You never fail to impress me on the audio dramas, and this was intense. There is some tough competition, but I think this was your guy's best yet! You had me hooked the whole way through, and I want to know who Twilight's dad is so bad. This is damn good writing. Well done everyone.
Also, props to James David and Bloo for their voice work! I really got into their characters.
You know, I'm pretty sure that 'Tia could have solved this a lot more easily if she had listened to Spike. She really wasn't doing herself any favors by trying to claim that Twilight Velvet and Night Light weren't playing favorites.
I'm surprised though to find that Twilight's rebellions had such a definite and violent start. She's said that she's dreamt of being a Sith Lord since she was a filly; I always figured she had been plotting against 'Tia for quite a long time without ever quite having the will to follow through all the way.
Ok, I just got to 1:00:00 and I have to say I agree. This is a terrible idea. Especially with how mu8ch Twilight has already been lied to. Now with how much she has grown to care for the other elements, this can only end in tears.
I absolutely adore your incarnation or Rainbow, how Celestia orders her not Woo Twilight was hilarious. Really enjoying these unique Audio Specials, Keep up the great voice work.
Great video, as always. Awesome art, acting and writing, Really enjoyed this one, definetly worth the wait. However I have a few nitpicks, like audio glitch on 8:08, Cold Harvest was convinced by Twilight way too easily, and sudden changes to stock footage backgrounds throw away from the narrative for a second or two. But again this is just nitpicks that dosent influence overall quality (which is pretty damn high) so yeah, great stuff and I excited to see more of it in the future.
It was hard coming up with a legit reason for Cold's lapse of reason. We weren't able to directly bring it up in the special, but our headcanon is that 1. This is a few months Twilight and Cold have been hanging out, this isn't the first time Twilight has brought up wanting to do something bigger. And 2. Cold Harvest is a proud pony. The way the staff at the restaurant treated him was more embarrassing then he let on.
That's make sence, I guess I made some wrong assumptions about his character based on some of his lines. Although why you refer to it as "headcannon", shoudn't it be a canonical explanation since you're the ones who creating the series? Oh, I somehow completly forgot to mention in my comment, that my theory is that Twilight's father is one of Celestia's children, and that is part of the reason, why she cared so much about her. As i was writing this comment I suddenly came up with the second one, what if Twilight doesn't has a father, and was born, as a result of magical anomaly, and this is the reason for her being so good at magic?
Okay. I've had this on my "Watch Later" list, forever. I've finally watched it and I love it! Now I've got all the puzzle pieces put together and I'm gonna have to watch the whole series over again for clues, but just wanna say, your group did fantastic work bringing this all together. You're amazing! :)
You created something completely new and unique from the format of something used and well-known. This feels like a stand alone series that I can't get enough of.
HOLY CRAP!!!!!! this was freaking awesome, oh man this was intense, i truly love it when a Abridged series does something like this. the art was nice, story was amazing, loved everything about this vid. also poor Rainbow Dash, cock blocked by Celestia, thats gotta suck. please keep up the great work everyone/everypony. BroHoof (\
Also I think this is your best work, tied with the valentines day special. It managed to build worlds and characters in a believable and emotional way. Keep up the great work!
Now I only have one question, was Applejack's sleepless insanity in episode 3(?) a part of an act at all? I don't think so but still I question the whole thing.
Also I started laughing like a moron at the part where Celestia told AJ to alert Mayor Mare to Nightmare Moon's arrival. The Anonymous Applejack joke has been set up.
God, this explains so much, Rainbow and Twilight's relationship, the Apple family, all those weird things they say throughout the series...
Also, I'm kinda worried what would happen when the truth comes out. Maybe you guys would do it in the Grand Galloping Gala? I dunno, I wonder what Twilight's reaction would be.
Fudge, all those lies are fricking heaping up, its gonna break Twilight when the time comes
And looking back, if Applejack's been talkin about Twilight like this, the irony becomes really strong, considering Twi saved her and all.
Really well played, great job, I love your audio series, keep up dudes!
Wow, that was a LOT of retconning and backpedaling to make the previous stories fit together into a new narrative. But in the end, you convinced me: Celestia is evil and deserves to be overthrown. Good luck, Twilight!
this is awesome, i can sense that twilight is ethically wrong in her own philosophy and the emotions that everyone goes through and explains so much about everything but this hit me pretty hard after i saw the valentines day special about rainbow dash, this is amazingly built and i cant wait to want to see more of it
You can send all you questions to our tumblr! http://the-official-kanterlot.tumblr.com/ We might just answer them ;) (The origin special came from an ask on our tumblr after all!)
