My Little Pony question: Will Megan return?

[Waylaid]

Dear Lauren Faust, Bronies & all,

First, I wish to congratulate on the surprise success of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Never before has MLP won such a huge fandom on the internet until now.

It's understandable that introducing humans into this new MLP world would have the current series jump the shark. And that series should take this time to develop it's characters & the world they inhabit.

But as a first gen Brony myself who've watched the original series in the 80's when there's nothing else, and have fond memories of, even though admittedly, the ponies then were forgettable as characters, I really need to know:

Will Megan return?

[The Huntsman]

This thread belongs in Huburbia. I believe Friendship Is Magic airs, or will air, on Cartoon Networks in certain countries, but it doesn't belong in the Cartoon Network Cartoon Forum. I've moved it. As for your question... I don't even know who Megan is. Wikipedia says it's a human girl who showed up in the original series. I'd rather keep humans out of Friendship Is Magic.

[Tay the Cat]

Considering Lauren's own viewpoint of the original G1 cartoon... I think not.

[Tobias]

Yeah, let's keep the humans out of FiM.

I mean, I liked Megan in the original cartoon (and to a MUCH lesser extent, Molly & Danny), but they have no place in this series.

Of course, if they could get Scott Menville to voice a male pony with Danny's rambunctious personality, that'd be a nice homage. But that would be as far as I'd go with trying to bring the trio into the new show.

[Eddy]

Lauren Faust has already said humans will have no part in Friendship is Magic.

I personally feel it should stay that way, too.

[zoombie]

Yeah besides what purpose would Megan have? Twilight Sparkle pretty much is the Megan of this series.

[Silverstar]

I don't think that the Friendship is Magic creative team could use Megan even if they wanted to, which apparently, Lauren Faust doesn't. The only GI My Little Pony characters whom they could use were Applejack and Spike, and in each case, they used their own version of them.

Also, I have to agree with Zoombie here; FiM doesn't need Megan.

[zoombie]

The only GI My Little Pony characters whom they could use were Applejack and Spike, and in each case, they used their own version of them.

Really so they can't use the Sea Ponies? Could they still use them but with different characters? That is a bummer, say what you want about G1, but one thing I have to admit was great was Escape From Midnight Castle in general, I think Lauren agrees, she did reuse that part for the pliot, but the Sea Ponies song.

I would love for them to do a cover of the Sea Ponies, that and Winter Wrap - UP are neck and neck for greatest MLP song ever in my opinion.

[Silverstar]

Really so they can't use the Sea Ponies? Could they still use them but with different characters?

I honestly don't know if the current MLP team can use the Sea Ponies or not. The impression that I've got is that perhaps Lauren Faust wants to keep it with only 3 races in Ponyville (Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth Ponies) for now. The main downside with using the Sea Ponies as characters is that they can't survive out of the water, so the shows' writers would have to make every story revolve around the ocean in order to accommodate them.

As for FiM using the Sea Ponies but with "different characters", did the Sea Ponies even have characters? I don't recall any of the Sea Ponies even being named; they were always just collectively referred to as "the Sea Ponies".

[Tobias]

The last toyline did have Sea Ponies in them. There was a large Sea Castle playset that my Wal-Mart is still trying to get rid of, so I'm assuming they can use the idea of Sea Ponies, just not the ones we saw in the G1 show.

[Dr.Pepper]

I have only seen FiM two or three times but I seriously doubt that Megan (or any other human for that matter) should show up.

[bluenowait]

If Faust & Co. were to bring Megan into this show's universe (after being held hostage by a crazed fanfic author, my guess) they would have to check with Hasbro's powers that be, to check if they still hold the trademark for Megan; assuming they bothered to file the trademark paperwork on such a generic character in the first place.

[Tobias]

As someone else on this thread pointed out, Twilight Sparkle is essentially this show's Megan.

Now, even looking back, Megan, outside of her role in 'Rescue From Midnight Castle' and the movie, was pretty useless. The ponies only really needed her after the movie for the Rainbow of Light, which was only used maybe once or twice during the actual show.

