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I never really took a liking to Fluttershy. I particularly don't like her so much now because she's come SO far out of her shell that her personality is pretty neutral compared to when the show started. I don't think she's much shy these days

I mean honestly... I can see them taking EG to so much of a higher level if they'd make the quality of story, as well as the music, as good as the stuff in the show. For me thus far, I've felt rather underwhelmed by the movies because they don't really seem to embody what I know FiM to be. So yaeh, if they can make EG3 feel more like the show (that is, to stray away from the OVERLY generic high school theme and OVERLY generic songs), it'll really be a good watch.

I think the show is getting better; it's increasing in scope and demographic, an they're willing to take bigger risks on stories. One thing I *desperately* miss right now though is that Season 1-3 feeling of the Mane 6 being just a group of friends getting close together and learning to be better individuals. It was just so simple and unassuming. Not that the later seasons get overwhelming or something, but the show is headed in a way that seeks to be bigger than the Mane 6 alone. That gives me good hope for high-quality stories in the future, but also makes me sorta sad and reminiscent. It's certainly NOT deteriorating, though, just changing.

I would assume hatred is normal... But honestly hatred is a super-strong emotion/condition that I imagine we haven't really *needed* to see in the show yet. So I just think they don't show it or write it in because it's not useful or necessary for their plots or characters.

Woo-hoo! How many pink ponies are there in total?

Are they not just different 'races' under a single species, like humans? Or (without my attempt to Google this) are 'subspecies' basically the same as 'races'? I'm a human, but unlike many other people, I have dark skinned, a wide nose and nappy, knotted hair, but I guess contextually we don't have subspecies.... I dunno. NOW I'll Google it cuz I'm curious.

I can see why that'd be an interesting break from the "normal" pony world, but then I think it might actually get a bit more on the -boring- side. I think the big thing I want to see is for the writing to feel less like an 'extended advertisement' with pretty mediocre story, awful lyrics (and just generally pretty bad pop music)- the movies just don't seem to match the quality of the show. For myself as a viewer, I'll be hooked a lot more if they write it more like a season premiere/finale rather than a really, really long commercial.

I think so. In a different light than that of actual plot analysis: They seem to tend towards a sort of "cookie cutter" formulated script that aims at little girls predominately... or at least that's how I see it. I thus far haven't been overly impressed with the quality of stores in the EG movies... hopefully this upcoming one changes my mind on that (although I suspect it won't). I haven't paid enough attention to the plots, especially the second of the two

Mna, I love M A Larson. He's worked on so many of my favorite shows AND he just seems like a great dude.

This right here... I think I respect their personalities far too much to 'sexualize' them. lol, sexualizing cartoon ponies. I do know that if I see a female whom I find attractive, I might "fantasize" on her until I get to know her, upon which my mind shifts her over to being a "full person". It's really objective, and honestly I wanna break from that mindset, really.