Metemponychosis

They probably read the wikipedia entries.

I would keep not watching it. 

What exactly do you mean with 'mechanized'? That term can mean a lot.

As a hater, I say yes.

I'm kidding. The problem is that... It's a baby. It could be an object, a macguffin in a more interesting story. 

Personally, I dislike everything about her. Her design is awkward, she complicates the lore for no benefit at all, the way she broke the Crystal Heart just didn't sit right with me, and I would never name a baby "Flurry anything" after that episode.

In the following episodes I started liking her more, but... Meh.

Definitely the princesses.

It has really big shoes to fit. It's not that bad, just not as good. But I can't put my finger on what exactly si missing. To me, it is the mythological gravitas of the Sisters and of the world.

You know what pisses me off about this conversation? It is that people point fingers at Celestia as though she had any control over what happened. Luna was the one that snapped. I think this conversation starts here. And I don't think that the working of the elements was ever explained in any way that made it seem as though anyone has any control over what they do. The whole point is moot.

Can we stop pretending that the cartoon even tried to make half of the drama people worked out over this issue? The cartoon couldn't even decide on how does one make a damn alicorn or how Luna's powers work, or even if the sun is actually or not  important.

On 2023-12-25 at 6:12 PM, ManaMinori said:

While it is impossibly to analyze any real cognitive function of a fictional equine, we do know from actual Was Princess Luna deserving of her punishment? of humans that have been put in social isolation that brain function can not only cause white matter to form in both regions of the brain that is critical for thinking and emotional control, but also increased occurrences of depression and anxiety, along with reduced sleep and increased mortality. There is no doubt that such prolonged isolation, even with a fictional horse such as Luna, could've drastically effected her mentality well into the long term, after she had been freed of her own Nightmare's influence. 

Jesus Christ. This is cringe worthy.

EDIt: You know what? Never mind me. People have been beating this dead horse mercilessly ever since the cartoon aired. It's been fourteen years and people still shove in their headcanon on this stuff. It's what fandoms do. But can we please, PLEASE, acknowledge that the cartoon moved on from that immediately, that Luna not only became a better character while the writers just shelved Celestia and that Luna herself acknowledged her own blame in that whole mess? Or perhaps acknowledge that Luna sitting alone in the moon, all sad and abandoned, is a headcanon? What the legend Twilight read  in the book actually said? And please, you don't have to convince people that isolation is bad for cartoon horses. Nobody ever argued against that.

2 hours ago, Props Valroa said:

I agree with this. While the later seasons were not all bad, the school of friendship and the finale were definitely the worst parts in the entire show. Starlight's backstory and reformation was rather hastily redone, but, I agreed with the spirit of it - but not the execution of it. I hate how they didn't expand on the lore, oh, so much wasted time and filler towards the end. MLP: FiM deserved better. The older seasons were really nostalgic and well done, there wasn't anything significantly wrong with them and they had a good sense of unity in the storylines. Season 6 is where parts of the show really started to decline.

The part I highlighted in bold. This. So much this. And I would add that I think the entire cartoon suffered from this. It often had great ideas that fell flat, or at least never were as effective as they could have been because the execution seemed careless. I'll always complain about Celestia because I think that hers was the biggest problem in this regard, but it was not only her. Starlight Glimmer too. Twilight becoming an alicorn was never a problem to me, but they never did anything with it. It was always the same thing to the point her speeches became trite.

Sounds fair. Season one was my favorite for several reasons. I liked Celestia more in that season and the cartoon hadn't grown so self conscious yet.

It's not as though I don't like the other seasons, but they started growing... I don't know exactly how to call it... It felt the cartoon lacked a unified direction. I started to really dislike the way writers treated Celestia, who was my favorite character along with Luna, Cadance and Twilight. I loathed those ponies from the past. They should be legends, like Star Swirl was. They should have stayed legends and we should have gotten lore dumps, spin offs. I absolutely hate the last season though. It makes no sense whatsoever to me. Which I hate because the last season had some great moments and I really liked the young 6.

The biggest problem, to me, were a series of creative decisions that started piling on each other. 