There was nothing that Megan or her siblings contributed that couldn't have been done by the ponies if they'd been smart enough to actually come up with the obvious solutions that Megan would point out.

I think the REAL reason the ponies would fetch Megan and her sibs was for simple manual labor, like painting Paradise Estate. One of the villains even made mention that he wanted the humans kept around after he got rid of the ponies, simply because they had hands.

Danny, however, did serve a small purpose in an S2 episode that was centered around Spike, seeing as to how he was the only guy there when Spike needed someone to go off with him to find other dragons.

But I don't see how humans could fit into FiM logically, especially since it's been shown that rainbows (the humans lived on the other side of them) aren't made by nature, but rather factory made.

[TheGunheart]

You know, Transformers could actually take a lesson from this show: if magical talking ponies don't need a human to be a perspective character, then why should heavily anthropomorphized robots?

[Azunyan]

You know, Transformers could actually take a lesson from this show: if magical talking ponies don't need a human to be a perspective character, then why should heavily anthropomorphized robots?

Umm.. Because Transformers are usually about them adapting to life on earth and the effects of their war on a foreign planet causing conflicts with the inhabitants? My Little Pony has no story or real depth to it's writing in that regard so it just needs someone to reiterate the moral of the day in the end for the kids. I haven't seen the original show since I was a kid but it was similar with Megan, who lived in our world and was brought to the pony world. There's actual plot for the humans to be there in that regard, and since this show has no plot then yeah it wouldn't make sense for Megan to pop up

[Undrave]

You know, Transformers could actually take a lesson from this show: if magical talking ponies don't need a human to be a perspective character, then why should heavily anthropomorphized robots?

Like in Beast Wars and Beast Machines!

[Scirel]

Like in Beast Wars and Beast Machines!

In one case it worked out great (BW), but BM's problems had nothing to do with having no humans and much more to do with rampant OOC-ness.

As for Plot, Lauren Faust wanted to extend the Nightmare moon storyline to 7-8 episodes(presumably one for each pony), but hasbro made her cut it down to two.

Given the show's success, some of the few hints she's given for season two is that there will be more "bosses" on or near Nightmare Moon's caliber, as well as Luna returning and Nightmare Moon being the result of someone else imbuing her with "Dark Energy". So it looks like she's been given more freedom for S2.

Meanwhile, what we've had are some great charachter development episodes for all the charachters (as well as a few mediocre episodes), and since there isn`t a goal in sight (such as in Transformers Prime) it dosen`t feel nearly as tiring as TP does for not really "going anywhere".

Not to mention that the mechanics of the world itself are interesting on their own to learn about. Every aspect of nature dosen`t happen on its own, and even the rise of the sun and moon need to be controlled. Such a thing could be the result of a formerly tidally locked world that has been brought to natural rotation by the power of its inhabitants, or even an artificial(magically created) environment floating in the stars.

[Undrave]

Speaking of character development and Luna... I REALLY want Twilight and Luna to get some interaction! Twilight Sparkle loves astronomy and it wouldn't surprise me that Luna herself created all those constellations she loves, and she has no problem working late into the night so I get the feeling Luna would feel happy to meet someone who appreciate her work.

[Particle_Beam]

Given the show's success, some of the few hints she's given for season two is that there will be more "bosses" on or near Nightmare Moon's caliber, as well as Luna returning and Nightmare Moon being the result of someone else imbuing her with "Dark Energy". So it looks like she's been given more freedom for S2.

Wait. Is that true that Lauren Faust said that (or at least hinted about this)? I've read it on some other message boards too, but I thought this was some kind of fan-theory.

[TurboMan]

IMO humans are needed in TF fiction simply because it adds more credibility to the Autobots wanting to protect Earth.

It just feels weird if those guys are putting their lives on the line for people they never spoke to, but when you add human factor we can see them grow to appreciate our kind and want to see our planet as a new home.

Not to mention that without humans the concept of GIANT CAR robots is lost. No humans no need for disguise and no humans we don't get to understand just how big those guys are and why their war on Earth is bad news to us.