Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 5
By TDR
Poisonga Spike
[Canterlot throne room. Spring]
“Please explain what is going on.” Princess Celestia sighed as she looked down from the raised dais her throne was on to the two ponies before her, a pair that included Empress Cadence, and the Royal Gardens Grounds Keeper.
“AHHH!!” a pony cried out falling from the air with a thud nearby. The Guards having seen this quite often in the last hour quickly rushed in and grabbed the confused mare and drug her away from the throne to check her over for any injuries.
“Right well. You know I was only here to advise and Twilight was running everything right?” Cadence offered.”And that this has been the biggest turn out to the Equestrian Pony Summit yet because of all the representatives of the various towns of Equestria wanting to meet Twilight after all she's done, as well as the latter half of the event being open to all of Equss this time.”
“I am well aware of that.” Celestia nodded as a park bench appeared and crashed to the ground nearby. Another group of Guards rushed over to grab it and carried it off to put with the pile of other things gathered.
“Right well, turns out Twilight stayed up for three days straight to make sure everything was perfect and orderly according to countless lists she had due to the limited time before the event. Something she decided to make the best she could.” Cadence smirked before she continued.” She succeeded of course but exhausted herself and then tried to speak in front of a large crowd for the opening ceremony. She managed to do it, but her tiredness coupled with her issues had her break down and hide out in her room before she crashed. Big Mac is slowly getting used to being treated like a stuffed bear, and Rahs has been quoted as saying, 'Better you than me” to Big Mac. After this, Spike and Rahs tried to take over to keep things running, but you know how Rahs is. He spent most of the time overreacting from the amount of stupid that tends to fill these sort of events. At one point some pony was complaining that his friend stole his seat and Rahs lost it finally, and ripped the chair in half before he made both of them sit on the tattered remains of it. Granted that worked and the pair became friends again if only to complain about Rahs.”
Celestia sighed as a large tree formed and crashed down from above her, bouncing off the shield she had up before it fell crashing to the ground, destroying more of the marble tile floor. A number of Unicorn Guards darted over slicing up the tree with magic and carting it off as the Royal Grounds Keeper winced.
“Alright. That's a nice recap, now how did we get to this in only six hours since that introduction?” Celestia asked.
“ White Heart Cherry Trees.” Cadence offered, gesturing as another of the said trees appeared in the air above Celestia and bounced to the ground with a thud after sliding off the Princesses shield.
Celestia raised an eyebrow.
“Also known as Dragon Sneeze Trees.” Cadence offered. “The trees themselves don't produce any edible fruit despite the name, and were used as an outer defense in the Crystal Empire to ward off dragons as it was found to cause uncontrollable sneezing in anything with draconic heritage.”
“I remember those. Bleu torched as many of them as she could find with lightning after a rather unfortunate event with a young dragon before the War of Shadow..” Celestia sighed.” It is quite a sight to see, watching a dragon sneeze itself to death. And not something I want to see repeated.
“Right, they are an endangered species and thought extinct until we found a great deal of the seeds for them in an old shed in the Empire. A number of them were sent to the Royal Gardens given their former extinct status. Evidently they were planted and grown and only just started to bloom this spring.”
A still running chainsaw appeared, crashing down on the barrier before the blade bounced and started tearing over the floor zipping around the room tearing up the marble floor even faster as a number of Guards tried to catch and yet still dodge the machine.
“Lovely. So you planted a war crime in the middle of the pavilion that was going to have draconic guests attending.” Celestia sighed glaring at the Royal Gardener. “ Again.”
The mare winced at that.
“Again?” Cadence blinked looking at the beige earth pony with a tree surrounded by flowers as her cutie mark.
“Mrs Arboretum, despite being very good at her job, other wise she would have lost her position the first time something happened, has on four separate, but very very very remarkable, occasions now, caused a disaster.” Celestia narrowed her eyes as a bird bath fell and shattered over her shield.
