Make Your Mark Could Have Been More...

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

Thinking of the reason why Twilight did it... Didn't that same idea come from the Kirin episode and they all learnt that locking the very thing a person is away to stop any potential conflict wasn't the right way????

[@Castformsupremacy]

But the entire Crystal thing is the opposite of the ENTIRE G4 In g4 they taught us that: The more different the group is, the stronger they will be, diversity is important Like how the 3 kinds of ponies reunited is stronger than 1 And how all kinds of creatures reunited is stronger than just ponies

[@ShinoriDelfrim]

@@Castformsupremacy Yeah like what happen to the ‘Power of Friendship’ did it not work? Did they even try? 🤨

[@Kittenmax15]

YES THANK YOU the kirin are my fave creatures in mlp because of that moral and it’s nice to see someone mention them as they are berry looked over

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

Exactly! To all comments here, it's all about diversity and how it makes everyone strong. There was a whole song about not being flawless! The kirin also taught about sealing yourself away being bad and embrace the ugly side and learn to manage it instead of hide it. What was twilight thinking? They fight so take all magic? They really need to explain better for this. I feel G5 should have been separated from G4 for this exact reason

[@6-dpegasus425]

I'm HOPING we aren't hearing the full story, that there's something more going on that'll get epicly revealed

[@capitaljames6480]

Of corse sunny didn’t recognize misty. She was wearing glasses. Totally different person at that point. Superman approved

[@Star_Strike]

AH! But you see, she removes her glasses while talking to her! Superman is disappointed

[@capitaljames6480]

@@Star_Strike did she remove them, or did she mearly push them up to her forehead?

[@Star_Strike]

Oh, true! I forgot that ponies are only recognizable when both thier eyes AND forehead are visible! I admit, I misjudged that scene. This is top notch writing if ever I saw it! 😆

[@catcatcatcatcatmeow]

​@@Star_Strike now that more seasons are out, more episodes and later seasons are better. Especially the last few episodes at the end of the show.

[@chimangonyirenda6092]

@@Star_Strike you need to see a pony head you see not the face the head

[@finalfroggitapproaches6418]

The biggest sin of this show, for me, was Opaline. That mare did NOT kill Twilight Sparkle. (I know “kill” isn’t the right word, but you get what I mean.) I can’t fathom how she could manipulate the ponies under Twilight’s rule. Man, I can’t even figure out how she manipulates Misty! She’s so bad at being a good villain. Send your one (SUPER incompetent) henchpony to do your bidding, watch them fail catastrophically, verbally abuse them and emotionally assault them, and do it all over again seven times so that the ONE PONY on your side will turn on you when these friendship ponies befriend her. I’d hate Opaline less if she was kinder to Misty. “YOU FAILED? DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS?!” “I-I’m sorry Opaline.. I couldn’t get it…” “Oh, Misty, don’t cower like that. I’m just looking out for us. ;) I need my power, just like you need your cutie mark..” “R-right.. Right. You’re right!” “I’m *always* right, Misty. And don’t jump like that, it’s unprofessional.” Love bomb that pony and make her conflicted at the idea of betraying you, instead of mistreating her and expecting her to pick you instead of those who treat her well. I get that Misty wants a cutie mark, but COME ON. I liked the parts where Opaline was critical of Misty, like with her maniacal laugh and her “don’t get attached to it” squishing of the mouse. It was less like a comedically blatant dictator and more like a terrible mother or a very problematic teacher. Opaline needs to care about Misty more, or at least fake it. Tirek never cared for Discord, but he pretended he did to get what he wanted. They needed to do that, not this. This Opaline could NEVER take over Equestria not because she doesn’t know about friendship, but because she’s so cartoonishly evil that nopony would ever interact with her. She’s TOO evil.

[@Star_Strike]

100% agree. It honestly feels like there was no effort put into Opaline's character. She's just your standard pure evil villain, and nothing else.

[@FreshZCORD]

@@Star_Strike opaline is a good love to hate villain, but they probably failed at making her believable competent

[@gustavogutierrez6568]

So basically she's a watered down version of megatron

[@0hvist]

@@Star_Strike Instead of making these rookie villain mistakes, Opaline should take a page from competent villains and turn the failings of her underlings into _learning experiences_ for future schemes, cite them not as defeats but as experiments. Just look at how Grand Admiral Thrawn when the Rebels reprogrammed an infiltrator droid sent to find their hidden base to explode upon return to Thrawns' fleet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYHdn6GelK2Np80 Or how about Salem from _RWBY_ in Volume 4, who drips with patience and carries with her a sense of agelessness as though she is playing a long game that she is slowly winning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGWneWCFZtSjf5I

[@Infinite-sj9mj]

It just shows how unbelievably dumb ponies were in G4. They let some random, obviously evil Alicorn manipulate them under Twilight's rule, who has saved their asses MULTIPLE times over the years! How did Opaline even become an Alicorn in the first place!? What the hell happned to the Windigos when ponies SUDDENLY turned racist again?! Nothing adds up

[@NismoRoseProductions]

4:01 “are you seriously telling me that you failed to stop this villain and so now you are pawning off the responsibility to some group of ponies in the future and just hope they can handle it” Celestia crying tears of joy “I’m so proud of you Twilight you truly are a real princess now”

[@Star_Strike]

Lol XD

[@YourLocalFailureXD]

ah yes, just like her teacher 💀

[@Datapen]

Can you make a video of the past of twilight and online ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢🎉😂😮😊😊

[@Datapen]

Please 😢😢❤❤

[@dustyscribe8397]

I'm VERY confused by Twilight's cameo. Based on her appearance, she was still a relatively normal-sized pony when she recorded the message, so it must have happened not long after her coronation. If it had happened later, just based on how fast she grew to Celestia size in the finale of Friendship is Magic, then she would have had her Celestia ruler-of-Equestria appearance and flowy mane. Unless sucking the magic out of Equestria had shrunk her back down? Which I suppose an argument can be made for that. But basically Continuity = 0%.

[@rickygamingproductions]

Cozy did the same thing and Celestia and Luna stayed with their Alicorn forms.

[@jeweltara]

considering the writers basically undid all of the mane 6's accomplishments with a hand-wave explanation of "that was a long time ago" are you really surprised they're getting this wrong?

[@alcremishi1300]

Im pretty sure That version of twilight isnt That recognizble as the normal sized one. Especially when most fans arent fond of the twilight Celestia size.

[@jeweltara]

@@alcremishi1300 I'm not either but if they are just going to ignore continuity when it suits them they should have just started over and not had this take place in a chronological order.

[@TheDramacist]

I dont follow this show as well as I used to with my little nephews, but I do remember the final 2D ending and Twilight's TALL alicorn form. So like you, her being short and unevolved confused me. I dont feel the loss of magic would shrink her, as we never see that happen in other evolved alicorns when they get their magic stolen. Cadance for example never changes, even when void of power. It just seems SO lazy of the creators to botch up the timeline by using the wrong model. If they're going to harp back to FiM lore, they need to get the basics right! How cool would it have been to see a tall, imposing Twilight, warning them to dismantle the crystals! It always feels that writers brag how epic and attentive they are to a clever plot. But then they make so many bumbling errors right in episode one

[@VeronicaStorm98]

I was disappointed by the lack of lore on Misty and Opaline. I was also hoping that the Mane 5 would have to deal with an actual challenge or be forced to confront Opaline. I wanted to know more about Misty's grief and experiences over not having a cutie mark. And Opaline's color scheme is still ugly to me and having her on screen with Misty only makes it more obvious how much it clashes compared Misty's color scheme.

[@bethanysingsmrs849]

colour in an illusion in ur brain u shouldnt judge a story or character based on character design

[@galaxygato9642]

@@bethanysingsmrs849 Character design is made to convey to the audience who a character is while looking 'good'. Crystalis from MLP generation 4 is a good example of a character design done well. She looks evil with holes all over her body, and it's amplified by her color pallete, but Crystalis is not an obnoxious color like the magenta like Opaline. Stories should have good character design or else it naturally draws attention away from the plot.

