Interested in advertising on Derpibooru? Click here for information!
Red Palette Art - Merch Shop

Help fund the $15 daily operational cost of Derpibooru - support us financially!

Description

I seriously couldn’t shake this feeling while watching the finale, and I honestly needed to share it with you guys. Feel free to disagree. Honestly I don’t think the writers intentionally copied the Bible. I think they just wanted the show to have the most positive ending possible, and the Bible just so happens to also have the most positive ending possible. There’s a reason they call it “the greatest story ever told.” The one thing I might have changed to make the allegory more complete would be to have Twilight resolve not to rebuild the castle and instead live and travel among her people throughout her reign, since the Bible says that in the renewed world there won’t be any need for temples.
 
Please share your thoughts. I can’t wait to hear.

safe2282562 edit182030 edited screencap96247 screencap303556 amarant76 amethyst star3216 applejack208700 arista244 ballista185 barry95 big macintosh34972 billy190 blaze426 carapace (g4)97 chancellor neighsay915 clump283 cozy glow10276 discord38996 firelight569 fizzlepop berrytwist9966 flam2577 fleetfoot2767 flim2674 fluttershy269008 frenulum (g4)246 gabby3297 galena81 gallus9332 garble2279 gilda11661 gimme moore128 giselle213 grampa gruff495 greta511 gretchen52 high winds360 irma213 laguna74 lemon hearts2791 lightning streak212 lokiax192 lord tirek6480 luster dawn2202 lyra heartstrings35427 minuette7245 misty fly731 moondancer6395 natalya180 night light3125 ocellus7075 party favor1756 pharynx1423 pinkie pie266917 prince rutherford903 princess ember8958 prominence281 queen chrysalis44067 rain shine695 rainbow dash291340 rarity226265 rex91 sandbar6992 seaspray242 silver lining325 silver zoom325 silverstream7936 sky beak215 smolder11767 snake (g4)49 soarin'18815 sparkler3216 spear (g4)299 spike95524 spiracle146 spitfire16129 stellar flare1767 sugar belle3898 sunburst9321 surprise (g4)341 tempest shadow19390 terramar1017 thod81 thorax5665 trixie81938 twilight sparkle371818 twilight velvet5696 twinkleshine2969 vex189 viverno69 wind waker60 yarra39 yeager39 yohimbine96 yona6574 yvette107 alicorn337127 centaur4986 changedling12183 changeling70506 changeling queen25713 classical hippogriff7215 dragon92667 earth pony551796 griffon38807 hippogriff14823 kirin16642 pegasus543845 pony1712648 unicorn588244 yak6468 g42124312 my little pony: friendship is magic269133 season 93997 the ending of the end3820 the last problem8136 absurd resolution69753 abuse11221 adult3859 adult spike1857 bible233 book46064 book of revelation11 change my mind126 chrysabuse278 cozybuse534 donut3223 dragoness15068 female1913247 filly105968 flim flam brothers1493 food109173 gigachad spike1344 king thorax3982 legion of doom statue142 male590375 mane seven8361 mane six39240 mare814940 older43446 older spike9875 older twilight4741 older twilight sparkle (alicorn)4426 petrification1297 prince pharynx1067 princess twilight 2.04365 stallion216136 statue3434 steven crowder35 text98424 theory507 tirekabuse88 turned to stone107 twilight sparkle (alicorn)155351 wall of blue157 wall of tags8004 winged spike10761 wings253941
Source

Comments

Syntax quick reference: **bold** *italic* ||hide text|| `code` __underline__ ~~strike~~ ^sup^ ~sub~

Detailed syntax guide

Background Pony #E98F
@Jonny Manz
Very well. Then I’ll enjoy my fandom and you can enjoy your fandom.
Still if I were to give advice foe the future. If someone wants to compare something to something, it’s not incorrect to do so. That’s just point out a common trope.
It’s perfectly fine for someone to compare Revelation to The Ending of the End whether you like it or not, if they see the trope as similar.
Same how it’s valid for someone to point out how the Legion of Doom is similar to Superfriends villians even if the Legion was never inspired by them but just so happened to resemble them.
Anyways thats all I have to say. Good day.
Jonny Manz
Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
Pixel Perfection - Hot Pockets Spotted
Notoriously Divine Tagger - Consistently uploads images above and beyond the minimum tag requirements. And/or additionally, bringing over the original description from the source if the image has one. Does NOT apply to the uploader adding several to a dozen tags after originally uploading with minimum to bare tagging.
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -

