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What show was idw watching?
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What then do believe caused the timelines to diverge?
True, but that the show and comics coordinated such to allow the pillars to appear before their show debuts is evidence they’re trying to keep their continuities the same.
The Pillars was designed for and by the show
Where does Equestria Girls fit into the canon vs. continuity thing, that might help clarify the difference/help me understand your arguments behind it. Otherwise:
The various MLP media definitely aren’t in the same continuities, though, there are a myriad of differences and outright contradictions between them, and no effort made to reconcile any of it; in particular there was never any real attempt to coordinate story beats and plot points between the cartoons and the comics, with IDW being given more or less free rein to tell whatever kind of stories it wanted unless those stories got to close to what the cartoons were planning to do in upcoming episodes.
Interesting point, never considered the difference between canon and continuity. My impression was Hasbro/creators licensing it merely made it official not canon. Wonder how much of this debate is driven by confusion over such terms?
your current filter.If it’s an official Hasbro-licensed release, it’s canon, full stop. The word you’re looking for is continuity: a separate and self-contained set of stories which may or may not interact with or have anything to do with any other continuity in the canon.
Spoken like a true fan of disappointment!
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Classic? Wow you have odd standards
That’s some hair-brained zero sense gotcha internet argument appropriately spoken by an ugly nerd
The comics are not outright separate, they have been consistently officially stated as canon unless/until contradicted by the show. If the comics were officially full canon/made as episodes, would we really be more willing to accept them as canon despite their flaws (there are plenty of episodes if not whole seasons fans reject). And what about contradictions within the shows themselves (see MYM and TYT)?
Edited because: Typo
You’re not wrong on that one. I think after both MYM and TYT ended, many felt obligated to read the comics because they’re starving for content.
I remember when people were falling all over themselves to point out that the G4 comics weren’t canon following every contradiction or poor story IDW made.
It really does highlight how much of the anti-IDW attitude was pretty much just this classic
I respect your level headedness. I usually am one who is one the other end side or at least more in the middle when debates like this pop up, so I get being in that boat. I do think you bring a good point. I could raise you one further and state that technically there is enough discontinuity between G5 and G4 that the G5 is arguably an AU unto itself.
I could almost accept that as a reasoning were it consistent. How many of the people acting as if this supersedes the established G5 continuity believed that “Generations” comic to be the finale of FiM’s continuity? Or consider “Season 10” to be canon? Or think the G4 comics in general are canon? Quite a bit of comic material came out after FiM’s animated run ended.
your current filter.I think the problem is, canon is in flux. The main shows of G5 are canceled and this is what we have left and still might be a direction things go or are left at. I do agree that people shouldn’t run like the sky is falling but still think this is still (potentially) bad enough a take on the show that I am certainly a bit more in the upset camp than I like to admit and understand why others would be.
I remember when people were falling all over themselves to point out that the G4 comics weren’t canon following every contradiction or poor story IDW made.
@doloresbridge
your current filter.Edited
Not sure, but the show bible (the one leaked) pretty much states that Twilight and her friends actually sealed the magic after they defeated Opaline the first time, so I guess they were following that.
Also a thing to note, albeit I do think the picture from the comics, the leaks, and some of MYM and possibly TYT all point in a more tragic direction, so it does seem like something they are/were leaning into to various degrees. I do agree that this isn’t 100% set in stone as the definitive interpenetration/portrayal of events.