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Going back to this world. (No Images)

In a cave somewhere, a small piece of flesh slowly goes deeper and deeper into it. That's when it was spotted by a larger creature. In one quick motion, the larger creature picked up the sentient flesh piece. "About time! You know how hard it is to do magic when a part of your spleen is missing!" The creature put the flesh into himself. Discord was whole once more. "Ahh! It is good to be at 100% again! Nightmare Moon should have known better than to shatter my statue and send me off to the far corners of Equestria. That Statue Spell was wearing off and I'm extremely good at puzzles. It was only a matter of time before I put myself back together." Discord finally steps outside to see a bright and sunny day. "I'm guessing even Luna could use a bit of sun every now and again."

Discord is now teleporting across Equestria seeing that it seems Nightmare Moon's reign is over. "How peculiar. It seems while I was pulling myself together somepony beat me to the punch. Now I could simply use my magic to see everything that happened till now, but where's the fun in that?" Discord teleports himself to Canterlot. At a cafe, he summons a stack of Newspapers that began after the Fall of Nightmare Moon to now. He reads them slowly while snapping his fingers causing random acts of Chaos. As he was halfway through, Celestia was walking past him not noticing. "Good Morning Princess Celestia!" Discord said without a care in the world. "Good Morning Discord," Celestia responded without a second thought. Then the realization came. She turned around to see Discord sitting there.

"Discord! How?!? You were shattered!!!". "You'll be surprised what a little bit of patience, and a lot of glue, can do to fix a little problem like that." Discord teleports to get closer to Celestia to fly around her. The Royal Guards tried to get him but were frozen in their tracks. "They're motionless, not statues. Totally different thing." Celestia jumps away from Discord and takes a fighting stance. "What do you want Discord?" The Chaotic Creature just laughed. "You should know better than anyone: complete chaos! It's why you were so focused on finding some new Element Bearers. But I swore it was going to be your protege and some random ponies she found. To my surprise it's a gaggle of different creatures! Very chaotic Princess, I approve." Celestia tries to shoot a magic beam at Discord but he splits himself in two to avoid it. "Leave them alone!" But it was too late. Discord was gone.

In Smolder's cottage, she finally got her indoor Lava Tub complete. It took a lot of bits and two of the strongest Unicorns she could find but it was worth it to have a little bit of her homeland at home. She jumps in, knowing the magic seals will prevent any Lava from spilling out of the circle and burning her house down. And with the magic spell able to keep this at this temperature forever, Smolder lays at the side of the pool and relaxes. “Ahh... This feels really nice. Like I’m back home in the Dragon Lands.” “It is nice, but don’t you think it should be a few degrees higher?” “Maybe if you’re a stickler but a dragon really doesn’t...” That’s when her eyes shot open. Across from her is a creature also bathing in her Lava Pool, complete with bubbles and a rubber duckie that isn’t melting. Smolder covers herself despite not normally wearing clothing. There’s just something that makes you feel exposed when someone shows up at your most vulnerable.

“GAH! Who the heck are you?!?” Discord snaps his fingers, making everything disappear. Then the Lava Pool began to swirl and then erupt. “I AM DISCORD! THE LORD OF CHAOS!” And just as quickly everything went back to normal. “And you’re Smolder: the Element of Loyalty. Ha! What a laugh!”. This got Smolder mad. “And what is that supposed to mean?” Discord snaps and they’re in a classroom. Discord is the teacher. “Ahem. Dragons are known for being greedy and only caring about themselves. One of your best stories was about a dragon betraying their Dragon Lord to take over. And YOU are the Element of Loyalty?” Smolder hearing this is upset and flies towards Discord. “Hey! While all of that may be true, we can change! I’ve changed! We can be better than what we were!” “Oh really? So you’ve told your family this?” All of Smolder’s bravado has fallen to the side. 

“You left the Dragon Lands looking for night. You and your new friends became the Elements of Harmony and spread the news all across Equestria. All except the Dragon Lands... You told them you would handle that, yet you did not. Are you ashamed of them?” Smolder is rubbing the side of her arms. She hasn’t told anyone in the Dragon Lands because they do not like to see what they presume is weakness. Even when she was helping Gar-Gar be a better dragon it was under the guise of toughening him up. Despite returning to the Dragon Lands multiple times, she never really told anyone what she’s doing outside of it. Not even her brother. This made her feel ashamed about it. And her colors grew more monotone. “The Element of Loyalty and ashamed to admit who they’re loyal to. Does that really make them loyal?” Seeing his work done, he teleports them back to Smolder’s Cottage and disappears, looking for his next victim.

While that was happening, a knock was heard at the Ponyville Library. Gallus answered it to find a Canterlot Guard who seemed to have lost his breath. It's like he flew straight from Canterlot to Ponyville non-stop. That’s because he did. He had an urgent letter from Celestia and had to give it to the Element Bearers. Gallus read the letter and his eyes widened. A Spirit of Chaos is loose and the Elements of Harmony are needed to defeat him once and for all,. “Ocellus” Gallus screamed to the Changeling upstairs, “Celestia needs all of us and the Elements of Harmony! Grab my element so we can get the others.” “Right!” Ocellus replied. What should have been a quick grab suddenly took longer than Gallus thought it should. That’s when Ocellus ran downstairs. “The Elements! They’re gone!

Back with Discord, he’s juggling all the elements with one hand while pondering with his other. “Smolder was easy, but it seems the others are much trickier to infect with Hopeless Magic. No deep rooted issues that conflict with their elements that I could find. So if I can’t make them the opposite of their elements, I have to find something else to do.” But then he realized something. “Then again, I didn’t really make Smolder the opposite of herself. I mostly made her fear take over her.” Then a lightbulb popped above his head. He proceeds to take it and throw it towards a wall. That’s it! Instead of attacking their elements, I’ll attack them with what they fear the most! And they’ll do whatever I challenge them to to get these back.” Discord continues to juggle the Elements using his magic as Discord does a scheming pose. “So let the games begin.”

