The Thread About Ponies, Logistics and General Weirdness (And Gilda)TV

[RACECAR]

Wow, thats...interesting. Maybe someone could explain to me why this would cause a huge uproar?

 

[Wiegert]

Spoiler

So... "being a good pony who shares the gifts that they have been given with others" has the same effect as drinking Red Bull?

I feel it was only a matter of time before they confirmed the rumors that started months ago. I just hope it'll be executed as well as well as the season 2 finale, but until then I'll reserve my judgement.

 

[Takumi Coveri]

I for one can safely say I'm not too happy about this if it were to come true
But I shall contain my indifference until it actually happens (if it does).

 

[Wiegert]

Wow, thats...interesting. Maybe someone could explain to me why this would cause a huge uproar?

Spoiler

Fans see Alicorns other than the princess sisters as a negative thing, like Alicorn OCs and such. They didn't like the idea of there being a third one with Cadance, but that quickly changed after the Royal Wedding episodes. I think fans see it as a negative change because it's a Mane 6 character that's suddenly given wings and royal status, and that Alicorn Twilight was just thrown in for the sake of pushing new merchandise. But then again, so was the season 2 finale and many fans were acting the same way they are now before that aired. That quickly changed though, didn't it?

But one thing that should be remembered is that the episode is all about swapping cutie marks and destinies. So this change in appearance could either be due to a body swap, or Twilight fixing the problem by creating her own magic, which means she's finally becomes what Celestia was hoping she'd become from the very beginning. Or something along those lines.

 

[Takumi Coveri]

How big do you reckon the uproar would be if there was one? I can't see too many people loving this change.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I'm reading a wonderful story by the title of Grimoire, and never before have I read a story that seems to be doing just fine, fill me with a sense of terror so strong I had difficulty sleeping last night, simply because I know what's going to happen by the end and I'm just waiting for the trainwreck.

 

[Brando-K]

Takumi, the fans will like what we tell them to like.

Spoiler

Something like this was bound to happen soon anyway. I bow down to our new pony overlord.

 

[Epic B]

Well, it looks like the rumors are true.

Spoiler

Alicorn Twilight's happening.

Well, I hope this isn't gonna be a permanent thing. Maybe they'll throw us a curveball. I hope. I'll see how this turns out. I will refuse to have a negative reaction to this. I just hope it's a curse or something, and that it teaches a lesson about abusing power.

 

[RACECAR]

Spoiler

Fans see Alicorns other than the princess sisters as a negative thing, like Alicorn OCs and such. They didn't like the idea of there being a third one with Cadance, but that quickly changed after the Royal Wedding episodes. I think fans see it as a negative change because it's a Mane 6 character that's suddenly given wings and royal status, and that Alicorn Twilight was just thrown in for the sake of pushing new merchandise. But then again, so was the season 2 finale and many fans were acting the same way they are now before that aired. That quickly changed though, didn't it?

But one thing that should be remembered is that the episode is all about swapping cutie marks and destinies. So this change in appearance could either be due to a body swap, or Twilight fixing the problem by creating her own magic, which means she's finally becomes what Celestia was hoping she'd become from the very beginning. Or something along those lines.

Ok, I think I understand now. Admittingly, I do have abit of a knot in my stomach after reading that, but I'm not exactly mad about it though. So...I don't know how I feel about this myself. Guess I'll just wait and see. Hopefully my mind being itself, I forget about it and then see the episode just to judge it.

 

[Takumi Coveri]

I'm not sure I'm happy about this.
I wonder what Tau Sunflare would make of this nonsense.

 

[Wiegert]

How big do you reckon the uproar would be if there was one?

Honestly, who really cares about the scale of it? You can look around and people appear to be flipping their 🤬 over it already after reading the article and seeing the teaser image. Same old same old.

If some people don't like the change even though the episode was executed in a manner that can be considered to be on par with, say, the Royal Wedding or most of the good episodes this season, then that's their problem. If it does turn into a total train-wreck somehow and most of us end up disliking the change for reasons that will be clear by the time it airs, then we might have a reason to be upset.

Again, I'll be saving my judgement until after the episode ends. I can understand why people are concerned right now, but there's no need to look at this season finale as a negative turn of events based on the info we have at the moment.

 

[Minty]

$20 says I already know what it is.

*clicks*

Eyup.

Reserving judgment until I see the whole episode. This has massive potential as either a good or bad thing.

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

Spoiler

At least you can stave off your anger with our pretty pony toys!

I gotta love the final paragraph of that article, that talks about friendship and unity and cake and all the good stuff, then a small price quoted in brackets.

 

[GregTheStig]

I can see why it's causing such an uproar but I'm one of the guys that is just along for the ride with this whole show. I have full faith that the writers won't ruin the show just to sell toys.

Also

 

[Wiegert]

I can see why it's causing such an uproar but I'm one of the guys that is just along for the ride with this whole show. I have full faith that the writers won't ruin the show just to sell toys.

After what happened last season, I have faith still. We even have a proven cycle of events.

 

[Emptyone]

That cycle seems to hold true

I guess you could see this coming also;

Spoiler

I'm not really sure what to make of it. Being reasonably new, I haven't really experienced the need to keep the characters the same. The first episode of this season hinted at it the change to a higher order too. If they pull it off well as Wiegert said, I won't mind. If they don't, it might ruin Twilight.

