MLP G5 Discussion and Speculation Thread

@The Crystal Artist

Nothing like deceptively upbeat songs with dark lyrics.

Why does it feel like Hitch doesn’t get as much focus as Sunny, Izzy, Pipp or Zipp?

Just saw the Winter Wishday special.

@Background Pony #E52B
You could argue that the Marestream de-transformed in between the latest TYT and MYM. Izzy and Zipp had no idea what caused it to transform. But yeah, there are definitely some very distracting continuity errors.

That sounds so adorable! I wonder if she gave her ears

I don’t think Hitch was such a control freak in the movie so it seems like the writers flanderized him a little after the movie. Granted, it’s noticeable in TYT but you can argue that it’s flanderized for comedy but also noticeable in Season 2. Not so much in the first MYM short though.

@DerpyFast
Or you know tell your tail is just a little spin off

Is Hitch handsome?

So the green afro pony with the bongos is xalled Dapple now apparently?

@icicle wicicle 1517
Yep. He was credited in some non-English dubs of Chapter 1 alongside Diggy (the male Earth Pony with the blonde mane, pink coat and purple-rimmed eyeglasses) and Sander. However, back then no one knew who they were.

does anyone else think that the shooting star is twilight’s spirit there?

@Shimmering Spectacle
Maybe.

@Background Pony #9F47
In-universe others think he is.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
Good point.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
One of his earliest gags in the first movie was that he was featured in a pinup calendar.

As soon as I saw the star, a chill went through me, because it has the same shape as Twilight Sparkle’s cutie mark and it radiates violet colors as part of a rainbow circle. This star is not natural. No comet will just stop completely and become a star for a short period of time, and we saw how the beam from the Unity Crystal reacted with this one. In Zephyr Heights, we saw a model of this star in the concert hall - a purple six-pointed star like Twilight Sparkle’s cutie mark. A single word suggests it; “twinkling”.

The celebration is about magic, wishing, celebrating - the star must have had such an important meaning that within a few generations it had become very important. The book that Zipp received explains that the unicorns and the earth ponies had not been separated long enough for accounts from that time to be published. “Wishing Star”, “Wishiehoof”, “Wishentine”, “Wishing Tree” - these are not expressions of something positive, but a longing, a reminder and a need for better times. What had happened? Why do the ponies wish for something they later forgot, when they see the star return once a year?

One of the most important sources of inspiration for the MLP is the fan artist Equestria-prevails. His first and only comic that lasted no more than a few images was about how the misuse of powerful magic could lead to fatal consequences - the Mane 6 were turned into stars in the sky, with Celestia as their guardian star. This has since become part of the lore for the G4, especially around Cosmos in the IDW comics.

This is Twilight Sparkle. Perhaps we now know where she is in the G5, and that could explain the mysterious ending in the Hologram-Twilight message. And she is alone, the leading stars that symbolize her friends are not there. That means she has outlived her friends for a long time, as suggested by the IDW covers. How this happened must be due to one of two explanations; the first is that she ascended and become a watch star for the ponies, the second is that she is punished, possibly when the magic was sealed. The second explanation seems more likely, as it is possible that Twilight may have chosen to sacrifice herself to seal the magic and save the world.

And the ponies can remember this in the beginning, before they are affected by something reminiscent of collective amnesia. After a few generations, the event becomes a positive mark to mark friendship and solidarity with each other. Just as Twilight would have wanted if she is the star.

And it gives Sunny’s last name “Starscout” new meaning. We know what the first name meant, but not what the last one means. So it may be fated that Sunny will find Twilight.

If this is Twilight Sparkle as the Wishing Star that we know did not exist in the G4 - and the circumstances behind Equestria’s collapse must have been so traumatic that they replaced the Hearth’s Warming with the marking of the very unusual astronomical event - it becomes downright frightening.

Have we forgotten Gusty the Great? She can also manipulate the weather with her magic. It is not surprising that the unicorns had spells that allowed manipulation of the weather, they probably had facilities for this from the very beginning. But as C3 has also revealed, they simply do not have finesse and precise control like the pegasi, and there had to be quite a few of them to have any effect.

C3 has also shown that the pegasi have not yet relearned how to manipulate the weather in the G5.

I hope the folks at YayPonies put Winter Wishday on their website soon. I’m really looking forward to seeing this special!

@Background Pony #DAFA
Indeed.

@Background Pony #DAFA
Hmm…

very interesting

How was the special?

Good news for Ukrainian bronies: Chapter 1 of Make Your Mark finally was released in Ukrainian. Most of the cast retained their voices from A New Generation, the only exceptions being Izzy, Zipp and Queen Haven. And, unlike A New Generation, Pipp’s VA doesn’t sing as the character anymore. Said changes presumably are due to the change in dubbing studios (from Tak Treba Productions to Postmodern).

@Applepie2010
indeed it is

This is a bit of a mimiture theory I have that I may forget like with many other theories I made…

What if… TYT and MYM are in seperate universes/continuity? Sure that’s my headcanon, but…

Maybe MYM Jazz was either born without ears, or she lost them. Like to a wild animal attack or something. Anyway…

I think having a pony that was born a bit different would be interesting. Also, to me it seems that either, she has a slightly different shaped head or her mane seems to not root as far on the head like the others

Is G5 a flop?