Casey Pones

What's so bad about them?

I guess Fifi's the new Derpy. I love Zip's expression when she's hearing "Don't give up" However it does raise the question of how Zip got so good at flying when she's never had any kind of instruction or practice in her life, nor has any living pegasus. I would have like this better if there had been a full length episode on pegasi learning flight for the first time in generations.

I like the Brighthouse but it baffles me that this group of friends would get a chance to design their dream home but didn't give them individual bedrooms. Also, though I hate Family Guy, this episode makes me think of this:

I always enjoyed episodes about pony holidays, even if each one is basically a human one. Would have liked it better if they went into the history about the holiday though. Also if this is about the harvest, and ponykind can now grow anything they want instantly, does this mean the holiday has lost it's meaning? Who would pegasi feel about earth ponies potentially ruining it? This is the sort of thing the writers could have used in their statement about creating a show about cultures interacting. As well as dealing with a tradition if it changes.

I'd really love it if the real Banksy found out he/she has been parodied twice by MLP. How do you think he/she would respond?

I doubt it, I haven't seen any intelligence in G5 so far.

If you've seen my post on My little pony, Make your mark you'll know I think it's a mess for so many reasons. But I have come up with what I believe is a way to fix it. I'm not arrogant enough to say I've come to the rescue of pony fans everywhere or that I know better then anyone else. But I do love G4 and have some skill at writing. Skill which I have put towards developing a possible plotline new season of G5, assuming there is one. It is not clear what is happening with the show. To the best of my knowledge, Make your Mark season one (or whatever the 4 chapters amount to) is over and there are no plans for a second season this year. Tell Your Tale on the other hand is still going and new episodes are planned to be regularly released throughout the year. What this means for G5 is unclear. One possibility is that Tell Your Tale will end this year and so will G5. Or possibly TYT will become the new G5 show with full episodes instead of shorts. Another possibility could be that G5 will continue under a new name and new 3D show next year while TYT holds the fort and provides new content. It seems the show (The 3D one at least) my be on hold. Hopefully they are using this time to reassess the situation, take in the criticism and make the show better. So I'm posting this now, not just because I want to share my ideas but because I'm hoping this will catch the attention of whoever's working on G5, that someone here has a contact in the studio and will show them this. Frankly I have such confidence that what follows is a good idea it should at least be considered by the professionals. This is not a perfect fix but short of rebooting Make your Mark, it's the best I can do. One good thing about the inconsistent backstories we've had in MYM is that we could say in the show that the real version has been lost First thing to be addressed is Spike and the other dragons. As I said in my criticism of MYM, to go as far as to redesign their entire anatomy was a step way too far, so they should go back to being bipedal. How? Well I think the best way to do it would be for the dragons to just show up like that and everyone roll with it. They did it with princess Luna between the way she looked in the pilot and Luna Eclipsed and got away with it. And yes I know they had a brief transition in the comics but I'm not sure if that's cannon We might even be able to have a little fun with it. I see the new series beginning like this... EXT. MARETIME BAY - DAY We open on a pleasant scene in town, seeing the new Mane 6 together when Spike and some other dragons fly in and land in front of them. They are all now bipedal and Spike looks more like the chiselled square-jawed chad he was at the end of G4. SUNNY Spike! Great to see you back on your feet after being in Opaline's power. SPIKE Yes, back on my two feet. The same two feet I've always had, had this whole time and will always have. Spike looks directly at the "camera" making a 4th wall break that would have made Pinky proud. SPIKE Happy now? Spike goes on to explain why he's in Maretime Bay. As his memory has now fully returned after hibernation (a convenient happening for G5 writers) he needs their help finding a missing dragon he just remembered... His wife, Dragon Lord Ember! If they were married it would an explanation as to how Spike became the Dragon Lord. Spike could even say how, once he finally realised Rarity just wanted to be friends, he moved past his boyish crush and opened his mind to other possibilities, like the beautiful, determined and fearless dragoness he already knew. Besides, Applegeek shipped them as soon as he saw them. Spike goes on to say how they realised Ember was missing when a census was taken once all the dragons awoke. Or possibly she went of on some mission alone before the hibernation began. Or better possibly Spike doesn't say who it is or their relationship to him for a better reveal later. Either way they embark on a quest to find her in some far off part of their world and succeed. Then a second plotline begins. At some point the new mane six start having the same dream, a pony they know asking to come find them. Believing it's more then a dream they set off in the Marestream, possibly with Spike, and find themselves in the Everfree forest. After exploring they come across a grove made of beautiful crystal trees. At the centre of which they find a giant crystal tree house. A spectral pony appears before them, shifting form between various ponies they knew. It introduces itself as the