dissolving at the altar of the undefined

Here are my thoughts. (That you totally didn't ask for but you're going to read them anyway~)

1) 9 minutes of run time is perfectly fine. I'm going to keep saying it until we're proven otherwise: Bluey did an amazing job with 7 minute episodes. If we get decent writers we'll be golden.

2) Yeah, they did change up the pony designs. They do this every generation and have been since G1 began in the late 80s. As a side note to that -- I HOPE they alter the personalities of the four main ponies a bit from their G4 counterparts. (Again, this is also a thing that has been done. Applejack? Funny G1 pony. Rarity and RD were opposites in G3. Pinkie's always been kinda Pinkie. But they were very much unlike how they ended up being in G4. And you're gonna have to be ok with that potentially happening. It ain't the end of the world.)

3) Change. Again. Change happens. This is good. This keeps things fresh. Now, am I a little disappointed in the initial preview cast of four ponies? Yeah. Hasbro wants money. G4 was huge for them. So of course they're going to go with some well known characters from their longest running generation. I'll live with it. I'm just excited for more pony. Hopefully we will see some ponies we haven't seen for a while as side characters. Some G3 faces could use some love. (And lets not forget about my Tales crew~) Also also: Not a G4 2.0. Another good thing. All prior generations to 4 and 5 have been relatively separate. New stories and new adventures is the way. <3 (I enjoyed G5. But tying it as messily as it was to G4 did it zero favors.)

4) The new designs, what we've seen, look pretty awesome. The touch of extra color in Fluttershy's mane is lovely. And overall the characters look a little more horse like. I dig it. Can't wait to see what other design surprises we're going to witness. I am soooo interested in how Equestria will be drawn this time around! (I'm probably one of the few, but like. Did you ever pay attention to the backgrounds and scenery in Pony Life? Ponyville was so vibrant and had more water running through it. It was super cute. Do that. Show me another version! G3 Ponyville was also vastly different than what it was in G4. I love seeing new creativity in these areas. Generations shouldn't be connected. This is what made MLP exciting over the years. New ponies. New friends. New fun.)

5) Applejack and Rarity aren't gone-gone. They'll appear at a later time in the show, apparently. Glad to see they are still going to be there. AJ has always been a favorite. Even when leaked Hasbro e-mails complained about her being the least marketable. (And even if I think having the whole Mane 6 from G4 in the show is too much G4 pandering, I'm still, again, just happy to have more pony content on the way! Still mad that G5 got canned without even a half-proper goodbye just when TYT was feeling like it was getting its legs under itself! But I digress…)

6) VAs change. VAs get other contracts or move on or whatever number of other reasons there could be to not be able to get the same ones you remember. This also isn't bad. Because again. The ponies, as they mostly have been over the years, also change. (Change is good. How many times have I said that now? I'll say it again~)

I'm looking forward to see what these new adventures will bring us! Cooked? Slop? Nah. We haven't been shown enough to make those kind of poor judgements yet.

I've been here since G1. And I'll be here for G6 and beyond.

time lurches in fragments as it glitches across the screen like an ocean of discordant serpents made of static

the space i encompass is encompassed by space filled with things both physical and hoarded in the realms beyond where vision cannot penetrate

rampant with holes my knowledge is a corroded plate ceaseless in its rotations but rusted as if by design to slowly fail leaving echoes of experiences to drip down in to the pits of its station and smother memories sweet, silent

these are the holes whereby i disappear again and again and again and again

i have shattered myself on the shores of my own mind palace prison den of dirt beneath the stars the winds whisper here my name through the limbs of the trees for i have been known for centuries to this place yet still i yearn for home that which is undefined and to the eye up on the altar of my core is nestled in the notches of nowhere

unraveling like a poorly knit sweater sharing haikus with the moon until the stars tire of our banter and i crawl back beneath the roots to wait for better weather

my claws dig in to the earth churning words and letters odes to selves and passersby notes left to future revisions the entire Ulysses of my being: blank pages empty shelves