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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:35 am

rudecyrus wrote:At least there's the comics.


That's true, and they're not going anywhere at least.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:39 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:
That's true, and they're not going anywhere at least.


We have both the conclusion of the current arc coming (which has been great so far), and a lot fo nice Freinds Forever matchups. More Zecora and Fluttershy. Luna and Pinkie Pie.

:rainbert: And we better get Rarity in a FF comic with #8.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:45 am

Well then. :-/
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:46 am

The Doctor wrote::rainbert: And we better get Rarity in a FF comic with #8.


:ohrarity: You're tellin' me.

I would have liked to see Rarity/Luna but they already are using her with Pinkie. Rarity/Cadence would be fun too though.
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Postby Kamek (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 4:15 am

My interest in the show is already waning. If EqG pushes realpony toward the end of 2015 I may not even care any more by then.

But like I said in the EqG forum, I want to be mad and :flipout: but I'll wait and see how it affects the realpony show.

And to be honest we've had three and a half solid seasons out of this show. If it does die, it will have been a good run. I would have much preferred it to end with a bang, rather than a whimper as its resources are drained by EqG (if this really is what's going on)

And, as stated before, we do have the comics still :crack:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 5:43 am

They've already said that the EqG team at DHX is independent of the FiM team. I recall Jayson saying something to that effect when they introduced the guy who's directing the shorts (and, apparently, the EqG2 movie). It's not a stretch to think that Equestria Academy is being done by another team entirely.

It's not like there are only X number of people who can make pony shows, and every new one that comes out dilutes the field that much more. There are a lot of animators out there.

This FiM goose is laying golden eggs for Hasbro right now. They'd be idiots to push season 5 of RealPony off to the end of next year. Now, if your assumptions include the proposition that Hasbro is full of idiots, then, well, I can't entirely refute your point- "Battleship: The Movie" got made, after all. But they're not that dumb.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 5:54 am

Huh, well, I'm personally in the camp that Season 5 will air sometime in November so I think I can wait this out.
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 6:55 am



at least there's Gravity Falls, I guess.
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Postby Corpy (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 7:35 am

Well... fucking shit damn ass rage smash burn kill fucking bloody hell ass dammit crap
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 7:46 am

Dal wrote:So the EQGCMC animated series was also confirmed, and seems to be taking FiM's slot later this year. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see new FiM till November of next year.


Fixed that for you :annoyed: :nngh:
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 8:14 am

At this point I'd be surprised if season 5 wasn't 13 episodes long. And at this point I feel like it wouldn't really matter much to me either way, anymore, which is simultaneously disheartening and relieving.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 9:24 am

Aww horse apples :angry:

Now I wont be able to see the Hub duke it out with Disney XD/Channel this fall 2014 if S5 is delayed to 2015

Sure, 'Star Wars Rebels' may will blow 'Equestrian Academy' away into the next planetary system but I wanted to see if :ponydrugs: (FiM)'s Season 5 can stand can hold up against at least 'Star and the Forces of Evil' on ratings


Well maybe at least I can see whether SatFoE or EqA, both new shows, wins the war for fall's ratings

[everyone reading this is confused :psyduck: ]

Uhhhhh..... :awkward:

Other than the petty rivalry going in my mind... I wouldn't be surprised if S5 did air in 2015 or not. Or even if S5 is only 13 episodes like S3 again or not. Now granted, I don't love FiM anymore so I wasn't flippin' burgers or really worried about S5's length or premiere date. I 'will' try EqA and see if they can do something interesting and new with the characters and setting though I'm not keeping any optimistic expectations... Except for how they portray AJ tho
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And as for length... I know I'm a minority but- I quite am satisfied with a 13 episode season :pinkieshrug: I think the limitation compared to 26 eps causes the writers and editor to ensure a higher Quality Assurance for the entire season. Fine, there were duds in S3, with Apple Family Reunion and MMC but compared to S4 what with possibly half of the episodes I did not like at all, at least I like to think a 13 ep limit could reduce that jarring inconsistent quality S4's been getting.

Again, that's just me and I know a handful of people still think S3 is the worst season or S4 has less flaws than I had with it but in any case, I'm somewhat fine with S5's possible length or delay. EqA could be interesting and if not, I still regardless get to watch other shows like SW Rebels, Star and the Forces of Evil, perhaps continue Wander Over Yonder and Gravity Falls (if they air past Summer) until S5 FiM arrives. I think a shorter length can help the Quality Assurance. And maybe a shorter season or delay will allow me to finally continue with my secret project to show the world the truth on what went horribly wrong with something (or someone) in FiM
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 10:04 am

Well, I've got a lot on my plate with University this summer so it'll go by quickly and Disney Channel should start airing S4 around September or October, so that'll keep me occupied until the show airs.

Bring it on. :chillin:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 10:47 am

Y'know, given the things that may happen in S4's finale, maybe that's possibly why S5 might be delayed :smirk:

Maybe we'll see the status quo change in a significant way which means the story writers might need extra time to adapt to future plots.

