Friends Forever #26 came out early in stores and I was able to get a copy for you guys, so why don't we take a look at it a few days early?
Previous comics can be found here:
https://yp1.yayponies.no/book.php
>>26790683
Now just let's wait for the wave of complains about to come.
>>26790692
I apologize in advance for any kind of wonklyness in the images by the way.
Only so much I can do with a shitty scanner/printer.
>I'm awake when it is actually being dumped for once
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>>26790708
Feels great to see it live.
I have hopes for this one, so hopefully it won't disappoint.
>>26790726
>>26790734
>Blueblood as a skilled ambassador
Celestia, did you forget to take your medicine?
>>26790734
>>26790742
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>>26790752
So graceful
>>26790762
>>26790776
>>26790782
>>26790787
>>26790776
>guards only wear their armor
>no mask
>also have to carry the palanquin
>still not impaired at all
Damn, they are animals
>>26790794
>>26790803
>>26790809
>>26790752
>Comics referencing GM Berrow books
Wow. I guess even they realize where the real quality sits.
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>>26790846
>how about I arm your kids
Blueblood what the fuck
>>26790846
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>>26790864
That's all of it. Hope you enjoyed it /mlp/!
Link to archive:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zs7nsnumrmwxewm/FF%2326.rar
How would you rate Friends Forever #26 out of 10 /mlp/?
>>26790873
oh shiny, you're completely useless
>>26790873
Ok that was gay and all but where is the gay porn of these two? I've come to expect a lot of gay porn with them
>>26790880
Meh/10
inbn4 Braeburned
Next month we get Comic #41 featuring Rainbow Dash:
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #41
>Katie Cook (Writer) • Andy Price (Artist & Main Cover) • Amy Mebberson (Subscription Cover) • Sara Richard (Retailer Incentive Cover)
>"Rainbow Dash’s Very Bad Day" A good day turns bad and Dash can’t shake her bad mood. Before long, it infects all of those around her. What can cure this case of the grumpies?!
>>26790900
Next month we also get Friends Forever #27 featuring Granny Smith and Pinkie Pie:
My Little Pony: Friends Forever #27
>Christian Rice (Writer) • Agnes Garbowska (Artist & Subscription Cover) • Tony Fleecs (Main Cover)
>It's cider season and things are busy at Sweet Apple Acres! Unfortunately, Granny has broken her hip and Pinkie Pie is called in to look after the cantankerous elder! Will Pinkie's optimism triumph over Granny's stubbornness?
>>26790880
8.5/10
Really riked it, it was nice to see another side of Blueblood and have him not be awful for once.
Would have been nice to see more interaction between the two though.
>>26790880
9/10
Very nice and the only flaw was the fleecs artstyle with his exclusive meme(Cloud gremlin >>26790794). But at least fleecs actually improve his draw since his first pony comic
>>26790873
Ok art, everybody on model, shining armor was a useless cuck. Bretty good/10
Shining should give a blowjob to Blueblood to apologize
>>26790880
ShiningArmorIsAGoddamnMoron/10
In all seriousness, it was about what I expected. Having Shining play the idiot was unfortunate, and as usual the turnaround happened considerably later in the story leaving almost no time for the wrap-up. I consider those more faults of the limited space FF issues have, though.
What turned out especially well, though, is that Blueblood's tactics make actual sense. There was no deus ex magica or spontaneous bit of knowledge he happened to hold that the audience would have no way of knowing. The tricks he used on the Yaks feel like things he would be using every day in his doings in Canterlot. They well-reflected his personality - I mean, one of the tricks is pretty much 'make fun of those plebians who aren't up to our standards' - and didn't seem at all out of place. Blueblood may be a selfish prick, but he's not a stupid selfish prick - and that difference means a lot.
It's also interesting to consider the implications of GM Berrow book lore showing up in comics.
>>26790964
I want to see the ponies visit Monocolt from Celestia's book. No Second Prances has a chance of it, but I'll take a comic appearance if it's not in the show.
>>26790880
Highly. I enjoyed what they did with Blueblood, and overall it was fun to read. Solid 8 outta ten at least.Blueblood will make Equestria great again
>>26790984
What if Blueblood and Diamond?
>>26790880
8/10. Blueblood felt sanitized and I think the story was a little too kind to him/harsh on SA but it still is the only acceptable comic in a long time.