“To be fair Princess. The eucalyptus was ordered by my predecessor.” The mare protested.
“This is true, so the fires from the very flammable and explosive sap the trees produce cannot be blamed on you as I have said before, Though the infestation of chlamydia ridden drop bears can be, when you didn't remove the ones that didn't explode like you were told. Then there was the poison joke salads you let the palace chefs make after you assured them that the blue flowers were not poison joke and were in fact very tasty.”
“Yes well. I didn't know at the time that I was one of the rare ponies immune to poison joke.” Mrs Arboretum offered.” And every one did agree they were tasty.”
“The less said about the Hura crepitans the better.” Celestia growled as the mare winced again.” I had to declare a state of emergency for that event.”
Another pony appeared in the air bouncing off the shield before picking themselves up with a grumble. The new arrival was dressed in a slightly singed nurses uniform and once she got her bearings waved off the Guard looking to help her and stormed towards the exit with a glare at the Head gardener.
“Any luck nurse?” Cadence asked.
“I got him to stop sneezing for about two minutes before we found out the smoke from the burning trees has the same effect. “The nurse offered as she headed back to the courtyard.” We can't even get close enough to get him out of there, nor do we want to risk it if we need to take him past anything else flammable. There's still eucalyptus trees at the outer edge of the courtyard.”
“Well. Mrs Arboretum, make sure all traces of those trees are removed far away from Canterlot before you burn them. Not replant them, Burn them, and have it done by the end of the day. The Equestrian only portion of this event is going to end in two days and then the Equss portion starts up. There will be a contingent from the Dragon Lands at this event, and I would very much like all the Nox-Cal and some of the entertainment we have to be able to breath and stop sneezing as well. And if the Dragon Lords Daughter so much as sniffles we are going to have a larger problem and I will see about demoting you back to manure spreader are we clear?”
“Yes Princess.” Mrs Arboretum winced.
“Good, there are far too many creatures showing up for this thing, and while I am mostly staying out of it beyond hosting it in Canterlot I want to make sure that this goes well for Twilight.” Celestia offered as another random pony fell from the air over her head bouncing off her shield.
[Far South West]
The sound of armored hooves thudding against stone filled the room as a cloaked figure entered the large meeting hall where several others were gathered including a massive form at the head of the table.
“You called for me sir?” the cloaked figure asked, eyes darting to the others around the table with disdain.
“Yes.” the large figure agreed. “How are the new toys you were presented working out?”
“Exactly as they were supposed to. Though we have not tested them on anything as powerful as we will be facing so I am not one hundred percent convinced yet.”
“They will work.” One of the figures at the table offered, a unicorn with a pink mane.
“I hardly trust your word.” the cloaked figure frowned.
“True enough. Trust does need to be earned which is why I am here and have been providing the information and supplies that you need.”
“Enough. I believe this will work and that is all you need to know. I have a mission for you.”The large figure stated\ cutting off the others before the bickering started.
“It's time then?”
“Indeed. They have presented us quite the opportunity and I would be remiss to miss it. There is a change to the main plan however. You will be accompanied by Squall's forces as well.” the larger figure ordered.
“Prince Squall?” The cloaked figure sneered.”No offense sir, but your son is a psychotic idiot.”
“Some taken.” The larger figure chuckled. “But he has his uses, even if it is as little more than a distraction for you to complete your mission. He has been told to follow your lead in this.”
“Do you really expect him to do that?”
“No, but I do expect you to adjust for his stupidity. If you have to leave him there, or use him as a meat shield to accomplish your goal, do it. I can always make more pig headed fools, my bed chamber is rarely empty.”
“Do we have a plan to get close?”
“Interestingly enough, yes. We were invited in fact.” The larger creature smirked holding up a flier for an event called the Friendship Festival.” This event lasts a week and the global community has been requested to send a delegation or representative. That will be you. You will set out immediately and you should make it by the closing ceremonies”
“As you wish sir. Though do not forget your promise.” The hooded figure pushed back her hood revealing a mulberry colored unicorn mare with a scared face and a broken horn.
