Dear Hasbro... I Fixed Your Show!

My Little Pony Make Your Mark Chapter 2 has a lot of problems, and I am here to offer solutions! MLP G5 has a lot of areas with great potential, so let's explore how we can tap into that!
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My Little Pony Make Your Mark Chapter 2 has recently released. I think out of all the MLP G5 characters Sunny Starscout needs the most development.

[@Star_Strike]

If you could, what changes would you make to G5?

[@midnightthesmartfox9981]

Opaline. That’s it Oh, and maybe make Sparky more mature Also, this is just a personal thing, make Sunny a permanent Alicorn. Imagine that. Pegasus power and unicorn power added with the new earth pony plant magic. It’d be amazing

[@jacobpearce3118]

@@midnightthesmartfox9981 not only make him mature but give him a voice to

[@jacobpearce3118]

Have Opaline pretend to be nice to Misty along the way and then much later on after it's revealed that she was only using her, then have her verbally and emotionally abuse Misty. Have Sprout get a bigger role, go through a redemption arc, and to also have him teach the earth ponies to control their magic. Make Sunny more headstrong and determined, have her be the glue that brings her friends together and to also show leadership qualities. Make Opaline more than just a bland villain (and also give her a better design) Have Sparky's dragon magic be able to teleport objects instead of swapping cutie marks and creating random objects (like how Spike's dragon breath was able to teleport Celestia's scrolls) Completely not have G5 tied to G4 and have it be it's own thing(like how it should've been) Give Sparky a speaking voice and an actual personality instead of this annoying little demon baby. Have Sunny's alicorn abilities show up much later into the show rather than just right off the bat like in the movie. (Give it some build up instead of it being rushed and out of the blue) No technology or any references to social media at all(in my opinion that is the worst part of G5 and it just shows how Hasbro is trying so hard to be modern and hip. Especially with Cliptrot)

[@briarlavender1656]

As an aspiring writer, I can confirm that good stories come in time. Months, if not years. They rushed bc of time limits, that's why there are some questionable moments. I think the creator of MYM also wrote storybooks for G4. It's in a way like you said, it has potential but it's those moments that f*** the whole picture. I'm actually ok with Opaline's personality, as we don't know her whereabouts and Sunny's naivety can be used to some degree as a plot device as long as she will learn one day to trust less. but I would focus more on the past/G4, come now reality.

[@dripcat7332]

@@jacobpearce3118 fr

[@yondaime500]

Sunny continuing her father's work is a pretty obvious idea, that I'm surprised wasn't used (yet?). It's what most people thought was going to happen, like the video "What's Next for Sunny Starscout" that Dr. Wolf posted 3 days after the movie came out. Her status is really confusing now. She's "The Alicorn", but she's still doing the same thing she was doing before the movie, and she lives in a fancy house that materialized offscreen somehow, and Make Your Mark sometimes acts like no one in town respects her, just like in the movie ("another one of Sunny's lost causes"? Really?), while Tell Your Tale sometimes acts like she's in charge of literally everything (the Equestria Games? Really?). What's her deal anyway?

[@bethanyemma6488]

sunny's a lot like twilight, taking charge and is kind of the leader of the group. makes sense for sunny to be related to luster dawn (twilight's former pupil when she took over the school of magic, similar to when twilight was celestia's pupil in the early days of g4).

[@ronaldpagar6513]

​@@bethanyemma6488 but why didn't luster dawn and her friends aren't stopped opaline instead of twilight sparkle herself?

[@alliesoapway1076]

I've been waiting for the series to take that route for Sunny since the movie came out, and still am

[@isacriaturapequena]

Sunny is a very good leader but it cant show all of the Twilight vibes that G4 fans loved it. She's having her story forced into the series, that should had been much more interesting since the beginning She cant be simply an alicorn that now have powers and will defeat opaline. Needs have a reason for why she was chosen, just like Twilight had hers. I know that we're not on G4 anymore, and that they cant copy the same stuff, lore and essence from G4, but they need at least, give to the very old fans, a good main character that doesnt sounds less interesting, they need give a future princess or leader alicorn that will soon be the owner of the entire nation

[@isacriaturapequena]

​@@ronaldpagar6513 I've been asking the same. Luster dawn should had came to the G5 story, at least to help, doesnt makes sense all of the twilight's charge simply pass to Sunny

[@LauraBow]

They could write sparky as an extremely rare type of dragon with powerful fire magic he can't control. Different dragon species could have different abilities like ponies do. Spike had the ability to send letters with his fire and I don't think we've seen other dragons do that so sparky could work if they had a plan for it.

[@lucannor6202]

I also think that, despite Sunny being the main character, she's ironically the most bland character out of the mane five. I thought of a brief description to rewrite her character that might also fits into the story: Sunny Starscout is a very empathetic and curious pony. With the help of her father's research, she thrives to help others to recognize the power of friendship, and overall, make the world a better place. However, due to her being so dedicated to her passion and goals in helping others, she often neglect her own needs. She also has a habit of diving in head first before without fully considering or understanding the endeavor in front of her. Nonetheless, Sunny means well, and she's always there to support her friends.

[@Star_Strike]

I love this! I think this small addition would fit well, and make Sunny a far more appealing character with room to grow!

[@lucannor6202]

@@Star_Strike Thanks, I literally came up with it in less than 10 minutes. One decent reason/motive for her to be helping others would be because she wants to continue her father's research; she was inspired by him

[@ashmanideep6253]

Your idea of connecting the movie and the series with a bit of community service by Sprout was genius. It always felt like, movie events were pretty distant in terms of main characters interactions and post movie behaviour.

[@PocketDeerBoy]

I think another thing the show massively lacks is character motivations. We don’t have a Rainbow Dash or Rarity who, left to their own devices, will take steps to further their own career goals. What is Izzy trying to work towards on her days off? What does Sunny do with her time if you leave her alone? Also, does hitch not have his own house? Why is he staying at the brighthouse and not, say, his house?

