My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

Favourite pony out of the main bunch?

  • Twilight Sparkle

    Votes: 26 16.8%

  • Pinkie Pie

    Votes: 30 19.4%

  • Applejack

    Votes: 15 9.7%

  • Rainbow Dash

    Votes: 30 19.4%

  • Rarity

    Votes: 18 11.6%

  • Fluttershy

    Votes: 36 23.2%
  • Total voters
    155
Discord said:
Also, I hear that Equestria Girls: Friendship Games is coming out September 26 (I have no idea how Season 5 will finish by then) and it's going to be written by Josh Haber. On a more opinionated note, I don't think that's a good idea, because Josh Haber definitely isn't as good of a writer as Meghan McCarthy, who wrote the first two movies.
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Season 5 won't finish before then. Friendship Games will be airing in the middle of it this time.

And that's actually the first I learned of this. I thought Meghan was going to be made to write this one too. Personally I don't actually mind someone else trying it out. The first movie... was far from Meghan's best work (In fact I'd probably consider it her worst writing performance). Rainbow Rocks was a huge improvement but otherwise yeah, I don't really count EQG as some of Meghan's best works.

Josh Haber's done some pretty average FiM episodes for the most part. His best episode is probably Bloom & Gloom which was in this season. This is the first time he's doing something a little more interesting however. Since this will involve magical shenanigans, and even a different Twilight from the Twilight we know. This is the first time Josh is doing something that's not quite as Slice of Life as his other episodes were. Who knows, he may do really good with this one.
 
Oh, yeah. I forgot about those movies.

Are they canon? Will I have to watch them before continuing or what?

Also, I saw a few things of that, and one thing that bugs me is why Spike becomes a dog. That makes no sense. He isn't Twilight's pet, more like a little brother.

And if dragon = dog, then does dog = dragon? If so, next time that universe is in danger, just bring Winona through and have her fuck some shit up.
 
Magikrazy said:
Oh, yeah. I forgot about those movies.

Are they canon? Will I have to watch them before continuing or what?

Also, I saw a few things of that, and one thing that bugs me is why Spike becomes a dog. That makes no sense. He isn't Twilight's pet, more like a little brother.

And if dragon = dog, then does dog = dragon? If so, next time that universe is in danger, just bring Winona through and have her fuck some shit up.
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They're barely canon. There's barely any references to Equestria Girls unless you count the cameos of Flash Sentry in Season 4 (Which doesn't really mean much, because thankfully Twilight never like acknowledges that he's there)

Both Equestria Girls and Equestria Girls 2 take place between two different seasons (EQG1 = Between Season 3 & 4, EQG2 = Between Season 4 & 5) but without any kind of reference to the events of the Equestria Girls ever being called back nor an appearence from Sunset.

You could say EQG takes place in a parallel universe where everything that happened in the pony world was the same for the exception that EQG happened in this universe and you would have barely anything to prove against your case. So it's not important when catching up with the show.

And yeah Spike was made a dog pretty much only because so they'd have a cute pet toy thing for the EQG Twilight toy. (And Spike would be too young to attend the high school)

But if you do still want to see them be warned that Equestria Girls is just not that good. It's not the worst thing ever but plenty of it's flaws are apparent. Rainbow Rocks is an large improvement over the first.

EQG3 may not even have Pony Twilight appear at all and may be concentrated only in the human world (Partly because there is the Human world Twilight)
 
Well now, looks like Season 5 is coming back a little earlier then I thought

It seems it starts up again on September 12th. Meaning Friendship Games will air DURING the season. So it's possible we have Episodes 14 & 15 done with before Friendship Games airs on the 26th (Which will air on Discovery Family at 8 AM). I assume Friendship Games will be that week's "episode" but considering Equestria Girls movies are only a little over an hour long. It's entirely possible they run a new episode on the same day. I doubt they will but it's certainly possible.

As for the episode synopsis

Synopsis:

Rarity's dream of owning a boutique in Canterlot finally comes true, but it comes at a price Rarity may not be willing to pay.

I don't know about you guys but this seems at least a little similar in concept to Sweet & Elite. Both episodes have the idea that Rarity is having something in Canterlot she's always dreamed of doing. But it comes at the expense of spending time with her friends. Which I assume is what the "price" is that she may not be willing to pay. I'm sure it will be different in quite a few ways, but nonetheless I worry about people thinking the episodes will be too similar.

EDIT: Oh Wow, the 15th episode has also been made known already too.

Title: Rarity Investigates!
"Synopsis:

Rarity must prove that her friend is innocent when Rainbow Dash is accused of a crime that she did not commit."

I have a feeling this will spawn more Ace Attorney references in the fandom. Heck, considering Metal Gear was referenced we may even have a direct Phoenix Wright reference in the actual show
 
Who are the writers of the 14th and 15th episodes?
 
Discord said:
Who are the writers of the 14th and 15th episodes?
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Unknown at the moment. We normally don't know until someone in the staff says who wrote it and/or when we see the writer name below the episode title upon seeing it.
 
Northern Verve said:
Well now, looks like Season 5 is coming back a little earlier then I thought

It seems it starts up again on September 12th. Meaning Friendship Games will air DURING the season. So it's possible we have Episodes 14 & 15 done with before Friendship Games airs on the 26th (Which will air on Discovery Family at 8 AM). I assume Friendship Games will be that week's "episode" but considering Equestria Girls movies are only a little over an hour long. It's entirely possible they run a new episode on the same day. I doubt they will but it's certainly possible.

As for the episode synopsis

Synopsis:

Rarity's dream of owning a boutique in Canterlot finally comes true, but it comes at a price Rarity may not be willing to pay.

I don't know about you guys but this seems at least a little similar in concept to Sweet & Elite. Both episodes have the idea that Rarity is having something in Canterlot she's always dreamed of doing. But it comes at the expense of spending time with her friends. Which I assume is what the "price" is that she may not be willing to pay. I'm sure it will be different in quite a few ways, but nonetheless I worry about people thinking the episodes will be too similar.

EDIT: Oh Wow, the 15th episode has also been made known already too.

Title: Rarity Investigates!
"Synopsis:

Rarity must prove that her friend is innocent when Rainbow Dash is accused of a crime that she did not commit."

I have a feeling this will spawn more Ace Attorney references in the fandom. Heck, considering Metal Gear was referenced we may even have a direct Phoenix Wright reference in the actual show
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woo more rarity

also i watched the smile song parody on youtube

literally wtf
 
Here are some more unpopular opinions:

*I don't hate Merriweather Williams.
*Equestria Girls is as good as its sequel.
*Keep Calm and Flutter On is the only episode of the show I really hate.