Did you see this S7 preview? https://www.youtube.com/watch?

>>29780387
Oh god no

>>29780387
>"And out of this world magic"
>Out of this world
>This world
Yup. She is going to CHS

>>29780429
Miss your daily shitpost, ESLFag?

>>29780437
>ESLFag
I don't even know what that means.

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>>29780387
The first episodes of this season look like a real cancer to be honest.
Discord might save the first episode but Glimmer and Baby Cakes episode seems unsalvageable

>>29780463
I just wish that Discord would actually be a character instead a meme plot device for lazy writers.

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>>29780387
>a fucking supermarket
they really killed this shit.

>>29780530
Its a toy store.

>>29780387
ayy

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>it's a "Auntie Twilight has a mental breakdown over Flurry Heart fucking shit up"
>which LITERALLY means Baby Cakes 2.0

the perk of death is absense of pain

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>>29780387

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>>29780387
It kinda got flooded on /mlpol/.

-26 episodes
S07E01 - Celestial Advice - April 15
S07E02 - All Bottled Up - April 15
In the back-to-back premiere episodes titled “Celestial Advice” and “All Bottled Up,” Twilight Sparkle agonizes over Starlight Glimmer’s future and receives some much-needed advice from her very own mentor – Princess Celestia. While the Mane 6 are on a friendship retreat, Starlight Glimmer loses Twilight Sparkle’s friendship map. Afraid her anger might get out of control, Starlight Glimmer casts a calming spell while the ponies search for the lost map.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGGbfSRk3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo0xRSHnAzs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oowA7HeglAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khp-LWbyPk
S07E03 - A Flurry of Emotions - April 22
After planning a jam-packed day, Twilight Sparkle also agrees to babysit her niece, Flurry Heart. Butwith Flurry Heart along for the ride, Twilight Sparkle struggles to maintain her title as “The BestAunt Ever” while keeping Flurry Heart out of trouble!
S07E04 - Rock Solid Friendship - April 29
When Pinkie Pie learns that Maud might move to Ponyville, she does everything she can to make sure her sister sees that it has more to offer than just rocks.
S07E13 - AJ parents flashback episode

AJ and RD parents revealed
RD: Windy Whistles and Beau Hot Hoof
RD gets visited by her over-enthusiastic parents.
AJ: Bright Mac and Pear Butter, grampa Old Grand Pear
Romeo & Juliet style duet in flashback.

-5 songs
-Princess Luna song
-William Shatner & Felicia Day guest-starring
-possibly Luna & Celestia episode?
Writers:
-Nico Confalone: 1 episode
-G.M. Berrow: 2 episodes
-Mike Fox
-Wil Fox
-no Mike Vogel
-no Dave Polsky
-no Kevin Burke
-no Chris Doc Wyatt
-no Jennifer Skelly

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>>29780387
Unfortunately yes.
And are they just using Twilight's princess animation model on regular background ponies now?

>>29780647
First time in years my hype levels are at absolute zero

>>29780463
Don't compare it to Baby Cakes. Even if you don't like that episode, it's already infinately better.

>>29780530
You'd think they would have learned after that not-McDonalds restaurant. Modern-ish elements was always one thing, but they've just been going overboard. They're just turning Equestria into USA with ponies.

>>29780429
What did he mean by this

>>29780647
>Beau Hot Hoof
please for the love of god let this bitch be the frufru of fru frus

>>29780715
>They're just turning Equestria into USA with ponies.
It's always been that doe. Equestrian cities are all puns of American cities, Equestria being shaped similar to the U.S., and for fuck's sake we had a statue of liberty pone.

>>29780715
I hate how the art designers focus on all of the wrong things. I assume at least part of it is hack writers and they have to animate to fit but they could try a little more to interpret things better.

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>>29780702
A shame, it is.

>>29780707
I'm with you. All hype is going just for Discord.
The baby is a killjoy.
Fucking wings and stupid horn, stupid poof 2.0 from fairy odd parents...

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>>29780715
Baby cakes >>>>>>> Princess Fluffly Heart

You can't compare that demon with wings and horn to those angelic cute ponies, damnit.

>>29780740
It used to be that you couldn't really tell, since the names were the most made of it (the statue of liberty didn't appear the first time we saw manehatten for instance). And the shape is really stretching it.

>>29780761
That''s what I'm saying; Baby Cakes, and Pound and Pumpkin, are already infinately better than this episode, and we don't even need to see it.

We're not going to get a scene like https://youtu.be/LA8sh4n7xJ4 in the episode.

>>29780387
>a fucking mall
Why do they do this? A Baby Cakes rehash was already an awful idea, and somehow they managed to make it even worse.

>>29780387
It might be Discovery Family being incompetent retards when it comes to advertising-like they are with a lot of things-but does anyone else get a sense as though the show staff just don't care for this season?

>>29780954
They just learned that hyping people up is always bad.

>>29780915
They don't give a fuck, anon.

>>29780603
not much better really

>>29780954
>the show staff just don't care for this season
I got that feeling when instead of a CotLM-like episode we got an episode with 20 minutes of cringe humor to celebrate Dash's graduation. I expect nothing from these retards anymore.

