Jyc Row - Queen Opaline (Make Your Mark (generic) Alicorn Villain)

Heya everyone!
So... I watched the 8 episodes of My Little Pony: Make Your Mark's chapter 2 on Netflix recently. Honestly, I think it's really okay - there are a few weird things regarding the animation and all but, still, it was pleasant to watch overall.
Though, I have two things about the series that I - personally - don't really like.
First of all is the connection with G4. I mean, that is just my opinion, but even before the release of the pilot movie last year I wasn't fan of having G4 in G5 because I thought it'd have been great to have something really fresh and new.
However, for obvious marketing reasons, G4 was incorporated in G5. At first it was quite nice to see some easter-egg and the movie clearly showed us that G5's story was tied to G4's story.
But the more we moved forward (comic and series), the more there were connections between both G4 and G5 and, in my opinion... it was a bad idea and it was done really badly because there are a lot of incoherence and things that doesn't add up.
Though, I can go beyond that as I'll now consider G5 as an alternate universe of G4, so nothing G5 does has to make sense towards G4.
The second point is Opaline. Yeah, the very same character I just made a track for! :D
Again, this is my personal opinion and everyone is welcome to disagree with me on that, but I really don't know what happened with her.
At first, I thought the over-saturation of her colours was an animation error in the first chapter/special we had, but seems like it's the natural colour she has (and I don't know why anyone on the team thought "yup, that's good, that over-saturated purple clearly doesn't hurt one's eyes).
But now we had more screentime about her and, well... so far, she sounds like the most generic and classic villain I ever saw.
We'll see in the future how it goes and what's her background story but - I'm sorry, really - she really feels like a bad edgy alicorn OC. And I did made a heckton of Alicorns OC for Infinite Eclipse so I don't know if it my place to speak about it but, still - the ambition of Opaline is basic, and she doesn't really have a "reason" except "I wanna be powerful, mwahahahaha"
But hey, we'll see, I'm just a grumpy old Jyc and maybe I'm completely wrong about all I said ahah xD
Now you'll ask "But why did you made a theme for her if you don't like her ?"
We'll, it's mainly because I said I'll do the villain a theme, even before the pilot movie was released, and I kept my word and did one.
However, I won't lie - it's certainly not my best track and it's kinda generic (so, hey, I'm in-theme! :D)
In any case, hope you'll like the music, and feel free to let me know what you thought about the series in the comments! =D
Opaline Artwork by NRanorak: / anoraknr
Jyc's OC by IRUSU: / irusu_kun
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  • @JycRow
    @JycRow Жыл бұрын

    LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE G5 SERIES IN THE COMMENTS! :D I'm curious about y'all opinions! ^^

  • @Tharivole
    @Tharivole Жыл бұрын

    One thing that I think is done well with Opaline is that the depiction of her abuse towards Misty is portrayed realistically. It's not mustache twirling, evil stepmother villainy, it's pretty accurate to real life emotional abuse. I am surprised that they decided to show a toxic relationship that accurately and it makes my heart hurt for Misty.

  • @fighter1375
    @fighter1375 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when Genericorn said "It’s generic evilin’ time." And the world exploded in applause

  • @KaiyaAstral
    @KaiyaAstral Жыл бұрын

    I’m loving G5 so far. Opalene feels really accurate to a toxic person in how she’s acts her manipulative nature is easy for the audience to spot but it’s not so obvious that we wonder how the Mane 5 would miss it. It’s amazing!

  • @Sunspot9522
    @Sunspot9522 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the heart of the fandom is from all its inspired creators like you. How all the wonderful people in the fandom reform, recontextualize, and retell the original source material into such beautiful masterpieces is absolutely astounding to me. Keep up the fantastic work.

  • @sophiegerlofs4611
    @sophiegerlofs4611 Жыл бұрын

    I honestly think that because of generation 4 that she believes Alicorns are the superior race and rule over other ponies. I mean every princess is an alicorn. Alicorns have wings and a horn. They can fly and do magic. They live in castles. While Earth ponies back then didn't really have any magic and if they did they have a small amount of it and it didn't really get used that much. Pegaside can fly and live in the clouds. A unicorn can use magic to live on the clouds be able to fly around travel through time and they're well known for living in the best conditions. Back in G4 there was inequality between the races.sure they didn't hate each other or fear each other. But there was a clear inequality between the races and which one was "Superior " than the other rather be which houses they live in or what they can do or just having an extra body part like a horn or a wing. Which why I think she sees herself as Superior and everyone is beneath her.

