Talk:Magical Mystery Cure/@comment-15617-20130203055835

Throwing this out there, but does anyone believe this premise would have more supporters had their been more foreshadowing involved?

After the premiere, my first impression of what the season would be like, is that it would be one giant arc -- Sombra would be a recurring Sauron-like villain, where you don't physically see him, but his presence was everywhere (the Alicorn Amulet was thought by many to be something from him)....and, more importantly, the not-so-subtle hints surrounding Twilight would be touched upon, little by little. Given the short length of this season (which I thought was deliberate and part of that), that's what I expected.

Neither has come true however...in hindsight, is that expected? I suppose...the premiere/finale of a season are 'usually' the most epic of the season, with deliberately big stories...however, they are usually detached from the rest of the season, which comprises of slice-of-life/adventure stories with the Mane 6, CMC and so on...their is no big arc or gradual build-up of any sort...we saw that mysterious black book at the end of the premiere, absolutely nothing since, and now we have this.

Granted, one can say their were all sorts of subtler hints (Twilight's name/stars cutie mark between Celestia and Luna, her Element being a tiara on her head and so on)...but I'm not so sure, given the subtlety of all sorts of "hints" may have been too small or subjective to really guarantee they would go this route.

Here's my question - would people be more receptive of this premise if their were more in-your-face foreshadowing and build-up and it wasn't dropped like this? I imagine their would still be dissenters, but not as many...dropping things like this, only furthers the impression it was something made by the guys-upstairs out of the blue (which is probably true, but beside the point), rather then genuinely "planned from the very beginning"....because if that was the case, you'd think their would be more actual build-up and foreshadowing to such a drastic change throughout this entire season...which their wasn't, at all whatsoever. So either the execution of this "planned" transformation failed completely, as believed by many, it was something thought up by the guys-upstairs abruptly.