#mlp chancellor neighsay

[character-tournaments]

MLP Tourney: Round 1- Match 26/26

[sud-scribbles]

reeeally proud of this set! these may not be the biggest characters, but i think the rolled expressions and the drawings still came together very nicely!

[sideaccount512]

😘 Smash or Pass?

Tall Dark Bastards

[onebadpunspoilsabunch]

Another thing I hated from those last two seasons were the villains, especially cozy glow

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I really should stop talking about mlp. It's embarrassing 😅 I'm kind of embarrassed. I apologize to all my followers. But...

But again, 100% right.

Funny thing is, I can see a world where Chancellor Neighsay's character is written better. The problem with his character is that the terrible writers wrote him as the most stereotypical, strawman-y racist villain that I've ever seen in any piece of children's media, ever. 

If they wrote him more realistically, and actually gave the audience an explanation for why he feels that way about the other creatures...

For example, they could've showed that the reason he hated the other creatures is because of their past history with ponies:

The hippogriffs/seaponies refused to help when the Storm King attacked 

The Yaks were very picky when they came to visit for the first time

The dragons were usually very hostile towards ponies, to the point where ponies were afraid to approach them

The Changelings attacked Equestria twice

The griffins had a better relationship with ponies, but the majority of them were still very rude

Of course, the explanation for all of their behavior is the result of their environment, leadership, and upbringing. But it would still be an understandable reason.

And if they had him realistically realize the error of his ways, combined with writing him in a realistic way and giving an explanation for his mentality, then BOOM! Character fixed, problem solved :)

Now, as for Cozy Glow...

Idk what the writers were thinking when they came up with her character, but in terms of writing/character motivations she is 10,000 times worse than Neighsay. At least with him I understand what the writers were going for, and he can be more easily fixed.

But Cozy Glow…

She is a child. The same age as the CMC. Who is... inexplicable an evil sociopath who hates the other creatures, wants to get rid of magic, and... rule the world...

Absolutely no explanation given for how this child turned evil, racist, a sociopath, a master manipulator, and a megalomaniac. No backstory, no explanation. At all.

At least with Neighsay, you can logical see how he got there. But I have no idea what they were going for with Cozy Glow. 

The only thing I can figure out is this: Cozy Glow exists to prove one point that Neighsay made. He was afraid that the other creature students would use their friendship lessons and the school to secretly take over Equestria. He believed that they were sociopaths who were incapable of being changed, so instead of being improved by the school they would only learn how to better manipulate ponies. That's what sociopaths do in real life. 

But instead of it being the other creatures who did it, it was a pony. The point of Cozy Glow's character is to prove that ponies are capable of being the megalomaniac sociopaths that Neighsay thought the other creatures were. So in a way, I can see where the base concept for her character came from. 

The thing that makes it terrible is that there is absolutely no backstory or explanation given for why this child is evil, or how she got there. The writers just expected the audience to accept this incredibly bizarre, horribly written character. 

Lol, shrug

Grogar would've been a really cool villain, if he wasn't actually SPOILERS Discord in disguise the whole time.

The real Grogar does exist in their world. He could be dead, he could be alive. We don't know. But the writers lied to people, telling them that Grogar would be the final villain, hyping him up... only for it to be taken away with a terrible plot twist. That they (apparently) planned from the beginning:

But when Discord was impersonating Grogar, he was still a better villain than Cozy Glow and Neighsay. The plot twist was the real problem, not Grogar himself. 

I actually feel kinda bad for Grogar's character. They did him dirty. They did my sheep dirty :(

Anyway, my final thoughts on the season 8/9 villains:

Chancellor Neighsay: Terribly written, but can be easily fixed.

Cozy Glow: They were high on BATH SALTS or something and were watching Cats Don't Dance (or the episode of Batman the animated series with Babydoll) when they came up with her character, and didn't give a shit about anything else.

Grogar: I feel bad for my poor sheep :( You deserve better, you could've been great 🐏

[incorrectmlpstudentsixquotes]

Twilight: Guys, give me your most controversial opinion!

Neighsay: I'm racist.

Twilight: Alright.

[whoah-dawg]

If you told me you made logan a mlp pony design and showed me this I would fully believe you if I didnt know he was actually from mlp

[eriada]

[queencoldart]

Slapping is a common punishment in the Dragon Lands.

It isn't supposed to be fun.

[ashleyfableblack]

Chill, Chancellor. Queen Twilight's gotcha number. Happy Hearthswarming and Big Love to all y'all out there.

[kazachokolate]

Commission for @clownsstupidwork <з

[spiralingguitarist]

made some overworld openbound sprites for chancellor neighsay equius + dualscar looking ass

use this asshole for anything what do i care

[judadisyourjudaddy]

gotta do a quick shout out to childhood character kin Fluttershy for shaping my entire male gender envy i am now transmasc with the desire to look like someones mother fuck that yellow pony shes too relatable anyways

[shaslan]

My favourite crackship

https://www.deviantart.com/shaslan/art/Leaves-Like-Fire-940175219

[twilightzoinked]

so silly 🤦🏽‍♂️

[lultimagoccia]

// My Little Pony for the fandom meme. Give me your hot takes.

Send me a fandom and I’ll tell you my ... [ x ]

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

( see back when the show was airing, it for SURE was discord. fuckin' loved discord, really only got into the fandom because i loved him and his intro episode so much. over the years i've drifted more towards princess celestia. she's just ... really interesting and pretty to me. i like imagining her backstory and how she lives her day to day life in canterlot. discord is def still dear to me, but he's gonna hafta be okay with sharing the ' favorite ' spot. )

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

( tbf that's kinda all of them? they all have really cute designs. i will say i'm warming up to previous gen designs and have bought a few g1 ponies i've seen at the thrift store. there's a sweetness to their faces and i LOVE their colors / cutie marks )

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

APPLEJACK. i never understood the whole complaint that she's too boring or doesn't do enough. she's an absolute delight, a total sweetheart, and just because she's got her professional life all figured out from the jump doesn't mean there isn't more things for her to learn. i love that we saw her soften over the series from constantly working and NEEDING to do things a certain way, to finally opening up more time for leisure and passing off more responsibilities to her siblings. )

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

( there's a lot of very pretty bg character designs in mlp, apple split is just a personal favorite )

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

( cozy glow! i never understood the dislike for her character or why people were so upset she was treated so seriously. mlp is a DEEPLY unserious show and sometimes you just gotta lean into the absurdity of it. i love that she was so fuckin' maniacal and also tiny. darla dimple was a such a delight, it was great seeing a callback to that sort of villain. small child who is EVIL for no actual reason. love that for her. )

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

( starlight glimmer. i think she needed WAY more consequences than she got in the show. )

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

( chancellor neighsay. fuck that dude. hate that guy. he should have been locked up in Horse Hell. )

[incorrectmlpstudentsixquotes]

Smolder: That's a nice argument, Chancellor.  Why don't you back it up with a source?

Neighsay: My source is that I made it the fuck up!