Season Finale:

• The very blatant Remember the New Guy. Normally, I'm okay with this if it's someone who the character knows but isn't really important to them. When it involves two characters who are VERY important to one of the established characters and there is no readily available excuse good enough to explain why we haven't heard of them before, then I draw the line.

Kind of true, but I actually can believe that it’s never come up. Where in previous episodes would discussing them have been appropriate.

• The Mane Six are reduced to mere supporting rolls. None of them are lead characters in it and that just simple doesn't do. Instead, the protagonists are two characters we've never heard of and thus don't really care about.

Now this is simply untrue. Everything is from Twilight’s perspective.It couldn’t be much more about her.

• Celestia was hit with The Worf Effect a little too hard. While I can buy her being defeated by the villain, it would have been so nice if she had actually put up a decent fight and didn't fall in a few seconds. Really, that happens so often in poorly written fan fiction that I didn't want to see it happen in canon.

Real fights are usually quick. Chrysalis was more powerful. Let’s move on with the plot.

• The way the villain was defeated was BS. I mean, seriously. The series is called Friendship is Magic. Not Love is Magic. Sure, having the Mane Six defeat the villain with the Elements of Harmony would have been predictable but at least it would have followed the theme of the show as well as per-established canon.

She wasn’t defeated by love, she was defeated by Shining’s shield. Which was powerful enough because of love. The fact that they used something different was interesting and they did try to use the elements which was good.

• Celestia plays no role in defeating the villain. In the two season openers, Celestia played a major roll in the downfall of the villain. Against Nightmare Moon, she sent Twilight off to Ponyville so she could make friends and thus gain access to the Eo H. Against Discord, she sent Twilight's friendship reports back to her to snap her out of her Heroic BSOD. Here, she does nothing.

Irrelevant. She’d already tried. The show’s not about her anyway.

• None of the events were foreshadowed. The Gala from the first season had two episodes dedicated to building up to it. Everything here came out of left field.

This was a plot point.

Season Two as a whole:

• The personalities of the Mane Six aren't as consistent and character growth isn't the cause of it.

There were a couple of issues, but mostly it’s character rounding.

• That damn echo from the "new" opening kills my ears.

Don’t have a problem with that, but okay.

• The plots of the individual episodes just aren't as exciting or captivating as S1.

Here I believe the exact opposite.

Really, the best thing about S2 past the first four episodes is the improved animation.

And I believe that Season 1 pales in comparison to 2. I merely liked season 1. Season 2 got me addicted.

edited 24th May '12 3:37:52 AM by Sereg

@Ginger: I really can't go into it too much since I'm still mid-chapter. But I'll says as much that her plan doesn't seem to be going her way at all.

@Death Cloud: After years of traveling, the wandering author Runic Quill finds himself in Ponyville on the last leg of his journey. What was supposed to be a week's stay for the Summer Sun Celebration quickly leads to him moving there permanently as he discovers his muse.

The story is a Slice of Life in which I attempt to capture what we loved about S1 with my own twist to things. There will be a Myth Arc that gets steadily Darker and Edgier but the episodic chapters stay mostly light. I also several min-arcs planned like the story taking a break for a Show Within a Show which is a play that Runic wrote.

Though Runic is frequently the viewpoint character, he isn't the sole protagonist. It is entirely possible that he won't even show up in several chapters.

edited 24th May '12 3:41:08 AM by Zelenal

Speaking of fanfic, I had a dream last night where Lyra Heartstrings joined the Mares In Black. I'm not sure if I should turn it into a short story or not.

edited 24th May '12 3:42:53 AM by PurpleDalek

Man, I wish there were more peeps around right now. SO SLOW.

It could be a movie tie in! Not that anyone is really THAT interested in the new one.

edited 24th May '12 3:46:15 AM by edvedd

@Dark What's Hope's Point like?

@Ginger: I'm about half-way through. Rainbow isn't even allowed in! It looks cool from a distance though, kind of like Minas Tirth with a big ol' energy shield around it.

Ah... that isn't THAT different from Omashu.

Okay it is, but SHUT UP!

-cries-

@Ed Lyra: "In a few moments you won't even remember what a human is." (neuralises Bonbon)

edited 24th May '12 3:51:33 AM by PurpleDalek

How does she work that? (no thumbs)

The irony!!

A bigger question would be: how do they put on their neckties without any thumbs?

Or their sunglasses.

Easy answer: Magic.

Sereg, can you elaborate on:

NO ONE expected all that shit with the changelings.

And Twi herself was unaware of SA's wedding until she got an invitation during the finale. That she was unaware of it until SO late in the game was precisely WHY she was so pissed at Armour.

edited 24th May '12 4:01:21 AM by gingerninja666

But that's no good for the earth pony and pegasus agents.

Maybe they have to ask the unicorns to put on their ties for them.

edited 24th May '12 4:01:12 AM by PurpleDalek

Is anyone even thinking about reading any of my works? Do you guys want a sample of my recent writing? I can do that. If you guys want.

Oh, but for a pony conversion of some of my favourite games :D

@Kyler: Exactly what Ginger said.

Morning gents. I see we have a new person. Hello new person.

Morning, everyone.

I'll give Runic Quill a try, Zelenal.

THANK YOU! While "give it a try" doesn't fill me with a lot of hope, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

By the way, I think you were mentioning something about a shy, navy blue pony. Is that going to be an OC?

Well, I hit the part of the pic where Pinkie and Rainbow are tossing about sexual innuendo. I'm not sure I can continue.

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