Maybe this means we can go back to being a community instead of a 'fandom'.I quite liked but this brony thing at the beginning but it quickly became irritating how many of these newcomers talked about the previous generations like like G1, G3 and G3 wasn't the part of the evolution which led to the great 4th generation MLP.
Will there still new ponies after this comes to an end? Or do you think Hasbro is done with ponies?
G1 had multiple canons, whereas G4 had only one.
I'm glad FIM was helmed by someone who not only wanted to tell engaging stories with fun characters, but also had a strong affinity for MLP since childhood. And Faust was surely one of the kids who completely made up their own adventures with their ponies. It's really cool how her childhood vision became part of official MLP lore.She was. That was actually the main reason I ended up respecting her, and finding her relatable at least in that place - she was a fan who got to do her version of things professionally. I'm sure that happens a lot, but I love it when it does.
G1 had multiple canons, whereas G4 had only one.G4 has at least two canons - the comics are their own thing. It could be seen as an alternative canon, though, so that could be what you meant? I have no idea if the toyline really has a canon (doubtful, as G1 got the most detailed backcards.)
Yeah, the constant need to push "friendship lessons" was definitely one of the things that made FIM feel increasingly contrived.Yeah, I feel they should have stopped the "friendship lessons" after a point, and stopped it being a "moral show" - it worked when the Mane Six were just starting to make friends (I know they probably all knew each other before Twilight Sparkle, but we didn't know that for sure back then, apart from Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy), but now they're all long term friends, it doesn't. Realistically, the Mane Six wouldn't do the things they do at this point - a lot of things seem really forced just to include a moral, and many episodes would benefit with no moral at all.
Now I'm worried about G5 because I fear the only lesson Hasbro learned from Transformers Generation 2 was not packaging the old series with stupid CGI transitions.
At Lilja. Its not about them being guys that like girly things. There are older MLP fans, Sailor Moon fans, Powerpuff Girl fans, Care Bear fans, Rainbowbrite fans and Jem fans who are guys. It was about the toxic majoritys being allowed to run amok and harass people, pushing the show like it was a religion and crying foul when people told them off for their appalling behaviour.
Back OT: How many episodes are left and have you guys enjoyed some of the new stuff?
Back OT: How many episodes are left and have you guys enjoyed some of the new stuff?
I don't think season 9's started yet, so there's still a full 26 left.
I just really hope they wrap up Chrysalis. I wouldn't be surprised with a reformation at this point but I don't want them to leave her thread untied.I'm actually hoping they don't wrap up Chrysalis's storyline - I don't want her reformed, and I don't want her dead. I know I'm being childish, but I want my favorite villain unresolved (even thought I know I can do what I want with her in fanon anyway.)
And maybe confront Cozy Glow being in Tartarus? She's a child. Why wasn't Cozy Glow Chrysalis?
They dragged their appalling behavior out and annoyed other geeky communities too. When people who aren't into mlp speak of them, the bulk of the complaints are: "They're really rude and pushy" "The fans are really toxic." "The fans are creepy." And that's some of the tamer comments.
So yes, they are known outside of the mlp community for their bad behaviour.
The Cozy Glow thing was just stupid - is there no juvenile centers in Equestria? Why send a foal to somewhere that could be comparable to Hell, much less so close to an actual villain that she could easily work together with?And yet the xenophobic Betsy DeVos pony gets reformed. What logic went into that decision?
One thing I can't figure out about Chrysalis is that she has gone after Starlight for revenge but not Thorax who also played a big part in her defeat but whenever she appears Chrysalis is only after Starlight.Yeah, that's a good point. If anything she should be seeking revenge against Thorax more than anyone, because he not only overthrew her, he'd also be a traitor from her perspective...
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One thing I can't figure out about Chrysalis is that she has gone after Starlight for revenge but not Thorax who also played a big part in her defeat but whenever she appears Chrysalis is only after Starlight.Yeah, that's a good point. If anything she should be seeking revenge against Thorax more than anyone, because he not only overthrew her, he'd also be a traitor from her perspective...
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Because each generation should be a thing. But I feel like we're never going to lose Pinkie Pie now.
Because each generation should be a thing. But I feel like we're never going to lose Pinkie Pie now.