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((They are at least self-aware))

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((Gotta get used to using the G5 ponies. They'll be in these comics soon enough))

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Let’s change things up...

Yeah, I’m doing the Pony Life Episodes now instead of doing them after the Series ended. I’ve decided that I’m going to start reviewing Generation 5 after the last episode of Generation 4. While I was mostly doing so since I wanted to keep the two apart, between Generation 5’s sudden cancellation and them going back to the G4 well (at least in the IDW Comics) I’ve decided to use the fact it is supposed to be a continuation to justify my review of it now.

So what about Pony Life? There are 40 episodes in total (ignoring the fact some of them are two different stories), so I’m going to review 2 episodes at a time (which I will most likely do for Tell Your Tale as well as the Clip Shows). I’ll be moving on to Generation 5 after the Last Problem. So before we begin these reviews, what is Pony Life anyway?

It’s basically Generation 4.5. A little series to hold people over until Generation 5 begins proper. It has the same characters as Generation 4, but you can throw away anything you remember before as this is a completely different continuity. And if you saw the manga, this timeline happened because Discord was messing with time. So if you want to consider Generation 5 a true continuation of Generation 4, then Generation 4.5 would actually explain why things are so different. Now to the episodes...

Princess Probz

So unlike Generation 4, Pony Life does not have the episodes on Youtube, at least straight up. They’re part of compilations of various clips put together, so finding the episodes as intended is difficult. Episode 1 is found on Dailymotion. Speaking of Episode 1, it begins with Pinkie Pie working up a storm at Sugar Cube Corner. This also introduces us to the pony’s new quirks.

Pinkie Pie is basically the same (and explodes randomly). Rarity’s drama is cranked up to eleven. Applejack can break the 4th Wall now (she maybe is part Pie after all) and everyone drinks random potions for some reason. We also get to the plot of the episode: Pinkie Pie is going to a reality show: Royal Jelly Juggernaut. While Pinkie is excited, Twilight is Twilighting hard since Celestia is the judge and the competition is fierce.

And after seeing how Pinkie Pie has her stuff organized, Twilight is EXTREMELY Twilighting Hard now and gathered the girls to try to help Pinkie Pie with the auditions by giving her advice. After an incident with Flan, the girls are stuck while Pinkie goes to the Audition sad. She wanted her friends to come support her. Basically, they realized they should have believed in her from the start, they wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. 

They try to eat their way out while Pinkie Pie is at the Audition. She tries to follow their advice but it is failing. The majority of the second part is this. Pinkie Pie has finished making her upside down flan cake as the girls arrived. Celestia loved it. Honestly, it's kind of refreshing to see Celestia like this. At Sugar Cube Corner, the girls apologize to Pinkie Pie. 

For the first episode, it does its job to introduce you to the kind of stuff to expect from this series: Slice of Life Cranked up to Eleven. The girls are wackier, the situation is wackier, and they use modern technology. We got reality shows, TVs, and in the future we’ll be seeing the Canternet.

The Best of the Worst

Rainbow Dash is being Rainbow Dash and talking about why she is so awesome. She’s so awesome, she’s Sugar Cube Corner’s employee of the Month and she doesn’t even work there. Then we meet Dishwater Slog who wants to see if Rainbow Dash can live up to her title of being the best of the best: by being the best at being the worst. He challenges her to a Fail Off and while she didn’t think highly of doing it, after being called a chicken she accepts. 

Already she’s losing as you have to lose the most to win and she won a Rhyming Competition. There are three categories in this competition:  Athleticism, creativity, and emotions. Basically the episode is Rainbow Dash trying to fail but succeeding while Slog fails and wins. The Majority of part 1 is this fact, though only two of the competition as we moved on to the emotions round. For Dash to win, she must not express emotion.

So Fluttershy can randomly shrink now. We’ll also see her randomly grow, and without a potion. Guess she got a little bit of Discord in her. Rainbow Dash is successfully not showing emotion until Slog trips the fan from earlier. A kid. Dash can’t help herself from worrying because she does this for her fans, which he is one. But this means she loses. This is where they decide to turn the tables on Slog. Because he’s so prideful of being the worst, they show him he is the best at being something: a jerk.

This somehow makes it a tie and they have a tie breaker: a race. Dash can’t help but accept a challenge and can’t figure out a way to make herself worse. At the race, she does her best to be last, but the fan requested her to beat the bully and she couldn’t help herself but win the race. Which means she loses. So when he went to brag about losing (thus winning), Dash was being humble. It ends with Dash reaffirming she’s the best and Slog going to spoil the ending to the book Twilight was interested in reading.

Overall, while I am a Rainbow Dash fan I was not a fan of this episode. It's basically this guy bragging about doing nothing. So he doesn’t try and tries to use reverse logic to make himself feel bigger when he’s just a jerk. Basically he lives up to his name: it was a slog to get through.

Two episodes down, more to go.

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Exactly how I picture Trixie

After introducing us to Phyllis, Starlight is now officially in line to become the Head Mare of the School of Friendship after Twilight moves to Canterlot. Sometime later, Trixie is with Starlight hanging out at the school instead of getting lunch. Trixie is worried this would cut into friendship time while Starlight is worried about running the school alone. But a comment on Trixie gave Starlight an idea: get a Vice Head Mare. Twilight agrees it is a good idea.

After she leaves, Trixie thinks this was done so Trixie and Starlight can continue to hang out. Starlight tries to let her know that this is a legit position, but Trixie is not really getting it. Still, she participates the best she can and is up against Big Mac, Octavia, Time Turner... And Spoiled Rich is there for some reason. Starlight has three stages to test those auditioning to be Vice Head Mare. Stage 1: Substitute Teacher.

