The finale we didn't get

[Latecomer 440]

How would you have done it? Let's say they go all out and give you a full-length special, 70ish minutes.

[Megas 27,969]

At least two of these scenarios need to happen imo

1) Graduation
2) Humanland Sunset
3) Sunset returns to Equestria permanently

[Latecomer 440]

1 hour ago, Megas said:

At least two of these scenarios need to happen imo

1) Graduation
2) Humanland Sunset
3) Sunset returns to Equestria permanently

Well then the first two - with the latter as possibly a consideration to be dismissed.

[Thrond 3,265]

It would have to be graduation. Nothing else fits. I've always thought it might be interesting to see something not unlike what we got in the Friendship is Magic - a story about the girls' various plans and ambitions pulling them in different directions, and their anxiety about keeping in touch after they're separated. In this case I'd say that some of them have gotten admitted to universities out of town, and maybe a few others have decided to just attend the local institution. Not sure I'd need 70 minutes to execute that; Friendship is Magic did a great job in under 30. But perhaps it could follow the girls as they try to create as many lasting memories as possible in their last few weeks. 

As an alternative, I guess you could also have a magical threat, which I think is what a lot of people would expect to close the show out. One idea is that another student is struggling with the same transition, and tries to use magic to stop it, so the girls need to confront their own fears to stop them. Another is introducing the human Sunset Shimmer, who would certainly challenge our Sunset's place in that world; I'm partial to the idea that human Sunset still acts like she did in the first movie, which could also lead to a magical threat. 

[Thrond 3,265]

Although, I did forget about the whole magic leakage issue... maybe they could deal with that, and then cap it off with a couple shorts about graduation.

[Splashee 28,589]

In the very end I would have liked to see Sunset Shimmer return to her origin. Returning to Equestria, maybe set things right, like some balance between the two worlds. Getting to understand the relationship between Equestria and the human world, and why the magic came through in the first place.

 

You would have this act where all versions of ponies and humans would work together to some major situation that would destroy one or both of the worlds. Have Sunset Shimmer asked to stay in Equestria, but she would eventually choose to stay with her "real human" friends instead.

 

Imagine a co-written story by Nick Confalone and Michael Vogel. It would just have the perfect balance of good animation and jokes, and songs!

Edited May 14, 2020 by Super Splashee
I thought this was FIM at first

[Latecomer 440]

50 minutes ago, AlexanderThrond said:

It would have to be graduation. Nothing else fits. I've always thought it might be interesting to see something not unlike what we got in the Friendship is Magic - a story about the girls' various plans and ambitions pulling them in different directions, and their anxiety about keeping in touch after they're separated.

Honestlu, it feels like it would work a lot better here IMO, without being kind of forced.

[Miss 6,237]

Idk, I was fine with what happened. If anything I would take stuff out. 

Too much shipping in the finale. I'd probs. take all of the shipping out, and maybe add Startrix, but not too important if it was there or not, just felt like that was always the perfect dynamic for the two, to be romantically involved. I'm fine with Fluttershy and Discord I guess too. 

I'd probs. have Sandbar doing something. It just shows him coming out the boutique with Yona, but like other than the implication that him and Yona are together, can't really gather much about who/what he does. In fact, Sandbar never has an actual talent expressed in the show. Like maybe you could interpret his cutie mark, but nothing is concrete. Hmmmm. 

If we talken episode 24 and 25, the bell have discord's magic and the villains not being able to take it was a continuity error considering Tirek has taken Discord's magic before, so I'd probably fix that little mistake. The ending would still be the same anyway. Chaotic Cozy was kinda funny tho. Other than that, can't really think of much. Maybe have a lil more action when the heroes are fighting the villains cuz it seemed a lil silly, but yea not a huge gripe. 

[Latecomer 440]

12 minutes ago, Misscellanio said:

Idk, I was fine with what happened. If anything I would take stuff out. 

Too much shipping in the finale. I'd probs. take all of the shipping out, and maybe add Startrix, but not too important if it was there or not, just felt like that was always the perfect dynamic for the two, to be romantically involved. I'm fine with Fluttershy and Discord I guess too. 