... Of course maybe there is no change to the status quo and that it's EqA which is the sole reason why S5 may be delayed :-P
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 10:56 am

AppleCobbler44 wrote:Y'know, given the things that may happen in S4's finale, maybe that's possibly why S5 might be delayed :smirk:

Maybe we'll see the status quo change in a significant way which means the story writers might need extra time to adapt to future plots.


That makes no sense as the people writing this season are the same people writing the next. They already know what's going to happen at the end of the season.

It's being delayed to give Equstria Girls space, it's no secret that Hasbro is pushing that toyline and MLP is already pretty secure as far as they are concerned. It's popular and they got enough episodes for reruns, delaying it wouldn't be a problem. On the other hand Equestria Girls only has one movie and no series of its own.

It's why I said that this didn't surpise me.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 11:20 am

Why do people think season 5 will be 13 episodes. I'm telling you guys Hasbro learned their lesson with season 3. All future seasons of FIM & LPS will be 26 eps. If this isn't true may an Ice Cream truck stub my toe! :twiright:

Now EQA could be 13 eps, or 26' or just 4....we shall find out at SDCC


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@all And yes we still have lots of awesome stuff in the comics! And. There's the season 4 guide book coming out next month, and the Daring Doo book set in October!


But man, these seaason finales suck, cause it's where Everpony...er body *sorry, damn you horse puns*. Gets so testy! Pony truly is a double edged sword, but then again so is any addictive media substance I guess. :-D
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 11:23 am

As long as you don't wish to be struck by a flying ice cream truck, you should be OK.

Also, I have no idea where everyone's getting this whole 13 episode thing from. I highly doubt they would do it again...in fact, I'm pretty sure Season 5 will air in November.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 11:36 am

Fear & paranoia make people say Crazy things I guess. :-P


C'mon guys & gals, we survived an 8 month wait. We can survive this! :party:

I mean look at all the other great toons this summer...


Adventure Time season 6
Regular Show Season 5
Amazing World of Gunmball Season 4
Gravity Falls Season 2
Clarence Season 1
The rest of Steven Universe S1

And we got Star Wars:.Rebels in the fall!

Oh and there's always Toonami. Yep plenty o animation to tide us over. :twiright:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 11:43 am

There's a Season 3 and upcoming season 4 of Gumball?! I have got to see this. :awesomedash:

Also, if we made it through the last Ponyless Summer with our sanity (mostly) intact, we can easily get through this.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 11:43 am

ROBOT B9 wrote:Also, I have no idea where everyone's getting this whole 13 episode thing from. I highly doubt they would do it again...in fact, I'm pretty sure Season 5 will air in November.

It's an assumption based on the statement that S5 will begin in 2015. A 26-episode season, even if it began the first Saturday in January, aired with zero breaks would go all the way to the end of June. Such a schedule is highly unusual, and given the precedent set by S3, a 13-episode season is less unusual.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 12:17 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:It's an assumption based on the statement that S5 will begin in 2015. A 26-episode season, even if it began the first Saturday in January, aired with zero breaks would go all the way to the end of June. Such a schedule is highly unusual, and given the precedent set by S3, a 13-episode season is less unusual.



It's still a silly assumption based far too Much in negativity & paranoia if you ask me. :-/


Anywho. Speaking of Season 5. You know what I wanna see, I know it'll never happen but I wanna see it anyway. A chrysalis redemption episode. Now I know what you're thinking, how can a race of love vampires like the changelings be redeemed? Well, what if Pony's openly gave them their love and befriended them, what if they only drain love because no one will willingly give them love or friendship out of fear? Since you know, ponies are super racist and what not.

But yeah redeem the changelings, have Chrysalis build a new hive right next to the Crystal empire and become Cadences Discord/Ice King and just annoy the heck outta her. :gotcha:

:evil: Hey Caddied, what yea doin?

:allright: ...kinda busy right now chrysalis, royal duties and all

:evil: wanna play a game of husband toss? U get shiny pants I'll get cocoon and well see who goes further!

:allright: as fun as throwing my husband off a balcony like a football sounds, no, I'm busy.

:evil: ..... OK

:evil: ....how about now

:allright: no

:evil: now?

:allright: still no

:evil: hey Cadence

:allright: .....

:evil: Horse Butt! :p

:allright: ...... I hate you soo much right now.

And a Cadence/Chrysalis frienemy ep would be fun IMO.
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Postby FlareShard (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 12:21 pm

Do not fret! We can always use the time to stream more terrible horsie games!

:amazing: CRYSTALHORSIETUBE WILL LAST FOREVER! (or at least until either Perry or I snap)
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 12:24 pm

FlareShard wrote:Do not fret! We can always use the time to stream more terrible horsie games!