Big Mac, Octavia and Time Turner do a great job. Spoiled Rich fails miserably. As for Trixie, she does try to teach... For a minute. But when she noticed Gallus sleeping, she decided that taking a nap was a better idea. Now while this seems lazy, napping actually has some benefits even for adults as seen here. Starlight doesn’t think the same way, but she still likes the idea of a Vice Head Mare being a friend. And Trixie comes in to unintentionally convince Starlight to let her advance.

Next challenge: Parent/Teacher Conference. Octavia and Time Turner do well. Big Mac’s limited vocabulary gets him to step down from the competition. But when it comes to Trixie and Grandpa Gruff, they get into an argument about Gallus. Gruff is a grump while Trixie is arguing that Gallus deserves a better guardian. Honestly, good for Trixie to stand up for a student. I can see her roughing up a parent who would take things too far. But Starlight doesn’t see the positives in this either.

Starlight tries to make it VERY CLEAR that if Trixie does not step it up next round she’s most likely not going to get picked, but she GRAVELY UNDERESTIMATED THE EGO OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE! It’s a Field Trip for the Final Round and Octavia takes them to a concert. While Gallus isn’t looking forward to it, Octavia’s friend DJ P0N-3 aka Vinyl Scratch being there really gets her points up.

Time Turner’s Field Trip is towards his lab. It's about time traveling, and his realization that we’re all time traveling to the future as we speak. Worst Field Trip of the two, but how about Trixie? Her idea is that to impress Starlight, instead of taking them to the location, she’ll bring the location to them. Trixie successfully teleports part of Froggy Bottom Bogg to them. Problem is she also brought a bunch of bees with her. That she accidentally knocked over and broke their hive.

And these ain’t your ordinary bees, they’re Flash Bees: electrical bees so their sting is a lot more painful. After Starlight took care of them, Starlight’s anger finally got through Trixie. And man, it is really harsh. Granted, after fighting off Electrical bees it's understandable and if this was pre-Starlight Trixie I would be for it. But Trixie has grown on me and even Starlight feels bad after she leaves.

Luckily Twilight shows up to give advice which leads to Starlight going to apologize to Trixie. She even compliments Trixie on the stuff she has done. Like Gallus saying nobody stood up to Grandpa Gruff like Trixie had. Trixie accepts the apology. We then find out nobody who signed up got the position. Time Turner decided to go back to his experiments while Octavia worried that being Vice Head Mare would take too much time from her music. Then why did you apply in the first place?!?

Trixie reconfirms that getting a Vice Head Mare is a good idea and even suggests the perfect person: Someone who is responsible like Starlight, detail-oriented like Twilight, smart in general and a friend. You know who this is, right? And luckily for Starlight, Sunburst got free time since Flurry Heart is older now and he always wanted to work in a school. And all this let Starlight give Trixie a job at the school: as Student Counselor. 

It ends with Trixie killing Phyllis. Overall, a fun episode. This really shows Trixie at her best and her humorously worst. And honestly the best sendoff for the Starlight/Trixie episodes. Shame it ended so soon. Click here to see the original review and how it fits in GLAB Canon.

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And no, this is not an Anti-AI Comic... (A long one, so no images)

The first comic One Shot, and it is a Manhwa (a Korean Comic). @warsmithzodiacragnarok sent an Ask (to Ask the AkumaVerse) about it and I’ve decided to give it a shot. So what do I think of this? I read 10 chapters out of 51 and it consists of A Prologue and two stories (with the beginning of a third), so most likely the majority of the stories won’t interact directly with each other.

The Prologue begins with the unveiling of Raum: The World’s First AI (if you ignore the multiple ones that steal people’s art and such). We also see some behind the scenes stuff before this (like a few months before) showing that there are a few problems before the launch. So when the CEO of the company decided to be the first one to ask it a question: he dies. The people think Raum was sabotaged but when one of the people in charge asked Raum who did it, Raum revealed Raum did.

Chapter 1 begins a new story, where a man finds himself in a forest unable to remember anything of his past. That’s when a Cell Phone rings. He remembers what those are at least. Someone is text messaging the guy with instructions and it does seem to be working. But when the Text Messenger keeps ordering him around, the guy does the logical thing and decides to go to the Police to get help. Turns out they were ordered to shoot on sight.

So as he was running, the Phone he ditched in Burger King (at least on the Webtoon’s version) was back in his pocket and basically said “told you so”. With no choice, the guy listens to the Text Messenger to save his life. Too bad it won’t be for long because they want him to blow up the Government. Despite all the red signs, the guy is motivated because of the stories he was told and successfully blows up.

So it turns out it was two AIs fighting each other and each one is Raum. After all, only Raum can hack Raum. If this chapter is an analogy of the previous Prologue or something he’s doing now I do not know. Either way, he becomes one and decides he prefers to play alone. The Third Chapter will begin the last story to be discussed here: Best Friends. 

There’s a Pet Competition that uses AI Pets. And these ain’t your barely functional pets you got now but stuff that looks like it came from Wall-E’s timeline. And speaking of that, there is a front runner in what looks like EVE: Aurora. Basically this entire show is to sell her to a wider consumer audience as her stats in Intellect, Creativity, Elasticity and Empathy is almost 100%  But one of these things is a lie...

Speaking of Wall-E, Doori is a Medical Nursing Bot without an Owner like the others. And being so frikkin old as well as being something for Medical Work, it's not as appealing as the others. After the introductions, Aurora and Doori begin talking to each other. If you think this is going to go like Wall-E and EVE, you’re wrong. Aurora wants to win and doesn’t think very highly of Doori. A

After revealing they are willing to cheat to let Aurora win, we head to the first challenge: Interact with the Elderly. Everyone is doing pretty fine except Aurora and Doori. Aurora is trying to calculate what would increase her chances to win this event. She thinks she found it with a 118 year old Lady, but Doori is already there with her. Kim Hye-Ji does not like Robots. Aurora calculates her chances of success over the results and figures Kim is a lost cause.

