>>3216 >lore is fine....in a small doses as far as I am concerned. The fandom overhyped that stuff a lot when MLP was scarce in that part but now, several RPGs would kill for having such defined lore and backstory as this franchise does. Even the mane 6 have overcome more adventures than the typical RPG character, some of them would have died in the middle of the road. You bet. I remember earlier on fandom works would often barrow from RPGs and other high fantasy a lot for settings and such. That still happens some but now this universe has enough rules or implications at the very least that makes it were it has its own logic and we have a pretty good idea when adding our own stuff made from scratch. From small things like owlbears being brought in to pad out for creatures for minty fresh adventure to the world of MLP being governed by high fantasy rules, such borrowing still happens but it isn't a necessity like it used to.
https://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/pony-platforming-project-3-minty-fresh.html (this game used to be a classic, but it has faded into obscurity.)
https://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/04/its-dangerous-business-going-out-your.html (this would be an example of a lot of the earlier major fics, with it's toe and world building it feels both familiar and alien. Probably too long to read I never fiished it but it is interesting to just look through for a time capsule perspective Not saying you should just liking for reference)
>Agreed. Maybe FiM is one of those rare shows which has found a perfect balance between going slice of life with that little detail that raises questions around to entertain the audience for a little bit. It could be either censorship, Hasbro´s restrictions, plans for toys, etc; but the show manages to break the limits and even make it more interesting that releasing all the heavy stuff at once. A feel like we got into a logic of playing all the cars at once then making up more cards with a lot of stuff. Adventure Time could be a perfect example of a show where the lore killed everything else, now that I think about it. Though I never was a big AT fan.
> Agreed. Maybe FiM is one of those rare shows which has found a perfect balance between going slice of life with that little detail that raises questions around to entertain the audience for a little bit. It could be either censorship, Hasbro´s restrictions, plans for toys, etc; but the show manages to break the limits and even make it more interesting that releasing all the heavy stuff at once. Mostly agreement here also.
>A fan in reddit (inb4 going to reddit)said that he didn´t like the show for being so different from the early seasons. It´s the same show and everything looks the same, but the way the pace flows, how the characters don´t act as innocent as they did back in season 1, bringing some real life messages into the magical setting.... I'd actually have to think on how much or in what ways I see the show has changed before I'd be able to give my honest answer on that. (maybe part of some mid hiatus discussion?) ** I actually try to track as many mlp fan sites I can, (though I have fallen behind this year for sure) I sometimes visit there too. So we are both a bt plebeian *