[@bethanysingsmrs849]

​@@galaxygato9642 yeah but a lot of people don't judge people based on how they look and can see past bad graphics, bad character design, any aesthetic to look at the story. I just apply to how i treat people in real life to media too, if someone has a bad fashion sense i dont see htem as any less than i am, granted I dont know what style or fashion is irl so in that scenario i would be the one with the bad fashion sense but again I f I met someone like that I woudlnt jduge them

[@PDD555]

That probably will happen, just not yet

[@moalzaben5554]

U are right about the lack of lore especially on opaline, I mean how in the hell is she an allicorn?!?!!! Y’all remember that we had better explanations on how allicorns are born or made, twilight became an allicorn because she was destined to become one and flurry heart was born an allicorn. So did opaline get her hoofs on allicorn magic like how cozy glow did? That could honestly be a better explanation, basically I believe that opaline got allicorn magic in the same way that cozy glow did, maybe, but still the story writers are doing a damn bad job at giving backgrounds compared to g4 which there was better background given to villains like tirek’s past and sombra’s past

[@thomashanson9173]

I find what they do with Sunny dissapointing. I feel like she should be the heart of the group not just a pony tacked on. She should be more proactive. Maybe make her the one to get Zipp and Pipp to do stuff together. Honestly I like the idea of Sunny wanting ponies to improve themselves . The veggie garden could have worked if Sunny tried to give incentives. Maybe Pipp would help Sunny with that.

[@blurred_outx]

sunny is the most boring character ever. she has no personality AT ALL judging by the movie, she seems to be the main character, so shes like twillight but g5 so anyways, compared to twillight, sunny is a joke twillight actually has personality. she has a deep backstory with magic, celestia, how shes an overachiever n all that stuff, how she got spike (then theres sparky, randomly spawned outta nowhere on the beach) and then her s1 her, introverted, no friends, studies all day, then celestia wants her to make friends, shes skeptical, makes friends,.. so, then theres sunny. backstory: dad made her lantern or something idk and she wants unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies to live in peace. no one listens to her blablabla, she brings lizzy to her, then also finds the sisters (its been a while since i watched the movie i dont remember everything) they get the crystals, magic is bacc, she becomes alicorn woooo. i got extremely annoyed by her in the series and im actually glad she isnt that proactive and main character and stuff, cause shes written so badly and incredibly boring.i feel like she does nothing to the plot. theres this one episode she got for herself, it was the second one i think with the veggies and garden stuff. shes literally like oh my god, i want ponies to make this garden, thats like my biggest goal in life now, but wow, they only like me because im an alicorn, damn thats not right, now i will go and in the last episode, she was the big hero being like guyssss this isnt right!!11! we have to work togetherrrr :DDD and wowoies they magically find sparky so, overall, i agree with you, its disappointing what they did with sunny. she deserves more than this, i want more backstory, more lore, i want her to get some personality and not be stereotypical nice girl (just like hitch is literally some stereotypical nice guy?? if youre gonna make a male character one of the main characters, atleast make him a little interesting and likable) and also be more like a protagonist

[@starryfall-]

I agree. But how they overall wrote Gen 5 is just garbage. I definitely prefer Gen 4 compared to this. I love how they made the animation 3D because it makes the ponies look cuter but that’s it. I believe (as I’ve heard rumors) why they made it so terribly written is because they are targeting their audience towards kids. And they think that since it’s kids they’re targeting it to(im guessing 5-10?) they think that kids won’t care about plot. So they’re basically turning it into a mindless zombie cartoon slowly.

[@thomashanson9173]

@@blurred_outx To me Sunny had the potential to be one of the best characters in all of MLP. But they focused too much on making her "relatable" and sad. The parts of Sunny was when she was cheerful and hopeful. I always liked to see her as the Element of Hope before watching A New Generation . To me Sunny has the potential to be very complex. Someone who can be extremely loving while also being extremely flawed maybe even dangerous. At her best she should be the type who makes her friends believe in greater things just like Superman makes one believe they can fly. And one who inspires others to be better versions of themselves. The one inspire a cynic like Hitch to believe in something better or to encourage Izzy to follow her dreams or even make Zipp and Pipp have to be a family again. And her negative sides would be that she is too much about results without thinking ahead. She can get herself in danger and tends to not think of the consequences. This is why she needs Hitch to keep her in check. Sunny could even be a little dictatorial in getting others to do something if desperate but in the end she makes the right choice. My point is that Sunny should have been made to be a larger than life heroine who inspires. That's not what I see in Tell Your Tale. She always whines and mopes around instead of doing stuff. Maybe the writers want her to be relatable perhaps like Twilight but I think they could have been unique. I would prefer it if Izzy was sad and Sunny cheered her up. They could have been Sunny not Zipp or Pipp the best character of G5. I don't her to be an average nice girl I she could be so much more.

[@blurred_outx]

@@thomashanson9173 i didnt watch tell your tale, i watched the first episode and i hated the artystyle so i gave up on it, and i also heard that the characters are shit, like you already said about sunny. i really liked hitch and sunny in the movie but in make your mark, they got pretty lame, and tell your tale seems to messed them up even more (or sunny and izzy atleast idk about the others since i didnt watch it) tell your tale izzy also got criticized, in the series i thought she was pretty cool. i also like zipp, idk how zipp is in tell your tale. i def think that hitch and sunny deserve more than their representation in make your mark

[@UnboxingAlyss]

@@starryfall- Gen 4 was also targeted towards kids. It was a happy accident that bronies emerged from it. You don't have to dumb down things to market towards kids. You can make a smart kid's show. Gen 4 did this and there are other shows that have been really popular for both kids and adults. This was marketed towards kids in that they want as much content out as quickly as possible so they can sell toys and try to capitalize on those who loved gen 4. All they made was a hot mess.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Honestly, I think that after G5, what Hasbro needs to do is take another chance, find someone whom they can take a chance. someone who plans, and builds like Faust did, someone who can take something like FiM, and the good parts of MYM (whatever they are), and boil down their essences, the barebones pieces that made them (and especially FiM) appeal to such a large audience / and run with it in a new direction, keeping those aspects in mind. (and by those aspects, I mean things like the mix of slice of life, adventure, the humor, the character interactions/personalities/development, the world building, the way they listened to their fans, etc). It wouldn't make a great show a certainty, but it would certainly make for something that has a chance of being awesome, AND appealing to a wide fanbase like FiM WHILE still taking things in a new direction.

[@mckennastalder9428]

They made G5 for the bronies and pegasisters. They made mlp friendship is magic for children. That's how I feel... But they should have ended it with season 9. Now there is a mess and a waste of thousands of years of progress down the drain to start over.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

@@mckennastalder9428 They did NOT make this for bronies/pegasisters. None of the crap they have presented is what we want. I understand not wanting to rehash gen 4, but Star Strike s right. There are soo many ways they could have succeeded with this, but they got lazy and just wanted to capitalize on Gen 4. Appeal to kids and sell toys. That is what this is.

[@RogueOmega]

Gonna' be honest here, it feels like all the stuff trying to tie G5 to FiM was never truly planned, and that it's all merely a desperate bid to keep all the people who watched FiM onboard with this new show rather than letting this new show earn a following on its own merits. And, fine, they COULD still do the whole "takes place in FiM's future but oh noes, everything went wrong" thing, but it's like they didn't even try to think of some sort of genuine reason, instead opting for the "Oh, let's try and find a way to tie the reason everything went south into our current Villain of the Season" route. Like, they could have done something like, say, "The inhabitants of Equestria, over the generations, simply grew SO comfortable with and used to all the different races being able to coexist that they ended up forgetting the lessons and efforts that made that possible, and this led to an eventual reversal of things because everyone took that coexistence for granted".

[@Star_Strike]

I can confirm they did not have a plan on how to tie G5 to FIM. The director of A New Generation stated in an interview that they didn't come up with a fate for the mane 6, nor did they come up with how the three pony kinds originally split.

[@typervader]

@@Star_Strike Which i think is what kills the show. Not that it has issues (it does) but that it ruins the perfect ending of fim for NO reason

[@lexeddy4561]

@@typervader You totally read my mind on "ruins the perfect ending for NO reason". Ponyville was mentioned only ONCE on the show so far. What happened to the town, not to mention the other settlements (Canterlot, Cloudsdale, Manehattan, etc.) Did they all just disappear for a long time like the Crystal Empire did for a thousand years because of King Sombra's curse? They better come up with an answer soon (or else).