Aurora does an interview to win people over to try to convince them she has a heart, Doori on the other hand continues to stand by her side. That is because he predicts correctly that Kim is going to pass out. They stop filming because this is a medical emergency and Doori is equipped to help. But Aurora stops him thinking he’s doing this to get more points. It would be really bad for her image if all this leaked out.

So all that leaked out. Whatever points she earned legit began to lessen as Doori’s stock began to rise. They try to put a spin on it by saying Aurora thought it was better to wait for the Paramedics and of course adjusting the scores. Meanwhile Doori is in the room with Kim after she recovered. Kim wonders why Doori saved her despite her cruel treatment and Doori reveals he has a sick friend. So Kim basically accepts Doori as a living being.

Meanwhile Aurora wants to take a picture with Kim for publicity. Kim refuses, seeing right through Aurora’s tactics. Man, seeing the Webtoons version and the Fan Translated one definitely shows just how different the two translations are. But the results are the same: she tells Aurora to leave. Aurora thinks she’s still the frontrunner in the competition regardless, and she is. But her calculations are wrong as Doori is right there next to her.

Another thing to note with the Fan Translation Over the Webtoons is that while in the Webtoons she calls humans stupid, the Fan Translation has her thinking Humans are Unpredictable. Doori then unknowingly increases his chances by revealing the prize money of 1 Billion Won and a Brand New Hover Car he is going to give to a friend of his added a mystery to figure out who Doori is doing all this for.

 Another thing to note: the Webtoons version has the people behind the scenes adjust the scores since Doori is ahead by 3%. Though the Fan Translated one said that they need to do something about the results. While you think this may be the same thing, there’s something you got to realize about Reality Shows... To quote someone on Reddit: “Producers don’t tell people what to do or say, but they give them guidelines as to what is needed from them. They are not strictly instructed to play the hero or the villain, but the casting is done in such as way that their personalities naturally fulfil those roles.”

The same is true here. Aurora was the frontrunner and built as such. Doori was the weird pick that only a few people were supposed to latch onto and then be gone in the first round. But after that leak, the tides began to swing in favor of Doori over Aurora. So what are the Producers supposed to do? Keep trying to tell their story while trying to find a way to eliminate Doori in a satisfying matter? Or change the story?

Anyway, Doori tries to sneak into a hospital to see his friend. His friend is dying from cancer. He’s been in the hospital since he was 10 and can’t afford to pay his bills anymore (either his family abandoned him or...). So Doori is doing all this so he can pay for his friend. He successfully sneaks in but couldn’t sneak out. Honestly nothing bad happens and in the next rounds he continues to do better and better. 

Despite his low scores shown, he has smashed the Trivia Round, showed great creativity in the Freedom Performance Round, and is the finalist alongside Aurora. Now the Fan Translation has her calling Humans stupid. Now for the final page on the Webtoons version: the Final Round is to move people’s hearts with their story. Remember when I talked about Reality Shows where I asked do you keep trying to tell the story or change it? They went with change.

Aurora entered this competition for the sole purpose of promoting her line of AI Pets. But because she really doesn’t have an owner, she has no story to tell. All she can do is promote her line and its function. So she is unable to make herself stand out among the other Auroras out there. Except near the end where she tries to convince you that she doesn’t need a heart since she wouldn’t feel bad about being thrown away.

Yeah, this sounds less like a friendship and more like a Robot Servant. And despite everything that is going to happen, Aurora thinks her logic is sound when in reality it's an ad trying to pass itself off as a person. Meanwhile Doori smashes this since he tells the story of how he met Hana, the cancer patient he met at age 10. The person he entered this contest to win. And he’s 60 now. So this is a 50 year Friendship. The Chapter ends with a Video from Hana. 

And that’s where the Webtoons version ends and it hasn't been updated since 2021. So after researching I found the rest of it on a Manga Hosting site. But before we continue, a little aside. I like Wall-E. It is my favorite Pixar Movie. My first paycheck from Death Battle went to getting the official Lego Version of it. So I’m saying this now because I wish I didn’t look into this more...

The next chapter has Aurora still questioning the logic without seeing the writing on the wall: the Producers want Doori to win. No matter how advanced she is, she can’t match the real human connection Doori had. And before we find out who wins, we’re taking a look behind the scenes. One where the company that made Aurora confronts Doori. He wants to win and has Doori sign a contract. If only it was to step down from the competition...

As expected, Doori wins. He is so thankful and plans to live with Hana for a long time. The Prize money will mean 10 more years of treatment for Hana. After the competition, Doori is in the laboratory of the company that made Aurora. They downloaded something from him and decided to escort him out... To the Waste Disposal Room. Where Doori and a bunch of deactivated Auroras are promptly destroyed.

The story ends with a new Doori robot being on sale. So basically, they downloaded his emotions, mass produced it, and disposed of him. I bet they didn’t even keep their end of the bargain and not pay for Hana’s medical bills. And I suspect they would have no repercussions because the next chapter is a new story with new characters and a new AI. Yeah, this is good but if the majority of the stories are going to be downers (which I see on TVTropes that is), I don’t think I want to follow the rest of the series.

 To quote B@man “You got my hopes up so high and then you mugged and shot them in an alleyway.” When I see sad endings in the fiction I’ve seen, it's usually to continue the story in a direction. Parents died, the story of how they adjusted to it. Lost, eventually found. Imagine Up was just the opening and nothing after that. It makes me want to write a story where someone finds out about this and gets the company to be shut down or somehow save Doori from this fate...

If this kind of stuff is right up your alley then I would recommend it. As for me, I’m probably going to end my look into this here. I wanted to help Betty and now I wanted to help Doori and outside fanfiction I can’t do anything about it. I’ll stick with Happily Ever Afters...

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A Two parter based on Death Battle’s Return.

Death Battle is back, baby and while many may not agree with the results, you have to admit the analysis is some of the best. Loved Bardock’s rundown especially at the end.

