Talk:Trixie/@comment-5837525-20160316234050/@comment-27739895-20160317084103

Ouch! This sounds like a disheartening legal issue.

I might be very wrong here (and hope to be), but I fear that since Lauren Faust made the statement after she had stopped working with Hasbro, they may not have any rights to use it in a story...

If they did, in theory, Lauren Faust might be able to sue Hasbro over "stealing" her ideas (as much as I highly doubt she'd want to do that). I don't know...

I suspect this may also be one of the reasons behind some criticized aspects of Slice of Life or Katie Cook and Andy Price's handling of the origin of the changelings, notably; they may have tried their best to avoid similarities with existing fan-fictions to avoid potential legal issues.

Now, does the comic overturn Lauren's statement? I'm afraid it might, although, in spirit and possibly in our hearts, Lauren's statement may still prevail...