How do you think the Adventure episodes of MLP should be balanced?

[TheMisterManGuy 344]

Despite taking place in a fantasy world, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has mostly been known for its slice of life episodes. But Season 4, and Season 3 to a lesser extent have ramped up the Action/Adventure aspects of the show considerably. Some fans insist that slice of life episodes should always be dominant. I however, always believed in a balance, a mix of slice of life episodes, and a mix of mystical element/action/adventure episodes. Kind of like what Adventure Time does, there are just as many episodes of Finn and Jake going on adventures as there are about them goofing off.

 

I sometimes put Adventure Time and My Little Pony in the same sentence, but I feel MLP can learn a lot from Adventure Time without trying to copy it, and vice versa. 

 

With that being said, which would you rather have? Almost all Slice of life with the occasional adventure, almost all adventure with the occasional slice of life, or an equal balance of both, even have adventure elements blend with slice of life elements.

Edited July 10, 2014 by TheMisterManGuy

[Pastel 7,630]

In 1 season:

I'd prefer 90% slice-of-life episodes and 10% adventure episodes (season premiere and/or finale).

Or 100% adventure episodes (that can work too, but I prefer the first option), however an equal balance sounds hard to conceive.

Edited July 10, 2014 by Blobulle

[Megas 27,835]

I like the Slice of Life episodes more than the adventure ones, so as long as I see more of those, I'll be happy

[TheMisterManGuy 344]

In 1 season:

I'd prefer 90% slice-of-life episodes and 10% adventure episodes (season premiere and/or finale).

Or 100% adventure episodes (that can work too, but I prefer the first option), however an equal balance sounds hard to conceive.

Again look at Adventure Time. It can go from Maceline and Bubblegum travelling to the Sky Witch's dimension, to Finn and Jake Sitting around the house being silent for an entire day almost seemlessly. There is no excuse as to why MLP can't do the same. As a matter of fact, Season 4 had the best balance of Slice of Life and Adventure in the series yet, and it proved the show can bounce from Daring Do quests, to Rainbow Dash studying, and back again.

Edited July 12, 2014 by TheMisterManGuy

[lemonlimepony 10]

I personally like slice-of-life because you can see what the ponies are up to on their time off. Adventure just makes them come all together and most of the time the actual adventure usually does not effect the further episodes. (Not counting Season 4 Finale and Season 1 start) 

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

I just want GOOD episodes. Whichever premise inspires the writers most should be the one they choose. All I care about is getting 100% good episodes

Edited July 12, 2014 by LZRD WZRD