Re: Offseason General Show Chat
RainbowDoubleDash wrote:
As with all things, it depends upon how it's approached, and your own personal tastes. And also probably how much Highlander you've watched. True True Friends Until the Very End is the best story on the subject matter that I'm aware of and have read (and it actually deliberately subverts the "woe is me" trope).
The subject matter isn't grimdark in and of itself unless the story is, but even then, grimdark is not a synonym for bad*. And, since it's something that the show will never touch upon, that makes it fertile ground for fics to explore - and they're not wrong for doing so.
Having said that, the official line from DHX/Hasbro is that "Twilight Sparkle won't outlive her friends."
You will note, I hope, that that is not the same thing as saying that Twilight isn't immortal.
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*After all, without Warhammer 40,000, which is the accidental creator of the term, we wouldn't have Commissar Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!
I never said grimdark was bad. Grimdark can be used in really awesome ways. Certain incarnations of Batman, Warhammer of course, certain anime, and so on. Grimdark is just another style. That being said, somethings will never really fit a grimdark style, because it's not just that the pieces don't fit, the pieces are from two different puzzles altogether.
My Little Pony couldn't have a grimdark story, because it just won't fit, unless it is meant to be a parody, or satire. (Like the original Ninja Turtles.) It's just not the place for it. Despite that, it seems a lot of people try to force a grimdark theme on their stories, and it just doesn't work.
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ShieldedDiamond
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