MLP Rumor: Humanized Spin-off Show Coming

[Reeve]

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Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

 

[Nieroshai]

And this has exactly what to do with gaming?

Please post this on sites that actually discuss this sort of content, this is just shoving things into people's faces.

It has nothing to do with gaming. That's why it's not in the gaming FORUM. The Escapist is a site for fans of all kinds of entertainment. Please let your avatar be ironic from this point on, this is a dark path you follow. First this, then you're telling kids to get off your lawn; next thing you know, you'll be tellinng kids "back in MY day..." stories.

 

[BenzSmoke]

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Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

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Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

Well played sir, well played.
But like I said in my previous post's edit: They're creating a new "spin-off franchise" rather than a tradition spin-off (separate story but in the same universe). They wouldn't go through the trouble of emphasizing the "alternate universe" school setting in promo material if the worlds were basically the same. But I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Lucky Godzilla]

Seems too pointless to be true. What new possibilities could the the writers explore that they couldn't already?

Allegedly the target age group of this show is going to be higher than that of My Little Pony. What that will lead to is anybody's guess, granted this actually turns out to be true.

 

[Reeve]

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Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing. What they're doing with Equestria Girls is creating a "spin-off franchise" in order to sell a new product line, and this would require distancing from the source material. They're targeting teenaged girls, according to promo material, so it would make more sense to establish a setting that teen girls themselves are in, real life school.

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Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

-Snip-

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

Well played sir, well played.

Thank you. The pleasure was all mine.

 

[TJC]

First thought to this news was:

"Apparently ponies aren't girly enough so they decided to market MLP to the internet mid-20s nerds and suck the money out of girls' pockets by creating another set of must-have barbies upcoming Christmas season."

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

I can't shake this feeling that it'll inevitably lead to some stereotypical "girl problems" that not even girls find relateable in any meaningful way (more like first world problems :/ ).

But let's give it the benefit of doubt that it is not a blatant cash-in which abuses its brand to sell more merchandising to impressionable children (and probably lolis)

 

[Reeve]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

 

[Proeliator]

3 possible reactions:

Spoiler: uh, no

Spoiler: Outstanding approval

Spoiler: indifference

Or even possibly:

Spoiler: naivete

Choose Your own!

 

[TJC]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

Let's break this down piece by piece

Quite a few; No; No; No; sortakinda; yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, aaand yes.

Definitely but not exclusively.

Some lessons are spelt out at the end of an episode, other are taught by proxy considering that each of the main characters are actually independent, hard-working and in regards to their profession passionate. and yeah, they're ponies. also, there are quite a few rainbows... hard to deny that one.

 

[Redingold]

Man, why didn't they get Joeseco or Slugbox to do the art? I've seen better humanized ponies on the first recently submitted page of Deviant-art.

...Slugbox?

The guy who draws the massively sexualised humanisations and who hasn't actually drawn anything pony related in months?

Why on earth would you pick him?

If you ask me, this guy [http://trinityinyang.deviantart.com/gallery/41439450] has basically made the perfect style of humanisation.

 

[RatRace123]

Why are they still multicolored?
I mean, I'm pretty OK with this, or indifferent, either one... but why are they still colored like they are in their pony forms? Are they going to a world where everyone is a weird color, like Doug? Because if not, if they're meant to blend in better in a human form... well they kinda fail at that.

I have no real thoughts on this besides that. If it carries the same crew and team as the original show, it has a pretty solid chance of being good. And if it's not, oh well.

 

[Dangit2019]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

I'm pretty sure if they did that, it wouldn't really be a big sell with the kiddos.

Unless your joking, then sorry, Poe's law.

 

[Reeve]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

I'm pretty sure if they did that, it wouldn't really be a big sell with the kiddos.

Unless your joking, then sorry, Poe's law.

I was sort of joking. I thought that would be obvious.

Oh the joy of communicating via text on the Internet...

 

[Dangit2019]

I was sort of joking. I thought that would be obvious.

Oh the joy of communicating via text on the Internet...

Welcome to the Escapist, where Poe's Law is the only law.

 

[Cpu46]

So... this would make MLP's rule 34 a lot less creepy or just plain worse?

*shudders*

I ran across some of that when somebody snuck a link to it in the middle of a bunch of actually safe for work links as a prank.

You can still see the scars...

OT: Well I do think it makes sense, you have an already popular show with a winning formula and characters so why not just remove one of the barriers that was throwing some people off? Then again I have seen some pretty convincing fanworks. Wasn't there a Homestuck anime hoax awhile back that ended up being one or two fan animations that got out of hand?

 

[templar1138a]

So it's basically a shoujo anime. Big deal.

This is why I've never been a fan of humanized ponies in the fandom.

 

[Snotnarok]

Still don't get the massive obsession with the show, the spinoff from the art provided looks worse than some fanart I've seen. Being on Deviant art MLP fanart is ALL I SEE, it's even invaded the bloody sci-fi group I post in, with ponyShepard and honestly I'd just like the fans to pull back the crazy obsession for 5 seconds and maybe just enjoy the show instead of the relentless & endless memes,sprays in games, youtube posters having to answer questions about why they don't like it, there's MLP discussions in the comment section of quantum physics videos, tublr, facebook, twitter.

I saw 1 ep of the show and I already feel I need a break. /end rant

 

[Rellik San]

If you ask me, this guy [http://trinityinyang.deviantart.com/gallery/41439450] has basically made the perfect style of humanisation.

Is... is the humanised DJ-Pon-3 in the same pose as Sonic on the case of Sonic Adventure on Dreamcast?

 

[Dangit2019]

If you ask me, this guy [http://trinityinyang.deviantart.com/gallery/41439450] has basically made the perfect style of humanisation.

Is... is the humanised DJ-Pon-3 in the same pose as Sonic on the case of Sonic Adventure on Dreamcast?

Well, he wasn't before, but now I can't unsee that.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Those skirts look like something out of a fucking fantastical fru fru anime.

OT: A spin-off about humans... whose designs are based off of ponies?

Yeah, okay, neat. Anything to fuel the Hasbro money train.

I can't wait to see Gilda's new design.
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