MLP G5 Discussion and Speculation Thread

CloudMistDragon
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Misty Shadow
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For sure, heh. Also, some stuff we perceive as “contradicting the lore”…is actually only contradicting stuff that the fandom came up with. My favorite part of that video I showed is the refuting of “earth pony super strength” supposedly being contradicted by earth ponies getting the power to magically grow plants. To expand on what was said in the video about how the show’s most recognizable strong earth ponies, Applejack and Big Mac, are literally farmers…nowhere in the show does it say that earth ponies are naturally super strong as part of some kind of “hidden magic power”. It is literally just something the fandom inferred.
“Well, then how can earth ponies pull a train and break through rocks?”
The same way Rainbow Dash can cross the sound barrier as a kid and handily beat Applejack in a foreleg wrestling match.
Oh, and it doesn’t stop there. Guess who came up with earth ponies having a special connection to the land as a way to put them on an even playing field with unicorns and pegasi? Lauren Faust. XD
Yes, all this time, the fandom’s explanation for how earth ponies were supposed to be balanced was contradicting Faust’s explanation and G5 giving the earth ponies “flower power” was actually more consistent with what Faust intended. Somehow, so many fans acting like “G4 lore experts” missed this. :)
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If you ask me, sounds like the fault of Hasbro for not only not going through with Faust’s plan but also too late after Faust and G4 left.
If it helps any g5 fans, you included those guys self-pruned themselves away from it. And honestly? They’re not necessarily the super duper squeaky nicest but I miss them nonetheless. I know y’all want good, but having some bad makes it balanced. Too much Ying and people go crazy. The vice versa applies as well.
CloudMistDragon
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Misty Shadow
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Beautiful! :D
@TheQuietMan
I do have fun writing rebuttals to flawed G5 criticisms, I’ll readily admit. :)
@harasha456
It is pretty funny, yeah. Guess what’s also never ascertained in the show? Alicorns being immortal. It’s clear they live long…but there’s no confirmation they live forever. XD
Someone also very recently pointed out to me two quotes from FiM that seem to some like they’re referencing earth pony strength. The first is from Twilight’s Kingdom, the second is from Sparkle’s Seven…
“Without pegasi to control the weather, there will be no rain in Equestria. There is word he has gone after Earth ponies as well. Without their strength, they will not be able to tend the land.”
“I’m strong, Twilight, but not even I can buck through solid rock.”
I responded by saying the first can be explained by how Tirek draining anyone of their magic also left them drained of their strength, not just earth ponies, and that “tending the lend” can easily be referring to what their hidden magic is actually like. They offered their own explanation about the second, Applejack just referring to her own strength, which is very likely the case given how Maud Pie can break through solid rock. If that’s “earth pony super strength”, why doesn’t Applejack have that ability too?
harasha456
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I consider myself a decent lore keeper of the series and I’ve never seen G5 contradict G4, the closest they got was some of the mechanics of sparky’s dragonfire. also on the earthpony magic stuff, there’s also the zap apples magical fruits that only earthponies seem to be able to grow and growing plants by magic has precedent in G4 in a blink and you’ll miss it moment from the sound of silence showing a kirin using magic to grow a plant.
on that front one might wonder if these two magics come from the same source perhaps earth ponies have a nirik form or would it be an ynop htrae form?
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@harasha456
the explanation for me is quite obvious.
Earth ponies had latent plant magic within them, like the examples you mentioned
When the union crystals emerged they may have been the least affected, but the magic was still lost.
Once the crystals were gathered it kind of triggered the plant magic to act in an explicit way just like the unicorn magic and the pegasus’ ability to fly.
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@CloudMistDragon
That wasn’t the point though, he’s never tried flying or any visible plant magic. And especially regarding the latter, only non-earth ponies are seen performing plant magic. Really, now that we’re in g5, what’s stopping said non-earth ponies from performing it now?
CloudMistDragon
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Misty Shadow
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Edited my comment when I realized what you actually meant, sorry for the mistake. I think if Tirek could replicate the abilities of those he sucked magic from, that would be insanely overpowered. I mean…he sucked Discord dry. I also don’t believe any plant magic performed by non-earth ponies would be on par with what earth ponies can do with plant magic now. Magic works differently now, given that it’s always changing and evolving, as Twilight says.
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@CloudMistDragon
He did yes, and that’s where the inconsistency comes. Tirek did drain Discord and clearly does not use his chaos magic, now suddenly he’s afraid of doing so? Him draining the bell dry wouldn’t have mattered, and even if it did, can’t they use some sieve or something?
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TO ANYONE THAT HEARD ABOUT THE G5 NEWS:
I know that right now everyone is panicking in Twitter…
Lets me say this after some investigating.
Apparently after some talking, it appears that somepony, somepony within our fandom group knows who sent the rumor. When I ask who is it, or if the rumor is false, they said that they cannot deny or confirmed that the rumors are false or not.
In this case, a insider told another insider (aka Mdash, who’s usually good at MLP info), might sent in the wrong info
if we need to use hastags, lets use these, after all the fandom did save MLP FIM, lets try to save this one:
In this case if we need to, lets hastage this just In case:
#SAVEG5
#SAVEMLPG5
#SAVEGENERATIONFIVE
have and good day and pls take care
Blackblade360
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For now I may need to type what the screenshot says:
From a mod of the G5 wiki discord server, Zatillias:
“I should do a TLDR but I also suggest looking at the pinned messages
A video was found outlining future marketing for MLP. There was going to be something called the “Ponyverse” where they’d be promoting G1, G4, and G5. There was also a mention of a new show possibly???
But Mdash came in and told us that it’s outdated and G5 MAY not last untill next year like we thought.
Again I suggest reading the past messages”
Another screenshot, this time from Mdash
“2026 is the year of the pony. It’s not certain if 2025 will have anything. As it currently stands, it won’t be TYT, it has very little finished context left to air.
Do keep in mind a lot of stuff happened behind the scenes regarding MLP franchise and some is a recent development”
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Erratically Sane
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Elon did what??
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If these ideas come to fruition, I wonder how they will be executed. Like, one series starring the G4 and G5 Mane Six(es)? It would not be easy to write for twelve main characters (unless they randomly pick three from each group to be the main ones). And logistically it would be quite complicated: Some actors recording their dialogues in Toronto, others in Vancouver and Tara (if she doesn’t get fired due to the controversial attitudes she’s been having recently) in Los Angeles.
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