It seriously didn’t need to end like this.

It’s a new beginning.

i dont even watch the show actively but this shit hit me with some feelings i cant quite describe that isnt melancholy

And now we know that Twilight gets to live long enough to watch all of her friends grow old and die. Except maybe Spike.

@GlacierFrostclaw  

 
I was speaking specifically about her design.
 
And you’re missing what I was getting at. I was saying they could have just implied Twilight always stayed the way she is, more or less as sm0ll Alicorn, and people would have accepted that just as easily at face value. Regardless of whether or not it’s actually more “canon” that she should eventually look almost exactly like Celestia, what I’m saying is this just looks weird to me.
 
It looks weird to me. I don’t like it. That’s….basically it. I’m not going to rage about it or anything, it’s not like I’m going to write death threats to the staff like the freaks on /MLP. I just don’t think this particular version of Twilight, the “Princess Twilight 2.0” will really catch on like her previous evolution did.
 
If I were in charge of her design I would have found a different way to express how she’s moved on and grown (either literally or metaphorically) over the years - there are lots of cool “final form” fan designs out there for example, including that popular one where she gets the cream swirl in her hair. I don’t remember the origin of that style that different artists use sometimes but it’s a nice idea.

@Goddess Erosia  
They didn’t “literally turn her into Celestia”. Celestia didn’t have friends to help her rule. Just because the design is similar doesn’t mean the character is identical. Aging has always been a part of the FIM world. If alicorns never aged, then Flurry Heart would forever be a foal. Cadance changed appearance between the flashbacks of A Canterlot Wedding and her actual appearance in the episode.

@GlacierFrostclaw  

 
A fictional world run by magic has very little rules, so frankly there’s no rule that says she HAS to look different in a thousand years. She could literally look like the smoll cute alicorn for the rest of eternity and that’d be just as plausible. She simply didn’t in canon because the writers chose the other direction, to literally turn her into Celestia as years go on.
 
As for the origin of this design, that doesn’t really make me like it better. I still think it’s a little too on-the-nose.

@Goddess Erosia  
A few things. “smoll little cutie alicorn” wouldn’t last, as she was younger. As for turning into Celestia, this design seems to be paying homage to the alicorn Twilight that Lauren Faust drew, so personally I can live with it. And that extra accessory on AJ is Granny Smith’s scarf
 
Rarity’s mane isn’t dyed to have that silver stripe. Being a business pony, she likely has a lot of stress. If anything’s dyed, it’s the purple lol
 
Yeah Spike looks alright. Not quite his dream body but not terrible.
 
The thing is, they had to tell a story as quickly as possible. The story of where the mane 6 ended up. So there’s a lot of “show, not tell” in the final episode. That’s why the designs are a bit excessive. Not saying your criticism is invalid, just explaining.

Their future designs look really gimmicky if I’m honest. Applejack I could care less about since literally all that changes is an extra accessory, but honestly I just really don’t like this design for Twilight. I like her cuter as a smoll little cutie alicorn princess. This is just literally turning her into Celestia.
 
I’m iffy on Rarity’s “final form” of dying her hair with a silver stripe. Interesting but still just changing something for the sake of changing it as far as I can tell.
 
Spike’s design I’m sort of okay with.
 
To be totally honest I think there’s a lot of things about the final that people are going to ignore. My personal fanon, for one, will exclude most of these designs.
 
And it’s not just because it’s new either - for me the transition from unicorn to alicorn for Twilight was pretty acceptable, I never agreed with any of the stupid rage about that from seasons ago. Just something about these “final forms” they end with don’t look right to me. Too flashy, they look more like special editions of some toys that Hasbro demanded so they can sell toys.

Look similiar but different frame. First i saw this photo i think same photo and frame from old post.

@Background Pony #CEF4  
I don’t get the joke?

Wait a second! Did I Miss something?
 
Since when is Fluttershy a Pegasus??