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@Dark Tail

Actually nothing

There was an interview on EQD where we learned that this new arc is just going to be the same routine that the comics had done before. There’s no interference or cooperation with season 7’s writers and they’re just doing the comics based on what had already been written just like they always have. The only thing that’s changed is that IDW has more knowledge of future episodes than before.

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/01/interview-mlp-comic-editor-bobby-curnow.html

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LeoNero

Shine On U Crazy Diamond

@SeraphimDawn
Unicorn master race

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Dark Tail

Writer of Culture

Wait, what does this comic have to do with season 7? Is he the new antagonist for the show as well?

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ЅℰℒᎯℙℋℐℰℒ

Pomegranates :P

ANNNNND!
It’s a unicorn!

It seems like only unicorns can be uber top villains, if they are not ultra godlike monstrosities.

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@cheezedoodle
Eh. Unless it’s 70 year timeskip, it would be pretty useless. 5-years-old FH saving the day? No, thanks.

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@Background Pony #3961
Nightmare Moon comes to mind.

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The funny thing is most of the people complaining about a character looking edgy nowadays do so only if its male.
If this was a girl, her design would be percieved as cool.

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@621Chopsuey
And unfortunately, for some people, it’s not great. They’ll even complain about new characters just because they wear cloaks and have scars. I mean really.

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621Chopsuey

Kotone Shiomi fanboy

We can all agree the show (and the franchise as a whole) has taken on a different direction or two and may do so again in the future. And it’s been a wild ride the whole way.

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@Vortaxonus

@Blissey1

@621Chopsuey

Okay, kids, let’s keep it civil and cool it down a notch.

seriously, this thread has already been warned once by a mod. Bans gonna start dropping soon.

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@Blissey1
Okay I’m sorry, I was just trying to explain my point. I’ll stop. Sorry to anyone I may have offended.

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Blissey1

Okay, kids, let’s keep it civil and cool it down a notch.

seriously, this thread has already been warned once by a mod. Bans gonna start dropping soon.

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@Vortaxonus
How is that inconsistent? If anything my third point is my exact answer to your first one, that this show isn’t DBZ and that having magically high power levels isn’t the point. Fuck, the Season 6 finale took away all the magic so you can’t argue that some how Starlight is better equip to deal with major stuff than the Mane 5 so why not have the Remane 5 actaully be the star of a two-parter and defeat the enemy? Oh and how would they defeat them? Maybe with oh I don’t know, their intelligence and wit? You know, have them actually think of a way out instead of relying on some made up magic that just solves everything? Oh but wait you’ll just cherry-pick out how the Remane 5 shouldn’t be the leads.

And like I also keep on saying The two parters are not the same as the slice of life stuff Filing your taxes isn’t the same as fighting in a war which is about as different the slice of life stuff is from the two-parters at this point.

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621Chopsuey

Kotone Shiomi fanboy

Okay, kids, let’s keep it civil and cool it down a notch.

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@Swashbucklist

You’re in luck! All but one season has an allowance of 24 episodes in which that growth can take place.

Yeah but the two parters, like I keep saying, are a completely different type of story. It’s like saying a hot dog and hamburger are exactly the same because you got them from the same shop. The Remane 5 have never had a chance to star and lead in one of them and instead it’s been the unicorn with magical abilities and socialization problems that has. The fact that they decided to shove them out of the way for the same type of protagonist that they’ve always had is disheartening especially when they’ve never used them before.

Okay, how. Just how would each of them take down the villain. About the only believable one is Dash’s sonic rainboom (and honestly i don’t know what situation would cast her in the spotlight), and that’s all i could go from there. Pinkie would fucking break the story (and a villian to contrast with her would basiclly be nightmare fuel incarnate), Any sensible villain wouldn’t have too much trouble with apple jack (unless bullshit family love beams are involved), Fluttershy’s stare could only go so far (and even considering character development, wouldn’t put up even a mediocre fight), and I can’t figure out how rarity’s would work out.

Yeah, as a certain josh scorcher would probably respond, come back here where you thought of premier/finale idea that would put each of the remane six a spotlight while not having too many issues out of the starting gate.

Also, i decided to use a pertentage calculator. If we count “The Best Night Ever” and “Magical Mystery Cure”, out of the whole series from season six and before, the finales/premiers take up about 14% of the show. Meanwhile, the episodes that SOLELY (so no group episodes) feature the rest of the mane six (and i’m also excluding spike and glimmer as part of the main six) in a Prominent staring role, and this is a REALLY conservative estimate, 45.5%. Granted, i might’ve fucked the calculations up, but the point still stands that it’s rather stupid that you’re complaining less then a 5th of the show at best.