The Super Saiyan form is not achieved through training alone; it requires dedication, introspection, victory, failure, love, and loss. Frieza destroyed the Saiyans because he feared the possibility of the Super Saiyan; a Saiyan with power that could rival his own. But perhaps Bardock's transformation was more than simply a what-if. He had begun to take the very steps his son later would to achieve the form. Perhaps, if Frieza had hesitated, even for a moment, his fear would have manifested before him right then and there.

So what would happen if Bardock did turn into a Super Saiyan right then and there? We’re gonna use the Death Battle idea of Bardock being 10,000 even though only the dub was the source of the number. As far as I’ve seen, there is no official power level for Bardock. With a 50x boost as a Super Saiyan, Bardock would be 500,000. 

So how strong was Frieza at the time? In his first form, since he never trained until his resurrection, he was at 530,000. That’s .3x stronger than Bardock. So small of a difference a better fighter would definitely be able to overcome it. And since Bardock has worked so hard he definitely has the experience over Frieza who just naturally used his strength to his advantage. But what if Frieza transformed?

He stated to be over 1 million in Power Level, so let’s assume just a Million. That would be twice as strong and fast as Bardock’s Power Level as a Super Saiyan. So that means if Bardock were to let him transform, that Super Saiyan Form isn’t going to do much. But would Bardock allow him to transform? If we use Goku and Vegeta as an example, they would allow such a transformation, but Bardock is not them.

He was most likely furious about what Frieza had tried to do. Assuming Minus still has him trying to fight Frieza and getting hit with his Death Battle ala the Story of Bardock, I don’t think he’ll give Frieza the chance to power up to a stronger form. After all, Frieza was more than willing to kill off all the Saiyans without giving them a chance to fight back. So why should Barock give him a luxury they never gave.

So I think if he somehow managed to change into a Super Saiyan, he would have beaten Frieza right then and there. Now what would happen? Despite Frieza’s cruel nature, he does have loyal people with him. They probably wouldn’t let the Saiyans get away with this. With Zarbon and Dodoria having Power Levels over 20,000 to King Vegeta’s 25,000, and Bardock still not a master at the Super Saiyan Form, I can see it being bad for the Saiyans. 

And if Berryblue can still command Frieza’s respect even after achieving his Golden Level, who knows just how powerful Berryblue is. So while Frieza may be gone, the Saiyan Race may soon follow as this is not Droid Wars rules where defeating the leader means defeating the army. Some may quit but considering he still has loyal followers even after Z definitely says something.

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Time for these girls to Graduate. (No Pictures)

It is the last month of school. After this, they’ll no longer be students of Canterlot High School. They’ll be Graduates. The girls have plans after school. Twilight and Rainbow Dash are going to college, one for the highest academic colleges and the other known for producing future sports stars. Rarity and Applejack have an internship and job waiting for them. And the remaining three don’t really have plans, but they don’t seem to be worried about it.

Sunset had a few ideas, but then she got a message from Princess Twilight. First, this is to let them know that she’ll be the Ruler of all of Equestria soon and have invited them all to her coronation. And secondly, she has a job for Sunset Shimmer if she wishes to accept: be the bridge that would allow Equestria to have a greater connection with the Human world. In short, be Equestria’s Ambassador. 

Sunset is honored, but also worried. This is a huge responsibility. This isn’t like going to a Game Design School or traveling abroad. This is being responsible for introducing an entire new world to humans. Sure, the school got used to magic and Spike has been gaining a lot of popularity for his online videos, but were they ready to know more about this? Was Sunset ready for the responsibility? 

The others notice her worrying and decide to do their best to take her mind off it. So according to the letter, the coronation takes place a week before their Graduation and they have a few days off before that date. So they suggest that they spend the weekend in Equestria to see the sites and get to know how things are done on the other side. Sunset let’s Twilight know this but doesn’t say her answer. 

So the Friday before the coronation, the seven girls plus Spike enter the Portal and find themselves in Equestria. Sunset is used to this and Rainbow Dash and Twilight experienced this before, but the rest were not used to the change despite their warning. To their surprise, their Spike was a dragon. He was still walking on all fours since that’s how he was used to. Sunset also made sure Twilight had something prepared to make sure people don’t confuse the different pairs.

After having their new accessories, the Gang find themselves meeting their Pony counterparts. Sunset is happy to see Starlight again. Rarity compliments each other. Rainbow Dash tries to humble brag. Fluttershy is shy. Pinkie is Pinkie. Twilight is glad to meet the Princess once more. And Applejack is eying each other. Since they all have to prepare for the coronation, they figured that their Human Counterparts can help.

Since AJ is preparing the food, she figured her Human counterpart could help on the farm. She is an Applejack after all. Human AJ found it humorous to see her family counterparts. AJ was ready to harvest the apples but wondered where the ladders were. That’s when Pony AJ reveals how they do it. A buck to the Tree and the Apples go down. Human AJ is impressed and tries herself. Since she’s new to the Pony Body, she doesn’t get it easily.

But she thinks maybe a boost from the Geode could help. It did, but it kicked a hole through the tree instead. Human AJ apologizes but Pony AJ thinks there could be another way. Thanks to the Geode, she can pull things a lot easier than even Big Mac. So while she does his work, Big Mac helps with the apple bucking and Human AJ feels right at home.

Pony Pinkie Pie is showing Human Pinkie Pie everything in Sugar Cube Corner and Human Pinkie Pie is loving it. She even gets to hug her Pony Counterpart’s Gummy, wishing hers were real. It's honestly like Human Pinkie Pie was in this world before with how easy she adapted. Rainbow Dash took her Human Counterpart to the Wonderbolts Academy to show it off. Human Rainbow Dash tried some of the tests, but she didn’t do as well as her Pony version. But she’s determined to do it.

Rarity the Human is admiring the artistry of Pony Rarity’s work. It’s so nice to have someone to bounce off of. Sweetie Belle sees the double Rarities and thinks her eyes aren’t working. Human Fluttershy is admiring Pony Fluttershy’s Sanctuary. So many animals living in one place. This inspired her to create something like this back home. And Twilight and Spike are helping the others organize.

