Would you still watch MLP if...

[AlbaTross 1,586]

As a relatively recent Brony, there was more than one factor that brought me into the fanbase. Obviously, the show itself, and all of its ins and outs kept me coming back for more once I took the initial plunge. If the series wasn't so popular to begin with though, I probably wouldn't have checked it out, and that was contingent on the existing fanbase watching and enjoying it. For that to work, the show had to be exceptional, and I'd say an underrated part of the show is its ambiguous turn of the century setting that is classical, yet modern-esque in the right places.

 

I'm all for an implied war against the ponies and changelings for example, but nothing that's hanging over the heads of all the ponies, because that seems like too much of an overarching plot point. The world and historical time frame are interesting, but Equestria and all of its politics don't distract from the ponies themselves and the lessons they learn in friendship. Also, there are no humans, so it'd have to be some kind of war between species. I think the premised proposed in this thread would most likely be best implemented as a one off reference or even as a finite story arc, but not so much as a permanent facet to the lore and premise of Equestria.

Edited August 31, 2014 by Tross

[Invincible 2,091]

Interesting choice for a setting thats for sure. But maybe? If it was interesting enough, then sure. I didnt think id like the show so much when i started watching it, but i seem to have been proven otherwise.

[Bronyshock 3]

No, no I wouldn't lol. It's really difficult to imagine it being a mostly light-hearted series with humor and friendship-centric lesson-learning were the characters distracted by, you know, war. And every episode would doubtless be about the war, so there'd be limited variety. Don't see the ponies having many slumber parties or fashion shows. I enjoy MLP:FIM for what it is, and for some it serves as an escape from precisely the sort of thing you're suggesting it be thrust into. But I think the Muppets + World War II might work, somehow.

 

And also, if you're seriously considering this idea lol, maybe you should just go watch a war-based film or series??? Instead of entertaining the thought of colorful, friendship-loving equines firing machine guns. You don't need the ponies transplanted into absolutely everything. xD

I said like The Pacific. Not COD. In the Pacific not every episode was about war. They were episodes focusing on some parts of training. And lessons would still be learned as the ponies fight. They would begin to devolp a brotherhood of sorts. At the end of an episode sometimes a letter sent home to a loved one would be narrated.

 

(Holy shit this isn't a bad idea. Wish I could make this.)

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

I said like The Pacific. Not COD. In the Pacific not every episode was about war. They were episodes focusing on some parts of training. And lessons would still be learned as the ponies fight. They would begin to devolp a brotherhood of sorts. At the end of an episode sometimes a letter sent home to a loved one would be narrated.

 

(Holy shit this isn't a bad idea. Wish I could make this.)

I still wouldn't watch it.  Because it still wouldn't be the MLP:FIM that I currently watch and enjoy, and it would still represent a significant departure from the things about the show that make me appreciate it (regardless of what select parallels one might draw).  But it doesn't especially matter because it won't ever and under any circumstances happen outside the context of a fanmade video, comic, or fanfic.  The last of which you could totally write; you don't need any resources (monetary or otherwise) beyond a computer / computer access and a word processor.

 

And you'll have to forgive me, but I've never understood why people who seemingly enjoy and embrace a show about colorful, spontaneously musical equines feel the need to mix it with certain other things and themes (particularly the darker ones).

[Stormcharmer 51]

i would indeed, but for clarification, are both the axis and alies ponies or just one side? (i suppose it doesn't matter, i've seen smile hd and no matter what the axis brings to the table pinkie pie would lay waste to them single hoofed.)

[Jeric 46,851]

The juxtaposition is strange enough that I think I couldn't help but check it out. I don't know if I'd be a fan of it like I am now, but it sounds like it'd be very interesting thematically. 

 

I'm leaving this here, partly to encourage contextual discussion on infusing WW2 with MLP. Also, cause you posted.

 

[Stone Cold Applejack 381]

Hell yes I'd watch it. I like your ideas too. The lessons would be about the brothering bond soldiers develop during times of war. A letter to Celestia would be replaced with a letter to a loved one like Applejack writing to Apple bloom. However I'd rather it be a spin off tv show than actually replace MLP. But I would watch it and love it.

Edited August 31, 2014 by Pvt. Applejack

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

I'm imagining the invasion of Normandy, but with everypony throwing pies like in Over A Barrel. A sweet, sticky mess of confections everywhere. Would have been a far better alternative to what we really had.

[lincolnshirepony 527]

I'm leaving this here, partly to encourage contextual discussion on infusing WW2 with MLP. Also, cause you posted.

 

 

Hey, it's Crash Course! =D

 

I think there are several ways that the universe of MLP could be combined with WW2. Is Equestria a nation in the war? Are the ponies just characters within our reality? Is it an AU with everything ponified?  

I think that Equestria being somehow dropped in our world could be very interesting. How would such a peacefully nation react to the war around them? Would they be able to stay neutral? Would they pick sides? What would they do about the atrocities? Would they eventually succumb and commit atrocities themselves, or would they be able to maintain an ideal? At what cost would that ideal come? 

 

Could be an interesting story on the nature of war.