Sonic5421

I really hope that is not the case and they don't use the "Never Say Die" trope to justify the speculation about it.

I'm going with the Princesses and their voice actors as I love both Tara and Rebecca for Twilight, Tabitha and Kazumi for Luna, and Nicole and Britt doing both regular and singing voices for Celestia and Cadance. You'll Play Your Part was one of the most beautiful pieces I ever heard from all four Alicorn Princesses.

Time will tell if we get a Celestia episode at all in Season 7 or in a later season instead. I'm all for a Celestia episode before going on to the Royal Sisters, or the Royal Family for the next one focused on the royalty of Equestria.

I would love to see Sunset as her unicorn self again in the future if they decide to do that in the next Equestria Girls movie or in one after it.

Not quite. They did say that Season 7 would focus on the Mane Six again, so that means Starlight might be made a secondary character now. It does not mean she will probably have a major role in the premiere should it continue from where To Where and Back Again left off, especially considering if the Royal Family and Mane Six are having nightmares now regarding Chrysalis because of those events and the ones of A Canterlot Wedding.

I support both of these ideas for Season 7. We want either a Celestia, Royal Sisters, or a Royal Family episode to make many Bronies very happy for their favorite characters in the Princesses and Shining Armor.

They still represent them, but if calling them the Elements themselves seems a little over-exaggerating, I'll stick to using "Mane Six" from now on when discussing this episode from here on out.

Sounds like something we both agree with because of how the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony were treated here.

As do I, along with the Royal Family having more screen time and dialogue like they did in The Crystalling as I would prefer an episode with them in it in plenty of scenes and with plenty of lines, or one with them in a non-speaking role with little screen time. Anything like Equestria Games or To Where and Back Again that puts the worst of those two options together: Plenty of screen time but little to no dialogue, or little screen time with maybe a couple sentences worth of dialogue ruins the episode for me since the Royal Family are my favorite characters, and I really don't appreciate how the writers are treating them lately, with To Where and Back Again being the latest one to get on my bad side because of how it was done, even though it was a big gamble that I hope they don't pull again in the future, especially once Meghan returns to the crew after doing the feature film next year.

Why do you suppose we did not see them in the cocoons in To Where and Back Again until the end of Act Two/start of Act Three in Part 2, and never even saw their cocoons fall and burst open when the ceiling holding them up went when Chrysalis' throne blew up, just the aftermath as they emerged from the remains of their cocoons and regained their bearings and consciousness? I would have at least enjoyed seeing the cocoons fall and break open instead of it all happening off-screen as we saw the hive's spire get blown off when the throne exploded.

Well, I'm more than willing to have it be Twilight since Celestia and the rest of the Royal Family are considered secondary characters to the Make Six in the Mane Cast, but I would like to see Celestia and the other Princesses, along with Shining Armor, get more screen time and dialogue in the Season 7 premiere to make up for the lack of screen time and dialogue they got in To Where and Back Again due to the writers focusing on Starlight and the other reformed villains instead of them this time around.

That could be one reason for her nightmares with the cocoons after the events of To Where and Back Again. Once Thorax shows it could be something like a spa treatment when it is by their own will instead of against it, that could help Rarity overcome her nightmares easily.

And why is that? Celestia's dealt with being in a cocoon twice now. I think she would suffer having it first for the opening scene of the Season 7 premiere before the first act opens with everyone meeting in Canterlot to discuss their nightmares and wondering how they are going to overcome them with the knowledge that Chrysalis is still out there and will be back for revenge on Starlight. At Luna and Starlight's suggestion, they decide to call on Thorax for aid since if he has them willingly cocooned, compared to being cocooned against their will by Chrysalis, that could help them overcome their nightmares and make them stronger as a result and be better prepared to help Starlight against Chrysalis when she does return.

I would expect any of them to have one, especially the Princesses since, save for Luna since she can travel into the dreams of ponies, Celestia, Cadance, and Twilight would be the ones to have nightmares because of all the trouble Chrysalis has put them through in both the Royal Wedding and the Season 6 finale. Luna might still have one in regards to the events of To Where and Back Again, but not as bad due to her own dark past as Nightmare Moon, and she knew what was going on compared to her big sister and the others, but it does not make up for the expression she had on her face when we saw her in her cocoon, looking all zoned-out, then even opening her eyes fully when Chrysalis shifted her cocoon slightly and clung to it as she taunted Thorax.

