friendship without love, you can’t have love without friendship But if you mean like lust or something, then idk I’m aroace
wait cause i always thought rainbows whole thing was cause of her mane colors too lol. also, havent other pegasi flown fast enough to have their own trail things and theirs were based off their colors, or am i mixing up fan stuff with canon? i mean, i assume other pegasi could also achieve a rainboom/sonic boom thing too if they could also fly that fast, but dash is literally the rainbow pony yknow
I think death of the author is a super important aspect for these kinds of questions and fandom in general. I believe after a work is complete it 100% belongs to the viewer/reader to do with or interpret however they want. As a result I think every single person's version of a piece of media is uniquely their own, and as such any idea or theory not explicitly contradicting the text is valid. And honestly even if you want to explicitly contradict the text you can do that too and call it an alternate universe. So basically imo the true canon is whatever you like the best and should be open to change, the rules are made up and we're just here to have fun. Also I like that you end the video on some open ended questions extrapolated from the survey, those kinds of questions are where the fun is at.
SUCH a refreshing, mature and nuanced discussion, top quality content as usual Gator 👌
I can see where the Rainboom connection to haircolor argument holds water. The majority of flight effects end up tied to coat and hair color (see lightning dust). So it may be that any pegasus could perform what is in function a rainboom, but they may have a different coloration besides a rainbow. So Dash could still probably do a rainboom even if her mane was different, it just wouldnt be called a rainboom.
my theory about the sonic rainboom is that it got it's name from the rainbow mane color, but we have seen twilight perform a similar action that had a different color and the explosion was shaped like her cutiemark.
It seems like there is a 10% buffer of respondents that do either do not remember the relevant information or did not understand the form.
Hot take I think they should’ve have made the new My Little Pony show about Lester Don because she was already set up as like twilight student so why not do a show with this whole new character you introduced
I just realize I spelt her name wrong
Clear Evidence above assumptions cause it can be misleading
6:08 i did some digging and apparently flutter shy and discord were supposed to get married but the episode ended up being cut and they couldn't find a way to make it work so it's possible it happened of screen and there are many times where flutter core was mentioned in passing that you missed but it's kinda a thing where you can't really decide either way so you just have to make your own theory based on witch opinion you like more personally i think they both wanted to get into a serious relationship but since discords practically immortal they decided against it but are still very close and have feelings for each other
This was a fun video that showed me a lot and gave me an interesting look into the fandom. It was fun taking the survey and seeing how it was used, i can't wait to see a part two for the Fan theories video. Thanks for this video!
Wow 6:46 is really surprising to me, same reason for what you had mentioned. I had joined the fandom fairly early on in S2 and saw SO MUCH fan art, be it music animations fanfic and just drawings, of these two being shipped together. I wonder what might have caused that to shift, general passage of time and less shared screen time perhaps?
uuu are the bestest youtuber ever!!!!!!!!!
that theory of the sonic rainboom is the stupidest thing I've ever heard
A lot of moments in this show strike a cord with me to be fair or make me emotional but the one I think about a ton that hits me like a truck no matter what is the moment at the end of the Parental Glideance episode. Scootaloo admitting that she wished she had as much support like Rainbow Dash had for sure killed me, but what really got me after that re-watching and catching up with this series was that soon after Rainbow finds this out about Scoots, she and her parents storm the school via the window and cheer her on and give her support after she showed off her project. Scootaloo’s expression during the cheering said it all and kind of hit me hard in a place where I didn’t really expect it. And the fact that zoom in really emphasize her expression before going to credits made me feel like you’re getting more from the scene. Without her saying a thing, I could just tell how happy she was especially with her finally getting the support she really wanted in her life and in this moment she realizes she finally has it. She knows she really does have a support base that’s there for and cares about her. And as someone who’s had most of her life moved around, just trying to find people who care about you, family, friend, or otherwise I really connected to that one moment. I don’t know I love that scene/shot and it pulls up my heartstrings every time. Honestly, a lot of things in MLP are super relatable to me but weirdly enough some of Scoots random moments throughout the show specifically have many chords and part of my life as I’ve grown up and experience things. We are strangely more alike in a few ways than I ever thought in my lifetime of being a fan of MLP. Like through re-watching the show over the past year or so going over some of the things I missed in the later seasons and the entire show was a whole has really made me think that.
Where do you host your surveys? Because I haven't been fortunate enough to contribute to these conversations outside of the comments.
This survey was posted on Twitter, and in my community tab, but it wasn't up very long because this was kind of a spur of the moment video. A little ways back on my community tab, there's a (still-open) survey about what your favorite FIM song is, if you want.
@@gatorgoatjohnnyI thought so. I made the mistake of turning off community post recommendations after getting a fuckton of community posts recommend (From creators I was subbed to or not) that were repetitive, mindless, or just flat out annoying. And I generally only check the posts from a couple creators I followed almost religiously, so I didn't see your post. It's too bad.
