Q: Which character were you most excited to see older? And was there one you wished to see but didn’t have enough time in the episode for?
A: It was cool to see them all older! And I wish we’d had time and resources to show everyone.
Q: During the epilogue we haven’t seen ponies like Mr and Mrs Cake, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance. Are they just living their life away from their foal/fillies or are they gone like Granny Smith ??
A: We already had so many characters to show, so we weren’t able to fit in everyone, or design and build older versions. Just because some aren’t on screen doesn’t mean they’re dead.
Both of these make a fair bit of sense.
Q: What’s the name of Sugar Belle’s and Big Mac’s son?
A: We never came up with one. Big Sugar? Fans will come up with something much better than that!
We’re well ahead of him in that regard.
Q: What was the deal with the Well of Shade introduced in the S7 finale? Seemed like it was gonna come back as a bigger deal later & I honestly expected it to somehow be featured at some point, but it never happened. Were there any further plans for it?
A: No further plans, unfortunately. I’m sure if we’d had more seasons, we would have gotten back to it eventually.
This is a pretty big shame.
Q: Who are the parents of Luster Dawn?
A: My opinion was that she was a random kid, not related to anyone we knew from the show. That way she can be a cypher for anyone coming to the show for the first time.
Q: What is the name of Pinkie Pie’s kid?
A: He was just referred to as Little Cheese in the script, but I personally like Cheese Slice.
Cheese Slice does sound fairly cute.
Q: Since Grogar’s bell is proof of his existence, what happened to the real Grogar?
A: I guess he’s still out there somewhere!
At least this proves that he’s actually real.
Q: What happened to Starlight’s mom?
A: Honestly, we never come up with stories for characters that aren’t in the show. We have enough work coming up with all the details you DO see!
I guess this makes sense.
Q: Luster Dawn looks a lot like Starlight and Sunburst. Any relation?
A: I say no, but Josh Haber says yes. So, you can decide!
Hmm…
Q: Was a full backstory ever planned out for Cozy Glow, or was she always just an evil filly by nature?
A: We never really discussed Cozy’s origins. It would have been fun to get in to, but we didn’t really end up having the time.
Well dang…
Q: When you guys were planning the unreleased Zebra homeland episode, were you thinking that all Zebras would speak in rhyme, or is that just something special about Zecora?
A: It didn’t make it that far to have officially decided, but we did have this very discussion. Some of the writers expressed trepidation at having to write rhymes for a BUNCH of characters, which is understandable!
It’s hard enough to write rhymes for one character, so it is understandable.