>>26790964
>What turned out especially well, though, is that Blueblood's tactics make actual sense. There was no deus ex magica or spontaneous bit of knowledge he happened to hold that the audience would have no way of knowing. The tricks he used on the Yaks feel like things he would be using every day in his doings in Canterlot. They well-reflected his personality - I mean, one of the tricks is pretty much 'make fun of those plebians who aren't up to our standards' - and didn't seem at all out of place. Blueblood may be a selfish prick, but he's not a stupid selfish prick - and that difference means a lot.
Yeah, his character was really well done in this issue. He may be a cunt, but he still knows how to use that very same behavior for his advantage.
>Prince
>Everyone else with power are females
>Nobody want to be a real friend with a prince
>Want a friend that know your problem
>Finally find another prince
>He don't want your friendship
Poor blueblood
>>26791010
I think they ended up on okay to good terms in the end.
>>26790975
>crossing over the show and books/comics
Well, they already have GM Berrow on board for memetastic shitisodes
As awful as I expectd, Blueblood literally had no character and they still managed to do something contrived and fuck it all up. The best thing I can say about this as usual is that atleast it's not canon.
>>26791223
Let me guess, you come from here
https://derpiboo.ru/1111752
>>26791237
I simply posted my thoughts in the two sites I frequent at the same time. Why do you find that worthy of pointing out?
They basically replaced Blueblood with Twilight. Him getting along with the yaks so easily was dumb, and the way he got along with them didn't even make much sense.
Not surprised something by Whitley is another 4/10. Shining Armor is even more boring here than in the show for fucks sake.
>>26791302
Well, here you are on 4chan, so what do you know about being popular
>>26791302
Worse than that, they imply Blueblood is friends with Pinkie Pie. There is no way he would be able to stand or function around here.
>>26791303
Takes talent. He basically had to have him do nothing in order for his completely OOC depiction of Blueblood to work. Blueblood was basically a Marty Stu here.
There was no conflict not easily de-fused by him easily, and very little conflict between him and SA that wasn't just BB being smug. Hence it's very boring.
Would have been better if they had to work together to figure out diplomacy and deal with each other's quirks rather than have Blueblood be perfect at the start and have Shining Armor basically do nothing.
>>26791341
I wouldn't even say "would have been better", I'd say would have been decent period, because anything is better than this.
>>26791348
Again, the problem comes with Blueblood suddenly being totally fine. I feel like if the show handled this plot, a lot of it would be Shining Armor trying to damage control both himself AND Blueblood for constantly unintentionally or intentionally offending the yaks, and Shining Armor fights with him. And then Blueblood does something that's a part of his typical smug/uppity self that the yaks like, and Shining Armor realizes what's going on and gets him to act like that more.
I just feel like it would result in both of them learning a better lesson than this.
>>26791375
Unlikely, the current show would just mess it up in the same way of the comics, terrible writers nowadays, the retarded way they handled Glimmer's redemption proves it. But yes your idea does sound much better, Whitley is still awful.
>>26791395
Still rather surprising that a guy who got so triggered that the teenage dragons (presented as a gag, a bunch of flat archetypes meant to give the story some conflict) were used to represent one race but didn't feel the need to do that with yaks, also used the same.
Him solving diplomatic issues with speciesist jokes also was rather odd.
>>26790830
It takes skill to shatter paper.
>>26791414
Nothing surprising about lack of consistency from a bad writer, they can't keep a train of thought running without derailing it.
>>26790880
8.5/10
Maybe a little predictable, but this was actually an enjoyable appearance for both Blueblood and the Yaks. I smiled through the whole issue
Fleecs does need to stop putting his dumb OCs in every comic he draws.
>>26791427
I think it's more his really dumb headcanons about Dragon Quest that influenced him to write that, but it's still astounding that after doing all of that he feels like he can present a character doing something racist based on stereotypes as a positive thing.
>>26791414
Dragons are nigger like his daugther, yaks are sandniggers
>>26791375
I'll have to disagree here, this comic's focus is to teach Shining Armor a lesson and Celestia clearly paired him with Blueblood on purpose so that he would be less hesitant on learning stuff about a royal life, that is why the story has Blueblood talking to him twice about being royalty/lineage.