[@mariahs6]

We all know Misty’s eventually gonna betray Opaline since the Mane 5 (and even Sparky came around to her!) treated her with kindness (and a fair dose of skepticism on Zipp’s part), but the progression between the episodes are doing a good job building up to it! I have a feeling that once Opaline is revealed to have lied to Misty about giving her her Cutie Mark (and well, everything else) she’ll no longer have reason to stay with her and join up with the Mane 5 (and Sparky)! I enjoyed all eight episodes, my favorite is the third (with Zipp and Pipp’s portrait day) because of the dynamics, songs, and message. It actually brought tears of joy to my eyes!

[@helluvaland9361]

Honestly opaline is a terrible villain like really treats misty bad just because she wants to get all the magic from equestria

[@shaikhwajid8974]

From where i can see my little pony new generation all episodes

[@mariahs6]

@@shaikhwajid8974 Netflix, but you can watch one of the episodes (Izzy Does It) on the official MLP KZbin channel!

[@Sway22]

Also I am quite sure that Misty is going to join the main 5. Since we do have 2 earth ponies, 2 pegasi and only one unicorn so it would make sense to add a second one ;)

[@LegionOfBlues901]

Here's an idea I'd like to see and I wanted your opinion on it. What if Misty figures out on her own how cutie marks work and we probably see a bit of a mental breakdown from her when she realizes that Opaline has been lying and using her this entire time? Though instead of confronting her about it, she tells the Mane 5 about everything and first begs for forgiveness/does something to prove her loyalty to them. They wouldn't do this but I like to envision Misty learning about how cutie marks really work and how her whole life with Opalline was a lie may get her upset enough that she THROWS the make up kit/amulet she has in connection to Opaline into the Maretime Bay harbor? Either that or give it to Sunny if they notice there's more to the amulet/make up kit than just Opaline's personal surveillance. Idk. There's clearly going to be a "liar revealed" moment in this and I figured this would be a nice way to mix up the cliche a bit.

[@madboris]

I like to believe this is a different universe. Honestly, i have never really liked any of the characters. The show doesn't make me happy like Friendship is Magic did. Hitch and Opaline were the only two who made me laugh. Also, i wanted Misty to change her mind. Opaline was really annoying, and Misty seemed like she would change her mind during the sleepover. I would have liked it if she didn't have to go back to Opaline every episode. The one thing about Friendship is Magic is that the villains would be defeated in the first season they are shown, which leaves character development for the episodes in between. (Of course the Villains would have character development to.) But this just is boring. The amount of times Opaline failed is a lot and she gets no backstory or anything. I wish there would be better villains and others in future seasons/chapters.

[@lordblu4316]

For years, Sunny's wildest dream was reuniting the three pony tribes, so it shouldn't be surprising that she's aiming a little lower now. Misty DID try to steal the crystals, but the elevator wouldn't let her up. Also, how are the Mane Five supposed to discover Opaline if they don't even know where to start looking?

[@Star_Strike]

I don't mind Sunny aiming a little lower in terms of wildest dreams. I just want something a little deeper than wanting a garden because she randomly decided that day everypony was too unhealthy. Misty wasn't trying to steal the crystals, she was trying to steal the lantern. She didn't even know they were up there. It wouldn't be too hard to write a story where with each episode or two the characters start learning more about Opaline. They could start investigating the strange ghost mouse that appeared at one point, Pipp could mention to Sunny she didn't give her the mirror and so they start investigating it. Especially since Sunny's "Inner voice" has appeared in it. Zipp did take a note of Pipp forgetting about buying it after all, so it could easily come up in conversation. The writers could also introduce new clues into the show. Just something to help move the plot forward.

[@lordblu4316]

@@Star_Strike Everyone can see that the crystals are up there. And the "mouse" vanished into thin air, so it wouldn't be easy to track.

[@daargran]

​@@Star_Strike ikr! Opaline needs successes to be able to look initmidating, personally i wouldnt have even shown her off until things have become more progressed, she also needs to be kinder to Misty she is waaaaay to abusive to her, like i seriously dont see why they didnt potrey her as a mother architype like calming and warm at some points but strict and punishing for failure, that way misty actually has a reason to stay with Opaline when she is give the option to switch sides, it would also show how manipulative she is and so shes not some 2D mustash twirling villan. (also her character design is painful she looks so agressivly bad). the mane 5 also need to like progress the plot too its almost like they are all passive protagonists in a passive world they are just going about their day things happen and nothing changes cause they are so off the 8ball that Misty literally needs to caugh in the right direction and Opaline wins. like why not make a cult about Opaline? she is an alicorn in a no magic/newly gained magic world whos only other alicorn refrence is Twighlight herself, how in the world is she not using that to her advantage literally noone knows about her existance as an antagonist to twilight??? like sure she could be all bark no bite when it starts cause she has no magic herself so her followers are more a group of people who look up to her but she could slowly gain magic via the people who worship her eventually making it so she does have a bite to keep her followers in check and she becomes a force to be reconed with. still wouldnt have introduced her this early either way. this show i find has the braincell hotpotato issue that alot of kids shows have and they have no idea how the magic system of g4 works, i dont remeber how many shows are sloted to be in this season but if they are going this slow with the pacing we are going to be in for some plot whiplash down the line. it honestly doesnt even seem like they plan to make Opaline and the mane 5 even meet eachother this season thats how slow it feels. also i feel like Misty is a rehash of Tempest from the movie but will less personal autonomy im gonna bet Misty is gonna stick it out to the end with Opaline and Opaline is gonna almost overpower the mane 5 and then misty asks for her own cutie mark and Opaline is like nah and then Misty betrays her ultimatly saving the mane 5 and then gaining her cutie mark in the process and it turns out its some sort of really on the nose cutie mark about friendship or trust or something

[@Gnarrkhaz]

"Also, how are the Mane Five supposed to discover Opaline if they don't even know where to start looking?" They can start by inspecting the big dark castle that surely is within viewing distance of Maretime Bay. How else could Misty go from Maretime Bay to the castle to talk to Opaline about the upcoming unicorn sleep over and get back to Maretime Bay IN THE SAME DAY?

[@thomasoates3003]

@@Gnarrkhaz Seeing as self-propelled vehicles with internal combustion engines exist in G5, it's not outside the bounds of reason that Misty used an offscreen vehicle to complete the journey.

[@Gnarrkhaz]

A few more notes on the badness of this series: - Why doesn't Zipp even suspect Misty to be the thief of the lantern after having been so suspicious of her the night before? - So every single earth pony in Equestria migrated to Maretime Bay sometime in the past? Shouldn't it look more like Mega City One than a tranquil coastal town then? - The different kinds of ponies broke away from another because... a unicorn injured an earth pony? That is what destroyed the unity between the species' that had existed for several generations? Did i understand that correctly? - Why could the main characters lure Sparky with music? Was it ever introduced that he likes music so much? And how is his singing voice so loud that it resonates as far as the town? And how could Hitch discern his exact location by hearing him from a mile away? WHAT IS HAPPENING!? - Why is everyone, who's not a main character, an annoying dipshit in this series? I'm sorry, but this isn't okay at best, it's plain bad, and sugar coating it doesn't help anyone. I'm of the opinion that the sooner this show gets cancelled the better, because that way we won't have to wait for G6 as long. However, i believe G4 was lightning in a bottle. I think this quote from Zipp describes this series pretty well: "So far it's all just dirt and glitter."

[@indecisivewolf5620]

G4 will absolutely go down as lightning in a bottle. We all know they kept FiM going for as long as it did because it was a cash cow. Luckily, the show staff understood that making a show with intriguing characters, proper worldbuilding/lore that could be expanded upon at will and having entertaining episodes that didn't talk down to children was the way to go. I can't fault them for trying to connect g5 to g4 because of course they'll do anything they can to try and get money out of people. Unfortunately, this show staff doesn't seem to put the same care into these episodes that the g4 staff did. It could very well be Hasbro's doing but we'll probably never know. I had hope for g5 after the movie as even though it wasn't great, I enjoyed the connections to g4 and thought they did a good job introducing the new characters, locations and lore. The show however, has been just plain bad and with each episode I lose hope.

