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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
Got into a silly argument with Sera again.
Anyway, Sombra is dead according to Word of God, but that just means that he's dead until they decide to bring him back. Word of God is secondary to the show here, and if the show goes on long enough, I'm almost certain that he'll return. Heck, the episode itself went out of its way to leave open the possibility.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayPretty much everything we know about NMM is pretty vague. We've never really gotten any specifics about it. Extending the pilot into a movie would be cool because they could actually address some of the stuff that got glossed over. Like what specifically caused Luna's fall, and who wrote the prophecy about NMM and what it actually meant.
But for now:
I don't really care about her backstory anymore. It's been teased and mentioned constantly, but never goes anywhere. As far as I'm concerned Celestia and Luna know, and best left to themselves.
Why not give time to others, like Cadence's past and what she was doing in her time in Canterlot, more on Daring Do, Or Zecora.
Or the Mayor, yes.
Yes, Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell has Cady tel a brief tale about her saving the earth pony village where she was raised from an envious mare using dark magic like the amulet and used her love to help them.
edited 30th Jul '14 9:52:26 PM by darkabomination
Mayor mare is practically non existent now,her last role that had any significance was in IS and even that could've been replaced by anypony.
I really wished the show could give some of the side characters some lime light or any sort of light.Season 4's new intro got me so hyped,thinking that we were going to have some episodes with some of the side cast.When in reality,the only characters with any major relevance were the mane 7(and even then Twilight had a lot of minor roles),the cmc and Discord.Every other pony in the intro had minor to extra roles.Seriously hope we see more characters given development.Like Cadence and her husband Shining or Zecora or the other 2 princesses or Cheerilee.
My Tumblr "If theirs one thing I'm good at, it's blowing" Jesse Cox 2013I don't think Daring Do can really have a fleshed out backstory. She's an adventure book character at heart.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayDaring Don't was the oposite for me.I didn't really care much before hand and I had went in to Daring Don't with low expectations(I knew that the author was Daring from the description alone,so I expected to be at the end of the episode with having Daring in her disguise for the most part,since I thought she would be older and had stopped adventuring) and the episode wound up being a lot more interesting then expected.I loved what they had done with her,she had a lot of charm and was very fun to watch.That episode made her more interesting than what we were given in Read it and weep.
My Tumblr "If theirs one thing I'm good at, it's blowing" Jesse Cox 2013So I just discovered that Comcast appears to be blocking some of my traffic. This is what, the third major issue in a month and a half?
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayThe problem is that it doesn't really fit into the setting at all. But that's a debate that we've already been through several times, so I guess it's just YMMV.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayI don't necessarily think Daring Do doesn't work in the setting, but the whole authoring her own adventures thing was executed a bit weirdly. For one thing, she seemed pretty secretive for someone who widely publishes her adventures, and you'd think that her exploits were a big enough deal that everyone would know the events of the books actually happened. Then again, given all the recognition the Main 6 get for their heroics, maybe not.
You'd think that Ahuizotl would have published his side of the story at least.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayWell, it's probably pretty hard for an eight-foot-tall Blue Cat-Monkey to approach a publishing company.
Plus, once he does that the public eye is suddenly on him, and there's a chance he'll have to actually justify his actions, which... wouldn't really go over so well since he did seem pretty actually evil. It's probably best for him to stay as fiction.
Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.But everyone likes the villian! Besides, it's his word agaisnt Daring's. And if Daring can have a secret publisher identity, I don't see why Ahuizotl can't.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayI still don't get how Daring Do doesn't fit with the setting. It's not like the mane 6 are the only heroes out there, and Equestria is a huge place, so you never know what goes on in different areas. Plus, if you can accept Twilight having a big brother out of nowhere, then DD shouldn't be a problem.
edited 30th Jul '14 11:56:49 PM by marston

Yes real!Sombra is dead.
No the alternate isn't. Either the hurt one hurt the other thing only applied while the portal was open, or recently open. Only applied to ponies that have been in both universes, or ti wasn't till Tia's latest trip through the mirror that things got bad enough that it started happening.
Most likely the latter seeing as how evillestia wasn't hurt while beating the crap out of the real one.