MovieLord101

I know this topic has been dormant for a while but I wanted to bring it back due to the recent episodes just to check in. Has anything been revealed more about Opaline and how she ties back to the FIM-era? And if she really IS from Celestia and Luna's era, how the in the name of Discord did they not know about her. She probably would've made for a much better villain for the 2017 movie than the Storm King did. Would've been more appropriate honestly. Otherwise, I'm surprised they didn't just make it Luster Dawn or whomever Twilight's student from The Final Problem was. Any other deets about other connecting issues would be nice too. I'm just trying to help keep this alive as a "keeping tabs on continuity" thread since I really haven't bothered watching since my last post.

Eh, Josh tends to keep on the down-low with politics, so I'm not judging him.

I must ask: WHY are there still people who bad-mouth Joshscorcher aka The Fiery Joker aka Firebrand? Josh was the guy who got me into the Brony community and is usually an upstanding guy! If this is still over the ToonKriticY2K stuff, JOSH DIDN'T DEFEND THE GUY! I REALLY cannot believe there's still people who believe that crap! What is going on? I ask because the comments on this vid from an unrelated user I follow on Youtube brought Josh up and that thread DESCENDED into bad-mouthing his vids and mention the ToonKritic stuff.

The whole racism angle feels like the MLP equivalent of Star Trek's "Turnabout Intruder" in that we're dealing with a topic that shouldn't even be a THING in Equestria given the set rules and lore. That's the problem. And what became of all the dragons and non-pony races from Gen 4?

Not like this with the whole "racism" crap.

And trying way too hard to relate to modern politics.

It's Hasbro trying to have it's cake and eat it. Also, we don't even know if Opaline was the one who caused the racism thing. The IDW comics seem to impy so, but we're not sure. Even so, she just seems generic and underexplained.

I agree. All but saying everything the Mane 6 did was all for nothing is BS. Did people whine about the leaked reboot designs and changes that much that they scrapped it?

I'm sure I'm not the first to bring this up about Gen 5, but after a season's worth of episodes, a movie, and the IDW comics, I think the big problem with this new version of MLP is two-fold. First, the Make Your Mark show feels like a regression all the way back to the 80s in the worst way: a slice-of-life show (which Gen 4 handled better) with a vague, scheming villain and her bumbling henchman. This might as well be the smegging Smurfs. I get the feeling the people in charge clearly loved shows like that ilk and wanted a "back to basics", which doesn't work in this day and age without certain things like proper characters and character development and a decently-detailed plot. The second is how it treats FIM's legacy. Between this, the pilot movie, and the IDW comics, they make it sound like everything Twilight and company did was all for nothing because "thinly veiled, poorly-written racism allegory". Especially the IDW comic revelations. Ripping away magic from this world by force to punish everypony feels less like an informed decision and more like Twilight having another panic attack and acting brash. We don't even have clarification yet as to if Opaline was the one who caused all that to begin with (correct me if I'm wrong please). And that still doesn't explain what became of non-pony races like the dragons, griffons, hippogriffs, and yacks; did they die out or something? I never want to hear complaints about stuff like the Star Wars sequel trilogy again after this. Either way, the clip below is a perfect retort to Twilight and company for this boneheaded, damaging decision: Honestly, if this was how Gen 5 was gonna turn out, maybe they should've made it a reboot after all. It would have been far more honest and less insulting.

She only did what she did because she was desperate due to a. the other 3 princesses being turned to stone and b. Being chased the whole damn movie. Twilight stopped thinking straight after a while.

The movie split a lot of attention. Though I feel Equestria Girls not getting an actual ending was worse IMO.

Agreed. If Tirek was still around, who's to say Scorpan wasn't?

I know everyone and everypony's mostly moved on to G5, but I had an interesting idea for something that could've happened in the final season that I'm shocked the writers didn't try. Since they know Scorpan helped defeat Tirek back during his first attempt at conquest, why not track him down and enlist his help for this round? And I know just the actor who would've been a perfect choice to voice him: Ron Perlman. He could've portrayed Scorpan as as calm, wise and compassionate individual. Think his character Vincent from the late 80s Beauty and the Beast show.

This sounded GREAT! Why the hell did Hasbro scrap this and not let Equestria Girls have an ending?!? If they were going to can it after Season 2 then why not let this last special happen? It sounds like it would've wrapped everything up!

Hate to dig up an old thread, but now that I've mulled things over, I think the writing staff really didn't put a lot of thought behind Cozy Glow as a character. They just wanted an evil kid villain that was a nod to Lauren Faust's old work and didn't want to be bothered with fleshing her out that much since the show was 2 seasons away from being done. Shame that didn't think the fanbase would expect more from them.

I'd like to think they COULD'VE made good on that crack in the Canterlot statue that's leaking magic from the end of Legend of Everfree, since that thing's been the source of most of the plots in these specials. But nooooo, they had to drag their feet.

So the series finale has come and gone..........and still no explanation. WOW, they really had no actual idea for her backstory, did they?

Did some research after Eli Stone's Season 8 review on Vimeo. After checking Lauren Faust's IMDB, I have to wonder......was the team at DHX just trying to make Cozy as a ponified Darla Dimple from "Cats Don't Dance" but forgot to give a motive in the process? Lauren was an animator on that movie and the two characters look VERY alike. However, Darla HAD a motive, a simple one but a motive regardless: she was a spoiled brat who lorded her fame over everyone and did bad things to anyone who threatened her fame. Simple, but effective. Cozy Glow doesn't even have THAT.

Tirek probably just sad "F it, why not?"

"While you were still learning how to SPELL YOUR OWN NAME....I was being trained to CONQUER KINGDOMS!"

I can believe that.

So basically, she's Scootaloo if SHE went bad, then? I was close.

Another factor that might serve as an explanation: could it be she hates magic because she's a pegasus and therefore couldn't use it?

Like i said, all the other villains got one except her. I get the feeling they MIGHT'VE considered one, but given the unfair backlash to Stygian, Diamond Tiara and Starlight's explanations, they had to quietly backpedal on one.

Fair point. I can believe that. And in that context, that's kinda messed up to make a TDK Joker-esque villain out of a little girl. That's some Omen stuff right there.