First, i want to start a discussion by sharing this chart i made explaining my personal views of how i would divide up the eras of mlp: fim by quality, tone, and the staff involved. below i will elaborate on some of my controversial opinions:I actually slightly prefer the mccarthy era over the faust era overall. my personal season ranking is 4>2>3>1>5>7>6>9>8. but i recognize the changes and i completely understand why some strongly prefer the faust era. i personally find both eras great in different ways. and I believe mlp didn't decline until after mccarthy and the veteran writers left.Listen, i also understand why some really like seasons 6-9. and i did like plenty of episodes within them. i actually liked starlight and the student 6. and i thought that the biggest issue in these seasons was how they did not use them enough. in spite of how rushed and unearned i found starlight's redemption to be. i actually found her to be a likeable character after that for the most part. hell, the season 6 finale is one of my favorite episodes. i just wish she had more screen time, a more in depth arc and more interactions with the other characters.Let's talk about seasons 8 & 9: i found the student 6 to be likeable. and they had a lot of potential. hearth's warming eve was a wonderful episode proving this. however. i thought seasons 8 & 9 squandered them with a nonsensical concept and barely using them. the friendship school made no sense. the mane 6 had busy lives already and should have not been teachers. let alone the only teachers. having friendship being some academic thing that requires several classes to be taught is really weird. since friendship is developed mainly through experience. celestia didn't teach twilight friendship. she had her practically learn it. the school should have been a normal boarding school with educational classes taught by actual teachers. it can still be a friendship school by just having all these different species there interacting and being taught good values.I think the student six themselves got very little development, only having a few episodes starring them. this was a true shame. since they were fresh and interesting characters providing something new to the show. while all of the established characters were so played out by this point. i fully believe that the student six should have been the main characters in these seasons.Even still, if the show would have been willing to fully commit to its new concepts. i would have respected the hell out of it. and there was plenty of potential for story lines featuring these characters. seeing their friendships grow and seeing the mane six mentor them could have made for a great two seasons. seasons 8 & 9 were halfway stuck between trying to be unique and trying to be more of the same. and they fail in both of these departments in my opinion.Sounds of silence isn't terrible, but an excellent episode, which is why it doesn’t count into the haber era.
>>42848038tranny thread
Hey, this is just a hypothetical question, not a statement of intent or anything, but in theory, how many Milky Ways would I need to post in here before the janny decides that the thread is unsalvageable and deletes it?
>>42848049now he's going to leave the thread up just to spite you. Also they don't delete malk in replies
>>42848049This board is moderated out of spite. So all Milkies would be deleted and the thread would be left up to die without a single meaningful reply. See the archive for many examples of barbie threads where the same thing has happened.
>>42848038sounds is silence should be also red, it's a bad episode
Season 5 is so much better than 4. I never understood this chart
>>42848157Thank you, it's not a good episode. It just benefits from being surrounded by unwatchable garbage, so by comparison it seems alright. It has one good song doing all the work, but remove that and what do you get? >b-but the Kirin are cute!!There are tons of cute background ponies in S8. Is S8 suddenly good now?
>>42848038Can you tell us why you're doing this?
Only brainlets create rankings for entire seasons. Everyone else ranks each episode individually.