“Of course. Tempest Shadow.” The Storm King grinned.”Bring me the alicorns and I'll do what I promised.”
I knew that the Storm King would show up soon.
I feel sorry for Tempest
nice
10911941
Same. Oh boy is this going to be one hell of a situation even if, somehow, the petrification actually hits and affects all the sparkles AND the rest of the alicorns, because there's still going to be, oh, Sombra, Rarity, Applejack, Big Mac(Who is likely going to be very upset, to put it lightly), Sunset, Applejack, Jynx, Saturnia...
Yeah I have a feeling this isn't going to turn out to be even close to canon on this occasion, unless the Storm King's gotten some serious buffing, competence and magical artifacts.
10911947
you said Applejack twice
Ooh, early Tempest!
So is Tempest still going to sing open up your eyes, or will Rahs with accompaniment by the Sparkle family.
Also, if Tempest somehow turns Rahs to stone, would that also turn his siblings to stone as well?
But most importantly of all… I think we’re about to get Rahs’s “all the world’s a stage” introduction.
10911953
That tends to be how the link works.
Hm, so the season finale villain is going to be Tempest rather than Glim Glam? I have to say, I wasn't expecting that.
Is Tempest ready to deal with the Sparkles? I don't think she is ready for the Sparkles...
10911968
no-one is ready for the sparkles
except maybe twi sunset and trixie form knights of the realm
Well this is going to get things interesting fast.
Tempest Shadow this is early but i can see this really being fun.
YAY! This is back!!!!!!!
And right into usual, "what the hell and why am I not surprised at this?" antics Sweet!
"this is all Twilight's fault, not mine!"
Did Twilight try to improve the capacity of the halls, speed up getting around and end up folding space inside out or something?
Wait..... no........ Spike is going nuts with the dragon sneeze trees and sending this all to Celestia?
Pfffffffffffftttttttt
Drama dog likes his drama to be either sensible, or so over the top melodramatic that it loops back around into entertaining.
Let's face it, as much as I harp when the story goes overly fix fic'y...... there are some ideas from the show that, you really do need to fix to not make your story totally nonsensical...... cuase yeah the whole 'Dragon Sneeze Trees' idea as presented was, really stupid. Good save on how they work, not their name, just a nickname, and the history..... I like!
Seriously, making a whole tree that seems to exist only to make Dragons sneeze that is just hanging around Canterlot suddenly for no reason..... and worst part is, there is no reason to make it that convoluted versus just a simple, Spike is allergic to whatever they are.
...................... And suddenly we need another spin off to explain that 'again'.
.... wow.....
IRl Australia is already a death world..... Equestria is already full of so many more things that want to kill you..... how freaking insane must Pony Australia be? And the best part is.... other then the 'drop bear' portion yeah..... this is all true. Eucalyptus trees are insanely flammable, and Koala's are disgusting little biological warfare factories.
I knew poisen joke had to be involved in one of those!
okay then... we do have Tempest incoming........ and going to be interesting seeing how bad she gets her flank kicked by this group who will not suddenly become utterly fucking incompetent. Yeah..... fix fic'y is one thing, but as noted, some things really are just... just so badly done in show that you can't not fix fic them and have a story that works. (A large portion of which tend to be from Meghan becuase she is very clearly a 'needs of the plot' writer who hates any Princess not named 'Twilight" ever doing anything useful.)
Popcorn time! This is going to get GOOD!