>>29780437
>ESLF
You what?

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>>29780833
>(the statue of liberty didn't appear the first time we saw manehatten for instance).

DYEWTS?

>>29780463
That was the dragons negate right?

>>29780530
Crystal empire anon they have a totaly different culture after 1000 years frozen.

>>29781124
Being wrong about one thing doesn't negate the point.
A statue existing is different than the idea of a modern shopping mall existing.

>>29781146

Fine, how about the laboratory in Twilight's library in Feeling Pinkie Keen, or the arcade cabinets in Hearts and Hooves, or the hospital in Read it and Weep, or the SSCS6K, or the construction site featured in Mare Do Well?

Every single example I just listed is part of the supposed golden age of S1-S2, when Faust was God and could do no wrong.

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>Reposting

>More Glimmer
>More Flurry
>More 'Adventure'

Boy, I...can't wait.

Wait, why can't Twilight just use the calming spell on Flurry to make her behave for the duration of her visit?

>>29781190
>calming spell on Flurry
The Glimmer-Way? ^:)
Just joking, I'm a glimmerfag

>>29781178
Everything there but the construction site is magic steampunk, I can suspend my disbelief for that.

>Every single example I just listed is part of the supposed golden age of S1-S2, when Faust was God and could do no wrong.
This is a strawman. The show wasn't perfect, it was just better. The construction site is excusable because it was a one-off that was part of an otherwise acceptable narrative.
This new episode has shit stacked on top of shit as it's narrative, there's less leniency.

>>29781220
Out of the list,nthere's only one that could inarguably be considered magic steampunk is the SSCS, everything else was just some relatively modern just thrown into the setting.

Also, implying an episode is shot just because it features a fucking toy store. Sorry the show can't cater to your whims that Equestria should remain in that vaguely medieval setting forever.

>>29781259
Oh, I see.
I thought you wanted to have an actual discussion but now I understand you just want to defend your ego because you can't stand someone criticizing something you like.

Silly me for thinking that there was a single brain cell left between show watchers anymore.

>>29781190
Because then the le wacky flurry shenanigans wouldn't be possible and the writers would have to actually put some effort into an episode for once

>>29781276
Not all of us like the new direction that the show has moved towards. Stop posting like your the last sane anon here.
Being smug isn't the solution. The solution is realizing that there cannot be a discussion and leaving.

>>29781178
>Ur saying anything modern is bad hurr.
>"Modern-ish elements was always one thing, but they've just been going overboard"
Do you even read the thread?

>>29781259
>Also, implying an episode is shot just because it features a fucking toy store.
No, it's shit because of Faggot Heart being in it, a lack of restraint in keeping a unique feeling to the environment is just an extra grevience.

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>>29780387
The pony store

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>>29780387
>Buy my toys
Hehehe

>>29781657
You know, I know it's often said in jest but this argument has never made sense to me

The vast majority of MLP toys are never new characters, just the Mane 6 over and over again, it's not like it's a Transformers the movie situation where they kill off scores of old characters to be replaced with new ones simply because they want their toys to sell

I mean how many pieces of Flurry Heart merch even exist, like two? If Hasbro really wanted to be whores about shit you know damn well they could have like over a dozen Flurry Heart toys out there by now, just based on the fact that it's a baby and parents will buy it for little girls in a second

>>29780647
Twilight Sparkle will lose her wings in the S7 finale.

>>29781943
And Discord will be Meghan McCarthy and the evil will be back again.

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Nice fucking store. We really are getting more of "it's just modern murrica but with ponies" these days.

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>>29780603
>Its a toy store.
>a toy store
>toy store

WHAT IF IT'S A TOYSRUS AND THEY REALIZE THAT THEY'RE TOYS?

>>29780387
>Twilight finally loses her wings

At last

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>>29781997
>Thought there was something in the trailer I missed.
>Wrong as usual, Hasbro obviously continue to refuse to let that happen.

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>>29780387
>"oh boy"
Is she excited over Discord graduating in friendship?

>>29782129
>Nope, Discord will use Fluttershy to turn against her friends and turn Twilight Sparkle to the dark side and become Midnight Sparkle with chaos.

>>29782201
Holy shit, Midnight Sparkle would be top unf!
Make it happen!

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>>29780387
> more flurryshit
> probably in the season opener
> another shit opener like last year

My expectactions are getting lower each day.

>>29782302
Flurryshit is on the episode 3, read >>29780647.

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>>29780387
>a fucking supermarket

>>29780387
>only 56 replies (57 counting mine)
uhhhh.... does no one cares anymore? or the /mlpol/ thread kind of put away your anger?

>>29782514
Jayson no longer works on the show.

I want him back ;_;

>>29781800
This. I still remember faggots claiming they only brought Darth Maul back so they could sell toys even though he didn't get any new toys until years after his return.

The writers are making this episode because they want. Same reason they made Starlight. People need to stop assuming corporate mandates are behind everything.

If the writing is shit then it's because the writing is shit. You don't need to look for imaginary excuses.

>>29782514
Everything was built by humans for humans and they were replaced by ponies.

>>29782525
He's directing the movie. I wonder what's going to happen once he's done with that. Wouldn't things be weird around the office if Jayson resumed directing and demoted Jim back to assistant?

