Allsparkle General Discussion

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This thread is for topics worth bringing up, but not worth whole new threads.

If it's Pony, it's on topic.

Just going to say it, now that G4 is well and truly done, it's not my favorite generation. It'll always have a spot in my heart for being the generation that got me into MLP, but it is not my favorite. That honestly has to go to G3.

I'll give G3 one thing. It has a good cast. Minty is certainly memorable.

But then, this franchise has really never had a bad cast. With any disappointing special/episode/generation, bare minimum you can always say "Those characters deserved better."

You still have the comics...YOU ALL STILL HAVE THE COMICS! For...one more issue. And then a G1 crossover. And...maybe a third Transformers/Pony crossover, perhaps? (They ended on a cliffhanger again, so...maybe a Movie S3 Transformer/G5 special?) (Sidenote: the Knights of Harmony are a neat idea, I just wish we'd get more than...the 2 1/2 issues we're getting of them. They have some neat design concepts, being based on mythical beasts).

And I still haven't seen the Friendship is Forever clipshows, yet. I'm going to have to do that before the G5 Movie comes out, I guess. I really thought they'd show those on Discovery Family eventually, but...nope, not yet, as far as I know.

IDW needs money badly, and their Pony comics have been a rare hit with kids. They're going to keep that train going as long as they can.

ZakuConvoy said:

And I still haven't seen the Friendship is Forever clipshows, yet. I'm going to have to do that before the G5 Movie comes out, I guess. I really thought they'd show those on Discovery Family eventually, but...nope, not yet, as far as I know.

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It's been so long now, I'm mostly doubting those will ever air in the US. They did show on Australia's on-demand service in April 2020. Then finally popped up elsewhere in the Ukraine a couple months ago. I have no idea what's going on with the releases for it.

Perhaps they're being saved as bonus content on a dvd set or something.

I don't understand the MordeTwi meme going around. The ship popped up years ago, then died fairly quick. But recently it came back with a vengeance and is everywhere, showing no signs of slowing down.

I don't get it. What brought this meme back after all these years?

There was the ship, and then there was the MS Paint fanart a year later, which got more exposure than the ship itself had. I think it might have been an internet history memorabilia thing, with the person who had drawn the fanart piece coming out and talking about it after a decade. I wasn't familiar with it until this time around, when it came up in an internet historian type video, and I'm thinking that something like that is where it started recirculating, similar to how the evolutionary spec book All Tomorrows recently became a meme and a YouTube art community.

Edit: Aha, it's TikTok's fault.

I love this show's continued ability to make me wonder "What is happening?"

And LO...there came a ending. After 102 issues the IDW My Little Pony comic has come to a close. I just wanted to post something to commemorate the moment.

We'll probably get some comics for Gen 5, and we're still getting that G1 crossover (...maybe next week, but I wouldn't hold my breath), but I doubt the G5 comics will go on as long as the G4 ones did. I believe this makes IDW MLP the longest-running Hasbro-owned US comic run (...the UK Transformer comics still has EVERYTHING beat, but that's kind of a different ballgame, being half as long pagecount-wise, and weekly.).

There's definitely been ups and down. I've been critical of the IDW comics, myself. But, there were still highs to be had. The Return of Queen Chrysalis (1-4), Big Mac looking for a nail (9-10), Shining Armor and Cadence's love story (11-12), Luna getting her pet possum Tibbles (Micro Series 10 Luna), Mirror Universe Ponies (17-20), Discord teaming up with the CMC (FF 2), Rarity driving Applejack crazy on a roadtrip (FF 8), Applejack dealing with beaurcracy (FF 15), Luchador Cherilee (29), Siege of the Crystal Empire (34-37), 80s fashions ponies (64), Applejack making a recipe her mom made (72), the Mane 6 going LARPing (80), Zecora meeting her old friends again (89-92), FIENDship is Magic (The Chrysalis issue), and, of course, Luna putting together a team of reformed villains to lead a heist on a multi-dimensional casino (Nightmare Knights 1-5).

And I can't even completely say this ends on a especially high note. I'm pretty sure there's a text error within the first three pages (they say the Knights of Order, when it probably should be Knights of Harmony, at that particular point), and I would have liked to have more time with some of these new characters. The dogs, the cats, the bird, and the neat mythology-inspired Knights of Order themselves. The villain speech at the end...hits a little different now that we all know how G5 starts. And...well, let's say there's a hint that a certain villain might come back for a potential sequel, which I doubt will happen at this point (or it's setting up the Transformer crossover, hard to tell).

But, I'm still glad I finished it out. It's pretty obvious that there was a little bit of a crunch at the end, but given the circumstances, I still think it managed to work out pretty well. It's not perfect, but it was still a fun ride.

Take a look at all these issues for yourself:
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/130821-MY-LITTLE-PONY-FRIENDSHIP-IS-MAGIC
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/131093-MY-LITTLE-PONY-MICRO-SERIES
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/132285-MY-LITTLE-PONY-FRIENDS-FOREVER
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/134338-MY-LITTLE-PONY-FIENDSHIP-IS-MAGIC
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/137829-MY-LITTLE-PONY-LEGENDS-OF-MAGIC
www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/140860-MY-LITTLE-PONY-NIGHTMARE-KNIGHTS

I lost all my enthusiasm for the IDW comics a long time ago. I still think they got off to a great start but after a while I realized the only reason I was still reading them was because I was still amused that they existed and had a real presence in comic shops. It's still funny. Meanwhile three volumes of manga came out and I hate to be that guy but in this case the manga really was better. I did come back to IDW for the Transformers crossovers, also mainly out of amusement that they exist and the TFWiki crew had to cover them, and they were at least more fun to read than IDW's Beast Wars has been. I do respect what IDW did overall. It was a gamble, but they read the room and went for it, and they had a good run.

As to the future? Since the first G5 movie was a clear success I'm betting IDW is begging for the chance to start a new run. Maybe it won't last as long, but never say never. G5 is pretty frigging cute so far.

But most importantly we need the manga crew back for another round, because their take on Sunny Starscout would be the cutest thing we have ever seen.

the manga really was better

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Well, YES. Agreed. More consistent art, writing, and more interesting story ideas all around. I still want them to do a Equestria Girls conclusion manga, just to have some closure there.

I'm just saying IDW had some good parts, too. I'd say check out Nightmare Knights if you haven't already. That one was a fun ride.

But, I'd be okay with the manga team and IDW still pulling double duty on G5, too. The manga team is good, but MUCH slower than the IDW teams. *looks over at all of IDW's many...MANY delays*. Yeah, IDW is still faster, though. Maybe barely, but still.

You can't rush brilliance.

The manga team even handled Pinkie well, in a way that makes me think they'd know exactly what to do with Izzy.

Out today. I'll try to get to this tonight.

I'll get around to it whenever I get a breather.

Spoilers for the January solicitations.

Who wants new G4 toys?! *crickets chirp* ...You're getting them anyway!


Kwistal Fwenz!

That name is maybe the most patronizing thing ever. But, the toys themselves are actually kind of pretty. Everyone gets crystal manes. $13 for a blind box feels steep, though.