Jump to content
Guidelines

Arctofire

User
 View Profile  See their content

  • Posts

    390

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Arctofire

  1. Arctofire
    In Twilight's Kingdom, 6 very sentimental objects were used as keys for tree of life's rainbow power box. Which turned out to be a test for Twilight and her friends to see if Twilight was really ready to be a princess. However, what I think they're forgetting is how much sentimental value these objects have. Each of them were given by friends of theirs, and are important to them. It was sad when they all basically got destroyed. So do you think they will recover them. Maybe their looking through the castle, open a drawer, and find all 6 objects in there.
  2. Arctofire
    Just other MLP fans like us.
  3. Arctofire
    Absolutely, Starlight Glimmer looks amazing, and I'm prepared for season 5 to be the absolute best season of all time. In fact every time I hear more news, I just think "it's to good to be true,". But it is TRUE , and that's awesome. Don't dis S1 though, that had some great morals, if slightly simpler ones.
  4. Arctofire
    Well said man, couldn't have put it in better words.
  5. Arctofire
    So after Tirek returned for the season 4 finale, many people were wondering if we would see more revamped characters. Although many people argued that it was just a one off, this has turned out to be false as Smooze has been confirmed to return for the upcoming and super exciting season 5. So earlier today, I was just thinking. What other characters could be revamped? I mean don't get me wrong, the show was awful, but I think that some of the characters were really interesting, or could be made interesting. I'm going to list 3 revamps which I think could work in G4, and add something cool and new to the show. Smooze isn't a big villain, and I like it that way. I don't think this series needs another main villain who's a revamp. Scorpan: Now Scorpan is the most obvious one because not only is he confirmed to exist in this universe, but the development he had in Twilight's Kingdom suggests that he will be explored in future seasons. This guy could make an awesome character. I heard on Derpy News one time that Starswirl the Bearded is going to be making his appearance at the right place at the right time, but I feel that Scorpan (Starswirl's close friend) should return first so we can get more hype for Starswirl. With him maybe telling stories of their great adventures. I can't see this revamp happening this season as were already getting A LOT of unbelievable arcs and stuff answered. I think that season 5 is going to be the best season yet by miles. However, I think Scorpan is more likely to be season 6 or the 2017 movie. This version will of course be Tirek's brother, and is highly likely to be a magic draining being like Tirek. He may be a prince of his foreign land though. General Firefly: Whilst not as apparent as Scorpan, Firefly exists in this universe too. She was the founder of the Wonderbolts a long time ago, and assembled them and made them the greatest flyers in Equestria as explained in Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3. I think the best way to reintroduce this character would be if the mane 6 went back in time, and Firefly gave Rainbow Dash tips on how to become a Wonderbolt, and then she used them and succeeds. This would be really epic, and would be a great ending and pay off to Rainbow's series long arc. Just my thoughts, but I think this is the best and only real way to revamp this character. Sea Ponies: Now this fanbase has been wanting these guys for ages, and I think this would be really cool. They look iconic, memorable, and classy. Ponies underwater is just a badass idea. I think the time for this is season 5, when we take a look at all of Equestria. I hope to see them this season. We haven't seen any concept art, but I think it's still probable for them to make a return. DHX must know we want them.
  6. Arctofire
    I agree with you except for number 3.
  7. Arctofire
    It CAN work, but I think we need no more major antagonist redemptions.
  8. Arctofire
    Almost a year ago, the season 5 news popped up that there was going to be an episode in season 5 which focused solely on the background ponies. Me and many others were overjoyed when this news came out, however the closer to season 5 we get, the more people have said that this is just fan pandering on a whole new level. I'm hear to defend this, and explain why it isn't. First off, in the recent trailer, one of the people who worked on the show said that they wanted to explore some characters which haven't been explored yet, but ones which have potential for some great stories. And that's the thing, the staff simply want to take our fantastic characters and use them to tell a good story, and that's a good thing because some of the characters our fandom has created are really interesting. For example. Derpy is a clumsy but well meaning mail mare with impaired vision. She is also single mom and raises her daughter the best she can even with her difficultys. I think that this isn't just fan service, I think DHX are using background ponies because their genuinely great characters. Fan ideas are only fan service when they try to drown out the badness of a movie, have no reason to be there other than to please fans, and don't do anything with it. But it feels like here, they actually want to write and use these characters for creative reasons rather than fan pleasing ones. Sure, there's a bit of fan pleasing in there, but if they didn't like the characters they wouldn't do it.
  9. Arctofire
    I really hope so, I REALLY HOPE SO.
  10. Arctofire
    Depends on what they do with it: Bad: Have an episode where the mane 6 leave, and then just cram as much internet and fanon references as possible in the audiences face. Just do EVERYTHING. Call out every background ponies names and give them speaking roles, give them their fanon personalities straight from the web, and do as much brony pandering as you possibly can. It ends with a giant laser fight and Derpy shouting out muffins. Good: Put effort and time into this episode and make it a well written episode that could stand on it's own, even if the background ponies weren't there and it was just the mane 6. Use some fan personalities, but filter them out and alter them if nessercery so that they're appropriate for kids and can work in the context of the show. (For example, take out homosexuality between Vinyl and Octavia and Lyra and Bon Bon, and take out the human obsession for Lyra as it just wouldn't work in the show, but still make her a quirky oddball) Also, don't be afraid to differ yourselves from fanon. As long as it's relatively close and the core personalities and names are there, then you can make a few changes if you want.
  11. Arctofire
    YES, YES, YES, YES. Thank you so much DHX for making this not canon. But this was not suppose to be an insult to those who do like it.
  12. Arctofire