[@Star_Strike]

Agreed. Long term goals for characters to work towards is an excellent tool for character development. I think Hitch lives in the Sheriff station.

[@CharaViolet]

I do want to point out that in G4, Spike's fire breath had the ability to send messages to-and-fro Celestia, which was never elaborated upon or explained, so Sparky's dragon fire having magical properties in-and-of-itself is not a problem.

[@Hadeshy]

Yeah, but Spike's fire was consistent. Though there might've been a few episodes here and there where you could nitpick about the way it works, it always does the same thing. While Sparky's fire seems to just be plot driven. I get tht it's a baby so it's more chaotic (Because god forbid we have a baby character that doesn't immediately go completely chaotic with it's powers instead of, you know, developing them later) but so far it really felt like it was more there for the scenario more than to be a consistent character ability.

[@Vanillie261]

Spike's ability is just sending letters, and it's consistent throughout the series. Sparky's ability is to do random things for no reason just to progress the plot. So yeah, it's different

[@sk3llyb0nes]

I really like all these ideas, but EXPECALLY the idea with Sprout. I personally really like Sprout and hope he gets a redemption arc eventually within the series

[@jacobpearce3118]

He honestly should. And what I really hope to see from Sprout is him showing bravery and courage because that would definitely be massive character development for him

[@shane5326]

I really think Sprout should be redeemed. He was such a relatable villain and they basically make him the same half-empty coward but with no purpose, friends or a parent that actually talks to him. The episodes where Sprout actually appears and fears the worst in every scenario made me wonder what the heck Phyllis was up to. How did she feel when she heard the news that she and her son now have plant magic? Did she give the mane 5 the "okay" when they remodeled Canterlogic? What did she think of the changes? At least other supporting characters got enough screentime to further develop them and there's still a pretty open canvas with TYT's second season.

[@BuizelCream]

One of my personal problems with MYM so far is that is bloats its episode content by having to feature all of the Mane 5 each and every time (which means the writers must come up with stories for each of them just so they matter, or else be written out from the episode). "Portrait for A Princess" was one of the better episodes for this very reason, that it only uses needed characters selected from the Mane 5. 🤔

[@Star_Strike]

Ooh! Good point! I hadn't noticed that.

[@yondaime500]

This format is similar to Friends, where there's usually two subplots going on at the same time and every character gets involved in at least one of them. But MYM also has Opaline and Misty scheming in the background in addition to that. So it can feel a little unfocused.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

Agree, I also felt they just need to feature those parts more that actually do something and are needed to the plot

[@lordblu4316]

It's not really "each and every time", since you mentioned an episode that doesn't feature the whole cast. "The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over" also took Hitch and Sparky out of events fairly quickly.

[@BuizelCream]

@@lordblu4316 I think it would have been better if Hitch and Sparky did not appear in that episode, and it could have been replaced with better utilization of the screentime. 🤔 Or even better yet, utilize Hitch and Sparky's appearance by actually introducing them to Misty, and create an arc out of it. And that arc can later lead to the same "Misty kidnapping the dragon with Hitch unawares of who took the baby" plotline, which could have created a more intriguing version than the one we got, simply because Hitch and Misty met beforehand. What would kidnapping the dragon mean for Misty after knowing that Hitch is a kind father who's trying to pull things together for the sake of his baby dragon, and his sanity? The answer to this creates more layers about Misty, which will only make her more interesting as a character. 🙂

[@yondaime500]

The locket being tied to Misty's past is an interesting idea. That line from Opaline really came out of nowhere. Another cool idea I saw someone mentioning was to change the ending of the episode where Izzy plays a remixed version of Pipp's song, and instead have Izzy unicycle a new musical instrument, and Pipp gets inspired to make a song from this new sound, tying into the song "All You Need is Your Beat".

[@Veeveebear]

I hate the fact they made twilight her non-tall form considering it makes no sense-

[@longWriter]

@3:11 What I personally want to see is a story arc that sees Sprout getting better and better, realizing that even his own paranoia genuinely can have its place in Equestria if it submits itself to a good end, and the arc ends with him driving a unicycled Sprouticus Maximus to chase a shocked and nonplussed Opaline away from Maretime Bay.

[@dragonpokemonlover237]

They thing I would fix in the sleepover episode is Izzy. During the entire episode Izzy rushes through a lot of Unicorn 🦄 traditions with Misty barely giving anyone a chance to enjoy the activities. Here is the part I’d fix: When Misty suddenly leaves the sleepover, you could have Izzy admit to to the rest of her friends that she’d never actually had a sleepover before, and she was hoping Misty could be the first unicorn friend she could share those tractions with. It’s mentioned in the movie, that Izzy didn’t fit in with other unicorns in bridle wood. What if the only reason Izzy knows about the sleepover traditions is through listening to other ponies talk about them.

[@Star_Strike]

I love this idea SO much!

[@venti726]

I almost forgot, Izzy said that In the movie.

[@Tennouseijin]

It's both mentioned e.g. when she said she never had an opportunity to show the folding tea table to anyone else, and also on her mirror she had a "Happy birthday to me" card. It's clear that her personality and behavior evolved sort of as a coping mechanism for loneliness.

[@TheSuspiciousJim]

The episode where the lamp was stolen had a problem where at the end, they didn't question why the lamp was buried in the garden in the first place, only that it was missing. Once they found out Pipp had it, they didn't ponder why she found the lamp buried, instead acting like she was the one who took it from the house. This is an oversight that I hoped Zipp would notice, considering her character and profession, but she didn't, somehow.

[@Thewolfartist24]

I think we need a few things: first, we need Lauren Faust back. She has a vision and a passion for my little pony. Second, introducing some kind of alicorn civilization could be interesting. Note that in the journal of the two sisters, it mentions other alicorns. It could also explain how alicorns work and wheather their is such thing as natural and artificial alicorns. Thirdly, we need a better villain than Oppaline. We need to up the stakes. Fourthly, I think they should change or improve the animation. Also I want to see what has become of Canterlot, the tree of harmony, the crystal empire, and Twilight's castle. Also maybe ponyvile.