Celestia: "Deception's what set her off in the first place! Get into her heart, make her feel loved and cared for, then reveal your traitorous ways to her! It's the perfect way to win her back!"
Honestly when I heard that...it psychically hurt from the sheer force of the stupidity of it's...logic, if one can even call it that...this is why Luna is best princess.
....d-damn. Just wow, this was really good and sure answered about all my questions from the early episodes. This build up revolving around who Twilight's father is is very interesting. I have a couple of theories, though you guys have managed to throw curve balls all along the way. Definitely worth the wait to have this in full, amazing work to the whole team!
Heh,well,right off the bat I suspect her dad being Discord, though that answer seems like it may be too easy? Not sure. Seeing as you guys have already brought Cathulu into this, I can't help wounder if her father will be more lovecraftian in nature. If we're sticking with MLP lore then I'm definitely adding Grogar to the list of suspects.
Something I'm a bit uncomfortable to ask but can't help wonder, did Twilight's mother have an affair or was she raped?
I said okay and join cold's anti-Celestia group but help them to form an actual separatists Nation from Equestria's main monarchy. Although some of this conflict could have been avoided if Celestia just simply discuss more about twilights first dad in at least given her his name just to calm her down. I don't know if it's just me or not, but something tells me that King Sombra might be Twilight's first dad and his death / disappearance with the curse of the Crystal Empire involved his history to be erased.
Monster, huh? Who the hell is her daddy? It's gotta be an ancient evil of some kind, preferably of the horror variety. Sombra and Tirek are my current guesses.
Why does Celestia hold back information from Twilight Sparkle? This is just so wrong, she knows who her father is yet for some innate reason she just doesn't bother telling her his name.
well IM coming back to a conclusion on who might be the father. it's ether shinning armor or celestia... Ten bucks goes with Shinning Armor. Celestia is a big maybe, it'd only work for futalestia
thanks haha Im mainly leaning towards shining armor because of him offering his sister a bear and sounding so fatherly, to her and how he loves and treat her the way twilight says her parents treat her, with celestia how she says she has a child every 20 years and her full power
+Wolf Titan Reading shinning armor thing no just no it wouldn't make sense at all brothers are fatherly so are sisters and them being motherly and what about sombra he would make a lot of sense in the fact that there was someone with the title the great delever in this episode.
Holy damn, Celestia is fucking creepy. The fact she's probably the nicest abridged Celestia is probably the creepiest part. What is she doing to Twilight, and what does she really mean to her? Her comments to Rainbow at the end about mixing friends and lovers are especially confusing.
Anyway, so much development here. Nice explaining what was going on in the early episodes, though it's so much to digest. I think ultimately this episode left me with more questions than answers.
Last thing, WTF was going on with that game cutscene? "OH THEO!". Lol.
I can't help but comment on NMM fleeing persecution after she was defeated. 'Tia sure is giving a ringing endorsement of the fairness of the Equestrian judicial system with her word choice. But then again, Twilight did say the system is super corrupt and rigged, so I guess "persecution" is the right word to use.
@TheKanterlot No, no! Your early stuff was amazing. The "Sued for Copyright Infringement" one was the best spin on that episode that I've ever seen. All I'm saying is that everything 2015 on is aiming for a differant angle. More grand intrigue and less personal angst. My only concern is that the scope of fighting Cthulhu might diminish from the smaller horror of having a computer in your brain. Both are great stories, but they belong in seperate continuities.
I don't think there is anyway Shinning is 15 years older than Twilight. I would say 5 or 6. If he was fifteen years older, that would make him 35. which would make him 36 when he married Cadence. Seems kind of weird to marry someone you have known your whole like at the age of 36. Just saying. I just brought it up cause Shinning seems really immature to be 35.
That's not what meta means. It originally mean "beyond" and was used to mean more abstract, not more serious. The current meaning is used to refer to something which refers to itself, not in the matter this series is doing.
Damn...
24 likesYou never fail to impress me on the audio dramas, and this was intense. There is some tough competition, but I think this was your guy's best yet! You had me hooked the whole way through, and I want to know who Twilight's dad is so bad. This is damn good writing. Well done everyone.
Also, props to James David and Bloo for their voice work! I really got into their characters.
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Thanks Jack :)
7 likesYeah I think we all want to know really bad, that being said wouldent it be crazy if he was a villain like sombra.
2 likesOh I thought she was Celestia's child!
0 likesYou know, I'm pretty sure that 'Tia could have solved this a lot more easily if she had listened to Spike. She really wasn't doing herself any favors by trying to claim that Twilight Velvet and Night Light weren't playing favorites.
