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"Lauren Faust has stepped down from being Executive Producer of the show" - WHAT THE?!!!
Sunday, 08-May-11 14:49:13 UTC from web-
@starshine *patpat* we are all just as distressed as you are... S2 is going to be "meh" or "YEAHHHH !" now I'm afraid
Sunday, 08-May-11 14:57:47 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker I have faith in everypony working on the show. And they already promised that season 2 will knock our socks off.
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@puzzlemint Well, I suppose that news knocked my socks off, but I want to put them back on now.
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:00:43 UTC from web-
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:01:43 UTC from web
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@thepulseofdawn metaphorically. :)
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:07:36 UTC from web-
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:08:45 UTC from web
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@starshine From what I read I understand that she is still writing and consulting for the show. She isn't the executive producer anymore. She is only taking a step back to focus on another project. IMHO it isn't all that bad.
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:04:14 UTC from Choqok-
@broniebrown @basil I see. Well, that's not as bad as the !eqdaily post was making it out to be. (I admit it, I read the headline, posted here, and THEN clicked the link to her DeviantArt...)
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:06:38 UTC from web-
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:07:16 UTC from web
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@thepulseofdawn Ponies are SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:08:35 UTC from web-
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:09:03 UTC from web
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@broniebrown @starshine Her journal says, and I quote: "I am no longer working on the show". That doesn't seem to leave much room for interpretation.
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@puzzlemint What Lauren Faust says later: "My involvement in Season 2 ultimately does not reach far beyond story conception and scripts. A little more involved in the beginning, and a little less towards the end."
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:11:16 UTC from Choqok-
@broniebrown @starshine Except Season 2's story conception and scripts are pretty much already done, with the season having already moved into pre-production a couple months back. Meaning Lauren's part is already finished, which leads us right back to "I am no longer working on the show".
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@puzzlemint I still say, that's taken way out of context and it was somewhat reckless for that to have been posted on ED with such an attention-grabbing headline. She's not leaving completely, at least not for a whole season, and there's a ton of other freaking talented and awesome people on the staff, some of whom have even posted on ponychan, /co/, etc. so I really can't see the show dropping in quality or losing its direction just because Lauren Faust isn't there to guide it. However, I'm holding off on any further wild speculation until I see what ACTUALLY happens. It seems like there's a lot of baseless accusations that this is the result of Executive Meddling, or that the quality will go way down. It's really way too early to be saying those sorts of things, isn't it?
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:19:00 UTC from web-
@starshine reason why I don't look at EqD anymore. It has a huge monopoly on the "reporting" industry.
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:19:41 UTC from web-
@thepulseofdawn It's also generally a good nexus for all things pony. Just need to keep in mind that its purpose is to aggregate, not to serve as the final say on anything.
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:22:28 UTC from web
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@starshine I agree that the reaction has been blown out of proportion, and that the show will be fine without her.
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@puzzlemint And then right after that she says that she's still involved, just "a little less toward the end", and that her credit will be Consulting Producer. That doesn't really mean the same thing as "no longer working on the show".
Sunday, 08-May-11 15:11:28 UTC from web
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