[@sonicxmlp8397]

My problem with the sleepover episode is that it doesn't tell us when or where did Sunny learn about the story she told, she and her friends never knew about the crystals until the journey they had in movie, if she knew this story, then she should've known that there are three unity crystals in the movie all along which clearly she doesn't until the end. The only way for this to make sense is if the comics were canon.

[@therealdadada]

I totally agree with all of your ideas. The show is just going all over the place. The only thing I like about it is the Portrait Day song. And the fact that every pony appears with a cutie mark even before the magic comes back is just weird. It's so funny to see every character argue with each other about who took the magic. I mean, the creator acts like nothing even happened, and when Misty just appears in the show without the cutie mark, it just makes everything even more weird.

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

I got the headcanon that because magic just got reintroduced, it's also chaotic as it tries to find its place. Sparkies random magic might just be a form of Chaotic fire. Remember, pegasi fly through magic, so wouldn't it be the same? This could go into a history point where the lack of magic cause the extinction of more magical creatures, like dragons or Kirin. That, or more bits of magic are just... out of place. I mean, you're literally throwing the entirety of magic... into 3 crystals. there's bound to be a few bugs.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

That’s… actually not bad of a idea. Could be great if that could be the case

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

@@sleipnirthe8th339 I mean think about it. Flying is a basic use of magic, while dragon fire kinda isn't. It can also be used to transport scrolls. And without their fire breath dragons would have to adapt. I just say unicorn magic is limited to telekinesis since those spells have to be learned. Plus the lack of magic mean all those creatures like bugbear and Griffins would go away since magic is what keeps the two entities together. Eventually turning them into regular lions and eagles.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

@@darkmatter-mc5iv would it tho? You need to think about that dragons are literally hybrids of all kinds of animals in various cultures. I wouldnt personally think they could depart themselves. Still, would be great to see some mythical animals again. But Imagine this… what if the mythical hybrid creatures did depart themselves, including the dragons. But when magic came back, mythical creatures slowly start to appear again. Wich explains Sparkys sudden appearance. Something like a return of the crystal empire sort of way

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

@@sleipnirthe8th339 I can believe that. But what I mean is the magic inside them is gone. Twilight was able to separate the animals that made what... The bugbear? By removing the magic inherent in it. That's why I said they probably don't exist since we see that the magic was taken from the ponies.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

@@darkmatter-mc5iv ye, could kinda work. But do you also mean that magic is returning again to all the remaining creatures known to be once magical? would be great to see if their might be any returns of old or new mythical creatures, am not asking for any horned this or winged that, accept if it’s intentionally mythical or if it’s somewhat inventive. I done a video recently about this topic about mythology,

[@ConscriptReporting]

I think the main problem of G5 is that they are trying a bit too hard on connecting G5 to G4, to the point they made more and more questions with little answers given. I think that they should focus on G5 first then introduce G4, like you said, even Sunny doesnt have much personality and I think the only pony whose personality is already shown is Zipp. Yeah, let the sudden appearances of G4 be a surprise and let G5 grow a bit first, then think of something to maybe connect or possibly even bring G4 and G5 together

[@elusivenarwhal1996]

That's why it should have been a separate universe from G4

[@Hadeshy]

I love your idea of giving a point to Sprout character. He was so important in the movie, and now he's a mere cameo. Thus said, my grip with the sleep over episode is different. I'm more upset at how Pipp messed up her sister's investigation RIGHT AFTER she told her not to do so, and Zip didn't even get mad, just because "Oh, you were so happy, your cuty mark was shinning" Bruh. Also, things need to be more consistant. How does Earth Pony magic works now? How does Crappy, I mean, Sparky fire work? How does the cutie mark work???? THIS is the biggest offense. Earth Pony magic is new. Sparky is a new character. BUT CUTIE MARKS? Nothing so far indicated that they're supposed to work differently, but for some reason, they're totally different. They glow up when they're doing someting related with their talent? They amplify sound? Ponies themselves don't seem to understand their cutie mark, so I guess their magic "amplified", but then, does that mean that cuties mark magic is linked to the crystals magic? Then, how did any pony got a cutie mark to begin with during the long period they went without magic? Seeing as there's this whole "Misty want a cutie mark" thing, I guess they will touch on some of those questions, but I'm seriously hoping it'll make more sense than what we got so far.

[@willowgessner7629]

Expanding on the cutie mark plot you mentioned, what if Misty observing Hitch and Sunny get along better with her potion's experience ends up giving Misty her cutie mark? Then in the next episode Misty could try to hide her cutie mark, but Opaline sees it eventually and gets extremely upset?

[@Star_Strike]

Love this idea! Great potential for an episode!

[@AstralArbourSys]

It seems to be implied that Opaline somehow used magic to stop Misty from getting a cutie mark (which is of course a whole other issue)

[@katherineb.8955]

How did they even get cutie marks if the world didn't have magic in it...

[@1805movie]

**Throws the Baby Dragon into a volcano** Star Strike: "And nothing of value was lost."

[@SmudgyBear]

I really hope it hasbro see this video and improve chapter 3

[@The_Algounquin_Team_Dub]

Want a prediction? They will NOT.

