This is the only one of the Fiendship issues not to feature a villain from the show, which makes it an interesting choice. Anyway, this comic was written by Ted Anderson, drawn by Agnes Garbowska and coloured by... oh, you know by now. As for whether it's a good one... I hate to say it, but no, not really. There are some nice touches: the classically-themed "old Canterlot" is fun and it's nice to see a young Star Swirl, even if his decision-making is suspect at times. But the villains themselves are disappointing, nowhere near as enjoyable as they are in Rainbow Rocks itself. Bluntly, these Sirens are boring. Not a complete disaster, but certainly the least impressive Fiendship comic yet. ★★
Well, if it helps at all, I started an origin story about Adagio the other day. Maybe it'll help wash the taste of boring sirens out of your mouth. I mean, unless it turns out to be boring...
ReplyDeleteMy RiL list is barely 6.1 million words long right now, so I'll add it in. I can probably book it in for Ponyfic Roundup 823,361 or so. :P
DeleteI'll take what I can get!
DeleteStarswirl wasn't portrayed well here. Would Gandalf jump on stage and start performing rap? It bears almost no continuity with the Starswirl in the parallel worlds arc. And for some reason he's blue now. Disappointing that this could be considered canon to say the least!
ReplyDeleteI'd almost forgotten most of those details already, which probably tells its own story about how much this particular comic has stuck in the memory!
DeleteIf this is the same canon as the comic worlds (I've heard some people see the comics as its own canon and not canon to the show), then...oh dear...
DeleteI think the canonicity of the comics is deliberately left a bit vague. Just think of it as an Expanded Universe and it more or less works. :)
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