They could've interacted more yes, but Blueblood being displayed as good with his royal duties even though he is a pony of noble upbringing is meant precisely to show Shining Armor that all kind of ponies can bring something valuable to the table.
The way Whitley did it isn't perfect, but it's on the right track for the message he wanted. Displaying Blueblood as mostly positive was needed for that, specially since FF comics have so few pages compared to the serials or episodes of the show have in airtime.
I want to fuck Prince Blueblood really hard up his anus hole.
>>26790873
9/10. This is the FF issue I'm looking forward to read. It CONCENTRATES on those two characters.
It's also surprising to see, that Blueblood is not an asshole. He just loves to be vain when it's possible, not all the time.
>>26790873
This was actually...fun? And good?
Like, an actually fun and good IDW MLP comic issue? What year is it, 2013?
8.5/10.
I still can't get over Twilight and Spike. I mean this is 10/10 material and they blew it hard.
>>26790953
This.
>>26791693
Even Ted Anderson basically said that the story doesn't matter. Seriously. He thinks it's the best he's ever done but admits you don't have to see it as important or canon.
He's delusional if he thinks he's a good writer. He needs to stick to his day job of being a tape jockey at a public middle school in Minnesota, not writing comics.
>entire thread is already le comic are le shit baits
good job
>>26791772
Do you think he slips fritos under his big fat mantits as a snack for later?
>>26790995
>Blueblood felt sanitized
Sanitized from what? The only time we've seen him is when he was blowing off an admitted golddigger.
>>26790873
Actually one of the best comics IDW has done lately. No shilling. Honest 8/10.
>>26790964
Stuff from the GM Berrow books has shown up in the actual show, so why not?
>>26790880
9/10, best comic in a long time
>>26791791
I don't know, he's just working too well as a diplomat and has none of his trademark smugness when interacting with them. I would have thought it would have been a bigger struggle for him. Guess not because he's apparently a master diplomat.
>>26791302
Makes sense to me. Most ponies are all about assimilating, while Blueblood isn't. He was different, he acted differently (but generously), and subtly indicated points where the yaks were gleefully giving him concessions because he was letting them feel superior.
Blueblood may be a snob, but he's apparently A+ at making other races feel like they're tops even if he doesn't feel that way personally.
>>26791887
Does this surprise you?
Used cars salesmen are sleazy but they don't act like that to customers.
>>26791871
chapter with celebrities aren't canon
>>26791899
See I feel like we missed a major point. It's hard to go from The Best Night Ever to this. Maybe if he acted like he did in that episode at the start and BECAME that over the course of the diplomatic attempts it would be better.
As it stands we see no reason why he suddenly is like this other than that he suddenly is the go-to diplomat for Celestia.
>>26790908
>Christian Rice (Writer) • Agnes Garbowska (Artist)
Great, another yawnfest comic
>>26791915
best night ever is only seen through the context of his interactions with rarity, who he had good reason to blow off like he did.
>>26791375
Honestly, we have one point where Blueblood is a total ass to show his character in the show. The whole thing with the Gala and Rarity. Every other point in the show he's shown up has been a non-speaking part- which if you can give a reasonable reason why he's an ass to Rarity (I mean, seriously, she's gold-digging hardcore) the rest is wide open.
>>26791414
My neighbor when I was a kid was a Spanish diplomat (I lived near Wash DC), and they'd have big-ass BBQs where they'd invite the cul-de-sac and guests from other embassies.
The shit you'd hear from the non-local adults after a few beers was basically /pol/ level shitting on anyone they both could agree on saying were shit-tier national neighbors or collectively far enough away from both to get away with it.
Off the official records, that's exactly what they do when schmoozing around.
>>26791929
I love Garbowska's Spike, because his cuteness gives me a heart attack.
>>26791933
Yes but I'm just saying it's disorienting. This isn't the Blueblood we saw in the episode. It's fine if he's something different at the end of this comic, but the story is stronger if you actually show development for him.
Just my feeling, but it was rather boring to see a fully "reformed" Blueblood just show up and deal with SA.
>>26791944
It's just odd coming from Mr. #dragonlivesmatter.
>>26791956
Is he really reformed? He's still fairly self absorbed, it just doesn't impact his work.
