Talk:List of allusions/@comment-4531340-20130701200930

A couple notes that I learned from attending the Emerald Knights comic signing in Burbank yesterday:
 * The Hot Topic cover for issue 5 of the main series is a reference to a scene in Lord of the Rings (Gandalf facing the Balrog, I believe); and to more closely mirror the scene, Trixie was originally drawn holding up a sword, but Hasbro said to Amy Mebberson something along the lines of "ponies and swords don't mix", so that's why Trixie's holding up a staff.
 * 1) Amy also mentioned that someone at Hot Topic must be a huge brony, because apparently their exact request for the cover for issue 6 was "Rainbow Dash dressed as Daring Do, doing Indiana Jones-esque stuff"; and when she asked if she could include Scootaloo as Short Round, they basically responded with "sure, why not."

The only reason I didn't add these to the list is because there's no citation that I can find; like I said, I only heard Amy talking about them at that signing event.