>a supermarket
>a human-like supermarket
Just fucking kill the show already.

>>29782514
Why can't pony supermarkets exist in the universe?
I can see how shopping carts are not that great for horses but it's not unreasonable to think that a big city has a big shop in it.

>>29780530
Yeah, fuck everything about that

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>>29781137
NOT AN EXCUSE

But they've always has stores.
Some ponies probably just prefer to have carts for fruit, while others will sell them on shelves.

>>29780387
>glimmer gets sucked into a blackhole and off the show forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo

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>>29780387
>Hurr durr modern America with ponies
>Comedic baby antics
Why are they so fucking hellbent on turning the show into a clone of literally every other piece of children's programming?

For fuck's sake.

>>29780530
At this point i just like to believe Ponyville intentionally keeps itself away from technology because its a historical but backwards shithole

GODDAMIT!

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>>29782906
>Why are they so fucking hellbent on turning the show into a clone of literally every other piece of children's programming?
Because its easier, uncreative hacks rely on repetitive shit all the time instead of coming up with their own original ideas

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>>29780387
>season one tier vectors
>season seven, 2017

This tells a lot about how much effort Discovery Family is putting into promoting the show.

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>>29782944

>>29782906
Lazy writing. It's here to stay.

>>29782970
Wish it would leave. I have to say.

>>29780530
It's a toy store and they've had stores for other things since S1. Fuck you.

>>29783181
I hope so as well. It can't be this way.

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You all are claiming like faggots

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>>29782970
>>29783181
>>29783209

It bothers me a lot, this seasonal rot.
The show was hot, now it's not.
Renzetti could hit the spot, but Miller cannot, not by a long shot.
He thinks he's a big shot,
when actually, he's just a faggot!

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>>29783296
kek

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>>29783296
Nice.

>>29780530
God this is so fucking terrible.

I'm really debating just skipping this season altogether. Thoguths?

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>>29783338
Oh no, Anonymous Poster, no, please don't, blah blah blah, etc

>>29783338
Nah, even if S6 was mostly terrible there were still good episodes there. Just skip episodes you think you won't like and see if they get a positive reaction here. You can always watch it later.

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>all these australians ITT
S7 is going to be the best season and there's nothing all this shitposting can do to change that fact.

>>29783365
Cool story Jim. Cunt.

>>29783373
Go get eaten by something in your shitty desert that covers 9/10s of your tiny little island.

>>29781190
We need to have those wacky shenanigans where Twilight gets stressed out as Flurry keep messing everything around her and annoy the audience.

Its going to be the intro of Who framed Roger Rabbit but with Twilight and Flurry.

>>29781977
On the one hand, it could be Manehattan, so it kinda makes sense.

On the other hand, it could be a fucking Manehattan episode AGAIN.

>>29780530
Derpibooru's local autists are already claiming how much they love the idea and how whoever doesn't is automatically an idiot.

>>29783703
If it's Flurry it should be the Crystal Empire but that's not a crystal pony in the back there, it's Cherry Berry. So I have no idea where in Ponyville it's supposed to be.

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>>29781800
Every new toys set need at least one episode about it. We only got the Cantelrot Wedding because of a single wedding set. Flurry now gets a doll that talks so Hasbro need to shill her out with this episode. If they made more toys with her like with mane6 then they would have to turn her into a mane6 character

>>29783709
>Derpibooru

Only a fool would take seriously the opinion of those who comment in that porn website in denial.

>>29780530
The power of capitalism my friend.

Production line all over this bitch

>>29780530
Doesn't rarity literally own a store?

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>>29780387
you really grinder my gear mlp...yesterday one of YOU posted a stream of mlp season 2 episode 16... and i ended up seeing a couple of them...and even created a mlp folder...NOW WHAT? i am not a bronie, i am a Waffen-SS supporter

>>29780530
Thats Ponyville. It's a small town where they don't have big stores and only local farmers.
In the new episode, they are probably in the Crystal empire where they have large stores.

>>29783362
>see if they get a positive reaction here
>Basing whether or not you watch something around the opinions of others
>Around /mlp/'s opinions
>Not expecting /mlp/'s vocal majority to just constantly shit on everything

>>29783764
>the Crystal Empire had supermarkets 1000 years ago
>in Equestria ponies still buy their food daily on the streets

Ecuckstria, everyone.

>>29783780
Ponyville has stores though. Like Quills and Sofas and the Rich thrift store that also sells consumables. I see no reason why a toy store can't exist. Street stands are just for the poorfags.

>>29783771
You need to manage the information. You can approximately tell what's going on in the episode by seeing what kind of discussion it gets and from screenshots and webms posted. It's at least gonna show more about the episode because summary isn't usually enough to really judge it.

>>29783855
Maybe this is that jester hat store we always see.

>>29783780
>the Crystal Empire had supermarkets 1000 years ago
Can't see why they can't build supermarkets later, and let's be honest the lore behind that place is all kinds of fucked, they really should just retcon it out of existence already

>>29783904
> You need a shopping cart for a tiny store, guys! The show's still awesome!

>>29783771
Was there a single episode in season 6 that got below an average score of 7 on the polls? Applejack's Day Off was garbage and people were still calling it great.