If G5 has another reincarnation of Pinkie Pie as a main character, I'm going to scream! :rant: :rant: :rant:
And if there had to be a Pinkie Pie, can we not have another LOL random pony who sounds like she breathes heliox instead of air? And let's launch dumb jock Rainbow Dash into the sun while we're at it.Because each generation should be a thing. But I feel like we're never going to lose Pinkie Pie now.
If G5 has another reincarnation of Pinkie Pie as a main character, I'm going to scream! :rant: :rant: :rant:
I know. :enraged:
The forced and largely unbelievable messages about 'friendship' are frankly chilling on occasion (...)
I wish G5 would come sooner. I made my peace with the fact it's just going to be a reboot. At least it has the potential to give us a fresh new look.
I came back on just to check if there were more announcements for the next show/movie. Really don't care about yet another rainbow thing. Just make sure Starlight gets to be an alicorn in the end :biggrin: Make her queen!
Post Merge: February 22, 2019, 11:09:08 AMThe forced and largely unbelievable messages about 'friendship' are frankly chilling on occasion (...)
I will never ever forget the episode about stealing land from natives then Pinkie Pie doing a song and dance number about "sharing and caring". That has got to be one of the most messed up messages the show ever produced. That was early in when Lauren Faust was still on. I'll never let that one go :P
...And that's in LONDON. Says everything, doesn't it.I worked for Entertainer over the Christmas period, and I'm pretty sure they just order the exact same items for all of their stores. We had so many boxes of those blasted Cheese Sandwich sets... They really filled up the back shelves.
FiM hasn't even been successful since 2014 and the end of Season 4. If you look at the ratings, it's been in freefall ever since. The movie was supposed to do $60M in North America and $100M globally. The actual numbers were $21M and $60M respectively. And don't throw that $6.5M budget number at me.I wasn't aware it did that badly. I thought the 65 mil was how much it actually earned. Where did you find this out if I may ask?
FiM hasn't even been successful since 2014 and the end of Season 4. If you look at the ratings, it's been in freefall ever since. The movie was supposed to do $60M in North America and $100M globally. The actual numbers were $21M and $60M respectively. And don't throw that $6.5M budget number at me. That's how much they're willing to admit they spent. All those big names, buying completely new technology that as of yet seems to be only have been used on this movie, and year in development hell screams a lot of hidden costs. Especially when they released those forecast numbers. And all this wouldn't mean much for previous generations that did not depend on their media that much, but it's fatal to Friendship is Magic which has depended on it media.
I've seen the hodgepodge of pony stuff in the toy isle. I haven't taken a close look, but I wouldn't be all surprised if it was like when Taffeta describes.
I've said this so many times. This has Transformers Generation 2 written all over it. These characters will not capture the attention of people who weren't interested to begin with and the changes will alienate the people already here. This business plan has already failed Hasbro and I don't know why they're trying it again 30 years later.
As for the two events you're thinking of, they are different episodes. The buffalo one was first season and the griffin one was from season five. However, how friendship has mutated in this show is terrifying. And there are plenty of other sins throughout its run.
And they do focus on the most annoying characters. I know Twilight, Pinkie, and Rainbow are the most dominant personalities, but they're also the most obnoxious.
Sadly, I think they meta episode we got last year where the characters essentially plugged their ears and yelled "nah, nah, nah" in the face of critics illustrates how this staff views criticism of their work. Their you know what doesn't stink as far as they're concerned. So everything we're worried about will likely come to pass because they think it's good and cannot be convinced otherwise. The only that will convince them is Hasbro saying "No".
Box Office Mojo for the movie. The Wikipedia page keeps track of the show's ratings through a site that tracks the Top 150 programs for a given time slot. Every episode of Season 4 hit the Top 150, none of Season 8 did.FiM hasn't even been successful since 2014 and the end of Season 4. If you look at the ratings, it's been in freefall ever since. The movie was supposed to do $60M in North America and $100M globally. The actual numbers were $21M and $60M respectively. And don't throw that $6.5M budget number at me.I wasn't aware it did that badly. I thought the 65 mil was how much it actually earned. Where did you find this out if I may ask?
I feel like we're never going to lose Pinkie Pie now.
