I’ll always remember when a brony was me

The finale hurt as bad as it did already, I don’t need this now, you made it worse

Neither do I my dear friend. Neither do I.

Oh, man… Here I go again… :’(

@TheRocketMan  
Citations needed on both counts.

@Dr_Osaka
 
Still, you can’t help but wonder how long it would have lasted if it had been allowed to continue until it was no longer sustainable (instead of arbitrarily ending where it ended).

We all don’t want it to end but all things must come to and end at some point

@PUBLIQclopAccountant  
“Takes place outside the regular continuity of the show”
 
That’s just petty and stupid.

:’(

@Background Pony #CCD1  
They might have to come up with new characters that are still copyrighted. The horror!
 
Also, Mickey himself would be fine due to trademark law.

@PUBLIQclopAccountant
 
I can understand why Disney has it extended. They already have enough problems with people mistaking random animation for Disney, can you imagine the PR nightmare if anyone could release a Mickey Mouse movie?

@lonewolf  
Which is a real shame. Copyright should end promptly at the physical death of the author (unless the work was published less than 20 years before death)

@Background Pony #3F5E  

 
Not until 70-75 years after Lauren dies.

@Background Pony #CCD1  
I’m thinking more and more that I should treat the epilogue just like Ep. 100: a nod to the fans that arguably takes place outside of the regular continuity of the show. As much as it’s supposed to be a profound closing the loop moment, it feels unearned because the main characters also happened to be the arbitrarily-designated heroes. The more I type, the less I hate the finale and the more I realize my disappointment is almost exclusively aimed at everything leading up to the finale.

@PUBLIQclopAccountant
 
They needed to a do a time skip so we could come full circle with Twilight having a student of her own.
 
And if they didn’t include the rest of the Mane Six then people would start to speculate that they all died since then.

@Background Pony #CCD1  
Harry Potter was the only cinematic time skip that worked because it was letting the actors be closer to their actual age instead of pretending to be teenagers when they’re 26. The lesson here is that time skips are a lazy way to close a series.

@PUBLIQclopAccountant
 
Animated shows with epilogues don’t tend to have good character designs for the older version of the cast. Live action actually isn’t even much better with the prosthetics and makeup to make the actors look older often ending up being cheesy.

@Background Pony #CCD1  
It’s the difference between finishing strong and limping across the finish line.

@PUBLIQclopAccountant  
I don’t know I’d say sone of the ponies still look cute. I am wondering how old twilights parents must have been because they didn’t have cross feet under their eyes when twilight and shing armor were full grown and pinkie just has the one philly.

@PUBLIQclopAccountant
 
Can you blame them? They knew these models would only be used once and this was the last thing they would work on.

@pelcogo  
The animators really phoned it in with their aged-up character designs.

I still can’t get over how weird Spikes adult self looks. How long does it take for a dragon to be fill sized anyway? His fake dad was an adult and he wasn’t that big at all. Do dragons only become giants when they’re greedy, is that how that works because if so then his fake dad should be a lot bigger.

@Background Pony #CCD1  
they are not fucking dead stupid its a series not a person and besides it will be public domain