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Shunks

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20 Comments

@asiodioweioi 3 years ago (edited)

Also in case anyone's wondering, the telegram pony is called "shitfuck"

Just a name given by fans, not an official name

@medi0cre_pr0ducti0ns6 3 years ago

I read the Cosmos arc and it's hilarious how they made Discord a victim of a toxic relationship that he overcomes. It's even funnier because it's well written.

@FenexTheFox 3 years ago

Just so you know, they do mention Starswirl in Rainbow Rocks. The Dazzlings themselves don't, but Twilight does. She does a whole exposition speech of who the Sirens are and how they got banished.

@heelturn2 3 years ago (edited)

3:44 ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS PANEL???? "losing patients is why we didnt get our cutie marks in dentistry" WHAT IS THIS IMPLYING. WHAT IS THIS IMPLYING

@billyboleson2830 3 years ago

the comics are weirdly obscure for such a large IP. Most fans I’ve met unironically think Nightmare Rarity is a fan made thing like Nyx and Screwball being discords daughter and not an actual official character.

@leftygurl 3 years ago

idw tends to do a pretty good job with their licenses i think, they tend to hire people with fresh ideas and an affection for the franchise.
also, as a transformers fan, trust me, the stupid is part of the fun

@randomasshumanbeing2078 3 years ago

I adored the King Sombra backstory one. It legit made me cry when I was younger. I still love it and read it all the time. It really adds, like- a softer side to him. Especially since we didn’t get much about him when he showed up in the show.

@fatcat1414 3 years ago (edited)

The comics really felt like what the show would've been if it wasn't required to be a sanitized toy commercial and had room to expand upon existing lore and characters. Both are good in their own right, but I am surprised older fans never really followed the comics since they have so much to offer in terms of appealing to adults.

@Hi-yt2xk 3 years ago (edited)

Ok but the Sombra, Nightmare Rarity, Fiendship of Magic, and Reflections comics…they changed my life man

@TiaTam 1 year ago (edited)

4:12
I just want to mention the episode "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows", where Twilight gathered all of Shining Armor's favourite things including comic books (in plastic bags no less) and his childhood toys. There's a short scene of him getting really excited over the toys and crying over the comic (which Spike burnt) - I think it's safe to say he's canonically a nerd, even in the show.

@LostInStarz0 3 years ago

Personally, I adore the idea of Shining Armor being a nerd. I mean, he grew up with Twilight Sparkle, the world's biggest nerd egghead.

@Astromonkeyking 3 years ago

As an MLP and a HUGE Transformers fan, the crossover was a GIFT

@millabasset1710 3 years ago

I was obsessed with the comics from 2013 to 2017, it definitely had a good run for a few years. The Price and Cook titles were always the best.

@SkydreamPony 3 years ago

The comic Pinkie and Dash pie story wasn't a repeat of the cartoon, it was a followup. Pinkie decides that since Rainbow doesn't like sweet pies, she'd try other types instead. It's basically a part 2

@sandwichpie6355 3 years ago (edited)

14:02
Shunks doesn't know? They don't know!

This is one of those pieces of pony trivia that's been living in my head for years, but Tony Kuusisto is better known in some pony circles by their internet alias "Pencils"; the artist behind the questionable comic "Anon's Pie Adventure". Those weird vibes are because they were in fact an "oddly suggestive" pony artist prior to being hired.

It was quite shocking to me when I heard they were getting hired by IDW given their content.

@oneovertwo1186 3 years ago (edited)

I mean a lot of the male Transformers also look like they're wearing underpants, I think that just comes down to Super Hero influence on the design of action characters (& maybe the amount of times that the toys' molds are broken up in a way that puts the thighs & crotches into different colors.)

& Transformers is a good franchise.

@professordreadwin7959 3 years ago

I don’t think i’ve ever seen anyone so disgusted by Transformers before

@SmokeChoked 3 years ago

It's too bad you didn't recommend Nightmare Knights, or at least highlight outside of its cover a few times.
Maybe because it's one of the most actually fanservicey series, but it's also the series that makes the best use of the antiheroes in both the show and comics, especially those that were abandoned after their debuts like Tempest, Capper, and Stygian.

@RazzBerryJelly 3 years ago

As a fan of the funny horse show and as someone who is only vaguely aware of Transformers canon through friends, I feel it’s unfair to automatically label Transformers as stupid when you enjoy an all-ages show about magical horses getting up to hijinks. I agree that the obviously sexualized designs for some of the robots isn’t great, though.