I'd probs. have Sandbar doing something. It just shows him coming out the boutique with Yona, but like other than the implication that him and Yona are together, can't really gather much about who/what he does. In fact, Sandbar never has an actual talent expressed in the show. Like maybe you could interpret his cutie mark, but nothing is concrete. Hmmmm. 

If we talken episode 24 and 25, the bell have discord's magic and the villains not being able to take it was a continuity error considering Tirek has taken Discord's magic before, so I'd probably fix that little mistake. The ending would still be the same anyway. Chaotic Cozy was kinda funny tho. Other than that, can't really think of much. Maybe have a lil more action when the heroes are fighting the villains cuz it seemed a lil silly, but yea not a huge gripe. 

Erm... did uou notice which forum this is in?

[Ganondorf8 11,468]

On 5/8/2020 at 7:19 PM, Megas said:

At least two of these scenarios need to happen imo

1) Graduation
2) Humanland Sunset
3) Sunset returns to Equestria permanently

Graduation would make the most sense since the girls have done more than enough when it comes to CHS and are ready to tackle the real world.

[Thrond 3,265]

3 hours ago, Latecomer said:

Honestlu, it feels like it would work a lot better here IMO, without being kind of forced.

I had always thought that the girls were unlikely to stick together after graduation unless they went out of their way to do so, and so it seems like a natural conclusion. I liked the Friendship is Magic episode because that's generally a good theme for a series finale, but it was never a foregone conclusion in that show, whereas I think it might be for the Equestria Girls characters. 

[Thrond 3,265]

Plus, Equestria Girls has the internet, so it'll be even easier for them to keep in touch. 

[Latecomer 440]

5 hours ago, AlexanderThrond said:

I had always thought that the girls were unlikely to stick together after graduation unless they went out of their way to do so, and so it seems like a natural conclusion. I liked the Friendship is Magic episode because that's generally a good theme for a series finale, but it was never a foregone conclusion in that show, whereas I think it might be for the Equestria Girls characters. 

Problem in FIM's finale is that no-one went anywhere except Twilightt/Spike, and that wasn't far. While the Equestria Girls could end up all over depending on their college applications.

[Thrond 3,265]

9 hours ago, Latecomer said:

Problem in FIM's finale is that no-one went anywhere except Twilightt/Spike, and that wasn't far. While the Equestria Girls could end up all over depending on their college applications.

It's true that Friendship is Magic was often a show where changes didn't impact the mane six's group dynamic at all - Rarity and Rainbow Dash both became celebrities with careers centred outside of Ponyville, and yet they stayed put. But change is change. In Equestria Girls, the distance could be much greater, but with the more advanced technology of that world I think the outcome could be basically the same. 

[SunsetShimmerisBae 16]

I would do a final movie, pointing out its the last time will see EQG.

So, i would do a movie , the mane 7 are in their last year, and there'll be different storylines during the movie that finally conclude. First, the mane 7 are getting graduated (i thing this is obvius) , and are all worried about the future. Some of them are leaving to college / university ( im thinking Twilight , RD due to sports scholarship and rarity bc u know ) , while fluttershy , applejack and pinkie are staying. Sunset want's to leave to, but she is worried as she doesn't have relatives / family . While they struggle with this bla bla and think about graduation / prom , another plot involving a magical threat from equestria would develop , this threat uses fear/doubt as its energy source , and tries to use mane 7 and other students doubts of the future for powah. Mane 7 realize this and a way to stop it. Another plot would be sunset's struggle about leaving canterlot high / humane world and returning to equestria, as she doesn't know what else to do, we would see also her relationship with flash develop .At some point she would try to find human sunset for help, but fail. At the end, all 3 plots collide, the eqg defeat the main evil, sunset realizes there is no human sunset and she can be whoever she wants, heck maybe even princess twilight comes and congratulates everyone , and Sci Twi invites Sunset to move with her and live in together for college. The End .

