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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

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#200251: Nov 5th 2020 at 7:01:41 AM

[up]It doesn’t even seem to fit the context of its surrounding posts, so I have no idea.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#200252: Nov 5th 2020 at 7:59:34 AM

Probably just someone venting about the difficulty of finding a job.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#200253: Nov 5th 2020 at 8:04:44 AM

I figured that much, but the secret brony codewords threw me off a little.

Reminds me a bit of this XKCD comic.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#200254: Nov 6th 2020 at 5:33:38 AM

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For those of you who follow Slice of Life, I just noticed Ego actually went back and added wings to all the previous posts with Twilight in it. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Wow, those wings look like they're coming out at a rather unconformatable angle. The perils of Retconjuration I suppose.

Dude, how many new faces have we gotten lately? I don't think I recognize half the people here anymore...

Malagasy Parrot is actuallly a really old but infrequent poster. Same with Lalei 2000.

Posted by storyyeller on Tue, 19th Feb '13 1:53:38 PM - Post #341458 in the old thread

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DoctorWTF Since: Jul, 2020
#200255: Nov 6th 2020 at 6:33:32 AM

[up][up][up] Speaking of that, I've recently been feeling like Scootaloo, in the sense that my dreams have yet to come true* despite the fact that by all logic it should have been possible**.

* I've been trying to launch a career in robotics, but those jobs have been playing hard-to-get.

** In my case, the fact that I've spent years developing what I thought to be the skills I'd need for those kinds of jobs. In Scoots' case, the fact that even if we're to assume that she'd never fly naturally, it's been well established that Equestria has the technology to produce something that would help her fly in some capacity.

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#200257: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:42:13 PM

According to Equestria Daily, G5 MLP will have a brand new cast. What do you make of this?

GlitterCat Since: Mar, 2018 Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#200258: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:49:00 PM

I think the previous cast had a good run, would have preferred if pony life had new heroes, so this is a welcome change for me.

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#200259: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:06:10 PM

[up][up]Welp, gonna miss you all but I'm not going to resent the new generation for it.

Question: what does Trixie's voice sounds like to you people? How would you describe it?

Edited by fredhot16 on Nov 6th 2020 at 9:25:05 AM

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#200261: Nov 6th 2020 at 10:10:38 PM

[up][up][up]Agreed. Though I get the feeling that this won't be the last we'll ever see of the Mane Six. Not to mention characters and elements from G4 will end up becoming staples of the franchise for generations to come.

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#200262: Nov 7th 2020 at 5:34:55 AM

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@ Rainbow

Derpy Pie? That's a new one! I'll see what I can do.

And yeah, the shading is way off...the drop shadow tool in photoshop is a tricky bugger to use at times.

@ JT

Twijack? Sure thing!

Posted by Applelight Limited on Tue, 26th Mar '13 11:28:01 AM - Post #350530 in the old thread

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#200263: Nov 7th 2020 at 6:13:42 AM

I find that a welcome change, resetting old characters like that always struck me as strange, and I felt you might as well make new characters if you don't want to keep the old personalities the same.

Apparently Twilight was already confirmed to not return in the next show, which we seem to have missed here.

Also, any early details on the next movie have been changed, it seems.

So from the sound of it, I think we need to treat all early leaks as unreliable and likely to have been changed.

Edited by Redmess on Nov 7th 2020 at 3:16:33 PM

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DoctorWTF Since: Jul, 2020
#200264: Nov 7th 2020 at 8:23:12 AM

My main concern with reusing G4 characters is that they might be tempted to compromise whatever new world they were building in some act of half-assed fanservice. Though I might be open to minor characters being copied from G4, or the occasional crossover via interdimensional magic, provided it's done intelligently.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#200265: Nov 7th 2020 at 8:28:41 AM

Yeah, and I think it would have invited too many comparisons to the old show, likely not very favourable.

I wonder if the lukewarm response to Pony Life has anything to do with that decision. Fans clearly did not react well to having their favourite characters tampered with.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#200266: Nov 7th 2020 at 8:31:50 AM

I think G5 needs new characters too. We've had ten years of the Mane Six, they deserve a rest.

VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight
#200267: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:10:00 AM

[up][up] I am sure that decision was made long before Pony Life. MLP has never had an established ensemble cast consistently

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MrSeyker Since: Apr, 2011
#200268: Nov 7th 2020 at 3:06:48 PM

Yeah, I don't think this is in response to Pony Life.

If IIRC the details in the leak surrounding the supposed G5 (which many still question), their idea was for new voice actors from the start. The characters would still be the 6, but each retooled to be a different character from their G4 counterparts.

It's kinda what Hasbro has done in the past with Transformers, where they have certain core characters that return, but their dynamics change between universes. Although that has changed somewhat in recent years to be more experimental.

So that they seem to be going for a completely new cast makes sense. They were alrady kinda walking down that path to begin with.

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#200269: Nov 8th 2020 at 5:41:40 AM

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I would love if the next Equestria Girls thing revolves around the Pony of Shadows getting dumped on Canterlot High and Sunset having to deal with it, ending with her sending a strongly worded letter to Twilight telling her that she has enough magical bullshit to deal with without Equestria using the human world as a garbage disposal.

"Dear Princess Twilight,

WHY?!?!

Sincerely, Sunset Shimmer"

Posted by Tobias Drake on 30th Oct 2017 01:47:43 PM - Post #179843 in the new thread

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JWR Black, nerdy, and loving it! Since: Jun, 2019
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#200270: Nov 8th 2020 at 5:51:44 AM

I'm perfectly fine with a new set of characters for G5. Kind of like how Power Rangers (which Hasbro owns now, funnily enough) has new Rangers and new villains at the start of the new season.

VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
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#200271: Nov 8th 2020 at 6:40:50 AM

[up] Do remember that Power Rangers is adapted from a foreign series that works very differently from cartoons.

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JWR Black, nerdy, and loving it! Since: Jun, 2019
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#200272: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:55:40 AM

[up] I'm well aware of that. My point is that a fresh start for G5 is a good thing.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#200273: Nov 9th 2020 at 5:13:10 AM

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Decided to check out shingeki no kyojin tag on Derpi http://www.derpibooru.org/tags/shingeki+no+kyojin

Show main character Eren as Pony http://www.derpibooru.org/328467

Titans as giant realistic horses.

http://www.derpibooru.org/309921

Posted by Death Cloud on Thu, 20th Jun '13 5:14:42 PM - Post #377448 in the old thread

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harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#200274: Nov 10th 2020 at 3:13:15 AM

I’m with the others here in thinking that G5 needs a new cast of characters. Even as someone who’s only really gotten into G4, MLP can and should go beyond what G4 did. I think they should take the broad ideas that worked - storytelling, above all - and do something new with it.

As for my history with the fandom, I joined it when I was 12 during the great hiatus between Seasons 1 and 2. I kept up with the show until the Season 4 finale, and I stopped not because it had gotten worse or anything, just that it felt like the show could end there and I’d be satisfied. The fact it kept going and evolving in so many new directions was a real wild discovery for me, and I’m happy it got such a spectacular send-off as it did.

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#200275: Nov 10th 2020 at 5:36:57 AM

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I don't think it was a crossover so much as a "take the general premise and add ponies" thing. Unless Bill Murray makes an unexpected cameo. Which would be awesome.

Posted by Purple Dalek on Sat, 21st Sep '13 11:18:55 AM - Post #2390 in the new thread

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