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> > Except Luna's first reappearance had her being fun loving loudmouth. It's canon that when she drops the mask and responsibilities she's not a stoic bore. The comics just run with that half the time (for the better)>[/bq]
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> Luna's_*really_* wacky in a lot of those though. Like ADHD levels of exuberance. It's really hard to marry that with broody 'Royal Problem' Luna, even when Royal Problem outright stole one of her stories.
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> Oddly enough, I think the comics do_*that_* Luna better as well. Show Luna rarely gets more to do than be a thirty second plot device for the CMC, where as the comics keep that characterisation but actively have her as the protagonist (often of the best stories). Luna/Discord, Nightmare Rarity, Luna/Pinkie, Nightmare Knights...
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> > When you look at possible concept art, it makes sense. Why are they drawing fluttershy as an unicorn? Why Pinkie has wings? Maybe it will be a new universe with many subtle changes?[/bq]
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> If you read the full document, you would know. I'm not going to spoil it in case it turns out to be accurate to the finished product, but it looks like the whole cosmology is going to be radically different.
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> Think of it like this. It looks to be as related as Transformers Prime, and the Michael Bay Transformers movies. A similar visual aesthetic, same tone, same characters, but with no connection between the two universes and a very different story.
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> > Except Luna's first reappearance had her being fun loving loudmouth. It's canon that when she drops the mask and responsibilities she's not a stoic bore. The comics just run with that half the time (for the better)>
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> Oddly enough, I think the comics do
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> > When you look at possible concept art, it makes sense. Why are they drawing fluttershy as an unicorn? Why Pinkie has wings? Maybe it will be a new universe with many subtle changes?
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> If you read the full document, you would know. I'm not going to spoil it in case it turns out to be accurate to the finished product, but it looks like the whole cosmology is going to be radically different.
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> Think of it like this. It looks to be as related as Transformers Prime