Slashy

Well Rarity and Fluttershy are missing probably because they aren't fighters like Spike is.

Since I like Equestria becoming a very girly Mushroom Kingdom you can see that I would like the series to have sillier plots to reflect that. That is important! I want to stress that I feel these ideas apply more towards adventure and action stories than slice of life stories. All future adventure stories should feel more like Mario and less like DBZ or Dungeons and Dragons.

People hated the characters being transformed into unsympathetic morons. The series would still have slice of life as the primary focus and character development, but there would be less serious threats and occasionally more crazy adventures. Mario and Luigi is a much better comparison if you have to compare it to another work.

Season 1 felt like Dungeons and Dragons for little girls, a very fun concept, but it never really sat well with me next to the overly sincere themes and happy feel it always tried to convey. Season 3 started a trend of far more sillier elements being placed in the world (such as the mirror pool and crystal empire) and Equestria Girls and Season 4 only expanded on this. I see the Mushroom Kingdom as a very viable comparison to what Equestria is now, and I LOVE that. I feel like I'm the only one who feels that way. The world is generally far more harmless and far more interesting, there are far more limitations in what can be put in the world such as history and technology. I feel this wackier feel greatly works with the series and that's why I prefer it more. I think it would be very difficult to introduce something that I don't like unless it greatly changes the status quo in a negative way or contrasts the silly feel we've seen so far.

Kirby and Mario have very similar tones to MLP in both world and character design.

Well duh, they turned it into an action series rather than marketing MLP like it was a silly Nintendo franchise.

Since pretty much everything I can imagine seems pretty awesome or silly. Even when Rarity fans get upset at the real possibility that she will be turned into a damsel for Spike to rescue again and again. Hey maybe she can become a princess to make the metaphor more obvious.

I'd want to consider that OOC, non-canon, or RD being a complete moron because- Sonic Rainboom Rainbow Dash: I'm gonna go rest up. Don't wanna over prepare myself, y'know. Hehe. You, on the other hand, better keep practicing. I need a cheering section to match my spectacular performance. Hearths Warming Eve Rainbow Dash: Get a hold of yourself, Private! We cannot let anything distract us from the mission at hand. To find, and if necessary, to conquer a new land! Rarity: On the other hand, I have no trouble watching you stoop down. Just for Sidekicks Twilight Sparkle: That would be nice. You sure you don't already have your hands full? Keep Calm and Flutter On Twilight Sparkle: I suppose we can just use the Elements of Harmony against him again if it gets out of hand. Magical Mystery Cure Applejack: Could y'all give me a hand here and help me fix this mess? Not to mention words like handle, unhand.

We never saw them do earth pony magic.

I guess it is because the fandom has stagnated, the hype is gone, and the amount of fan content is dwindling. I mean compared to GDQ, pony cons seem kind of boring.

@ConcorDisparate I would rather it be someone who was a big fan of what the series is rather than someone upset with it and wants to make great changes. There is already an established lore here, you're building on top of it.

I was coming up with an idea for new cast to focus on, one we could stick have slice of life, friendship lessons, and adventures with, but like Digimon Adventure 02 or Dragon Ball Z was a supplementary cast rather than a replacement cast. Rather than introducing a new set of Elements of Harmony, introduce characters who could greatly benefit from learning about friendship. Such as a troubled delinquent, a girl who had been dormant for thousands of years and suffering from memory loss, a girl training to be a perfect princess, a robot studying ponykind, and a photographer looking to start a magazine. These things could provide a familiar, yet different, feel and allows our original cast to aid in their journey rather than trying to introduce characters to keep an original cast fresh.

Fair enough, maybe they won't be as important but they would share a different role.

Err that's what I wanted, I said a new story. The new cast should have their own roles that is NOT the mane6. I can share my idea for one, it is lighthearted, but also pretty over the top silly. I think a story that still justifies friendship lessons would be great I still think there are way more stories to tell with these characters, but this could be seen as a spinoff if you want to call it that.

Nononono, the mane 6 should remain the elements, this pushes the new generation vibe and thus tells us that these new characters are as important or replacements for our old cast. Either the new team holds different roles regarding their connections to Equestria and spreading friendship or we explore a new storyline with new main characters. Why not have the sequel series have a different premise?

Though I think it would be more interesting if it was a new story rather than a forced set of friendship lessons/elements all over again. It doesn't make sense to suddenly lose our main characters' significance to bring on a set of new characters that would do the same thing.

More like Digimon Adventure 02 or Dragon Ball Z. The idea being that while there is a new cast of main characters, our original cast is still significant enough in that some could also be main characters or at least there is an expectation that they could play a huge role in plots.

The movie makes no sense for a series end. Also we just introduced Starlight Glimmer and potentially just started giving Spike something to do.

I said I was hoping for it, not that it was actually happening. Great Scott, you lot have horrible reading comprehension.

She would have taught him to speak before the events of the story took place.

http://www.horse-news.net/2016/05/my-little-pony-movie-concepts-shown-in.html And it looks very exciting. 1. Loads of transformations 2. Journeying across and beyond Equestria 3. Seaponies, pirates, aliens! 4. Having to possibly team up with baddies to take on a bigger threat. I really hope this is some kind of extraterrestrial menace.

The musical number with DJ-Pon3 and Octavia?

Have you seen Slice of Life? I will let it be an exception as it was the 100th episode, but I really hope it never happens again. It greatly cheapens the value of the series if it is only good for memes.

Like I'd imagine canonizing Lyra's fascination with humans would send cause the fandom to have a complete meltdown.

As in having different outfits or hairstyles from their existing human counterparts.