General / Off-Topic Sol Invictus v Luna
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We nerds love our silly headcannon fights - Batman/Superman, Kirk/Picard, Empire/Rebellion .. I'm not immune. (Answers in order are "Superman", "Picard", and "Empire" btw)
To those fellow bronies out there (I know there are a handful of you anyway), which is it.... Solar Empire or New Lunar Republic? I know it's a tired old cliche from way back but it's a slow morning at the office.
Solar Empire cause everything is powered by the sun!
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Akchtually, Jingles, everything is powered by friendship.
FRIENDSHIP DRIVE CHARGING
This is more like Christ on a rocket-deltaplane. Oh, don't mind me, just passing by, discovering how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
I'll put you down for Celestia.
And another for Sol! We're 3 NLR, 1 Chryssie, and 2 Solar Empire. The race has tightened.
I think Luna might be getting mad..... Bad things happen when she's angry....
Voting intensity...
...intensifies
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Wheezing laughterAkchtually, Jingles, everything is powered by friendship.
Well, I hope notA fellow salt miner, I presume?
I subscribed and he said I might not have to work in the salt mines when he comes to power
Although I write this at the top of a clocktower holding a high powered rifle. sigh where did it all go wrong
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
One of the best episodes.
We're 4 NLR, 1 Chryssie, and 2 Solar Empire. The Soldiers of the Night are on the march.
Yeah, I'm always impressed by what the creative types produce. It's pretty amazing.
Re: the first three sesons.... I take it you were not a fan of winged Twilight from season 4 on.
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Re: the first three sesons.... I take it you were not a fan of winged Twilight from season 4 on.
Pretty much yeah.
Not that I minded that Twily became a princess, it was pretty obvious from the get go that it would eventually end like that.
Its more on the how they made her a princess, in my opinion it was rushed and lazily done.
And after that it was obvious that Hasbro had run out of ideas.
I've watched some episodes sparingly here and there, but I no longer watch each one every week.
Moreover I felt that the series quality just went downhill ever since Lauren Faust Jumped the boat.
I'm happy that Spike finally got his wings tho..
PS : quite surprised that our local unicorn hasn't posted here yet ?
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Pretty much yeah.
Not that I minded that Twily became a princess, it was pretty obvious from the get go that it would eventually end like that.
Its more on the how they made her a princess, in my opinion it was rushed and lazily done.
And after that it was obvious that Hasbro had run out of ideas.
I've watched some episodes sparingly here and there, but I no longer watch each one every week.
Moreover I felt that the series quality just went downhill ever since Lauren Faust Jumped the boat.
I'm happy that Spike finally got his wings tho..
PS : quite surprised that our local unicorn hasn't posted here yet ?
The essence of Twilight's character was incompatible with the switch to being an alicorn. Her character was that of the awkward outsider, the introvert, the somewhat arrogant intellectual who considered herself above it all. The whole gist of the show was her being sent to Ponyville to learn the lessons of friendship. Then Faust left and Hasbro seemed to decide they needed a new toy to sell so they slapped wings on her and made her a princess too. Now she couldn't be the outsider anymore.... she couldn't be the one learning the lesson... Now she was basically 'in charge.' In one fell swoop Hasbro/DHX eliminated the character of Celestia and replaced her with Twilight. It was not only unnecessary, but it always felt awkward because Twilight isn't the wise sage type. That's not who she is supposed to be. (Then even later on they tried to re-do her character in that of Starlight. I like Starlight, but again she was not really necessary and was just more evidence of the writers struggling to maintain the quality and cohesion of the show).
Speaking of ol' Sol Invictus and Luna, the move to elevate Twi to their ranks really laid bare how little Celestia and Luna really meant in the lore. Prior to that the alicorns were this kind of mysterious, noble thing.... demi gods who everyone revered. You never got to see exactly what they were doing when they were off-screen, but your mind could fill in the blanks and invent all kinds of awesomeness. Now we could see exactly what it mean to be an alicorn through Twilight, and it was basically 'not a whole lot.' Unicorn with wings, basically. It didn't help that the writers continually had Celestia and Luna get their flanks handed to them by every villain who came along.... really takes the mystique out of them. I digress..
There are plenty of latter episodes that are spectacular, though, but yes - i do miss the first two seasons with the characters writing letters to Celestia talking about what they learned, and when the world still felt small and magical.
As for Un1k0rn....he's posted in here.
The essence of Twilight's character was incompatible with the switch to being an alicorn. Her character was that of the awkward outsider, the introvert, the somewhat arrogant intellectual who considered herself above it all. The whole gist of the show was her being sent to Ponyville to learn the lessons of friendship. Then Faust left and Hasbro seemed to decide they needed a new toy to sell so they slapped wings on her and made her a princess too. Now she couldn't be the outsider anymore.... she couldn't be the one learning the lesson... Now she was basically 'in charge.' In one fell swoop Hasbro/DHX eliminated the character of Celestia and replaced her with Twilight. It was not only unnecessary, but it always felt awkward because Twilight isn't the wise sage type. That's not who she is supposed to be. (Then even later on they tried to re-do her character in that of Starlight. I like Starlight, but again she was not really necessary and was just more evidence of the writers struggling to maintain the quality and cohesion of the show).
Speaking of ol' Sol Invictus and Luna, the move to elevate Twi to their ranks really laid bare how little Celestia and Luna really meant in the lore. Prior to that the alicorns were this kind of mysterious, noble thing.... demi gods who everyone revered. You never got to see exactly what they were doing when they were off-screen, but your mind could fill in the blanks and invent all kinds of awesomeness. Now we could see exactly what it mean to be an alicorn through Twilight, and it was basically 'not a whole lot.' Unicorn with wings, basically. It didn't help that the writers continually had Celestia and Luna get their flanks handed to them by every villain who came along.... really takes the mystique out of them. I digress..
There are plenty of latter episodes that are spectacular, though, but yes - i do miss the first two seasons with the characters writing letters to Celestia talking about what they learned, and when the world still felt small and magical.
As for Un1k0rn....he's posted in here.
And here I was scared of going on a tangent !
Glad to see we at least see eye to eye in the matter.
As for uni, I'll never be able to recognize him with his new avatar.
PS : loved to play as Luna on CiV against all other characters ( Chriss, Discord, Celestia, Sombra and Cadence )
A vote for Twilight perhaps?
In all honesty, I love Twilight, but she should have stayed cute and nerdy in her library.