  • @midnightworld2271
    @midnightworld2271 Жыл бұрын

    and again, as always, excellent. I will not say anything superfluous, so everything is clear. I will try to advertise your channel even more in Russian

  • @82dorrin
    @82dorrin Жыл бұрын

    I feel like Opaline used to be a

  • @jawariakhan9786
    @jawariakhan9786 Жыл бұрын

    I think her destiny is to bring chaos in her world where she only cares about power since she believes Alicorns are the truest rulers of Equestria. She doesn't believe ruling in a good will can solve anything except being a narcissist towards Misty even though she's the queen. I guess she believes that abusing her power could take her into a darkening world. But what about Misty? I mean Misty may betray Opaline since how she's been treating her like not a mother's guide but as a tyrant ruler who cares to make others suffer. But what if Misty has found her newest destiny, not joining Opaline, but the power that she has been giving. Could she have found her evil destiny? Or maybe there will be more legions of doom of the next generation that will soon turn everyone under their dark magic.

  • @arsenix-9275
    @arsenix-9275 Жыл бұрын

    I can't believe if she's kill Celestia and Luna. No she's is greatest villian MLP Fandom.

  • @Rawwrrrrrrrrrrrr
    @Rawwrrrrrrrrrrrr Жыл бұрын

    GENERIC ALICORN VILLAIN “ lmao it’s true xd

  • @yondaime500
    @yondaime500 Жыл бұрын

    Aside from her textbook abusive relationship with Misty, that other people already brought up, there are some intriguing things about Opaline, that I'm curious to know more about:

  • @Pumpkkin
    @Pumpkkin Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I think that the idea of a evil alicorn can be really good if they managed it properly (Not a corrupted alicorn, like Nightmare Moon or Daybreaker, who are good alicorns turned bad temporarely due corruption. I mean a actually evil alicorn). In G4, they don't really give us too much information about them (as far I remember), like why they are so powerful, what happened to them, why they can become corrupted, why some alicorns are born and others are made (and if there is a difference between born alicorns and normal ponys who become alicorns). I hope that now they give us at least a bit more information about them.

  • @funnatopia704
    @funnatopia704 Жыл бұрын

    One thing that I enjoy about Opaline's character is that her villainous depiction is

  • @joshuatewolde1837
    @joshuatewolde1837 Жыл бұрын

    “Those ‘Little Ponies’ Finally Figured Out How To Stabelize The Magic - Took Them Long Enough. & NOW That They Have, It’s TIME To Take BACK. WHAT..IS.. MIINNE!!!!!!” (Cackles Evilly)

  • @BlackBurrito9073
    @BlackBurrito9073 Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't brand Opaline as "generic" just yet, King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis were practically the same as her in terms of attitude and we love them as villains all the same.

  • @lunerstudios239
    @lunerstudios239 Жыл бұрын

    Personally, I think the G4 and G5 linkage having so many missing points and plotholes that people are mentioning is probably on purpose. We know that both stories of the past told by Discord, Sunny, and Misty aren't the whole truth of the matter. Both Discord and Sunny's version of the story is simply "Twilight sealed away magic to stop the arguing and everyone argued anyway and that was that" meanwhile Misty's story proclaimed Opaline to be the "Savior of the ponies" when in no way is that true. Both stories have been passed down for so long and have been hidden for so long that it probably suffers a really bad case of telephone.

  • @kenjamarticus
    @kenjamarticus Жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing the reveal/sneak peek of the character and legit thought she was wearing a mask due to the over-saturation, but I was wrong 🫠

  • @light7693
    @light7693 Жыл бұрын

    Great work!! i agree with you pal, i must say... that so many people wouldn't whatch G5 or stay in the fandom if nothing (regarding G4 it's included 🙄) it reminds me when many people hated The Lion Guard, just because the main characters of the 2 first movies didn't appear for more time (face slap) just by reading the title you'll know it hasn't anything to be with something from the past, but in the end, i like how the history goes, G4 characters as easter eggs or guide lines, i hope in the future its stays like that, G5 will bring us that refresh of something new and special.

  • @Rockhoppr3
    @Rockhoppr3 Жыл бұрын

    I still haven't watched the entirety of Make Your Mark: Chapter 2 yet, but so far I feel that Misty is a more compelling character than Opaline.