13 likesI'm surprised though to find that Twilight's rebellions had such a definite and violent start. She's said that she's dreamt of being a Sith Lord since she was a filly; I always figured she had been plotting against 'Tia for quite a long time without ever quite having the will to follow through all the way.
I love these longer form audios so much, the story comes out so well. This was awesome, as always. The writing was on point.
7 likesSigh, when Twilight hears the truth about her friends. It's gonna hurt her so badly. And me too. QwQ
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Maybe they'll find a way to explain the situation without hurting her? Maybe not though. Who knows?
2 likesOk, I just got to 1:00:00 and I have to say I agree. This is a terrible idea. Especially with how mu8ch Twilight has already been lied to. Now with how much she has grown to care for the other elements, this can only end in tears.
1 likeWell, at least Applejack's views on Twilight have legitimately changed.
1 likeThat was FUCKING Sweet. Once I started, I had to get to the end. Great Story and Great voice acting.
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Thanks :)
0 likesDude this breaks my heart. I hate being patronized and/or lied to and so I honestly sympathize with Twilight
2 likesI absolutely adore your incarnation or Rainbow, how Celestia orders her not Woo Twilight was hilarious.
9 likesReally enjoying these unique Audio Specials, Keep up the great voice work.
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Thank you! We'll do our best!
0 likesGreat video, as always. Awesome art, acting and writing, Really enjoyed this one, definetly worth the wait. However I have a few nitpicks, like audio glitch on 8:08, Cold Harvest was convinced by Twilight way too easily, and sudden changes to stock footage backgrounds throw away from the narrative for a second or two. But again this is just nitpicks that dosent influence overall quality (which is pretty damn high) so yeah, great stuff and I excited to see more of it in the future.
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It was hard coming up with a legit reason for Cold's lapse of reason. We weren't able to directly bring it up in the special, but our headcanon is that 1. This is a few months Twilight and Cold have been hanging out, this isn't the first time Twilight has brought up wanting to do something bigger. And 2. Cold Harvest is a proud pony. The way the staff at the restaurant treated him was more embarrassing then he let on.
0 likesThat's make sence, I guess I made some wrong assumptions about his character based on some of his lines. Although why you refer to it as "headcannon", shoudn't it be a canonical explanation since you're the ones who creating the series? Oh, I somehow completly forgot to mention in my comment, that my theory is that Twilight's father is one of Celestia's children, and that is part of the reason, why she cared so much about her. As i was writing this comment I suddenly came up with the second one, what if Twilight doesn't has a father, and was born, as a result of magical anomaly, and this is the reason for her being so good at magic?
2 likesBoth are interesting theories!
2 likes"Headcannon" because we haven't settled on every detail yet.
1 likeOkay. I've had this on my "Watch Later" list, forever. I've finally watched it and I love it! Now I've got all the puzzle pieces put together and I'm gonna have to watch the whole series over again for clues, but just wanna say, your group did fantastic work bringing this all together. You're amazing! :)
2 likesLoved every second of it.
6 likesGreat script as always! Had a good time creating the scenes for this one:)
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It all really came together :)
0 likesThis is skillfully done.
1 likeYou created something completely new and unique from the format of something used and well-known. This feels like a stand alone series that I can't get enough of.
You solve every single thing ever in this episode like whoah, who'd have thought
4 likesHOLY CRAP!!!!!! this was freaking awesome, oh man this was intense, i truly love it when a Abridged series does something like this.
2 likesthe art was nice, story was amazing, loved everything about this vid.
also poor Rainbow Dash, cock blocked by Celestia, thats gotta suck.
please keep up the great work everyone/everypony.
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Thanks for the support!
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@TheKanterlot =)
0 likesAlso I think this is your best work, tied with the valentines day special. It managed to build worlds and characters in a believable and emotional way. Keep up the great work!
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Thank you very much :D
0 likesNow I only have one question, was Applejack's sleepless insanity in episode 3(?) a part of an act at all? I don't think so but still I question the whole thing.
6 likesAlso I started laughing like a moron at the part where Celestia told AJ to alert Mayor Mare to Nightmare Moon's arrival. The Anonymous Applejack joke has been set up.
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Her breakdown in episode 4 wasn't an act.
5 likesGod damn it a youtube parody of a horse cartoon that's filled with crude language has no right to be this good.
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We try :3
3 likesGod, this explains so much, Rainbow and Twilight's relationship, the Apple family, all those weird things they say throughout the series...
7 likesAlso, I'm kinda worried what would happen when the truth comes out. Maybe you guys would do it in the Grand Galloping Gala? I dunno, I wonder what Twilight's reaction would be.
