Zero the first time you’d use friendship. MArer Do Well. Walking Dead. Hmmm.

@FrustrationInExcelsis  
I think they’ve been trying to forget that gamebreaker exists XD

@Amethyst_Crystal  
Seconded. I actually really loved that moment in the movie. A epic undertaking like this movie was trying to be (and in part succeeded) should challenge the core of a franchise. That’d be friendship. And this movie did it WELL IMO.

@redweasel
 
When I wrote that I had no idea what this site was, I just took it as art theft and thought I should give the thief a chance to take it down before going to whatever was a official channel here. I’ve since found out what it’s about and am alright with it. I will argue that my reaction was reasonable when I lacked the context for this site.

@Background Pony #03B6
 
next time just report it, instead of bragging about how much you’re gonna punish people for liking your work.

Hello. This is GoldenGriffiness. I’m not on my own computer so I won’t be making a account or dealing with this immediately, but I would very much appreciate it if you did not post my work without me consent or knowledge. This is your opportunity to take it down before I get my own computer back up and running and pursue action to have it taken down myself. I will likely be creating my own account on here to post it. This is your only warning. Thankyou.

@Clockwyrkke
 
Sir. And thanks!

@FrustrationInExcelsis  
I like your explanation a lot, sir/ma’am. Tactfully said!

@FrustrationInExcelsis
 
that and it’s kinda hard to have any conflict in your story after you introduced the deux ex machina who can make everything better again with a wave of his/her claw/horn/rainbow laser.
 
I just consider the movie sort of an AU fanfic, in a world where twilight isn’t OP, and discord’s just here for the dance party at the end.
 
they still did kind of screw up, making twilight OP even though she couldn’t teleport or transmogrify. but I’m not allowed to show you that scene.

@FrustrationInExcelsis  
Twilight being skilled in magic isn’t a one-time thing, it’s practically her defining characteristic. XD

@Qev
 
That can be reasonably chalked up to issues with exposition. There’s only so much time in the movie, and the writers had to keep in mind that people who don’t habitually watch the show were also going to see it. Drawing too much on show canon would either hopelessly confuse people who aren’t familiar with it if the movie doesn’t take time to explain it or bog down the story with too much exposition if it does.
 
So for instance, using Rainbow Power (assuming that it wasn’t just a one-time power up) or calling in the changelings or Discord or whoever – or alternatively explaining why those weren’t options – would almost certainly have needlessly hurt the movie’s quality.
 
The point I’m getting at is, we as obsessive fans can think of a thousand and one ways that previously established canon could have impacted the plot, but the writing staff had to keep in mind that a lot of the audience wouldn’t have known and wouldn’t really have cared about minutiae of show canon.
 
(On that general note, does Twilight still teleport as often as she did in early seasons? I get the impression that particular trick hasn’t been showing up as often as it used to lately.)

@redweasel  
Twi didn’t even ONCE teleport in the entire thing. Teleportation is her go-to trick fer crying out loud. XD

@Qev
 
“with this we could transform everypony into something powerful enough to face the storm king!”
 

 

 

 
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@FrustrationInExcelsis  

 
Considering that throughout most of the movie everypony forgot they were ponies at all, with various pony abilities, it seemed par for the course. XD

@FrustrationInExcelsis
 
all I could think of was how much pain twilight would be in, if those were actual jellyfish tentacles.

@redweasel
 
That’s the thing that struck me the most – I can understand Twilight’s motives, if nothing else she was desperate and not thinking things through, but didn’t it occur to her that Queen Novo might have some sort of defense for the most precious and powerful of her people’s treasures?

@Qev
 
I wouldn’t say she was unjustified, but it was kinda stupid not to even try the diplomatic solution, and she really should have anticipated some kind of defense system, with the whole jellyfish thing.

@Qev  
Twilight wasn’t thinking rationale

Eh, Twi was totally justified in trying to steal the Pearl, even if it was totally out of character. XD

Is that really a bad thing Twilight? Your race is about to go into slavery or extinction and your friends are all playing, singing and dancing. I don’t know whether to call them fools who are unaware of what’s going on outside of the event, or mad ponies who cares not of their kind.
 
You got the chance to taste desperation Twilight Sparkle. When there’s desperation there are sacrifices. For the sake of your kind’s safety, you must sacrifice your lessons on friendships.
 
Also, the sun and the moon has been handled by unicorns before. I’m pretty sure they can do so again without Celestia and Luna.

@Amethyst_Crystal  
Twilight’s having a lot of emotional scars

I like how this comic is addressing this controversial scene.
 
I don’t believe it was an OOC moment for her, by the way.  
The movie itself had a build-up of emotional context.

And everything is a weapon

Princess are the master and your friends are your slaves

Well you put that way, Celestia used you too