Nice to see you back and with a new job, enjoyed this, was kind of hopping for spike getting payback on nobles, or setting up tax breaks for game developers, but this was a lot of fun,
Because the Sparkle siblings are involved
Oh wow
Huh, interesting
Personally I believe that you're here to have someone test you're new tools without putting your own identity at risk
Two things Tempest: first he will most likely never keep that promise and will just keep dangling it in front of you
Secondly, you are not ready for what you are about to face
Oh and a third thing, that guy with the pink mane, yeah it be great if you could take him down immediately
Place your bets people we have tempest saying woof and somone translating as her hitting on rahas tempest not impressed by him every one who’s now op so everyone but rainbow dashHEY kicks the living granny out of the invasion force with flutter bat scaring some away (cus she’s the nice one) till a little animal gets in danger rahas eating a orb and saying it tastes weird and lastly tempest goes nope at seeing what she’s up against and turns the ship around because she ain’t no fool
Movie's coming early, I see
My Reaction to the inevitable Suffering of Tempst, the Storm Beasts, and this obvious Idiot named Squall.
Welp. I’m pretty sure this is somehow going to end WORSE for him than the movie… and considering he was turned to stone and smashed after a…I’m gonna say 10-15 story drop… yeah not good for him.
So... you just don't want to deal with them this time and dump it to your former student instead?
10911949
Woops. Well, regardless, I doubt there's going to be much resistance offered by the storm king's army when that crowd turns out to practically be mostly made of some of the most dangerous individuals on the planet. Oh and Angel is there too
10911949
well... their kinda are and aren't two of her, it's just that one of them is more canid.
10911974
Tbh even they would be hard pressed to handle a single Sparkle, let alone all 4 at the same time.
I am eager to see how this plays out. After all you have two magic absorbers, Rahs and Witch Wolf Applejack, competent demigod Spike, demigods Sunset Shimmer and Sombra, Flutterbat, Pinkie Pie, Nightmare Rarity, Rainbow Dash(whom next to her friends is now considered normal) and Goddess of Magic Twilight Sparkle who has a more aggressive approach to problem solving than her canon counterpart. This is not even counting the other gods that could be attending but I think Tempest is kinda boned once she reveals that she doesn't have good intentions upon showing up.
So let me get this straight we skip the 2 Equestria girls movies cause you watched some crappy crackpot YOUTUBE review where as you could of AT LEAST used it as an excuse to get a pseudo pair of elements of harmony but we get to watch tempest make a fool of herself instead?
10912465
Ive not seen the movie either. And lets face it. The song fishies are hardly an issue for rainbow rocks.
The annonymiss this is moot without sunset
Well most of eqg is pointless without sunset so it wouldnt make much sense to do more.
The movie however fits quite well into a nice lettle spot presented by the Princess Spike Episode.
Said you never watched the movie? Imma recap it in a few sentences
Storm King is monke, has big glowy stick, Tempest is angsty Starlight, everyone else is irrelevant.
That's it, that's the whole movie. Nothing else of any substance occurred.
Spike at the canon Equestria Games essentially took out a Dirigible Habbakuk. Id love to see what the Storm King uses for his ships that not just stops them burning, but exploding from the overheated lift gas, then not imploding from the venting of such overheated gas leading to closer to a vaccuum inside on cooling?
Or how many airships can you shove inside the throne room or wherever Celestia is at that moment. Gives a whole new meaning to the term, this show went down the pan?
Will Rahs be God Of Ham enough to jump off Canterlot to fall towards the ships.
Third wave. DIVE.
Rarity? Youre up on guitar.
10912482 the anonamiss is stupid as fuck and doesn't qualify I was referring to the camp everfree movie and the first one you essentialy killed to remove the others
10912530
Not even twilight attempting theft and failing horribly is worthy? KEKW
10912609
Nah, not even that was worth it. That was literally just a plot contrivance to stretch out runtime and get her face to face with the redeemable antagonist.
We know our Twi, and ever desperate, she's more than smart enough to know not to steal a priceless artifact. She knew the price of failure, and how her actions could effect their whole species. It was entirely out of character for her to try and take it.
