IDW Comics - Story Discussion (Spoilers)

@Background Pony #FE4C
 
The author’s note can basically be summed up as her saying, “I COULD have made Blueblood more redeemable and interesting, but nah, he sucks lol.”

@Jarkes  
Don’t forget the assertion that nobody likes him.

The Deviations issue with Blueblood was a sore point not just because Katie Cook didn’t care about writing a good story, but because Friends Forever 26 showed that the comics could write Blueblood as an interesting and reasonable character.

Hey, you know that foal story?
 
IT’S A TIME TRAVEL STORY!
 
Idw, fuck off.

@PonyPon  
But, just imagine the hi-jinks they can get into with their younger selves!

@MadVillain  
It can’t possibly be worth it.

@PonyPon  
I figured that.

@kleptomage  
Sure ya did.

@PonyPon  
It seemed a clear possibility.

Looking forward to Mane 6 time travel shenanigans.

The 20/20 issue was kind of a waste. They go back in time, the Elements are scattered around Ponyville, they look for and find the Elements, and they go back to the present. The Mane Six as foals were cute though.

@kleptomage  
It seemed essentially to be an issue to brag about themselves, to themselves.

@PonyPon  
It felt like a lot of padding.

@kleptomage  
It was a flat issue with zero twists and zero everything to be honest. Just a straight line when things go from point A to point B without a single bump on the road.

But Pencils art was good as always.

IDW tells the best MLP stories, in my opinion. Can’t wait to read the new story arc with the newest villain, Cosmos!!!! :3

I think the reason the 20/20 issue was so flat is because there’s some unwritten rule against showing flash forward sequences, likely due to rules pertaining to cutie marks.

@UserAccount  
Can you give me some examples of what you consider their best stories?

@Red-Supernova  
I got two; Nightmare Knights, and that one Halloween story starring the Student Six. There are plenty others.

@Joshua  
Are you sure there is ZERO flanderizations and ass pulls in those?

@Red-Supernova  
I’m positive. I’ve read the four Nightmare Knights comics, ready for the fifth.

@Joshua
 
I thought that was just going to be a 4-issue mini-series.

@Jarkes  
Five issues, actually. Expect the final one in March.

@Joshua  
I remember reading the first one. Why is Luna’s magic neutralized? Shouldn’t she be way more powerful to withstand those?