[@Aelvir114]

Improve Chapter 3. With that dreadful episode structure chapter 3 was just a 40min special lol

[@cheeseonthebay]

someone get this man on the mlp story team

[@jacobpearce3118]

These points are really good and had me thinking the same thing as well when watching. And I especially agree on you saying that G5 has potential for story telling but it's always either not explored or missed. But however what I honestly think they should change is just Sparky in a whole. They honestly need to give him a voice and an actual personality to. (And also make him a punching bag like Spike. Because that'd be funny)

[@PokemonkaDub]

More of Sprout - YES! I need an episode where his relationship with Hitch is adressed. Because he is Luna to Hitch's Celestia. Sprout only wants validation. That was his main thing, all the time, he diesn't actually believes in himself it's a front (just look how anxious he is the second ponies did not accept him as a replacement sherriff). And it could be a good theme of having a bad influence on somepony, without actually diung something bad (Hitch on Sprout) out of ignorance. Him beeing the one pony naturally gifted with control over magic could be super cool, and I think that he'd jump to the teaching position with no convincing needed as beeing looked up to sounds like a dream come true to him. But what if, his axiety, fear of magic (that he still kinda has, magic getting out of control ON HIS WATCH, oh man, instant panic) and lack of will to admit failure (again? Why do I fail at everything, noone needs to know) and the feeling that nopony actually trusts or listens to him (which doesnt need to be true, might be in his own head) could be so cool to explore in the episode. Him trying to cover up the messups of his students to not be "a bad teacher" could create a fun chaos as a climax of the episode. And of course the message of trusting yourself and others and taking resposibility not only for things that you do wrong but also right. And how about Sunny deciding to become his co-teacher? She kinda gets magicv and emotions that are linked to it, and she could help make ponies listen and would give her something more to do than just "i WaNt A gArDeN". And just imagine if Hitch sighned up for the lessons. Oh that could be so wholesome, a begining of reconciliation between childhood friends... but nah, Sprout is just a funny ha-ha loser in the background. No need to remember him.

[@Star_Strike]

I love this idea for Sprout! I think this would have been an amazing way to give him a meaningful role in the story!

[@PokemonkaDub]

@@Star_Strike The class could even built that stupid garden! As a big graduation-like project. Imagine Sprout trying to work with Izzy on the artistic side of the thing as a B plot of one episode. Her chaotic energy and his "I have no idea what's going on right now" could make for some great comedy and another lesson of accepting different cultures and personality types. And Misty hiding the lantern on the construction side of the garden? Come on! We could have an actuall "murder mistery" kinda episode where entire class are the suspects. Aaaaa so much potential! Hasbro hire us. xD

[@FairyGirlMagic]

I think the problem with Sunny is, that she needs to find an aim in her life now. We learnt a lot about Sunny in the Movie. Her biggest Dream was allways, to convince the Ponies, that pegasi and unicorns aren't a thread and can be friends. She riched that goal, so now, she need to find a new passion in her life and I think helping - because she is an allicorn - is something she tries for herself.

[@elinasakura]

You know, this could have actually been an arc in the show or the season she could have had. She had focused so much getting the other pony tribes to get along that she probably didn’t put focus on her other interests and hobbies and goals. It would be a good lesson for children (and even adults) about the period of being aimless and finding other goals and stuff to do in your life, especially for yourself. She can still do things like discovering herself as an alicorn, and the uncovering of history of Equestria for the new generation like Star Strike suggested.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

I'm really hoping we see more to Opaline before long, because right now she is an absolute joke of a villain. And ouir main characters don't exactly look competent by comparison when they can't seem to solve simple tasks without getting in each others' way. I'm also not exactly thrilled with keeping the setting restricted to Maretime Bay. I'm really hoping we can explore Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood.

[@FireDawn13]

Im gonna cry ToT These ideas are so genius like please hasbro.. they really need to step up their game if they want this show to work, and I think if they hired you it would go way smoother

[@Star_Strike]

Haha! I would love it if they hired me, but I would torment everyone in the studio, so maybe it's best if they don't 😜

[@mohammedal-mustafamirghani5010]

This show seems to be suffering from executive meddling and strict deadlines, so the problem isn't MOSTLY whether the ideas are good or not, it's a matter of context & execution. I am not justifying the bad decisions this series have made, I am just trying to be realistic and put myself at their shoe. Nevertheless, let's be optimistic and hope for improvement, it's just like star strike said G5 has potential and I hope it realises it.

[@evilparadigm]

Wait wait wait. You're telling me Sunny HASN"T continued her father's research to learn and teach what really happened?!! I may not even watch the series for this.

[@Star_Strike]

Yeah, I've seen a lot of people saying that this was the logical next step for her and were confused as to why this hasn't happened. 😕

[@currentlydead303]

The magic wasn't amplifying the pony's sounds, it was amplifying sparky's sound so they could find him. Which is how they heard him singing from the brighthouse. Which is honestly even worse

[@jacobjcb8883]

3:23 Sprout's red and very boastful Does those two attributes sound familiar to anyone? (Looking at you Thomas fans)

[@prehistoricnani]

yeeeaah.... Hasbro should definitely hire you

[@Star_Strike]

I would accept that job in a heartbeat!... And then I would immediately be fired for annoying everyone in the studio. 😶

[@WildonVantrix]

@@Star_Strike ouch 🤕 Yeah, Hasbro or something has pushed Transformers “Cliff Jumper” off cliffs to a death too many times to not feel “suspicious”!… Are they really that desperate to bury the legacy of the Original voice actor that quit & not let us know why!!!… I can’t ignore this behavior!!!🤬

[@franczfranca4264]

I can't believe you did that to hitches baby dragon and you'll make him pay. LoL😂

[@bethanyemma6488]

also, sunny bursting into an alicorn when she helps the community is similar to when the EG characters 'ponied up' when they did soemthing related to their pony element of harmony.

[@nullius_ov]

I'm currently slowly working on my own review script for Make Your Mark. I also am trying to learn a new editing software. I gotta say, I have a new respect for movie and show reviewers now because I realize how much work goes into this sort of thing. Hopefully my review will be out before Christmas. Love your vids Strike! And thanks for being more positive in this episode.

[@Star_Strike]

I hope your video does well! Always happy to hear that there are new content creators are popping up!

[@hyperdreamer9483]

Actually in G4 there is a bit of a connection between Cutie Mark Magic and Singing. With a character named Rae-Rae AJ’s famous childhood friend, it was explained by AJ that when Rae-Rae truly put her heart into a song he cutie-mark started shining. Now it’s not exactly amplifying sound but it does show some kind of connection there.