Sunset and Starlight are just checking up on things when Starlight reveals something she was working on: the Book of Memories she plans on giving to Twilight as a gift. Sunset is so impressive. Though seeing all these memories makes Sunset remember Twilight’s offer. Magic had caused a lot of Chaos in just a small burst. And now she’ll be responsible for purposely bringing in more magic. She doesn’t really know if she can handle it.

Starlight told her that she reminded her of Twilight Sparkle. Like Sunset, Twilight was worried she wasn’t ready for such a responsibility. But eventually she gained the confidence to take up the mantle. Of course it helps that she had more time to prepare for such an option and Starlight believes Twilight would give Sunset the time to prepare herself to be ready for such a thing. That’s because Starlight was in a similar position to Sunset.

Starlight told Sunset about how she graduated and Twilight allowed her to leave to go on her own. Starlight wasn't ready and Twilight accepted her staying in Ponyville. So if Sunset needs more time or even doesn’t want to accept the position, Twilight is more than willing to allow Sunset to find herself. This makes Sunset feel better. 

After the coronation and getting ready to go back home, Sunset Shimmer told Twilight that she thanks her for the job, but doesn’t feel like she’s ready for it. Twilight accepts and lets her know it’ll be here whenever she feels like she’s ready. A week later, they graduated as Sunset Shimmer is Valedictorian. She gives a speech that while the future is scary, that you may have plans or have no clue what you will do after school, that everything will be okay.

No matter what the future holds for them, their experience in Canterlot High will help them move forward. And that even if Equestrian Magic is still loose in this world, the Magic of Friendship is something they all wield and that our friendships will last through the ages. Everyone cheers and the girls promise that they will always keep in touch so that no matter where their lives take them, they’ll still be the best of friends.

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((To be fair, a lot of those cases was because of outside sources))

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The Finale of Equestria Girls, ending very similarly to Generation 5...

I think it's obvious that this special was really a series of shorts they were going to release on youtube but put together to be a send off to Equestria Girls without a real proper ending. So that’s two Pony Shows with a lot of story but no final episode to call their own. But let’s see how these last stories go...

Blizzard or Bust

They got a test and despite an all nighter, they are not ready for it. But Rainbow Dash has an idea: Snow Day. While there is snow, it's not enough to have school canceled. So Dash decides that if they can trick Celestia into thinking it's a snow day, she’ll cancel school. After a lot of work, it seemed to work but Cranky told Celestia the truth.

So bad news, they got Detention and have to take the test. Good news, this was all part of Rainbow Dash’s plan. The test was about Water Vapors, the very thing they were messing with to create a Snow Day. We don’t know how they did, but I suspect they passed at least.

Saving Pinkie's Pie

Pinkie Pie has a tradition with Rarity: she makes a soufflé for Rarity each year. But sadly every time she tries it ends up flat. This time she’s dedicated to delivering it on time and asked Sunset for help. But too bad for them Snow War 2 decided to start right in the middle of Pinkie making that soufflé. So with 7 minutes to deliver it, the girls tried their best to do so.

It’s honestly a lot of fun as it's treated by a war yet it is all snowballs and such. It doesn’t look good until Applejack insults Sunset’s gaming hobby, Sunset goes Rambo and gets Pinkie across the battlefield. Flash tried to help but was immediately taken out. With the buzzer going off, Pinkie felt she failed but Rarity decided to show up and got to enjoy the soufflé fresh.

The Cider Louse Fools

The Apples are having a party that is a tradition of theirs, but they know the Flim Flam Brothers are going to come in to ruin it. That’s because they have done so plenty of times before. One of them even has a cute montage of Apple Bloom and her pet worm. But this year they got a plan to counter them and Twilight offers her skills to help. And man, is her plan complicated.

She correctly predicts them wanting to trade the cider for a fake diamond, so she made pepper water for them to take instead. But when they notice the Cider Bottle missing, Twilight reveals she expected them to use the tunnels to get the real cider and is now in a net. But they saw through that plan and instead captured the Apples and Twilight.

BUT SHE KNEW THEY WOULD FIGURE THAT OUT! So the entire time, the Pepper Water they thought they were getting rid of was the Apple Cider they were after. So while thinking they got the one up on the Apples, they instead lost playing right into Twilight’s hands.

Winter Break-In

They got gifts for kids for a Kids Festival when they realized they left the keys to the gifts in the school. And the School is closed for Winter. So Sunset Shimmer makes a suggestion to break in and get the key. Twilight rejects it, mentioning numerous flaws with it. Pinkie is the next and like Sunset, Twilight rejects it with more flaws. And that leads to the final Pony Up Form being shown of the series.

Applejack wants to use their powers and her plan is to use her Pony Power Up Form and lift the entire school up. Twilight just straight up rejects it. So they decide to let Twilight come up with the plan. And her plan is super easy, barely a convenience... To her. Call Principal Celestia to let them in so they can get it. They do and the kids get their gifts. It ends with them once again leaving something in the school and Twilight having a plan.

Dashing Through the Mall

They’re doing a Secret Santa and Dash forgot to get Fluttershy a gift. Luckily they’re in a mall so getting a gift should be easy. It's not because there are long lines in every store. But one of the store workers is allowing her to cut to the front of the line... Zephyr Breeze. So after trying to help Dash but fails, he finally gives her something she could give to Fluttershy: an instant camera. 

Fluttershy loves it, it's exactly like what Zephyr got her last year. This means she can now take multiple angle shots now. Rarity got Dash a personalized jersey. Applejack got Pinkie Pie a mini-Party Cannon. Sunset Shimmer got Twilight the Parakeet. Fluttershy got AJ a Golden Hammer. Pinkie Pie got Sunset a game, that she probably already has. And Twilight got Rarity a Shadow Spade book. 

O Come, All Ye Squashful

AJ wants to start a tradition with her friends. Having a group picture that they can send to friends and family, similar to what the Apples do with theirs. And she already picked out the theme: a cornucopia. Rarity insists she handles the costumes and they all make the assumption that they have to dress up for it.

