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Yep. And that male unicorn alongside her in the Winter Wishday special (nicknamed Bongo Beats by the fandom) is officially named Dapple, according to non-English dubbing credits of Chapters 1 and 3.

Oh, that one.

@DerpyFast
Heh, I actually totally understand finding appeal in seeing gold being created out of creative limitations with corporate mandates. More people need to realize that creative freedom does not necessarily equal quality and it’s totally possible to make something terrible despite limited company restrictions (I’m looking over at how Smosh’s videos got worse as they got more creative freedom). I never thought the School of Friendship in Season 8 of FiM was that bad like so many say, but that entire plot line was actually a product of creative freedom, not corporate meddling. Some have the misconception that it was all Hasbro’s fault since Hasbro wanted a school in the show…but both the Student Six and their story being told throughout a whole season were the ideas of the FiM team. When Jim Miller was interviewed by EqD, he was not ashamed of the ideas, he was happy with how he and the team tried to have the Mane 6 act as mentors to a new generation.

@Ring Team
I was just thinking of that joke at work today. XD Just in case you legitimately don’t know, it’s this Onyx, the unicorn who does poetry.

Onyx?

What if it’s revealed that Onyx doesn’t like Hitch because she sees him as “the establishment”, since he’s a sheriff?

I might be alone on this, but I think part of the show’s magic was the show staff being given corporate mandates, only to turn around and spin them into gold. It felt like they were getting away with something by making a great show, and that we were getting away with something by enjoying it. Rarity wasn’t part of the original plan. She exists because Hasbro wanted a fashion character. “My Little Pony” isn’t supposed to be good, and the horse that makes dressed and puts on fashion shows is not supposed to be complex and interesting, but she is.

Rarity is the most classically feminine, but she’s also perfectly capable of being an adventurous badass.

Even tho I don’t really have much interest in the comics. I wonder if Jazz and Rocky will appear, it would be interesting to see them in the comic art style

@LoreJuniper
I like that each cover art is by different artists

New covers

@Background Pony #DAFE
So we legit are getting an Easter episode with Zipp and Hitch. In two days, no less, judging by that thumbnail. Since I love seeing Zipp and Hitch together, it’s the perfect Easter gift for me.

@Moving
A voice actress who, as I’ve previously said, has been part of almost every animated stuff made in Toronto.

As suspected it was real (vid was taken down tho btw)

I just pick all of them since they are friends and the show is all about friendship

I always thought it was Pinkie Pie.

@DerpyFast
I respectfully disagree. I think Twilight is the best representation of the spirit of FiM out of the main characters since she’s the element of magic and the princess of friendship. The whole point of the show is showing how friendship can be like a magical thing, thus the name, “Friendship is Magic”.

@GoodVibesGorgeous
Who?

@harasha456
So that’s what they’re for

I’m kinda glad the fandom has refsheets to work with now. not often you get something like that.

@DerpyFast
I agree on both points

I’m gonna go on a bit of a journey here.

I think if I had to pick a member of The Mane Six to represent the “spirit” of FiM, it would be Rarity. This is for a couple of reasons, but the one I want to focus on is Fashion. Suited for Success was a gamechanger. Not only did it show what a great character Rarity is, it took fashion, a thing guys aged 18-25 wouldn’t consider interesting or important, and it legitimized it.

Then there’s Rarity’s counterpart in G5: Pipp. There’s two points I want to make. Those of us who got into the show when we were 18-25 are now 31-38 year old boomers who might be dismissive of a character centered around modern technology and social media. But I think, in a similar vein to how Rarity legitimized fashion, Pipp legitimizes the social media aspect. Pipp isn’t just some airheaded social media addict, and she’s not a master manipulator either. Her relationship to social media is written with a surprising amount of nuance.

Which brings me to my second point. There’s a really cool parallel between Pipp and Sunny. Sunny has her alicorn powers and Pipp has her role as an influencer; both of them are icons who wield powers that they’re never fully in control of.

Just watched the latest TYT episode (from two weeks ago) and I’m happy that Julie Lumieux voiced a character (two, actually). She is part of pretty much all animated series recorded in Toronto, so it makes sense she eventually would have a role in MLP.

Well said leaker (i dont particularrly think they mind me using their username but eh), they have a history with g5 leaks, they got a bunch of stuff about ch 2 early and was the one to uncover this big ol batch

@Jonny Manz
Agreed.

@Background Pony #DAFE
Even if I wasn’t starting to trust this leaker a bit more, all of this info sounds very believable to me. A special about a music festival just does not strike me as the kind of special with a plot where Misty and Opaline would fit, I don’t see why they wouldn’t do something to celebrate MLP’s 40th anniversary, I had a premonition Gillian Berrow would write something for MYM other than the pilot eventually and heard all the hype about Tony’s addition, and they should think that it’s awesome even if others disagree because thinking you’re doing a good job on your work even if you actually aren’t is better than producing work you think is mediocre just for a paycheck.

@Background Pony #DAFE
Tony the legend

@Background Pony #DAFE
Makes logical sense to me - and I imagine there will be a tiny breadcrumb to tie BWS into the overall plot of the series, like how there was that book in Winter Wishday.