[@lordblu4316]

Misty hid the lantern because she loudly tripped over a shovel. This caused her to panic and try to hide the lantern rather than risk being caught with it.

[@moalzaben5554]

The thing that I don’t get is that how in the hell is opaline an allicorn, I mean was she born an allicorn or did she gain the ability to become one? Yeah she doesn’t make sense in general at all. This is why I love g4 because the way they introduce villains and flesh out them out easily. Like season 2 finale, when Cadance was acting up all shady and evil, clearly that’s not the real Cadance until she reveals herself as Chrysalis and the rest of her changeling hive coming to invade canterlot on the pretense of feeding of off everybody’s love so they can survive. Now that’s what I’d call a good villain with a good plan, clear objective, and being downright manipulative and brutal, short and to the point. It also became better when Cozy glow, Tirek and Chrysalis joined forces to become the mean 3. Oh also starlight’s backstory of why she became a villain then reformed, now that’s amazing story writing! 😎 My point is that G5 is just very confusing while Mlp: fim or G4 was just downright amazing, lovable, emotional and also short and to the point

[@fastercreations7290]

Plot twist, Opaline is actually Flurry Heart XDD! Sorry, u said “born an alicorn” and that’s where my mind went. Anyways, u r 100% right. I honestly don’t understand how hard it is to just put a little more effort into developing good villains and plot. The creators of Gen 4 didn’t seem to have much problem w/ that at all. It’s crazy how changing a little bit in the production crew can turn a franchise from spectacular to just… a mediocre kid’s show.

[@moalzaben5554]

@@fastercreations7290 agreed! And thank god they didn’t go with flurry heart, if they did make her a villain I would’ve had two heart attacks (may god forbid)

[@5thdimensionoptiks963]

100 percent agree on the Museum idea, it's just a garden literally ties into the ability of the Earth Ponies, Earth Ponies being the primary residents of Maretime Bay, and Sunny being an Earth Pony herself, I think we'll see Sunny use more of her Earth Pony magic through out the series, but that is a side note, I could see entire plots surrounding the museum, Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns getting into disagreements about the history... it just makes more sense that ponies would be interested in honing their abilities that DIRECTLY effect them, than diving into research they don't care that much about, as you can probably tell from Ali Conned, a very flawed episode in every sense of the word, you can see that ponies aren't all that grateful toward Sunny restoring harmony, uniting all ponies, and ultimately giving them magic, these ponies just don't listen to her, or care about the things she cares about, so getting everypony into lore/history especially when all 3 races already have such ingrained perspectives, I mean the original Make Your Mark special really shows you that they are just now learning to tolerate each other, there's a matter of "what makes Earth Ponies in charge of the history, why not a museum in Bridlewood, or Zephyr Heights? Earth Ponies with earth pony magic being in charge of a garden makes sense in Maretime Bay.. Sunny I feel will be more fleshed out with the conflict leading to Opalines defeat, so much that there will need to be emphasis on her alicorn powers and why it is her that has them... I feel like they should have balanced this out better myself, but I think there solution was to pass the spotlight around and put emphasis on these characters that will ultimately have to step aside in the future for Sunny, side note : Aliconned there is NO WAY Sunny is that impressionable that she would go against her own instincts and listen to a magic mirror that acts nothing like her, 2 Sparky setting up all those elaborate traps for Misty was pretty ridiculous as well, I agree on Sparky BIG TIME but it looks to me like he's a plot crutch more than anything, he doesn't bring substance just wacky plotline potential with his magic that might literally be able to do anything... But nah your insights and ideas are good, these characters are great, they are in a mutable setting, the writing is just questionable

[@mintypuffproductions369]

Yes, I too would throw Sparky in a volcano. I would.... I miss Spike....... ☹

[@VinnyMartello]

I like the history museum idea.

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

1. You forgot Dragons swim in lava (maybe he drowns IDK LOL) 2. You forgot you had wings with Hitch chasing you. LOL

[@neverneptune716]

You know about the pony cutie mark mix up episode, the cowboy hat that hitch was wearing, after applejack had it she probably gave it to her children her children gave it to their children, and repeating all that, maybe it was hitchs turn to get the cowboy hat?

[@depressoCatt0]

One thing I've noticed is how much Pipp gets hurt or something unfortunate happens to her in each episode. It's almost to the point where I sense a running gag is happening but I don't see many others noticing it. She was definitely my least favorite character but seeing how much slapstick humor is thrown at her has made me conditioned to expect to laugh when she's on screen. Also, her freezeframes are definitely the best of any pony, especially while she's singing, Pipp is just so goofy...

[@butterfly-nx7dv]

I think the sad part is that this easily COULD have been just as great as G4, but the potential was left untapped. You had the characters, you had the setup, you even had a mystery to get into (what really happened all those years ago with Twilight that changed Equestria.) It’s like having a gold mine and only scratching the walls. I also think Sparky could have been a great inclusion with some different writing and even a catalyst for more of Sunny’s museum and Pip’s detective work. Dragons have been believed to be extinct for years, right? So we could have an episode where while Hitch and the others have a hilariously chaotic time trying to figure out how to take care of a baby dragon, Pip and Sunny go through as much research as possible to find out what happened to the dragons. (Maybe Misty overhears them while spying and reports to Opaline without actually seeing Sparky yet, so she doesn’t know he’s only a baby until she’s actually sent to steal him?) In the process more is uncovered about someone who did something to all the dragons, hinting at Opaline but leaving Pip and Sunny unsure if this is the same threat Twilight was talking about. Just my thoughts.

[@ma.jbrony1754]

I loved your ending segment 😂 That's what I call creative!

[@JoeEnglandShow]

The way that they assassinated Twilight's legacy.... Gah. It's the Star Wars sequels all over again. Different canon, I say!

