Talk:My Little Pony Equestria Girls/@comment-184.20.209.241-20130531222027/@comment-26973802-20130601053507

The way I see it, Lauren Faust was the one who wanted it to be for all audiences, the one who made the show what it was. Hasbro had intended it to be the little girl show its predecessors were, which is why they wouldn't let her make it a "magical girl anime" with Nightmare Moon all through the first season, and why they wouldn't let her say that Applejack's parents were dead. Of course, once they saw how popular it was, they tried to follow her style after she left, and while not very good at it the episodes still retain enough appeal and style to not revert back to G3.

So, if it wasn't for Lauren Faust, G4 would probably have been like G3.