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Well, the primary characters should be the Mane Six and Royal Family to make up for the events of A Canterlot Wedding and To Where and Back Again since it was them that the Changelings have caused the most trouble and grief to when serving under Chrysalis. Once they manage to make amends with them, they can then work on making friends with the rest of Equestria, especially the ponies in Canterlot that they scared the daylights out of during the Royal Wedding attack.

My favorites are the Royal Family, but I wish the writers would show some love to them instead of them only being there for exposition, or in the case of the season premieres/finales, either needing to be rescued or just there as part of the story.

To Where and Back Again really was a knife to the gut for me regarding how the Royal Family and Mane Six were treated there. I hope Season 7 makes up for it in a major way.

On 3/25/2017 at 2:56 PM, Olsen1987 said:

Alicorn master race ftw!

As long as the writers don't keep screwing them over when it comes to battling the big bad villains of the series.

19 hours ago, The MegaBrony said:

Sadly, no. I've moved on to...

Paw Patrol. After finding FiM Season 6 unmemorable at best and boring at worst, I got a new favorite show. A show that better respects its main cast and doesn't pander to its base.

I actually watch PAW Patrol myself when Friendship is Magic is on hiatus. Alongside some other shows, they help keep my mind thinking about other things until the next season of Friendship is Magic debuts.

Though I still have my questions and concerns regarding the events of the Season 6 finale, I'm sure they will be answered over the course of Season 7.

11 hours ago, AuroraMLP said:

Hmm... that is a good point.

 

But that would imply that one of them was kidnapped about 8-10 hours before the other, since both bodies were present in the sky at that time, not just froze in place.

 

 

Wait a minute... maybe the Tree of Harmony keeps them moving, and the Princesses give them boosts to get past the horizon..?

 

But yeah, I think this would be the thing I would like for them to address the most.

 

Before that episode, I liked the headcanon that after Discord's reign, the Sun and Moon were sent into degenerate orbits, the previous unicorns, and now Luna and Celestia, have to boost their orbital velocity twice a day to keep them from destroying Equus. (In this headcanon, the Sun is a smaller magical entity. Not a star. An alternative could be a slowing Equus rotation, but that makes less sense.

Thanks for the support regarding my questions about the Sun and Moon. Appreciate it.

Well, I'm sure a lot of us who had concerns and questions about the events in To Where and Back Again would like them to be resolved at some point in Season 7.

We know that the premiere will open with Starlight's Suicide Squad been rewarded for saving Equestria from Chrysalis, along with the sorry flanks of the Mane Six and Royal Family as well, but has Chrysalis' two attempts to take Equestria affected the mental state of the Mane Six and Royal Family at all to cause them to begin doubting they can defend Equestria anymore without Rainbow Power or the Elements of Harmony to help them?

Chrysalis is still out there, bent on revenge on Starlight, and still on the Mane Six and Royal Family for the defeat at the Royal Wedding in A Canterlot Wedding, and if she still has any Changelings loyal to her that did not reform with Thorax, they would be more than willing to still help their Queen get her vengeance. Not to mention her cunning at being able to pull off two plots without raising any alarms in both cases and nearly succeeding both times as well before a Power of Love Deus Ex Machina ruined it for her.

If the Mane Six and Royal Family can remove that one advantage Chrysalis has over them, that being her cunning, scheming mind, they will be able to defeat her once and for all, and I'm hoping that is one thing they can do during the course of Season 7 to clear up any leftover questions that the Season 6 finale left behind.

Yeah, Discord took everyone back to Starlight's old village at her suggestion, and no indication they kicked the Changelings taking their places in Canterlot, Ponyville, and the Crystal Empire out first is shown at all.

Did they deal with the Changelings impersonating them off-screen? Did they leave Thorax to deal with them and get them to reform as well? Or did Chrysalis get to them first and retreat with them to plan her revenge on Starlight, the Mane Six, and the Royal Family further down the road?

A clear use of the "What Happened to the Mouse?" trope here, and I hope it is answered at some point in Season 7 or later to help bring full closure to the threat Chrysalis still poses to Equestria since she escaped to plan her revenge once more.

That is a good question that would be worth answering in the show. Remember, when they were kidnapped, did that mean that the Sun and Moon could no longer be controlled and remained where they were at the time of the kidnapping? Or could they still move under their own power without their respective Princesses to control them while they were prisoners of Chrysalis?

A good question worth answering sometime.

We all know Chrysalis not only is gunning for revenge on Starlight, but she still has to get her revenge on the Mane Six and Royal Family from her defeat at the Royal Wedding since Starlight ruined her first attempt at it. If Starlight and the others can't figure out a way to be able to outsmart Chrysalis, since that's how she nearly won in the previous two attempts, by outsmarting the Mane Six and Royal Family, third time Chrysalis tries for Equestria, she might just succeed that time and get her revenge all at once, then no one will be able to stop her.

Plus, with nothing to lose this time, Chrysalis is more dangerous than ever as there is nothing more dangerous than a villain who has nothing to lose now and pretty much would be performing a suicide attempt in a desperate gamble to attain total victory.

Still, those are just unofficial titles others gave it. In the episodes themselves it's just Friendship is Magic Parts 1 and 2. And I think when you include Part 1 or 2 when saying FiM, you can probably get from context the person is referring to the series premiere.

 

Okay, okay, you've made your point. Perhaps this is the first time we get two episodes for the premiere where it is not a two-part premiere like in the past six seasons. Still, will be interesting to see how Season 7 goes following these first two episodes regarding Twilight and Starlight with Starlight being entrusted with her own future.