[@thomasoates3003]

Do remember that in Ending of the End all it took was a few rumours to make the three tribes turn on each other. It turns out ponies are monumentally dumb.

[@alcremishi1300]

No offense but, Im pretty sure a unicorn injuring an earth Pony is more of a folk story then on what actually Ly happened. They were only telling stories, so theres a chance some of the words said never happened in the past but was more of a popular option. Moreover, If a unicorn DID hit an earth Pony there has to be atleast another part of the story between it. In the ending of the end on MLP s9, literally the only way the three Pony tribes were split UP was because Chrysalis, in her camera form, spread a rumour to a “unicorn” That was then spread all over canterlot, Pony Ville, and flippin Cloudsdale. However, That one was more of an obvious reason to make the windigos UP and running again, since a rumour can spread anywhere and hurt others feelings easily.

[@alcremishi1300]

@@thomasoates3003 right. And my little theory is That the three tribes were already starting to separate anyways, and a unicorn hitting an earth Pony made it worse.

[@thomasoates3003]

@@alcremishi1300 Indeed. Especially when you remember that the only reason the three tribes became friends in the first place was so that ice demons wouldn't eat their souls. In other words, a survival strategy.

[@gravitywolf5129]

3:15 isn't anyone else bothered by the fact that twilight isn't looking like she looked in the last episode of gen 4, she should look like Celestia, since they still had magic back in that episode. When the magic was taken away did she become a small pony again?? Then how is the villain a big pony huh????😵

[@YasuFluffBall]

Two Things Star Strike. 1. Why am I the only one who understands that Misty's version of the story is a lie because it was told to her by the villain? Hence why we are given two different stories. One over simplified version Sunny heard from her father as a filly because parents will over simplify a story for a child to understand and another told to Misty by the villain to manipulate her. Not that hard to figure out 2. Its clear what happened to Sprout. Community Service its not that hard to figure out when hes got a hard hat and a broom and is seen cleaning. Come on man. how was that not obvious? I enjoyed the show for the most part. Its not G4 and never will be. Which is why I went into this understanding that it would never top the previous generation.

[@robinjupiter4731]

I think he ment 2 differen stories as in, two lights version (an alicorn tried to steel all the magic) and Sunnys (an eartpony was jurt by a pegasus). He didn't mention Misty's version. I also don't know if kids will I understand the community crevice thing, I certainly wouldn't have when I was a kid (I didn't even know what it was when I was in the target group for the show). I would most likely have thought he was working in that same factory and wondered why he wasn't in the show. They could have mentioned it in the show. But also, I have seen So many people talking about how there are so many different versions of what happened to the crystals, including Misty's. I mean, its pretty obvious that version is from a completely differen point of view, and mabey/probably not even true, right?

[@Slayer602ttv]

@@robinjupiter4731 kinda there are smart kids unless you are trying to say every kids are stupid Bec they're are smart then you know so be careful what you say alright

[@yondaime500]

Well, Misty's version of the story is obviously biased, but Twilight's hologram corroborates part of it. Also, when did Sunny learn her version? In the movie she didn't know about the crystals, and at the end of chapter 1, one of the questions they ask is "who made the crystals anyway?", so who told her that story? Discord?

[@YasuFluffBall]

@@yondaime500 I am assuming her father told her as a filly. of course it wasnt in the movie. but im assuming its a story he told her before the movies events. and that is a plot hole. Twilight never mentioned an earth pony getting hurt.

[@alonanomi5809]

When you are negative you don't bother to see the explication and reason of things... I have been following my little pony from G2 and G5 is great. It reflects the new generation of young people really well. There is more to it then the surface then the hater see. I am with you there is easy explication that people don't want to see.

[@MikMoen]

They made Twilight small again too? The finale episode showed she grew into the taller Celestia-esque form. Why do they have to retcon these things? Continuity is one of the most important parts of a narrative.

[@vegetafan9922]

The thing about G5 is that it feels like the creators wanted it to be it's own thing but Hasbro forced them to make it a continuation of G4 which would explain the plot holes of the weather and day and night working by itself, and why Twilight removed magic for such a stupid reason without thinking about the ramifications of doing sooo... No... on second thought, something rash and stupid is definitely something Twi would do.

[@EgonDaLatz]

I agree with the part that the G4 connection is what drags G5 down. However, even if we know well that Twilight could make rash decisions when in panic, I simply cannot imagine that she wouldn't have at least consulted with Celestia and Luna before basically axing magic in Equestria.

[@YasuFluffBall]

IF you paid attention in G4 then you would know that the weather naturally works on its own regardless. The Everfree forest works that way. the ponies are just so used to pegasus managed weather that natural anything makes them nervous.

[@ikesc6773]

@@YasuFluffBall IF you paid attention to G4, episode 1 then you would know that the weather in the Everfree forest is, quote from AppleJack: "just ain't natural". One of the unnatural things she is referring to is that the clouds move on their own.

[@ambrosianapier7545]

Unless the sisters were dead. I think it’s very likely. It seems as long as a pony is on the throne and has the nation’s affection they don’t age have more magic funneled to them. Would explain why twilight got bigger after taking over. We’ve seen evidence that the body grows to contain more magic.(Tirek)

[@Sway22]

Yeah, and why is dragonfire suddenly magic or the earth pony having new magic.

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

Hope to learn more about Misty's history to how she end up with Queen Opaline in the first place as well as Queen Opaline's history too.

[@fishbollz]

Holy sht the timing, i clicked on your channel and u just published a new video 26 seconds ago

[@Ozymandias2x]

"Let's make this show canonically in the same continuity as the previous show, but put basically zero effort into any of the necessary story for that to make sense."

[@thelemoncoffee]

One thing i majorly hate is those lore drops that ever so casually happened in the convos between Opaline and Misty. yes i wanted to know why there were only ponies in equestria, and yes a reason for Misty working for Opaline is needed- but the first episode is too soon! Misty being basically adopted by Opaline is a good plot point to build up to, for us to not know why she works for her and ask for a while, only for her to confess to it after being caught by the mane 5 half way through the season. They tell her she's being manipulated but she struggles to beilive cause Opaline is all she's known, but it does plant a seed of change in her mind that over time buds into her switching sides. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU JUST DUMP WITH THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF HER SCREENTIME. And the force feild thing that seems to imply equestria is blocked off and cloaked so no one interferes with Opaline's plans, THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WAIT TO REVEAL UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE SEASON!! That is something you build up to, some sort of big reveal that would work even better if Misty didn't know. she sides with the mane 5 and works with them to try and defeat Opaline, and while they work up to this hints that there are other species out there start to crop up and they start to wonder what happened to them- then in the climax only then does Opaline reveal the force feild's existance. It feels like they have ideas that could work well for great over arching stories, but fail to realize that's how they should be used and just dump em whenever. i hated the movie for this too because the no magic thing could have bled into the series and it could have slowly started to pop back up over time as the three tribes learn to get along with one another. but they just give magic at the end of the movie and yeet that entier story potential out the window

[@angelsc1ub]

i agree with you , why is the lore only between opaline and misty? like the times she mentioned twilight and the force field. and also she mentioned Allie’s ? also gosh zipp is the only one concerned about what twilight said. im not surprised pipp, Izzy , & hitch doesnt care but sunny? i expected her to fan girl when twi showed up or even stick by zipp about what twilight meant. i get this the first batch of episodes but this is why you don’t do that. it just makes us have more questions but ugh netflix. and i refuse to believe twilight is gone like im sorry but how is opaline alive but she isn’t ? there’s has to be more to why twilight showed up

[@yveltalpoderoso1303]

I would had made opaline being nicer to misty and actually care about her, that way misty would be more conflicted on which side to choose

[@thelemoncoffee]

@@yveltalpoderoso1303 yes! give them more of a Rupunzel and Mother Gothal dynamic and less of a genericly evil bad-guy and mistreaded goon dynamic.

