>>4754
>I really don’t like the inclusion of non-pony characters in the show or fandom as a whole. I miss season 1-2 when all we had was cute little poners, not even a changling in sight.
damn and changelings were added in season 2. When I had to read your synopsis, I´ve felt kind of alien with your settings (even you are not the creator of that universe) because I have been reviewing the last two seasons in this site and I cannot get out of my head how the canon universe works these days. Wring for another universe kind of makes me feel like going into a different territory that I am unfamiliar.

Just curious, when did you stop watching the show and in which season?

>>4756
>Dis sound weird to someone not familiar with the show
yeah because they have been adding species and making them more relevant in the later seasons (even though griffons, a zebra, buffaloes, changelings,dragons and a draconequus were added in the first two seasons). The fanbase has had "mixed" reactions towards them and this drama comes from those who want just ponies and nothing else. They haven´t replaced them and if anyone has been following the season 9 discussion thread, one would notice that they do not behave any sort of strange behavior than ponies would do. In fact, the slice of life episodes are still there but there is an eternal discussion about the show losing its touch over the years.

But basically, I will admit a funny fact: MLP has become more like Pokemon while Pokemon has recently added a Galarian Ponyta that feels more like MLP. we are living in a really weird timeline.

These 5 pictures are all canon characters that have appeared in the show.