:amazing: CRYSTALHORSIETUBE WILL LAST FOREVER! (or at least until either Perry or I snap)


:amazing: THE RIDE NEVER ENDS.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:19 pm

Well I expected the hiatus to be 5-6 months, so this isn't really that much of a shock to me, I think we're forgetting that this year is almost half over.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:23 pm

I'm unsure about 13 or 26 episodes. If the EqA unit is separate to the FIM unit, they shouldn't have to split 26 episodes between the two. On the other hand, that's a lot of scripts, and the timing means that they probably wouldn't want to start airing EqA and FIM S5 at nearly the same time. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:27 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Well I expected the hiatus to be 5-6 months, so this isn't really that much of a shock to me, I think we're forgetting that this year is almost half over.


That's true. This time next week, it'll even be the halfway point through May already.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:46 pm

I'm not even mad. I'm just disappointed. Excuse me while I sit here, drink my tea, and shake my head that Equestria Academy is basically everything Friendship is Magic was never supposed to be, and in my opinion never should be.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:50 pm

All we can do is pray that it flops and that whoever thought up of that show winds up renacting the plot of Midnight Cowboy complete with the oral sex scene.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 1:53 pm

Uh... like Wylie said, not a lot is confirmed yet.

EqA could still be a series of web shorts, just like right now with EqG2 prequel. S5 could be starting at the now-regular November time.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:04 pm

Perrydotto wrote:I'm not even mad. I'm just disappointed. Excuse me while I sit here, drink my tea, and shake my head that Equestria Academy is basically everything Friendship is Magic was never supposed to be, and in my opinion never should be.


But then people lose their jobs :sweetiefrown:

... unless they can merge most or some of the people from EqA to FiM. I dunno, I'm sure they'd be able to let someone like Ishi Rudell (director possibly) direct a portion of the FiM eps, split the workload. And if not then perhaps have him be in charge of a FiM Shorts thing
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Yeah, I'm sure that they could create Pony Shorts for the network while the main series plays out or is in the hiatus period. Shorts are different enough that they're done in a new format. New format means new story possibilities. Just look at Gravity Falls, the Mickey Mouse Shorts, Foster's, and more.

Maybe a FiM Shorts can redeem the unforgivably disappointing Friends Forever #1 where they totally dropped the ball when it came to the characters. Applejack and Pinkie Pie were bafflingly underused and yet the comic is supposed to be about TWO friends. How did they manage to screw that up???
:psyduck:

Then again the main team screwed up Pinkie Apple Pie too :angry:

... In any case, I hope EqA is at least different enough in a good way and not go against FiM even more OR the show isn't a dull-fest like EqG1 :ohrarity:
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Postby HuffyTheMagicDragon (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:09 pm

If that Equestria Girls spinoff really does interfere with the real pony, then all I can say is: :flipout:

But on the other hand, I'm just happy to hear that we are indeed getting a Season 5. To be honest, back in the beginning, I never expected this show to get a fourth season, much less a fifth. It's already run much longer than the majority of my other favorite kids' cartoons. So, looking at the bright side here, I'm still pretty happy. :pinkietoot:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:10 pm

Maybe someone can take a trip to Hasbro HQ and burn EQG dolls and merchandise on their lawn in protest. It might change their mind.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:21 pm

Pony on human pony violence solves nothing. Let us not hate.. Only peace & love!!! :flirt:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:32 pm

No. Someone has to stop EQA become a reality by any means possible. The world is too good for this sinful work to come out and it should not exist.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:37 pm

Hey, can we not trash a thing we basically know nothing about and haven't seen yet? I think that's something a purple horse I know wrote a letter about a while back.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:46 pm

I'm so sorry, it's just that this idea makes me so angry, I can't help it...I want to get back at the people who made this for some reason as a crazy revenge fantasy in my head.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:47 pm

Yeah, as much as I find this development groanworthy, I will give it a fair chance. I don't have to like it, but it's definitely not the worst thing to ever happen to humanity. It's just a bit disheartening to me, is all.

Robot B9, please take a step back and calm down, because the way you are thinking about this is seriously unhealthy. At worst, it's going to be a bad TV show. It's not going to harm anything you love.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 2:59 pm

OK...OK...I just lied down for a few minutes and now I'm fine.

It's just when I read something or find out about something that really rubs me the wrong way, I sometimes lose it. I've been trying very hard to keep that under control and I think I've improved with it somewhat.

I am very sorry for my posts earlier and I will try to calm down when things like this come up in the future. :fluttersmith:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:03 pm

We need a collective Brony/Nerd Culutre mental health group online, I think we may be coming close to a boiling point to where a fair number of individuals in the community & just fanbases in general may go completly crazy soon. Mark my words in the coming years many of us may be in a mental ward.

...If so...anybody wanna be my roommate!? :party:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Wed May 07, 2014 3:06 pm

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...If so...anybody wanna be my roommate!? :party:


You better not hog the sheets or else Imma send you catapulting off the bed :squintyjack:

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