>>42848843im the maker of this chart; I didn't make this thread. I do appreciate op adding making Sounds of Silence green, it's a fantastic episode. However, I'm not sure why OP seemed to take stuff I previously said and just recorded all of it, likely with AI? (1/2)
Here is my actual text that they changed: Hey guys, I want to start a discussion by sharing this chart I made explaining my personal views of how I would divide up the eras of MLP: Friendship is Magic by quality, tone, and the staff involved. Below I will elaborate on some of my controversial opinions:My personal season ranking is 4>2>3>1>5>7>6>9>8. I actually slightly prefer the McCarthy Era over the Faust Era overall, but I recognize the changes and I completely understand why some strongly prefer the Faust Era. I personally find both eras great in different ways, and I believe MLP didn't decline until after McCarthy and the veteran writers left.I also understand why some really like seasons 6-9, and I did like plenty of episodes within them. I actually liked Starlight and the student 6, and I thought that the biggest issue in these seasons was how they did not use them enough. In spite of how rushed and unearned I found Starlight's initial redemption to be, I actually found her to be a likeable character after that for the most part. Heck, the Season 6 finale is one of my favorite episodes. I just wish she had more screen time, a more in depth arc, and more interactions with the other characters.I found the student 6 to be likeable, a breath of fresh air for the show, and they had a lot of potential. Hearth's Warming Eve was a wonderful episode proving this. However, I thought Seasons 8 & 9 squandered them with a nonsensical concept and barely using them. The Friendship School made no sense. The mane 6 had busy lives already and should have not been teachers, let alone the ONLY teachers. Having friendship being some academic thing that requires several classes to be taught is really weird, since friendship is developed mainly through experience. Celestia didn't teach Twilight friendship, she had her practically learn it. The school should have been a normal boarding school with educational classes taught by actual teachers. It can be still a friendship school by just having all these different species there interacting and being taught good values.The student six themselves got very little development, only having a few episodes starring them. This was a true shame, since they were fresh and interesting characters providing something new to the show, while all of the established characters were so played out by this point. I fully believe that the student six should have been the main characters in these seasons. If the show would have been willing to fully commit to its new concepts, I would have respected the hell out of it, and there was plenty of potential for story lines featuring these characters. Seeing their friendships grow and seeing the mane six mentor them could have made for a great two seasons. Sadly, the show wasted them. Seasons 8 & 9 were halfway stuck between trying to be unique and trying to be more of the same, and they fail in both of these departments in my opinion.(2/2)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1enJV-XTQyKqMGsBnh-MXmE19RQAgoatb4c4yh_Lx2W4/edit?usp=sharingHere is a link to the google slides presentation for my chart. If you would like to split the eras up differently and make your own points, feel free to make your own version of the chart by copying my presentation and editing that copy.
>>42849534>However, I'm not sure why OP seemed to take stuff I previously said and just recorded all of it, likely with AI?OP likely just posted this to kill a thread he doesn't like so he just used AI to barely disguise it
Trixie is a shit character and made the 14 episodes she was in insufferable.
>>42848038S1&2 > S3 > EqG > S4-7 > S8&9
>>42848038Season eight was suppose to have Twilight to pass the Elements of Harmony to the CMC
>>42849534You've got to explain why Season 4 is your favourite. I'm not mad, I'm just confused and morbidly curious.
>>42849993yeah and season 9 was supposed to have the recording of josh haber raping you in your sleep
>>42848257It really is carried by the kirin, and just barely so. I'd even argue it's carried solely by Autumn because no one gives a shit about the other kirin.
>>42849994Season 4:>Featured by far the most amount of songs of any season of the show, and the songs are consistently great and varied.>Took risks and was very creative with really fun and varied concepts for episodes.>Very solid mix of episodes for each of the mane six, plus Spike & the CMC. Every character got great development in at least one episode. All of the characters got great episodes to shine in without exception. Especially impressive is that this season managed to have both two great Spike episodes (Inspiration Manifestation, Equestria Games), and two great CMC episodes (Flight to the Finish, Twilight Time), even though both of those episode types tended to be meh in seasons 1-3.>Has a more action packed and mature tone, while at the same time not sacrificing any of the characterization and fun that makes the show great (unlike the later seasons).>The episode quality and consistency is easily the best of any season. Outside of a couple bad episodes and like 3 meh ones, basically everything else was flat out great.>Twilight was just as nerdy and likeable as before, and her treehouse was still there. She also got great development in the premiere and finale that undid the issues with the rushed Season 3 finale. (Both episodes clearly established how Twilight was not actually very happy with her role as princess, and it took the whole season for her to find her place.) None of the issues with Twilight's character were actually noticeable until Season 5.>It also fixed the rushed Discord reformation by making it clear in his appearances how he was not fully reformed,was really only even liked by Fluttershy, and still loved annoying others with chaos. These issues built up well to his relapse in the finale, with him realizing that the fun of being evil wasn't worth losing his friendship with Fluttershy. Such great development.>That season premiere and finale were two of the most fun two-parters of the show. The arc with the keys was a great way to tie the season together in a non-intrusive way that even highlighted great character development.>Animation quality is probably the best of the entire show, being higher quality compared to the previous seasons while also not trying too hard or seeming stilted like later seasons.Basically, Season 4 took the great qualities of Seasons 1-3, and pumped up the music, animation, and action, took more risks in general, balanced the characters and developed them fantastically, fixed the issues caused by Season 3, while not sacrificing anything that made the show great previously. It is easily my favorite season for these reasons. Even Season 5 (which I still think was pretty good) began dropping the ball in comparison, and seasons 6-9 basically felt like a whole different (and worse) show.
>>42850094Wtf bro!
>>42849994Season 4 as the best season is actually a pretty popular opinion
>>42850763your asshole is gaped buddy