[@thelemoncoffee]

@@angelsc1ub nothing about Opaline makes sense to me; not her alicorn status, nor her motive, or why she saved Misty, or why she's so vile to Misty. and the gang being so unphased by the theat Twilight warned them of is horribly concerning, it's like they got magic back then all but Zipp lost their braincells

[@Xxfow]

Him:Get used to it because almost every episode ends with Opaline hatching some evil plan. Me:Just like Miraculous!

[@starburst22]

So if Twilight made the crystals to "stop Opaline," it still makes no sense. Couldn't she try and fight her instead? Like the Mean 3? How did she know earth pony magic would activate? The power in the show never existed before! And if it was to stop Opaline, then why put The clause in where they create chaos if there's the tiniest amount of disharmony? It's still forcing ponies to get along

[@qhimeraa]

Well, the show didn't explain yet what Twillight tried to do to stop opaline before choosing to make the crystals, i think at some point it'll be told to us that this was the only way

[@jasminkrieger8228]

It ruined this for me its like twilight gave up and punished the ponies who argued and not wanted to live to gether again

[@jasminkrieger8228]

@@qhimeraa not really sunny could handle opaline aswell a weakend opaline through its like twillight left the future Generation handle it and gave her duty responsibilitys simply up

[@Staarzz]

Is nobody gonna talk about how Twilight’s appearance is a continuity error because she didn’t look like that in the last episode OR in the G5 comics? Why would they use her G4 appearance if it’s implied it was recorded after the events of G4?

[@PopoSimTalia]

I thougth the crystals did something to Hitch because of that wave thing and then he changed his mind out of the blue.

[@serenitymiralador]

It is kinda scary to think about they can just change peoples minds like that I wonder if it’ll come up in the plot in the future

[@PopoSimTalia]

@@serenitymiralador I bet it will not but it would be a cool plot point I would so wanna see more explored

[@serenitymiralador]

@@PopoSimTalia ye

[@JellyEevee]

I think Twilight made this crytals and "left responsibility" to future generation, because she know about this (very well executed) prophecy, whitch we learn about in Tell your tale... This is what make the most sense to me. It Twilight didn't know about prophecy, this make her looks like she was a bad ruler..

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

I'm getting the feeling that Twilight used all her magic to drain Opaline of her powers, and in doing so Twilight sealed herself inside of the crystals. It would make sense that without Twilight to lead, her intentions for the crystals would be ignored.

[@CastOfCharacters13]

I always thought zipp was not much of a singing type but this is the first time I ever heard her sing Who knew she had it in her she sings beautifully well

[@MistCloud.]

overall: gen 5 is a dissapointment

[@xanthiccpone]

Always a great watch whenever you upload review videos! I've watched all the episodes and it felt like it didn't build into a significant story progression which left me sort of confused and full of questions. How they executed Misty and Opaline wasn't particularly great like how Misty failing consecutively is just aggravating. There are some wholesome moments here and there but the only episode that I was touched most was Ali-conned cause it revealed Sunny's fears and anxieties revealing her deeper side. I was expecting much in particular Opaline's backstory or having more background with the creation of the Unity Crystals. I mean technically it's still the first season but I was expecting some solid narrative throughout the episodes instead it's a cliffhanger for the last episode. Hopefully the future episodes explores more of the characters which really gets me intrigued for the series. Neat summary video! XD

[@Slayer602ttv]

Star strike does not actually like the MLP of any kind so he's just trying to get rid of the mlpg5 Crater's to remake so we have to wait all over again plus Star strike is ruining for the young kids who likes it is that what you want on KZbin

[@thecorlorlesspig1993]

@@Slayer602ttv huh?

[@82dorrin]

Hitch and Sunny bickering like a married couple. So adorable. 😍

[@inzyniertv9305]

The entire series can be sumerised as "Thanks, I hate it"

[@pattou2175]

I have a feeling Hasbro and Netflix had their hands and making this the way it is. Last generation was a adventure / slice of Life and probably magic. This cell seems like there going for the lowest denominator of children. So I'm assuming it's not fully story based. So that's probably why they're talking about eating healthy even though in the last so ponies inhaled unhealthy foods in pretty much never had to worry about it let's say because of magic. But now they're going to try the PBS kids way of running the cell most likely leading to its failure. But we'll see. PS. I did not think about this till later but these Sunny wants to be evil or at least to be a dictator because I'm not going to believe she's so gullible that she did not realize the mirror was a different person than her. See legitimately thought that her and herself was dripping out.

[@Star_Strike]

I'm not sure who their target audience is. On the one hand, they are clearly targeting kids with the types of stories they are telling, but on the other hand they keep pandering to old fans. Also if Sunny secretly wanted to be evil, I would be all for that because maybe we could get some serious character depth and growth from her that way. XD

[@tb14333]

G5 rebrand reminds of the new G3 Monster High rebrand. They have similar bright coloring and general attitude. I feel like both generations are aiming towards an even younger audience. I've seen people that once they watched MLP: MYM, they got recommended Coco Melon. The hints of lore are definitely for the older fans who loved G4. Even though the Monster High G3 series hasn't come out yet, I can tell it's aiming towards a younger audience

[@nathangamble125]

cell?

[@samiam6303]

I tried to like this show, but I am still stuck in G4s awesomeness 😢😅

[@melanymendoza8550]

FRRRRRRR

[@somerandomwolftherian]

FR

[@jasminkrieger8228]

For me g1 win

[@jasminkrieger8228]

Why Tirek is better

[@f1nightfury843]

waitttttt...you forgot about the part when izzy uses her magic to fly....in fim series, twilight was so surprised to see starlight flying with her magic....well i guess its normal thing for izzy to fly with her magic like she does it every day😂😂.... i also dont think story writers doesn't know about our beloved MLP G4...i was happy how G4 ended...no other series/movie has this good ending in my opinion..

[@Star_Strike]

I did a spoiler free review where I mentioned Izzy can fly. I didn't talk about it here because I didn't want to sound like a broken record ;)

[@me2552]

I think misty was abandoned and was taken by opaline or kidnapped by opaline And cause Misty grew up with a sense of a different story and cause her wanting of a Cutie mark she worked for opaline

[@zerokura]

I still want to see more character in opaline castle but I guess she was an evil queen so probably everyone just got up&left not wanting to sever her. So misty is in a rapunzel relationship with opaline.still we had more like some servert that cooks or opal could be all. Misty we don't speak to the earth ponys just let them pick up the mess.

[@Oak_Eggar]

10:29 this is literally the kirins but with way less meaning to it, the kirins homes burnt down so their speaking abilities were taken, so no one could anger anyone, a bit of anger (Which, mind you, the princess of friendship can deal with, i doubt one unicorn hurting an earth pony did much) and now the entirety of magic is gone???wthis is worse than that teacher who gave me detention because i didnt know where we were in a book (an afrikaans book, he thought i was playing with my rulers ,i have adhd idk if it was diagnosed by then tho, anyways he was a nice teacher other than that)

[@tenshi.kurama]

Before watching the vid: Why Did twilight sparkle seek to prevent a single entitiy from stealing all magic by stealing it all first? And second, why couldn't Grogars bell have been helpful here? Find Opaline take her magic, redistribute the magic to their rightful owners, jail her in tartarus... easy

[@Star_Strike]

That can't happen because that would actually make sense. :P

[@WerehogFan18]

This is getting more confusing than before. It's just random shit happening that goes nowhere, Opaline does nothing, and I find Twilight's appearance to be pointless. The writers once again created more plot holes. I was expecting chapter 2 to become more epic and the heroes to try to confront the villain or something. I hate to say this, but I'm starting to lose hope for G5. Since they have no plan, it's hard to figure out what the show wants to be.

[@BobHershey]

My deepest desire... In the final scene of the final episode of Make Your Mark, Sunny wakes up and realizes the whole damn thing was a weird dream so we can start over from where the movie left off and MAYBE have more coherent writing this time.

[@fruitbatz12]

I wish

[@CozyGlow625]

Now I desire for You to be the writer for the show ❤️💜

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

This season makes me want to just watch A New Generation again, especially considering that it's been over a year since it came out.

