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Based on EQG, would you be averse to the mane six getting more specialized magic


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Since they seem to be giving the mane six specialized super powers in Equestria girls, would you be averse to them in the Normal pony series giving the mane six magical abilities via the EOH/another macguffin, or do you think giving them more magic would turn the show too power rangerish?

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Since they seem to be giving the mane six specialized super powers in Equestria girls, would you be averse to them in the Normal pony series giving the mane six magical abilities via the EOH/another macguffin, or do you think giving them more magic would turn the show too power rangerish?

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For a few of the characters they would only need to tweak their current talents or abilities. Dash is fast as hell, AJ is strong, Flutters can talk to animals, Twilight has a BFG on her head, Pinkie can teleport ;).

 

Rarity has been able to do unique things like transmutation and illusion based magic that could be emphasized I suppose. She is tricky. Overall, giving them them 'powers' can actually fit their abilities we have already seen. An argument can be made that a few already have them.

 

We haven't seen too many ponies who can communicate with all life, and freaking Dash and her Sonic Rainbow is nutzen powerful!

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So by 'new' super powers you mean their normal specialty overcharged times 9001?   Except for Rarity anyways. I mean shield powers seem kind of out of left field. At least with the Green Lantern/Star Sapphire powers you could claim it worked into her creative drive from her fashion designs.

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So by 'new' super powers you mean their normal specialty overcharged times 9001?   Except for Rarity anyways. I mean shield powers seem kind of out of left field. At least with the Green Lantern/Star Sapphire powers you could claim it worked into her creative drive from her fashion designs.

 

I would count their normal powers being supercharged as being "new" abilities: The power ponies abilities were based on stuff the mane six could already do after all (weather control and dash for example).

 

Basically, anything that gives them a power that they didn't have before, even if its just a power they previously had and supercharging it to 11. (Like it looks like pinkie can spontaneously make confetti explosions without a party canon in that movie)

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Except for Rarity (outside her power pony persona), all Humane6 displayed skills already in possession of their pony counterarts. Though it would be interesting if they do get new powers

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Since they seem to be giving the mane six specialized super powers in Equestria girls, would you be averse to them in the Normal pony series giving the mane six magical abilities via the EOH/another macguffin, or do you think giving them more magic would turn the show too power rangerish?

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Totally, lets do it

 

That said, I'd eat up literally anything hasbro gave us

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Hey @@Unlikeable Pony, just letting ya know that a spoiler tag was added to the thread, since it's referencing the new EQG trailer. Have a nice day~

 

Pretty neutral on this, though, I wouldn't mind their abilities being enhanced though, even if they're already pretty strong. *cough* Twilight's magic *cough* :P

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Only in the movie.

This seems like something that would be pretty big to appear in just a regular episode or episodes of the show.

Or it could just be something to help differentiate EQG from MLP FIM, and I would be fine with that.

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Well, things seem to be moving in that general direction anyway. However, giving Mane 5 such powers could push the franchise into either a successful branching or over the gaping jaws of a megalodon shark. The badassery of the sword matters, but so does the badassery of its user. Not every girl can dual wield 30 mm autocannons, so to speak.

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Well, things seem to be moving in that general direction anyway. However, giving Mane 5 such powers could push the franchise into either a successful branching or over the gaping jaws of a megalodon shark. The badassery of the sword matters, but so does the badassery of its user. Not every girl can dual wield 30 mm autocannons, so to speak.

Dude, who in the hay can wield a 30mm, much less DUAL-WIELD :dash:? You have any idea how big those guys are :dash:? I wouldn't worry about them using that magic, I think they might mess up a bit due to lack of experience, not incompetence 

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Going to be honest, I think this HAS to happen if they want to take the show in a more adventure focused/themed direction.

Look at the comics for example; a common thing that occurs is that everything ends up boiling down to the other 5 having to rely on twilight more or less alone to solve things (like the cattle rustler arc for example). This was also a complaint about Friendship games, where the climax had a bigger action theme and reduced the other 5 to being power batteries.


With the guardians of harmony series coming out, they look to be trying to find a way to do a decent focus on Fighting and adventure for the group to try and capitalize on the fans and little boys that enjoy more adventure in the series; And that's just going to keep running into the same stumbling block of twilight overshadowing everyone else as things are.

I'm not really averse to giving the mane six more magic: They did it well in power ponies, and, Honestly, the mane six are kind of linked to what is more or less the God entity of Equestria via the EOH/tree of harmony, so them getting Magic that's thematically appropriate for them isn't strange or illogical, especially if they're supposedly supposed to be doing stuff for the tree via the table.

 

Further, giving characters more magic has never rendered them unable to do Slice of life episodes: Twilight was able to perform well in Amending fences and Saddle and row despite being made an alicorn after all, and Rainbow dash was no less able to do Slice of life after sonic rainboom than before.



I whole heartedly would welcome something like this to occur in a finale or two parter of some kind.

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Dude, who in the hay can wield a 30mm, much less DUAL-WIELD :dash:? You have any idea how big those guys are :dash:? I wouldn't worry about them using that magic, I think they might mess up a bit due to lack of experience, not incompetence 

There is at least one imaginary lass out there who’s pretty handy with such devices, but she works for a British garbage disposal firm, so it’s understandable.

 

Anyway, my point is that having ordinary goals while trying to wade through an extraordinary battlefield doesn’t make for a compelling story unless you want to tell it from the perspective of helpless ordinary folk. Mane 5 don’t wander around seeking power and foes of their princessdom. They open up boutiques, harvest apples, nurse animals, practice aerobatics, and organize parties. Of course you can give them “30 mm autocannons,” but that would come across as an asspull. And no matter the powers they receive, they can never be as badass as those girls who specialize in action and adventure due to mentality. Moreover, those girls never patronize male audience like ponies do. That can become a problem later down the line when action adventure gets a bigger share.

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