Soapbox time! We've got some interesting opinions this week, so hopefully you all can find something fun to discuss with these. As always, we are open for submissions on these. If you'd like to submit your own soapbox, hit up this post for infos.
As always, these are the opinions of fandom members, not us here at EQD.
Have some headlines:
- Misty and Sprout
- Ponies not using English is similar to Pixar's international changes
- Hitch is Actually Rich
- Celestia’s Secrets
By: Grace
During her long reign over Equestria, Princess Celestia became revered and a hero. But…at what cost? Celestia had to make a lot of mistakes to get to where she got, and those burdens would remain secrets, or maybe even myths. The most well known of Celestia’s mistakes is Luna’s transformation into Nightmare Moon and her banishment to the moon. While not necessarily her fault, Celestia still overlooked her sister’s abilities and forgot who was closest to her. And even with the banishment, that is understandable. If Celestia brought Nightmare Moon back, she might’ve not been able to convert her back into Luna on her own. However, to conceal the incident, Celestia made sure that the tale of Nightmare Moon became as unbelievable as possible. Another one of her biggest concealed secrets was the secret agencies he ran to capture rampant monsters and beasts that could be seen as a threat. All of those animal hybrids seen in Tartarus were Celestia’s doing. In the Episode “Slice of Life” Bonbon aka Sweetie Drops confessed to Lyra that she had once been a secret agent, but Princess Celestia had to close down the operation. The two sisters have the Canterlot archives and their own secret section in the Canterlot library. In season nine, Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow all agreed that the royal sisters like to hoard information. Are they afraid to release that information out into the world, to lower the risks of that knowledge reaching the wrong creatures? For years, Equestria barely communicated with the outside kingdoms until Twilight opened up Equestria to all creatures. It is a noble thing for the princesses to have their kingdom’s best interests at heart, but it feels wrong how little the citizens of Equestria know.
By: Grace
Now, we all know Hitch Trailblazer. He’s the sheriff in Maretime Bay, and he seems to be the only one to control crime in the beachside town. Maretime Bay seems to be small; perhaps Hitch is the only one who is needed to do the kind of work that he does. However, we do not know Hitch’s salary and how good he is at saving, there is one detail about him that has always stood out to me. That Hitch has a paid off mortgage. Being able to have your mortgage paid off seems like a pretty big accomplishment for a young stallion, but how do you think he was able to obtain this?
Ponies not using English is similar to Pixar's international changes
By: FirePuppy
Throughout both Friendship is Magic and Equestria Girls, the ponies almost never read or write in any English at all, but rather a bunch of universal symbols, like the Unicorn alphabet seen on Twilight's "Predictions and Prophecies" book in the show's first episode, and the "Saddle Arabian" language, as seen in Rainbow Rocks. Even the covers only have a picture of something and no title written on them, like the Journal of Friendship and Burnferno: Warrior From Within.
Well, all this reminds me of what Pixar Animation Studios does with their films. For instance, the boys' bathroom from Canterlot High School that Twilight enters in Equestria Girls, which doesn't have the word "Boys" labeled on it, looks similar to the removal of the words "Men" and "Women" and larger icons on the bathroom doors from Cars. Another one has the Foal Free Press newspapers showing headlines that only ponies can understand. This looks a lot similar to the newspaper headlines from Ratatouille that are written in French instead of English.
So in my opinion, Hasbro Studios and Pixar do actually have a little in common. Hasbro tends not to use any of the English language on My Little Pony media, while Pixar tends to remove some parts of the English language to make their films more suitable for worldwide use. What do you guys think about this theory?
Misty and Sprout
By: FlareGun45
This is NOT a ship-post! This is a potential FRIENDship idea.
So brahs, I've been thinkin' about new interactions between the ponies, and I got the feeling we could potentially have another Starlight/Trixie-like relationship between two G5 characters in a future chapter! Those two characters being Misty and Sprout!
The two of them never met, so neither one of them knows of eachother's villainous deeds, so they'd remain unbias towards eachother. Sprout doesn't really get brought up by the Mane 5, so it's doubtful Misty would know anything about him, even if she ran to him on the street and he introduced himself in his most egotistical way.
The two of them have alot in common, believe it or not!
1. They were both antagonists that wronged the Mane 5
2. They both have not-so-friendly and not-so-humble parents/guardians.
3. They're both highly insecure
4. They both reformed eventually (Sprout reformed in the video game)
Misty has had alot more screentime than Sprout has, and he hasn't had much of a chance to actually redeem himself in the eyes of the Mane 5. He used to be really close friends with Sunny and Hitch, but after all the whole lighthouse incident, they've been quite distant, and seeing how Sprout was in the chapter 4, he's feeling quite insecure about all of that, I believe. His mom did raise him to be like this, after all.
What better pony to help Sprout become a better pony, than some other antagonist who's a bit ahead of Sprout? This could bring alota potential not only to Misty's potential friendship with Sprout, but both of their friendships to the rest of the Mane 5. If they don't accept Sprout, then Misty could very well believe that they don't accept her either. I'm not saying it's true, but knowing how insecure Misty can be, she could make that conclusion.
Sprout definitely could use some help in opening up more, while Misty could stand up for herself more, and the two of them could balance eachother out, help eachother out. As crazy as this sounds, this friendship could work out pretty well!