I am who I am
@Background Pony #E98F
Hey, if they believe in that (IOW they’re a part of the Jesus fandom), whatever, good for them (I guess), but works of fiction are works of fiction, and I’m not gonna try and disguise that fact to avoid stepping on toes or whatever.
At most, I’ll couch it by saying I believe it’s a work of fiction and that religion is just another type of fandom.
Background Pony #E98F
@Jonny Manz
Perhaps you should think a little more carefully before lampooning on something a lot of these users believe in.
Especially on a casual observation.
Maybe you ought to choose your words more carefully next time.
Straight Edge

it's hip to be square
The series finale was seriously great, in many of the ways that the ending of the Bible is great, though I think ghis is mostly coincidence.  
Honestly, the one thing I would change is the title of the two parter. Instead of “The Ending of the End,” it should have been “The End of the Beginning.”
Minus
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Kinship Through Differences - Celebrated the 11th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Philomena - For helping others attend the 2021 community collab
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab

Leader of the G4 purists
So they copied the Bible, but did it better. Oof, the Jesus fandom is probably not happy with this. Even has the unicorns and dragons too! Not to mention, a red skinned horned villain, and a master of deception. The Devil was multiple characters to begin with so it makes sense that was what they went back to here with Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy. The symbology of the garden of Eden and Applejack’s farm is also unmistakable!
Jonny Manz
Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
Pixel Perfection - Hot Pockets Spotted
Notoriously Divine Tagger - Consistently uploads images above and beyond the minimum tag requirements. And/or additionally, bringing over the original description from the source if the image has one. Does NOT apply to the uploader adding several to a dozen tags after originally uploading with minimum to bare tagging.
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -

I am who I am
@Smitty1991  
Well, I mean, it barely qualifies as moralistic, but I feel it does based mostly on the New Testament (well, uh, setting aside the hallucinogenic fever dream that is the Book of Revelations).
 
The Old Testament has some really fucked up stuff, gotta say. A personal favorite of mine was always the one where a guy discovers one of his ladyfriends has been murdered, and so he cuts her body up into little meat cubes (or that’s what I always imagined) and sends them across the land to get justice or some shit like that.
Smitty1991
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

@Smart Heart  
Says who? I never once heard Lauren Faust or anyone else on the show staff state that they set out to break cliches with this show. You might as well be saying that The Powerpuff Girls was made to break cliches.
 
@Background Pony #EC16  
Yeah, that’s vwwn true since season two’s “Dragon Quest.” Ge even says at the end of the episode to Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, “You’re nore than just friends. You’re my family.” And as “Sparkle’s Seven” showed us, this extends to Twilight’s family as well, as shining Armor refers to Spike as his little brother as he gives him a hug.
 
@Sanagi 蛹  
How sad and pathetic is it that you can’t even make an allegory to the Bible anymore witbout it sparking some stupid, idiotic debate. Now that’s just depressing.
 
@HyaenusDominae  
Agreed! :)
AC97
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

@Background Pony #EC16
 
Yeah, I’m not sure what two dragons who stopped mattering before Spike was born, who never influenced his life beyond the existence of his egg can do for him.
 
Twilight Velvet and Night Light, followed by big sister Twilight Sparkle raised him far as I’m concerned, and as of the end of the series, he’s a high-ranking member of a country’s government, being Twilight’s Royal Advisor and Ambassador.
 
What could his biological parents possibly offer, with that in mind, when they were never there, assuming they’re even alive?
 
Some people in the real world do not care about who their biological parents are, and I’d imagine that became the case for Spike.
 
TL;DR: Spike’s biological parents are utterly irrelevant to the character he’s been throughout S1-S9, period (hell, they didn’t even name him, did they). Being adopted without knowing who your biological parents are or were doesn’t preclude you from a happy life, and I’d say Spike has been happy overall.
Background Pony #C9A8
I don’t like this idea because MLP is universal in its message regardless of religion and the kind of thinking in this post makes it christian-only. Seriously, don’t drag religion into things like that