It's not like Twilight stopped learning new things about friendship even after she became a princess.

 

Personally, I think it might be more the equivalent of graduating from high school and going on to college for Starlight. Instead of Twilight giving her assignments, this is more about allowing Starlight to be more independent from her.

Sounds good to me, but Starlight still has to remember that Chrysalis is gunning for her, along with the Mane Six and Royal Family as Chrysalis will still want revenge for the Royal Wedding defeat, so not only does Starlight need to stay on her toes, but so do all her friends she's made, both new and old, as well.

This didn't even happen in season 1. The first two episodes were titled Friendship is Magic Parts 1 and 2.

 

 

Speaking of which, I feel like this might be less like Starlight's equivalent to MMC, and more like the ending of the series premiere where Twilight decides to stay in Ponyville away from Celestia in order to continue her study of friendship. Starlight is essentially good enough at friendship that Twilight feels like she doesn't need to be there to teach her personally, and she should continue her studies separately.

Not to contradict you, but I believe the other titles to the Season 1 premiere were Mare in the Moon for Part 1 and Elements of Harmony for Part 2, at least according to what I remember.

One has to remember that Chrysalis still had those drones impersonating the Mane Six and Royal Family out there in Canterlot, Ponyville, and the Crystal Empire.

Though the Season 7 premiere teaser shows everyone back at the Castle of Friendship in Ponyville, indicating that they either kicked the drones impersonating the Mane Six and Spike out, or they fled on their own once learning of Chrysalis being overthrown, as long as those drones are still loyal to Chrysalis, she still has some followers to try and attain her revenge on Starlight, the Royal Family, and the Mane Six in the future if they can't be ready for her by then like how she caught them off-guard with the events in A Canterlot Wedding and To Where and Back Again.

While the synopsis for the premiere sounds interesting and explains what to expect out of the upcoming DVD this premiere is a part of, I think this is the first time since Season 1 where the premiere's titles are not simply a single episode with "Part 1" and "Part 2" at the end of them, but two separate, individual ones.

Still, after Starlight saved their sorry flanks from Chrysalis, I think the Mane Six and Royal Family could still learn a thing or two from her to prepare for Chrysalis when she returns for her revenge, and having her graduate this soon might be ill-advised with Chrysalis still out there, consumed by her vengeance, and Starlight probably still having some doubts about being on her own again despite all her successes during Season 6.

Even if Starlight managed to save the flanks of the Royal Family and Mane Six at the end of Season 6, having her graduate this early might be ill-advised.

Truth be told, I think the Royal Family and Mane Six could still learn a few things from Starlight to help them in the future, especially with Chrysalis still out there and waiting to get her revenge on all of them.

I'll be fine with it as long as the Mane Six and Royal Family get plenty of screen time and dialogue.

I really want an episode dedicated to the Royal Family. I think they've earned one if the events from To Where and Back Again are any indication they deserve an episode just to themselves after what Chrysalis put them through both there and back in A Canterlot Wedding as well.

I'll be fine if the Royal Family gets at least some screen time in several of the episodes, even if their role is either major or minor depending on the episode's plot.

While I love seeing the Mane Six in this movie, I'm hoping to see some other familiar faces in the rest of the Royal Family with Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Shining Armor, alongside all the new faces we're getting in the movie with Princess Skystar, her mother, Capper, and more.

If Season 8 is already in development with having Nicole, Tara, Tabitha, Britt, Ashleigh, Andrea, and the others already recording dialogue for it, I'm glad to see that the show will be continuing, even after the feature film this Autumn.

I really hope that the episode Celestial Advice is the Celestia episode we've been waiting for after so long. I don't want to be disappointed if Celestia does not have a major appearance there despite the title having her name in it.

I think the Royal Family and Mane Six will watch their back more often since they were unaware of Chrysalis' plan and their capture until Starlight freed them, not to mention that she will probably be honored for what she did in the finale like a statue or a painted glass or something, I think she'll have more of a role considering that we have a new logo, but we'll have to see.

True, I'm hoping that Starlight is rewarded for saving all their sorry flanks and Equestria from a second attempt at being taken over by Chrysalis, then there's the matter of how being outsmarted by Chrysalis a second time has affected the Mane Six and Royal Family psychologically and how they will overcome it so they will be ready for Chrysalis when she returns for her vengeance.

I'm excited about this, hopefully Starlight gets a major role for this in the premiere and not just shoved out of the way so the Mane 6 can get credit for nothing.

I'm more interested in seeing how they bring closure to the events of To Where and Back Again since the finale left a lot of questions behind, so the Season 7 premiere has a lot to fill to link itself and the finale together and see how the events with Chrysalis have affected the Mane Six and Royal Family since this is the second time they've been outsmarted by her, and it nearly lead Equestria to ruin even more than what happened back in A Canterlot Wedding.

Surely, you've seen shows with a closing gag line.

Of course, but Rainbow's question still is probably what most Bronies are asking about in regards to how the finale went and everything that was left unanswered at the end.

They're unanswered to us, but story-wise, they're no longer relevant as the characters were rescued.  If the seasoned ended with them still captured, then it would be relevant.

 

Heh, yep, that sounds like her all right.

Then what about the question Rainbow brings up at the end of Part 2 with asking how someone needs to fill them in on what happened between when they saw Starlight and Trixie off and when they found themselves lying in the remains of their cocoon prisons in the wrecked throne room of the Changeling Hive?