My Little Pony: A New Generation Discussion

[MasterXtreme]

Don't waste your time boys.  She asks a question, people answer, she repackages the question and asks again for a different show. 

This guy gets it.

Pssst, Bumble's a dudette.

[Crimson Crest]

  Sorry about that, it's hard to guess people's genders online from their username and profile picture alone. I should've at least checked her profile page first before referring to her with a gender–specific noun.

[Bumble]

Sorry about that, it's hard to guess people's genders online from their username and profile picture alone. I should've at least checked her profile page first before referring to her with a gender–specific noun.

  Lol! Don't worry about it.  It's all good.  We're not a community where people freak out about pro-nouns.  I don't think I have the gender tag on my profile.  Funnily enough, my original username here was "Bumblegirl" before I shortened it to just "Bumble." 

[MasterXtreme]

A massive document leak for G5 information and world building.

Equestria Daily Article

Here are some of the highlights.  All I can say is I am glad G5 ended if this is what they were going to try and do.  Overall, the staff had some pretty poor ideas.

Equestria's history, including the alicorn land of Skyros that Opaline was annoyed picked Celestia and Luna to go out and lead as opposed to her, due to the superiority of Alicorn over the other three races.

Twilight splitting the mane 6 up into the three pony race cities we ended up with, and meeting annually to recharge the crystals and keep magic around while maintaining "invisibubbles" of protection against Opaline. This tradition eventually died out, which lead to the complete severing of the races.

Plans for further pony realm exploration, including Aurora ponies, Sea ponies, Tropical ponies (Neon colors and bio-luminescent), Flutterponies with butterfly wings, and BAT ponies who had a goth spooky appearance. I'm so disappointed we didn't make it that far!

Skyros itself could have been explored, which was sort of a Mount Olympus style asthetic and according to the document, would explain a lot of unexplored lore from G4 with the origins of Celestia and Luna.

[Bumble]

The part for the G4 backstory irked me. Apparently, Twilight was an easy target for Opaline because she was an "inexperienced ruler" and was "always second guessing" herself. I could have sworn she overcame those flaws in season 9. Apparently, this is the explanation as to why she sealed away the magic. Her reign sadly did not last long unlike the royal sisters. 200 years?? That is way too short tbh..

According to the draft, 200 years into the future was when the attack of Opaline happened. Wouldn't the Mane and Student Six be dead? There's no way the mane 6 including Glimmer would have placed those crystals in those mentioned locations. The only one who would realistically be alive would be Twilight. The Discord arc comics had a different explanation, saying the attack was a few years later after Twilight took the throne.

Horrible how G5 was screwing up the beauty that was G4. G5 was an unnecessary and forced sequel that should’ve been its own thing. This is just spitting on the legacy of G4.

[Smiles2us]

The PDF goes into detail for over 36 pages!! Does anyone have a direct link to the PDF? I would love to read into this. Even just the highlights has my skin crawling.

[Blurr]

Putting ten picks on the same question popping up agains despite all those long and detailed answers. Any takers?

[MasterXtreme]

Putting ten picks on the same question popping up agains despite all those long and detailed answers. Any takers?

We've moved on.  That's why we are talking about the PDF leak that was going to bastardize G4 lore.

[DEEcat98]

Would any of you say that MLP tried way too hard by trying too deep on it’s world building during G4 and G5 and should have sticked with the status quo of FIM’s first three Seasons?

[Silverwing]

The PDF goes into detail for over 36 pages!! Does anyone have a direct link to the PDF? I would love to read into this. Even just the highlights has my skin crawling.

I have no idea where the people found any PDF.  I certainly couldn't find it.  I am sure it's on the MLP subreddit somewhere.  I would be very curious to read it as well.

[MasterXtreme]

My Little Pony: Lost Stories of Equestria - G5 + Cadance Comic Compilation for 2025

Equestria Daily

Get lost in these four stories of action, mystery, and friendship featuring Princess Cadance, Violette Rainbow and Skye, Zipp and Pipp, and the Mane 5!

How did Princess Cadance become an Alicorn? While at the School of Magic in Canterlot, a swarm of dragons attack. Watching Princess Celestia defend them, Cadance jumps in to help. But, what can a pony with no magic do? Then, when Violette Rainbow asks why Skye doesn’t visit her in Bridlewood it leads to an argument, but will they be able to learn how the strength of a good friend can help before it’s too late?

It’s New Years and Zipp and Pipp are having a party! But when Zipp ruins Pipp’s big surprise, can she make up for it while keeping her resolution? And, when a famous pegasus returns to Zephyr Heights for a tournament in their honor, they disappear during their flight! The Mane 5 each have a unique perspective on what they saw. Will they be able to put together the clues and find out what happened?
Paperback | $21.99
Published by IDW Publishing
Aug 05, 2025 | 136 Pages | 6-5/8 x 10-3/16 | 9-12 years | ISBN 9798887243382

[Grapefoot]

At least new comics are still happening.

[Rainberry]

My Little Pony: Lost Stories of Equestria - G5 + Cadance Comic Compilation for 2025

Equestria Daily

Get lost in these four stories of action, mystery, and friendship featuring Princess Cadance, Violette Rainbow and Skye, Zipp and Pipp, and the Mane 5!

How did Princess Cadance become an Alicorn? While at the School of Magic in Canterlot, a swarm of dragons attack. Watching Princess Celestia defend them, Cadance jumps in to help. But, what can a pony with no magic do? Then, when Violette Rainbow asks why Skye doesn’t visit her in Bridlewood it leads to an argument, but will they be able to learn how the strength of a good friend can help before it’s too late?

It’s New Years and Zipp and Pipp are having a party! But when Zipp ruins Pipp’s big surprise, can she make up for it while keeping her resolution? And, when a famous pegasus returns to Zephyr Heights for a tournament in their honor, they disappear during their flight! The Mane 5 each have a unique perspective on what they saw. Will they be able to put together the clues and find out what happened?
Paperback | $21.99
Published by IDW Publishing
Aug 05, 2025 | 136 Pages | 6-5/8 x 10-3/16 | 9-12 years | ISBN 9798887243382

So is this all new or is this a compilation book?

[RainySunshine]

My Little Pony: Lost Stories of Equestria - G5 + Cadance Comic Compilation for 2025

Equestria Daily

Get lost in these four stories of action, mystery, and friendship featuring Princess Cadance, Violette Rainbow and Skye, Zipp and Pipp, and the Mane 5!

How did Princess Cadance become an Alicorn? While at the School of Magic in Canterlot, a swarm of dragons attack. Watching Princess Celestia defend them, Cadance jumps in to help. But, what can a pony with no magic do? Then, when Violette Rainbow asks why Skye doesn’t visit her in Bridlewood it leads to an argument, but will they be able to learn how the strength of a good friend can help before it’s too late?

It’s New Years and Zipp and Pipp are having a party! But when Zipp ruins Pipp’s big surprise, can she make up for it while keeping her resolution? And, when a famous pegasus returns to Zephyr Heights for a tournament in their honor, they disappear during their flight! The Mane 5 each have a unique perspective on what they saw. Will they be able to put together the clues and find out what happened?
Paperback | $21.99
Published by IDW Publishing
Aug 05, 2025 | 136 Pages | 6-5/8 x 10-3/16 | 9-12 years | ISBN 9798887243382

So is this all new or is this a compilation book?

It is a compilation book.

[Sniffles]

I wish there was a way to just buy all the comics in a bundle instead of having to hunt them down one by one.