Anon 04/08/2020 (Wed) 00:28:07 No.5727 del
So as we can see, that process of normalization varies depending on the case but every time they expand the map or seems like they moving forward, that new addition becomes so natural that it gets integrated and serves as the baseline to add something else.

This process doesn´t always imply a good thing because again, we would end up relying if the moral/message and the story exposed is good enough to stand by itself, so lore becomes more like that bonus whose purpose is to spark more interest and something out of what we are used to experience. However, this effect is like drinking coffee for the first time and suffer the effects of caffeine within your body, the show carries such a down to earth nature that it no longer excites you for what it brings behind so the characters are what have to sell you in the episode. or sometimes the lore is so scattered among those "filler episodes" (hint: nothing can be seen as filler, everything counts) that they don´t feel any impressive nor worthy of a scream from the audience. While it´s true that some twists like Grogar, the destruction of the tree of Harmony or the first changelings´appearance would leave the mouths open for a moment, the show exposes a tomorrow.

What I mean with the previous example and all these explanations is that this show feels worldly because of that excess of exposure that other franchises might not take that far. This is nothing new nor FIM stands as a pioneer in this regard but the mindset of constantly going through conflicts and more conflicts undermine the rest.

So this amount of paragraphs have the intention to exhibit how the lore becomes relevant becomes those characters or places become relevant by getting more screentime. You could get a very interesting character, species or place with tons of lore but if it doesn´t work for the next episode or stand the test of time, that lore will become more relevant.

This means that if I am focusing on these species is because the students appear later.

Why for example am I not discussing about the breezies and their village or places like the Smokey Mountains? Because they didn´t appear beyond the one off episode given for them yet whenever a pillar or a student appears, I have to keep in mind where that character comes from so their lore gains more relevancy because of the amount of their presence alone, no matter the quantity there is behind their existence. Could I say the same for the kirins? Nope because as you can see in pic related, they took part in the ending and so their importance took another level because of their presence in the final battle.

My mind has the criteria to establish the preferences at what lore holds more "canon values" that drive other episodes and so, what lore is what stays in my brain the longest and what comes first to think about when it comes to its discussion.