 

I mean, it's a pretty basic plot as it's just an idea, but i think in 70- 100 minutes it would be enough to close all the gaps , plus give a proper conlussion to EQG , and a fitting finale for sunset (who i think is the main character)

Edited May 12, 2020 by SunsetShimmerisBae

[Splashee 28,589]

I edited my post:

 

[BornAgainBrony 2,398]

I wrote this up once before in another thread, sometime last year. Of course, emotionally I was right in the middle of the show closing, so surely that had a big influence on my ideas. I don't know if this is still the route I would take or not. FiM ended more peacefully, without such an emotional crisis. I guess I would have struggled just as much though. Some things just shouldn't end.

I don't think this would conflict with anything that happened in the EqT. This all began really playing on my mind after Forgotten Friendship kind of freaked me out. It had some dark underlying vibes in it that suggested a quickly coming event that was going to hurt more than anything. It was apparently their last summer together, they were working on the year book (a book of memories), and the memory stone was brought in as a plot device. Sunset crying out as her friends were yanked from her mind one at a time. That killed me. It still does.

This feels like a story that would be much more sobering than everything else in either dimension. Everyone knows what happens when high school ends. People who are friends get scattered like leaves in a hurricane, and slowly begin to lose touch. This would be a tragic thing in any universe, but in an offshoot of FiM, this is much, MUCH worse. These characters are echoes of a friendship in a parallel world that is integral to keeping the world safe. The friendship of the Mane 6 is part of a prophecy, and a very powerful being chose them because of how strong their bond is. If even a shred of that is reflected in EqG (and there's a TON of evidence which suggests it does), this isn't going to go well for the girls, and possibly everyone else.

Graduation would easily bring with it the most painful scenes in the entire series. I might as well point out that a lot of my thoughts about this are inspired by "The Muppets Take Manhattan." In what is probably the saddest thirty minutes of film in the entire Muppet universe, the characters who have been friends throughout all of college are forced to go their separate ways to find work. They stay in touch, but at best, they're lying to themselves that this is the process of life and how things need to be. But none of them are happy; they feel utterly lost without each other. Just think about it. Fluttershy with no emotional support, in a university full of strangers. Rainbow Dash playing her heart out supported by a sports scholarship, trying to ignore a nagging feeling that she abandoned her friends. Focus on studies is mostly what is keeping them sane, as they try to let go of the world that was Canterlot High and the friendship they had. This is hitting Sunset in a different way. Rarity is pursuing her fashion dream but she misses Applejack.

What's Sunset doing? Well, in Equestria she was potentially the greatest unicorn mage at the time, (probably) destined to do what Twilight ended up doing. In the human world, she at least knows well enough that music is a very effective way to channel magic. She also found her love of music through her friendship with the girls, so she's sticking to it. Part research project, part self-improvement, perhaps a career path, and also the best way she could imagine to honor her friends. She's still in the same city, not too far from Canterlot High. She's playing in dive bars for tips and is studying at a local music school. It's here where our story starts, with an almost love-sick acoustic ballad; the kind you almost only hear from independent artists in such places, a song that makes time stop. We don't need a backstory for how Sunset is taking things. We can figure it out as she channels her emotions into every chord and verse.

Sunset has already encountered a noticable problem. She hasn't ponied up since everyone departed. Comparing notes via social networks and phone calls it's revealed that neither have any of the others. Theories fly around about losing magic through growing up, a lack of proximity to the portal, and a bunch of other things. But moving away from the place of magic to the mundane, one might even begin to wonder if the whole thing was imagined, like a make-believe game, and none of the cool rainbow wizardry actually happened. The best thing they can think is to see what happens during the next summer, but life has already begun playing its terrible tricks. Money is tight, at least one has already been given a summer job as an intern at a local business, and there's a chance they all might not be coming home.
 

Sunset is sensing that the bond between the girls is beginning to fade, and she doesn't like it one bit. Being the outsider pony, this isolation is especially hard on her. She has more regular communication with Pony twilight now than she does the girls. She seriously begins to consider going back to Equestria, but her heart won't allow her to do it. It's not the most selfless thing she's ever done by a longshot, but she feels compelled to try and do something about this.