[@Apolol4a]

i am really disappointed in the g5 writers. the plots are literally so bland and i don’t even think they watched g4. honestly if the old g4 writers were there it would’ve been much better. i don’t think im a bronie to g5, g4 will always have a place in my heart.

[@yondaime500]

2:23 "You thought Sweetie Belle sounded like a squeaky toy? You have seen NOTHING" Yeah, there are still quite a few problems with MYM. It's no Arcane, that's for sure. But I enjoyed these first episodes a lot more than I thought I would. It's making me think things and feel things, and I find myself trying to piece together the clues. Why do the flowers in Hitch's tree look familiar to Zipp? Why did Misty say the Bridlewood decorations transport her back in time? What did she mean by "made of fire"? Could be a fun game to play for the next couple of months.

[@sandstorm200]

You are just over, thinking of show. The show just building charactership just like FIM did, while dropping Plot points for next chapter. Tree from second episode, the sparky’s dragon magic, and the lantern. And also Twilight message was incomplete.

[@vasiliyrufox]

There are still many complaints about the new show and the G5. Due to full 3d animators can't pack any massive events, even water animation would be too expensive for the show, so no water locations, it looks like all the money goes to pony animation. Events literally revolve around a couple of places, a lighthouse - a lounge - a cart with cocktails, doing anything else seems too expensive. The characters are already perfect, it’s almost impossible to come up with personal growth for them, which means you don’t need to learn from each other. Their relationships do not look like friends, but like colleagues at work. In G4 in the Griffinstone series, Pinkie Pie (without magic and wings) jumped into the abyss, with tears in her eyes, to save Rainbow, I doubt that the ponies from G5 are capable of such an act.

[@melanymendoza8550]

excatly

[@silvermania4951]

I've only seen 6 of the 8 episodes at this point but holy crap this show dropped the ball. Episode 2's Twilight message on it's own broke me. Even if what she says she did DIDN'T break her character, why is she in her small alicorn form? This had to have happened after the end of FiM, so uh... did she shrink...? I didn't even think the New Generation movie and especially the Make Your Mark special were any good, but it seems to only be getting more and more questionably written. Zipp is the only character in any of these episodes with half a brain, and all of the messages are either fumbled or so heavy handed it makes FiM look subtle. I do agree the peak was Pipp and Zipp's song in episode 3 though, it was a simple but fairly effective and competent piece of writing which is why it sticks out so much. I wanted to love this show, I really did, but it only continues to feel like a lazy slapped together show riding on the coattails of being related to G4.

[@_exolite]

The writers missed a HUGE opportunity to have Opaline pretend to be Sunny’s inner thoughts and slowly infiltrate and manipulate her. That would have been such a HUGE and AWESOME plot point.

[@ZyraSpire]

Kinda feels like they tried to do every story trope mlp gen 4 had.. in 8 episodes ...

[@CloverEditz_KNY]

I hate G5, literally wth is this. Idk why I'm watching all the episodes I think G4 is soooo much better

[@ZZDoesStuffYT]

I agree, G4 is SO much better

[@skyfirethealien.alterhuman]

Agreed. Hopefully G6 isn't as crappy as g5

[@midnightthesmartfox9981]

Honestly episode 8 was my top favorite mainly because of Hitch going all BatMan with Operation Glitterbomb

[@draydenhotel9051]

personally I think you can make twilight sealing all the magic away make sense if oplena is a corrupted twilight. her anger over people not getting along. the only hole in my theory is the warning twilight gave. okay hear me out oplen is a different personality then twilight like a doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde

[@lexeddy4561]

I have a feeling it's a different "Dr. Jekyll": Twilight's student, Luster Dawn.

[@jasminkrieger8228]

Nope opaline is opaline she was young hanging with young celestia and luna they didnt liked her

[@TheCommenterDragon]

True, even i will admit that while i mostly enjoyed chapter 2 of Make Your Mark there are some things in it that they could've done a lot more with, especially story wise but at this point we can only hope that G5 will get better with every new chapter and episode that gets released, i mean after all it's just like RichyWhistles said on your spoiler free review G4 was the same way when it first started because the first 3 seasons were mainly about plot and story buildup, but it managed to get better as it continued so hopefully G5 will do the same.

[@Slayer602ttv]

Star strike is just trying to ruin mlpg5 so it can get taken away so the mlpg5 Crater's can remake the all of it even from the Frist, second ones all the way to every episodes and much more or so . Do you really want Star strike to get rid of the mlpg5 to wait longer as well what about Younger people who probably likes this mlpg5 is he trying to run their Life as well??

[@bjj9986]

@@Slayer602ttv Dude, stop being dramatic. A person can like or dislike something. That don't mean he is ruining a show. I'm guessing u can't handle that or so.

[@Slayer602ttv]

@@bjj9986 so you are saying he can ruin kids Life and how they feel about it?

[@bjj9986]

@@Slayer602ttv So from what I can tell, you are just salty that star strike offered their opinion. No offense, but if you are that sensitive and cannot handle, then it's gonna be hard for you to watch it. Sorry to say it, but not everyone is gonna like everything about mlp g5. I suggest getting your head checked if you think that kids lives will be ruined by one critique.

[@Slayer602ttv]

@@bjj9986 I'm just trying to let you know some people will not like him but don't don't mind it at all, but I guess you don't care about real life kid's. Do you care about real life kid's or not because I want to know

[@friendsfamilyandpaws7539]

Things I don’t like about the show… 1. They could of countinued the mlp friendship is magic series much better. 2. The elements are now completely changed for some reason EVEN THOUGH IN ONE OF THE EPISODES ONE OF THE PIPSQUEAKS LITERALLY TELL SUNNY ABOUT THE TREE OF HARMONY. What’s even worse about this part is that it just cuts back to the show and apparently sunny has zero knowledge about the literally thing that saved equestria multiple times not to mention they were used by her freakin role models. 3.scenes from mlp friendship is magic a being copied into the show like Izzy when she plays that weird big instrument with looks very similar to pinkie pies. And with the cutie mark switching is from the org show when twilights friends switch cutie marks etc and yet NO CHARACTER DEVOLMENT. 4. If you watch the show you can spot pips hair glitching multiple times. 5. The twilight hologram looks terrible apart from the very end. 6. Misty countinued to be caught, being suspicious, taking way to long and etc making her character just blehhh 7. Twilight just shows up and then dissapers again Those are just a small amount of my complaints but seriously I do not like the show a lot.

[@youngmasterzhi]

11:24 In my headcanon, Misty didn't want to be detected by the pony neighborhood watch during the night with the lantern, so she decides to wait for the street activity to die down in the morning

[@phoenixrose1995]

as to how Misty got Pipps contact info. i believe they say "Dew Droped" cause Pippe goes "did you get thje pics i just dew dropped to you?" which would be an Iphones "Air drop" function. where you turn it on, and ANYONE can send you random pictures. also, Misty doesn't try to steal the crystals because she couldn't use the elevator to reach the top floor. and Misty as well as Opiline have also NEVER seen the Crystal before. so if Misty would have managed to make it up into the upper floor using said elevator, she would have contacted Opiline to probably say something like "there is this crystal thing here"

[@Star_Strike]

Oh, okay. They dew drop thing makes sense now, thanks for clearing that up! Thing about the crystals is that she knew they were in the brighthouse beforehand. She didn't know about the elevator security system. That's why she was trying to get up there to find the lantern. So if she didn't know about the security, why not make stealing the crystals the goal?

[@phoenixrose1995]

@@Star_Strike ohhh my bad on that, didn't know X3

[@Star_Strike]

Naaah, you good!

[@moalzaben5554]

I wish they can just stick with the lovable 2D animation instead of 3D because I’m sorry if I’m saying this, but twilight the allicorn that we all know and love and adore, looks like and ABOMINATION in that hologram!!!!!! Man I miss the good ol emotional and heartwarming days of mlp fim Edit: I’m sorry guys I’m trying to give g5 a chance, but how can give it one if the story writers decided that it would be a good idea for it take place thousands of years after g4 and thus killing off our favorite characters and disharmony returning to the lands, why not start fresh and new in a completely different universe like how g4 started as something completely different to the other mlp generations. If they don’t fix g5 asap then people will hate it that they would rather rewatch g4 for the nostalgia, and everything that Lauren Faust worked on g4 is now screwed in g5 since so far it’s a bad sequel

[@jare3459]

it is applied Misty was saved at a very very very young age. So it cares to think Misty has no proper frame of reference to how someone should be treated to her that how good it gets or Misty had it hammer in her head for years she was saved by her so she has to repay it basically they are a toxic relationship. (think of it a bit about how sometimes people will stay in an abusive relationship because mentally they cannot leave it)

[@patrickmao9406]

Oh don't worry it'll probably have more revealed in later episodes, and there will be a lot consider 8 is just a small number of episode from how many we usually have.

