Friendship is Dragons
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Newbiespud
24th Apr 2018, 6:00 AM
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That and the tree sap. Of all the things to fixate on, why tree sap?
Wait, did that happen more than once? It's been awhile since I watched the first three seasons.
Honestly, that would have been a really interesting route to take with them, all of their attempts ending in releasing sealed monsters and ancient nightmares of the universe.
Admittedly, the show writers had no idea what to do with the CMC. Maybe Lauren had a bigger plan for them in the original vision, but the shift towards more episodic content did not do them any favors.
AIUI, Faust had hoped that they would get their own show. But they were never as popular as the Mane Six.
I'd heard she didn't want them in the show, since the point was to appeal to all ages anyways, but marketing execs wanted them?
I'unno, it's hard to find facts on stuff like this.
I'unno, it's hard to find facts on stuff like this.
Personally, I've been in the camp that Discord's escape was due to the transfer of ownership of the Elements since September 19th, 2011.
I've always viewed Discord's Escape as a combination of many little bits of chaos and discord building up over a thousand years.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders we're likely not the first people to argue in that garden, so they were just the unlucky ones were the last ones needed.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders we're likely not the first people to argue in that garden, so they were just the unlucky ones were the last ones needed.
Although - NS, while checking I found comic #18 (the closest before that date) and similar are getting infested with spam comments toward the bottom. IDK if you have an easy way to clean them out.
It seems to stop after page 20.
Maybe that will help you.
Maybe that will help you.
The Chaos Mark Crusaders were the best thing about them! I really miss those days, they were legitimately fun!
I'm calling it now: Fluttershy's player starts developing a crush with the second GM who I imagine is playing as discord, and he develops one on her, and it bleeds into how discord gets to stick around instead of being destroyed, and under her watch.
I thought it was the other way around - the CMC were arguing because of Discord's influence leaking out of the statue.
Why can't it be both? It could be entirely possible that Discord was just one little push away from being free. As such, when the field trip came by, he used just a little bit of his power to make the CMC argue, resulting in the fight which he then used the chaos from to break free.
...That is now my headcanon.
...That is now my headcanon.
And so... It needed only a little push... Three little fillies having a fight in front of the statue.
Now... Any story of how the "great evil" broke of his seal or prison because a tiny stupid and obvious thing?
Now... Any story of how the "great evil" broke of his seal or prison because a tiny stupid and obvious thing?
Wait a second. You have Fluttershy admitting she might have been the catalyst to release Discord, but you missed a perfectly good opportunity to call this strip "The Fluttershy Effect"!
Worst. Page. Ever. ZERO STARS! ;-)
Worst. Page. Ever. ZERO STARS! ;-)
Neat.
IIRC, it's more or less the same explanation that the show gave. But as usual, Newbiespud took a bare bones explanation and elaborated on it in detail to make it look more plausible. Kinda like why the Sixth Element is called "Magic" and not "Friendship".