Someone has recorded the opening of the actual TV Guide magazine that released today that houses the season two finale information, and filmed the page turning to the section that includes the season finale stuff! I think we have moved beyond the realm of photoshop this time around.
It was also confirmed by a few people in our skype chat who live near places that actually carry these. (Apparently Arizona gas stations do not...)
You can find it after the break!
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I knew it was true!!!
VastaKustutaDUN DUN DUN!
VastaKustutaSeriously, it will be fine.
OH YEAH!!!
VastaKustutaFUCK YEAH SEAKING
VastaKustutaThe kids are alright, you say? Maybe...
VastaKustutaIdk, personally I'll believe it when I see it in the actual show.
VastaKustutaIf it was meant to be a shocker (Which it is!) they would have kept it a secret. This just has "major typo" written all over it.
Still trying to grasp the concept that Twilight has a brother that was never mentioned before...
VastaKustutaAWESOME! now i still cant get over the fact that twilight has a brother
VastaKustutaTo me, this is legit.
VastaKustutaHear that? That's the sound of my hopes for a Trixie two parter to end shattering.
VastaKustutaI knew it couldn't happen, but I wish I could have waited until it aired to have them smashed.
Bronies erupts again in 3....2....
VastaKustutaXD
(I'm fine with this. Bring on the episode. :D)
Yessss!
VastaKustutahuh.
VastaKustutaAnd so it begins, the great ponystorm of our time.
VastaKustutaquality is still low and anybody could cleverly edit it.
VastaKustutajust saiyan.
And not a single buck was given that day,
VastaKustutaSeriously it's all good, I look forward to how the episode plays out and if in season 3 you start seeing pictures of her brother in photo's or such for continuity and such.
I wonder if he's a nerd like Twi or more of a jock. You know, the classic story of the nerd and her jock brother.
VastaKustutaNeed cute fluffy sibling fic of them, STAT! Fanfic writers, get your butts on this.
VastaKustutaTwo parter wedding disaster here we come!
VastaKustutaThis episode is going to ROCK
VastaKustutabut will it rock as much as future battle damage/solid snake twilight episode will?
My Little Pony Rumors will come true at the end and I knew it was going to happen!!! ^_^
VastaKustutaInb4 "EVERYONE CALM DOWN! STOP RIOTING" in a room full of quiet, calm people.
VastaKustutaC'mon, somebody's gonna do it. You know you want to!
Hummmm, this will be intresting i'm gonna remain very skeptickal about this but i trust in the creators to make it amazing
VastaKustutaCant wait and my mind is still running wild on what could happen in this episode! XD
VastaKustutaThis is going to be awesome!
VastaKustutaSomewhere, the author of what was going to be the worlds first Twilight Sparkle X Shining Armor shipfic is furiously scrubbing his hard drive.
VastaKustuta@Dementedkat
VastaKustuta...cute?
fluffy?
would an explicit incest fic do?
@The Skullivan
VastaKustutaOh it's already been done.
And might I say, it's a work of art.
And thus a million soap opera references were made
VastaKustutaI just really really hope they don't make me hate Cadence. Which means they need a damn good reason for her being an alicorn. I think Studio B can actually pull that off, but I remain skeptical that they will pull it off. And being a season-ending two-parter, I hope that at least the story is amazing, and not just a feel-good wedding with some misunderstandings. :\
VastaKustutaWow, skeptical bunch.
VastaKustutaI doubt it was ever meant to be a bombshell... It's probably the kind of thing they drop right at the beginning of an episode, much like Rarity's Parents were.
And seriously, again... we've never even heard a whisper about Rainbow Dash's or Fluttershy's families, and yet they obviously must have had them. What's so unbelievable about Twilight having a brother? Rarity lives separately from Sweetie Belle and her parents, Shining Armor likely did the same during Twilight's "Cutie Mark Chronicles" scene.
And, to head off the other end of things, Lauren Faust has stated that she was involved in the creation of this story's plot. Admittedly, they changed Cadence to an alicorn after she was no longer around, but until I hear otherwise I suspect that Shining Armor was always meant to be Twilight's brother from the beginning, as it explains what the mane six have to do with the wedding at all.
Mt. Brony is going to erupt when this episode releases.
VastaKustutaPrepare yourself, internet.
