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Honestly I think calling any TV show "so-and-so's story" is kind of a logical fallacy. TV shows are made by lots of people, not just one! :p
I will admit, that a lot of my "Lauren did everything!" mentality back in the day was because I was soaking up the comments that seemed to be saying "Lauren did next to nothing!", so I felt she was underappreciated.
A lot of fans have spun her leaving into evil guy Hasbro trying to meddle with her ~vision and she quitting in tears. When in fact she left to work on her husband's Disney show and could have stayed at Hasbro if she would have wanted to.
oh man the crediting-Lauren-for-PPG thing drove me up the wall, I'm glad I don't see that any more. I mean I'm not saying she didn't do some great work on it, but sheesh!
She developped FiM for TV, which is not quite the same as creator. She did not create MLP.However, she still developped the FiM version of MLP. That means she came up with the basics for the cartoon world, the first few characters, the art style and basic character designs, she also oversaw other artists. She worked with a pre-existing thing, that doesn't mean she was a slacker. Extremes like that are nonsensical.
Moving a bit back more on-topic, I guess I just don't get the "they went away from Lauren's ~vision~!" thing x) That's what happens in shows! All the writers will, naturally, have their own opinions and things are gonna deviate from "the original plan", especially if the original creator (or developer in this situation, or whatever word you want to use) leaves the show before it's finished.
Quote from: Zapper on August 29, 2019, 10:26:16 AMA lot of fans have spun her leaving into evil guy Hasbro trying to meddle with her ~vision and she quitting in tears. When in fact she left to work on her husband's Disney show and could have stayed at Hasbro if she would have wanted to. Wow, I never knew that was the reason (said show is actually pretty decent from what I've seen, and definitely seems like something Craig would create) - I honestly thought that she did leave due to creative differences, though not as extreme as Hasbro bullying her or anything like that. I'm sure I read that she felt messed around at times, like they'd tell her to do one thing (make the pony who became Trixie female) and later insist on something that contradicted that (the sudden inclusion of Pipsqueak in an episode where he didn't exist - the overall gist of it being "First you act like I can't have too many boy characters, and now you force in a boy character?") though it could have been corrupted and taken out of context - there was a lot of hearsay when it came to Lauren from what I saw.
I don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...
Quote from: SpacePinto on September 02, 2019, 09:51:55 PMI don't think the pre-G4 pony fanbase whines that much...We got over the worst of our whining with g2 and the shadows stuff 20 years ago. Now we just old people grumble about how things were better in our day...