>>29784183
>He thinks it is store size, not the amount of items you get, that necessitates a shopping cart

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>>29780702
>>29781977
All this angst about Flurry Heart appearing in a modern looking store and no one seems to notice that Cherry Berry is now a pegasus?

Seriously?

>>29783365
Kill yourself my dude.

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>>29784484
Why would I do that when I have S7 to watch? It's you without anything in life to look forward to.

>>29784477
Backgrounders being duped is nothing new. And they are getting more lazy with production now than ever, especially with >>29780702 considered.

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Threads with this much fucking Faust worshipping is why I constantly wonder why anybody still uses /mlp/. Every other god damned post here is anti post-Faust, and nobody here understands subjectivity.

Although to /mlp/'s credit, there are a few people here not actually sucking Faust's metaphorical dick. Not enough to make up for this shit though.

>>29780387
Yeah, I've seen it. Pretty excited too. I was a little iffy about the actual supermarket thing, but then I remembered that I don't give a fuck. Well, that, and that there have been more modern structures in the show's past.

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>>29784668
So, you don't give a fuck about actual events on the show, but you care about what people post on the board, right?

That's a good definition of being a fan of the fandom, Anon.

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>>29784668
Granted people like to overreact about minor details (we are on /mlp/ after all) but don't imply that the only way to enjoy the show is not giving a fuck. The fact that people still debate about these things is a good indication that people still care about the show. Because you can still enjoy the show even if you don't like every single little thing in it.

>>29784668
Fuck off

>>29780387
Season 7 is a mistake

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>>29784668
>Criticizing the current state of the show means you worship Faust's penor
Plenty of stuff to criticize from back then too, senpai.
>The only way to cope with stupid shit is to not give a fuck
How depressing.

>>29784668
>Threads with this much fucking Faust worshipping is
>CtrlF "Faust"= 5 results between three posts, half in your own post and one direct quoting the another only.
No, you're just throwing an autistic temper tantrum because you can't stand the thought of someone not liking what you don't like.

And your constant whining really shows you're lying when you claim to not give a fuck.
>Muh done before.
Has already been gone over, if you bothered to properly read most of the thread.

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>out of this world magic.

Hope for magical aliens?

>>29783876
Kind of pointless to watch it at that point, since knowing the major plot points of the episode defeats the purpose. Might as well just go to the MLP wiki and read the full summary after it airs at that point. Only have to spend 5 minutes and you'll know exactly what happened and won't have to waste 22 minutes watching this shitty show, amirite?

>>29784300
>Applejack's Day Off was garbage and people were still calling it great
Unwarranted hyperbolic retardation aside, sure people can just look at the strawpolls and get a general idea of the episode quality. However there are a few issues even with that:
firstly, it's only numbers and doesn't really explain why people voted how they did. The thread itself could be good to skim through, but it also has the susceptibility to have the one or two vocal autists screaming at everyone about how wrong it is to like the show anymore or dismissing everyone they disagree with by calling them Jim or Hasdrones.
Another issue with the numbers is a large portion of this board are Americans and unfortunately are tainted with a misguided rating scale based off the American education system where they believe a 7 is "average". This would likely explain why so many episodes last season were regularly getting 7 or in the ratings.

>>29784874
>Kind of pointless to watch it at that point
Presuming you never intended to watch it in the first place it barely matters. Besides, major plot points are all in the summary.

>>29784874
>misguided educational system
>One that demands actual excellence and rightfully dismisses something that only is half right as failure

If you want to lower standards I guess.

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>>29781137
>>29782913
>>29783195
>>29783739
>>29783764
Crystal empire is no different

>>29784787
Season 6 was already a mistake

>>29784944
Your picture is literally of a fair in a land which had just come back from being gone for a thousand years.

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>>29784898
>Presuming you never intended to watch it in the first place it barely matters
Then why the fuck would they be following the show if they stopped intending to watch the fucking show? Why would they still be here on a forum dedicated to discussing the show if they don't watch the show? This shit makes no sense to me.

>>29784913
Referring to what they base their ratings on. This is a cartoon show, not the educational system. Putting 7 as "average" because that's how their school did it is pants on head retarded and just goes to show how much their "education" helps. They should consider learning an actually rational method of measuring quality that's a more accurate representation of the medium it applies to.

>>29785068
I am advising against skipping the whole season, that pretty much means you don't watch the show. But there's barely anything wrong with skipping some episodes these days. Of course skipping episodes means you shouldn't be discussing them as well, don't know if this should've been explicitly pointed out.

>>29784710
>you don't give a fuck about actual events on the show, but you care about what people post on the board

Wha...? Where did you get that? Of course I give a fuck about the events on the show. I wouldn't be bitching about it otherwise.
Although, considering things like lullaby for a princess, yeah. I suppose I'd call myself a "fan of the fandom". But I'd bet that's not what you meant.

>>29784760
What I mean't by "but then I remembered that I don't give a fuck", is that I knew that it was kinda silly to worry about because it's so easy to explain.

>The fact that people still debate about these things is a good indication that people still care about the show
I suppose. But I have to wonder how much of the debating is just disguised as such, only for the sake of bitching about "modern" MLP.

