I'm just wondering if there was ever way back when, any mention of TS's brother being a Captain of the Guards in Canterlot? ALthough you'd think that whenever the girls visited Canterlot, they'dve met up with Shining Armor at least one time... So Yeah, I agree; the one sticking point for me is the "out of the blue" bit re: SA. Cadence not so much (for me anyway) she's easily explained into the story line without wondering why we never heard about her before.
I don't remember there ever even being mention of TS having a brother, let alone his job. There've been a few people complaining about that, and so far the Royal Wedding promos seem to be the only source of background for them that's been uncovered. And yeah, it wasn't quite so much a big deal <
>about Cadence's unknown background since it was something of a surprise for TS. But how cool would it have been if there'd at least been mention of a favorite foalsitter in a previous ep so we could share in Twilight's surprise and enthusiasm?>
I SOOOO need me the queen. WOW! LOL Adding her to my list of must-commission customs. LMAO It's a good thing it's not a long list. And seriously? Since yesterday we've watched the wedding FOUR times. The out of the blue part is annoying, but we made the choice to just go with it - besides complaining a whole ton there isn't any other option. LMAO So we're just accepting it.
I've a feeling there's going to be rather a lot of customs of <
the queen and her minions> soon enough for you to choose from. Say, how long do we keep up the whitetext after an episode anyway?
Yeah, too late in this instance to mitigate the surprise characters; I'd hope it gets the message across to Hasbro and DHX for future episodes that we're paying attention to these details.
ETA: I have this bad habit of commenting on things which I think could've been improved, and leaving it to be assumed that I'm fine with anything I didn't comment on. Probably makes me sound like all I can do is complain. The show itself was pretty awesome, and so far after three viewings I really can't find anything internal to the show that stands out as particularly weak other than <
Luna sleeping through an entire battle>, which is pretty minor IMHO. Really, the only things that annoyed me were external to the episode--lack of prior mention, and the sheer over-promotion of it by Hasbro.