My Little Pony: Friends Forever

My Little Pony: Friends Forever was an on-going comic book series by IDW Publishing that lasted for a total of 38 issues, making it the second longest running Generation 4 comic book series and the longest running spin-off of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Like My Little Pony: Micro-Series, it was an anthology series with each issue focusing on different characters, though as Micro-Series was based around individuals or groups, Friends Forever follows two different characters each issue.

Featured pairings tended to fall into three categories; characters who never or rarely interacted, but share common attributes, like and  (extravagant and bigger-then-life personalities),  and  (both feeling like outsiders, despite being adored by their community), and  and  (both being associated with gems). The second being for characters regularly interact, but never have a deeper dive into their personalities and dynamics, as seen with and,  and. The last of the typical story types would be issues where a character teams up with a one-shot or rarely appearing character whom they are associated with, typically used to expand on the backstory of said character, as seen with and Iron Will, Rainbow Dash and Little Strongheart, and  and Cherry Jubilee.

Despite focus on duos, a number of characters associated with together strangely do not have their own stories, like and Dr. Hooves,  and,  and , and  and , among other less blatant examples.

The tone of the series like Micro-Series was typically very lighthearted; steering away from any of the more upsetting aspects found in Friendship is Magic and later Legends of Magic, and instead kept stories to be about friendship and forgiven typically. That said, the series did steer into deeper territories on a few instances. Issue 14 for example was clearly a metaphor for institutionalized racism and police corruption, and issue 20 was a surprisingly bittersweet character study on and his friendships with the  and, both issues feature Luna, coincidently.

Continuity and chronology
Continuity is aligned with the IDW Publishing continuity, which differs from the TV shows continuity in various ways but also follows it, in various ways (continuity is a mess, seriously), as such, comic exclusive characters and places show up from time to time, including Tiberious and Crystal Mountain respectively.