[@puppyzpawz]

I think people have got it wrong. The show isn’t about the main 5 right now, their story was already told. At the end of all the episodes, everyone’s happy, everything’s magically solved. However, the main conflict comes from misty. Until the conflict with misty is solved, the story will remain at a stand still.

[@Purgious]

I don't mind that it's part of G4's universe. But they really pushed themselves into a corner by adding to the lore

[@YourLocalFailureXD]

yeah, it feels like G5 is trying to be its own thing, but they feel the need to still add "lore" and its honestly sad.

[@רוניבןעזרא-ו6ש]

I actually love how Misty has a dog mind (bury it for me to take later!) when it comes to dealing with important objects. Poor mare dosen't get enough sunlight.

[@amesstarline5482]

The more I think on MYM, the more it reminds me of Miraculous's own direction.

[@zerokura]

Well during the sleep over it was shown that misty could not steal the gems because she don't have hoof access to go up the elevator which is a surprise they thought about that but I guess they don't want random ponys to touch it. The location of places is what bothers me more because everything seem like a few blocks away from the bay lol

[@raianabo8158]

Pipp: *starts singing* Zipp: shut up

[@DeathxStrike18]

Honesty they should have taken the characters from the end of MLP: FiM with Twilight as Queen and made the show centered around the new Pony and Creature dynamics of the difficulty of overcoming the differences of the difference creatures in friendship and bonding over the differences and the common threads they share. MLP: A New Dawn (play on the characters name), The new generation could have gotten advice from the young 6 as teachers at the school of friendship and Twilight could have transfered Dawn to that school to learn friendship sense she felt it was overrated, Twilight could take the back seat as Luna and Celest showing up in limited places with minor villans disrupting each of the Original Harmony members that the new group helps defeat. This would give an introductory season, 1 season for each villian who targets a harmony the theme for that season teaching the Harmony trait to the group, and a final season for Dawns Coronation to take over for Twilight and unified villan arc.

[@rowwpie3328]

it angered me that they all just forgot about twilights message when Sunny was telling the story at the sleep over

[@dsmithrus]

I think Misty didn't try to stole crystals is that Opaline didn't exactly know what Twilight had done to protect Equestria and about crystals particularly.

[@deadofpledge9895]

(Theory, Skip if you don't want to read) What if some pony close to twilight had gotten hurt, ie. a student of hers/apprentice, then maybe twilight could've hid the magic from the other ponies as it started a war amongst them since they didn't trust each other anymore nor had seen other races of ponies rumours could spread about the incident, they could've formed together to protect each other and prevent them from fighting each other. Opaline could've been a student that had looked up to twilight when the incident happened but then when twilight had hid the magic she changed her mind and began viewing herself as the opposite of twilight, deeming it her mission to take down twilight though she could've been related twi hence why the similarities in appearance but she wouldn't have been born an alicorn kicking off some resentment but nothing major. (Assuming she was around at the same time as the G4 characters) Opaline must've taken Misty for some reason to get a sort of revenge on some pony and that could be why Misty isn't treated very well. Misty might see Opaline as a mother figure in her life so she is just trying to get attention from her even if it is unhealthy.

[@Butterflygirl659]

Opaline said in one episodes that: blah blah blah alicorns blah blah blah ponies should fear and admire their *imortal* rulers blah blah blah evil evil evil. So if alicorns are imortal then WHERE THE HAY ARE THE PRINCESSES!? i won't be surprised if we will never get an answer to this, like the answer to what happened to equistria was just: once a'pon a time all ponies were friends, until a unicorn hurt a not unicorn and everyone became racist. so has nopony ever hurt someone else in g5? that sounds like an accident or a misunderstanding and they just turned racist, but when there were actual evil unicorns attacking no one cared. and we still dont know what happened to Twilight and who is Opaline where did she come from was she born an alicorn? because you have to do something good to become one and she was one at the time Celestia and Luna was fillies she was too but also an alicorn so is there some alicorn kingdom outside equestria or is there another alicorn that did something good and gave birth to Opaline or did she used to be good???

[@starshine_lue5823]

Still gonna say Zipp should be the main character. She is so much more interesting and does far more than any other character to push the plot forward

[@senkensha1235]

just double checked this before commenting but princess portrait and hoof done are both written by Janae Hall, i feel like she has a good handle on Zipp and Pipp as characters, as for sunny i dont think the writting team know what do with her, as her arc completed in the movie honestly i think part of the problem is that the try to have an A, B, C plot in most episodes which is just to much and results in all three feeling lack luster or incomplete, it could also be that this was developed as a 26 episode season , and instead of releasing it all or at least up to the mid season finale netflix is releasing it in these awkward chunks beyond that i think the show is okay, as long as it continues to improved

[@Butterflix]

How did literal Twilight frighten sparkle loose to Opeline. It TWILIGHT DAMN IT

[@Aix_Plainer]

Sure, sure. We got Equestria Girls because Hasbro execs wanted some of the sweet, sweet Bratz and Monster High money. But who in their right mind thinks: "Let´s drop the money-making thing we have and copy that other pony-3D-cartoon Filly"?

[@IDK-gw9wq]

I found the episodes were cringe and skipped to look for any key plot points but there are none

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

I know we haven't seen the enterity of the first season yet, so there's always a chance they could improve down the road. But what I'm seeing so far is that they're not really trying their best. They have interesting ideas most of the time, but they're not executing them well or fleshing out the characters. Even Zipp doesn't do much beyond just observations and mystery solving. You need to have three dimensional characters, that's part of what made FiM so appealing early on. Make Your Mark Chapter 2 feels like a regression back to what we had before FiM. Probably about on par with early G3, maybe a little bit better than that.

[@yourslavicfriendsmiles9379]

if this pony was such a threat they could 1: GET DISCORD. 2: get the other princesses. 3: turn the pony into stone. 4: GET DISCORD.

[@vivienneeee630]

*Tbh i like G5, the art and 3D animating is awesome! But maybe we should like make the story like G4, challenges, problems and such, maybe on ep.10 we can see the mane 5 try to beat Opaline who knows?*

[@bobocute4675]

The one thing that I wish was to add more about the Mane 6.I grew up with Applejack,Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie , Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twlight.i want to know what happen to them and how Twlight defend her Kingdom what about Cadance Flurry Heart, and Shining Armor??I miss them so much and I miss Pinkie Pie😭😭😭

[@fruitbatz12]

Me too

[@nightshroud9671]

Apparently Spike is forgotten hard

[@YourLocalFailureXD]

oml and spike and starlight 😭 I really miss g4 😭😭

[@EgonDaLatz]

My thoughts exactly. There are some pretty good elements here and there, but something always drags this whole series back when it's about to move forward. Also, you're correct that the main story arc is moving at a snail's pace, which is really annoying. I'm really angry with G5 because it could be so much more and there's clearly talent behind the scenes. It's as if the creators are hold back by something that starts with a G and ends with 4. Yes, I'm fairly convinced that the whole G4 connection is unnecessary and it's hurting both generations: G5 because it cannot be itself and G4 because it's ruining Twilight's character for that bafflingly stupid decision she apparently made when she created the Unity Crystals. I hope the remaining 15 episodes will improve on all characters, give them proper conflicts to solve and, finally, tell us what the heck really happened between the end of FIM and The New Generation.

[@ShinoriDelfrim]

This is why I kinda wish G5 was it’s own thing…like every other generation before it? Like yeah G4 is holding it back and the creators are also ruining G4 in the process

[@FantasticFawnleap]

Dude twilight was already stupid before that.