SpoilerWhen you look at Lauren's resumee it's all repeats of character tropes she likes. The loud girly one without braincells, the loyal tomboy who is also rude for no reason (us soft spoken tomboys do exist :P), the soft spoken nature lover who can't stand up for herself because she is just too feminine. Make it end.
One thing I didn't like was reforming Diamond Tiara. I liked that she was a bully to the CMC because I felt that it was realistic. Not everyone you meet is going to like you and just "being nice until the bully is your friend" doesn't always work.
SpoilerWhen you look at Lauren's resumee it's all repeats of character tropes she likes. The loud girly one without braincells, the loyal tomboy who is also rude for no reason (us soft spoken tomboys do exist :P), the soft spoken nature lover who can't stand up for herself because she is just too feminine. Make it end.SpoilerThe loud girly one had brain cells, though - she was actually very intelligent, but that was easily missed because of her goofy fun-loving personality, and that character trait happened when Lauren was running the show.
I'm not doubting that Lauren sticks to character traits she likes, because I'm sure a lot of writers at least go through a phase of doing that (I will try to have as many different character types as I can, but there are bound to be ones I like, and I can already think of one), but can you give other examples? The only other characters of Lauren's I can think of are The Galaxy Girls - and they don't have a show yet.
Zapper, thank you for typing out what I wanted to say but was unsure of. :P I wish I had more to add but it makes her work feel very...whats the word...samey? Like, even her work on the DC superhero girls made me go "Ok, that's the Pinkie Pie".
Why would she do that to DC Girls when most of those characters are decades old and well established? :pout:Because she can.
I think the Cozy Glow/Neighsay resolutions really broke what was left of this series' integrity. An openly racist politician put in a much higher position than he ever should have been allowed is reformed, but a literal child is put in Hell? What? Seriously what?They didn't even explain how the whole link between Cozy and Tirek got started. It was just already established. Seems that's what the show's been about lately. Things are just "happening" because "reasons"
Why would she do that to DC Girls when most of those characters are decades old and well established? :pout:Because she can.
And Faust was far from baseless from some really bad decisions in FiM's early days. Dragon Quest (aka the episode that condoned racism) was encouraged by her. She wanted it to be a message about the ridicule males get for liking typically feminine things. However, because they conflated gender to race, the condemnation of the dragons comes off as racism. The coda was essentially Spike is so lucky to be raised civilized ponies and not that race of brutes. This is made all the worse that G1 already did this episode with Spike's Search, only the dragons were much more deplorable (burning and robbing a village in Spike's Search compared to what was little more than roughhousing in Dragon Quest), the G1 ponies actually put the dragons in their place compared to the supposedly stronger G4 ponies running from teens, and most importantly Spike's Search made sure to say the gang of bandits Spike ran into shouldn't be cast as an example of all dragons.
I don't know who decided Equestria's origins should be a boogeyman story, but basing their unification on fear of a mutual threat really hurt the feel of the show. And both these episodes were penned by Merriwether Williams whom I consider the worst hire for this series (not that she's bad but didn't fit the series).
I think the Cozy Glow/Neighsay resolutions really broke what was left of this series' integrity. An openly racist politician put in a much higher position than he ever should have been allowed is reformed, but a literal child is put in Hell? What? Seriously what?
So you didn't have a problem when Spike told Pee-Wee he would teach him how to be a pony? Not a good dragon but a pony.To be fair, that part flew past me, but then - Spike does the whole "everypony" thing, so he's probably used to saying pony. Either way it's odd, because Pee-Wee is neither of those things.
Wonderbolts Academy also bugged me because I think we could have done without the rest of the characters and focus on Rainbow Dash exclusively. Instead of just kicking Lightning Dust to the curb, Rainbow's dilemma is abandoning her and taking a chance to teach her how to be a team player. Also, why is Spitfire, the leader of a squadron specializing in formation flying only concerned with individual achievement? They could have made a great episode where Rainbow Dash could show she is truly the Element of Loyalty and inspiration to other ponies by helping Lightning Dust. Instead we get a rather pat episode about how you need to choose your friends over your dreams only she got both anyway. Why does focusing on Rainbow Dash make episodes dumber.I will try to consider these points, I mostly just enjoyed the episode because it was helpful to me, and I found it interesting, but I can see how the episode idea you have would work as well.
