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Analyzing Themes: Equestria Girls

Equestria Girls.............Equestria Girls!? Yeah, so, for those who aren't into the whole My Little Pony craze nowadays, there was a movie done for the new series, the very first movie for the new series in fact, only er.....the pony characters we grew to know and love.......became human.....ish.

This turned the movie into a bit of a controversial mess among the My Little Pony fans, and so when the airing time for it finally came, we were all holding our breath, wondering how in the world this would turn out. So with everyone talking about it, and me finally seeing it, I thought, why not, I'm in the mood, how about I share my thoughts on this film, see how it all goes, eh?

Like all of my write ups on MLP, this won't be a review per say. If I may go on a small tangent, I don't like doing reviews. Everyone does reviews, and they give me the feeling of being opinionated, and I don't like that, I prefer write ups that get you thinking not about the quality of things and of arguing, but about deep life related things. I prefer to discuss stories my way, not by their quality, but by their themes and connections to our lives. So in the style of my previous write ups, this will be an Analysis of Themes in Equestria Girls. If however, despite all that, you are still very curious about my opinion on the movie, as you value my opinion that highly, I must show my appreciation to your generosity by quickly telling you that, I thought it was really flawed, and I can understand why some wouldn't like it, but I still really loved it, so much so that I think I will watch it a 2nd time. Now! Onto the interesting bits, let's get to it, and let's take a look at the themes of Equestria Girls:

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Analysis - One Bad Apple

Hoping to get three of these done by the middle of July, let's see how I do! Here's the first of three!

Bullying's always been a bit of touchy subject with people. Some greatly dislike it, some were very badly affected by it, etc. so when I first learned that an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic would be about the issue of bullying, I was curious to see how they'd do it, and scared of the reaction from fans. Let’s ignore the latter for this write up though, and say that after I watched the episode, I was very surprised by it. Even though the episode was clearly about bullying and overcoming it, I took away a completely different theme from it, and one that caused me to really like the episode for what it did. So with that in mind, I would like to offer my own interpretation of the events of the episode titled One Bad Apple, and what I thought a key theme of the entire experience was, and how it connects to bullying.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Analysis - Hurricane Fluttershy

And finally, after being so distracted with other things, I hope to get back to writing write ups and my own analyses for episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I will post another that I have already done and rather liked, and from there I hope to begin writing some new ones again. So without further ado, here is my next My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Episode Analysis:

MLP: FiM Theory Time: What Makes an Alicorn Special?

Just what are the alicorns? These beings in My Little Pony that seem…..special, compared to normal ponies. With the mane character becoming an alicorn in the latest episode, there has been a lot of discussion and theories about alicorns in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom. With that in mind, I thought a lot about alicorns too, and what they might be, and thought to release my own thoughts on the matter; what I think alicorns are, and how it ties into the 4 alicorn princesses, and makes them the way they are. So without further ado, here is my theory on the secret of Alicorns:

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - The 3 Act Story

            In stories and tales told throughout all times there is a common theme used in storytelling, that being a 3 Act structure. It follows the simple path of Introduction, Progression and Build Up, and Conclusion. The first Act introduces us to the main characters and its world, the second builds on that to explore these characters and settings, as well as explore new characters and parts of the world, building the story up even more. And then the third part is the conclusion itself, which brings an ending and final hurrah to everything. As I played through The Thousand Year Door, I noticed that there were many signs in this game that pointed to this 3 Act structure being used. With that in mind, let me lay out my theory for this structure, and what in this game draws the point home.