>>29784781
No u

>>29784799
>>Criticizing the current state of the show means you worship Faust's penor Plenty of stuff to criticize from back then too, senpai.
Is there really a difference at this point?

>Plenty of stuff to criticize from back then too
That's normally my point. So... Not gonna argue.

>The only way to cope with stupid shit is to not give a fuck
Not what I meant, but it doesn't seem that far off.

>How depressing
Am I the only person with that mentality that isn't even depressed?

>>29784804
>CtrlF "Faust"= 5 results between three posts
>Because I meant that literally

>And your constant whining really shows you're lying when you claim to not give a fuck
Even though I was talking about a modern shop in MLP. Not the bitching.
If I didn't give a fuck, I wouldn't be bitching.

>>29785140
>But I have to wonder how much of the debating is just disguised as such, only for the sake of bitching about "modern" MLP.
My guess is 50/50. People are conscious after S6 and actively seek stuff to think and be worried about, to get a picture of what to expect from the new season. Right from the premier we're all gonna see if this actually pays off.

>>29785126
>But there's barely anything wrong with skipping some episodes these days
I disagree with this mindset to an extent. Skipping episodes you don't like on rewatches? Sure, that makes perfect sense. But literally having never seen any given episode based on what others have told you or what you can gleam from a summary I just can't agree with personally. To be fair, I more strongly prefer to be able to form my thoughts and opinions through my own personal experience and tend to be a bit compulsive with my interests. For instance it drives me insane when someone asks which episode they should start watching the series with, because in my mind the only correct answer is S01E01 and marathoning that shit all the way through.

>Of course skipping episodes means you shouldn't be discussing them as well, don't know if this should've been explicitly pointed out
Fully agree here. I may not like it, but they are entitled to skip shit if they really must. I agree with the assessment they have no place in discussing a part of the show they've only experienced through others' opinions or through brief summary without having seen the actual execution of the episode. It would be like that guy who tried to profile the characters based on their stock image and without actually seeing anything from the show.

>>29782555
It's about expanding their merchandising market.

You have people buying the m6 toys. And you have the vapid cunts who want to be a princess because they didn't get enough (You's). So those people buy a Flurry Heart or a Cadence or a four legged Surfer Ken doll and Hasbro expands their market.

It's not just about adding toys for its own sake, it's also about mandates for to increase the people who will buy a toy and potentially buy others too.

>>29785191
I get where you're coming from and before S6 I would absolutely agree. I think I was so burnt out during S6 that I didn't even care for some of the episodes, knowing that I will for sure never even discuss them. Some of them I haven't watched still and never felt that I'm missing out on something, I still am indifferent towards them. But to be fair some I did end up watching and enjoyed some of them. And I do plan on watching S7 entirely, maybe it's just empty hopes but I feel like this can be a good season.
>in my mind the only correct answer is S01E01 and marathoning that shit all the way through
100% this. It's silly to not start from the start. For me it was exactly eps 1&2 where it all "clicked" so I can't imagine starting with 3 or 4 like it's often recommended.
>It would be like that guy who tried to profile the characters based on their stock image and without actually seeing anything from the show.
It's a bit discouraging to know that some writers don't actually watch the show themselves and do basically this when writing the plots.

>>29785191
>it drives me insane when someone asks which episode they should start watching the series with, because in my mind the only correct answer is S01E01 and marathoning that shit all the way through.
I agree completely with this. But I don't think that skipping episodes now is really comparable to starting with Sonic Rainbow instead of the pilot.

I will skip episodes. I hope I don't have to skip too many of them, but I know that I will skip some. Because I despise the mean-spirited tone that the show is having lately and I don't want to watch more of those episodes, ever.

>>29785272
Culture in general is more mean spirited and cynical than it was in 2010. The show is just reflecting real life.

>>29785272
At least first 4 episodes don't seem malicious. Though I bet Twilight will have a lot of cringe """""comedy""""" in Flurry episode. I'm mentally preparing myself to brave through Twilight's most humiliating neurotic behaviour possible.

>>29785284
This is an interesting thought. Can they not afford to counter it like before? Well with the new writers I guess not really. Fucking hell, sometimes I forget it's been 6 years already.

>>29785267
I also was less enthusiastic through s6 mostly because I felt a lot of it was pretty average coming down from how generally better s5 was.

>It's a bit discouraging to know that some writers don't actually watch the show themselves and do basically this when writing the plots
On the one hand I get where you're coming from, but on the other that's why shows usually have things like show bibles and directors. Technically it's not a writer's job to keep up with a show they're writing for, or else most of their time would be spend watching every show they get a job writing for. It would be the director's job to make sure everything the writers turn in makes sense in the context of the show, and make sure it follows some form of continuity. I'd be more upset with the director failing to keep the show in proper order if I notice a lapse in quality. However, I know there's been a lot of shitposting against Jim and the recent seasons and that's a whole other can of worms.

>>29785272
I respect your reasoning, though I like the idea of the show having some opportunity to delve into teaching lessons closer to real life and how gritty it can be. Do you choose which episodes are skippable based on user feedback, or by the usual synopses that might give that sort of vibe? I know something like the 28 Pranks Later synopses was pretty clear it was going to be about them getting back at Dash.

