Februpony day 4 for fav friendship lesson! My fav is from applebuck season where Applejack learns to ask for help from her friends
“My friend Applejack is the best friend a pony could ever have, and she’s always there to help anypony. The only trouble is, when she needs help she finds it hard to accept it. So while friendship is about giving of ourselves to friends, it’s also about accepting what our friends have to offer.”
So I’m watching My Little Pony Friendship is magic (I watched through S4 when I was a teenager but stopped, and I’m finally getting around to watching more, just started S5) and…I was wondering, was anyone else disappointed with both Discord’s reformation, and Twilight’s turning into an allicorn? (I think those were the end of S3).
Don’t get me wrong, I really really like the premises of both. I absolutely adore the idea of Fluttershy being the one to reform Discord, and Twilight finishing Starswirl’s last spell is a neat idea, as is everyone’s cutiemarks being switched.
But twilight becoming a princess and Discord being reformed are huge events for the series as a whole, and I felt like both were super rushed. If any season finale should be a dramatic two parter, it should be the one where twilight becomes a princess. The two premises don’t really fit together but I almost feel like both are two-parter-season-finale material.
Anywho. The reason I’m posting this on my writing blog is I’m contemplating writing fics rewriting those two episodes—either as separate episodes/ fics, or combining the two episodes somehow.
And I was wondering, does anyone have any ideas for things I might change or include to improve those episodes? Anything you wish was included yourself?
Right now all I can think is “slow both down” but that doesn’t really give me a lot to work with. I can pretty easily make Discord fight the reformation for longer, but I also need a more satisfying catalyst for him to realize that Fluttershy’s friendship actually matters to him. And I think I can expand on Starswirl’s spell and how it works, and make it a bit harder to finish but…I’d love some suggestions on more specific things I could add, subtract, or change.
(Also, I might make both episodes a little darker so don’t hesitate to suggest some darker things too)
(My apologies if this has been done before, I’m super duper new to the fandom)