And Bats was just ripping off Wallace and Grommet. Oh, and that one advocated for the rights of an invasive species to destroy an environment. As someone who watched the emerald ash borer kill every ash tree in my neighborhood, this episode made me hate Fluttershy. She's one of those faux environmentalists who don't really care about the environment but use it as a platform for their extremist views.I don't really think it ripped off anything, I think they just both had similar stories based on an already unoriginal storyline - I wouldn't be surprised if the Wallace and Grommet one came from somewhere else as well (but if I'm wrong, fair enough, but it's still only one part of it.)
I am ok with Twilight being rubbish at friendship, except for the fact they made her princess of friendship. That's the same as someone buying a PhD online and then going to work as a university professor to me! She's got the job because she knows the princesses and one of them is her tutor. That's called nepotism, kids. When you give someone the job that they're not qualified for because you know them or are related to them and therefore give them preferential treatment. The problem isn't Twilight messing up. Her messing up is actually quite natural? Her messing up as the Princess of Friendship now with a school is the problem. Again, pushing the idea, not thinking of the wider implications.
Speaking of which, even though School Raze does have a lot of plot holes, I will still defend the decision to redeem Chancellor Neighsay and imprison Cozy Glow. Keep in mind that Neighsay was a narrow-minded jerk, not really an evil villain. He didn't want to cause harm to the non-pony students, even while he believed they were behind the magical crisis. He simply intended to send them home. Though, granted, Neighsay changing his mind about the students after they rescued him was a little rushed.
As for Cozy Glow, despite being a child, she knew full well what she was doing. She clearly wanted to suck all the magic in the world dry and become the "empress of friendship". She is very capable of manipulation and deception. She truly is evil. That being said, I will agree putting her next to Tirek was a stupid idea. And, unfortunately, we still don't know enough about her to draw any more clear conclusions. We don't know about her family, or if she even has one.
I kept referring to Cozy as Darla Dimple; she is E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. like her.
I'm so happy I'm not the only one!I kept referring to Cozy as Darla Dimple; she is E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. like her.
I thought this too!
Darla Dimple is the Shirley Temple-esque villain from “Cats Don’t Dance”, a very cute animated musical about a group of animals (I.e. minorities) trying to break into show biz.
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(...) Fluttershy. She's one of those faux environmentalists who don't really care about the environment
she just states her opinion and stands up for the animals when they need standing up for.
Ah, I see what you mean now. You are right; environmentalist/activist doesn't fit with her character for those reasons. Like you say, she is someone who cares about animals and their welfare, but it was never really an environmentalist thing.she just states her opinion and stands up for the animals when they need standing up for.
Yeah but that's more animal wellfare and a love of pets. In real life Fluttershy would be someone who runs a pet shelter and watches a lot NatGeo, but she would also say stuff like "shooting deer is evil" and vacation in places where she can legally disturb the local wildlife :lol:
She is just nuts for animals, she is not a real activist. Which is ok for the show because they can't show death anyways.
Ironically, Rainbow Dash had a real activist moment when she stood up for the native buffalos. But with Fluttershy, they could never really show environmentalism because that requires these darker themes. And Flutters also can't call out the ponies usage of plastic bottles or whatever, because their world is not like ours. There is no littering or destroying nature even though they have cities and factories.
So when they tried to pick up a real world issue like a plague of vermin destroying a farmer's livelihood they really handled Fluttershy badly. They had to stick with the friend to all creatures theme and the subject matter was just not well chosen.
Just applying yourself is no guarantee of success, especially now, and they made Zephyr Breeze so detestable I couldn't bring myself to care whether or not he succeeds.
I think what irritated me most about Bats was the reviews that wanted to dissect the moral choice of removing the bats and casting Applejack as bad for wanting to go against nature. Again, as someone who witnessed first hand the devastation an invasive species can do, the immoral choice is to not act.I feel that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic should have stopped being a moral show by season 4. It doesn't need to have a moral every single episode, and I think the fact that it forced itself to have a moral in every single episode was one of the things that damaged it - we end up with ponies having to learn things that they already know, or with episodes where the moral is badly explained or seems thrown in and isn't really needed with the rest of the episode.
