brianblackberry

I feel both those types of slumps often. I can promise you that none of the stuff you draw is "Banal" and I always love seeing it! 

I think I can relate...

I usually have more of an art stump than anything, and it sucks very much when you feel like you should have ideas for something, but you can't quite come up with it~

Hopefully it will confirm even more.....I'm looking forward to this episode along with the next one. :3

Mayor Mare, of course!

I'd like to think of it more as...Filthy Rich vs. Ms. Harshwinny~  

The real winner was Trixie, Mayor Mare is just a shadow official.

Once again I'll have to disagree. I feel like, no. She wouldn't try to lie and manipulate, that's what got her here in the first place. That's what got her to lead a group of ponies and take away their cutie marks, that's what got her to be the nemesis of Twilight. She learned that lesson. It felt very natural that she'd be like 'Oh god I don't wanna do this'. Starlight Glimmer IS all those things you mentioned, but at the same time, she's still just a pony. They have sides. Lying Manipulator Glimmer =/= Glimmer trying to adjust to something foreign. Everything she had done SHE had done, she controlled, now that she's not the one in control, it's scary and strange. I wouldn't remotely call how she was 'Timid and Shy'. Apprehensive and Nervous, yes. But I think it's silly to just flat out say 'Oh that's not her.' when we've only seen ONE side of her until now. She's not stuck in the box of what three episodes gave us, she's more than just that and I feel like we'll see 'Timid and Shy', 'Cunning and Smart' 'Tired and Confused' and other sides to Glimmer. Can't judge a book by just the first few pages, gotta finish reading.

She never learned the lesson that it's wrong to take away someone's cutie mark.  She learned it's a bad idea to mess with time.  Nowhere did anyone ever convince her that trying to make everypony equal was a bad idea.

I fail to see how that negates that there's more than one side to everyone. I also fail to see how she DIDN'T learn her lesson about stealing cutie marks and lying and manipulating ponies to get them to be "Equal'. But I feel that this will just continue to break down into a 'But this.' 'Ah but this' and go nowhere, so we'll just agree to disagree.

It confirmed much of it.

None at all

Pfft, that's just pony-centric propaganda from a pony-centric show. 

Besides... Who has shown up in the show besides ponies that even get marks here?

Zebras.

Take your time, sugarcube.

<hugs> 

I hope you pull yourself out from depression~  It ain't easy, but getting out of the hole reaps great benefits.

Please feel well soon. If I can say something about your artwork, it's that it is great, nowhere close to being banal.

Your artwork is one of my favorite to see! I'd love to see some more when you get the chance.

Yeah, it's hard not to smile at your art. Hope you get out of your grey cloud soon...

Yeah. It's almost like her name hints to that in some way.

And it's probably a reference to this

Man, those are some ugly hippos!

BEST TEACHER

10/10

This.