ggg-2 3,553 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 I think i miss Squeaky Belle the most. 2 Don't be a nerd. Join the herd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarston1 5,959 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 I miss the emotional punch that episodes like Princess Twilight Sparkle, Twilight's Kingdom, Flight to the Finish, The Mane Attraction, Crusaders of the Lost Mark, and Amending Fences were able to provide in the last two seasons. I hope season 7 can go back to this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastementSparkle 20,326 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 There's a certain kind of innocent charm season 1 and some of season 2 had that's sort of...gone now. Everything now feels different, even when it's similar to what once was. I'm not fully sure how to explain the difference. This doesn't mean I think more recent seasons are lacking, really. I think the newer seasons are great, 5 is my favorite after all. Just that the early episodes have a slightly different kind of charm to them. It's not really nostalgia either, though that probably adds to the feeling. I don't think we'd have a lot of the great episodes we have today though if they kept trying to replicate that charm, so I wouldn't necessarily want it back, but it's sometimes something I miss. 8 Twilight is best pony. Why hello MLPForums! What have ya been up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullmoonDagger 200 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 The quality of the episodes. The new ones feels tasteless. 3 DeviantArt | FurAffinity | Youtube | Twitter | Ko-Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honk friend 1,978 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 There's a certain kind of innocent charm season 1 and some of season 2 had that's sort of...gone now. Everything now feels different, even when it's similar to what once was. I'm not fully sure how to explain the difference. This doesn't mean I think more recent seasons are lacking, really. I think the newer seasons are great, 5 is my favorite after all. Just that the early episodes have a slightly different kind of charm to them. It's not really nostalgia either, though that probably adds to the feeling. I don't think we'd have a lot of the great episodes we have today though if they kept trying to replicate that charm, so I wouldn't necessarily want it back, but it's sometimes something I miss. The quality of the episodes. The new ones feels tasteless. This pretty much Season 1 is the pinnacle of quality for the show While there is the occasional season 1 tier episode, the seasons as a whole just can't seem to make that mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastementSparkle 20,326 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 This pretty much Season 1 is the pinnacle of quality for the show While there is the occasional season 1 tier episode, the seasons as a whole just can't seem to make that mark Well, like I said, season 1 isn't my favorite. As a whole I mostly think later seasons have improved on it. But I can easily see why someone would have season 1 as their favorite, because that "Feel" it has is unique compared to all that came later for the most part. The show has a different style to it now that will bother some people, interest others, and other people...just wanna watch ponies, so they probably don't care. 1 Twilight is best pony. Why hello MLPForums! What have ya been up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChB 18,557 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 (edited) "Dear Princess Celestia" Edited October 23, 2016 by ChB 7 Thanks to @Sparklefan1234 for this awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvadel 1,393 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 (edited) Twilight Snarkle and crowd songs. ---- Then again there are things that weren't likely then but are shown to be true now like available mind control and removal of cutie marks. Edited October 23, 2016 by silvadel Silvadel, the Pegasus of Insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrond 3,263 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 Clearly defined arcs for the main characters. The initial character growth set up in the first season is mostly over now, so a lot of character development has slowed down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baykush 328 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 There's a certain kind of innocent charm season 1 and some of season 2 had that's sort of...gone now. Everything now feels different, even when it's similar to what once was. I'm not fully sure how to explain the difference. This doesn't mean I think more recent seasons are lacking, really. I think the newer seasons are great, 5 is my favorite after all. Just that the early episodes have a slightly different kind of charm to them. It's not really nostalgia either, though that probably adds to the feeling. I don't think we'd have a lot of the great episodes we have today though if they kept trying to replicate that charm, so I wouldn't necessarily want it back, but it's sometimes something I miss. What you said. Season 1 and 2 had simpler stories (simpler in a good way) and we were just getting to know the characters. Nowadays the stories feel less simple, specially since the writers can't start ripping off old episodes so they have to think more about what an episode is going to be about. Also the mane 6 now have 100+ episodes of character development which can't be ignored, so the show feels more plot-heavy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,321 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 I miss the "Dear Princess Celestia" letters from the first three seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGrimoire 4,973 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 Nothing, I can watch them anytime I want to so I don't have to miss anything. Every season has some high and low points for me... I just don't see the show as declining or as improving, so mach as evolving into something bigger than what it started as. I do miss the letters to Celestia sometimes... but let's be honest, she was running out of things to tell her that were not just rehashes of stuff she had already learned, and I much prefer the idea of a journal where they can write down their thoughts and experiences. Also I do miss how the Mane 6 may have been the main characters, but it felt like Ponyville and the residents within it had more life somehow, as if they breathed reality into an episode in a manner of speaking.... now they really do feel like background characters who are just sort of there. 