They have had to deal with Chrysalis twice now, and she managed to kidnap all of them while drawing little attention from anyone in the process. Not to mention, had Luna not been able to warn Starlight, Equestria would have fallen under Chrysalis' control in a matter of days, if not hours, and the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony would have remained her prisoners for possibly forever. Just imagine how it would feel to see the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony stuck in cocoons for eternity, if not the Nightmare Fuel that could erupt from it, like the cocoons mutating them into Changelings as well if they stayed in them for too long, and don't forget what we saw in the finale with the twitching hooves on Celestia and Cadance, and the struggling to just open their eyelids since they were either semi-conscious or asleep in the cocoons. Not to mention how there's still the matter of the drones still taking the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony's places in Ponyville, Canterlot, and the Crystal Empire, and how the real ones could picture what would've happened if Chrysalis had won. She was as close to victory this second time around as Lord Tirek came in the Season 4 finale. I really think that the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony will be spooked because of the events of To Where and Back Again and need all the help and support they can get from everyone to overcome the nightmares they might be suffering from as a result of Chrysalis' plot and to help them become stronger and help Starlight prepare for Chrysalis' return for her revenge in the future. That would work out well to tie the Season 7 premiere to the Season 6 finale in a similar way the previous season premieres tied into the finales of the seasons before them

A Celestia episode is my first wish. As for anything else, I would like to see in the Season 7 premiere if the events of To Where and Back Again still weigh heavily on the minds of the Royal Family and the Mane Six and they need help overcoming their trauma with being in the cocoons for so long before helping Starlight prepare for when Chrysalis returns to take her revenge on Starlight, then possibly go back to going after the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony again for the Royal Wedding defeat back in A Canterlot Wedding. Other than that, I'll take whatever slice of life episodes and Cutie Map episodes that they pull off in Season 7, along with any involving the Crusaders as well in their mission to help others find their true talents.

That much I can agree with if the Wonderbolts never get an episode to themselves alongside Celestia getting one of her own as well after so many seasons so far.

Seeing the Royal Family having more screen time and dialogue in the show, especially Celestia and Luna. They've been reduced to being all about exposition and having to be rescued from the villain lately in the finales, especially in To Where and Back Again, after they had a major role in being the heroes for once in The Crystalling, which I think was one of their best moments so far in the series since I always enjoy seeing their manes and tails flow so nice and smoothly in an episode they appear in, especially if it is not a season premiere/finale. When they flow at a slower pace in other episodes, like Gauntlet of Fire, I'm still okay with it as long as they get plenty of screen time and dialogue, or at least a surprise appearance with either none or a couple lines worth of dialogue in the episode at all.

Glad I'm not the only one who was upset about that huge plot hole regarding no explanation to how Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, Twilight, and the other Elements were kidnapped and cocooned before we finally saw them again at the end of Act Two of Part 2. Even then, we don't even get to see them get freed from the cocoons as it all happens off-screen when we see the hive's central spire get blown off, just the aftermath as they recover and come to after being stuck in the cocoons for who knows how long since they were kidnapped. As for Chrysalis, though she's lost her swarm, her throne, and her kingdom, she still has some loyal drones still out there in the ones that replaced the Royal Family and Elements in Ponyville, Canterlot, and the Crystal Empire. Whether they are dealt with in the Season 7 premiere or not is up for debate, along with if any of the Princesses or the Mane Six are suffering from nightmares of what happened here and need support to overcome their trauma and help Starlight prepare for Chrysalis when she returns for her revenge on not just Starlight, but probably the Royal Family and Mane Six as well. Chrysalis won't let her defeat back at the Royal Wedding be forgotten so easily just because she has a new vendetta against the pony who ruined her revenge on the Royal Family and Mane Six this time around. She won't rest until she either gets revenge on all of them, repents and reforms, or is condemned to Tartarus for eternity.

Easy, man. We both love Celestia, but as long as my heart burns with the Fire of Friendship, I'll tear Chrysalis, or anyone who dares kidnap her alongside the rest of the Princesses to ribbons in retribution for their cruelty and wicked acts against the Royal Family of Equestria.

Same here. Celestia's my favorite, and I just feel sorry for how she's being treated lately in the show, especially with the most recent incident being the events of To Where and Back Again. Nicole barely got to record any dialogue for her at all there, and she had little screen time as well. I hope she gets more love in Season 7 to make up for this.

I'm more for seeing the Royal Family more often, especially Celestia, considering how they were treated in the Season 6 finale. Celestia is in need of an episode just to herself, as are Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart, especially a family one with Twilight.

Probably either in my birth month of January or in February as they are probably still working some stuff with the first half of Season 7 right now, such as the animation, especially considering how they'll do Celestia and Luna's manes and tails since I've noticed a variation in the animation of their manes and tails as sometimes it is nice, quick, and smooth, like in premieres/finales like The Crystalling, or it is slower and lagging a bit in episodes during the seasons, like in Gauntlet of Fire. That's probably one of the big parts of the animation that takes a while to work the kinks out of.

That's what I'm thinking as well. I just don't know what big conventions or shows are coming up that Hasbro will have a major appearance at as of late. Sorry.

I'm with Ganondorf8 on this. I'm guessing they will probably show an animatic or some sort of teaser sometime in January at Pacific Ponycon, and if not there, then I'm pretty sure it will be at some big Brony convention before this Spring.