And this show has done this so many times when it tries to get into not so simple topics. They do an awful job of it due to the limits imposed by Hasbro or frankly the incompetence of this staff on the matters. Luna is harming herself, that's going to solved with a hug and an encouraging word, she needs to be dragged to professional help. Just applying yourself is no guarantee of success, especially now, and they made Zephyr Breeze so detestable I couldn't bring myself to care whether or not he succeeds. I think wishy washy is a good description of how this show handles topics. Unfortunately, when you are dealing with more serious matters, a wishy washy treatment of them is worse than no treatment at all. This show has unintentionally delivered so many toxic messages to its young audience it's frightening.
Yeah, I never got this either. If anything "Bats!" made me realise how diluted FiM had become, since it was made very obvious that Flutterbat wasn't a threat to any living being. The early seasons (and earlier generations) would have at least allowed us to make up our own minds whether she was a danger to anyone, even if they still avoid actually showing she was. I'm cool if fans want to have their own version of a bat pony, which actually is a danger to other ponies, though.
I never got the hype for Bats! tho. I guess it was because adult fans honstely believed Fluttershy was now a vampire and the show would go to dark places with her, lmao!
Oh I’m hype! Looks like is shaping up pretty well.Spoilerthere’s king sombra doing evil stuff again! I was wondering when he’d start terrorizing flurry!
We have a trailer!
SPOILERS!
https://youtu.be/fR8ZXSYtDSw
S9 is coming in April!
We have a trailer!
SPOILERS!
https://youtu.be/fR8ZXSYtDSw
S9 is coming in April!SpoilerInteresting. I though we'd see Cozy in the trailer. If King Sombra is trying to kidnap Flurry Heart I could see where that might introduce Grogar and that Chrysalis. Cozy, Tirek Grogar and Sombra might be working on some elaborate plan together.
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Was pretty much my reaction.SpoilerWonder how they're going to explain Sombra's return? To my memory he was pretty much eliminated.
I'd prefer a Chrysalis return or something. I get that they may be holding that off for the finale but with this it feels like they're dropping Season 8's loose ends.
Wasn't there a full leaked season 9 plot list a bit back that hinted to Grogar? Has that been debunked or is it still up somewhere? Am I remembering incorrectly?
Also, the concept art we saw suggests they learned nothing when it comes to overdesigning these classic villains.
Actually, what I'm more worried for is the 200th episode. We don't need another memefest.
I'm conflicted over Grogar appearing or not. On the one hand he would be the perfect villain to end the show on (Return of Tambelon felt like a series finale for the original cartoon). However, this show has botched so many of their callbacks with Power Thirst Tirek and the radioactive booger. I can't help but think they'd screw up Grogar. Also, the concept art we saw suggests they learned nothing when it comes to overdesigning these classic villains.
Actually, what I'm more worried for is the 200th episode. We don't need another memefest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8DvEJl4Hh0That's really weird? At least we have a date now.
Well, I hope this just means that if we must have the mane 6 during G5 that they will be in the “mentor “ roles and that we will at least get a new cast of characters.That is close to something I've been planning for years (albeit with just one, or technically two Mane Six characters...)
Equestria run by Twilight and company? And I meant an apocalyptic ending as a joke. Please let this is be a Celestia troll.Doesn't bode well for the school either, not that it was a good idea in the first place.
Equestria run by Twilight and company? And I meant an apocalyptic ending as a joke. Please let this is be a Celestia troll.
New trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8DvEJl4Hh0
I feel like it really puts into perspective how little Hasbro themselves puts into the franchise comparing how the FiM staff is treating G4 ending with this huge ending to its cartoon, compared to how Hasbro treats G4 ending (and really the past few years of G4 really) with the underwhelming display we saw at this years' Toy Fair. I do hope that the laziness we've been seeing from Hasbro really is just them caring less and putting less effort in because it's the end of the generation as opposed to how they'll plan on handing G5 as well.
Equestria run by Twilight and company? And I meant an apocalyptic ending as a joke. Please let this is be a Celestia troll.
*Hasbro: we need to bring MLP:FiM to a close. Suggestions?
*Writers: Let's have the 2 IMMORTAL princesses who are literally in charge of raising the sun and moon and loads of other stuff like running the whole kingdom ... RETIRE!
*Hasbro: Perfect! This will appeal to all the fans who are a) kids and b) young adults who can't even picture retirement yet. But, how does this work with our Mane 6?
