Jersey Discords meetup, edited announcement! Date finalized. Sunday, Sept 28. · 1:46am Aug 23rd, 2014
EDIT: It's going to be the last Sunday in September; Sunday September 28th.
Location: Mount Holly International Buffet (same place as always), in the Evergreen Plaza off RT 38 in Lumberton, NJ.
We shall meet there at about 11 am, and stay until about 2-3 pm as we usually do.
After contemplating various ridiculously absurd predictions for Season 5 we shall then move on to world domination plans, for currently everything is proceeding precisely according to my designs.
-Flutterdragon.
I know that was just something to throw us off Discords triumphant return (speaking of which Ch.1 of season 2 is finished, so now we just need to wait on a cover image), but I would still seriously like to see that.
-CMC get their friggin marks already
-Episode with just Tia and Luna (I actually asked Nicole Oliver at Big Apple Ponycon if she thought the writers were doing something like that and she said she'd like that)
-And of course, as always, more Discord. I want to see him earn his throne. Or date Tia. Or both. Preferably both. This site needs a Discord emoticon.
That season 5 teaser animatic was a lot better than all the season 4 teaser animatics combined, so I've got better hopes for this season.
2392922 I predict a clone of Equestria's Crazies
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2392922 What bugged me about the animatic is the castle acting like the friggin' Hall of Justice from the campy 70's "Justice League".
It came from a tree. A magic crystal tree, yes; but come on. I'd have felt better about it if the ponies actually built some of the stuff themselves rather than "Ok! The Tree of Harmony, after thousands of years of sitting in its cave doing not a damned thing about all the villains who've shown up, has decided to build you a castle! And it has automatic disharmony-detecting scanners too!"
Even the ponies would be like, "Da buck?" if this happened in their version of 'real life'. It's really straining willing suspension of disbelief. It'd be like Gandalf the White developing a 'Magical Machine Gun Arm of Wraith Slaying', to get the plot finished faster.
There's no precedent for any of this, and the Tree now feels more than ever like some mechanical corporate intrusion.
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because we all know Hasbro isn't in it for the money
2394508 Of course it's for the money!
So is Pixar!
But you can make tons of money with a well-written story, which is what Pixar had done for a very long time. Dreamworks too has done some good work. And I must throw in Studio Ghibli, whose founder Hayao Miazaki inspired John Lasseter, head of Pixar.
Unfortunately, Michael Bay has shown that you can also be a lazy POS and make a mint so long as there are lots of 'splosions and idiots willing to fork over all their money to see it. And that's the only lesson Hasbro corporate has learned. Take the cheap and easy way out and hope the fanbois don't realize you suck.
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What I think will hapen in the new season
We won't find out who Spike's parents are
We might find out why discord went cuckoo
Spike gets a new apron to serve Lady Twilight
There won't be an episode showing spike getting annoyed with how he is treated (being left outta everything and used to clean messes) and running away [insert episode plot] and the mane 6 to never take things for granted (have they learnt that lesson? If so then never take your friends for granted)
Tia and Lulu sister bonding episode
The return of trixie
Derpy and Dr Whooves episode
And this wont happen for the love of Chaos
Tia and Lulu's parents
Meeting a human
Meeting the genderbends
2413369 Nah, there will be LOTS of humans in season 5! Equestria will be FLOODED with little girls who imprison the poor ponies and force them to cry through endless tea parties and fashion shows!
The ponies shall all commit suicide, as it is their only escape.
Tragic.