Well damn, I guess it really is true, then.
VastaKustutaAwsome!
VastaKustutai'm OK with this
VastaKustutay u so mad tho?
@Harwick
VastaKustutait's not that hard to believe to be honest.
I'm just glad I can write a 7 pony incest clop fic now, that isn't Apple family. not that i have or that i would.
Also guys:
VastaKustutaCadence (n.) A modulation or inflection of the voice.
It looks like the new princess is going to SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
Not sure how I feel about this brother thing... I guess time will tell.
VastaKustuta@wackypony
VastaKustutaThe uploader just flipped through the book in their bedroom showing you the exact page, zoomed in to that description TWICE, including all the surrounding pages that have matched up with other photos from before, and you still want to tell me that's a fake?
There's a point of denial where you should really start treading back to reality.
So this means its confirmed that Twilight has a brother? Kinda weird that she's never mentioned him. Be really funny if he shares Twilight's organizational quirks and has a full-blown mental breakdown before the wedding.
VastaKustutaWhen the episode releases, you can bet that the internet will explode.
VastaKustuta@Harwick
VastaKustutaTime will tell. To me, it's just too right the hell out of nowhere to be casually dropped into an ep summary like that.
Personally, I think that somebody just messed up while typing it, noticed too late (or not at all) and didn't care because "It's My Litte Pony, no-one's gonna notice. Pfft, who watches that show?".
@Cedric Bale At this point, I don't really expect them to address Cadence being an alicorn at all. Maybe they will, but I'm guessing the change to make her an alicorn didn't affect the script in the slightest... they just slapped wings on her design. It probably didn't change the plot any more than slapping wings on Blueblood would have changed "Best Night Ever".
VastaKustutaI'd be pleased to find out I'm wrong, but my guess is that they never get into the significance (if any) of alicorns... they just leave it at "she's a princess".
There again: this has no impact on the series as a whole. It's such blatant nitpicking that allows haters to showcase how obsessed the community can be.
VastaKustutaSame with Cadance/Cadence, she was made to make up for the white Celestia toy; there needs to be a new pink princess, have faith in the show, guys!
I can't wait!! Though I don't want Season 2 to be over so soon :(
VastaKustuta@Sothalic
VastaKustutaHa! See told you guys it was gonna happen XD
Read the responses above for literally everyone saying "ok, cool".
@Jiggywitit
VastaKustutaunless firefox fucked with the video, when the camera finally focused on the part of the page, i saw a small, tiny jump, which could've been an edit.
that's what i saw.
the rest of the video was piss quality and the words were impossible to make out.
i'm just saiyan.
@GaruuSpike
VastaKustutaI certainly expect a song or two, but in horse terms Cadence refers to the hoof-beats that measure different gaits. So perhaps dancing is more her thing.
And so the countdown begins towards a two parter that I'm certain is going to blow everyone away. Seems like they wanted to end season 2 with a bang, and it looks like that's going to happen. How exactly they'll pull it off is anyone's guess. But I'm betting they're gonna deliver big time.
VastaKustutaand when i saw the jump, the words became instantly clear.
VastaKustutait could've been the piss quality camera's piss quality focus working.
Seriously now I want all the people who flame people for getting "too excited without proof" to apologize. Derpy getting edited -- you are too worked up about that = FLAME! Twilight has a brother its in TV guide -- you are way overexcited about a photoshopped pic = FLAME! Notice how when these things turn out to be TRUE, all the excited people don't turn around and call out the doubters? Well it's happening now. It's time to pay the PIPER, ye of little faith! Shining Armor will trample your trollish ways!
VastaKustutaI, for one, am extremely happy this is true. /)^3^(\
VastaKustutaWhat I think makes this different from the appearance of Rarity's parents (and other ponies) is that Twilight started out as the main character. The fact that they'd "hide" the brother of the lead character points to the theory that she just doesn't know about him yet.
@Daffodil
VastaKustutaLink to fic, or it didn´t happend.
@Beta-Carotene
VastaKustutaBetter safe than sorry, no?
I'll keep my riot gear ready for the next rumor that blows out of proportion, until then, stay calm and pony on!
Oh gosh...I just realized something! :O Princess Candence, according to that foreign newspaper/comic thing that we translate a lot, is Celestia's other sister. If she and twi's brother get married, would that make celestia and twilight sister-in-laws?
