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And then there was Lyra and Bon Bon a week later. A single still image of them looking at each other, but it said it all. The fandom once again exploded, barely recovering from last week's freakout. The image alone garnered over 600+ comments on Equestria Daily: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/now-hasbro-is-just-messing-with-us.html (/mlp/ reaction: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/23375842/)
Some said it was intentionally taken out of context, others were very convinced that the ship was now 100% canon, but that was overshadowed by whether the show would outright name them as lesbians. Other shows at the time were already starting to do this and MLP doing so was the cause of much heated debate.
Despite these, barely anyone was prepared when the episode finally aired. It was completely stuffed with fandom references: Lyra's "I cooked them up and ate them" and the benches she sat on, Twilicane, Steven Magnet actually being called Steven Magnet, etc. There was even a sharked being jumped and two frames of the MLP crew wearing horse masks, and a very heavily implied "just friends" relationship between Lyra and Bon Bon. Reception was again positive to mixed. The episode was obviously very different from the rest of the series. Some said it tainted the show and they could not consider it an episode, but others said that was to be expected for an episode intentionally crafted as a big thank you to the fandom. Derpy being credited as "Muffins" in the credits also re-ignited a small Derpygate discussion as it made Hasbro's final decision on her name very clear.
MLP-MSP was running that same weekend and M.A. Larson just happened to have a panel there. He revealed that he was initially against the premise of the episode but Hasbro execs pushed for this episode to happen. They were even responsible for the bugbear's panda appearance. He also talked about all the other stuff that got cut (there was a lot). It's worth watching the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJoTjeyqmA (or read some of it here: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/ma-larson-reveals-all-sorts-of-fun.html).
And then there was Lyra and Bon Bon a week later. A single still image of them looking at each other, but it said it all. The fandom once again exploded, barely recovering from last week's freakout. The image alone garnered over 600+ comments on Equestria Daily: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/now-hasbro-is-just-messing-with-us.html (/mlp/ reaction: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/23375842/)
Some said it was intentionally taken out of context, others were very convinced that the ship was now 100% canon, but that was overshadowed by whether the show would outright name them as lesbians. Other shows at the time were already starting to do this and MLP doing so was the cause of much heated debate.
Despite these, barely anyone was prepared when the episode finally aired. It was completely stuffed with fandom references: Lyra's "I cooked them up and ate them" and the benches she sat on, Twilicane, Steven Magnet actually being called Steven Magnet, etc. There was even a sharked being jumped and two frames of the MLP crew wearing horse masks, and a very heavily implied "just friends" relationship between Lyra and Bon Bon. Reception was again positive to mixed. The episode was obviously very different from the rest of the series. Some said it tainted the show and they could not consider it an episode, but others said that was to be expected for an episode intentionally crafted as a big thank you to the fandom. Derpy being credited as "Muffins" in the credits also re-ignited a small Derpygate discussion as it made Hasbro's final decision on her name very clear.
MLP-MSP was running that same weekend and M.A. Larson just happened to have a panel there. He revealed that he was initially against the premise of the episode but Hasbro execs pushed for this episode to happen. They were even responsible for the bugbear's panda appearance. He also talked about all the other stuff that got cut (there was a lot). It's worth watching the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJoTjeyqmA (or read some of it here: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/ma-larson-reveals-all-sorts-of-fun.html).
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