@LightningBearer
Freakin’ lucky guy that his arms caught him that well!
This is a pretty typical way to lose control of all 4 limbs.
Given the surroundings and his success, though, I can’t help but think that he knew it was that shallow and just recorded this for laughs, heh - so he was able to roll instead of diving into the ground. I’m pretty sure you jump rather differently for those two things. One has a lot more lateral momentum, for one.
@Wiimeiser
I don’t think it’s meant to be completely accurate… Accurate enough to look right for what we’re used to seeing ponies as, but not so accurate she can’t “tiptoe”
But wow, I looked this up, and dang, it’s not even the ball of their foot, it’s their tiptoes!
I was thinking they were more like digitigrade.
I guess it’s a lot easier when your foot is designed for it, though :q
@Wiimeiser
I guess it’s just one of the drawbacks of being, by far, the most intelligent :q
But… I thought this was more because other tissues grew faster than Spine, so the breaks would get filled in with other tissues instead of spinal tissue? I heard that somewhere, at least.
@Biker Dash
She seems to mouth; “Applejack?” at the end. I think she’s kinda shocked, but about to spring into action?
@Background Pony #7228
Very much this. And holy crap - it gets way worse when you consider the angle her head has to be at in order to remain completely underwater, after diving in from that angle, even though she’s lying on her back at that last scene.
@Background Pony Number 17
Well, maybe, but it’s probably more like she tripped and hit her knee kind of pain, rather than spine-shattering/paralysis inducing pain.
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Do we really need to bring real life physics and stuff into an animation that’s supposed to be similar to Looney Toons? Actually, the show follows that formula, too.
@Cirrus Light
Like it or not, but most cartoons with comedy that don’t have a specific age bracket generally have slapstick humour in it. It may not seem all that fun, but it’s part of classic comedy. Laughing at someone else’s misfortune is pretty good in my opinion. And it’s kind of hard to take someone getting hurt seriously if you hear a frying pan sound effect when they hit the ground from a high altitude instead of their spines shattering and stuff.
Honestly (and I’m not trying to impugn anyone) this is one of those cases where fan animation tops that of the show. Heck, even the background has more expression.