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Champions of Equestria

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Worldbuilding Addict
… this is gorgeous. Say what you will about the comics, but the visual are fantastic.
 
I mean, look at this! The color! The detail! My goodness. If this weren’t official artwork it’d be a shoo-in for featured image, for sure.
Background Pony #6338
@Kazapsky  
Don’t waste your breath. Crazy bronies aren’t happy unless they have something to bitch about.
 
Personally I think this is a beautiful scene.
Background Pony #0D69
@Kazapsky  
No, my argument is that they fleshed out Celestia not by exploring who she is and what makes her interesting, or her importance in Equestria’s history, or her relationship with her sister and how the whole absolutely goddamn fascinating Nightmare Moon conflict played out, but by giving her the most generic cliche romantic tragedy imaginable
 
They reduced her to a lovesick old maid.
Background Pony #0D69
@Littlecabbit  
It’s not about the romance. It’s about the characters.
 
Sombra is an uninteresting villain nobody cares about who did bugger all and then exploded. Could he do with some backstory? Yes! You know what I immediately latched on to as being relevant to Sombra’s backstory? The goddamn Inspiration Manifestation spell that comes from an evil book, is bright fucking green, and slowly takes over the user’s mind and forces them to turn everything into crystal. But nope. Writers don’t care about that shit.
 
Celestia has had not a damn thing to do all show long. She’s possibly the oldest living thing in equestria. She’s a pivotal aspect of the backstory of the world itself. Could she do with some development? Hell yes. But the very last thing she needs is for that development to revolve around a damn romance plot. Especially a really trite, cliched romance plot with an exceptionally uninteresting character.
 
I want to see how Celestia and Luna became alicorns. I want to see how Discord came to power in the first place. I want to see how Canterlot got built. I want to see the emotional struggle and conflict between the sisters leading up to Nightmare Moon. I want to see what Celestia did for a thousand years.
 
I don’t want to see her reduced to a lovesick puppy for some stupendously boring guy who has NO RELEVANCE TO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.
SPF2099

I CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLD
 
SHINING, SHIMMERING, SPLENDID
 
TELL ME, PRINCESS, NOW WHEN DID YOU LAST LET YOUR HEART DECIDE?
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@Background Pony #B992
 
See, it’s this kind of thought pattern that really irritates me, just because it’s designed for kids means that everything has to be neutered, Hamtaro, a Japanese anime designed for the same exact group as this cartoon is, with pretty much the same exact morals, had just as much importance on romance as it did on platonic relationships, with scenes just as romantic as this if not more, heck, there was a game called hamham heartbreak that was based entirely on the romantic relationships of the characters!
 
If the creators of either the comic or the cartoon wanted to add a little romance, then I feel they should be allowed to do as such, the delusional fanboys be damned if they were the only ones that would keep them from doing so.
Background Pony #0D69
OH
 
THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THE LEGEND OF TANABATA
 
I GET IT NOW
 
THIS TOTALLY MAKES IT NOT SHITTY ANY MORE
 
I’M SO GLAD SOMBRA WAS DEVELOPED AS A CHARACTER FOR THIS SINGLE STUPID THROWAWAY CULTURAL REFERENCE