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Would the Equestria Girls films be better if all the mane six were included?


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I definitely feel that way. I don't particularly care for the series in general, but having all of the mane five go into the human world alongside Twilight would have made it better, after some adjustments to the plots, of course. Here's my reasoning as to why: 

 

-- The "humane five" are lousy replacements for the mane five. The are underdeveloped clones who aren't nearly as interesting or accomplished as their pony counterparts. Rarity, for example, owns a (presumably) successful dress-making/tailoring business, where as the human Rarity is just really into fashion, and does not appear to actually make dresses at all, as far as I can tell.  Furthermore, Twilight having two sets of the exact same friends is stupid and redundant. And honestly, at what point should the mane five start to feel threatened? How many more times are they going to have to wave goodbye to Twilight as she leaves them behind to be with other friends? 

 

-- Seeing all the mane six struggle with being human would have been more entertaining than just Twilight. Seriously, it would have. They could have each had their own little "coming to grips" moments, for example, Rainbow Dash would have freaked out at seeing that she does not have wings and now has to actually walk to get anywhere. Furthermore, they could have had their own unique ways of interacting with the human world and modern technology. And just as easily as Twilight and Sunset Shimmer's human doubles conveniently attend different schools, so too could the mane five's human doubles. 

 

-- It would likely reduce the moments of contrivance. In particular, I'm referring to the climax of the first Equestria Girls when Sunset Shimmer is stopped by Element of Harmony without the other five Elements being present, nor their actual bearers being present. Seriously, the fact that five complete strangers with no connection to the Elements whatsoever at all can still manage to produce the rainbow friendship laser is a load of bunk. It also implies that the mane five and their Elements are easily replaceable. At least if the mane five, the actual bearers of the other Elements, had been present, it would not have come off quite as contrived, at least in my opinion. 

 

-- The films would feel more natural and in-place with the show. Spike served as Twilight's one and only connection with Equestria in the first film. He pretty much had to provide the support that all the mane five typically would. Had all the mane six been there, it would have felt like they were on a mission in a strange new place, similar to The Crystal Empire. It would have most likely felt a lot more in-tune with the show and most likely lessened the prominence of the high school drama.  

 

Anyway, since it's pretty much confirmed now that Twilight's alternate double will be in the next film, I say that that it's finally time for the mane five to play a bigger role. in the films. Why not bring them all along next time? Forget about "balance" (Pfft, as if that actually matters at this point) forget about "confusing" anyone (these are, after all, the same students who watched another student transform into a She-demon just before being turned into mindless zombies themselves, and yet have mostly brushed it off like it's nothing. Is seeing five doubles of other students really going to confuse them any more than that?). There's little reason to keep the mane five out of the next film. 

 

Besides, double the friendship, double the magic, right? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And honestly, at what point should the mane five start to feel threatened? How many more times are they going to have to wave goodbye to Twilight as she leaves them behind to be with other friends?

The portal doesn't open very often, and so far Twi's only gone through twice (First in EG, then it RR).

 

 

 

Seeing all the mane six struggle with being human would have been more entertaining than just Twilight.

That I can agree with :P

 

 

 

five complete strangers with no connection to the Elements whatsoever

As you said yourself, they are still the Mane 6. The Humane 6 are just the human counter-parts, so they're basically the same soul, just split into two realms. It worked not only because they became good friends through the span of the movie, but because Twi pretty much knows them already. Either that or the element of Magic is just too op and should be nerfed :P

 

 

 

Had all the mane six been there, it would have felt like they were on a mission in a strange new place, similar to The Crystal Empire.

That's the point of making something new. You don't want too many duplicates. So they thought of something new. And besides, they Mane 6 go everywhere together, they made two movies where they didn't, and the two movies put together still isn't the length of the episodes from all of Season 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Following the movie from the start, Twilight and sunset get (trapped?) in the antic mirror

 

    We suspect that the use of magic is the only way too get in/or/out of the paradox universe, 

    is for the user.. too harness enough magic too open the gate. 

 

    second Movie the siren ponies tree" could not harness enough magic, Twilight arrives,

 

    From this, theory we can asume that the more ponies that enter the mirror, reqiuers more magic too

 

       stabilize the world.

 

 

                    also it is not define the condition of weather any pony would make it back too the other side!

 

     

 

        5 ponies max , any more would disrupt the mirror's magic link

 

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As you said yourself, they are still the Mane 6. The Humane 6 are just the human counter-parts, so they're basically the same soul, just split into two realms. It worked not only because they became good friends through the span of the movie, but because Twi pretty much knows them already.

This actually is something that ever since the first movie I found to be a glaring problem. Twilight forms a close bond with the mane 5 after several trials and revelations in the Everfree Forest, and even still the bond was only sealed when she heard them coming to help her.

 

Meanwhile, the fact that the humans and Twilight are able to make the rainbow of light (even ignoring the fact that they didn't have the elements) is a straightforward implication that Twilight shares the same strong bond with these students as she does with her real friends. But clearly something is being devalued here, either the bond itself or the humane 5. Twilight spent one uneventful day with these people, and never spent a moment trying to get to know them better or see their virtues, she simply assumes that they're the same as her real friends, no personal revelations or tough choices necessary. So either the bond itself, the one that allows the use of the Elements, is so flimsy that a pale facsimile with people you don't even know will properly simulate it, or the humane 5 themselves are such soulless replicas that they can fill the spots of the real bearers of the elements without it being necessary to even get to know them.

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Nope.

 

Way to much "omg what are these hand things". 

 

Way to much "Omg your me!"

 

And finally, it would ruin the Human remane5 (now six with sunset) It would steal there spot light and frankly, im not ok with that. I have grown to love how similar yet very differnt the human 6 are compared to the pony 6.

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I got a one.

 

Sunset Shimmer kidnaps TS by sealing her in a magical item and escapes through the portal to human world. Celestia has the Mane 5 travel to the other world to rescue TS. Mane 5 spend time investigating the new world. There they find that world's version of TS who is anti-social and they need to make friends with her to access magical power to use Elements of Harmony to defeat Sunset Shimmer and free their TS.

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