VastaKustutaCongratulations Sethisto, you've moved beyond the realm of Ponychan threads where trolls claim that they're employees of Studio B and sucker everybody into thinking that they're giving out genuine information about upcoming episodes and/or seasons.
VastaKustutaI hope its not dissapointing i was really looking forward to another fun exciting episode with a good villain like the last two season openers/closer but ive found i still love the show but this season has strayed away from what it was like in the first season. there havnt been hardly any real villain or adventure type episodes like there were in se.1 like the one with fluttershy and the dragon or lots of others which to me is very dissapointing. also theres been like no spike in the latest eps :(:(:(:(
VastaKustuta@ Sothalic
VastaKustutaI understand your position dude, but I'm really getting tired of people in the community doing this.
You gotta understand my frustration.
This thread is *perfect* example of everyone saying "yay!" "so awesome" and someone comes in saying "omg guys, calm down. This is what makes people think we're psyco".
I know you didn't say it like *that*, but most people do.
This is almost as exciting as canon time travel in the new episode. I'm glad the FIM team is trying to avoid cliche like the plague.
VastaKustutaJust doing my job as (apparently) the local community doom-slayer :)
VastaKustuta@Mike
VastaKustutaSrsly: if this had been an overly-saccharine wedding episode with no twists just to sell the toys, I don't think I would even consider it canonical.
Gen5 Reference!
VastaKustutaI tell you it was real but no.....
VastaKustutaYay! Twi has a brother. I'm very pleased with this since it implies that Shining Armor will be more than just a pretty face, but probably have some character moments.
VastaKustuta@Piper
VastaKustutaNo, it doesn't work that way. No one benefits when someone makes a baseless assumption and everyone starts going apeshit over it as if it was proven.
One would have thought that the month we had to put up with people being at each other's throats over Derpy Drama when no one actually knew anything would have made that clear.
@Exploding Tiger Think about it they do this kinda think all the time in cartoons. Regular Show, SpongeBob, ect.
VastaKustutabum bum buuuuuuuuummmm!
VastaKustuta@The Skullivan
VastaKustuta>>Somewhere, the author of what was going to be the worlds first Twilight Sparkle X Shining Armor shipfic is furiously scrubbing his hard drive
--and somewhere else another author has been inspired to write an incest driven clopfic.
Hopefully it won't ruin anything...
VastaKustuta@Exploding Tiger
VastaKustutaLike Rarity's parents and Sweetie Belle?
THIS MEANS SEASON 3 IS COMING UP YES WOO HOOO
VastaKustutaDoes seriously no one find it plausible that this is a typo?
VastaKustuta@Exploding Tiger Think about it, TV shows and cartoons do this kinda thing all the time. Is it really all that surprising? ^_^
VastaKustuta@galwren
VastaKustutaNot really the same thing, unless Rarity and Sweetie Belle were the result of spontaneous generation.
@Piper You keep using the word "flame". I do not think it means what you think it means.
VastaKustuta*Inigo Montoya mode off*
Seriously bro, go and read Beta-Carotenes posts on this page. There was no hysteria around the finale. Not here anyway.
People just assumed there was because they TL:DR'ed each others posts.
Really!? Does seriously *no one* think it's possible that somebody made a typo!?
VastaKustutaNo? Well ok then, carry on.
OMG
VastaKustutaIT's REAL!!!
I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT!!!!!!
I still find it silly people are so skeptical of pretty much anything. But it is good to view things with a somewhat skeptic viewpoint I suppose. Honestly though, it's just a fun little season finale. No one should get their nickers in such a twist over a cartoon show. :P
VastaKustutaWooooooah
VastaKustutalooke, I''m macking tipe-os wright now! I'ts eesee!
VastaKustuta@Beta-Carotene
VastaKustutaSure it might be a typo, but if that's the case then there would be absolutely nothing for us to be talking about, so for the of conversation if nothing else we might as well speak as if it's a known fact.
At this point I would actually be disappointed if it was a typo. Before it always seemed odd the Twi and co. would be bridesmaids at some random royal wedding, even if they are national heroes. Now that the wedding is for Twi's brother though things just make so much more sense.
Hmm... still uncertain how I feel about this... >>
VastaKustuta@Beta-Carotene I'm willing to entertain the notion of a typo if you can provide a plausible theory of what MWB meant to write.