*Writers: We have Twilight (who has her hooves full with her SCHOOL and being the princess of friendship for the entire kingdom and has ZERO governing experience) and her friends (who have their OWN freakin' adult jobs and help her out on things because = friendship) take over as the new ruler/s.
*Hasbro: nods. This is logical. We've been grooming Twilight as Celestia's apprentice since day 1 anyway.
*Celestia: So....what do we do with our endless, immortal retirement? Vacation on the Moon?
*Luna: ....
*Celestia: Too soon?
*Hasbro: we need to bring MLP:FiM to a close. Suggestions?
*Writers: Let's have the 2 IMMORTAL princesses who are literally in charge of raising the sun and moon and loads of other stuff like running the whole kingdom ... RETIRE!
*Hasbro: Perfect! This will appeal to all the fans who are a) kids and b) young adults who can't even picture retirement yet. But, how does this work with our Mane 6?
*Writers: We have Twilight (who has her hooves full with her SCHOOL and being the princess of friendship for the entire kingdom and has ZERO governing experience) and her friends (who have their OWN freakin' adult jobs and help her out on things because = friendship) take over as the new ruler/s.
*Hasbro: nods. This is logical. We've been grooming Twilight as Celestia's apprentice since day 1 anyway.
*Celestia: So....what do we do with our endless, immortal retirement? Vacation on the Moon?
*Luna: ....
*Celestia: Too soon?
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
But yeah, having Twilight run the school and the entire country, as well as the other Mane 6 ponies helping her with that (and still the school???) and their other jobs? The poor girls aren't gonna have any free time!
Rainbow Dash has the most going on for her, between the weather, Wonderbolts, the School, and now being a ruler of Equestria. Wasn't she supposed to be the slacker? :biggrin: How does this affect someone like AJ who's so family-oriented? Sorry Apple Bloom, Big Mac, and Granny Smith...
I think I'll be renaming Twilight's School of Friendship Swiss Cheese Academy because it has some serious holes in its curriculum and will have even more this season.
Kind of a cruel one, given that Celestia know Twilight is an anxious pony and has long doubts about her title.I doubt this will be a magic vision sort of thing. More like the creators following the Trolestia idea... I guess
I'm guessing it's a fakeout by King Sombra. Remember the nightmare dark magic vision from the Crystal Empire episodes? (The one where Twilight had a vision of Celestia being angry, cold and disappointed in her)
Kind of a cruel one, given that Celestia know Twilight is an anxious pony and has long doubts about her title.I doubt this will be a magic vision sort of thing. More like the creators following the Trolestia idea... I guess
I'm guessing it's a fakeout by King Sombra. Remember the nightmare dark magic vision from the Crystal Empire episodes? (The one where Twilight had a vision of Celestia being angry, cold and disappointed in her)
I thought maybe Chrysalis or some other changelings might be behind it. Everyone keeps saying they want her to come back. (Haven't watched the past couple finales, not sure what the big deal is with her...)I still would not give the creators that much credit lol. But then again I haven't watched FiM for several seasons :P
Some sort of bad guy.
Maybe... Bad Guy disguises as the Princesses (or hypnotizes them) to tell Twilight they're retiring, Twilight becomes leader and when she's vulnerable due to stress, the Bad Guys take over, and the Mane6 rise up and defeat them. Celestia and Luna congratulate Twilight for being such a good leader and she becomes the ruler of Equestria for Real... and the rest of the Mane6 become alicorns, of course. :P
Is anyone else slightly confused by the line about "the longest period of peace" How long of gap is supposed to be between the season 8 finale and Season 9?That's a good question actually... I think sometime after the first season there was speculation on how much time actually passed in the show. We don't have much to go by I think to really find out how much time has passed... and basically where this "longest period of peace" actually starts...
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Is anyone else slightly confused by the line about "the longest period of peace" How long of gap is supposed to be between the season 8 finale and Season 9?That's a good question actually... I think sometime after the first season there was speculation on how much time actually passed in the show. We don't have much to go by I think to really find out how much time has passed... and basically where this "longest period of peace" actually starts...
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Chrysalis would certainly explain the change of expression on Celestia's face when she says's she's retiring; that expression change tells me this is some sort of hoax, troll or dream.A dream would make more sense because if it's a hoax, Celestia's not hiding it well.
