Anadu Kune

Had a Dream that Pip and Diamond Tiara had a subtle romance going on in the series for like the past seven seasons(dream took place in the future mlp season 18). Then everyone lost their minds in an episode where Pip kissed Diamond Tiara, then they kinda became the new leaders of Ponyville.

The fandom will be well and fine. Sure it may shrink a bit during the gap between generations but it will be fine. This has happened with other fandoms in the past and they are still around. Heck the star trek fanbase has had to weather a bunch of gaps between products, but its still thriving. The Star wars fanbase had to weather some of the worst movies a respected franchise has ever had. MLP is still bringing in the bucks so I don't think it will end with season 5, especially with a movie being made. Im thinking it will go on for some time. Seeing as how the mlp brand is stronger than its ever been I very seriously doubt they will just leave the brand with gen 4. Gen 5 will happen and it has a better foundation to start with than any gen before it. Gen 5 can and I think probably will use the world of Equestria. There's a lot they can do and most of the stuff that comes into my head is pretty exciting. Unless the heads at Hasbro smash their brains in and pull a gen 2 or 3 again I don't think there's much to worry about. Wait nine seasons somewhat confirmed!? Where are you hearing this news good sir/madam? I would be most enraptured if I were to read it myself.

I doubt the fandom would die,decrease yes but not die. Darkwing duck, Gargoyles, and power puff girls still have a fan base and that was before the internet became as integrated as it is now. That said I don't think the show is going anywhere for a while. Its pretty much the only thing keeping hub alive and its the only franchise showing continued growth for hasbro.Even when it does end we will almost certainly get a new gen in equestria. Hasbro isn't going to leave this newly successful franchise to rot. MLP is a very interesting thing going from long dorment and usually derided to crazy success in just a few years.

For me I was kind of surprised by the vociferous reaction to Twilicorn. It seemed fairly obvious to me that this would eventually happen since the first episode, which is where I started back in late 2010. You have the fact that Twilights element of harmony is a crown whilst the others are necklaces, the fact she was a direct apprentice to Princess Celestia, the fact that her very name is the bridge between night and day. Heck the obvious progression she made from season to season. Because of these reasons and some Im leaving out I saw this coming from a mile away as something that would eventually happen. Its even confirmed that Lauren Faust originally intended for Twilight to become a princess to begin with. As a brief not I sarcastically mentioned this as "the end of the show" a long while back and was taken seriously. I will say I was surprised by the Twilicorn decision in that it's fairly atypical for a show to make such a change and stick to it. That's what makes it exciting and its one of the things that makes this show great. Its not afraid to progress. Season 1 had Twilight writing to Princess Celestia and Twilight as the main one learning. Season two right off the bat mixed this up and said hey all these characters have potential to grow and learn so have them write letters as well. Season three got rid of the letters entirely and integrated morals into the stories. It also lead to the end of Twilights' original story arch and started another. Season four had her in this new uncertain learning phase. She's not a good flyer, she is a bit uneasy with the whole royal title thing at first, and then just uncertain of her general place in the world. Now at the end of season four Twilight has found her place as a princess with all of her friends. What's next? Well I don't know but I'm excited to find out. This show experiments and changes and we shouldn't fear that. Instead of slowly falling into a repetitive rut it takes an idea uses it and then switches things up a bit. It does this without compromising its core. That's why I not only accept where the show went but love and embrace it.

I for one think this season was great. It offered things I had been wanting for a while. I wanted more lore especially considering Celestia and Lunas' past, it delivered that in the first two episodes. We all wanted more Rarity episodes, it delivered that. I wanted to see Cadence get more screen time so we could get to see more characterization of her. Again this season delivered that. Sure its had its misses, but then again so has every season. My faves of the season Testing Testing 123 Rarity Takes Manehatten Flight to the Finish Filli Vinilli Pinkie Pride Maude Pie Pinkie Apple Pie Equestria Games Princess Twilight Sparkle Bats Three's a Crowd For whom the Sweetie Belle Toils

Nightmare Moon was pretty evil. She Plunged Equestria into eternal night which would if not for the mane six have inexorably destroyed order and life in Equestria. She also had no qualms about using deception and manipulation to further her goals. She also banished her own sister to god knows where without a second thought. Is she a tragic villain? Absolutely. Its been made clear that Luna was a good pony that was driven to evil. She felt shunned by the world around her as the ponies never took a moment to appreciate what she did for them. Whilst they basked in Celestia's sunlight they hid away from the stars and moon. The only possible solace Luna had was her possible interactions in the dreamspace. Even that probably just made her feel more shunned. The only time she ever saw her subjects was in the mental space of their dreams which they more often than not forget upon waking or write off as insignificant. After years of that its pretty easy to see how someone would lose it.