Are you really surprised that a politician might behave one way publicly and another behind closed doors? Besides, Bluebloods flaws don't even make him a bad person, just mildly annoying.
>>26791956
I wouldn't call him fully reformed. He fucks around with the Empire's throne room, has exactly the right attitude to tick common-stallion Shining off the whole way, and worst/best of all, he's actually good at what he came to do, all while letting SA look like a bumpkin.
That he's good at what he does puts Best Night Ever into Blueblood subtly and repeatedly hosing Rarity (who, being an EoH can't be directly blown off without causing an incident) until she flips her shit in mid-Gala, leaving him safely free of an overobsessive fanmare and still smelling like a rose in Canterlot society.
Fancy as Rarity is, she's really not ever going to be "old rich", she'll at best be "new rich" even though she'll have her fame and fortune as a successful artist-businessmare. After all, when you can manage your fashion line into having shops in the capital and the biggest city in Equestria, you're upper class, just not *ahem* rare and gentrified.
>>26790900
Nice.
>>26792009
Pretty much my thoughts, he did his job but he's still a rather deliberate asshole. He flat out says he's faking to care about the yaks in his "guide" page.
>a comic is actually good enough to get mixed to okay reception instead of universally negative
How long has it been since we've had a comic that was okay enough for that? At least 6 or so months I think.
>>26792108
I think half of it is that Blueblood and Shining Armor are characters that barely do anything in the show, so there's nothing to contradict here.
>>26792108
Some shiningfag are mad because his husbando is shit, just that
>>26790741
Well this is the same pony who thinks dumping an infant on a child to take care 24/7 is a great idea.
>>26791871
Fair point, though I think it's one thing to see an offhand reference from one of the books making it into the show and quite another to see alicorn backstory crossing over. Mind you, it's also crossing over to the "we can contradict it in the show if we choose to" comics, so the impact also isn't as high.
>>26790716
>Trade agreement
its shit already, free trade is only trade.
>>26792197
here we go
>>26792270
That is a great comic.
>>26791458
Snowniggers.
>like white people.
>>26790873
>>26790880
Having a good IDW comic these days is extremely surprising , 8.5/10.
>>26790880
>>26790873
It was actually good, and Fleecs art didn't suck somehow.
9/10, minus one point for a bit of rehashing the Party poop episode. But overall the message was good. You can have 2 people from different caste(poor/rich or worker class/nobility) and it doesn't mean that one is worse than the other. Everyone is good at something.
>>26790927
Oh yeah, i also gave it 9/10, but now since i only now noticed it, with that shitty gremlin meme, i decided to give it 8,5.
>>26790964
Whitley already referenced Journal of Two Sisters, he apparently also read Berrow books. Reference to them doesn't mean they are canon or that Hasbro forces them. It was just out of his good will that they were referenced since he reads them to his daughter.
>>26792241
updated review, it is slightly less shit since they understood the real benefits of trade are imports, not exports.
Also, the story and moral was good.
>mfw Whitley made Babs and Blueblood more likeable for me
>>26790880
8,5/10. It was funny and had a good lesson and that is all I ask out of the show and the comic, glad to finally have a comic I liked again after so many months,
>>26791693
This is your problem. You need to judge every comic on its own merit instead being biased over one shit comic. Larson made MMC but it doesn't change the fact that his RoH was GOAT tier
>>26790880
8/10
Good massage. Comfy story. But I bet those fuckers don't even watch the fucking show.
>>26792108
I think overall reception on derpibooru and here was positive. Im wondering what EQD say
>>26792407
Just checked, didn't see a single negative or meh comment.
Who would've thought that fucking Shining Armor and Blueblood would be the first good IDW comic in years.
>>26790880
I gave Luna/Discord a 9 and Pets comic a 7.
This one wasn't perfect but it also didn't fucked up the ending. It deserve a solid 8, especially with the art that for once didn't bothered me. Fleecs made Yaks look better than in the show and even made Shining a bit cute in some panels.He could stop with those gremlins inserts, tho
What is this red thing?
>>26792506
Fleec's gremlin OCs. He draws them in backgrounds for fun.
>>26792506
Tony fleecs meme ocs
Reference of his first MLP comic.
>>26792551
Jesus. I take back what I said about Fleec's art, he REALLY improved lately.