To add a different thing to the conversation, that thing about Cozy Glow. You've brought it up twice now, both here and in your episode ranking video. Why don't you make an episode about that? I absolutely have my thoughts on the matter, as per the topic of this video (I do wish that was one of the topics discussed in depth, like the others. This video would be a lot longer if every discussion from the poll was covered, but still.), but I do want to hear what you have to say. It's pretty clear you have something more educated than I probably am able to provide.
@@SmokeTheHorsehog I just find her so interesting. She’ll definitely be the first villain deep dive.
@@gatorgoatjohnny And that's why she is my favorite villain. She's very interesting to talk about, and that's not just about her actual evil ranking or whether or not she deserved her fate. This is all on top of her being an enjoyable villain, an almost successful villain, and her being a child antagonist that goes far beyond that standard child antagonist affair.
The weird part about Luster Dawn's parentage is that, if you look into the behind the scenes info, the head showrunner & the writer of the episode just kinda... disagree on whether or not she's a Starburst kid?
Like. :)
So full disclosure that I absolutely do believe AJ and RD got together at the end if the show. But what I'm about to say is not at all why; I wasn't even aware of that picture shown in the video. But I also thought of a much stronger argument before being confronted with a flimsy one and want to steelman on principle. Ashleigh Ball may or may not have been close with the writers, but she doesn't need to have overheard the writers talking for her information to be valid. In animation, a character is a collaboration between writer and voice actor. It's true the writer has a big picture view of the story, but the VA has to get in a character's headspace to portray them. The best argument for the picture is not that Ashleigh had inside information, it's that she understands both character's emotional landscape and feels romantic tension between them, using the picture to express it. The picture would thus not be literally canon as if it were in the show, but gives us a better understanding of the characters as only someone so deeply in their head could provide, which then gives greater context to the scene in The Last Problem.
True. There’s also an interview with Jim Miller where even he said he didn’t want to make AppleDash anywhere near canon but her was overuled by the higher ups to put a pretty bow on everything. There’s also images from the games, comics and script leaks showing them together.
I will not die on this hill, but since twilight has her own version of the sonic rainboom in the shape of her cutiemark for some reason. I wouldn't say its impossible that the rainbow color comes from the performer's mane, magic, ect. causing variation. That would end up turning the sonic rainboom into the sonic maneboom or something else ruining the intended pun for the sake of accuracy. Nomatter what at the end of the day its going to be a pony breaking the sound barrier and creating a spectacle.
I really appreciate the way you present your information and opinions. You're good at this. This might be a weird compliment, but I feel like you understand what stories are for more than the vast majority of people do. You'd make a good Pixar Theorist.
I headcanoned Twilight as Aroace with no absolute interest in romance, and I remember some of fandom attacking me for it lol
Oh oof. It's a totally interesting headcanon and you didn't deserve to be attacked for it, honestly. There's this anime called Precure and the currently airing season/generation has this highly popular ship between two of the main characters, and I do like that ship but I headcanon that one of them has no interest in ever having a romantic relationship due to what a certain character said in one of the episodes - The Precure fandom is pretty nice and respectful overall, but I'll still be careful where I talk about this headcanon of mine just in case.
@@eglol I got comments like "But Twilight is bi!" "Twilight is in love with pinkie pie!"
There’s a reason the show very rarely does toilet humor, cause it reminds us that these characters are naked
I think I’m a little bit of column A and a bit of column B on the sonic rainboom being because of RD’s mane. Like, I think she was able to achieve it because she worked so hard on her skill at flying, but it looked the way it did was because of her mane. I think any very skilled flyer could do something similar, but I doubt that it’s a coincidence that the pony with a rainbow motif was the only one able to create a rainbow visual affect by flying.
I'm personally just not a fan of shipping the Mane Six with each other, since the whole point of the show is that they're friends. Also I'm homophobic.
oh 😅 **I coincidentally don't really ship the 6 as well**
Boo!
That's okay. The important thing is to respect other people's interpretations and opinions and try your best to not be rude.
Tbh I would say that Rainbooms are a rainbow dash exclusive move. In the Sonic Rainboom episode during the library scene, Pinkie says "when a pegasus like Rainbow dash gets going so fast...... BOOM! A sonic boom and rainbow can happen all at once!" And while whenever Rainbow flies fast she has a trail that looks similar to a short version that happens with the rainboom, twilight and lightning dust also have unique trails at fast speeds. So I think while any flying creature capable of the sonic boom part, I think the rainbow version is exclusive to the flyer having a rainbow color scheme.
This is my interpretation too; unfortunately the way johnny talks about it in the vid and I think worded the survey question has it as if the question connects her mane colour to the sonic boom itself, rather than the _themeing_ of said boom, making this opinion not fit the true/false nature of the questionnaire.
@@BismuthBorealis I originally wrote a like 5 paragraph response but it got deleted so I'm gonna say it again in less words lol. I think when the OG Rainboom episode was written Rainbow was intended to be the exclusive user of the move considering supposedly she was the only person to ever do it supposedly. But later they decided to expand the idea to anyone, and as another comment mentions it looks like twilight does her version at the season 4 premiere.