1 ~No profound statement needed~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypty Scribbles 5,058 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 (edited) I miss unicorn Twilight Sparkle. There is something nostalgic in it. Edited October 23, 2016 by Crypty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nth Doctor 662 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 Character development Would be great if the new episodes used that with new characters instead of rehashing the same plots and butchering the Mane 6 1 "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." YouTube | FiMFic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminance 2,186 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 The random songs. It's not quite common as it used to be but then I just notice the opportunity for songs decrease. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baykush 328 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 I miss unicorn Twilight Sparkle. There is something nostalgic in it. I can't get over the fact that she's been an alicorn more episodes that she's been an unicorn. The random songs. It's not quite common as it used to be but then I just notice the opportunity for songs decrease. I miss Pinkie's random short songs in the first episodes of season 1. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,695 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 More heart was put into the majority of episodes in the past. Said heart was only in a handful of episodes this season. I'm also certain most episodes this season would've either never got off the ground or would've been a lot better under the staff in past seasons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavens-champion 1,905 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 Well, it has been a while since we've seen the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, and we've only seen the Everfree forest once this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyMage 228 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 (edited) Well... everything, I guess. I'm a huge fan of the first 3 seasons (yeah, I put S3 with 1 and 2). Whether you feel this is a good or a bad thing you have to admit that the show has changed. It is not what it was. It went from being a funny, clever cartoon with intelligent characters that everyone could watch to a show that focused more on its story, characters and emotional impact than comedy and cartoon humor. It is, frankly (in my eyes) more mature and less innocent than it used to be. I feel it was a gradual slide that began in season 2, but it was season 4 that really took the next big step, and Seasons 5 and 6 have followed suit. The first seasons are totally different now and it's almost weird watching them side by side with the new. But this was not a quality change per se. It was a change in direction. And like I said, whether the change was good or bad is up to you. I personally feel in between. I love the old, and I like what we're getting now. But what we're getting now is not what I originally began watching, so I miss what we used to have. /End text wall Edited October 23, 2016 by PonyMage 2 This isn't pretty but it's what I am tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They call me Loyalty 1,948 October 23, 2016 Share October 23, 2016 (edited) The spontaneity of some characters, which then turned into stereotypic versions of themselves.Characters of characters. Edited October 23, 2016 by They call me Loyalty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanSapphire 227 October 24, 2016 Share October 24, 2016 Golden Oak Library. That tacky crystal castle will never hold a candle to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminance 2,186 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 The "squee" sound that played when every time a pony makes a certain face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Nobody- 519 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 It was just cute ponies do simple things. Now the episodes seem to be a little bit more plot heavy, which I think has changed its appeal. I do still enjoy it though, just in a different sense. 1 I'm just nobody at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwhip 28 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Unicorn Twilight, definitely, seeing her with wings is like a punch. 1 Darkwhip first sketch(to receive Nerf Hammer): https://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/darkwhip-r9633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGrimoire 4,973 November 10, 2016 Share November 10, 2016 Golden Oak Library. That tacky crystal castle will never hold a candle to it. Yes.. I miss this as well. The castle is nice and all.. but I really did like the Golden Oak Library. 1 ~No profound statement needed~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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