>>29785327
People are so negative and combative and afraid in general that it is nearly impossible even in a fantasy land to be optimistic.

>>29784970
don't forget season 5

Why is it a big deal that Equestria has a supermarket?

>>29785327
I'm not much of a fan of cringe, so I'll probably wait to see the reactions after Baby Cakes 2 before watching it. The other 3 episodes seem OK in principle.

>>29785337
>I like the idea of the show having some opportunity
I don't. I watch about 20 other shows for that, I don't need shit with my ponies.

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>>29785362
>I don't
Well, then you and I are in perpetual disagreement here. I do find it rather insipid when others can only resort to defining episodes or characters as XYZ 2.0 and promotes more of the same dismissive attitude that shuns meaningful discourse.

>>29785337
I get that it's a standard thing in the industry and it's nothing new, but it sometimes seems that it goes too far now. MLP is a cartoon with continuity and character arcs, and when a character is seen doing something we're seem to be way past right now it naturally brings the classic question: DYEWTS? I guess some newer writers get simpler plots but this shouldn't really happen six years into the show's runtime. It's just lazy. I guess bringin Larson as an example is a bit unfair, but that guy knew his ponies, and it showed. Nowadays we get episodes where some characters that are present don't even speak. Is this really what the quality became there?
>I like the idea of the show having some opportunity to delve into teaching lessons closer to real life and how gritty it can be
Absolutely. Just don't bully the characters for no reason and with no payoff. Teach a heartwarming lesson with it, make it worth it in the end, don't make it like they deserve it or pretend like nothing happened. I have enough of this in literally every other aspect of life.

>>29780530
Luckily, what you see above isn't a supermarket. Normal stores has existed ever since season 1.

>>29785409
Don't talk with "I'm just here for le cute ponies hurrr" people.

They're only one step above people who don't watch the show.

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>>29785327
>I'm mentally preparing myself to brave through Twilight's most humiliating neurotic behaviour possible.
Me too.

God, being a Twifag in the past 3 seasons has been a complete suffering save for some few good episodes scattered through them.

>>29780530
Twilights ascension boosted tourism to the point it was needed

>>29780702
More variety is not a bad thing.

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>>29785491
I feel the same way. And the worst thing is that I'm still gonna watch it because I'm so starved for her screentime I'll take anything I can get at this point. Jeez, is this what it all came to? Literally scavenging? Fug

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>>29785491
>>29785530
>Being a Twifag
>Not being a Rarifag

You fools doomed yourself at the start.

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>>29785530
>And the worst thing is that I'm still gonna watch it because I'm so starved for her screentime I'll take anything I can get at this point.
Oh hey, this feel again.

>>29785550
Don't pretend that Rarity's "I'm opening another boutique" plotline isn't getting stale. S6 didn't spare anyone.

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>>29785564
True; but some came out much more injured than others.

>>29785491
>>29785530
Bet 20 bucks on meme faces and worried laughter, she will talk to herself the whole time

>>29785550
>season 6 - exploring equestria
>lol just kidding have more Manehattan

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>>29785579
I don't deny that. But Gift of Maud Pie was the first ever episode I dropped. Partially because of Rarity. I guess I came out of S6 injured the most.

>>29785593
A-at least we'll have new reaction images, right?

>>29785608
>Gift of Maud Pie
It was a Pinkie Pie episode that Rarity had no need to be in other than to plant the seed of her opening another branch. I think the first episode I almost turned off was Newbie Dash, but RD is an awful horse anyway you slice it.

>>29785599
Better than Yaks and Griffenstone. Rara's formula got a little stale, but it worked.

>>29785628
The yaks are underrated.

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>>29785628
>Newbie Dash
I was tempted to just turn the stream off but I stayed till the end. I don't know why since it was just meh. I guess I wanted to be happy for Dash at the end. I don't even remember if I was.
>Rara's formula got a little stale, but it worked
Can't disagree that so far it worked but that's the problem, they got comfortable with it and it's here to stay. At the very least show more Coco when we're at Manehattan. Oh right, she's not even Coco anymore.

>>29785667
Yaks were shit, even the writer of that episode admits it was "Strange, in a bad way"

>>29785674
It was really the part in which she started impersonating her friend's that made me visibly cringe.

Going back through S4 "Inspiration Manifestation" is really an episode that doesn't get mentioned a lot anymore.

>>29785721
Where? I thought the episode had a really good moral and the yaks aren't ACTUALLY one note.

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>>29785721
Yaks weren't that bad. It was a wacky episode but it wasn't off-putting.

Inspiration Manifestation is kind of an odd one. It went absolutely nowhere and didn't really matter. I guess people weren't expecting Rarity to go full-retard with the "designs" because those were complete shit. Maybe that was the entire point of it? But in this case it doesn't really work for its favor. And it's not the only episode where the idea is disconnected with presentation. I guess it was Spike episode also and that wasn't really a good sign right from the start.
Another S4 episode I personally don't see mentioned often is For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils.

>>29785792
Neither of those episodes are particularly memorable.

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>>29785728
Can't find where I thought I saw it, maybe I was mistaking.