She's the bucking Princess of Friendship. That kind of thing comes with the concept of negotiation and reasoning. Something she has been shown to be very capable of doing.
Beyond all of that, watching her try to steal it was not even entertaining. It distracted from the musical number, and completely undermined the message that was trying to be communicated. And when she was caught, there was only anger. They were about to get the Deus Ex Machina, and she fucked it up, for literally no logical reason.
Literally nothing about that movie mattered. It had no effect on the world or the show. Nothing changed and no one grew. Twilight went through the same arc she's gone through a million times before. Everything was just stagnant. The only minor addition was the Hippogriffs to the larger world, and even that has done little to nothing in the show. If we'd gotten to see Tempest every once in a while, or a mention of the Storm King's armies still being dealt with, maybe there would have been some level of relevance. But as it stands, nothing of value ever came from the movie.
10912629
And thus, we have fanfic authors to pick up the canon slack.
Obviously the Puppyverse version of the movie will be short because, unless TDR has a good reason for it, the Royal Guard will not all be inexplicably on vacation during a major festival.
Also it will be interesting to watch Tempest wet herself when Rahs or AJ eats her petrification bombs and she's left with four angry alicorns(plus an unknown amount of other powerful beings given that this version of the Friendship Festival will have other races in attendance).
10912532
From the little bit we saw, Rare seems more Maiden than Queen.
Besides, Rahs would be more dramatic marching with the Great Warpipes and giving a Theoden speech before taking back Canterlot. Or maybe a doggo-haka.
10912343
Not to mention Shining Armor, who is on the Level of a Demigod now is VERY protective and has a VERY PREGNANT Wife who will be there... I wonder what a Surging Demigod will be like
10912911 Which we thank you for doing such a wonderful job of
10913126 Hilarious, to us
10912911
And you're doing a wonderful job, mate!
hmmm yes as I thought.
Edge horse McBrokinhorn makes an appearance
10912482
Okay, at least have a decent idea what you are dismissing........ cuase that had nothing at all to do with the movies, that was just a plot from a very, very bad and very stupid comic special that why the fuck did this idiotic melodramatic garbage become this massive thing all over the place!?
But yeah, Without Sunset, EQG really... has zero anything going for it.
10912530
When Spike has the highest 'foes defeated' count in your big, huge 'epic' adventure story.... yeah you done screwed something up. Movie has a LOT of amazing stuff and so many people worked their asses off and did amazing... the animation is gorgeous, the songs are phenomenal, the VA's, both show and guest star rocked it.......... the writing....... the writing was pure idiocy for the sake of 'this is what I want to have happen but I'm too lazy to come up with a natural way to get us there so I'll just have it happen no matter how stupid every character involved needs to be for that to happen.'
10912629
Okay, I get the arc they were going for.... and the basic idea of it does work and I could see happening and Twi going that far, the issue was they screwed up the execution HARD, the movie REALLY needed to show us Twilight spiraling into despair and desperation more, to really actually make it a clear arc, rather then her just being a bit snippier then usual a few times and rolling her eyes at the groups antics in the background. It needed to better justify Twilight being pushed to those extremes. Instead of spending all the time leading up to it showing off the new characters.
And like a lot of the issues with just the core base of the movie, it would make a lot more sense if it was set after Season 4... because it's very, very clear that is when the Movie writers left the show and started working on the script for the movie, things fit a lot better there then it does after season 7. Back when Twilight was newer to being a Princess and still uncertain and unsure about her ability to handle the role.
As to lasting issues... I'd say the Hippogriffs are pretty major, yeah they weren't a HUGE deal but they were handled very well and gave us a few very amazing storylines and ideas that followed up on them well.
Really eager to see how this plays out, hoepfully with the whole invasion getting a few earlier licks in via surprise, before getting beat down hard...... though I doubt this will top the version of events from The Bridge (An MLP/Godzilla crossover).... cause having Tempest invade Canterlot, only to end up staring down the snout of a certain very large, and now very, very angry Kaiju is gonna be hard to top.