VastaKustuta"... unitard Trillight Snarkle rigging up a bedding docker as she bothers Hining Arnold bewares to get ditched..."
Hm.
"... candycorn Twillight Part 3 wigging up a weed in stockings as her other shindig arbor despairs to Bewitched..."
Lol. this deserves to be a meme.
>Bronies expect Discord to be idiot goofball after 1min sneak peak
VastaKustuta>Discord becomes magnificent bastard and nearly everyone's favorite villain after episode airs
>Everyone expects Luna to be a shy woobie that just wants friends
>Fans claim canon Luna stomps fanon Luna into the ground after episode airs
>Previews show Cadence being a 3rd Alicorn and Shining Armor being Twilight's brother.
>Bronies complain Cadence is a souless corporate insert and Shining Armor is a Gary-Stu fanfic insert.
You think you would learn by now. Idiots.
@TenchiFreak5
VastaKustutaThe point is that Sweetie Belle wasn't referred to as Rarity's sister until several episodes came by, even though she appeared more than once before. And their parents weren't seen or referred to until they did show up.
It's not just them either. Has Rainbow Dash mentioned any family members, or Fluttershy?
Why single out Shining Armor for not being mentioned before hand?
Silly Seth, everypony knows that the only thing that Arizona gas stations have is overpriced gasoline!
VastaKustutaOh. And those stupid 100th Anniversary Statehood Badges. I've seen enough of those to last a lifetime.
I hope we will come with a decent explanation why we've never heard about Shining Armor before. I still have faith in this community.
VastaKustuta@Shantara
VastaKustutaDid we come up with a explanation where Flutthershy's relatives are?
For Shining Armor, I think it's just that we just haven't heard of him. We didn't hear about any of the Mane 6's family members until the episode, so why worry?
VastaKustutaAs for Cadence, I'm just writing her off as the idiot cousin who got the looks (i.e. she's an alicorn) but not the brains (Luna and Celestia's abilities) who gets shoved into a distant part of Equestria or rules over the ancestral pony lands (if they're a separate country.)
I don't get why people are upset about Twilight never mentioning it before. By that logic shouldn't people be pissed at Pinkie Pie cause she never talked about herself having sisters? It only showed it in a flashback, she never actually said anything about it, so this is nothing new...
VastaKustutaSeems strange but at least it's about Twilight.
VastaKustuta@galwren
VastaKustutaYes, there are several fics and pictures exploring the subject.
If it's a typo, cool. If not, also cool. Honestly it'll probably be a fun episode either way, so I'm psyched. =)
VastaKustuta@Exploding Tiger Yeah, what you said!!!
VastaKustutaOnly few weeks to go
VastaKustutaTIME TRAVEL + MLP =INFINIT AWESOMENESS
VastaKustutaData ...confirmed
VastaKustutaI think it'll be funny if they have Rarity scolding Twilight for never mentioning to her that she had a brother.
VastaKustutathe one thing that i expect in this two part special is........
VastaKustutasibling rivalry
Hurrah!
VastaKustutaYeah...gas stations around here do kinda suck lol.
VastaKustutaall of my yay
VastaKustutaHoly retroactive continuity, Batman!
VastaKustutaThis whole thing is acquiring more and more elements of a bad OC fanfic. The alicorn was an early tip-off, but creating a sibling who has no reason to have not been mentioned until this point is not a sign of quality.
I'll save my judgement for when the episodes actually air, but for now I think I'll be pessimistic.
WHAT KIND OF BLACK MAGIC FUCKERY IS THIS!
VastaKustutaAnd on a side note, Teenage Girl bronies have now been confirmed.
@AchingScaphoid
VastaKustutaSo how upset were you when Rarity's parents appeared after so long?
Better yet, what about Sweetie Belle? The same Sweetie Belle who was not referred to as Rarity's sister until she was.
As for Cadence, the cosmos is bigger than Equestria.
Guys, guys. Imagine an episode where Fluttershy's sister drops by for a visit.
VastaKustutaWould you be complaining that "WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS SISTER BEFORE GRR?!" No. Because there's been no reason for Fluttershy to mention she has a sister. Twilight's never mentioned a brother because she had no reason to mention him. And a "my brother" comment out of the blue in a random episode would just sound silly.