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It might be Chrysalis teaming up with someone else, if that is what it is. The comics have all sorts of villains that might do that, and I could see them bringing in a comic villain to spice things up.
All 6 becoming alicorns would be hilarious XD
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Gee, wonder why.
The reformed Changelings still have the power to shapeshift into other creatures but I don't see any of them leaving Thorax and joining Chrysalis since Thorax showed them that Chrysalis was basically starving them to keep them under her control.
The reformed Changelings still have the power to shapeshift into other creatures but I don't see any of them leaving Thorax and joining Chrysalis since Thorax showed them that Chrysalis was basically starving them to keep them under her control.
This is why, despite not being a fan of the series, I kinda want to write a fanfic repainting that and pointing more towards Chrysalis not letting them reach Sparklebug form because there's a downside, for example their life psan is DRASTICALLY shortened in that form (similar to some male bugs that die fairly soon after adulthood/maturity). It's possible she has a secret second brood, we saw Pharynx was in his original form and had a lot of trouble adjusting to Thorax' regime before Fwendship showed him the way. Big villains have teamed up a few times in the comics, it would make sense that Chrysalis would team up with another to destroy STarlight, if no-one else.
... Wait, was Starlight in that trailer at all?
I like how we always have the same people in these threads saying they are no (longer) fans or that they don't watch FiM at all but at the same time seem to be still interested in it.
It might also be that they're watching to see if they're wrong.I like how we always have the same people in these threads saying they are no (longer) fans or that they don't watch FiM at all but at the same time seem to be still interested in it.
I think some people are just afraid of being lumped together with some other fans of the show so they'll just pretend they don't really care about it while secretly still watching it.
I like how we always have the same people in these threads saying they are no (longer) fans or that they don't watch FiM at all but at the same time seem to be still interested in it.
I think some people are just afraid of being lumped together with some other fans of the show so they'll just pretend they don't really care about it while secretly still watching it.
Airing in the UK was spasmodic so saw some eps out of sequence.Yeah, the UK handled it weirdly; when it was on Boomerang they kept repeating the first half or so of season one, and then showed the rest of that season, but called it season two - then Tiny Pop took it. I love that it ended up on Tiny Pop, because I have fond memories of that channel, and it fitted in more on that to me. However, they showed things out of order at times, and even aired some seasons for the first time out order in someway (it definitely made unicorn/alicorn Twilight Sparkle inconsistent, whatever order it was.)
I did go deliberately to watch the eps about Starlight Glimmer out of sequence because I felt it disrespectful to comment on people's diverse opinions of her without knowing the context and I found the discussion about her and her actions interesting.
I did go deliberately to watch the eps about Starlight Glimmer out of sequence because I felt it disrespectful to comment on people's diverse opinions of her without knowing the context and I found the discussion about her and her actions interesting.
That's funny because I did the same. Got back into FiM when I had heard of the Starlight outrage (when she came back as a reformed character) and watched her eps before catching up with anything else.
She ended up in my top 3 fave characters in FiM so I decided to catch up and continue watching the show. Also was delighted to find out her voice actress.
Then I watched Flurry Heart episodes because that used to be a big outrage, too. I started fangirling Flurry just because virtually all other adult fans hated her. My love of Starlight is real, my love of McFlurry is me being a contrarian :lol:
So maybe it's just a theme with me about the characters I like in things.
So maybe it's just a theme with me about the characters I like in things.
Meanwhile, I'm posting pictures of King Sombra trying to kidnap a baby...
And lest we not forget...professor Snape pony...
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and if I remember right, that was an episode with Starlight
Trust you to spot a Snape-pony :D
Adventures in baby sitting with King Sombra
(and you thought the episode with Pinkie Pie babysitting was funny)
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Adventures in baby sitting with King Sombra
(and you thought the episode with Pinkie Pie babysitting was funny)
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I'm wondering how Sombra will be able to get in to the Empire. I thought the Crystal Heart keeps him out?
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Snape Pony: This is the legendary Amulet of Whachamacallit, said to be the key of untold wonders.So maybe it's just a theme with me about the characters I like in things.
Meanwhile, I'm posting pictures of King Sombra trying to kidnap a baby...
And lest we not forget...professor Snape pony...
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and if I remember right, that was an episode with Starlight