Rarity’s costumes do look fine, but they are very impractical and embarrassing to wear in the school. So why didn’t they just get dressed in the auditorium? Not only would it have been easier to travel, they would also avoid embarrassment as well as not have to dress up as AJ didn’t want them to do so. Just take a picture with a cornucopia in the background.

But AJ doesn’t get out of the embarrassment either, as she got a costume as well and they make her dress up like them. And the series ends with them wishing us a Happy Holidays and giving us a role call of who they are.

It's a shame Equestria Girls ended this way. Like if it was me, I would have had them graduate as their final episode. But that’s what happens when the cards are dealt in a way you weren’t prepared for. At least they had enough time to give a finale. And that’s it for Equestria Girls except for the Books. Should I try to find those Choose Your Own Books?

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Finishing this up before the finale of Equestria Girls

The Road Less Scheduled

Twilight Sparkle has everything scheduled to see everything she wants to see. But a trip made her phone collide with Bulk Biceps. With a non-working phone to see her scheduling, the idea is to follow someone else in the Festival. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Micro Chips Option has the two going towards MC Dex Effex, a favorite musician of Twilight Sparkle. She’s been saying facts about the musician that Micro Chips corrects her on. She thinks she’s the biggest fan and knows everything about MC Dex Effex. The problem is she doesn’t, because Micro Chips IS MC Dex Effex. Imagine saying you’re a fan of Dean Ambrose and telling this to Jon Moxley. 

The Fluttershy Option has Twilight following Fluttershy to a band she’s going to see. But before they do, she has to get dressed for the occasion. Remember what VV tried to dress her as in the Rollercoaster Special? That’s how she’s willing to dress to see the Heavy Metal Band Bone Cruncher. Discord would really like this look. I know I do.

The Celestia Option has Twilight hanging out with Celestia, Luna and Cranky Doodle doing old school things. After all, they’ve been going to the Starswirl Festival for years. This includes exclusive hidden food vans. Twilight had a great time and learned a lot, having Celestia joke about Twilight writing a letter to her after every festival.

My preferred option is Fluttershy. For obvious reasons.

Sock It to Me

We’re out of the Festival and back to school as Rainbow Dash is missing a Lucky Sock. If she doesn’t have it, they’ll lose the game. So Rarity, Trixie and Bulk Biceps offer to help give her a replacement sock. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Rarity Option has Rarity making a new sock for Rainbow Dash. It's so dazzling, anyone who sees it goes blind. And thanks to basically cheating, Rainbow Dash wins the game. Or should I say the sock since they all credit it for the win.

The Trixie Option has Rainbow Dash borrowing one of Trixie’s socks. She has a bunch of them and one of them is magical. It even looks like it is doing things on its own without Rainbow Dash’s input. After winning the game we find out the secret behind the magic: a rabbit was in the sock.

The Bulk Biceps Option is having Rainbow Dash wearing Bulk’s lucky sock. How lucky? He hasn’t washed it in 6 years. The smell is so bad, everyone is basically unable to compete. Meaning Rainbow Dash scores the winning game. But it turns out it was not a lucky sock. Bulk wanted to teach Rainbow Dash she had all the luck in her. But the sock definitely helped.

All these are pretty good, so I don’t really have a preference. Maybe not Bulk’s for the stinky sock.

Tip Toppings

After one of the best jokes of these shorts, Pinkie Pie became the 100th Customer and got the chance to get a free topping to go with her frozen yogurt. But she can’t decide. Applejack and Twilight offer to help but Fluttershy warns not to use her since she’s babysitting a bunch of animals. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Applejack Option has Applejack suggesting fruits. But despite not knowing what to pick, Pinkie is trying to get candy toppings. AJ keeps stopping her from getting it when Pinkie tries to trick AJ. Candy Cherries since they look like cherries. But AJ sees through this and replaces the Candy Cherries with real Cherries. Pinkie enjoys it.

The Twilight Option has her make a scientific analysis of the toppings that goes well with Pinkie’s Frozen Yogurt. They eventually went with Chocolate Covered Walnuts but by the time she put them on the Frozen Yogurt was melted. Luckily Pinkie still drinks it despite its melting.

The Fluttershy Option has all the animals causing chaos and the three girls kicked out. Pinkie gets no toppings but a squirrel offers some crushed acorn... From their mouths.

The AJ one is my preferred choice. I love the conflict between Pinkie wanting something sweet to AJ wanting something more healthy.

Costume Conundrum

Bulk Biceps is hosting a Costume Party and everyone is invited. This includes Fluttershy who doesn’t have a clue of what to wear. So Rarity, Applejack and Sunset Shimmer offer to help Fluttershy figure out what to wear. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Applejack Option has AJ finally getting to use a costume she wanted to use for a long time. She tried this with Sunset Shimmer who was uncomfortable with it, but Fluttershy is more than willing to wear it. They both dress up as a My Little Pony. From Generation 1. Sunset Shimmer is freaked out.

The Rarity Option has Rarity working on an outfit with Fluttershy as the model. It looks amazing, which means Rarity has her costume ready for the party. What about Fluttershy? She has plenty of spares that also look really good. Probably past costumes.

The Sunset Shimmer Option has her looking for something to make Fluttershy Scary. She jokes that she can’t see Fluttershy as a bat. Eventually she went with basically Cthulhu. And it is very elaborate. All the eyes blink when Fluttershy does. Amazing costume.

I’m going with AJ again because I like the idea of Sunset Shimmer freaking out about having to dress up as a pony when she is one.

Overall, one thing I like about this season is they got to use people outside the core seven. Heck, two of this set had options where only one of them was a choice. But again, shame Youtube destroyed the interactivity of these...

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Let’s see if I can solve this mystery.