Fudge, all those lies are fricking heaping up, its gonna break Twilight when the time comes
And looking back, if Applejack's been talkin about Twilight like this, the irony becomes really strong, considering Twi saved her and all.
Really well played, great job, I love your audio series, keep up dudes!
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Thank you very much!
0 likesWell... that answered a lot of questions after I watch episode 1 through 7.
5 likesThis whole plan is going to backfire so magnifiicently
5 likesWow, that was a LOT of retconning and backpedaling to make the previous stories fit together into a new narrative. But in the end, you convinced me: Celestia is evil and deserves to be overthrown. Good luck, Twilight!
0 likesthis is awesome, i can sense that twilight is ethically wrong in her own philosophy and the emotions that everyone goes through and explains so much about everything but this hit me pretty hard after i saw the valentines day special about rainbow dash, this is amazingly built and i cant wait to want to see more of it
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Thank you! We're glad you're enjoying our work :)
0 likesi don't just enjoy it, i love it, this is my favorite abridged series in mlp and in fact its my favorite out of every abridged series, its awesome
0 likesYes! This answers so many questions and raises even more I love it. But still the big question, who is Twilights dad? yay/)
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You can send all you questions to our tumblr! http://the-official-kanterlot.tumblr.com/
0 likesWe might just answer them ;)
(The origin special came from an ask on our tumblr after all!)
I would guess sombra if I had to.
1 likeCelestia: "Deception's what set her off in the first place! Get into her heart, make her feel loved and cared for, then reveal your traitorous ways to her! It's the perfect way to win her back!"
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Honestly when I heard that...it psychically hurt from the sheer force of the stupidity of it's...logic, if one can even call it that...this is why Luna is best princess.
3 likes@Roronoa Zoro I side with Cadance personally.
1 likehonestly it feels like shes the celestia from scootertrix studios but never got the memo on how much of a dick shes being.
3 likesLoved it!plz make more:D
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Antonio Galvan thanks ^^
0 likes....d-damn. Just wow, this was really good and sure answered about all my questions from the early episodes. This build up revolving around who Twilight's father is is very interesting. I have a couple of theories, though you guys have managed to throw curve balls all along the way. Definitely worth the wait to have this in full, amazing work to the whole team!
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It'll be awhile before that reveal... So you might as well share with us some of your theories!
1 likeHeh,well,right off the bat I suspect her dad being Discord, though that answer seems like it may be too easy? Not sure. Seeing as you guys have already brought Cathulu into this, I can't help wounder if her father will be more lovecraftian in nature. If we're sticking with MLP lore then I'm definitely adding Grogar to the list of suspects.
2 likesSomething I'm a bit uncomfortable to ask but can't help wonder, did Twilight's mother have an affair or was she raped?
Considering the fact that Twilight's "parents" are on good terms with each other and that they treat her like shit, I'm suspecting the later.
0 likes10:58 every girl on their period when people offer them food
8 likesThat macaroni scene was brilliantly awkward.
7 likesReally enjoyed this one guys. :) And who made that awesome looking thumbnail I wonder...? ;)
1 likeI said okay and join cold's anti-Celestia group but help them to form an actual separatists Nation from Equestria's main monarchy. Although some of this conflict could have been avoided if Celestia just simply discuss more about twilights first dad in at least given her his name just to calm her down. I don't know if it's just me or not, but something tells me that King Sombra might be Twilight's first dad and his death / disappearance with the curse of the Crystal Empire involved his history to be erased.
2 likesThis was very good. I'm not big fan of Celestia in this story, but still I can't wait for more.
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Thanks!
0 likesR.I.P Cheer Bear.
7 likesYou were well loved by a young unicorn and forgotten once again
The very thing that got me into FanFiction, am a bit late to the show
1 likeMonster, huh? Who the hell is her daddy? It's gotta be an ancient evil of some kind, preferably of the horror variety. Sombra and Tirek are my current guesses.
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I don't think so. Twi is only 19 so it would have to be someone who's been out and about during the last 20 years.
1 likeMy guess is Discord, as I'm assuming it's the deceiver and he seems to fit the description the best.
1 likeWhy does Celestia hold back information from Twilight Sparkle? This is just so wrong, she knows who her father is yet for some innate reason she just doesn't bother telling her his name.
2 likesDammit guys, now I'm gonna have to listen to the whole series again just to see what things I now notice.
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Hopefully there's a lot :3
0 likesbtw idk what software your using but the adiuo at times is very low but other then that great work
1 likeEverything makes sense now. It's so elaborate.
1 likeSuddenly a whole bunch of things make sense.