There are a few things that rube me the wrong way. One of them are the magical wings instead of actual wings. Is there a reason for that?

G4 fanfiction is what you need.

Or, maybe just go look for something you actually like. You're not obligated to like anything.

Would elemental magic count? I can see no reason why unicorns wouldn't be able to cast elemental magic aligned with fire or ice. Besides, the pegasus ability to manipulate clouds should count.

I assume you mean 'live'. I'm not sure. Why do you feel that way?

On 2023-11-16 at 10:46 PM, Number62 said:

Why do you say that?

Please keep in mind that this is an opinion of someone who only watched the first movie and keeps postponing watching the rest.

The most jarring thing is that the world just works differently. I could accept if there was a transition between an ecology that was completely dependent on the ponies to function into what it is in the new generation. What I saw when I watched the movie was a badly written fanfiction that didn't make me think it cared about those details. It felt like it wanted to be a continuation without being a continuation. Furthering on this feeling, what I kept seeing didn't inspire a lot of the passion I saw in G4. The killing blow was when Discord showed up in the comics, but not the animation.

I could go on about the reasons I'm not interested in G5, but I think that it time better spent on my G4.5 fanfictions.

Being the same universe just makes no sense inside my head.

It's the first time I paid attention to it, so forgive me if I'm being dense. Are we cool with AI stuff in this site?

1 hour ago, Tacodidra said:

No mentions of poor Spike? He's my pick – sure, not all of his portrayals were perfect, but he was a crucial part of the cast and was there from day one.

You know what? You are absolutely right. Spike deserves a place in any 'best male character' list. My boy was there right from the start, being Twilight's voice of reason and having his own moments too.

Ugh. Sorry. Wrong post. lol

Favorite male character. Shining Armor.

She probably taught them, and then feeds them correctly so they don't need to go preying out of hunger. She also probably has more dangerous animals in different areas with different schedules and keeps new animals in their own areas. She certainly has the knowledge to pull that off. The only thing that seems weird is that she does it all by herself, but then again, she's the one bearing an Element of Harmony, not me.

I can see myself becoming friends with all of them. They're quirky and fun enough for a day of fun and a few days of being too busy to meet again for a while. Actually, having not really seen the evil alicorn one on screen yet, I can safely say that I could be friends with all the characters in the G5 that I know.

I would probably have stopped watching the cartoon much earlier.

But did you have any particularly interesting insight about any of that? Or are you just throwing the idea out there to see what people think?

Because I'm not particularly interested in the creepypast stuff, but I could live with higher version of the cartoon with a higher age rating and all that it entails.

I hope this doesn't hurt the series. They seem tobe heading towards a good thing.

Changelings in some folklore are very interesting creatures. They would replace a baby with their own children so that the parents' love would feed the baby. This is interesting. It's probably associated with sayings like 'a face only a mother could love', because in the folklore, changelings were hideous creatures. This is a myth that implies love cannot be taken, and can only be given. It was very clever, if that was what the producers originally thought with Chrysalis replacing Cadance with herself to feed on Shining's love. And I believe that was the original idea because if Changelings could just harvest love like they do in later appearances, Chrysalis is an idiot. The point of changing form is to take someone's place and feed off the love directed at them.

With that said, I think that changelings as 'cunning and insidious love predators' are infinitely more interesting that what they ended up becoming. There is a multitude of creatures that can simply eat a pony in the canon. It made changelins unique and interesting. But, well... There you have it. Would ripping a pony apart and eating the violent? Yes. More violent than impersonating a loved one and taking their place, feeding off your feelings in complete ignorance? Maybe, but I'm not sure what is worse. How does it feel? You don't know that it is happening, and that is why it's horrifying. And sad that the changelings changed so much, even before their 'reformation'.

But that is the opinion of an old guy way out of the target audience.....

Moments ago, Silly Druid said:

Turnabout Storm

Thank you so much for mentioning this exists!

4 minutes ago, North Star said:

'Boss-Mare' and a pony court is called a 'Harras' :3

Boss-stallion would sound awful in my first language. XD