Background Pony #0A59
Everyone talks about the characters as if they are real people, making real decisions. Of course they did irredeemable things in the finale! They were the big bads of the series due to the twist making Grogar irrelevant. There would be no room for a high stakes finale if they weren’t shown as truly evil.
But that’s not the point. The series is about friendship. Period.
The finale goes against everything the show’s ever built towards. You don’t prime the viewer with empathy towards them, showing that they are more than just strawmen no one can relate to, only to kill them off in the end. That’s what people passionate about tv writing would assume would be Grogar’s role. He had very little screentime and was the prime candidate for the big bad of the finale. Defeating him would provide the same satisfying victory that a lot of people seemed to have wanted, while also giving a chance for these three villains to be redeemed and join the mane 6 against him during the battle. Not to mention it would work a hell of a lot better than the whole bell mcguffin being used as a generic power generator instead of a special mystical item only Grogar can harness.
It seems like the writers had everything they needed for a great series finale, but threw it away for the sake of a twist. No one needed to have such a cynical subversive showing for the two parter when they purposefully created the epilogue to be both surprising and depressing. I hate that this show changed from an wholesome escapist fantasy to something sarcastic and cynical where friendship is magic as long as you’re good friends with the people helping you to kill your enemies.
But that’s not the point. The series is about friendship. Period.
The finale goes against everything the show’s ever built towards. You don’t prime the viewer with empathy towards them, showing that they are more than just strawmen no one can relate to, only to kill them off in the end. That’s what people passionate about tv writing would assume would be Grogar’s role. He had very little screentime and was the prime candidate for the big bad of the finale. Defeating him would provide the same satisfying victory that a lot of people seemed to have wanted, while also giving a chance for these three villains to be redeemed and join the mane 6 against him during the battle. Not to mention it would work a hell of a lot better than the whole bell mcguffin being used as a generic power generator instead of a special mystical item only Grogar can harness.
It seems like the writers had everything they needed for a great series finale, but threw it away for the sake of a twist. No one needed to have such a cynical subversive showing for the two parter when they purposefully created the epilogue to be both surprising and depressing. I hate that this show changed from an wholesome escapist fantasy to something sarcastic and cynical where friendship is magic as long as you’re good friends with the people helping you to kill your enemies.