Friendship is Card Games: d20 Pony, Ch. 4 · 12:56pm Dec 5th, 2021
It’s time for more from Trailblazer, and this time the story’s really getting into high gear.
It’s time for more from Trailblazer, and this time the story’s really getting into high gear.
Pony Life has yet to emerge from the primordial ooze, so this week we’ll close out the first volume of the OEL manga. Let’s see what there is to be seen.
At least, I think that’s the name of this storyline. The PDF I’m reading from doesn’t actually name it; it just gives chapter headings. In any case, the second comic storyline delves into another lingering question of the show: What is the Nightmare?
We’re not quite done with IDW yet. This week, we look at what may technically be part of G5. After all, what else do you get when you add G1 and G4?
A bit under two years after we saw the sun set on Equestria (and putting aside the fever dream of an interlude,) it is finally time to see how the golden age of Twilight tarnished into a long, dark night of Equestria’s soul… and the rise of a new Sunny era. Let’s begin.
As if in response to his notable absence last week, this episode is all about Spike, the cause of and solution to all life’s problems.
Time to catch up on the side comics. While I may complain about the minutiae (and not-so-minutiae) I am genuinely glad to see so much pony content still coming out, especially the Classics Reimagined line giving the G4 cast more to do. But first, we’re heading back to camp.
We begin the new year with three weeks of endings, wrapping up several comic storylines already in progress. First up is Camp Bighoof; let’s see how they send this one home, and with what memories.
Look, Estee noted that I design Magic cards in a recent blog. Then I mentioned in a comment on that blog that I had a few designs based on the Continuum. One thing lead to another, and here we are.
Rather appropriate spot for a novel focusing on Discord, honestly. An unexpected intrusion to G5 with startlingly little actual impact on it perfectly describes his actions in the comics thus far. But since the Make Your Mark series isn’t available until tomorrow, it’s noodle novel time.
Hello all. It’s time for the penultimate pre-Season 6 card blog, and since I already did a few cards for the Rainbow Rocks followup music videos, that means the bottom of the barrel consists of the Friendship Games shorts. As with last week, links have been provided for your convenience.
We come to the penultimate episode, though Winter Wishday is perfectly timed for two weeks from now. Awfully considerate of Netflix. Now, let’s see just what mystery is ahoof.
With all of Make Your Mark thus far behind us, it’s time to delve into the latest bit of pony media. Let’s see just how Hearth’s Warming Eve mutated in a world with neither magic nor tribal unity.
This one’s a bit unusual. It comes as a request from SirNotAppearingInThisFic (and yes, I do plan on doing the official chapter books, including one next week.) I didn’t really know what I was getting into when he suggested, but having taken a look, this does work.
So, to overwhelmingly greater demand than I expected (i.e. any,) I am delving into the official Friendship is Magic novels. There are a staggeringly high number of them, along with journals, mysteries, handbooks (hoofbooks?) and more. I have a newfound respect for G. M. Berrow in terms of her sheer output. In any case, let’s see what the very first one has to offer.
And so the unsung underbelly of G4 draws to a close… more or less. There’s that intergenerational crossover coming up. But this is certainly the finale to Season 10, and to the FiM line. 102 issues isn’t a bad run, and that’s not counting alll the spinoffs. Let’s see how it wraps up.
For my opinion on the movie, see here. Note that there will be spoilers. There will also be somewhat more oblique spoilers in the cards, so I'll just cut it off here.
This week, we go from one end of the Equestrian timeline to the other as we return to Moonstuck..
I’m playing a little fast and loose with the schedule this week, but as of writing this, I have a contest deadline to race, RL friends to meet, and a performance of Khan! the Musical to see with my mom as a belated Mother’s Day gift, so reviewing a pony novel isn’t feasible.
This is the main reason why I decided to skip over the comics a few weeks ago. I like the idea of the first card blog of 2022 using one of the oldest in-universe documents we have for source material. Let’s see what the diarchs thought of their first days on the throne.