>>26792600
Yeah, he did well on this comics. Although he often flip-flop with quality. He made great art in Tirek Fiendship issue but then fuckjed up later comics up until this one.
>>26792600
The main problem with fleecs is the colorist. this is a picture colored by fleecs.
>>26790776
>>26790782
>palanquin
>iggaaks
Wow, this comic is actually teaching me new words!
>>26792644
Yeah, that makes a huge difference
>>26790873
Well fuck me sidewas I was sure Whitlley would turn this into a shitstorm of Social Justice retardry.
Glad to be wrong, actualy enjoyed it and I think I actualy like Blueblood now.
>>26790825
>>26790964
Don't forget, G.M. Berrow books reference the comics sometimes too. (Can think of at least 3/4 cases)
>>26792800
I think now that Mhegan is the actual brand manager instead of some random Hasbro schmuck we can expect slightly tighter continuity accross media.
This Blueblood comic and the last Friends Forever both "special thanks" to her in the credits.
>>26792774
I want to cum inside Blueblood.
>>26792831
I actualy thought he was flirting with Shining Armor in the panel where he talks about Cadance's backstory, but then I realized he was calling Shining's wife hot to his face.
And Shining Armor didn't even retaliate. Cuck confirmed.
>>26792600
I think we all appreciate Fleecs and Hickey because compared to Fostgitt, they are god tier.
I think there has yet to be a comic where they've gotten Shining's magic aura right. In the show it's the same color as Twilight's; Cadance's is blue.
>>26792870
Steps to cure IDW
1. Keep the quality of comics like in this one or Luna/Discord
2. Fire Fostgitt
3. Hire additional editor dedicated only to MLP series or anyon who at least watch the show
>>26792883
They're probably under the, surprisingly popular, wrong impression that the magic color comes from the eyes instead of the cutie mark.
>>26792926
Then why da fuck is Celestia's magic white?
>>26792270
It's funny because I was very lenient with what Celestia did in Reflections and found a way to rationalize her choices. But this issue broke the ponies back. It was simply retarded and made me head-canon Larson and Faust's idea for Spike's upbringing even harder.
>>26793488
That idea being?
>>26793531
Spike grew up in the palace and was tended to by palace staff. He and Twilight did not grow up together.
One day, presumably after Twilight finished her formal school studies, Celestia decided to reunite the two, sensing that they belonged together in some way (remember she has that limited premonitions). At the start of the show, their relationship is that of cordial working buddies, not close friends. They then become best friends as the series progresses.
It is a pretty fucking messed up world we live in where a story about Twilight and Spike ends up shit while a Shitley story about Shining Armor and Blueblood ends up good.
Better start gunning for the flying pigs that exist now.
>>26793591
I always assumed that they grew up "together," like, they were regular playmates. Similar to what you thought. Certainly not this.
>>26793629
But we already had an issue about a flying pig.
>>26793645
Okay then wise guy, find me a swimming pig.
Other than my wife when she's at the pool.
>>26792392
>still thinking Larson wrote MMC
That shit was edited to the point where it wasn't even his story anymore.
>>26793157
Nigga are you colorblind? Her aura is yellow like her cutie mark.
>>26793629
Characters don't matter, it's the writer that determines if their good or not.
Batman or Spiderman aren't inherently entertaining characters. That's why if you read comics you follow the writer/artist, not the titles.
>>26793819
But the writer is a bad writer in this case too, which makes the fact he did decently all the more baffling.
>>26790734
I want to come inside Prince Blueblod while the Yaks look at us.
>>26793836
Your misremembering that Whitley has had plenty of good issues in the past.
His only major sins have been the dragon issue and the Sombra arc, one due to social justice and the other because he made the fanboy mistake of thinking just because a villain has a tragic backstory it means he has to be redeemed so we can root for him.
>>26793819
>>26793923
>their
>your
Fuck I used to be good at this shit until I was spoiled by spell check and stopped giving a shit.
Killing self, brb.
>>26793923
You forgetting "For the right reasons?"
>>26793935
Yes I did (though everything up to that point was fine). It was the same problem as Sombra's.
A villain having a logical reason for being bad doesn't mean what their doing isn't awful nor should they not receive appropriate punishment.
Honestly, I think Whitley unironically makes "X did nothing wrong" threads.