I'm kinda convinced Flim and Flam are estranged Apple Family members. They have similar coat/mane/eye colours to the Apples, plus their apple cutie marks. It just makes sense to me.
in the comics this had some parts because Granny Smith and Flim had a conversation between him regarding his brother when the two broke up due to a mare. And Granny Smith spoke about two brothers that she knew that broke up due to a different thing but one of the characters in that flashback had the same colors as Flim and Flam which had some speculation and stuff.
@itsjustaclint8404 I have that comic I'll have to take a look when I get home
@@timelapse11 correct me though if i am wrong just in case.
I would put a fan theory but if I had any when I first watched the show I forgot about them. I would need to jog my memory by randomly seeing what it may have been again if any.
This is a great video :)
Vinyl and Octavia is one I never saw as a thing, especially with Fandom bits added to things like Vinyl *maybe* being interested in Neon Lights. As far as the episode showing them living together to me only shows they're roommates and have very little on screen chemistry. Head canons are fun though, and I don't think there's an actual wrong answer for anything in a video like this
"and we all get spared the possibility of a Citizen Kane remake starring Diamond Tiara" that's going on the list of sentences I didn't know I needed to hear
While the majority of my reasoning for not believing Luster Dawn is the daughter of StarBurst is because there just isn't enough solid evidence available, there is a small part of me that actually dislikes that idea. As a straight woman who's had mostly male friends her whole life, it bothers me to no end when people always try to push the idea that if two members of the opposite sex are friendly with each other, they have to start dating. As if platonic feelings between friends with compatible sexualities and genders can't exist. I love Starlight and Sunburst for being a great example in popular media of such a friendship.
Understandable. I just think the name & color scheme fits both characters, but she could be the kid of 1 of demain & a rando.
I too prefer them to be friends instead of being a couple, much for the same reason.
you get it!! it just kinda sours the idea of starlight's history with sunburst ;;
I generally found this topic to be really interesting. Especially the part about how we sometimes let our biases affect our opinions on media. Great video, keep up the amazing work.
this video was super fun and interesting to watch personally and id love to see more
i agree with the last point but i also dont think theres anything wrong with theorizing about more "obvious" or surface level questions. I think theyre fun to theorize and talk about as long as you dont take them overly serious. The more deep questions are fun too but theyre a different thing that is enjoyed and discussed for different reasons i feel
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THESE THEORIES ARE CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY
Do you think Marble ever got over Big mac and found her own very special somepony, after that CRUSHING💔 blink and you'll miss it moment in "Best Gift Ever"?
Probably, but perhaps she never was able to move on from it and never ended up having a partner in the future.
From least canon to most canon, my degrees of canonicity go; 13)Toy packaging 12)Fanon 11)Headcanon 10)Spin-off media material created under a different team or individual 9) The first few episodes of a long-runner 8)Word of the creative voices with indirect input 7)In-text mention once 6)Spin-off media material created main team 5)Word of the Creative voices with direct input 4)Intended Subtext 3)Subtext (audience consensus) 2)Consistently In-Text 1)Whatever Is Funniest
That last one is the best reason.
id love a video for each of those deeper questions. do u have a discord for ppl to discuss this kinda thing?
6:08 everyone mentions the Angel line but I think Spike saying “you don’t have tea with Fluttershy every week because you like tea” in the episode “the breakup break down” is much more compelling evidence ESPECIALLY since the context is Hearts and Hooves day
i feel like another character made a boom in their own colour… i cant recall when or who… could be very wrong
On a general note, it's been a bit odd seeing the term 'headcanon' penetrate wider nerd cultute and be met with a degree of backlash. There's always been a degree of friction between what I've seen termed "transformative" fandom and "curative" fandom, but in the past I saw more animosity from the former while the latter seemed oblivious. Now to be honest I'm skeptical of the idea of a hard division in the first place, but seeing this backlash does make me pause. Unsurprisingly I've seen the most arguing over the subject of queerness, but I always existed in a space where saying "X is gay" is usually understood to be a reading of a character over a hard, in-text confirmation, due to the supressed nature of queer representation in media for the last however many 100 years. Seeing people get upset under the apparently sincere impression that people are arguing their readings and headcanons are textual and that they have to see it that way too, is a reminder of how there's a language to fandom informed by context, that's not immediately obvious if you've not spent time immersed in it. I admit I wouldn't be sure that they where sincere, if I hadn't seen some fans have the same reactions to encountering less "topical" headcanons, like a character's hobby or some miniscual facet of their skills. It's easy to dismiss those fans as Stick In The Mud's or Pedantic, but a lot of useful fan resources like fan wiki'd and databases are held together by people with that mindset. I guess this is where the academia and the English lit classes do come in useful in spreading knowledge on theories of literature and media analysis. That aspects of a work can exist in different levels of textuality, subtext, authorial intent, social context, copyright etc. Which is funny because I have s real bugbear with the phrase "media literacy" these days. Not the phrase itself but seeing it become used to mean 'a person's take on a narrative that I don't like'.