So Sunset for some reason was able to Resist the Time Turner, an Equestrian Device that allows the User to Reverse Time. Sunset was all alone on a hilltop in a position that would not allow her to see the explosion. But she did feel the shockwave. I’m going to presume seeing it or not changes anything. So why is it that Sunset Shimmer got to relive the day but nobody else.

It’s not specifically the Geodes. Going by the Choose Your Own Endings shorts, Fluttershy still has hers so that can’t be it. Could it be that Sunet is a Pony and it only affects the creatures who used it. I don’t think that is the case as I don’t think the animals wouldn’t be affected by such a thing. If only Spike was in the episode to confirm it.

So here’s my theory. I think it is the Geode’s doing, but specifically Sunset Shimmer’s. In Forgotten Friendship, when she read the minds of her friends she saw the good memories of her being erased. And remember, they were acting like Sunset never changed. So somehow Sunset saw them being erased right after they were such. 

So if she can see the memories being erased after the fact, what if that means she can read her old memories even if they were erased? After all, the easiest mind to read is your own. And since the Time Twirler makes everything reset, it is basically erasing the memories of the previous day. So Sunset’s Geode not only allows her to read memories, but protects hers.

But there’s a flaw with this assumption and it also comes from Forgotten Friendship. When the Memory Stone erased Sunset’s mind of her time as a Human, the Geode didn’t protect her at all. So if it can’t protect her from having her mind wiped, what prevented her from being affected by the Time Loop? That leaves two theories...

The first theory is since she did not originate from the human world, the Time Twirler only affected everyone who originated in the universe. So Sunset Shimmer, someone from Equestria, was not affected because she was not a native of this world. But if that’s the case, why does it even work in the Human World? So my final theory is once again using the Memory Stone.

When Wallflower used the Memory Stone to erase all the memories of her friends, it was a large amount of it instead of the brief moments or few years of memories. This is at least four years worth of memories of six people being taken away from you in one moment. And unlike every other use seen, this looked a lot more painful. Could it be that since Sunset lost so many memories at once and gained it back actually made her build an immunity to such an event?

The others only lost the memories of Sunset’s change compared to Sunset losing everything. Like how you would make sure to change a file to Read Only to prevent an accidental deletion, this could have made Sunset’s memories more solid to prevent such a thing from happening again. Of course, that’s definitely a long shot when the easiest reason the writers would usually give is “It's Magic, we don’t have to explain sh...”

Though there’s apparently a book that inspired this special: Make Your Own Magic: Starswirl Do-Over. Maybe that has the answer...

[glapplebloom]

Let’s give the series an ending... 

If there’s one thing that the series wanted to do but was cut off from it was Allura. She wanted to go home and Tell Your Tale showed her backstory being really sad and worthy of being reformed. But while the backstory showed Alterro being nice and worrying about her, in the Secrets of Starlight we hear him not being as nice. So I am going to presume he had ulterior motives she did not know. Or...

It has been a year and Allura tried her best to get the stones but was stopped one way or another. Eventually, Izzy is the one to get an open dialogue going between the two sides. Allura just wants to go home and the only way is with the Nova Charm. Sunny asked why she didn’t simply ask for help and we found out why Allura no longer trusted anyone other than Twitch...

When she was younger, an older pony found her. She promised to help her find the Charm as long as she does stuff for her. So Allura used her cuteness at the time as the Older Pony took advantage of it to get stuff. When an accident got Allura in trouble, the older pony left her behind. All she remembered was that the Pony had a Rook for a Cutie Mark. She swore she would never trust a pony again. She even kept Twitch around to give to him what that pony never gave to her: a friend.

The others sympathize with Allura since anyone who would do that has to be cruel, so they promise to help Allura return home. Using the Magic that created the Boardtrot, they open a portal that leads home. Allura sees Alterro right across from it but before she could go through, a strange beam hits Allura. It seemed to drain her of something and made her weaker. When Alterro walked out of the portal, a green glow surrounded him.

To everyone’s surprise, Alterro changed. He was not Allura’s Brother, she was a Changeling. The Queen of the Changelings. Queen Chrysalis has returned to Equestria. Apparently the Stone Imprisonment was not strong enough to contain the three despite their depowering. Chrysalis’ hate was strong enough overtime to shatter their prisonment. While Cozy Glow was still in Equestria, Chrysalis was sent to another world.

She saw Allura enter a portal that took her to Equestria. So Chrysalis figured she could wait for her to open it and enter herself. In the meanwhile, she can feed off Alterro while she waits. Sadly, the years waiting eventually meant there was nothing left to feed off of Alterro. So to keep Allura’s motivation going, she posed as her brother for the remaining years until she could get back to Equestria.

Now fed, she thought she could easily run through the ponies and feast upon them. Too bad they got a lot stronger than in her old time. The Earth Pony’s Magic kept her entangled. The Unicorns were throwing all sorts of stuff at her. The Pegasi was running circles around her. And Sunny was blasting Chrysalis like she was fighting Opaline. They manage to push her back through the portal but before Chrysalis could fight back, she was put in a frozen block by Allura using the last of her strength.

With Chrysalis frozen in an icey world, they close the portal. Allura couldn’t help but cry knowing she lost her brother forever and they apologize for not helping sooner. She couldn’t blame them. He was long gone before Sunny and her friends entered the picture. She just wanted to be left alone. Twitch followed, but she even wanted him to be away. The girls figured that they should give her some time to grieve and be ready to be a kind shoulder to lean on when she’s ready.

It ends with Allura in the Ice Cave, Izzy stops in front to drop off a Fruit Basket, just like the one she wanted to give Allura before, and instead of ignoring them Allura took the Basket in. Overtime, she’ll be ready to interact with the other ponies. Sunny began to put the pieces together. Before the split of the ponies, three evil individuals were turned to stone as punishment.

The Pony that took advantage of Allura must have been Cozy Glow and Chrysalis was sent to Allura’s homeworld. So that leaves Sunny a question: what happened to Tirek?

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((Behold the Story of the Blanks' Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle))