That’s certainly some expectations, ones that I disagree with but I get it. I just think it would be easier to primarily judge G5 as it’s own separate entity as opposed to comparing it to FIM but that’s just me.
“Um, excuse me sir. The thing is, there’s not really anything wrong with the Itchy & Scratchy show, it’s as good as ever. But after so many years, the characters just can’t have the same impact they once had.”
New characters that completely clash with the original show formula?.
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Twilight worked very hard to achieve her magic level, and the only onw who was even remotely close to her was Trrrixie. Out from nowhere comes Starlight sporting broken magic power that reached Alicorn level, and a genius intellect that enabled her to finish and even complete legendary spells left by an ancient genius, all without any of the training and study that the show told us Twilight had to endure to reach her level.
That already clashed against tons of things and ended up sending the concept of magic in general to hell.
Heck, oftentimes in some other franchises a reformed villain will get significantly nerfed after their reformation compared to when they were a villain (also see when JRPG antagonists become party members later and have much lower starting stats than what they had in their boss battles).
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