All in your head.

Which is why there are half a dozen people saying they’re glad the Mane 6 got shoved out of the way and that it’s so refreshing to see them go, nevermind Cheexedoodle’s comment that the Mane 6 arcs are closed in their view and the show should move on to other characters.

Way to shoot yourself in the foot, it isn’t even consistent with the rest of the argument.

Same goes for this:

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@Swashbucklist

And they never will.

Criminy, is this what it’s like listening to me talk about Spike?

Why? Why can’t the rest of the MANE cast have a staring role in the big save the world events instead of being sidelined? And don’t pull a “They aren’t strong enough in Magic” excuse, that’s not what this show is about. This isn’t DBZ where power levels matter. This show is about how FRIENDSHIP is important, not magic McGuffins that just save the day that you then try to tack on some Friendship BS to it.

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You’re in luck! All but one season has an allowance of 24 episodes in which that growth can take place.

Yeah but the two parters, like I keep saying, are a completely different type of story. It’s like saying a hot dog and hamburger are exactly the same because you got them from the same shop. The Remane 5 have never had a chance to star and lead in one of them and instead it’s been the unicorn with magical abilities and socialization problems that has. The fact that they decided to shove them out of the way for the same type of protagonist that they’ve always had is disheartening especially when they’ve never used them before.

All in your head.

Which is why there are half a dozen people saying they’re glad the Mane 6 got shoved out of the way and that it’s so refreshing to see them go, nevermind Cheexedoodle’s comment that the Mane 6 arcs are closed in their view and the show should move on to other characters.

And they never will.

Criminy, is this what it’s like listening to me talk about Spike?

Why? Why can’t the rest of the MANE cast have a staring role in the big save the world events instead of being sidelined? And don’t pull a “They aren’t strong enough in Magic” excuse, that’s not what this show is about. This isn’t DBZ where power levels matter. This show is about how FRIENDSHIP is important, not magic McGuffins that just save the day that you then try to tack on some Friendship BS to it.

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Lord WyrmSpawN

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@Swashbucklist
Almost.

And in his defense, it’s less in his head and keeps being said by other people.

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Darth Sonic

@Swashbucklist
Well, that last bit was kinda cynical…

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@Background Pony #0836

The Mane 6 are the characters whom I fell in love with, whom I want to see continue to grow and evolve.

You’re in luck! All but one season has an allowance of 24 episodes in which that growth can take place.

I hate the notion the the Mane 6 are finished that they are done and need to get off screen.

All in your head.

…and like I said 86% of them have NEVER gotten the chance to star in those dire save-the-world two-parters.

And they never will.

Criminy, is this what it’s like listening to me talk about Spike?

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@cheezedoodle
They are played for laughs where as you say the two-parters aren’t and yet the Remane 5 (Fitting that that term has come around) have never gotten to take lead in them. There is a tone shift in which the large majority of the cast has yet to ever be utilized by the writers.

I don’t mind the writers having other characters fill in, to have a rich secondary cast, but they should be that: Secondary. The Mane 6 are the characters whom I fell in love with, whom I want to see continue to grow and evolve. I hate the notion the the Mane 6 are finished that they are done and need to get off screen. They aren’t, and like I said 86% of them have NEVER gotten the chance to star in those dire save-the-world two-parters. There is still a ton to do with them. Having a good complementary cast will help but it should still have the Mane 6 as our emotional tether.

And I especially don’t want to see the Karma Houdini who the world bends over for take the starring role in the show while she shoves the Mane 6 out of the show. If you really think the show is done, cancel it and have a new show set in the same continuity.

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Vortaxonus

@cheezedoodle
I think you are the most logical person i’ve heard of.

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Keith David
Dante Basco
Dee Bradley
dan green
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@Background Pony #0836
At this point I’m just going to have to agree to disagree. Most threats are played for laughs, as this is a funny show for kids of all ages. That doesn’t mean they are any less dangerous, in-world. The two-parters just tend to be a little darker since they can end the first half on a scary cliffhanger and immediately jump into the world-saving finale. I think if the episodes aired a week apart, they wouldn’t be written as dark.

I appreciate how the show gave Starlight and her misfits a chance in the spotlight. To me it reinforces that, while she is Twilight’s friend, she is not a part of her inner circle, nor are the writers trying to force her in.

Simply put, after six seasons, the mane six are ready to move into a new phase of their lives. They’ve proven themselves many times in the past, and they don’t need to have them continue to do so. It’s time for others to step up and contribute.

If there is a season 8 after the movie, I’d love to see a 5 or 10-year time-skip, a new cast become the focus (probably not Starlight), and the mane six become mentors and role-models to those characters.

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