>>26793591
Makes sense, yup.
>>26793591
That wuld make Spike a legitimate love interest for Twilight if he was just her close friend. Hasbro wanted to make more of a real sister/brother bond.
>>26793989
>>26793935
>>26793932
If i remember correctly, Whitley said that his Twilight speech was made on purpose to make fun of The TV show Twilight overzelous mercy and meant to be ironic
>>26794120
Well the "making fun" doesn't work anymore after the mentaly retardry Twilight pulled in the s6 finale
>>26794120
>>26793989
I don't buy it. It was played so straight.
>>26794120
>I was only pretending to be retarded
It was way too straight-laced to be seen as ironic.
>>26790752
>>26790683
Huh. I actually thought this was next week.
>>26790726
Not sure if she's just really darkish blue or went full gray.
>>26794299
Someone mentioned that it had come out in stores after I storytimed Comic #40, but I couldn't get to my LCS till today. I doubt I'll do a digital storytime of this one next week.
>>26794310
It's a darkish blue looking at it on the comic. Again, I did what i could with the scanner I had.
>>26790776
These guards must've been trained by spartans
>>26790830
I don't know why I laughed at the whole page
>>26790840
Alright now I'm definitely seeing him as slightly more privileged R63 Rarity
>>26794393
I think it's the fact the literally stomped paper so hard it broke into pieces.
>>26794404
Rarity would never be openly racist or classist like him. He's more like an elitist Fancypants.
>>26790880
>>26790873
8/10
Shit, that was actually kinda fun. You'd think they'd ruin a one-off character from the series but they managed it pretty well.
I still kinda noticed that they retreaded alot on the Yak episode if not in words, in the episode's lesson.
Also it was pretty funny. Art was alright though it might be because Mr. Manjaws didn't look silly because the main characters were dudes.
Blueblood's going to make Equestria great again.
>>26794455
If Rarity and Fancypants had a daughter...
>>26793836
Both Whitley and Anderson have done some bad issues in the past. Sometimes it's the setting, sometimes it's the character pairings but when they have pretty nice issues as well.
The latter is just a horrible human being on his own.
>>26794463
I think the major difference is that Party Pooped was about not trying to catter to somebody but to show them your good aspects.
This was more about "you can learn different things from different people if you look beyond", they made it pretty obvious with repeating that Shining Armor was at his core working class and Blueblood was at his core a royal.
Surprisingly good lesson, in fact I'd say Iike it better than Party Pooped's. It feels more in line with a series about personal relationships.
>>26794486
Oh, both are disgusting human beings. Only the former can actually manage to write decently on occasion. I think Blueblood/SA is an exception to the rule and even then not really.
>>26794500
I think it's two different lessons that are both pretty important. Learning to not patronize people but rather show them the best of what you can do, not what you think they want, is important.
Honestly I think Party Pooped did it better. I don't know why everyone just suddenly buys Blueblood working so well with the yaks when he's not even doing anything that Shining Armor couldn't do.
In fact, he's actually doing the EXACT thing that Pinkie/Twilight realized that they had to do in Party Pooped: not patronize them and show them the best of pony culture. Maybe that's why it's odd to me. The only difference is the casual racism mixed in.
>>26794500
and the way the comic handled Blueblood. It's like making a genuinely nice asshole readable. At least he isn't the butt of the joke in this issue. That would've made it worse.
>>26794531
Not really, the focus of the story is never on what Blueblood does, but on the fact that he does. Even though Shining Armor repeatedly assumed he couldn't due to his own bias and attachment to his own upbringing at the end he saw that somebody he deemed snobby or uptight was exactly what was needed.
It's not a story about how to make yaks happy, it's a story about different classes. You are much more likely to meet somebody from a different upbringing than you are at trying to make contact with a different tribe, I think it's a more down to earth story, in fact I'd say I'm sure it is since it's one I've experienced personally.
TL;DR The yak diplomacy is just the backbone, the excuse for Shining Armor and Blueblood to even be out together in first place, in Party Pooped it's the backbone for Pinkie to feel inadequate, but the focus is pretty different I'd say.
>>26794603
> the excuse for Shining Armor and Blueblood to even be out together in first place
In that case, we don't see very much development between them.
If you're going to bring personal experiences into it, I identify with the one about patronizing people but could see this one. I don't know. It's a story that's really good on the surface but not if you dig into it.