Im not sure why people make a big deal over something that has been an established character trait for a while now. Pinkie has shown in the past that whilst she isn't stupid she can be pretty oblivious to how others are feeling and sometimes the world around her. This has been shown multiple times in the series. Luna Eclipsed comes to mind first for me. Despite Luna's obvious emotional distress Pinkie fails to notice and continues screaming and inciting panic. Even when Luna has cancelled Nightmare Night and all the ponies of Ponyville were depressed and the children sobbing Pinkie continued merrily along. Then there is her behavior in Griffon The Brush off. Rainbow obviously doesn't want to hang out with Pinkie in the beginning, yet Pinkie doesn't notice at all. Pinkie was also oblivious to Gilda's obvious annoyance at her presence. Also in the very pilot episode where an unspeakable legendary evil has captured Celestia and cast eternal night upon the land Pinkie plays a guessing game. Then there's the Discord arch, whilst the world has been turned upside-down and all the negative implications layed out Pinkie is still her happy self. Concerned over finding chocolate milk puddles and laughing whilst the villain monologues to them. Pinkie is oblivious sometimes. Pinkie sometimes confuses her cutiemark story with how equestria was made. Pinkie sometimes forgets her own freaking birthday.

In my opinion no its not a bad season. In fact it had what was possibly my favorite episode to date in Magical Mystery Cure. I could go into further detail on why but I don't think many want to read a full blown essay on that here.

From what I have seen of G1 which includes the movie, and the first four episodes of the show I would say one of the main problems with the show was the lack of any character depth. It was insanely hard for me to remember any of the ponies even after only a few hours had past. It would seem to me that any move trying to make MLPFIM closer to G1 could only be a step down. FIM was a fresh start that nobody saw coming. That was the point it was fresh and introduced new characters in a new world.

Ive heard many say the presence of destiny immediately negates the possibility of free will. I don't think this to be the case. I think one of the big reasons people do this is because it has become common to use the words fate and destiny interchangeably. However there is a difference between the two. Destiny: Predetermined events in ones life that they take an active coarse in shaping Fate: Predetermined events that happen because of or in spite of ones actions. It is through the choice and self discovery of the ponies as individuals that they fulfill their destinies. If nothing else I think Magical Mystery Cure actually showed how important they were as individuals, that their choices and personalities could and did shape things. If the mane six were nothing but the puppets of an outside force(destiny or fate) then the switch in MMC would not have mattered. They simply would have switched places and resumed the roles imposed on them as the outside force had dictated. However this is not what happened. Their personality and agency remained and their ineptitude and choices were causing havoc. Rarity's conscious decision to pattern the sky caused the weather to be damaging to the ponies. They were forced into the position of another pony and as such had all their memories and cutie mark, but they retained their agency. It was Twilight's very agency which made the switch possible. Twilight through a conscious decision casted a spell which switched the destinies(life paths) of the ponies. What is shown in MMC is that choices do have consequence and that the ponies through all the cumulative choices they had made up till that point had become very important to the general structure of things around them. I personally use the word attractors to describe destiny. These attractors pull or attract the past towards a virtual future. The things that makes these virtual futures become actual futures is a causal agent. We as individuals are always moving towards a virtual future and if we make the right steps and truly explore ourselves we may reach one of these attractors. However there are many causal agents and as such one's destiny or even collective destiny can be altered. There may also be competing attractors. A example from another piece of fiction the struggle between the light and dark side of the force in Star Wars. In Return of the Jedi The emperor demonstrates the ability to predict the future and does so with a startling accuracy. However The actions of Luke Skywalker a causal agent negate his destiny. The virtual future the emperor saw never came to pass. This is supported by Yoda when he states "always in motion is the future". There are tons of attractors or destinies competing although not all of them are in direct competition. Destiny is shaped by the individual and can be fulfilled or negated by them.