Talk:The Crystal Empire - Part 1/@comment-108.202.170.31-20120930202120

This whole Crystal Empire thing makes me nervous. This and the Canterlot Wedding finale strike me and more deliberate attempts to shoehorn marketing into the show -retconning in two ponies to sell an expensive wedding set toy (and stressing the whole episode how JAWSOME Cadance is, and setting it up to resemble more of a Disney movie...and we know how lucrative the Disney Princess line is), the introduction of whole new line of potentially sparkly ponies... I dunno. I still liked a Canterlot Wedding, I loved it,... and I absolutely cannot blame Hasbro for wanting to try and sell its products when so may bronies are unable to watch the show "legitimately," which is why I make purchases from their MLP toy line whenever I can.... I just hope the next season will be about the show and already existing characters, and not filled so much with really obvious marketing (because I like ACW despite the marketing -it was definitely a noted and annoying con). Because a large part of it's audience does not need to be talked down to, and I would argue that even children watching cartoons don't need to be talked down to. And really, all they have to do is make toys that actually reflect the characters in the show and I lap that stuff up. The new big plushies in stores are adorable! I have a lot of faith in this show, I just hope to never see it turn into a marketing machine.