Props Valroa

What the hell?! Its so unfair they do this to you...oh my god.... 

Good luck! I am sorry to hear about how they have mistreated you. 

That special was a very good one for sure, I remember it fondly!

You have always been good to me and I wish nothing but happiness and success for you in dealing with your emotions. 

@CloudMistDragon

I am very sorry to hear about your situation. Maybe they can't afford to pay as many workers? Either way, I hope you can find a temporary job until you can find something more permanent. How long have you worked at your current workplace?

@Cash In

We met in like 2018 or so, suffice to say, we've both came a very long way since then. Thank you!

@Cash In

We used to speak a lot back in the day, but I ran out of ideas of what to talk about. I hope you are doing well.

Fascinating character!

@CloudMistDragon

Cool! My brother has one just like it. 

I don't exactly have the words for this, like you do - MYM has been fairly decent. Only significant problem other than the ones I've already told you is Sparky. I don't like him. Other than that it's pretty much golden for me for the most part. 

My worldview is more so based on my family upbringing. Though I find that as time goes on, my view on things has diverged from my upbringing. There was a time where I was really snowed by state education, but there was a point where I realized it and discarded it. It's important to think for yourself and to always question everything - even if that means people think you are "out there" for doing it. I find that even in a year's time, there are some deviations in how my worldview was then and how it is now. It's something that is always changing and improving. 

Awww! Silky!

Glad to hear you got a raise! You definitely deserve it for your hard work!

19 minutes ago, Simon said:

Well you must have had a boring evening to dig to my five or six year old posts :3

I am not sure I even want to read posts from me from that long ago lmao

Relatable sentiment. I hope you can become active again. Many new memories and friendships await you.

@Simon

I hope one day you return to this community. I know little of you, but I have heard of you over the years. I hope the memories of this place continue to flourish and drive you forward into brighter avenues. You will be remembered! *hug*

12 minutes ago, Princess Silky said:

PLUTO IS A PLANET, TOOOOOOOO
*gathers the angry mobs with signs*

Oh, it is, and so are all the other dwarf planets! 

4 hours ago, Brony Number 42 said:

I'm not memorizing 48 planets. 

Planets are like mountains. Do you remember all mountains on Earth? Or just the famous ones?

I hope you get a good raise soon!

@CloudMistDragon

Taking a read of this, above all, I commend your effort and thought you put into this theory. It is extremely interesting to read.

My problem with G5, is not G5 itself - but how it is written. The concept of G5 being a seemingly post-apocalyptic outcome to G4 is something I find to be compelling. My problem is that the "Downfall" of the old Equestrian order happens so soon right after the conclusion of G4 in the canon. If I was to personally suggest anything to the writers, it would be that Opaline comes about at least a few hundred years after Twilight assumes power over Equestria, that way, everything the characters in G4 doesn't seem to be in vain. My problem with the canon, is how Opaline seemingly comes about right after Twilight becomes leader of Equestria, leading to the downfall of how things once were. That timing just doesn't add up to me, at all, and the fact it's canon to me just shows that the writers like to shoehorn in a ton of world impacting events into a small timeframe. This seems very strange to me. I have not read the G5 comics, and knowing how the comics were separate from what was shown on screen - I do not know if it is the same case here or not. 

My biggest problem, is the unity crystals being some sort of cliche "let's all work together and the magic will work right", even if that is what the show itself is about, just feels cliche to me. We have seen the trope of having different races, etc, coming together for some utopian dream in MLP and other genres so much, it's very hard for it to impress me. If I remember correctly, when the ponies have magic and are fighting, there is some anomalous magic that breaks loose - this seems to act as another measure to enforce the cliche. When ponies fight, there is (X disaster) that occurs relating to magic, enforcing the narrative that they have to work together. Let's think for a moment if that wasn't the case. The ponies fight over their differences, and it's far harder to convince them to work together as a result, why not have it so the act of convincing the ponies to work together has far greater weight and meaning to it, rather than it being enforced by the magic itself? 

If Magic was created, and contained in the Unity Crystals - wouldn't it have then also gotten rid of Opaline's long lifespan? I am assuming, of course that the long lifespan that alicorns enjoy is based on their magic. If the Unity Crystals is the source of magic in G5, and it being absent for so long, where does Opaline's long lifespan come from, alternative to that? If the Unity Crystals truly do contain all of the world's magic, than surely there could be some way to release the world's magic back into the world itself rather than within a seemingly unguarded artifact - that's another question I have too, why are the Unity Crystals under so little protection? Why doesn't Opaline come by herself and take it - since Misty doesn't seem to please her? Doesn't all of the world's magic being contained within a physical artifact seem rather dangerous, knowing that it could be physically destroyed, stolen, or corrupted using other types of magic to suit anyone's whim?

These are just general questions, you don't have to answer them, as they are things only the writers themselves know. I may have misread or misunderstood things in G5, so it is entirely possible that I misunderstood some things.

Your interest in Twilight Sparkle is fascinating, though in my personal opinion, I wouldn't have had Twilight Sparkle or G4 connected to G5 in any other way other than mythology. Having the potential for Twilight Sparkle or the Mane 6 to still be "alive" is something I am anticipating, and it is something that I will not personally like to see. G4 is in the past. Let it rest in the past. I do not wish for the writers to lean too hard into nostalgia or sentimentality by coming up with some pillar-esque arc in which the Mane 6 were frozen in time and brought back to life or something of that sort. Seeing Twilight Sparkle in the G5 pony style has felt rather uncanny to me, to be honest.

As for Sunny, I don't consider her an alicorn. She may have alicorn magic, but she isn't physically ascended into becoming one. Her wings are temporary - and not fixed. For that reason, I don't consider her a "True" alicorn" like the others were. I do like how Sunny has been portrayed thusfar, however. 

This is all just my opinion, though. I just have so many questions about G5. 



 

Hope you have fun!

You literally read my mind with this. The world sucks right now, and I don't care about youtuber drama or video game drama...I care about actual problems that affect actual human lives. If everythings controversial, that shows that society is not capable of dealing with actual controversy when it strikes. When it does, people don't seem to care. No wonder why the world sucks right now. At least thats just one of the many reasons. 

@Silly Druid

I am inclined to believe that just as matter and energy cannot be destroyed, Consciousness itself cannot be destroyed or created. It has existed, and will forever exist. It takes on different forms. I am also inclined to believe that Consciousness is not merely a physical process of neurons firing within the brain in certain patterns. 

@Silly Druid

Existence is merely what we percieve through our minds. What we see is merely photochemical signals interpreted by our brains. The nature of consciousness is one of the greatest mysteries of all time. 

Free will itself is by definition, chaotic. Chaos can also symbolize free will.

The writing you did for Nightmare Moon, that is definitely what I like most about this, as well as the attention to detail with the colors. However, the ponies in G4 in terms of the design is my favorite. I don't like when they look like actual horses in previous generations.