My Little Pony #2 - PO-NAYS

[mistygeek]

EDIT - That what I get for leaving this unposted while I am out all day.
I had low expectations for the My Little Pony comics series. That is why issue #1 not only impressed me, it blew me away. I bought 6 six copies just to give to people. On my rare journey to the comic books store, I tired to explain to it patrons the wonders of the ponies here. I encouraged pony fans to not fear the comics, but embraced them.

Then issue two happened. I shouldn't have let my hopes get so high.

If you liked the art of #1, you'll like it here. Andy Price has fun with the faces, always.One of the highlights was Chrysalis, she looks amazing, Price is clearly a fan of drawing the bad guys. 


Here is my personal favorite bit from the issue.









After this bit, our heroes are caught in a changeling caused cave in and separated from one another. While apart this happens....


No, this isn't some magic cave. And no, they haven't had a spell cast on them. They have just come down with a case of plot  stupid. Those are changelings. Here lies the problem with this story.

Shouldn't that started ringing alarm bells when their 'friends' start acting out of character? Shouldn't their friendship be stronger than these sorts of arguments after everything they've been though at this point? Wouldn't one of them think beforehand that this might happen? You can do better than this Katie Cook! 



I wish I could share more of the spider thugs. Their designs were interesting and a good action sequence came from this.
Also rarity's reaction to them is golden. She lays down the rules about being kidnapped.

Also, spider cutie marks? Huh.

There is more infighting after this. The ponies go their separate ways, sniping at each other the whole time. 

Now some SPOILERS for #3  - Early in the issues they regret their decision to split up.  Rainbow Dash of all ponies is the one to go 'hey maybe that wasn't really our friends.'

But more of the next time in #3.  

 

 

Comments

[hyaroo]

I do agree that #2 was not as good as #1 (not as awesomely creepy or as funny, plus the "fool the ponies into fighting" bit wasn't pulled off very well) but I thought #3 was a huge improvement all around.

Random note: Notice how Andy Price draws the pegasi with much larger wings than they have in the cartoon? It's not as noticable when the wings are folded up, but when they're spread it's really obvious. I have to admit I like the larger wings; they just look...

...yes, I'm going to say it...

...20% cooler.

[lonewolf23k]

Actually, my theory regarding the Changelings, is that they don't just change shapes, they also project some kind of magical "I am that pony" mindwarp effect that causes most Ponies to NOT notice the Changeling's a fake.

Remember, even during the while Princess Cadence thing, when Twilight got suspicious of her, she never started thinking "That's a Fake", she thought "Cadence is actually Evil".

That's just my Headcanon, though.

[lissa_quon]

Though Twilight hadn't seen Cadence in years. So it would be more likely for her to think that Cadence had become a grand bitch over time than to suspect that someone was masquerading as her.

But it is an interesting theory and would definitely help explain why the main cast suddenly seemed to lose all common sense.

[hyaroo]

Yeah, that is a pretty neat theory. Not only does it explain the ponies' behavior, but it makes the Changelings more of a threat. I like it!

[crinos]

Yeah, it was kind of stupid, and in the next issue its Rainbow Dash of all people who thinks "Hey, maybe those were changelings and not our friends."

Anyways, I do enjoy this comic, if only because of all the additions to the Equestria Bestiary:

Trolls, Giant Spiders, Cutsey Wuv bunnies, Chupacabra, killer flowers, Vampiric Jackalopes. Its awesome.

[janegray]

Why "of all people"? RD may not be the smartest one in the group, but she is the one with the element of loyalty.

[crinos]

True, I just figured it would be Twilight who figured it out, since she was the one who figured out Cadence was not right during the wedding.

[skemono]

Shouldn't that started ringing alarm bells when their 'friends' start acting out of character? Shouldn't their friendship be stronger than these sorts of arguments after everything they've been though at this point? Wouldn't one of them think beforehand that this might happen?

I'm sorry, but: giant spiders in hats. Your argument is invalid.

[curlyjo1]

What killed me what when the troll stuck Fluttershy (in pony pose!) up on the shelf next to a little rock-and-stick Optimus Prime. So hilarious!

[yvonmukluk]

Now I think about it, that suggests the Autobots tried the exact same decoy trick on the troll at some offscreen point in the past...

Ponies and Transformers exist in the same universe. This is now canon.

[curlyjo1]

Can't you just see it?

Bumblebee: They've got Optimus! What are we going to do?

Wheeljack: Maybe if we build a fake Optimus out of rocks and sticks...

[ladymoondancer]

I think I saw a Rubix cube up there too. Obviously the troll is an 80s fan!

MLP Apparently Getting a Spin-off... Maybe?

[espanolbot]

This looks like it should be of interest here, MLP is apparently going to maybe get a spin-off with the characters as humans, which is the concept behind at least one fanseries that I'm aware of. Oh, how will they be able to function without horse puns!
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02/mlp-spin-off-series-confirmed-rumor.html

Re: MLP Apparently Getting a Spin-off... Maybe?

[darkblade]

Well the rule 34 will be less creepy.

Re: MLP Apparently Getting a Spin-off... Maybe?

[darkblade]

Only slightly though since they look underage.

Re: MLP Apparently Getting a Spin-off... Maybe?

[benuben]

Yeah, I thought they are supposed to be young adults.

Re: MLP Apparently Getting a Spin-off... Maybe?

[darkblade]

Yeah I always figured the mane six to be in their early to mid twenties or the magical pony equivalent.

I mean Twilight is a Grad Student, Rarity, and Fluttershy own their own small businesses, Applejack more or less runs the family farm, Rainbow Dash has a seemingly cushy public sector job. It is unlikely to impossible that teenagers would be in positions like that.

[cainofdreaming]

Haven't I seen that troll before? In Goon of all places.

[darkblade]

I like that Pinkie's mane goes flat when she's sad. The show stopped doing that.

[nefrekeptah]

They didn't so much stop as that it was a one-time-only thing when she thought her friends had abandoned her. As Pinkie in a lot of ways lives for her friends, this caused her to become insanely depressed. She been upset since then, sure, but never that upset.

[darkblade]

Three times, Party of One, her flash back in Cutie Mark Chronicles and when she was mind-whammied by Discord. While I agree she has never really been driven to that depth of despair beyond those times in seasons 2-3 there have been times where it would have been appropriate (Councillor Puddinghat being frozen by the Windigos, the metaphorical Pinkie that she pulled out sadness in the middle of Smile, Smile, Smile, Crankie repeatedly refusing her friendship in the same episode, when everyone nearly died in the Crystal Empire, etc). It isn't a big deal but I just find it odd that they would use it more than once and then just suddenly stop.

[nefrekeptah]

One time. The flashback proved that Pinkie had straight hair before she discovered her destiny as a party machine. It doesn't mean that she spent all her days before then struggling with depression. And no, Discord's mind whammy didn't change her mane style, just her coloration.

I really don't think those other times apply, really ( Councillor Puddinghead was just a performance, just because Crankie wasn't being her friend doesn't mean she was losing the friends she already had, worry is not the same as depression, ect). It was rate occurrence that hasn't been seen since, and seeing as how Pinkie learned her lesson about how you shouldn't just assume your friends are going to leave you, it's doubtful we'll see it again.