#mlp fim

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I always feel like somebody's watchin' me... tell me, is it just a dream?

Everyone says Minuette is just stressed from her new status... and yet... there's just something not quite right lately...

[serendippertyy]

warmup doodle of a new horsey I got from @/arnie_.mae on IG!! absolutely adore this design I think she may just become pumpkin brew's sister heehee

[abbytabbys]

can i see Twijack in your style? Please. I will be very glad if you sketch them!!

It’s been a year since I drew ship art of them last!! Weird magical twi version?

[peeperscreeperz]

Rainbow Falls AU!

Mlp x gravity falls

Kirinified Pacifica! Horrah! Her colors gave me troubles :)

[wandering-pegasus]

hawks pony...........

[shirecorn]

Do you crave violence?

Give me the Violence | Give me Peace

[princessmoms]

My friends continue to amaze me each day!

- Princess Twilight Sparkle

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[bibellou]

Doodle I did thinking about academic rivals to lovers

[stevetwisp]

chesepie

but cheese sandwich is a court jester and pinkie pie is the castle baker

[amethystsoda]

animation workers ignited are fighting for the future of cartoons 💪 official acc posted this as a love letter to animation and everything they’re fighting for 💕

[lichenbug]

octavia is a Professional shit-talker.

[matoitech]

my bf and i watched a few mlp episodes yesterday since neither of us had rly seen much of it, so it was on the mind :-) warmup with my ponysona (his name is sparkledog)

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Tbh grim reminds me of spike from mlp, like both breathe fire, eat gemstones, and can turn into this big monster kind of, and both have like parent figure with them (yuu and twillight)

And they’ll be brought back from their bigger beastly forms with the ✨ Power of Friendship ✨

I think Grim and Spike slot nicely into that archetype of right-hand man. Though they generally play supportive roles, I like that they are their own characters with their own thoughts, feelings, shortcomings, and insecurities. Beyond the superficial (as in, easy to spot/you can physically see it) similarities like them munching on rocks, breathing fire, having more monstrous forms, and having that partnership with Twilight/Yuu, I also think Spike and Grim are similar in terms of their desires.

At a glance, their personalities are notably different. Grim’s much more arrogant and rude, but doesn’t have the skill to back up his confidence. Spike is the more diligent, polite, and capable of the two. However, they’re both ultimately characters who want to prove themselves or to be taken seriously. As a result, may come off as being in a rush to grow up. It’s a charm point they share ^^

[tulliok]

we stopped watching around the later seasons and barely remember what happened in them so we're encouraging you to talk about what you dislike or want to criticize

Got asked, so here’s my abridged season 8-9 thoughts.

As someone who grew up watching the show from the beginning, I have a lot of gripes with how “friendship” is defined as a power-up or a material resource. However, it really wasn’t that big of a deal because I understand that MLP is a show targeted towards young girls that enjoy playing with toys, and the show was able to still portray realistic and educational lessons. 

The introduction of a friendship school in season 8 was a poor decision for so many reasons. Narratively, it locks our main characters into a single location, and we go from having a cast with unique occupations and storylines… to one where all six share the same responsibilities as an instructor and tackle the same lessons. Especially when some of them don’t seem like the type to enjoy teaching at all.

But the biggest issue I have is that the school validates the show’s idea that friendship is a unique resource that has to be taught, and that comes with a load of problematic implications. To get to the worst one right away, the school came packaged with a storyline about xenophobia and Equestria’s prejudice against their foreign neighbors. The coding of non-pony species in the show has always had weird racial implications (yaks and dragons being depicted as loud, unintelligent barbarians, the buffalo and Zecora representing members of real marginalized groups), but it is made even worse in this season by depicting them as people that are uneducated and need to be taught basic social skills and lessons in a foreign land. The Friendship School is literally a project designed by Twilight to spread Equestria’s idea of friendship to other countries! On top of that, they introduce what is essentially a conservative, white supremacist pony as a villain, and to beat him Twilight needs to prove that the exchange students are worthy of being taught. I really don’t think I need to explain why this is extremely weird and shouldn’t even be in the show in the first place.

I love the show because of episodes like Amending Fences, Leap of Faith, and No Second Prances—episodes that teach children that relationships aren’t big battles of morality and power but are complicated experiences that everyone has a unique response to. These experiences cannot be taught in a school with sewing lessons and apple picking and taking exams. They are also not unique to any particular community or race—that is a fact of life that most children should immediately understand. It’s extremely disheartening watching the show regress to the point where Rarity is telling a young girl that her cultural costume isn’t pretty enough and she’s dolling her up in wigs to cover her braids and giving her etiquette lessons to “fit right in." I don’t care that the moral was that she was wrong; what’s wrong is that the show even bothered making episodes like this at all. 

Season 9 concludes with a happy ending where all is well, but it isn't because the young child villain, the one character that needed friendship lessons and the grace to grow up, was turned into a garden accessory without a second thought. All while surrounded by the redeemed villains that the series arbitrarily decided were more worthy of our sympathy.

I don’t want to overwhelm anyone with my opinions and I want to be as fair as possible about what made me so uncomfortable with the show’s conclusion. I am a longtime fan, but I also care a lot about children’s media being responsible with their messaging, especially when they tackle subjects that require a great level of care, such as race and relationships. MLP (whether older fans like it or not) is ultimately a show about teaching children valuable social skills and providing moral lessons with every adventure.

I doubt this mixed messaging was intentional on the writer’s part. Rather, the last seasons were recklessly handled. To a viewer’s eyes, there isn’t a difference between these two.

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Diamond Tiara is kinda underrated imo i like her a lot :3