#mlp g5 spoilers

[firbolgfriend]

I’m my perfect no flaws au of g5 this never happens because fluttershy is vampire bat immortal

[kreeeeeez]

CRYING AND SHITTING MYSELF AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[slushiecafe]

Some mlp fanart!! I loved the new chapter!

Misty is a big comfort character of mine, her confrontations with Opaline especially hit hard. I'm so proud of her ;3;

[mediumsizetex]

Just some spike doodles cause he deserved better by viralcosmos

[vy-canis-melodis]

can we make destinizzy real yall

izzy literally says she was on a date with destiny

[unknown-jewel]

[abearthatwrites]

The Murals in Misty's Room (because what the heck)

1) Cadance and Shining Armor's wedding (G4 - A Canterlot Wedding)

2) The Fall of Nightmare Moon / The Return of Luna (G4 - Friendship is Magic)

3) The Fall of Tirac (G1 - Rescue at Midnight Castle)

4) The Fall of the Smooze (G1 - My Little Pony: The Movie)

5) Sunny's blanket / The Return of Magic (G5 - Starscout Code)

6) The Fall of Discord (G4 - Princess Twilight Sparkle, Part 2)

[crossovercharles-art]

I may have actually gotten used to his G5 design at this point, but I can't lie saying I still don't feel a bit of a shred of upset. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(If anyone's wondering why the OC has a paperbag and covered-up cutie-mark, it's 'cause I'm still undecided on my ponysona's design)

[k1ttygam3r]

Say what you want about how G5 portrayed Spike but at least we don’t have to look at this anymore

[asydicsydney]

So, you're telling me the Elements of Unity are...

Hope, Courage, Confidence, Creativity, Empathy, and Kindness

Dear Celestia, I was right for Fluttershy being my favorite

[sleepytoycollection]

You know, we see a G5 timeskip Discord in it's IDW comics if you're interested. His plotline starts at Issue #1 and ends at Issue #10- you can find it on yayponies. :3

Ah yes! I've read that one actually. Someone put scans of it here on tumblr, and it getting randomly recommended to me is what started me on my current MLP kick lol.

I saw that one image of Old Man Discord with Fluttershy's ghost, and despite not being into MLP media, it made me so sad I wanted to know more about their relationship and what led up to that point.

That's why I'm so attached to that ship now. I'm not that into g5 on the whole (and now I know more about g4, I'd argue that comic is not how events should have happened, but that's another post), but that comic really conveyed how much he loved her (whether you see it as romantic or platonic, it's still love). Even hundreds of years after she died.

And watching back through their eps in G4 with that image in mind, I don't know. I just like them together. It's sweet.

[jaypasta]

Misty's hair in MYM

It really pushes my idea that her story parallels a kid growing up with intolerant (or in my personal experience, religious) parent(s) and that she has to hide her true self. She only knew the in-group all her life and opening up to the world outside made her realise who she really was. Then having to hide it when she gets home... Like come on! This writes itself!

[emiemi345]

This entire show in a nutshell /hj

[alicorngarfield]

MINTY!!! SNUZZLE!!!! BLUEBELL!!!! AAAAAAA

[fuschia-everything]

OK so thoughts on mlp: make your mark chapter 6....

isle of scaly / roots of all evil

isle of scaly was cool! kind forgettable compared to everything else but i liked the dragons more than i thought i would and spike was a surprising addition even though i found the idris elba sounding voice to be more than a little distracting haha

roots of all evil was amazing. i think make your mark is at it's best when it's not afraid to up the stakes and opaline's arc finally concluding really did that for me. misty finally standing up for herself was very satisfying as well and i'm glad they at least kinda addressed her trauma.

seriously just the line delivery on "i can feel it in my hooves, see it in my mind" gave me CHILLS, just that entire scene was emotionally charged and the voice acting is amazing.

you could argue that the magic with the love pendant is contrived, "deus ex magica" and all that but it feels very earned in this case. ultimately sunny had faith in friendship above all else, to the very end, and THAT'S what made it work.

secrets of starlight

the new settings and characters were really cool and it's certainly a good setup for the next arc but to be honest i didn't like it as much, i think i'll just need more time with the characters. especially comet.

comet is good and all but i hope he stays more of a side character than a 7th member of the group. we JUST met him keep in mind so he could end up with a really good arc (like starlight in g4 who ended up being one of my favorites, they absolutely TEASED us with that episode title btw) also he's VERY trans coded haha

and hasbro stole my sona's name i demand financial compensation /j

tell your tale episodes 67 & 68

thought i'd throw these in since i JUST watched them about 10 minutes ago. not much to say on rise & fall besides the fact i'm impressed on how decently they summarized roots of all evil haha

crystal ball was neat but again i just think i'm gonna need more time with the starlight ridge and it's characters to really be sold on it for the next arc

also the animation in tell your tale keeps getting better, i'm into it. i used to hate the art style but it's grown on me and these episodes are pretty good for weekly releases

final thoughts

chapter 6 is pretty damn great and i think roots of all evil ESPECIALLY is peak g5. i knew my faith in make your mark was not unwarranted, it just had a slow start.

