So I found this series of screencaps all posted together, revealing lots of info of what Lauren would have done with the show had she A: Not left, and B: Had full control over the series {You'll have to click on the image in the link twice to get a good look at it}. http://derpibooru.org/541604?scope=scpef86ef7bdbc65548e3a9b710f037f3d0ef3f3128e I think it's interesting, but there are a couple things I'm glad didn't happen. The whole "Trixie stays evil" and "Equestrian politics" stuff is something I can easily live without, and I can only imagine the huge backlash that would occur if Celestia and Luna were actually killed off. It's interesting to think of a more action-adventure version of FIM, but I'm also perfectly fine with most of the stuff the current showrunners are doing {EQG notwithstanding}. Not to mention that there's no guarantee that any of these ideas would be executed 100% perfectly, and I kind of prefer the Slice Of Life tone the show currently has. What are your thoughts on Lauren's original ideas? Are there any you would like to see? Are there some things that your glad didn't come through?
It would be nice if she had stayed, but because of "creative differences" between her and Hasbro, she just had to leave :-( However, I am glad that Jason Thiessen and his crew are doing great right now. It's not every day the creator leaves and someone else takes over and actually succeeds. Take a look at the recent "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "PowerPuff Girls: Danced Pantsed" to see how it can sometimes be a bad thing.
Herp, the reason she left was due to her wanting to make the show she intially wanted to. Not because of MLP not being up to her standards. Lauren Faust didn't start out pitching an MLP reboot. Sent from my LG-L38C using Tapatalk 2
I don't think there is anything wrong with the show right now. Personally, I think the less slice of life you make the show the more for an older audience it becomes.
I wish she was still involved with MLP and it makes me wonder how things would be different, However Season 4 has given me the confidence that the show is on a good path. I would like the show to be a little more edgy with more action and deeper story lines, But at the end of the day it's still a bloody good Kids show.
The biggest problem with Faust leaving is that she was the only one that really understood how to write Rainbow Dash. Dash was always Faust's character, her way of putting Firefly into the show. None of the other writers can handle such a complex character, and now we're stuck with JerkDash.
It's the exact same thing when Greg Weisman left "Gargoyles": the show betrayed the core beliefs of the creator and started gearing more towards selling merchandise than to make a decent product. THAT is what I think of Faust leaving the show. "Equestria Girls" (like most "movie sequel of a TV show" made after the original creator left) marks the point where the show jumps the shark. Post-Equestria Girls episodes may some SOME good things in it (like King Sombra), but it just isn't the same. For the record, I don't really agree with Trixie staying evil (unless she made her a comedic villain ala Doctor Dooffenshmirtz or the Ice King), but then again I never agreed to Trixie becoming evil to begin with.
I don't know. That's the beauty if stories like these. They are dynamic and keep changing from the original idea. Would things have been different? Most likely. But would they have been better? Eh, I don't know. Lauren Faust has done great things to the franchise, but she's not perfect, either. Remember the weird morale of season 1 episode Feeling Pinkie Keen? Or how pegasi were apparently considered earth ponies for the duration of Winter Wrap-Up? I'm not saying that those were her fault, or even that they were faults at all, just that even the season that benefited the most of her influence had some pretty odd stuff going on at times.
The parallel I always make is between "Friendship is Magic" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and between Lauren Faust and Peter Laird. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was always Laird's baby, and he worked hard to make sure that the 2003 show followed his vision as close as possible. He had A LOT of creative control on that show... ...and then Ninja Tribunal happened. 4Kids refused to air that season, more or less kicked Laird off the show, and replaced Ninja Tribunal with the putrid Fast Forward and the mediocre Back to the Sewers. The experience leaves Laird so jaded that he sells all rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise to Nickelodeon, who proceeds to murder what was left of Laird's vision by creating a show that borrows a lot from the 1987 show while borrowing very little from the 2003 show and/or Laird's original comics. I feel Faust's story is pretty much the same. They kick her out of the show after Season 3 (just like 4Kids did with Laird) and proceeed to follow with awful seasons that completely pervert Faust's vision (just like 4Kids with Fast Forward and Back to the Sewers). Then something else comes along that puts the final nail on the coffin for Faust's vision ("Equestria Girls" is Faust's equivalent of the Nickelodeon 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show). What I bemoan is that at least Laird got a proper sendoff with "Turtles Forever" and has no real goals or dreams beyond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Faust, on the other hand, has zero in the way of a proper sendoff, and she will never see "Galaxy Girls" come true.
Check your facts, bro. Lauren Faust was not "kicked out," she chose to leave when she realized that Hasbro would not give her the creative control that she wanted. While I respect her integrity as an artist, I'm surprised that a professional like herself did not realize that Hasbro would want to control one of their biggest cash cows. Also, no matter what Laird thought of the 1987 TMNT, people loved it. As a lifelong fan of the franchise, I find myself enjoying the new Nickelodeon series, which blends story elements from the original comics, as well as the 1987 and 2003 series. Despite a few issues (and a gigantic b***h-slap to Raphael fans), it definitely deserves its place in the franchise. Lastly, what makes you think that Galaxy Girls will never be made? It may take awhile, but with the successes of Friendship is Magic and Wander Over Yonder, it's inevitable that one of the networks is going to want another of Faust's creations.