Were people doubting the authenticity of a photo or page scan of the TV Guide?
VastaKustutaShining Armor is Twi's bro? Does that make Twi related to DJPON3? Cause I see a lot of resemblance between Shining and Vinyl..
VastaKustuta@wackypony
VastaKustutaI see the jump you are talking about, but if you look at the words before and after the jump, nothing has changed. There are also various points when there's no motion blur, so if you go frame by frame, you can make out the words through the entire video.
In order to edit live footage in the way you're implicating, you would need to motion track the edit in, which would be near impossible, even with Boujou ($10,000 motion tracking program), because of the video quality and how jumpy it is.
In other words, unless this is the work of a Hollywood visual effects artist, it's legit.
But what would I know? I only use After Effects, Maya, Syntheyes, Mocha, and a little experience in Boujou.
But hey, it's your opinion, so if you want to believe its fake, that's all you.
Of course its real. I would have thought the toys from the new york toy fair proved it.
VastaKustuta@Beta-Carotene
VastaKustutaYeah, I totally am willing to bet all my money that someone somehow somehow accidentally typed up the whole summary. You're grasping at straws, here.
I really hope season 3 has an episode of Twilight's childhood with Shining Armor, with him helping out his younger sister and stuff. Would be cute.
VastaKustuta@Exploding Tiger
VastaKustutaYeah, because Rarity's parents were mentioned from the start, they didn't just show up one day. And we all knew from day one that Rarity and Sweetie Belle were related. And we also were all aware that Pinkie Pie's real name isn't Pinkie Pie, and that she has sisters and parents and comes from a rock farm from the get go. And Sweetie Belle and Rarity's parents just magically disspearing and never being mentioned again isn't weird at all.
People need to stop and remember this is still a children's show. It's not meant to be an anime or something with continuity that needs to be watched in order to be understood. All the episodes, aside from obvious two-parters, are meant to be stand alone episodes that don't require any real prior knowledge or character development to understand.
Pinkie Pie's sisters were not mentioned at any point before Pinkie's cutie mark flashback.
VastaKustutaRabble rabble rabble etc.
Guys
VastaKustutaWhat if the time travel episode
Is future Twilight warning past Twilight that her brother shouldn't marry Cadence?
A little girl watching FIM? Whaaaaa.....?
VastaKustutaAnyway, I find it funny that the girl is acting far more mature and level headed on this video than some of the so-called "Adult" fans.
Twilight has a brother! Deal with it!
Well, at least it probably isn't a big troll-hoax! Still, Twilight having a brother still seems weird to me, but this'll at least be interesting. I have faith that they'll be able to tie that in well. As for Princess Cadence, that'll be much harder, but I hope they provide a decent explanation of where she came from too.
VastaKustuta@Xeddrief
VastaKustutaOh my God, you may be right lol. I don't know if they'll make three episodes tie directly together, but it would definitely be really interesting and awesome if they did.
So, I get the feeling this might turn out like a WWE wedding.
VastaKustutaAs much as we want to go all Dr Who on this show, I predict that Twilight's time travel experience will have nothing to do with the two parter. Yes we want Twilight to establish time travel in this Saturday's episode so that later on she will end up using to fix the plot in the finale. Yes, we are hoping that the story from Hearts & Hooves Day will be this story(and really who wouldn't be excited to find out that Twilight is actually part of a family of time travelers who's parents stayed behind in a bid to save future Princess Celestia by making Twilight her student, and eventual advisor?)
VastaKustutaI still say it's a William & Kate wedding with a chance that Twilight and her brother will have some sort of sibling rivalry.
So let's review Twilight and Co.'s track record with relatives:
VastaKustutaTwilight: Mother and father seen in flashback. Have yet to appear in the present. Aside from that, Twilight has yet to mention any family members.
Rainbow: Nope
Fluttershy: Nope
Rarity: Sweetie Belle appeared here and there until she was confirmed to Rarity's sister. Her parents were not mentioned anywhere in the show before Sisterhooves Social to my knowledge, and yet they appeared.
Applejack: Her brother, sister, and grandmother were introduced as Applejack spoke of them. Parents yet to appear.
Pinkie Pie: Parents and siblings not mentioned until her cutie mark flashback.
So what's the problem with Shining Armor?