[chillykitty]

so i think together trees are trees that got a growth spurt from friendship activating the roots of the tree of harmony that i assume stretch across equestria. g5 mane 6 are the elements real. the tree of harmony was vaguely mentioned to be in a book a kid was reading in an earlier chapter, which might've been foreshadowing (or was just a reference for the sake of it)

Im guessing that this flower's.. gem? is some variant of the element of magic, it may not be a literal element, possibly some sort of weaker powered version since it didnt come straight from the tree of harmony, more like second hand element

its the right color and the lines in the center look to be Twilight's cm shaped-ish. I'll be honest I cant really tell if that's a gem, but considering it cut to that for the last shot of the ep while Elder Flower re-explained together trees makes me think it's special

Okay so current predictions/theories on who gets what element (and my runner up theories)

Sunny is probably magic (or generosity or laughter) - her cutie mark was literally unity, like helping ponies get along, and unity is arguably the same thing as magic, as magic is the 6th element that only appears when the others are united. also she's an alicorn. That being said, in mane smelody, she gets red crystal heart locket with a gold rim, the breezie who gives it to her says "it has long been waiting for a special pony, a hopeful pony, I believe you are the one" & "remember nopony is alone who has friends" - the locket looks almost exactly the same as the nonlocket gem turned necklace Spike gives Rarity in Secret of My Excess, which is lowkey treated like a symbol of generosity. But the line specifically mentions a 'hopeful pony' which makes me think it could somehow be related to the element of hope/laughter. but the second line may have just been reaffirming that her element will only work if she has friends - which again, would mean magic.

Hitch is without a doubt kindness - this gets brought up repeatedly, he's been described as kind multiple occasions to the point where it almost seems forced lol and he also has Fluttershy's cutie mark magic so that checks

Izzy is generosity (or laughter) - she gives out gifts very frequently and despite her personality matching with Pinkie, her actual talent of creating matches with Rarity far more - creativity was Rarity's element before they decided to make it generosity after all. She might just be laughter purely because of the Pinkie similarities though, which is not something I like, as I'd want there to be logical connections, not just that shes similar to Pinkie.

Misty is? loyalty? (or honesty, or magic) - loyalty because she had to switch sides, honesty because she had to learn her lesson to stop lying to her friends about Opaline, or magic because her cutie mark is because she has the potential for change. the change thing doesn't really fit with any of the others, but I could see her being magic because she needed the help of all the others to shine through and get her cutie mark - literally all the other elements had to appear before Magic did, also the tree with the potentially element of magic like gem is *technically* her tree. I'm mostly leaning towards loyalty for her, but honesty wouldn't surprise me. Magic would actually be the most interesting outcome, but I'm not sure they'd actually have anyone other than Sunny be magic.

Pipp is laughter (or loyalty, or generosity) - I had always though she was loyalty because she was the one who wanted to keep the royal's secret and she had a pivotal moment of being betrayed by Zipp at the party, and despite being very upset that Zipp just abandoned her, still left to help her. so loyalty absolutely makes sense, however, laughter doesn't really fit with anypony? Sure Izzy has the silly personalty but at no point is she going out of her way to entertain others like we see from Pinkie. But Pipp's entire thing is entertaining others - I feel like it is functionally the same as Pinkie's element, as laughter is also hope from the pillars, the ability to keep moral up. but laughter would be a frankly nonsensical element to give her without explaining that it also means hope? I doubt they're changing the names of the elements again, like what happened between the pillars and the elements, but if they did they could fix this. I really doubt she's generosity but she does have similar vibes to Rarity, ig you could argue that her doing other's manes and hooficures and singing for others is generosity? sharing her talents? idk

Zipp is honesty (or loyalty) - she was the one who wanted to tell the pegasi about the royal's secret, and frankly her main personality trait is being a detective, very honesty vibes. I could see her being loyalty but really only because she's similar to Rainbow. And frankly by this point, the only things she has in common with RD is they they're both tomboys who likes flying

I don't think they're going to change element names - but they could, feasibly. And it would make matching them to a new pony easier

Magic could be Unity, which is the focus of the current generation so it'd make sense. Like I said earlier, magic is basically already unity, as it only appears when the others have united.

Generosity could be creativity, it'd be perfect for Izzy and it was the original intended element for Rarity.

I have no idea what the others could be, short of changing laughter back to hope? talent maybe? expression?