 

[eXtaticus]

After what happened last season, I have faith still. We even have a proven cycle of events.

Look up "The Sonic Cycle" to find out how this went in the previous fandom I was involved in. XD

Spoiler

Last time we got a new alicorn, she was accompanied by some of the best episodes that this show has ever seen. Be mindful of that.

I mentioned earlier that I was previously in the Sonic fandom, and that taught me this: never make fun of moderators on affiliated forums, even if they DO turn out to be paedophiles don't expect your vision of The Best **** Ever from the content creators, or you WILL be disappointed in at least some regard - but don't be outright pessimistic, because it makes you negative and overly critical.

Honestly, I'm confident in DHX's abilities to make a good show, and have no reason to believe that they'll stop doing that any time soon. Their track record suggests that it'll be great, so it'll probably be great. But I'm not putting too much money on it in case it isn't.

The only thing that pisses me off about this whole business is the spoiler-ish nature of the announcement; I'd actually rather not have known until it happened in the show - and I think that most bronies would have been better off just being surprised by it when it happened.

 

[Wiegert]

The only thing that pisses me off about this whole business is the spoiler-ish nature of the announcement; I'd actually rather not have known until it happened in the show - and I think that most bronies would have been better off just being surprised by it when it happened.

I can agree with that. Plus season 3 hasn't exactly been light on spoilers, with 2 or 3 teaser videos for each episode and the official sites uploading more info for each one than they did in the past. They may have some more cool surprises for us in the episode that they won't bring up before it airs, like with Chrysalis last time. But I think if it ends up bombing, then keeping the change a secret wouldn't make much difference in terms of fan reaction.

That said, I remain optimistic.



EDIT:

And then Twilight really was God.

 

[RACECAR]

Something clicked just now: Many of the significant events at the beginning and/or end of each season have happened to either someone from Canterlot or in Canterlot. When you think about it:

Season 1 Beginning: Twilight is introduced to her new friends and as it turns out, they also represent the very elements she reads about and end result, they defeat the first villain of the series, Nightmare moon (I see what you did there, writers.) with the newly discovered power of said elements.

Season 2 Beginning: Celestia informs them of the return of Discord and when he gets them to turn against each other, its Twilight who goes around and relieves them of Discord's influence and afterwards, they are back together using the elements to turn him back to stone.

Seasn 2 Ending: Twilight's brother Shining Armor gets married to Cadence (that is after he almost weds Queen Chrysle- I mean Chrysalis who disguised as her the entire time and after she gets blasted out of Canterlot thanks to the combined powers of Cadence and Shining Armor).

Season 3 Beginning: Who do we find protecting the Crystal Empire? Newlyweds Cadence and Shining Armor. While Twilight was not able to get the Crystal heart down, she tells Spike to. Then we're treated to the most hilarious use of a wife ever seen in television and afterwards, Cadence sets the crystal Heart in motion and King Sumbrah is defeated and interestingly both at the beginning and end, we keep hearing about this "test".


So in short (not counting the rumors I wasn't previously aware of and the spoiler-esh nature because I do agree it could've at least been saved as a suprise ending), as mad as people may be and with a interestingly shorter season, can it be concluded that this was what was in store to begin with?

EDIT:

And then Twilight really was God.

The one time that board meeting actually went well

 

[Tornado]

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[GregTheStig]

Are you at least going to give the episode a shot before bailing out? I guess I just don't understand why this change is enough to give up on a show that's been so great all along.

-edit: nevrmind al dis

 

[Minty]

Yeah.


Still not getting all the drama.

EDIT: If someone would care to explain it that might change.

 

[Spoil-t]

I believe it when I see it. The description for the season finale is that of a normal 22 minute episode. The only thing special about it is Twilight making a...

Spoiler

spell

 

[Minty]

It's as good as confirmed, at this point. It's been posted by the HUB FB page, and they love their spoilers.

The reason I'm calling this drama is because so far we have nothing to go on about the episode other than Twi being an Alicorn for whatever reason it happens to be, and people are already giving up on the show. Not only have I yet to see a good reason to be upset about this happening in the first place, but I have yet to see anything to suggest it won't be handled well in the show.

I just don't get what the big deal is, and so far other than a few jackasses on Derpibooru no one's bothered to post anything about why more than that they already didn't like Twi.

Until I get some reason behind all of the people getting pissed about this all I'm going to see it as is drama.





But putting this aside because otherwise I've had an excellent day, here's this:

:3

 

[Spoil-t]

All we know the episode will end with Celestia saying Twi is going to be a princess followed by a huge middle finger with "See ya in Season 4!"

 

[RACECAR]

My progress has been severly halted... because LackofSwirls.

You win this time, Swirls. I will find you and when I do...

 

[Minty]

There have been screenshots of the episode released on the Hub's Facebook page. They're literally all over every major brony site at the moment. And most of the smaller ones.

 

[Spoil-t]

I go to none of them so link me to one please.

 

[RACECAR]

They sure are wasting no time in putting this episode out there, are they?

Not looking at them though, gonna watch the episode when it comes so that it remains a surprise as I watch it. Kinda glad I haven't visited any brony page outside GTP.

 

[Minty]

That's the best bet. And no embedding spoiler images in here, by the way. And the link GregTheStig posted is the same one the HUB Facebook page linked to. The screenshot they posted was the same as the vector in the article just with a background.