Among the box of interesting objects (notably a "G1 Starswirl figure")
Among the box of interesting objects (notably a "G1 Starswirl figure")
What!
Anyone got a screenshot? Or is it just mentioned in dialogue?
I loved the “G1” reference! The figure is a toy of G4 Starswirl the Bearded, the wizard from the show. But she refers to it as her “G1 Starswirl figure”. I foresee G1 customs of Starswirl the bearded incoming.As someone who also works in a public library, I should probably watch this one. It's rare but we do get people who return books that are mega overdue, we also get those who forget that they bought a book from our book sale and they return it as a normal library book xD
As someone who works in a public library, I spent a lot of this episode rolling my eyes. But it’s refreshing to think of someone being that conscientious. I spend too much time arguing with people who don’t think they should have to pay their fines.
The season 1 animation was noticeable, too. I get that it doesn't make sense to re-animate what has already been animated but that was fairly obvious. Nice to see how much the animation has improved!
The Firefly reference was an accident, it was confirmed as a shout out to Lauren, as her screen name is "Fyreflye" (though it's obviously based on her favorite pony, so it's still an... indirect shout out to G1 Firefly, I guess), but it is a nice touch that they call back to previous generations - I love when new versions show awareness of their roots.
Gusty and Firefly being historical figures, lots of G3 ponies and three G1 villains (is Smooze a villain?) getting recycled, Breezies and sea ponies returning to the MLP universe and the M6 being based on G1 ponies in the first place... it's like G4 had to borrow a lot of good ideas from previous MLP while all the other gens just recycled the names but always had their own thing going on.
I wonder if the next gen will reference not just G4 heavily but bring back even more previous stuff. Like, I haven't given up hope that one day they will bring in something from G2 (Rarity's temporary butterfly wings don't count) :lol:Sorry to mention this, but... you've basically described my fanseries to some extent. I know it's not official (and not the next gen), but it pretty much does what you have said, while still being it's own thing.
Hmmm... to be honest, I felt the "Slice of Life" references were mostly subtle or at least not in your face (bringing the Lebowski ponies to the foreground seemed forced, but I don't rate that as a fandom thing), while actually saying G1 seems more in your face to me, because it's giving the ponies a terminology they don't used, and seems like a blatant fandom thing to me, albeit this fandom, not the brony fandom.
Each to their own, but that's how it seems to me.
The only thing that seemed a little off is how no ever mentioned to Twilight that the book was overdue before Celestia sent it to her. Twilight's well known in Canterlot and makes frequent visits there everyone knows she's the Princess of Friendship so it doesn't make sense that no one would mention it on her trips to Canterlot.