[@EgonDaLatz]

@@FantasticFawnleap Never said that Twilight didn't do stupid things in G4. I'm just perplexed why modern sequels have to start telling their own stories by sh*tting on their predecessors, e.g., the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

[@blairrebholz1474]

That’s the worst part. I’m mad about the actual most reason. I’m mad if everyone forgets the true reason of the My Little Pony show just show life lessons.

[@Mintstar_Oceanpop]

Is it me, or do the first 4 words of the portrait day song sound like something from a horror game/movie? "Be still. Don't move. THEY are listening, waiting....... and hunger.

[@Domidonia]

I have the impression that the creators did not see the original 😐

[@cjkuromorimine4611]

They need new writers. Writers who are willing to sit down and watch all of G4, the whole series, the movie, and specials and equestria girls if they have to, fan animations included cause it’s clear that these writers do NOT know the G4 mlp lore. They choose to let G5 be an continuation of G4, then they are going to get it right, or so help me I will pretend that G5 does not exist. Or perhaps just start over, shut down all of G5 and reboot, and fix what needs fixing. FOCUS ON THE STORYBOARD, NOT THE RTX GRAPHICS THAT NO ONE ASKED FOR. Also, what’s the rate for Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy glow return? ,cause there’s no way that they’ll forget them for future villains…..right?

[@TheSultan1470]

No they don't

[@NoBodyNotACrime]

@@TheSultan1470 ofc ofc its this dude

[@TheSultan1470]

@@NoBodyNotACrime Me

[@colorbar.s]

i also just can't stand how they constantly hold things with hooves and somehow use phones 🥴 fim at least put some thought into it most of the time but mym straight up acts like they have hands

[@trexadvent4726]

How many of you think that the ghostly figure of Twilight Sparkle from the trailer of chapter 2 of MLP Make Your Mark isn't really Twilight Sparkle but the three crystals taking the form of her to communicate with Sunny and her Friends just like how the tree of harmony took the form of Twilight Sparkle when it was communicating with the Young_6? What do you think is going to happen in that chapter when we see Alicorn Opaline playing a mysterious role in that chapter? Does Sunny Starscout know who Twilight Sparkle is apart from her having action figures of her and her friends not to mention that her dad Argyle didn't tell her the names of the G4 ponies?

[@TheButtercreamKing]

They’re definitely making it up as they go at this point, it’s obvious they have NO PLANS for this series after Opaline . And the OVERARCHING idea of pony disharmony is already exhausting like EVERYONE IN G4 DID THAT BETTER ALREADY . They have no idea what to do and it’s agonizing .

[@KalijahAnderson]

Only a third of the way into the video and I'm very glad I decided to not bother with G5. I was just waiting for some reviews to come out and get a sense of if they are doing anything good with it or not. It's pretty apparent that the answer to that is a giant bold and underlined NO. Thank you for suffering through this so I don't have to.

[@TheSultan1470]

Really?

[@UnboxingAlyss]

The sad thing is that A New Generation was actually GOOD. I was apprehensive when I saw the 3D models (and their teeth still bother me), but I watched with an open mind. My friends and I thought the movie was really good and I was actually looking forward to the show. It all went downhill from there. Tell Your Tale is better than Pony Life (despite being 1/2 the runtime), but nothing really happens. MYM is just moving too slowly. It feels like they change the personalities for the Mane 5 from the movie (Hitch is dumb, Izzy is insane, I forget Sunny exists, Pipp only cares about selfies.) The "Pippsqueaks" (new CMC) are just as annoying as Star Strike stated and the baby dragon IS worse. Misty is cute and, as a persona with textured hair, I love her design. Not a fan of her voice. Opaline is Mother Gothel from Rapunzel, except EXTREMELY unlikeable. I also hate the "bad guy hatched plan, henchpony screws up plan, bad guy yell at henchpony and vows revenge, muhahaha", rinse and repeat for every episode. TLDR: You aren't missing much. 😕

[@blairrebholz1474]

You know, I probably the new Kmart considers

[@WinterBlissy]

Thank you for enduring the horrors so I don't have to!

[@luna_moon3623]

Ngl Im so glad you make these vids bc I wanna know what happens and hope that G5 will get better and be as good as FIM but I don't think it ever will. Plus now I can know what happens without wasting my time watching something that is just... bleh

[@ALEXTHECAMELEON]

One thing that I do want to see how to make your mark is a bunch of all the creatures returning to Equestria because we only have one dragon, no changelings, no yaks, no hippogriffs, no griffins, we don’t even have those other two unexplained creatures from the G4 movie getting sidetracked I want to know what the heck they are because I feel like the writers of the G4 movie looked at D&D Tabaxi’s for the cat guy BUT WHAT ARE THE BIRD PIRATES Ohhhhh I just answered that...

[@astralengine666]

I think the writers kind of want to make the same recipe as miraculous ladybug, version mlp. But for some reasons they left out the core goal of those two: morals.

[@snowflaker3608]

I’m gonna be honest… the show feels like every other teenage girl show. It feels so flashy and pink in the literal and metaphorical sense. The villain feels like every other villain. Misty feels very vague. The dragon is just baby noises. It just isnt the generation for me to be honest, and that’s alright I suppose.

[@RozuTheGamingAngel]

Misty burying the lantern would have made sense if they had her almost get caught by a guard or somepony walking by, she would have been like "Darn it, my cover was almost blown. Now those Ponies are going to be poking around and trying to find me. I better hide this and wait until it's safe to come back and get it."

[@legiran9564]

I'm getting real Beast Machines vibes from this show.

[@jaanhavi0_0]

This show is nothing like G4, the story telling is terrible...and characters act dumb for no reason. And they repeat the same lesson over and over to work together where same thing happens, either her friends fight or the bay citizens fight Edit - The writers of this might not have watched even one episode of friendship is magic cause according to that timeline, nothing makes sense. Isn't Twilight supposed to be bigger? And if there's no magic, HOW ELSE DID THEY GET CUTIE MARK IN THE FIRST PLACE

[@matthewmoore7916]

The villains in gen 4 were legitimately chilling at times, these ones make me want to turn the tv off

[@jasminkrieger8228]

Not really g1 80s were better g1 tirek whuhuu

[@jasminkrieger8228]

G4 tirek was a joke 😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthewmoore7916]

@@jasminkrieger8228 i actually rally enjoyed him, season 9 maybe not as much but season four tirek was amazing

[@jasminkrieger8228]

@@matthewmoore7916 hmm i dont know 80s and 90s were pretty much good at dark scenes don bluth Tim burton kings etc

[@renamon5658]

The next mlp g5 comic arc will be about zipp and pipp swapping bodies which is gonna be a water down version of hitch and sunny swapping cutiemarks

[@sirraven_]

So another retread on the mym chapter 2 episode? Are they seriously running out of ideas that they are reusing the plot from an episode that they already reused the plot from g4, but in a worse way since it came out of nowhere with baby dragon magic?

[@renamon5658]

@@sirraven_ sorry the next arc will be about zipp abd hitch swapping bodies

[@marthaelenabrenesorozco2953]

GOOD VIDEO, I'm curious about what Misty said about "Opaline is made of FIRE", I hope they explain it

[@Ryderboycolor9]

I loved Chapter 2 while it has Problems i thought it was pretty good ^^ tho i am mainly watching it for the gen 5 mane characters since i love all of them somrthing i noticed is it feels like Zipp can be more of a mane character then Sunny at times she was in make your mark chapter 1 and now in ep 3 of chapter 2 i mean in terms of Zipp wanting to know more about Twilights message then Sunny i do hope it gets better as it goes but yea i have had a pretty good time with it exsactly what i have wanted from gen 5 for over a year now i love tell your tale and the movie a lot but im not sure if i like make your mark more or tell your tale one problem i had is that the whole Latern theif story line kinda just ended like the mane 5 never found out who did it and Pipp even said she did not do it and misty was still the only one that could have done it i feel likr this was done to move the plot along so misty was not found out yet.

[@sparkletimelegoreviewother9077]

I Agree, Zipp Could Be The REAL Main Character For Wanted Know About Twilight

[@ЙенФенФыр]

05:47 - maybe she didn't want to completely destroy a rare plant for the sake of one picture