[@renamon5658]

I hope chapter 3 and upcoming special will take pointers with this video

[@th3_jelly_one114]

When You Realize That The "Portrait Day" Song Is A Verse Longer On KZbin

[@thebestbud]

6:18 Honestly, I kind of wish they made Sparky a chaos type creature (Similar to discord) rather then a dragon. Firstly, it would have given him a much more likeable design, and secondly it adds a lot less restrictions to the character and doesn't completely throw out the logic of an already rounded species.

[@hectoralejandrovazquezcout2757]

In addition, Sparky Misty and Opaline have more participation both in the Tell Your Story series and in the Leave Your Mark series the same in mlp g5 video games and mlp g5 comics

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

Just now thought about something. The part where opaline revealed that she saved Misty. I feel like these are one of the things that don’t have to be revealed this early. At least like, it could be revealed in a later episode or just revealed later in the first one. Dunno, just something I thought about

[@Star_Strike]

I somewhat agree and think that the more specific details as to why she serves Opaline could be saved for later episodes, but there still needs to be at least some reason given in the beginning of the series. Otherwise we don't understand why she doesn't just leave Opaline. So I'm glad we got a reason, but it feels too vague, doesn't feel believable without a few more personal details and the delivery was very forced.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

@@Star_Strike I was thinking like, opaline could at least ACT as if she cares for Misty. That would give Misty more a reason to stay with her and even help her. Not only would that make Misty a better more understandable character. But also make opaline more interesting as well, either if she manipulates Misty by acting she cares for her, or does actually care for Misty, or she slowly cares for Misty over time. Either of these kinds of a relationships could of easily givin us a better and more interesting story possibility. So I’m surprised they gave us the most lazy route, by just making everything too obvious and such. This could of been easily fixed

[@TheAnonymouse558]

Wait... aren't dragons supposed to be immune to fire? *Sparky Sparkeroni resurfaces as a Godzilla-like monster* GAAAAH!

[@moogleydoot]

These are such great changes! also that ending lol. They could fix sparky so easily but his mere existence makes me violent. only reason i like him is because he allows us to see more of hitch's character.

[@midnightthesmartfox9981]

If I had to change one episode It would be the fourth episode Mainly the ending because while it’s sweet Sunny’s friends care for her, what about the rest of Maretime Bay? If I was writing it I would have her confront the town about how awful they were towards her and how they only care about her when she’s an Alicorn

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

I hate to remind you but Unicorns can autotune with their horns. Remember Ra Ra? Yeah, unfortunately sound manipulation through magic is well established. That's before Doc Strange and Doc Stange-er fought with actual musical notes as projectiles with magic.

[@genehen6495]

The single worst, dumbest thing G5 does is try to tie into G4. There are character issues and writing issues, yes - but if I could just change one thing for the entire concept, it'd be to just... make it a different world. In this world of... uh... 'Horsetopia'... there are 3 types of ponies and they don't get along. But maybe once they did, as Sunny's archeologist dad is researching. If that WAS the plot everyone would be making theories and stuff to try and prove its actually a "future equestrian" - but at least then it would be fun instead of insulting. The kids watching are new fans. The adult fans don't want half-baked and poorly written G4 fanfiction, where we ignore all the new stuff for pathetically tiny SNIFF's of Twilight Sparkle. These changes are good too tho ;)

[@ramlydelawder7614]

Thank you for killing that thing 10:36

[@IllusionMaster17]

Personally I didn't have that much problems with Make Your Mark Chapter 2 because I honetly loved the episodes and the plots they present. But I actually understand and see the problems in it. I guess, now that Tell Your Tale has already touched episodes focused one or two characters and certain things from past Equestris, MYM has more time to explore other aspects of the show. From all the episodes, Portrait of a Princess is the best one because it has that main focus on Pipp and Zipp so well that helps a lot into their development, even more that in TYT, and I feel Sunny, Hitch and Izzy also need that development of their own character. And that also was kinda my problems with the first special, that Zipp looked like had most protagonism than Sunny, being an special rather than an 22-minutes episode. About Sparky, I actually like him. He is just a baby so of courde he can do baby shenanigans, but I hope they don't stick too much on rely on him for the toilet humor. And about the G4, I feel like every time it's mentioned the past of Equestria, the magic and the ponykind at all, there is this unspoken feeling that we are expecting G4 quality things in G5, rather than a connection. I know they will address the events between G4 and G5 some time, and they know it has to be done with detail, bit by bit, so it makes sense. Great video! It's still the beginning of G5 so of course we might expect more that we have, let's have some faith that G5 will be as great as we can expect.

[@ClearHeartAppleMLP]

if the current g5 comic fom idw was made definitive cannon it would add a heck of a lot more to it. The scene of sunny finally in the abandoned ruins of canterlot alone , showed the side of her that wanted to carry on her dad's work.

[@princessstar512]

While I love g5 personally, I do think that your episode ideas actually aren’t bad. I especially liked the one about Sprout because he desperately needs a proper redemption arc and you had the perfect idea for that. You might not want to get rid of Sparky though, or you’ll have to answer to insane Hitch. XD

[@Lia_E9]

The last episode: WY THEY DOES NOT SEE THE MISTI ?

[@broadside1713]

(Sparky comes out of the lava and starts swimming around giggling obnoxiously) "Oh right, DRAGON..." Another frustrating detail about "Hoof Done It?": Izzy tells Zipp that she left the lantern in the Brighthouse when she was done with it the previous night, and Pipp later tells her that she found the lantern outside the Brighthouse in the morning, and then Zipp just clears Misty as a suspect despite her STILL having no explanation as to how it was left outside IN A HALF BURIED BAG NEXT TO A SHOVEL in the first place.

[@danielrhouck]

7:53 Zipp doesnʼt even need to *catch* Misty; Misty just needs slightly more reason to think she *will* so tries to avoid that. Honestly this is how I remembered the episode until you mentioned this and I watched it again, because that is so *obviously* the right way to do it. I have to wonder if that was the original plan but somewhere along the way either they cut out a part, or the script got shortened, or the animators just did a bad job of showing this.

