ShieldedDiamond wrote:There was book arc, where they referred to Power Ponies, but Daring Do was still fictional. And the Elements were present in that. And there was the Nightmare arc, with Luna transitioning, so it had to be between S1 and S2, but it had to be after S2 because the previous arc was the revenge of Chrysalis one. And it also had a reformed Trixie, so it had to be during S3, but at the same time it wasn't.
So that kind of stuff makes me say it's its own pocket universe.
I can get behind this. Yeah, Andy Price has said straight out that the comics and the show are part of the same canon, but I honestly don't quite believe it(*); the two do a great job of staying out of each other's way, but I find it tough to believe that arcs like Nightmare Rarity or the return of Chrysalis could just
happen and be erased without having the slightest effect on the show's overall plot or how the ponies relate to each other. Even if it's not The Gospel of Price, the pocket universe idea seems more accurate to me.
(*) yes, this is illogical, but you know what I'm getting at
The Doctor wrote:Personally, I think the comics have done a lot of things better, especially Luna and Celestia. The last few seasons of the show, Celestia and Luna aren't characters, they're their jobs. Celestia is the ruler, and Luna watches over dreams. That's the extent of their character. We got a little Luna characterization in "Luna Eclipsed", but that hasn't really had any impact on her future appearances. Certainly we got some nice Celestia characterization in S1/S2, but nothing outside of exposition and getting kidnapped since.
Pretty much agreed-- the comics have done much more to shape Celestia and Cadance than the show ever has. Though I do feel the show has done much more with Luna than you've said. Finding out she watches over dreams was a
huge spot of character development; it's really impacted the way I see her, at least. Especially in For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, where we get hints of this interesting disconnect between the radiant, kind princess that Luna is in the dream world and the sterner, more awkward pony she is in the waking world. Also from that episode, I think it's interesting that even after four seasons "back to normal," Luna is still so bothered by the conflict between her and Celestia that her regret spills out to some random unicorn filly whose dream she's entered.
On a related note, I honestly don't think of show-Luna and comics-Luna as the same pony. Their personalities are so different that I can't even reconcile them. I love them both, and I think they're both growing into very effective characters with a lot of storyline potential in the future. But they're not the
same very effective character.