@4d4f5c2a-0f40-11e1-b2f5-000bcdcb8a73
VastaKustutaHonestly, I did. I thought the original photo we had looked too flat and "printery?" to be a magazine photo. Admittedly I had already stated how much I didn't want to believe this, so my personal bias did influence my hypothosis of it being fake. Of course, this new video evidence pretty much confirms that it's real.
Oh well, I can always hope that it's a misunderstanding between the person who wrote this up and the person releasing the information. I can dream can't I?
(Please note that, along with everything else pony related, I will quickly get over this if it's true.)
if this is for real I can hardly wait to
VastaKustutathe air date it will be totally awesome ^_^
Okay, I challenge somebody here to give a good explanation as to why Pinkie Pie being revealed to have siblings was more acceptable than Twilight having a brother.
VastaKustutaI'll wait for it.
I love how G4 series touches on all the
VastaKustutaparents and siblings and there
relations in such detail will be
an awesome treat to watch
Every time I see a spoiler of this type (in this case, Shining Armor's relation to Twilight Sparkle), I think the show will jump the shark and crash and burn horribly, never recovering. Then I see the episode and slap myself in the face for even thinking that could happen.
VastaKustutaI hope Twilight will tell a story about her and Shining Armor when they were little! I'm having my hopes up for a flashback!
VastaKustutaQuite the revelation, now all that's left is to see how it plays out.
VastaKustutaThis thing with his bro andcadence is justa schematic for getting money !
VastaKustuta@Devlin115
VastaKustutaIs something wrong with Twilight having a brother? Who cares if he hasn't been mentioned before, no one complained when Rarity's parents, Pinkie's family, and other relatives showed up why complain about Shining Armor then?
And you say getting money as if it was a bad thing, don't forget Hasbro IS a company. What company doesn't make money? But just because they were possibly inserted for the sake of merchandising doesn't mean the staff can't make it awesome along the way. I say calm down and wait for when the episodes air.
@Devlin115
VastaKustutaSo is the entire show in the first place. No matter how good a show it has turned out to be, it was initially conceived as and still is little more than a series of 22 minute commercials.
Seriously some people do need to get over themselves a bit. No matter how much anyone tries to hope otherwise, the idea that Cadance will turn out to be evil or some such and the whole wedding go down in a flames, it just ain't going to happen that way. Hasbro is building a large portion of the next couple toy waves around this event, including some very expensive ones. Sure their will like be some excitement and drama going on around whole afair, but when all is said and done it will most likely be the very picture of a fairy tale ending.
That say, and I must reiterate, give the people writing and directing this show some credit. They constantly churn out quality material no mater how cliché or inane the concept might sound from brief preview blurb, and we really have no reason to expect that this season's finale will be any less.
@AchingScaphoid
VastaKustutaHow many times has Twilight Sparkle mentioned her parents over the entire series so far?
CUE THE FANFICTION! MAN YOUR STATIONS, WE'VE GOT STORIES INCOMING!
VastaKustuta@AchingScaphoid
VastaKustutaOh yes, cause WE ALL KNOW that rarity had parents from the get go! we ALL knew that pinkie real is pinkamina and that she live in the rock farm from the start. PS i'm being horribly sarcastic you fucktard.
Anyone who complains about Cadence & Shining being added for the sole purpose of making money have to remember one VERY crucial detail:
VastaKustutaCheerilee was never intended to be part of the show. Then Hasbro came in and said, "Here's a pony from our McDonalds toy line. Put her in the show." And then LF made her the awesome teacher character that she was.
So if you hate Cadence and Shining Armor for being corporate inserts, you must also hate Cheerilee.
I REST MY CASE!
@Railgun
VastaKustutaWhile youmake something of a valid point, I'm not sure that it applies to Cheerilee.
She appeared as an unnamed background pony all the way back in the very first episode, all be it only in the title sequence. Also, the CMCs appeared in the first episode as well, though only Apple Bloom was named. As such, the idea of a group of school fillies and their teacher as secondary recurrent characters was probably part of the show's concept from a fairly early pre-production stage.
Come to think of it, given that we know Cadance was originally just supposed to be a normal unicorn, it might even be possible that the wedding plot originated with the show's staff, and it was only after the fact that Hasbro latched onto the idea and upscaled it into royal event complete with a new marketable princess to sell. At the very least it wouldn't surprise to find out that it was a coordinated effort like the inclusion of Rarity's boutique.