[@AnimalCrossingAndDragonPuppets]

A fantastic idea for the amulet would have been: It was Misty's childhood item that Opaline found and made it EVIL! Another theory, Notice how much Ruby Jubilee looks like Misty, Are they sisters?! Maybe their parents were a pegasus and unicorn and they lived in a forest in secret. They we running low on food so the parents left to find some, The parents we gone for hours! Misty (The younger sibling) travelled out to find them, But her parents had the only map. Lost and cold, she took shelter in Opaline's Dark Castle, Where she was imprisoned. Mean while, Ruby went to Zephyr Heights to find her family. They where nowhere to be found, she wouldn't dare enter Bridlewood. he gave up her search for her family and became a songwriter later! Just a theory!

[@KadeoAVvalentine]

NOT a bad theory!

[@DefineObsessed]

I think only pipps cutie mark should amplify the sound considering thats basically her entire point in the show.

[@clover_animate]

Just to add this to the comments, if anyone has told you this Star Strike, the song “Portrait day” actually is a verse longer on spotify! But, i think they cut it to be shorter in the series for animation purposes? The verse taken out of the episode is actually so fun! Just wanted to comment this if you did not know! Much love!

[@parisphillips4217]

I Absolutely love your Idea of a Actual history museum . for the ponies to learn more about the Past. And your Right! If It was a possibility, we could’ve learned about Sunny’s father a lot more. And I Would’ve loved that!!

[@briarlavender1656]

The dragon fire thing exists only so that dragon wouldn't be only a dang character meant only for merch, like "We gave him a reason to exist!" Ay ay ay, I have some ideas that can fix the show too, but Hasbro needs to hire me first lol

[@sorbetshark526]

I would really recommend them to make a bunch of villains to challenge the g5 like the gen4 did, and be more adventurer not just repeated scene where opheline order her clumsy servant to do something and failing, its just getting boring. Buts its just my opinion tho

[@WildonVantrix]

I agree. Their is no way Equestria has an mouth-full of creatures filled with vengeance against pony kind!!! ( quote from the game “Freedom Planet 2”… “What is punishment enough for conspiracy to silence an entire race?!”… So just how bad is this in “MLP G5 Equestia”?!!! Sunny & the main 5 are the 2nd known “Hearts-Warming” bringers of pony unity & peace. But what about the rest of Equestria!??? Are they that naive??? Opaline cold have more thugs than just Misty. Or new ones to keep Misty in check and/or replace her!!! I would love to see Misty finally snap mid-scheme, then immediately blackmailed to return to Misty because they can & will hurt one of the “main 5”, held at hostage if she does not!… 😈 Tcha ha haha! The perfect plot-test & challenge!!! … If they really care for their captured friend & Mist, then they all could bargain themselves over with Opaline for both Misty & the hostage, in exchange for answers, or something really big!!!😇😈🤯 (wink😉)

[@sorbetshark526]

@@WildonVantrix i agree with you, my theory is that misty is the 6 member of g5

[@VioletNKisHere]

If I could change anything about all of G5, here’s what I might do -I saw someone mention how they wish the technology and magic were used together in creative ways, like a kind controlling app was one they gave, that sounds really cool. - change Pipp into a different musician, like maybe a jazz, classic or hawllian sounding. In contrast to Zipp, she wants to be the queen or get attention, but doesn’t from her mother or sister, so she turns to social media. -No one in the main cast but Pipp is popular on soical media, because it takes years to get big. -Make Zipp’s phone she records notes a notebook or a old fashioned camera. Seems more fitting, -possibly set the technology level in a time in the mid to late 20th century. -Possibly leave it on a cliffhanger with Sparky being stolen. -add the classic “my little pony” to theme song. I could think of more, but this what I got now.

[@Star_Strike]

Love these ideas!

[@Hadeshy]

I mean, yeah, it takes time to be popular on social media, but they litteraly bring back magic and reunited every pony kind, that must help a lot their follower number xD

[@VioletNKisHere]

@@Hadeshy You saw how they reacted to Sunny. Most ponies might even literally just fake getting along. Plus, Only Twilight seemed to get special treatment. Plus, I feel like even if it were more realistic in real life , that is a worth making because to the audience, it is. Through really, they should just bring them down to the 40s-70s level technology. I hate the technology part, it’s so simplified and will age badly unless they be more creative and I want to avoid it, technology like this makes me feel bad about going on it for some reason.

[@Hadeshy]

@@VioletNKisHere For the point about how they reacted to Sunny, G4 used to have the same issue. On some episode they would treat the mane 6 like nonodies and be complete ass*oles to them, on other they would behave like they were the biggest celebrities ever. So them treating Sunny badly doesn't mean it doesn't make sense for them to be popular on social media for who they are. Thus said, while I don't hate the whole technology part, I do agree that it will age poorly. They try to make it more relevant and attractive to young audience, but all it means is that, while G4 is ageless, G5 will quickly get old in it's references to technologies. Hell. It might get outdated while still airing.

[@Ravens_Claws_]

If anyone wants to know a better and different concept for G5, I HIGHLY recommend you guys check out Rainbott’s video on their concept titled Echoes of Unity! It’s super interesting and makes Twilight and Opaline’s relationship and why exactly the magic got separated in the first place

[@somerandomdude7785]

Or how about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmKaZ3qcjsiHiKM

[@dragonwing4449]

They just have to make a new gen 6 with u as their director 😂

[@Star_Strike]

I would accept that job in a heartbeat!

[@cyclesproductions]

10:20 that face... Lmao.