>>29785728
>>29785792
The whole episode was just the ponies dealing with these rude fucking Yaks who couldn't even see the kindness behind the Mane 6 attempting to give them a slice of their homeland. It's like if I made tacos for my mexican friends and they threw a shit fit because I used beef instead of donkey. Fuck em, send em back to YakYakistan and continue to ignore them.

I always assumed her designs got more and more gaudy due to the curse she had put herself under, and it's where Spike learns to not be a whiteknight and tell his love interest she's being a mong.

>For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils
Gosh, yeah, another one that sorta goes unsung. It was around a time the writers were using Luna a bit more as a sort of watcher or guardian for fillies. This show usually does "Sisterhood" really well. In fact, I can't think of one sisterhood episode I hate.

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>>29785810
Watching it back then I remember enjoying it. It had a nice visual presentation and Rarity's supposed "future" was pretty brutal. I wasn't here at the time so I dunno how it was evaluated here. I guess seeing Rarity with Sweetie is my soft spot and I was happy to see more of it.

>>29785866
Did you miss the point of the episode? The yaks wanted the best of what ponies could offer, not bastardized versions of their culture. They wouldn't have left if they wanted that.

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>>29785530
You're still a baby, watch this.

SUNFAG

>>29784873
oh lord I had so many wet dreams about her when I was a kid why did you bring back these memories

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>>29785866
The biggest problem with Yaks was reusing the same thing over and over again, it got really old real fast. I'd rather they focused more on Pinkie that time.
And the second thing that pissed me off was the fucking memefaces. This is what we're gonna get with Flurry episode yet again, I guarantee you.

>>29785901
You still want an episode after S6 and No Second Prances? Better to not have an episode at all I think. Sometimes I wish Twilight would just join Celestia and leave this shitfest for Glimmer to shovel whole damn season until real writers return after the movie in S9.

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>>29784477
Pinkie Pie has been a pegasus since S1

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>>29783296

... hi guys, last time i watched mlp it was on 2013 lol

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>>29785943
>This is what we're gonna get with Flurry episode yet again, I guarantee you.
My biggest fear is that they'll go all out with memes on the show now.

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>>29785721
Inspiration Manifestation for me is another secret drug episodes.

Like Pinkies addiction arc where she starts using around MMMystery on the Friendship Express, overdoses in Too Many Pinkie Pies ending up in hospital fighting for her life, keeps using growing more deranged and detached until finally is forced to admit she has a problem and can't keep up the facade any more in Pinkie Pride having a break down that exposes her habit and fleeing the down in shame. Pinkie then gets clean and slowly recovers over the rest of season four.

>>29780530
> Nobody said anything when they implemented a fucking bowling alley


You only had to listen.

Now its too late

>>29782572
Right now I honestly hope he won't come back and just move on to newer and better projects.

>>29786545
Except they did, faggot.
They said a lot of things about the electric damn, the arcade machines, the wodden cranes and bulldozers and the cinema.

>>29782572
>Wouldn't things be weird around the office if Jayson resumed directing and demoted Jim back to assistant?

See all the bad shit that happened when Jim was promoted to director.

>>29785000
This

>>29780647
Why didn't anyone put EG tie-in/ Sunset cameo on the bingo card?

>>29785462
>"I don't want to watch the ponies acting like complete retards with forced conflicts as excuses to present stupid moral which have absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the show" = "I watch the show for the cute ponies and I don't mind what happens in the episodes"
Jump off a bridge. People like you who literally can't accept any criticism aren't fans of the show, you're fans of a fucking logo.

>>29780387
>It's gonna be fun, fun, fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRpdIrq7Rbo

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>>29787971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0qk2LLohc

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Man, we really need IDs on /mlp/ for all of these shitposting Aussies.

>>29785360
It's on Ponyville, a town with a very well defined market area that is being ignored for a cheap gag's sake.

>>29787999
WHAT'CHA DOING?
https://youtu.be/LOt9jibxI-c

>>29785608
>>29785628
The conflict formula of Gift of Maud Pie had already been done better in Trade Ya!

>>29785360
Because it expands the boundaries of the world even farther than they already are, which kills its character.
I can describe most fictional settings in three words. I cannot describe Equestria that way because it's so all over the place.

It's lazy and cancerous, basically.

>>29786545
I've said something about every piece of 21st century culture and technology injected into the show. The bowling alley was not only stupid but also a stupid fucking plot dead-end, which was far more annoying for me. Manehatten is fucking cancer.

>>29785360
Was it big deal? I thought at first it was kind of off because maybe its in the Crystal Empire. It disappeared for a thousand years. Why would it have a super market? But the scene might take place in Ponyville or even Canterlot.

>>29780387

I love you guys. You create drama for the hell of it. You will all watch anyway and beg for the next episode because you know the show has some scars, but you still love it.

We've survived worse. The show went through the disaster that was season 3 and recovered. Season 4 picked back up and season 5 was amazing. Season 6 wasn't as good as 5, but still entertaining.

Execution matters a lot more than the concept. MLP took ideas I never thought I would like and made me like them. This could be the same.

