
so the pun pony comic is an old brony project that has been around for seven years now. it's big, it's old, it's well known, and I don't like it.
I don't hate it either, but uh. alright, first I gotta explain what the pun pony ask blog comic is about.
so pun is a horse that's a member of the night guard, she's undercover as the Royal Toponymist (she names places and things) and she makes fun. She has a dark backstory and some weird superpower things? also she's good at fighting. honestly this is pretty mundane horse ask blog stuff. it's not very original, but it's fun anyways? the main feature of the pun blog is the pun that comes with each strip. It's cute, it's funny, and i like them.
....Liked.
It's not that the puns became terrible or anything. It's not that they added a backstory, or other characters, or did crossover events. I don't care about that; actually, I believe that's what makes ask blogs live. But uh, despite the writers' best efforts to make Pun a good character, relatable, and uh. nice? it's failing pretty bad, and has been failing pretty bad for the last few years. And that's because despite her cheerful demeanor, her easy-going behavior, her sense of humor, she remains fundamentally a monster. Pun as a character is broken. She is scarred. She never was able to move on after the death of her best friend, and despite that, joined the guard. She becomes as such able to take out her frustration and anger on those she deems enemies. Specifically, changelings.
Now, the changelings in that comic are depicted as being weird animals, unable to develop independent thought. They can be either drones, which are mindless, queens or clouders, which are obsessed with power above all else for some reason, and then vampires, which... exist? they're supposed to be the secret leaders of all changelingkind, but they mostly. do nothing? and hiss at strangers?
and pun just murders them all, all the time, relentlessly, and justifies this with... nothing? keeps pretending that she does not have anger management problems, playing it off as being fine. There even was a story arc where she was supposed to get better after, but nothing changed.
ALSO, Equestria is apparently a horse supremacist country? because apparently its better to have a literal dictator ruling rather than the bughorses? I kinda get it, but at the same time, it's dropped so casually and without explanation? help???
The Pun Pony Comic is ending soon, and with that end, we will prolly have the final showdown against the current villain, Supremus Longhorn. he's a prick, he's racist, he's smart and cruel. Guess what? I prefer him over pun, 'cuz he's a GOOD character. he's flawed, but so unapologetic in his flaws, in his villainy. that's not super original, sure, but... it's better than the main character, which just feels backwards and rushed.
also. conservative jokes. DID YOU GUYS HAVE TO.
don't consider this a real review tho. I don't like pun comic, but there's no reason you guys shouldn't enjoy it. I'm just frustrated and this post is the result.