She does visit Equestria for advice though, and has a very long talk with Twilight, and the Sisters.

While Sunset is away, trouble emerges near Canterlot High. Something comparable to what Grogar could have been. It's been there since the beginning, sticking to the shadows. While other villains have foolishly tried to attack head-on, this one has been biding its time, waiting for the inevitable: Graduation. It knew time and the cruelty of life would eventually divide and conquer the girls on its own, and now its time to rise has come.

Emboldened by the talk, Sunset steps back through the portal with an idea. A way to get everyone back together before it's too late. ((and this is where this probably becomes a non-starter, because I'm sure nobody's parents would appreciate something this irresponsible happening in a kid's show)). All she can think of now is the Rainbooms. What if they were good... darned good? What if they were good enough to go all the way? Then they would never have to be apart. She proposes this over long-distance communication but none of them are convinced the idea could work. Sunset takes time off and scrounges up every last coin she has and begins traveling the country. Sometimes paying for it, sometimes getting free rides. She performs at places she visits to make some very-much-needed cash. She visits her friends away at college, trying her hardest to convince them that the Rainbooms have a real shot. Slowly she wins them over, and talks them into competing at an "American Idol" style reality show talent contest where the winner is given a multi-year contract and record deal. Deus Ex Machina, the contest is specifically for students, and no school wants to ever forbid their students from it.

Meanwhile back in the town of Canterlot High a battle of sorts occurs. The big baddie has made its presence known, and gets caught by the Dazzlings who attempt to fight it. They've slowly learned to use positive magic without the dark powers of their former selves, but they are no match for big bad. Defeated and drained of energy, the Dazzlings are given a choice. Either team up, "or else." It also promises to restore the amulets lost in 'Rainbow Rocks.' Once it discovers the Rainbooms are potentially going to be reunited, it decides to prevent this in the most obvious and cliche way imaginable. Time for another band to jump into the game show.

Eventually we end up at the finale of the TV show's season. Multiple songs from the Rainbooms, and an impressive newcomer, "The Apocalypse," consisting of the Dazzlings and a mysterious lead singer (this villain would absolutely have to be voiced by someone from a famous rock or metal band). A lot of corporate mudslinging, manipulative tactics worthy of a live-action drama surrounding entertainers, a "magic manifested" fight that the entire audience is convinced to be just some darned good special effects. This is followed up by an eventual battle between the six and the villains after the contest has been won. They're quickly backed up by Canterlot High alumni who came to witness this event live. The Dazzlings willfully destroy their amulets in an act of defiance, betraying the villain and joining the Rainbooms to stop what's left of the Apocalypse. With the insanity of what has just transpired on live television, ratings for the show went through the roof, and a prosperous future for the Rainbooms is all but guaranteed. Cue the happiest celebration imaginable, a marvelously sappy ballad about friendship lasting forever, oh and the Rainbooms may have picked up some additional members. Credits roll with newspaper clippings of where things go from there. The Rainbooms become a global sensation, spreading a message and love and friendship through music. They perform for impoverished cities, they play in warzones, and in front of national leaders, visit children's hospitals, and have their own charity. The Rainbooms have become the epitome of a force for good, changing the world for the better; having achieved a comparable level of influence as their pony counterparts.

[Latecomer 440]

1 hour ago, BornAgainBrony said:

I wrote this up once before in another thread, sometime last year. Of course, emotionally I was right in the middle of the show closing, so surely that had a big influence on my ideas. I don't know if this is still the route I would take or not. FiM ended more peacefully, without such an emotional crisis. I guess I would have struggled just as much though. Some things just shouldn't end.

I don't think this would conflict with anything that happened in the EqT. This all began really playing on my mind after Forgotten Friendship kind of freaked me out. It had some dark underlying vibes in it that suggested a quickly coming event that was going to hurt more than anything. It was apparently their last summer together, they were working on the year book (a book of memories), and the memory stone was brought in as a plot device. Sunset crying out as her friends were yanked from her mind one at a time. That killed me. It still does.