I think in Party Pooped it's both to develop Pinkie AND to teach the lesson about patronizing. It's just kinda odd to see Blueblood basically do what Twilight and Pinkie did at the end of Party Pooped the second he takes charge.
>>26792862
You arn't serious right? That shits a complement. As in "damn bro, good job on getting that fine ass bitch".
>>26794626
That is wrong, we do see clear development for Shining Armor who starts it dismissing Celestia's plan as foolish and Blueblood as useless and ends it admiting that his bias lead nowhere. Blueblood doesn't, but he's not the main character of it, he is the contrast and the example, he's not the "Pinkie" of the story, he is the contrast to Shining Armor's belief.
Unrelated to my point but honestly Pinkie's development in party pooped is kinda eh for me since we already had a story about her losing her mojo, it's just this time they used it for "dont patronize" instead of "don't get sad weird al stole your thunder", but the emotional cycle and stakes is the same. It's not new grounds for her.
And Blueblood didn't really do what Pinkie and Twilight did honestly. He bought the yaks with presents by researching their companionships, he brought griffon food to have a third party they could both antagonize, he sweet-talked them into believing him kind until he could put their prince on the spot and take the advantage of the situation to snag out of him a trade deal.
Pinkie and Twilight showed the yaks pony culture to amuse them during a visit, Blueblood emotionally manipulated them and crafted situations for conversation to gain political higher ground.
>>26792862
>Compliment one's booty
>bad
Nigga, you've been reading ntr on /tv/ for too long.
>>26794698
I'm glad someone else got this out of the comic, I realised pretty early on (the page where BB is offering SA to ride in the litter, and the guards are super cool about it, and when he makes sure that his guards will have good accommodations during their stay) that this would be a lesson about how you may not like some people who come from a different background and maybe rub you the wrong way, but that doesn't mean they are bad or that they can't teach you a thing or two. Also as usual, assumptions are wrong m'kay.
>>26794698
and we doubted Princess Celestia giving half the job of being a diplomat to Blueblood.
>>26794698
The contrast to Shining Armor's belief is given such a contrived setup for him to be successful, though. It's not even hard for him.
I guess I just wanted a different lesson to be told.
>>26790880
10/10
I can't think of anything that would've made this better.
World-building, character expansion, an absolute hoot to read...no complaints.
>>26794835
>Two hardly used male characters from the show makes a comic pretty gud
Still shocked. Doubt it would sell well for the target demographic. It would be like Granny Smith and the Flimflam Brothers
>>26790885
Sadly, there is not enought porn of them, there is more porn of Soarin' and Shining Armor or Flash Sentry with Shiney. I'd love to see both Blueblood and Shining being used by the Yaks as their broodmares
>>26790880
I liked it 9/10.
I really dislike shinning armor and watching him fail at everything makes me feel better. Blue blood was great, the yaks are yaks and not destroy everything hur dur idiots.
>>26794322
ComiXology ended up releasing it too after the stores did; You didn't have to go to your LCS
>>26794804
She did it so Shining would actually learn something about diplomacy, considering how badly Twilight and company boned it when the yaks visited.
Remember, this is Princess "Just As Planned" Celestia.
>>26794860
Least we get Granny and Pinkie next. Again, that's a character that isn't written into a corner, which means there's a small chance for another not-shit-quality comic like this one.
>>26795982
>Celestia having questionable decisions turning out great for the end game
I bet Spike's a stolen royal baby that was *found at a wolves' den*, rescued by Celestia and later in the next season revealed to be the baby to tie in the dragon kingdoms to Celestia's reign.
>>26790880
9/10
It was really good. It even had lessons useful to every day's life.
>>26790794
> that fucking cloud gremlin
page 8
>>26794503
You are too biased to even read them. All of his comic were 8/10 and positively recieved by entire fandom so far with exception of Spike/Luna and Crystal Siege
>>26790726
Why is Luna blacker than a zulu in this comic?
>>26797447
It's the way the scanner picked it up. It's actually a dark blue if I look at the page in the physical comic.
>>26797453
Oh. Well okay, thanks for scanning either way I did enjoy it.
>>26790734
>Servants who are also Mirrors!
Holy shit that's racist.
