#more mlp tales

[kreeeeeez]

opaline's impact never went away

[a-stars-art-blog]

Izzy canonically going on a date with her soulmate is so based of MLP

[emeraldstarlight]

Remember that time Fae and Goldie made an appearance in the show?

[s4tvrnsays]

Ponies be upon ye

[honeycrisp-tales]

“A’hm not that little any more! Okay, I’m still pretty little, just not as little as three apples tall. I can balance three whole apples on my nose when I’m a pony though, I’ve been practicing!”

By the way, Honey is a finalist on a poll on Twitter and if you want to see her win, which you oughta, go vote for her (#10) here!!

[onebadpunspoilsabunch]

I think out of the G5 counterparts to the G4 characters, I hate Pipp, Sparky, and the Pippsqueaks the most. They're just dumbed down versions of Rarity, Spike, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders :/

This may be a controversial opinion, but I actually hate Pipp more than I hate Sparky. Sparky is… not great, but Pipp is just downright insulting to me.

Rarity vs Pipp Petals

In G4, Rarity is a businesswoman that came from a normal background. She had to work her way up into becoming famous and successful. 

There are episodes that show the struggle of her craft, such as dealing with upset customers, or opening up another store in a different city, or not forgetting her roots and where she came from, and it's pretty interesting. 

Pipp Petals is… a social media influencer. And pop artist I guess. They focus more on the social media thing than the pop artist thing.

They could have used Pipps character to focus on the struggles that pop artists go through (even if that's still unoriginal), but they focus on her being a social media influencer instead… but it's not interesting. 

The majority of it is really just an excuse to pander to younger kids by having these goddamn ponies use goddamn social media. 

Also, instead of Pipp coming from a normal background like Rarity and working for her success, because Pipp is a goddamn princess she basically had her fame, fortune, and fans handed to her. That's not as inspiring as Rarity's character. That's just insulting. And bland.

Spike vs Sparky

Although Sparky is… not great, he doesn't offend me in the way Pipp does. Even though he is a dumbed down version of Spike.

The writers of G4 didn't really start doing anything noteworthy with Spike until season 4, but even prior to that he still has an actual character and a personality. They give him a more important role in season 6, where he becomes friends with Ember and Thorax, helping to make (reluctant) peace between ponies and dragons, and him helping Thorax make friends with ponies causes Thorax to become the new peaceful leader of the Changelings. So, anyway, he became an ambassador because he showed that he knows how to bring peace between different creatures and kingdoms.

And the comedy that comes from him is actually funny. And he's not hard to look at.

The comedy that comes from Sparky...

Sparky doesn't have a recognizable personality. Or a character arc. He's more of a plot device than an actual character. There's nothing about his character that the audience can latch onto. 

The most interesting thing about Sparky's character is his god-like powers, and the father-son relationship he has with Hitch. But the majority of his relationship with Hitch is just a bunch of repetitive jokes about how tough it is for Hitch to be a “dragon dad” and take care of this annoying little bugger.

There are only a few sweet genuine moments between them.

CMC vs Pippsqueaks

There's not much to say on the Pippsqueaks, because they're just such non-characters.

Unlike the CMC who are individual characters that formed a group together, the Pippsqueaks all exist together. The CMC have individual characters, personalities, backgrounds, goals, struggles, etc. The Pippsqueaks pretty much all have the same personality and character. 

Well, if they do have individual personalities then I probably didn't notice, because they're just so uninteresting and unimportant. 

The CMC are adventurers who did many different activities to get their cutie marks. Once they got their cutie marks, they helped other ponies (and a griffon) discover their special talents.

The Pippsqueaks are just fans of Pipp. That's it.

There is one moment where one of them was reading a book on the Tree of Harmony, but it was just another reference to G4. 

If G5 were a show like G4 where it was more in the business of developing their characters in a meaningful way, than I could see these G5 characters actually becoming interesting. But the way that Make Your Mark was structured was making it a Netflix show with "chapters" instead of seasons. The entirety of MYM equates to one season of MLP:FIM.

