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MLP Season 6
9 years ago
Three episodes in (i've yet to see episode 4) and it's been... okay. None of the episodes have been bad but for some reason I'm not getting the same enjoyment I did in previous seasons. Maybe it's because Season's 5 finale was such a letdown for me. Or maybe it's because Hasbro and the creative team seem to be focusing on newer characters at the expense of the main cast. Thus far in the season the Mane Six have done nothing useful, and it's kinda disappointing. Granted, as I said it's only been three episodes but the season opener was all about showing how useless Twilight and the Princesses are (again). Sunburst is the one who saved the day due to him having so much magial knowledge... from reading books. Yes, because TWILIGHT "EGGHEAD" SPARKLE never reads books! When Twilight first became an alicorn there was a fear in the fandom that she'd become so much more powerful and important it would ruin the cast's dynamic. But I think they went too far in the other direction. The writes repeatedly make Twilight incompetent, emphasizing her neurotic tendancies and basically making her out to be the least capable of the Mane Six.
It feels like they're slowly trying to ween the fans off of the Mane Six and onto other characters, much like how Equestria Girls slowly moved away from the pony world to focus more on the human one. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Last season's Slice of Life episode showed that they CAN do episodes featuring background and tertiary characters in the spotlight, and do it well. However, they seem to be doing it, not by showing how good and competent these new characters in their own right, but by making the characters we've followed and loved over the years LESS cabable.
I'm probably thinking about it too much. Or maybe I was just in a bad mood when I first saw the episodes (I haven't really had any motivation to re-watch them, nor watch any commentarys on them). I certainly haven't stopped liking the series, that I'm sure of. So hopefully I'll start having fun with the series again. There's still plenty of Season 6 left after all.
It feels like they're slowly trying to ween the fans off of the Mane Six and onto other characters, much like how Equestria Girls slowly moved away from the pony world to focus more on the human one. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Last season's Slice of Life episode showed that they CAN do episodes featuring background and tertiary characters in the spotlight, and do it well. However, they seem to be doing it, not by showing how good and competent these new characters in their own right, but by making the characters we've followed and loved over the years LESS cabable.
I'm probably thinking about it too much. Or maybe I was just in a bad mood when I first saw the episodes (I haven't really had any motivation to re-watch them, nor watch any commentarys on them). I certainly haven't stopped liking the series, that I'm sure of. So hopefully I'll start having fun with the series again. There's still plenty of Season 6 left after all.
