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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#276: Apr 29th 2021 at 10:42:40 AM

[up] OTOH we have the Cake twins, a Unicorn and Pegasus pair born to an Earth Pony couple.

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#277: Apr 29th 2021 at 11:22:05 AM

Oooh, I just noticed now that Pipp and Zipp have two entirely different kinds of wings. That's... odd.

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#278: Apr 29th 2021 at 12:40:04 PM

Cadance used to be a pegasus, so her descendants, watering down her alicorn blood to being pegasii makes just enough sense.

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#279: Apr 29th 2021 at 1:19:46 PM

Not to mention that Pipp has pink fur (?) just like Cadance and Cadance being the only royalty we know with that coloration.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#280: Apr 29th 2021 at 1:20:28 PM

Alicorns are mixes of all three species, so that does make some amount of sense.

Wait, wouldn't she be a descendant of Flurry Heart, then?

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#281: May 4th 2021 at 10:41:22 AM

kind of weird, but I always thought it would be cool if Sunset shimmer was a character in the show, not just relegated to the movies. It just seemed to me that she had a lot of potential from the little backstory she had and I really liked her character design.

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#282: May 4th 2021 at 11:09:51 AM

On the one hand, Sunset might have run into a problem if she became a recurring character in the show. After her rainbow lobotomy overhauled her personality, she basically became EQG's Twilight. I'm not sure what she would bring to the table as a Mane Six character.

On the other hand, having Sunset join the Mane Six instead of chilling with AU cardboard cutouts of the characters might have either a) prevented her personality from being erased wholesale and replaced with Twilight's or b) given her the opportunity to develop a new personality distinct from her original or Twilight's.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#283: May 4th 2021 at 12:15:11 PM

That would have been amazing, and I think there were plenty of fans who would have liked this idea. Not sure why Hasbro didn't go for it.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#284: May 4th 2021 at 12:26:06 PM

It seems pretty clear to me that they wanted to keep EG and FIM separate as much as possible. Not exactly sure why, beyond the basic "don't want to confuse fans of FIM who haven't watched EG."

I'm curious how people here would have done Sunset's personality, if she had to grow along Twilight instead of slotting into her role. Most fanfic I've seen goes with her being The Atoner and following in Twilight's footsteps because she thinks it's the best way to lead, but I've seen a few others. Biggest divergence is probably "she's actually still a giant bitch, but she's good at aiming it at the bad guys."

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#285: May 4th 2021 at 12:35:10 PM

The idea that they just didn't want to confuse anyone who didn't watch the movie was taken out back and shot in season eight, when the events of My Little Pony: The Movie became a plot-critical fulcrum around which the entire direction of the show swiveled.

They spent a bit of an episode catching kids up on the important bits they needed to know in order to understand this new direction and that was that. Which is exactly what they could have done with Sunset Shimmer.

Biggest divergence is probably "she's actually still a giant bitch, but she's good at aiming it at the bad guys."

That. I want that. There's a reason I cite Trixie as the best recurring ex-antagonist.

Edited by TobiasDrake on May 4th 2021 at 12:36:02 PM

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#286: May 4th 2021 at 12:57:34 PM

Yeah. Trixie may have been one of Starlight's friends, but she is still a pretty big jerk throughout her time in the series. She's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, yes, but still a jerk. Hopefully since she's the school's guidance counselor, she mellowed out with age.

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#287: May 4th 2021 at 1:02:00 PM

Her standing up for Gallus is a good sign she was becoming a more empathetic individual.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#288: May 4th 2021 at 5:18:23 PM

The idea that they just didn't want to confuse anyone who didn't watch the movie was taken out back and shot in season eight, when the events of My Little Pony: The Movie became a plot-critical fulcrum around which the entire direction of the show swiveled.

They spent a bit of an episode catching kids up on the important bits they needed to know in order to understand this new direction and that was that. Which is exactly what they could have done with Sunset Shimmer.

Different writers and prerogatives by then though.

CastletonSnob Since: Jun, 2020
#289: May 7th 2021 at 10:26:32 AM

We can infer that Sunny and Hitch are close from their interaction in their introduction video, but what exactly is their relationship? Siblings? Childhood friends?

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#290: May 7th 2021 at 11:05:51 AM

Childhood friends I'd imagine.

CastletonSnob Since: Jun, 2020
#291: May 8th 2021 at 4:35:05 AM

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I don't see G5 being as good or popular as G4. G4 was lightning in a bottle.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#292: May 8th 2021 at 6:19:34 AM

It really depends on who the writers are, and whether the initial show runners manage to set a solid vision for the show like Faust did.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#293: May 8th 2021 at 8:58:25 AM

Indeed. Hopefully Hasbro and the new writing team know what made FIM popular and can continue that trend.

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#294: May 8th 2021 at 10:07:29 AM

I'm actually really looking forward to G5. My interest in MLP really dwindled during the last few seasons and I ended up skipping a lot of the episodes. Hearing the premise of G5 and seeing the new characters has revitalized my interest, and I'm curious to see how it'll all play out.

CastletonSnob Since: Jun, 2020
#295: May 9th 2021 at 5:48:17 PM

What if in G5, Spike became a recluse?

Then it's revealed that Twilight started Twilighting when racial tensions started to come back, and her solutions only made things worse. Spike, seeing how bad things were, decides to resign as Royal Advisor and second in command. Twilight, in her anxiety, accuses Spike of treason and declares him an enemy of the state, forcing Spike to go on the run and flee to the far reaches of Equestria.

Sometime after, Twilight dies, and Spike was never able to make amends with her.

Or would that be too sad?

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#296: May 9th 2021 at 6:01:33 PM

That's a bit unnecessarily grimdark, yeah.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#297: May 9th 2021 at 6:21:33 PM

Not to mention impossible.

Plus we don't even know if this is the same Equestria as G4.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
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#298: May 9th 2021 at 8:23:47 PM

They already confirmed that this is the same Equestria as FiM back in like February.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#299: May 9th 2021 at 9:35:17 PM

Eh, still having my own doubts on that.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#300: May 9th 2021 at 11:10:05 PM

Yeah, that's definitely not going to happen.

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