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Veylon

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  1. But....but I....Ugh. Now I feel like that time somebody told me about that time somebody told them they hadn't seen Star Wars. Not to the same extent, obviously, but it's the same feeling. I suppose now I'm going to be told that nobody much remembers Slayers either and/or wasn't born back then. Or Beastwars. These are....okay, they aren't classics, but everyone's seen them, right? No? What did the younger generation even watch if it wasn't the same stuff I did? I suppose someday Bronies going to dig their memorabilia out and their kids will be baffled and confused. It'll be like trying to understand the appeal of the Monkees or KISS or whatever.
  2. You can worry about the fandom dying when the latest entry in Equestria Daily is Sethisto saying that he's working on some other stuff, but he'll be back in a couple weeks. And that was upwards of six months ago. I've seen some tumbleweed fandoms and this ain't one of them. Most fandoms are lucky to be as active in their prime as this one is in it's downtime. I mean, heck, when's the last time you heard ReBoot or Captain N discussed? Or Sonic SatAm? And those aren't even obscure or anything.
  3. As mentioned above, she was making this happen: But it was cut due to time. And, yes, I simply did not feel that this thread was complete without the inclusion of pink Luna. Maybe Rarity will get to give the Princess of the Night a proper makeover in Season 4.
  4. I do like Celestia. Her role as a authority figure is used to much better effect here than in most other kids' shows. She doesn't lecture (except that one time), she doesn't exposit the moral (except that other one time, kind of), and she isn't the idiot in charge who exists so that the underdog can have somebody to righteously rebel against and show up. More positively, she seems very approachable and tones down the formality where possible. But she also manages to have a regal presence. She really seems like it makes sense for her to be in sole charge of a country. More interestingly, we saw her utterly botch things at the wedding. Whatever the mechanics of the situation, she took a side that was wrong and picked a fight that she lost. Which is in stark contrast to her usual depiction as an always-right perfect Mary Sue. We also got to see her rattle sabers with Discord after he outmanuevered her. These kinds of scenes hold more weight when Celestia is normally on top of things. I kind of hope they play with the doubt they create; for all of her hero worship, Twilight has seen first-hand that Celestia's schemes can fall apart and has a reason to ignore or reject her mentor's advice if it seem inappropriate. Whereas with most Yoda-type figures, the advice is always right. Here, there isn't that kind of certainty and it could go either way.
  5. I would have them go their separate ways as they go off to pursue their individual goals. Not that their friendship is over, but that they are going to be more distant from one another from now on as they establish lives of their own. Essentially, close the book on these six as a group. There doesn't necessarily need to be one last villain to defeat or an obstacle to overcome.
  6. This I would like to see. At some point, Twilight needs to step out of her mentor's shadow and be her own pony. If I could, I'd make this a two-parter or even a movie. The way Celestia would handle something and the way Twilight should aren't always the same thing, if only because they are good at different things. If she constantly tries to imitate Celestia in every way, she's going to be miserable and feel trapped in inferiority. And it would be a very easy trap for her to get into.
  7. I'm *kind of* on board with a Twilight roast if it's Pinkie's idea. But a roast - like mockery in general - works best on a dignified target. Publicly dragging bookish, humble Twilight through her most humiliating moments strikes me as mean spirited. If she started getting self-important, that'd be something else. I'd rather see Rarity, Rainbow, or Celestia be roasted.
  8. Megaman 9 & 10. Megaman ZX. Unfortunately, I can't justify the kind of cash I'd need to to satisfy my craving. Fighting is Magic, too, but I can't get ahold of that for other reasons.
  9. I prefer to go with the view that Twilight mostly managed on her own and it was in part to her being one of the Bearers of the Elements. Celestia's guidance was helpful, but not necessary.
  10. Luna might be worried that Twilight is sort of becoming her replacement, that Celestia basically trained Twilight as a substitute Luna.
  11. Corrupting Twilight, eh? Whether another character works on her - or she falls herself - there has to be something that she wants or someone she hates enough to go to extremes. Luna became corrupted through resentment of Celestia. Sunset Shimmer became corrupted (I'm assuming) because she became prideful and Celestia came down on her for it. One avenue I can see is her almost desperate desire to please Celestia. Let's say some mess comes up and Twilight seizes on it as an opportunity to prove herself. But she gets in over her head and needs bailing out. This is where Nightmare (or whoever) steps in with assistance, no strings attached. Twilight could go running to her friends or mentor for help, but that would mean a loss of face. So she accepts and receives praise for dealing with whatever it was that needed dealing with. But it leads down a road where she is more and more reliant on the advice and powers of her temptor. There'd be an eventual breaking point with her friends and mentor, but she's essentially corrupted at this point. Alternatively, there's a backdoor route where she pretends to give in to the dark siders, learns and masters their secrets, and then disposes of them. And then expects to be honored by Celestia for her loyalty. Naturally, Celestia and her friends find her deceit and treachery kind of repugnant - even if it was in their benefit - and don't give her the kind of unadulterated praise she was hoping for. Otherwise, she might let her position go to her head. She's the Element of Magic, one of - if not the most - powerful unicorns in history even before elevation and has had praise showered on her for her accomplishments. She's also now Celestia's equal and may decide that her mentor doesn't measure up to what she idolized her to be. This would be especially so if she succeeds at something Celestia failed at. Or she might get to feel what Luna felt at being constantly overlooked as a second-tier Princess.
  12. Trixie was just running the classic strongman routine. She shows off obnoxiously, which forces local egos up onto the stage. At which point she utterly humiliates them. There's nothing remotely intended to be fair about it. The entire point is that the non-egos get to see someone who thinks they are so awesome be put to shame. How many Ponyvillians secretly wanted to see show-offs like Rainbow Dash or Rarity mocked and rendered helpless? Trixie's real flaw is that her smug self-worship is real. She carries it into the backstage. That's no good. I was pretty surprised at how hostile everyone was when she returned. They weren't sneering at her when she ran off. Twilight didn't see her as some sort of nemesis when she left. I don't know if Pinkie even met her. If they wanted to reasonably establish that she was the bad guy, it might have made more sense to have the Mane Six be friendly and have the hostility from her side.
  13. I think there's an essential component of forgiveness that's being missed: contrition. A character has to be sorry for what they did, commit to not doing it again before asking for forgiveness. And forgiveness can only be asked for, it cannot be demanded. Otherwise the risk is run of a character being bullied into forgiving someone, which destroys the whole point of it. This could also become the plot of an episode at some point.
  14. Remember that a horse leg contains both the knee/elbow and the ankle/wrist. One bends forwards and the other backwards. It's just an issue of animation that the joints get moved up and down the legs so much.
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