[@vocaloidotaku8125]

I'm actually hoping mlp g5 covers more serious topics like mental health,disability,and i kind wish instead of sparky being a baby dragon who came from an egg hes sort of a helluva boss loona of the group were he is more teenaged and older and is mature yet spunky and saracstic and he stumbles into maritime bay

[@bribri2925]

It’s really sad that the fans can write a better episode than the writers who I honestly feel don’t know what they’re doing. Feels like they just had a crash course in mlp and now they have to meet deadlines for a paycheck. There’s no love, no plot twists we can’t see coming, it’s too straightforward…and juvenile and I can tell the budget when mostly to animation (shoulda stuck to 2D and spent more on some writes who actually were fans of the show). Whelp, Fanfiction writers, you’re UP! *Thats your cue* (We should make a petition or something bc MYM really DOES have a lot of potential and the characters are cute, but they’re butchering it!😭)

[@KadeoAVvalentine]

I would say' the ANTAGONIST may not have been officially Opaline because. My mind, my brain, my vision tells me she is not an evil being or someone who wants chaos, just some heartbroken disrespected allicorn who also wants friends, friendship and their own rights.. Edit: also even would want a chance to embrace herself and finally gain Confidence. And even have a chance to shine & actually show she is worth being respected..

[@themysteryofpretty9421]

I feel sparkys design is adorable and cute but his actual powers just make me wanna 😐💀

[@bartoszraczkowski3984]

Fun fact sunny has sunset voice in polish dub

[@catshal1067]

There’s a few things I want to point out. 1. A volcano dude? Really isn’t that a little bit to extreme? 2. You know Dragons are fire/lava proof right? Well at least in this series.

[@Star_Strike]

You can never be too extreme! I thought about the fireproof thing while writing the script, but still really wanted to include a volcano. We'll just say the fall and explosion killed him.

[@catshal1067]

@@Star_Strike but an explosion is still technically caused by smoke which is made of fire.

[@m488thunderbird3]

@@Star_Strike Sparky is Ultimate being if surviving a volcano like Kars. (The Cars)

[@raresr4092]

Your ideas do make sense to fix some of the things in the movie.

[@geckoaid9448]

The fact that a filly was more successful with her devious plots than a true adult Alicorn makes me laugh.

[@epikitee2186]

i think the biggest issue i have with these changes is the episode 5 change. even if opaline could change ponies' cutie marks, misty is under the impression that the only way for opaline to change ponies' cutie marks (read: misty's cutie mark, or lack thereof) is for her to get her full magic back, and it's a big part of what lets opaline control misty so easily. misty would not be allowed to know about that.

[@bluesun5247]

Hey, Hey Star Strike... Uh you kind of forgot dragons can swim in lava...

[@Star_Strike]

Yeeeaaah, I thought about that while writing the script, but decided to do it anyway because I thought it would be funny. We can just say the fall and explosion killed him. 😁

[@alyssamontgomery2978]

7:03 I helps to imagine this is the mlp Comic world & not the show. At least it's how I tolerate G5.

[@djkittyartzetr]

perhaps maybe it'll be more helpful if Sunny just wants to maybe WANTS to try and inspire others, help others learn about friendship. Similar to Twilight and the school of friendship. Or maybe she wants to tell other ponies that the history of equestria , perhaps she would want ponies to love eachother. In my opinion i wouldn't mind about her not having a "specific" goal. But "helping" isn't all that specific. Is there any feeling she'd actually going for. Because "helping" , what if it's help Opaline, or smth. It would've been better if she gave the feeling she wanted to share.

[@sweetdreams1028]

This is how I would do G5, at least the beginning. Have it start at literally the end of the G5 film, where Sunny's all happy and in her new Alicorn form. But outta nowhere it disappears. Leaving Sunny not sure if she'll ever be an Alicorn again. They then rest up in Maretime Bay. The next day, Sunny and the rest have a picnic together before Zipp and Pipp head to Zepher Heights to get back into being Royals after their lies, as well as Izzy heading back to Bridlewood for a bit considering she has her place there. They all walk in a forest together after and before their earns, but soon stumble upon the remains of Canterlot. Sunny finds Princess Twilight's notes and findings of ancient Equestria and takes them back to her home with Hitch to start studying it. And Hitch could start settling some issues between Phyllis and Sprout for their past mistakes. And there can still be some conflict between the tribes but not as shoved in over and over as it has been in our faces post A New Generation. And maybe our first villain could be a non pony creature as a step stone into bringing back the other creatures as well as Sunny continuing to find out who else is out there that they can perhaps befriend. And I feel like magic as you said should stay consistent to the magic in G4, as well as ponies actually needing to study magic. Plus, No SpArKy Overall, that's how I would do G5's start after the film.

[@mitchellbrothersproductions]

That's Awesome!

[@voriaeveningflame]

This is amazing XD I'd totally throw Sparky into a volcano. Though... He is a dragon, so... Maybe he'd survive?

[@noodles5677]

Omg your idea about sprout in second episode is SOOO GOOOOD !!!

[@Star_Strike]

Thank you! 😊

[@Queen_of_chaos]

I actually like that!

[@nana-jv1hi]

maybe explain that the cutie mark amplified sound because earth ponies got their magic unlocking the three tribes combined potential

[@sergodobro2569]

The last change is the best!

[@lain2322]

another great video

[@Star_Strike]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@lain2322]

@@Star_Strike Yes, and your ideas were very good too!

[@Tairafan]

Exploring the history of Equestria has been my favorite part of MLP since season 1 of G4. It was sparing, it was subtitle, it was rarely sprinkled in, but, by Celestia, it was interesting, but they're failing in G5

[@ryleejam]

9:39 Okay for me maybe how the sound would be amplified is just pip because she emphasizing on her talent and maybe even having sunny saying that she remembers her dad talking about a famous Earth pony singer that when she sing with her heart, her cutie mark Glow

[@johnpavlick7740]

Oh my gosh, I agree that Sparky is one of the worst things about G5. Hitch went from coolest male pony to stay-at-home dad because of Sparky. He’s responsible for multiple problems and is never part of the solution, and plus, what little girl would want Sparky as a pet when anypony can see he’s totally uncontrollable and shows no sign of changing.

[@bethanyemma6488]

why does opaline have to be evil AND an alicorn? man they really did the g4 princesses dirty-