This feels like a story that would be much more sobering than everything else in either dimension. Everyone knows what happens when high school ends. People who are friends get scattered like leaves in a hurricane, and slowly begin to lose touch. This would be a tragic thing in any universe, but in an offshoot of FiM, this is much, MUCH worse. These characters are echoes of a friendship in a parallel world that is integral to keeping the world safe. The friendship of the Mane 6 is part of a prophecy, and a very powerful being chose them because of how strong their bond is. If even a shred of that is reflected in EqG (and there's a TON of evidence which suggests it does), this isn't going to go well for the girls, and possibly everyone else.

Graduation would easily bring with it the most painful scenes in the entire series. I might as well point out that a lot of my thoughts about this are inspired by "The Muppets Take Manhattan." In what is probably the saddest thirty minutes of film in the entire Muppet universe, the characters who have been friends throughout all of college are forced to go their separate ways to find work. They stay in touch, but at best, they're lying to themselves that this is the process of life and how things need to be. But none of them are happy; they feel utterly lost without each other. Just think about it. Fluttershy with no emotional support, in a university full of strangers. Rainbow Dash playing her heart out supported by a sports scholarship, trying to ignore a nagging feeling that she abandoned her friends. Focus on studies is mostly what is keeping them sane, as they try to let go of the world that was Canterlot High and the friendship they had. This is hitting Sunset in a different way. Rarity is pursuing her fashion dream but she misses Applejack.

What's Sunset doing? Well, in Equestria she was potentially the greatest unicorn mage at the time, (probably) destined to do what Twilight ended up doing. In the human world, she at least knows well enough that music is a very effective way to channel magic. She also found her love of music through her friendship with the girls, so she's sticking to it. Part research project, part self-improvement, perhaps a career path, and also the best way she could imagine to honor her friends. She's still in the same city, not too far from Canterlot High. She's playing in dive bars for tips and is studying at a local music school. It's here where our story starts, with an almost love-sick acoustic ballad; the kind you almost only hear from independent artists in such places, a song that makes time stop. We don't need a backstory for how Sunset is taking things. We can figure it out as she channels her emotions into every chord and verse.

Sunset has already encountered a noticable problem. She hasn't ponied up since everyone departed. Comparing notes via social networks and phone calls it's revealed that neither have any of the others. Theories fly around about losing magic through growing up, a lack of proximity to the portal, and a bunch of other things. But moving away from the place of magic to the mundane, one might even begin to wonder if the whole thing was imagined, like a make-believe game, and none of the cool rainbow wizardry actually happened. The best thing they can think is to see what happens during the next summer, but life has already begun playing its terrible tricks. Money is tight, at least one has already been given a summer job as an intern at a local business, and there's a chance they all might not be coming home.
 

Sunset is sensing that the bond between the girls is beginning to fade, and she doesn't like it one bit. Being the outsider pony, this isolation is especially hard on her. She has more regular communication with Pony twilight now than she does the girls. She seriously begins to consider going back to Equestria, but her heart won't allow her to do it. It's not the most selfless thing she's ever done by a longshot, but she feels compelled to try and do something about this.

She does visit Equestria for advice though, and has a very long talk with Twilight, and the Sisters.

While Sunset is away, trouble emerges near Canterlot High. Something comparable to what Grogar could have been. It's been there since the beginning, sticking to the shadows. While other villains have foolishly tried to attack head-on, this one has been biding its time, waiting for the inevitable: Graduation. It knew time and the cruelty of life would eventually divide and conquer the girls on its own, and now its time to rise has come.

