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The overall message of this episode was a real poor one, and Discord was a real jerk for being "reformed," and not a lovable jerk either. Shows that Luna is a better example of reformed than Discord, after her being locked away for a thousand years. Though, this episode showed that some people on the team know cringe humor. I have never seen such humor implemented like this into the show, even at all. The references and fourth wall breaks are okay considering this is a Discord episode, and I certainly got out enjoyment out of it all. I liked the dresses and clothing designs for the characters, certainly better than those god awful dresses in the S3 finale. And the overall look of Flutt's hippie friend. So yeah, I am mixed in an interesting way because there were bits that I really liked a lot, but Discord was a huge jerk and he got off too easily imo and the moral of this episode was complete garbage.

Yeah, this episode wasn't all that great.

People saying it was funny that last week's episode was aired during around the start of spring may forget that Winter Wrap-Up aired on Dec 24th.

This episode was ridiculous, and I loved it. From the animal abuse to what should be a highly criminal offense to the Game of Thrones refence. Just... wow. xDDD

I got a lot of laughs out of this episode. I found it hilarious.

I can't believe some people took that trollpost of mine seriously.

I totally get it now. This is all homosexual propaganda. Get it? Because of the equal symbol. It makes so much sense.

Making an actual serious non-troll post on what I thought of the episode. I liked it a lot. It felt new and interesting. And I liked that the mane six weren't the only ones doing the saving.

With the season five premiere, it is now a better time than ever to talk about the connections with My Little Pony, the American government, and its relation with the communist manifesto and totalitarianism. The premiere seemed to give a contrast between the government and ideology of Equestria, including the power its ruler Celestia has over her citizens—and how it contrasts with Starlight Glimmer’s rule over the ponies who pledge allegiance to her, who seemed to believe the life they were living was superior to the way ponies are “supposed” to live their lives, IE every pony in Equestria, or generally every pony who embraces their cutie mark and their own individuality. It is far from ambiguous that “Cutie Markless” represents Glimmer and the ponies she rules over as a representation of communism relative especially to the USSR. It’s even noted how the mane six go east, telling us that Equestria is more of a representation of western civilization, and how the Iron Curtain was more of an east to west thing, how NATO had to keep the curtain from falling further west. In this case, we Equestria represented as America in such a charismatic light that anyone who defies their way of living are doing wrong. Not to paint Glimmer as the real hero—far from it—but it seems there are no real winners when it comes to something like this. The ponies who have gotten rid of their cutie marks to become “equal,” in relation to socialist ideals related with everyone having an equal share, is then led to the audience seeing how their way of life is corrupted. “The Villaige of Odd Smiles” shows every pony with smiles on their faces, like how the patriotism of communist countries have exhibited everyone as though they believe the economy they are ruled under is superior to its opposite (capitalism). The Village appears to have less of the technological strength as Equestria, since it has just one road with parallel houses, and is in the middle of nowhere. This makes sense because countries like the USSR had less of the glammer as America. It’s generally viewed that western capitalist countries are first world, while communist countries are second. In this case, Equestria is the former and the Village the latter. Glimmer even has a close relation to Joseph Stalin, as she is represented when we first see her as a kind pony who welcomes anypony to experience what she calls “true friendship.” In the beginning, everyone has this profound love for Glimmer, and it seems to show with her kindness and the happiness it seems she has brought with her ability to make everypony “equal.” As with Glimmer, totalitarian leaders have been depicted in a sense that they are the greatest people in the land, that they can do no wrong. It even goes so far that they are of divine power, like how things have been in North Korea. The show seems to view Equestria in a fashion like how America has viewed itself and has taught its people for generations, that we are the good guys who can do no wrong. Slightly off-topic, but this idea that “we’re the good guys” was really sabotaged when it came to the Nixon era of government and the Vietnam War. The writers have yet to make a one or two part episode that seems to connect with the Nixon era, as far as I am aware; and I don’t know if they will, since this show is classified as directed towards children, but the allegory with the relation between America and communism is strong. My theory is that the show views Equestria like how one would ideally view Glimmer’s society if they were an ideal citizen of it, that Celestia is no better than her when it comes to her rule over her nation and the way ponies are expected to live. How it may seem freeing for ponies to have their own cutie marks as a representation of their unique traits, but that they are under a false freedom where they are essentially told they have to commit to what they are given, so there is no freedom either way. Similarly, Americans are told they can do whatever they want, but are a part of a social ladder that is broken, where they often have a hard or impossible time to get out of the status that society gives them. As totalitarian leaders having been viewed as the human spawns of Satan, one could view Celestia as President Obama and thus the devil. As those who have watched the show know, Princess Celestia (and her sister) is essentially the divine ruler of Equestria. While the President of America (Satan) doesn’t seem to have such a power, the way Celestia is depicted in the show seems like an exaggeration of what America really is, or what has become, with the higher powers, or the higher-ups, having all the power, while everyone below lives under a false idea of true freedom. I think, when Lauren Faust decided to make and direct this show, her intentions were to produce an allegory of the American corruption on the world, and how Celestia is essentially the satanic ruler in a society that pretends it has freedom for all. She may have stepped down, but the people who are working in the show today have continued in her vision. Thank you for reading. Let’s discuss the connections that a show filled with candy colored horses has with global economics and religious ideologies

Season five finally here.

I've just been looking at this thing a while now. The thought of a reformed Adagio sounds adorable and somewhat terrifying. ^^' The last panel of her has her looking really adorable. xD

Yeah, this was pretty funny. xD

There is nothing wrong with Pinkie Pride. Sorry everyone this is simply a fact.

Of course, there is an nsfw version of this, but that isn't to be on here lol This is well done.

Of course, this guy made nsfw versions, but this isn't the place to show that lmao

I like this artist quite a lot.

^Dammit, I was coming in the post exactly that. xD