    I'm just going to post this:
  13. Arctofire
    I decided that I would dub Grogar in this comic. The music is from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMsTnPPz8w Please tell me what you think, and give me some feedback, in the comment section.
  14. Arctofire
    The difference between the Star Wars expanded universe was that the Star Wars Trilogy were a bunch of MOVIES. In a movie, pacing and run time is very important, and you only tell the backstories which are essential to the story because otherwise the movie would be to long and disjointed. The expanded universe explores these characters which there really just wasn't time for in the movies. MLP is a TV show spanning 13-26 episodes each season. There is PLENTY of time to do all of these backstories, but no, they waste it on another Spike episode. They went back and explored the mane 6's backstory in season 1, there's no reason why they can't do it again. However, this Fendship is Magic series looks so interesting that I'm going to have to buy it. Well done Hasbro, your plan is working.
  15. Arctofire
    This is very difficult, and I can't really give you one straight forward answer. In terms of mechanics, Gen 5 wins. Gen 6 broke the game a little bit with the mega evolution. Gen 5 had hidden abilities, physical/special split, and all kinds of good play mechanics. In terms of new features and improvement from last, Gen 2 wins. I have yet to see a Pokemon generation add so much new stuff to the game, and even though this was the last Pokemon game to run on the old engine, a lot of it's play design and all of it's mechanics have returned for later gens. In terms of my personal favorite, I'd sat Gen 3. Not so much for R S E, but for FR LG. I think are some of the series best games. They beautifully remastered 2 old games, and made them playable for new players, with all the magic from the first ones back.
  16. Arctofire
    Jump up and down with excitement, and rush to the theater with great anticipation.
  17. Arctofire
    For the last time no. I've always preferred Discord X Fluttershy because she was the one pony who treated him as a person and not as a monster.
  18. Arctofire
    Now first off, I want to start off by saying that this is less about the comics themselves, but more about the concept of these comics and why it annoys me so much. If you enjoy these comics, good on you, I actually enjoy some of them to. I'm not going to waste time on an introduction, so I'm just going to get straight to it. The reason why I don't like these comics is simple. I see it as expensive DLC to the show, and seems like just a money grab from Hasbro. Now I have no doubt that a lot of effort were put into these comics, the artwork by Katie Cook is great, and while the content is mixed, it's clear that they are trying to make a continuation of the show. But what I see it as is ripping us off. They really started to piss me off around the time of EQG 1, because they thought up of this plan of containing all the juicy material that you fan boys have been DYING to see, in the comics. There now doing backstorys of all of the villains, and this is so infuriating because I strongly believe that this should be in the show. However, Hasbro now has us all under their grip, and their using us to make as much $$$ as possible. If the Cutie Mark Chronicles idea had been pitched in season 4, chances are it would have been slapped in the comics and put on a price of 7 bucks. When I first saw that they were doing villain backstorys, I was overjoyed, misreading it and thinking it was for season 5, but alas no. The price of ONE ISSUE is 7 dollars, and that's just for a simple, boring, slice of life issue that nobody in their right mind going to pay extra money for. For the juicy material, like the backstorys and the arcs, their all like 4 issues, so your going to have to pay 48 dollars for The Return of Queen Chrysalis arc.
  19. Arctofire
    I just wanted to share a dub that I did, and maybe get some feedback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMsTnPPz8w PS: Sorry, I wanted to fix some stuff.
  20. Arctofire
    Here's a picture I found, it's pretty cool:
  21. Arctofire
    No, forced shipping is evil. Taking away ponies freedom for the enjoyment of yourself.
  22. Arctofire
    Diamond Tiara's pretty nasty, bullying the CMC for years.
  23. Arctofire
    I really don't know, I suppose the mane 6 should be out, and it's about the life of the others.
  24. Arctofire
    There are certain stuff which would have to be changed. He cannot be the ruler of Tamberlon and get destroyed by a bell, because that's to similar to King Sombra getting destroyed by a crystal heart. They should make him from Tamberlon, but don't make him the ruler. Grogar was very campy in the original, this version needs to be darker and more menacing. In G1, despite it being awful, Grogar didn't feel at all like a necromancer. Bray is really annoying, and should be exercised entirely. He should sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1a4tvOo3oc Also, I don't think DHX took inspiration from fan work to make Equestria Girls, I think that was just corporate slack. The fan made ones look more high quality, and take an anime style, while the EQG ones, well you saw them. However, Tirek's most popular fan made design before his revamp was surprisingly very similar to the one we got, so I would say it's plausible.
  25. Arctofire
    So season 5 is on the way, and we're all super hyped I know. However there is something that I want to discuss with everyone, and that it the revamp of G1 villains. After Smooze was confirmed for season 5, it was obvious that this G1 revamping scheme wasn't just a one off. DHX are going to be slowly weaving every major villain from that show into this show. Now I for one didn't like how Tirek was revamped overall in Twilight's Kingdom. I liked him when he was an Emperor style figure (from Star Wars), who was really intelligent, creepy, and sinister, but I hated it when he took off the cape and became a mindless animal. Now Smooze is hard to mess up because I don't think there's any villain in G4 which is similar to Smooze, so therefore he can be copied and pasted from G1 to G4 without much difficulty, and that seems to be the way there going. But ever since Twilight's Kingdom, people have been praying for Grogar, and I want to give my thoughts on this. If Grogar was revamped, I fear that he would receive the same treatment that Tirek did because there is a G4 villain similar to him: King Sombra. With Tirek, they took away the eternal night because of Nightmare Moon, and replaced it with a really boring power that turned him from an streetsmart mastermind into a mindless brute. I fear that they would do the same to Grogar, completely stripping him of who he is. Now I'm all for these revamps feeling fresh and new, it would be boring if they weren't, however Tirek was too far from his source material. What do you think about revamping Grogar?
×
×
  • Create New...