>>29785792
I loved Infestation Manifestation. Rarity is canon dark magic user and awesome creepy psycho. I wouldn't be surprised if there were ponies that got killed by her magic, suffocated inside crystal or something.

Oh boy, Glimmer can once again prove to us how much she isn't a sociopath and wants to change from her old forceful and manipulative ways by using a spell to manipulate the ponies emotions to keep them calm! Don't worry though, she'said a good guy who just keeps messing up a little, it's ok for you to have friends that entirely mistreat and ignore your feelings kids!

>>29788128
You're delusional if you think most people who say they aren't watching the show/aren't liking the show are not being sincere. Absolutely crazy.

>>29788363
She uses the spell on herself.

>>29788519
>she uses the spell on herself
>once again, her spell is too strong
>she causes herself a permanent coma
>no one can cure her because her magic is too powerful
>her further appearances are just her lying on a hospital bed
I can live with this.

>>29788128
>Execution matters more than concept.

Well then it's too bad they failed on both parts through most of season 6. I will agree that there are still a few episodes here and there that are good or remind me of what the old show brought to the table in terms of setting, pacing, and character development, but they are far and few between leaving me feel jaded and cynical about everything to come. I haven't even caught up on old pony from the end of season 6 (stopped an episode or two after the mini haitus) because it just ran sour for me too many times to take at that moment so I put it to the side.

Honestly concept matters a lot. I distinctly recall most of the episodes that I didn't like had concepts/synopses that I knew sounded questionable.

>>29788128
Execution can only dress up a shitty concept so much. You can mold dog shit into an angel, but it'll still be shit in the end. Eqg falls for this. And a fucking repeat of baby cakes (an already shitty idea) will be no better. Just the drab, unoriginal boringness of being in a toy store should be enough to point to this.

>>29780647
>5 new songs for S7
Isn't 5 songs like, less than one musical episode?
It's gonna be a big letdown for me personally if there were no musical episode or the songs turns out to be so forgettable.

>>29788924
MMC had 7 songs (although I'd say 6, one of them was Behold, Princess Twilight Sparkle)
Pinkie Pride had 6 songs.
CotLM had 4 songs (plus a prelude and a reprise).
AHWT had 5 songs (plus a reprise).
This season won't have a musical episode. But I really hope that having so few songs means that Daniel Ingram had more time to compose each one of them, and they'll be better than the ones in S6.

>>29788136
Anon, an episode catering to your fetishes doesn't make it a good episode.

>>29788966
The whole Starlight Glimmer Thread disagrees. Or they would disagree if they weren't masturbating to ELTSD.

>>29788542
this is depressing

>>29784477
>Wing Transplants Confirmed

>>29788128
>watching the show
lol not thanks

>>29789400
Twilight will relegate her wings to Glimmer.

>>29781943
Shut up!! Twilight has grown as a pony, and by the way those wings of hers makes her more beautiful.

>>29781997
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! She is perfect how she is now.

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>>29789692
>She is perfect how she is now.

>>29783365
>samefag
Hahahahahahahha LOL

>>29785530

>Twifag starving for content
>After 5 seasons of being the center of attention in all the important episodes

You haven't even begun to suffer.

But hey! I'm sure the movie will make it all right by having your princess at the top again.

>>29789750
>character bascially murdered after MMC
>it's mostly about being the Princess of Friendship not just a good friend
>only relevant 4 epsiodes of premier/end of the season - out of 24 total (lost even that in S6)
>rest is mostly reading the map or dropping 2-3 plot relevant lines
>her own episodes like What about Discord and No Second Prances show her mostly in a bad light
I won't hold my breath for the movie either.

>>29789686
SHUT THE HELL UP! Twilicorn is racist since 2013!

>>29789692
GO TO HELL! Being a princess it's NOT Twilight's destiny! It's part of Hasbro's scandal and that leads to the dark side!

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>2 biggest twiautists in one thread, arguing
That's a highlight of the day if anything.

>>29789821
DELETE THIS! TWILIGHT AGREES WITH ME!

>>29789842
>He still thinks Aussies are the main shitposters, and not A FUCKING LEAFs.
You're wasting your time trying to squeeze a meme out of that.

>>29789802
>No Second Prances
>twilight episode

>>29789880
WAT?

>>29789880
Just because it's for more than one character, doesn't mean its not hers.

Learn to share.

>>29789880
She was one of three main characters of that episode, I think it qualifies.

>>29780647
source on Luna song?

>>29780647
So do you tripfag and try and make people think you're important to compensate for the fact that you're from a worthless non-country?

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>>29783780
>Crystal Empire can't have stuff from outside their time period
Why not? I feel like the Crystal Empire is like a hazmat zone. It makes no sense, it's ruled by two characters without personalities. One of them is the third alicorn the show introduced because toys. Sunburst lives there (for no fucking reason). Princess McFlurry lives there. They don't produce anything. They have no ties to anywhere. They don't do anything. We just keep going there over and over to make sure that some episodes are more boring.

Why NOT have a supermarket there? It doesn't matter. Heck, give 'em electric toasters and say they're powered by love. It's completely trivial.

>>29780647
>You know, for kids

Wait. Does this fucking baby cartoon really pull risque shit?

>>29793015
No.