A rant focused on glorifying "MLP FIM" as a way to say Goodbye and thanks for all the ponies untill next season,
So i got around to watching the season finalie which is better than i expected to be.
I always liked nightmare moon more as a villan. Discord in my opinion is certainly an interesting charecter, his goofyness made him seem not very evil, infact, he just seemes like a really bored demigod creature who only wants to have a good laugh. His methods seem to avoid any violence, while he does get his way trough manipulation, again, it dosent seem like the evil kind of manipulation.
Nightmare moon on the other hand, has clear evil motives and the reason behind her motives, (wanting ponies to appreciate the night and getting revenge on celestia for 1000 year inprisonment in tjhe moon)
With the removal of Lauren Faust from the show, and somewhat change of style in season 2 (less adventures and more personal friendship problems) and the problems with the shows limitation of being a show for little girls, i really didnt expect anything being EpiclyAwesome20%CoolerIn10Secondsflat like season 1. I thought it would be mostly girly wedding drama and something not scary will happen that will crash the wedding which will result in some silly non threatening chaotic silliness the kind that you get in shows for little girls.
INSTEAD!,[possible spoilers if you havent watched the 2 part finalie]
i get a very good buildup, a really awesome villan with a motive and purpose(Chrysails=better than Discord but not as awesome as NMM) new backround lore expanding the shows potential, An attack on canterlot, Celestia getting defeated (the Fight between celestia and Chrysails could have been just a bit longer with a bit more action) Canterlot invaded by creepy evil, undead-looking changeling pony-like creatures with insect wings. And enough fighting action to make Dragonball Z proud!
Also in a surprising plot twist, contrary to what was expected the elements failed and the villan was defeated by the power of love! (wow how cheezy)
Also i really like how the show sometimes resolves conflict in an unexpected and not even glorified way but manages to teach a lesson. Like in Hurricane fluttershy, they didnt break a new record infact they barley even got a minimum, opposite of what most cartoons i watched as a kid would do. So unexpected, dissapointing conflict resolutions like that pop up a lot and for somereason they manage to teach a lesson anyway.
Also Shining Armour strangley riminds me of a charecter from a fanfic. (If anyone read a fanfic called "stories in stone" (really highly reccomend altho at chapter 29 its still far from finished)
(the fanfic assumes the setting before Lunas banishment and focuses on events leading up to Lunas transformation into NMM).
Basically this unicorn- Jer'Rahd Kaisur, comes from a family of royal guards/soldiers who at some point becomes the capitan of the royal guard (just like Shining Armor) Who only knows 2 spells, shield and telecanesis but knows them damn well and can manipulate his shield very impressivley (At first i thought Celestia made the shield around canterlot, but if i am not mistaken, Shining Armor made that huge city-wide shield bubble. Jer'rahd at one point cast a shield over a sieged city and basically performed amazing things with his shield like making bridges and stuff.
Jer'rahd also has bad luck with mares some of which betrayed him and taken advantage of him. (JUST LIKE SHINING ARMOR AND THE IMPOSTOR PRINCESS CADENZA infact, its actually very similar to the situation with one of Jer's girlfriends)
Then there is the fact that Jer'rahd advanced in his career very quickly and eventually became the youngest top military general of equestrian military (based on the estimate that Twilight is 18-21yo in human years, I estimate Shining Armor at about 24+/late 20s in human years... maybe) Armor seemes kinda young to land a capitan of the royal guard, Possibly his talent with the shield got him that position.
Then there is the fact that both shining armor and Jer'rahd, were very closley associated with Celestia and Luna. Being the capitan of the royal guard, and getting married apperentley to Celestias niece and having a younger sister- the element of magic, I am guessing thats reason enough to be closley associated with the royalty. Just like Jer'rahd who was a general, a war-hero, one of lunas personal guards and military advisors and was infact one of the original bearers of the element of loyalty. (ok that dosent count due to all fanfics being about element bearers)
Queen Chrysalis when in a form of p.Cadense, screws with Armors mind. Jer'rahd at some point also has his mind screwd with by a female representative of royalty who attempts to flirt with Jer'rahd (thats not the worst that happened to Jer's Brain)
The fact that both Luna and Celestia were present in the royal wedding episode, added to theoverall theme of similarities of shining armor and Jer rahd.
And finally Shining armors cutie mark is a tower shield against a backdrop of magic star symbol. Jer'rahd's cutie mark is a green tower shield (his shield powers are green colord unlike Armors purple magic)
I cant help but suspect that Hasbro used "stories in stone" fanfic Jer'rahd as a template to create Shining Armor. The only difference i can summarize is Jer'rahd badass level is off the scales, He went trough hell multiple times and survived impossible situatons against all odds. This pony has balls of... not even steel, balls of tempered titanium/carbon-duralium alloy or something and nerves of of a similar material.
If you read this fanfic, You will witness the transformation of this pony from how his drill sargent kicked his flank at basic guard training, to slowly becoming the legend of equestria. Unfourtunatley Capitan Shining Armor dosent seem to be as badass as General Jer'rahd Kaisur, but he seemes to be going in the right direction.
so seriosly, guys, read it.
something just occured to me...
What if John Vasquez was made the executive producer/animator/creative director for "my little pony friendship is magic"
For people who might not know, John Vasquez wrote horribly violent comics "johnny the homocidal maniac" and the creative director/ animator and pretty much the main guy in charge of "Invader Zim" Which in my opinion is still the greatest show ever.
MLP is proboly in the top 10 list of best cartoon ever proboly on the same level as Invader Zim which is close to #1. Mlp is also proboly #1 for different reasons.
dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