Tree of Harmony! And the area around them is the Grove of Harmony, the Tree's children and grandchildren. The tree then explains the new main six are the new elements of harmony. Misty - Loyalty Izzy - Laughter Pip - Generosity Zip - Honesty Hitch - Kindness Sunny - Magic (Zip and honesty aren't the best match but the best I could do to get the set) And as such they have inherited the mantel of the 6 along with Twilight's castle and the map inside. Thus they begin going on friendship quests all over Equestria. Also the tree gives us the origin of the hope lantern. In TYT we see Izzy put a magical rock inside. We could say that rock came off the Tree of Harmony, giving it it's powers. It was the powers of harmony that created the Marestream, leaving an empty seat for whoever became the missing element of harmony. As of this writing, recent events in Tell your Tale indicate that they're going on a quest to find Skyros, the land of the Alicorns. Here's what should happen, after an epic quest to find the place they are greeted by Celestia, Luna, Cadence and a grown-up Flurry Heart! They explain they've all been living here since the bubble when up over Equestria. At one point they introduce the six to some characters off screen. EXT. SKYROS - DAY Sunny, Izzy, Hitch, Pip, Zip and Misty stare agape directly into the camera in front of them, minds boggled at what they are seeing, none more then Sunny who is to amazed to speak. SUNNY Y... yyy... you! You, you, you and you... don't look like what I though you would. FAMILIAR VOICE Oh you must be thinking of how we used to look. I'd say now we're at least... The camera swings around revealing the mystery crowd. FAMILAIR VOICE ...20% cooler. It's Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinky Pie, Fluttershy and Applejack and they're all ALICORNS! Pinky looks at the audience. PINKY PIE Say it with me now... Alicorn Party! End So at some point after the end of season 9 the rest of the original Mane Six became alicorns. And why not? Haven't they done as much and been as exceptional as Twilight? Besides this is something a lot of us fans have wanted and it would be enough fan service for us to forgive a LOT! Speaking of fan service, Fluttershy is in Skyros with Discord... her husband! I know this doen't fit with the comics but I'm not sure they're cannon. Also they'll all be Celestia-sized, and since they're grown alicorns we could potentially use new voice actresses and say their voices matured. In the next episode they go on to explain how they became alicorns, the full story of how Opeline tried to take over, how and why Twilight created the Crystals and the Dragon stone, why the dragons went into hibernation and how they ended up in Skyros after Twilight's bubble locked them out of Equestria. That Twilight had the cyrstal stored in Maretime Bay's lighthouse. And moons later went off on a mission to defeat Opaline but never returned. Missing for many moons ago despite everyone's attempts to find her. The original mane six are distressed to learn that Equestria fell apart while it was inside the bubble. The plan was to keep Equestria safe from Opaline and it's magic away from her while they tried to find a way to take her down. But they knew the unity magic created by ponykind would eventually cause a surge that would break the bubble. Hence Twilight's message in the crystals. So they all go on a quest to find Twilight and over the course of the season they make an incredible discovery... It was Twilight who brought down Equestria! She tried to defeat Opaline but she was so powerful that the Twilight gave up. She knew the bubble would be broken when pony magic grew strong enough. So in desperation Twilight somehow got inside the bubble, separated the unity crystals and used a Memory Stone to make all of pony kind forget they were friends. Thus splitting them all up to make sure the magic couldn't grow any more. Twilight teleported each ponykind to the towns of Maretime Bay, Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood, leaving the rest of the kingdom abandoned. They find Twilight and restore her hope. When they ask why she's Celestia sized in person but normal in the message, she says "Legal reasons" and glances at the camera and smirks for another 4th wall joke. Then they all visit the ruins of Ponyville with Spike. It's a very emotional moment, seeing their old homes, Twilight's castle and the School of Friendship in ruins... It's a painful reminder that everything the worked and fought for, Equestria and friendship is gone. Then Sunny says something inspiring and the original mane six, who have now repaired their friendship the decide to use their powerful Alicorn magic to restore the town like Twilight once restored that dam, recolonise it, restore the School of Friendship and re-educate ponykind on friendship. In season 3 we work in reintroducing the other sentient species, reclaiming the rest of the lost towns and cities, possibly reuniting the city states into a new Equestria. I expect Opaline will return anyway as the TYT remake of the battle indicated that. And there's still the possibility Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozyglow could still be released from their petrified prison. And even reconnecting to the human realm, it would have to be very futuristic now as it's clear Equestria's time isn't like Narnia. So that's my idea to repair the damage done by MYM and put G5 on track to being a worthy sucsessor. I know it seems like I'm trying to rebuild G4 but if so, why not? Sunny did say they could regain all that was lost. What do you think? Do any of you know a way we could get this to Hasbro? Oh and we need some explanation as to why everyone was freaked out when Flurryheart was born an Alicorn when it's cannon now. And yes I know the Journal of the 2 sisters said that but I consider the show to trump the other material.