>>26797793
How is it racist?
>>26797793
That's technically just a jerky compliment.
>>26797854
He's using a crystal pony as a reflective surface.
>>26794702
I don't know about you but if somebody I barely know walked up to me going "mmm look at dat you lucked out " I'd definitely be weirded out.
Specially if the piece of shit followed it with "also she's an orphan with no heritage".
>still not porn of this comic
shame
>>26798889
>gay porn
I made a new thing.
Respect the thing.
>>26799290
Lying is a subtle art
>>26799526
Fuck you, ItsThinking.
Stop making these shitty edits to demonize the comic.
>>26799762
I didn't do shit man, I just put the fucking Machiavelli picture, besides the comic was great after the horseshit Anderson has done
>>26799290
Dude, she's his cousin. Of course, she was adopted, but still
>>26800464
You think that would stop Blueblood? You think anything other than a steel chastity belt would stop him?
Is this the average comic reviewer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFWZiliwFs
>>26800867
More like the average brony
i want to cum inside jeremy whitley
>>26790726
>nigger luna
>>26800911
Niggermare Moon
>>26800837
>>26800464
I thought that wooing cousins was a normal thing on royalties.
>>26801081
You thought RIGHT! Let's get this orgy going.
decent
>>26801463
HERE WE GO!!
https://derpibooru.org/95886
Bretty good, not even "good for IDW" I actualy liked it. Hope we get to see Blue and Shiny do more stuff together.
>>26803402
unf
>>26798144
>He's using a crystal pony's ARMOR as a reflective surface.
Blueblood is prejudiced against protective clothing.
so can we all agree this comic was very good?
>>26807066
Yes.
>>26807066
Sure.
seems like this issue got a lot of good reviews.time to read I guess it's been a fucking while.
>>26800867
I listened to the whole thing.
I have reservations on his presentation, but I'm pretty much in agreement with his points.
>>26800867
fucking mean you asshole
Funny, when the synopsis for the comic came out, everyone thought Whitley was going to use the setting as some sort of middle east *SUBTLETY* story or something topical.
>>26794299
It came our in stores early for some reason.
>>26808734
To be fair after the disaster that was the Spike and hardly there Luna FF, people were understandably wary.
>>26795343
I got lucky in this case since the comic ended up being good. I make a point of getting a comic again in physical form if I like it enough after the storytime.
Maybe when they release this one on Google play they will finally fix there God dam series groupings.
let´s bump this
>>26809383
Sure.
>>26808734
I'd say it's less funny and more a fucking blessing. Let's hope he keeps this up.
>>26808842
Unlike Cook, Fostgitt or Anderson, he actually improve or learn on mistakes.
what ever happened with the comic about pinkie drawing her own comic and the guy who said he would get banned if it went SJW?
>>26790683
bump
>>26808734
Yeah, and instead he wrote a comic about how is OK to be a complete douchebag because it SOMEHOW will make everyone do whatever you want.
Kind of how he bahaves on Twitter 24/7.
>>26811341
I'm still here!
BUY THIS COMIC, HATERS.
>>26812224
Nice try bobby
>>26811817
Neat
>>26811803
That's not remotely what the comic said though. You're really reaching.
>>26808886
see you next year
>>26814877
What?
>>26814082
shill detected
>>26814082
>>26790846
It is.
bemp
>>26790880
Solid 9/10
>>26791424
Or a hydraulic press.
>>26791466
I just wish super nerd Shiny the 12th level paladin had used his role playing skills to recognize the 18 charisma Diplomat prince in his party.
>>26791887
Everypony gets a cutie mark. His is apparently navigating social quagmires, and coming out smelling like a rose.
>>26791956
Maybe he took Rarity's rant to heart and became a bigger pony because of it. It happened in public, and the scandal of it could have led to shame and a resolution to be a better prince.
>>26792433
I did. I thought it would be good from the start.
>>26794322
Because of a delay, I got the spike and twilight issue on the same day as the Blueblood and shiny one.
>>26798144
He was literally looking at the gleaming armor of the guard. If it was a crystal pony in the nude, then it would be racist.
DELETE THE SCANS
BUY THE REAL COMIC
>>26817710
No need. Collectors will buy what they like and ignore what they dislike. That's how /co/ rolls, and they hate each other for buying comics.