And since that show wasn't doing well, they canceled it so the only G5 show is the godawful YouTube Kids show Tell Your Tale, where each episode is, like, 5 minutes long. So whatever character/story arcs they're attempting to make now are going incredibly slowly, that it's not worth watching and nobody seems to care anymore.

Alright, I'm done…

[steakout-05]

just heard about Wild Manes a few days ago, might check it out.... it looks really cute and i absolutely love the character designs!! the art style and cute girly aesthetic reminds me so much of MLP G3 and i like that they're short and sweet little stories that don't try to cram as much content into them as they can, especially in the age of kid's content trying to be as wacky as humanly possible to hold kid's attentions for the longest. i especially like Bailey, Cherie, Candi and Pearla's designs, they're really pretty :D

[fluttershy-weekly]

Week 6 - Mother's Day :) 💐

A little special something for today :)

Italian Posey is my only childhood pony (and g1 for that matter, although I have 2 diff versions from Hong Kong now if that counts). This is one of the reasons why Flutters is my fav g4 pony ig. I thought this brushable FS matched Posey real good, both of them have different manes/tails, and unfortunately similar discolorations on their legs.

[maretriarch]

every time i scan something called "kroger eggs" or "kroger milk" at work i like to imagine i work at like a swedish theme park and a Kroger is a sort of very silly dopey dragon creature and those are the themed foods you can get the park. see also "kroger pretzel" (shaped like a dragon tail) or some sort of fire breath cotton candy treat which afaik we dont sell even vaguely in the realm of anything like that but ill get back to you on that

[princesslunaofmoons]

If everybody starts making “Sunny is a wine aunt” memes maybe i’d enjoy g5 a bit more

[radioactivejinx]

Fuck it here’s some ideas I had for a trolls mlp au

Pop trolls would be Kirins 

Bergens would be Changelings 

Techno trolls would be Seaponies   

Rock trolls would be Bat ponies 

Funk trolls: Maybe Zebras or Abyssinians?

Classical trolls: maybe Breezies is a good fit for them, but I'm still unsure. Crystal ponies could also be a good choice!

Mount Rageons: Maybe Sirens or Dragons? 

Vacaytioners:??

[horse-time-babey]

trans and bi flags color picked from Zipp Storm

[mossolantern]

"Surprise, Sunnybunny!"

"Dad..?"

IM NOT OKAY </3

[moremlptales]

Here he is. The bully boy turned cop. The character I dislike the most. Teddy.

Teddy started off as your typical elementary school bully, with Sweetheart by his side even at a young age. The rest of Sweatheart's friends never liked or trusted Teddy much, despite occasionally putting aside their differences for Sweetheart's sake. Teddy grew to study law enforcement in university and emerged out the other side as a fully fledged police officer. Suffice to say he's burned all his bridges with childhood friends, save for Ace, who tries to talk sense into him from time to time.

More below.

Remember when Sweetheart and Teddy broke up and Patch was there to comfort her? Sweetheart had told Patch that messing with Teddy wasn't worth it. However, outraged that Sweetheart had been treated this way for so long, Patch later confronted Teddy. One black eye and a few scrapes later, Teddy promised to never go anywhere near Sweetheart again.

After fighting with Patch, word spread of Teddy's injuries and Ace saw fit to try and talk to Teddy in the hopes of convincing him to recognize the harm in his actions and own up to his past wrongdoings. No success. Teddy is just as stubborn and hardheaded as ever, and you can't change ponies that don't want to change themselves.

[amugoffandoms]

if I had a nickel for every time a show I've watched had something to do with magic and friendship, I'd have four nickels, which honestly, I'm not that surprised I've watched that many shows with something surrounding that

[lord-radish]

In more upbeat news the past few months of MLPposting on my dash might actually get me to watch the show lmao