Emboldened by the talk, Sunset steps back through the portal with an idea. A way to get everyone back together before it's too late. ((and this is where this probably becomes a non-starter, because I'm sure nobody's parents would appreciate something this irresponsible happening in a kid's show)). All she can think of now is the Rainbooms. What if they were good... darned good? What if they were good enough to go all the way? Then they would never have to be apart. She proposes this over long-distance communication but none of them are convinced the idea could work. Sunset takes time off and scrounges up every last coin she has and begins traveling the country. Sometimes paying for it, sometimes getting free rides. She performs at places she visits to make some very-much-needed cash. She visits her friends away at college, trying her hardest to convince them that the Rainbooms have a real shot. Slowly she wins them over, and talks them into competing at an "American Idol" style reality show talent contest where the winner is given a multi-year contract and record deal. Deus Ex Machina, the contest is specifically for students, and no school wants to ever forbid their students from it.

Meanwhile back in the town of Canterlot High a battle of sorts occurs. The big baddie has made its presence known, and gets caught by the Dazzlings who attempt to fight it. They've slowly learned to use positive magic without the dark powers of their former selves, but they are no match for big bad. Defeated and drained of energy, the Dazzlings are given a choice. Either team up, "or else." It also promises to restore the amulets lost in 'Rainbow Rocks.' Once it discovers the Rainbooms are potentially going to be reunited, it decides to prevent this in the most obvious and cliche way imaginable. Time for another band to jump into the game show.

Eventually we end up at the finale of the TV show's season. Multiple songs from the Rainbooms, and an impressive newcomer, "The Apocalypse," consisting of the Dazzlings and a mysterious lead singer (this villain would absolutely have to be voiced by someone from a famous rock or metal band). A lot of corporate mudslinging, manipulative tactics worthy of a live-action drama surrounding entertainers, a "magic manifested" fight that the entire audience is convinced to be just some darned good special effects. This is followed up by an eventual battle between the six and the villains after the contest has been won. They're quickly backed up by Canterlot High alumni who came to witness this event live. The Dazzlings willfully destroy their amulets in an act of defiance, betraying the villain and joining the Rainbooms to stop what's left of the Apocalypse. With the insanity of what has just transpired on live television, ratings for the show went through the roof, and a prosperous future for the Rainbooms is all but guaranteed. Cue the happiest celebration imaginable, a marvelously sappy ballad about friendship lasting forever, oh and the Rainbooms may have picked up some additional members. Credits roll with newspaper clippings of where things go from there. The Rainbooms become a global sensation, spreading a message and love and friendship through music. They perform for impoverished cities, they play in warzones, and in front of national leaders, visit children's hospitals, and have their own charity. The Rainbooms have become the epitome of a force for good, changing the world for the better; having achieved a comparable level of influence as their pony counterparts.

An interesting ending, or perhpas reunion show. Although if I were doinng iv, I would have Sunset as kind of missing the point , and at the end realise theu don't need to be togeter all the time to stay friends - maybe give the Dazzlings the gig and  do one last big show with them.

[Happydudey 17]

Is this series over? When did the mini series end? I've been trying to find information regarding the ending for awhile. 

[Latecomer 440]

No ending, per se, they're just not making ani more. last special was the Christmas one. 

[Adorable Lovestar 243]

Did the Equestria Girls series not get a proper ending? That's a shame.

[Justin_Case001 4,910]

I felt like they were building towards a 5th movie that never happened.  Holiday Unrwapped felt like a very... anti-climactic thing to end on.  Makes me wonder if there's more to that story.  Y'know, like the writers planned on more, but the Hasbro pulled the plug and gave them an ultimatum to wrap it up in two weeks or something.

Anyway, I wanted a movie where all of the human characters go to Equestria and meet all of their counterparts, and we have a colossal battle for the fate of the multiverse with two every single mane protagonist.  I basically wanted, like, Equestria Girls: Infinity War & Endgame.  Actually, it wouldn't have bothered me if they combined that with the finale of FIM and just made one, giant, epic, 3-hour movie.

[Latecomer 440]

A tantalising thing has been leaked online by a writer.

[Fluttershutter 2,661]

On 2021-03-19 at 8:10 PM, Latecomer said:

A tantalising thing has been leaked online by a writer.

So where did this come from? Sounds like another "Discord is Starswirl" fiasco.