10914382
Yeah, they really didn’t sell it well at all. A bit more time could have been spent developing that drama. I can see Twi getting desperate enough for it, but they didn’t show it, so it ended up falling flat.
Honestly, this could’ve been executed way better if they’d shown a bit more of her worry and frustration in the first town and on the airship. But instead we got focus on Capper and the Pirates. Capper was entirely irrelevant to them, and the Pirates were just kinda meh. A story should really focus on their main characters, rather than fancy new side characters. A few scenes more of her getting snappy with her friends would’ve fit the theme.
But yeah, the biggest problem was this taking place around season 7. By then, she’s had years as the princess of friendship, and has already tamed and befriended Starlight Glimmer. Negotiations are not new to her, and she has proven to be very skilled at them. And while she’s resorted to force in the past, she knows it hasn’t been effective.
Ultimately it was poorly written because it was a movie for little girls, and that was all it was meant to be. It was never going to be well written. They have goals for making and selling the movie, and good story writing is not as high on the list. Other things require the time and funding, and thats just how it is.
10914400
Okay that is just bullshit. For one the 'it's for little girls obviously it can't be good' line of crap is just fucking idiotic in and of itself and a horrendous mindset that ends up self fulfilling anyway and has been objectively and categorically proven to be bullshit by this point.
The rest.... also does not work, at all, it's clear a LOT of effort went into the movie, the animation, music, acting, all of it is top notch and really everyone bringing their A game. The issues were not a result of no one caring.. the issue, was the head writer was Meghan McCarthy and she...... is honestly not that great a writer, at least not for this type of story. Pretty much all the most idiotic issues in the two parters from seasons 2-4 were her work. And all the issues with the movie are just larger examples of her issues as a writer. She is a 'needs of the plot' writer who has things happen, just because that is the quickest and easiest way to get the plot where she wants it to be, and it's clear she has no idea how to handle any Princess not named Twilight and seems to outright hate the very idea of any of them doing anything to contribute to saving the day, and she is never averse to cramming an idiot ball down a characters throat if it gets them to do what she wants done. Rather then making sure the story flows naturally and character actions make sense.
The movie has a lot of issues, but nobody involved caring was not in anyway one of them, this was just an otherwise amazing team being let down by a sub-par script.
10914412
Not what I meant.
I never said that, since it is made for little girls, it can't be good. I wouldn't be a brony if I thought that. Please do not put words in my mouth, or misconstrue what I have to say.
My point is that, when you are making a movie, certain things have to be accounted for. Run time is a pretty big one. The longer the movie runs, the more expensive it gets, whereas the shorter it runs, the cheaper it gets. You've got to take into account the story you want to tell, vs how long you can afford to make the movie. It's the same reason that movies like Harry Potter or the Hunger Games fall flat when compared to the books. Sure, they're good films, but when an avid reader watches them, they are somewhat disappointed.
My point was that taking just this into account, and not even all the other issues that come with Movie vs TV production, is that a movie whose target audience is primarily little girls, is going to place a lesser importance on the story in favor of other needs. Cutting out a few sections of character moments here and there, in favor of moving on to the bigger scenes in order to keep their audience invested. This is a classic business strategy. If you want your product to do well, you keep your audience invested, while minimizing the cost of production. That means trimming the fat wherever you can, without completely ruining the quality of the product.
I never said people didn't bring their A-game. The movie was a great production, and clearly a lot of work went into it. The music, the animation, everything I am nowhere near talented enough to comment on, it all looked amazing. My only issue was with the story, and that is often the hardest thing to get right. My point was that, given all the constraints that come with making a movie, the story is often the first thing to suffer. Animation has to look nice. Music and Voice Acting have to sound nice. The Editing has to be good, if not great. And when you burn through all the immediately noticeable portions that are included in media production, looking for ways to cover costs, (Because there are ALWAYS unexpected costs. Price of doing business.) the story is the first to go. It's just less noticeable. Moreso when it is a Little Girls movie. Doesn't even have to be for little girls. For kids. They are invested, first and foremost, in the big, flashy, and/or funny of the show. They're always going to miss the minor story beats, the little extra notes, the master strokes. Because their attention is placed somewhere else. So when your target audience is Little Kids, you cut out what you don't need.