G4. But I think I was around when G1 was airing. I saw an episode of G1 once while at Centre Parks, had things been different I might have been a fan since then. I think I first got into G4 not long after the first Equestria Girls film came out. As I recall I was browsing Youtube and came across a short film made by some pony fans, crossing FIM with Poke'mon. It might have also been a clip from CollegeHumour, making fun of bronies. I had heard of the show in a very vague way, it popping up rarely in other media I frequented and I didn't think much of it. But out of curiosity I looked it up on Youtube and saw the barn building song. At first it seemed to me to me to be a show for little kids, teaching them how to count. But something compelled me to start watching the show from the beginning. Although at first it seemed a typical and predicable kid's show, something about it spoke to me. The scathing way bronies were portrayed by CollegeHumour disgusted me so much I was worried what people would think of me if they found out. But I rose above it and I've been a proud brony ever since.

This is one of my favourite episodes of Tell Your Tale. I love how... It explores how the return of magic is changing pony society. How Izzy applies her unicycling to someone who feel like they're useless junk. Something perhaps to be used in real life for people who feel obsolete or can't do what they were once so good at. Rufus, a lover of stage magic, gets to do the real thing. Personally though I would have written another scene between saving Glory and the Mane Melody show... Ext Maretime Bay, Day. Rufus is experimenting with his new powers, joyfully watching as plants of all kinds sprout from the ground at the stomp of his hooves and making vines move like tentacles. Rufus: Ha ha! I always loved doing magic tricks but real magic is really better! Seashell, Glory and Peach Fizz look on with wonder while Izzy is so happy for her friend. Izzy: Now we'll find a job for you no problem! Rufus' happiness turns to melancholy Izzy: What's wrong? Aren't you glad you got your growy growy planty magic? Rufus: Of course I am but... Izzy you've been wonderful trying to help me out. But even if I had gotten one of those jobs, I still wouldn't have been happy. Putting on shows was more then my job, it was a part of who I am. Making ponies smile, seeing their spirts lift, putting a little wonder in their day. That's why I loved show business and I don't think I'll be happy until I can be part of it again, even in some small way. And this would have led nicely into Rufus becoming Pip's new special effects pony. And there's one other thing I particularly noticed. I'm British, and that part where Rufus makes all those teas appear? It reminds me of famous British magician, Tommy Cooper.