1 likewell IM coming back to a conclusion on who might be the father. it's ether shinning armor or celestia... Ten bucks goes with Shinning Armor. Celestia is a big maybe, it'd only work for futalestia
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Both are interesting guesses :O
4 likesyeap
0 likesthanks haha Im mainly leaning towards shining armor because of him offering his sister a bear and sounding so fatherly, to her and how he loves and treat her the way twilight says her parents treat her, with celestia how she says she has a child every 20 years and her full power
4 likes+Wolf Titan Reading shinning armor thing no just no it wouldn't make sense at all brothers are fatherly so are sisters and them being motherly and what about sombra he would make a lot of sense in the fact that there was someone with the title the great delever in this episode.
1 like+Wolf Titan Reading and applejackass being so much of a bitch
0 likesHonesty I would guess sombra or a villain like that.
1 likeI'm guessing it's the deceiver, who is probably Discord.
0 likesDamn, guess the series is dead then, huh? That's too bad, I was really enjoying it, both the main abridged series and these audio only ones.
0 likesgod damn it.
1 like1:03:00 HOLY SHIT
now i have to watch the whole thing over again.
wait... thats fantastic news!
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We're glad you enjoyed :)
2 likesSeason 3 twilight kills them all.
3 likesSo... the way to help recover from the lies is with more lies.....
1 likeYou don’t have to shed blood or be in any dangerous situations because dragons and ursa aren’t dangerous
0 likesHoly damn, Celestia is fucking creepy. The fact she's probably the nicest abridged Celestia is probably the creepiest part. What is she doing to Twilight, and what does she really mean to her? Her comments to Rainbow at the end about mixing friends and lovers are especially confusing.
0 likesAnyway, so much development here. Nice explaining what was going on in the early episodes, though it's so much to digest. I think ultimately this episode left me with more questions than answers.
Last thing, WTF was going on with that game cutscene? "OH THEO!". Lol.
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3 likesIs that a Star Wars Reference? I swear you're just pulling "Darth Vader did kill your father, from a certain point of view."
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Yep!
1 likeI can't help but comment on NMM fleeing persecution after she was defeated. 'Tia sure is giving a ringing endorsement of the fairness of the Equestrian judicial system with her word choice.
1 likeBut then again, Twilight did say the system is super corrupt and rigged, so I guess "persecution" is the right word to use.
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Holy fuck she does say persecution XD That's just an error. It's supposed to be 'prosecution'
1 likeMust have been a Freudian slip. :P
0 likesWill twilght ever know the truth about herself and her so called henchmen are the elements of harmony and sun butt play her a fool
1 likeHead canon sombearo is the father
3 likesSo pretty well everything from your pilot is no longer canon? I'm calling BS.
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It's all shit. There are a lot of better series you could be watching.
0 likes@TheKanterlot No, no! Your early stuff was amazing. The "Sued for Copyright Infringement" one was the best spin on that episode that I've ever seen. All I'm saying is that everything 2015 on is aiming for a differant angle. More grand intrigue and less personal angst. My only concern is that the scope of fighting Cthulhu might diminish from the smaller horror of having a computer in your brain. Both are great stories, but they belong in seperate continuities.
0 likesall the star wars reference
2 likesI don't think there is anyway Shinning is 15 years older than Twilight. I would say 5 or 6. If he was fifteen years older, that would make him 35. which would make him 36 when he married Cadence. Seems kind of weird to marry someone you have known your whole like at the age of 36. Just saying. I just brought it up cause Shinning seems really immature to be 35.
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Keep in mind this is fifa not fim. Shining is 34 years old, and Cadence doesn't exist.
7 likesAt least not in our story.
1 likeOh right. The alicorn in the window was a fake OC. I forgot that.
2 likesnice =D
2 likesHer father is Sombra.
1 likeWait but who's the father!!!?
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I am.
0 likeshmm... not bad 😊
1 likethat spell is disgusting
1 likesqueeeeeeee!
3 likesYou sure that she isn't drunk.
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Luna is drunk.
1 likecool,,, /)
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1 likeby his little sis a beer good on shining
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0 likesMy name is Bradon Byrd I’m a Number One Fan
0 likesThis series is getting a little Meta and I like it
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Media?
0 likes+TheKanterlot serious and a lot of conspiracy
0 likes+TheKanterlot it probably sound or spells different to you
0 likesThat's not what meta means. It originally mean "beyond" and was used to mean more abstract, not more serious. The current meaning is used to refer to something which refers to itself, not in the matter this series is doing.
0 likesganondorfchampin that’s how I here most people describe it
0 likesWell well well
0 likeswho's that golden voiced narrator? ;)
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