Why couldn't they keep the changelings the same design and not have those awful skittlebugs?
>toy commercial>not releasing a new line of toys
>>42871163Because black is an ugly color and anything black must be destroyed (Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis).
Changelings should've never been given any indication they posess good in them. Maybe neutrality for the sake of the hive but friendship, empathy, understanding. They're glorified termites who have just enough sapience to mimic the superficial elements of other species and enjoy tormenting their prey. Even Chrysalis for all her talk of survival is a sadistic monster who derives pleasure from the mental or physical torture she inflicts on others.
>>42871598>anything black must be destroyed...
>>42871163I'm sorry but I'm okay with the skittlebugs shrimply because i fucking hate the idea of a pony shaped creature with its legs full of HOLES.It's unnatural! And sure, it makes chrysalis hot, but my moonwife has all the same evil beauty without the missing chunks!
>>42872317You can keep your moon waifu then, the holes are cool, like a physical manifestation of them being hollow creatures.
>>42872317You have gay, anon.
>>42872623Seems to be a chronic case too
>>42872317the transformation should have just been getting rid of the holes.
>>42872751this
>>42871163Because you touch yourself at night.
>>42871163Because Haber wanted to remake the series to make it be all about his own (dumb) ideas and vision.
>>42871185They never made toys for the new changelings
>>42871163Their design communicates evil, so if you're a cynical brainlet who thinks the audience is stupid, you'd think you need to redesign them in a way that reflects their reformation. Of course, 'it's what's on the inside that counts' is a very common idea in kid's media that could've been easily applied, here, but because you're a cynical brainlet in this scenario, you either forgot about that or thought you were smarter than it.
>>42871163They kept getting put in jars
The design is okay, at least acceptable.Changelings eyes and legs are fucking badass.
>>42871163because they're bugs sp they go through metamorphosis or some shit
>>42871163I don't care much for the edgy niggerlings. They were so obviously created just to pander to bronies. The cute skittlebugs match the original tone of the show better.
>>42871163Actually, the whole changeling race transforming into some other species when reformed was a common fanfic plot among the fandom. So there's nothing wrong with premise itself.What IS wrong is their design. It suck ass, it could have been much better.And yes, I know it's supposed to be iridescence, but primitive garish Flash gradients do not capture iridescence.
>>42873447I doubt they were pandering to us as early as season 2.>Edgy niggerlingsHow are love parasites any more edgy than nightmare nigger from the literal first 2 episodes?
>>42872807Dumbest thing is they already taught that lesson, with Zecora's introduction. Changelings were so terribly mishandled, it's sad.Really though Hasbro just hates blacks.
>>42873628>I doubt they were pandering to us as early as season 2.???
>>42873628there's been brony pandering since feeling pinkie keen.
>>42873628>I doubt they were pandering to us as early as season 2.>The Last RoundupAnon...
>>42873628>nightmare niggerLuna's extremely petty and pathetic motivations makes her whimsical. She's not edgy in the slightest, she's just a silly pastel pony.
>>42873709To be fair I wouldn't call A Canterlot Wedding particularly edgy at all, it's campy. In retrospect it starts trends that I don't like but I wouldn't call it edgy in any meaningful sense. We don't really get any sense of the changelings being menacing, if anything they're downplayed by the whole PPG tribute sequence.
>>42873709Does this mean I can call Luna my retarded silly wife now?
>>42873694I thought that was more of a shout out than straight up pandering, either way I don't see how changelings are pandering.>>42873709I worded it shittily but i mean that i don't particularly find either to be edgy.Regardless I don't see how skittlebugs are in line with the early seasons writing or tone somehow.
>>42873752This, in Season 1, antagonists were always treated like shit if they were opposing the Mane 6 in the slightest way. Skittlebugs could thus not exist.