Geekscape Attends the My Little Pony Bridle Shower and Wedding
Note: Previously it was reported that Tori Spelling would be hosting the event. Sadly, she fell ill and was not able to attend.
This past weekend I had without a doubt one of the greatest experience of my life with fellow Geekscapist Allisonnnn. Together we attended the bridle shower and wedding of two true celebrities: Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, Canterlot’s own Captain of the Guard! Prior to the wedding, we feasted on pony shaped grilled cheeses, tuna tartare, hummus dip, and colorful fruit drinks (like Pinkie Pie’s Purple Punch and Strawberry Lemonade). We decorated our own wedding cakes, tossed some horse shoes, and met with the bride and her lucky stallion.
Caking it up, as they say. Suck it, 5 year olds, my design is superior to yours.
It was a wonderful morning, marred only by the menagerie of precious children acting like they belonged there. Seriously, who brings children to a wedding? Unless, of course, they’re in the wedding. To the sitters, I say!
But I digress. After a couple of fun filled hours and getting supreme sugar highs, we were led to a screening room to catch an early viewing of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic two part royal wedding episode, and given delicious cinnamon-sugar popcorn. Because there just wasn’t enough sugar to be had already!
The happy couple! And kids … so many kids!
Now, I won’t say it was the greatest episode of My Little Pony that I have ever seen, but it was still quite enjoyable. The theme of friendship was disappointingly downplayed to the themes of family and love until the final scene (such nerve for a wedding episode, I know!), and the storyline was extremely predictable. From the moment we were introduced to Princess Cadence we knew where the episodes were headed, but it is a children’s show (sad to say), so I can’t exactly fault them for playing to their targeted audience. Don’t want to blow the minds of these kids any more than you already have with sentient ponies.
Nevertheless, the episodes were sweet and fun. Twilight Sparkle’s love for her brother was something I relate to, being a younger sister myself, and her concern for him is as genuine as she is thoroughbred. My only real disappointment with the episodes was that there wasn’t more set up between Shining Armor and Cadence. Although the unexpectedness of the wedding is addressed briefly at the beginning of the first part, it’s a bummer that we don’t actually know the characters who are being advertised as having the “wedding event of the year!”
It isn’t the best episode to start with if you’re curious about checking out MLP:FIM, but if you’re already a part of the herd, get at it! (Not that you need the encouragement)
Following the episode, there was a brief introduction of Twilight Sparkle herself, Tara Strong, and the writer of the wedding episodes Meghan McCarthy, and then the tossing of the bouquet! They invited all the “single ladies” up, but once they saw me stirring to my feet, they amended their previous statement and said, “That are about this tall” holding a hand parallel to the floor at about four feet. It’s a good thing they added that qualification, too, ‘cause I would have shown all those minitarts who’s boss at that bouquet toss. DON’T THINK I WOULDN’T! That said, I think a little boy won because the next comment made, post-toss, was, “Looks like we have a future brony!” So, congratulations, kid–boy or girl–you won this round. But only because I disqualified based on agism. Or height-ism. I suppose if I was under 4 feet, they wouldn’t care either way.
Getting my ponygraphs on a shiny cast photo commemorating the episode!
Allisonnnn and I also took plenty more pictures with the royal, now wedded, couple and even managed to get the photographer into a few pics with us.
Ain’t no party like a ponyville party!
Finally, the music stopped and we were ushered out the door, where we got some solid swag: A MLP trainset, a mini-pony, some chocolate, a compact, a t-shirt (f-yeah!), and an invitation to all the future MLP events in-town (guess who’s super stoked about that? Hint: ME)!
Needless to say, it was a pretty awesome and solid way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to more good times in Ponyville. Just hope next time there are fewer kids and more booze (not that we need it. Clearly).
