I'll begin today with the hype... SEASON 2! It's just 4 days away and the anticipation is killing me! There's so much I'm looking forward to seeing and I can't wait to find out what happens with all the characters, especially ones we barely know in canon, so far, like Princess Luna. Fanon has written her so vividly, that I'm anxious about how the writers will actually portray her. I know I'm not alone in that. People from production have said that 'they feel we'll be pleased with her.' I doubt this means that they have "caved" to the fans' interpretations, but perhaps it does mean that some fic writers were pretty close with their portrayal. I hope so. I've really gotten a soft spot for the fanon Luna.
The other major thing right now is the season 2 spoilers Hasbro's been tossing on their Facebook page, and the snippets of show already appearing thanks to some enterprising individuals. Some of them do well to pique interest a bit; "grayed" characters and funky brown rain. I can handle a little teaser, but full-on spoiler clips of Dischord?! Come on!! I'm trying my best not to see any of that. Half the fun of the story for me is enjoying the surprise and reaction it creates. I don't want to know what all that is before it even airs. It would diminish the appeal. I've decided to actively avoid going to my usual image sites for the next few days, just in case more major spoiler stuff is there (which people on EqD say it already is). At least the Equestria Daily staff has been kind enough to ponies like me who don't want the surprise ruined and have been actively warning or hiding links on their site.
I don't know why people are so obsessed with spoiling every detail of every thing before it comes out any more. This goes for shows, movies, and especially video games. The second any speck of upcoming material gets into the hands of one of them, they proceed to .dat hack and pick apart every single detail, and then broadcast their findings to everybody on the web! I have to lump all the FiM blooper videos in with this as well. The shows were picked apart, frame by frame, and every little mistake pointed out. Seriously, what do we gain out of that? Can't we just enjoy something without it being dissected, or its flaws pointed out, or being compared to something else? Knowing every detail about all this stuff is just taking its mystery or even its magic away. I mean, whatever happened to the excitement of self-discovery? I guess a lot of people are just more interested in instant gratification than adventure.
As to my "adventure", it remains to be seen how I will manage it. Unfortunately, the only down side I have to the new season is its new time slot. Weekday episodes of Friendship is Magic are now a half hour earlier, and I miss part of them by the time I get home from work. Saturday episodes (which are when the new stuff airs first) are at 9am and I'm at work every other one during that time. I'm really hoping they have a showing later in the day, otherwise, I'm at the mercy of those who would upload episodes. The sad part is I work this Saturday, so I'll miss the first showing of the new episode (video sharers don't let me down!). I really just need to find good quality copies and torrent them, at least until Hasbro makes the full season 1 DVD. (A pony can hope, right?)
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