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> If I understand it right, Hasbro's quartely report call or something will happen in a couple of weeks and we should know more then.
yeah, I think that /mlp/ has dedicated a thread or two related to that report cal and even rumours that there could be news related to gen 5 so speculations are going to escalate as soon as either /mlp/ or EQD report something.

> Though the new show wasn't done till much later in 2015, so it ain't a exact one on one comparison here
but that would happen to be a similar case like it went for Samurai Jack with Season 5 or The Incredibles with its sequel, the amount of time given for both Robots In Disguise takes over a decade, 14 years of difference. Hell, they could even sell that cartoon as a reboot/remake of the series and anyone would understand that it´s a brand new cartoon, those two don´t overlap because they weren´t released next to each other. 

Hell, Hasbro could even use the name My Little Pony Tales (and add of Equestria) for this 5th gen and repeat the same names from previous generations that aired more than a decade ago and that would be an understandable marketing move. Here, however, they are overlapping the names of a spin off that is currently airing and could lead to mistakes. 

In the end, we will have the Derpy Hooves meme of Hasbro´s security department (with the leaks) when it came to their incompetence with the leaks that occurred in the later seasons and apply to everyone else involved in the marketing department as well.

> To be fair I was thinking of the fires of drama destroying everywhere else.
another /mlp/ and politically incorrect fags vs Twitter users? Why would anyone need superhero movies when you have guaranteed drama and people fall into the same clichés over and over. 10 years and there are going to be more dramas (as if Derpi´s one wasn´t enough).

Look, as long as they don´t dare to erase content or censor heavily among each other, if the duels don´t cause as much collateral damage as the last one or less than 2013, the community should know better than this. Oh well, the only thing that I can say is that we´d better get prepared as events come into play and check if said episode of drama could potentially hurt something. 

> It'd have to mess up in a very weird way to not have a hatedom following it at least as they make Twilight Sparkle a crazied authoritarian that needs to relearn her diversity lessons.
fair enough. Although I must say that /mlp/, while not tame, they aren´t as savage as one might think. What you claim may be correct because the common interest that they hold towards the series are the waifus.  Therefore, if they reuse the mane 6 and twist Twilight´s role like that. Not because /mlp/ dislikes evil characters or Twilight as the villain (in fact, Midnight Sparkle got its threads and even got pics of Twilight from fans of EQG) but because of the whole message of activism and remaking her character by getting rid of all her knowledge gathered in the 4th gen.

If they touch one of the waifus like that, /mlp/ users and even other unexpected circles  are going to start, while not a fire, that radical change could forge some really tense situations within the mixed/negative reactions towards that direction.