I don't know much about Megan McCarthy. What I know is Business, Storytelling, and Critical Thinking. If she's a poor writer, that's on her. But in my opinion, she fits fine here. Her storytelling isn't stellar, but it gets the job done. She is familiar with the characters, and has written for them before. When you are producing a movie, you look for value. You've got a two-for-one deal here. A writer who is intimately familiar with the characters and world, and she works for cheaper than some of the better writers. Her writing was good enough to keep her going for a few seasons, and that was good enough.
I'm not arguing that the movie was awful and I'm not arguing that it was great. All I'm saying is that, from a business standpoint, they chose their battles. They hired a sub-par writer, and trimmed the fat from the neccessary areas in post. It's cold, logical, and completely in line with a company wanting to make money off of a kids cartoon with a decent following. They didn't need to expend any extra effort on it, because the extra effort would not increase revenue enough to be worth it.
I didn't mean to start an argument here. This was clearly a misunderstanding. I'm sorry for what I said. It did not come out as I intended.
10914400
Developing drama you say?
*Rahs Grins*
10915048
Love me some Drama! I’d’ve been a theater kid if I had the chance.
Oh god here we go again
10914466
Ah, yes misunderstood what you meant, sorry. Just that mindset really annoys me and I've been having a freaking stressful last few eeks so, kind of vented a bit. Sorry for that.
But still, given the overall quality of everything else, the behind the scenes stuff we did know, and the track record of those involved, it still feels less like some suits cutting corners on something because they don't care, Hasbro really was trying to make this a success and to get it big. EQG is the one that no one involved cared about and was just being done to push toys some marketing group came up with. There is a vast difference in both the on and behind the screen issues of the two.
Given the specific issues in the narrative, I'm still laying most of the blame on Meghan just not being a good writer for this sort of thing. She's not a 'bad' writer overall, and is good at handling simpler, slice of life stories, but her style of writing just is not a good fit for large, complex, epic adventure stories. Most of the problems in the movie are just larger or more egregious versions of the usual issues her two parters (which was all of them from seasons 2-4 other then Return of harmony) tended to have. Any Princess not named Twilight or Cadance (who at best gets to help out a little, sometimes) being utterly useless at saving the day, characters acting odd or forgetting things (like being on good terms with a nigh-omnipotent Chaos God who they could ask for help) because. those facts would get in the way of the plot she wants to have happen, and a lot of stuff where it's clear no one actually thought out the full implications of it (Like why no other nation of power on the planet showed up to see what was up with the sun not moving for three days and coming to check on the being who all life on the planet depends)
And her being made the head writer wasn't likely some cost cutting, just stick anyone in there thing there is very good reason for her to have been picked given her status as show runner for seasons 3 and 4 and overall work on the show. But, the end product... is pretty much exactly what I expected narrative quality wise the moment she was announced as the head writer.
So yeah, still holding it's more just, an otherwise stellar team being let down by a writer ill suited for this sort of story more then some suits cutting corners or being idiots. (See again, EQG for clear cases where that very much is the issue.)
10915560
That's fair. I can easily see that being the case.
10918014
His I is still on his kids
10911965
Nah, the season finale villain is still gonna be Glim Glam, do you remember back to when the current trio met the trio from the future due to Glim Glam's time travel shenanigans? Well when that happened Rahs already had his sixth suitor, and I'm pretty sure his sixth suitor is tempest, so tempest is going to come before Glim Glam