And must tell friends...
VastaKustutaI'm completely okay with Shining Armor being Twi's brother but I'm still waiting for a reason for why the 3rd alicorn thing ISN'T a bad thing.
VastaKustutaAutor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.
VastaKustutaI think it's a safe bet to say that he's Twilight's brother. The cutie mark gives it away.
VastaKustutaOn the other hand, there is something wrong with Princess Cadence; especially because Lauren Faust said she was surprised to learn that Cadence was an Alicorn after working on the inception of the story. Not that I believe that the show must coincide exactly with her vision, but still.
As many of you have said, I think she isn't a real Alicorn. That doesn't mean she's evil, but she hides something. "Baby Cakes" showed that pony genetics can cause funny situations, and it must be quite hard to live up to expectations in the regal and elitist society of Canterlot.
Let's consider the options:
-She's a pegasus born to an influential family of unicorns (Blueblood, Fancypants, Fleur-de-Lis and most other upper-crust Canterlot ponies are unicorns.); in order to hide the shame and avoid discrimination, she wears a fake horn contraption that enables her to perform (limited) feats of magic. I've been pondering over this a lot.
-She's an unicorn who wears fake wings to... er... impress people? Less likely.
-She's an earth pony and both the wings and the horn are fake. 'Cause there's no kill like overkill.
(Sorry if I might be going overboard with the headcanon. I just wanted to share some ideas.)
Anyway, the Mane Six would discover her secret, putting the wedding in jeopardy. But then, when everyting seems over, Shining Armor could tell her that he loves her however she is, and that she shouldn't be ashamed of what she is; the ceremony would continue and they'd get their happy ending. It would be a way to subvert and reconstruct the playset storyline.
LOVE AND TOLERANCE, BUCK YEAH!
@Glowy Pie
VastaKustutaYeah, that is still something of a problem. Mostly I've tried to push it aside for now as there really is just no point to working myself into a frenzy before I even know how the writers are going to present it, but it is still there gnawing at the back of my brain.
Based on artwork so far, it looks like she's smaller than Luna. Maybe a young alicorn, not yet come into her full power and so also not yet with any place in the cosmic cycles.
Then there is always the idea that she's from beyond equestria's borders. If one nation is ruled by an immortal pony princess, it shouldn't be all that surprising to find similar entities, but with their own domains, elsewhere in the world.
Could also be that she's not even an alicorn, or rather not in the same sense as Celestia and Luna. No immortality, no power to move the heavens, just an ordinary pony, but who happens to have both wings and a horn via some genetic fluke. Given that she is marring Twilight's presumably mortal brother this might be the most likely.
In a slight variance of the above, she might be a lesser-alicorn. It is often theorized that Celestia and Luna are a hybrid of all three pony races, with earth simply having no visual cues by which to distinguish it. Cadance might instead only be a hybrid of unicorn and pegasus, making her something greater than the average pony, but still so much less than the immortal sisters.
Arbitrary math geekyness where by a pony's "power-level" is equal to the number of tribes it represents to the mathematical power of itself: normal pony == 1 (1^1); dual-hybrid == 4 (2^2); triple-hybrid == 27 (3^3); theoretical quad-hybrid using seaponies = 256 (4^4) == LAUREN FAUST?
@Glowy Pie I pretty much agree with this sentiment. I was pretty surprised to find out that Twilight had a brother, but I see no reason why he shouldn't work just as well as the other siblings who have been introduced thus far.
VastaKustutaI'm still a bit sceptical about the third alicorn, though, especially since Lauren Faust didn't actually design her as one.
At this point, I just have three requests: make the reveal of the bro realistic, "You never told us you had a brother, Twilight;" prominently feature Celestia, and would it kill anyone to feature Luna as well?
VastaKustutaIs that a girl in the video?
VastaKustutaHow could this happen!
We need a flashback story for Twi and her brother. Not because it'll clear more of her history and why he hasn't been seen in the series yet, I only want to see more filly Twi!
VastaKustuta*gasp* i just relized the perfect Thing
VastaKustutaHE GETS MARRIED TO TRIXIE
then watch as teh Fan fics light up in a fire XD