BastementSparkle

*Hugs* Hope to see you back on soon, definitely gonna miss you until you're back, bestie.

Do you mean Pony Life or was G5 seriously confirmed for two seasons already? Cause I know Pony Life was, but haven't seen anything about G5.

I did try the external screen thing, no luck there sadly. I was planning on giving it a few days rest and trying it again, see if that works. If nothing else I guess I'll just have to take it to some repair place and hope for the best.

I'm not super knowledgeable about this stuff, but I definitely hear something working inside. Dunno how to do what you suggested but I can look into it.

A few years ago, and sadly no.

My newer laptop isn't. I turn it on and literally nothing happens. Keyboard lights up and it starts humming slightly so it's on but I can't get it to do anything else no matter what I do.

Glad you're okay at least. Hope your internet comes back real soon.

Thanks, I think everyone here is alright. My dad's room and the living room where my mom was at are both right next to the street it happened on so it's even more surprising they didn't notice anything either. I'd say it wasn't serious but it did still take down a few trees and some mailboxes.

Thanks, I really hope so. Just dunno what to do when it's gone or how long it will last. Completely alone with my thoughts is exactly where I don't want to be.

It was less trying to hide what I liked in that instance and more just I figured the conversation would be too awkward. She had a low opinion of me in general so I doubt she believed it.

@Kiryu-Chan I like his reformation for the most part, but I tend to find Discord just fascinating as a character, mostly because I just like how much of a contradictory mess he is, I wanna know what the heck is going on in his brain and why he does the weird stuff he does, sometimes it's obvious, other times it feels like what he wants and what he's doing are conflicting. His later appearances are a mixed bag, because sometimes you can see the improvement, like in the season 6 finale or Discordant Harmony, or certain other parts of episodes, and sometimes it seems like he's either backsliding or hasn't changed that much.

 I do feel like there's some parts the writer's could have done a better job with though, I don't want him to be a saint but I think they could have done more to show him trying to be genuine friends with the 5 outside of Flutters. I actually think some of the early comics did a better job with making him sympathetic without necessarily making him a goody-goody two shoes.

@Kiryu-Chan I think to an extent it's because what better option is there really? Lock him up in stone seems good, but eventually he'll just break out again and probably go on another rampage, and what happens when he eventually wins? He's invulnerable to pretty much anything that isn't the Elements or having his magic stolen. Equestrians don't seem too enthused about killing, so that's probably off the table, and even draining his magic might be a concern taking that into account, because if he isn't chaotic enough he'll eventually fade away. With his "Reformation" he's at least restrained, he'll generally try not to do anything too terrible out of fear of losing his friends, and he's shown to be able to care about others and feel remorse for doing something wrong, so there's some improvement there, no matter how small.

 You're right that it's kind of a bad situation, but in-universe from all we've seen of the show, having him free but restrained and maybe eventually being...if not a good, at least a tolerable person might actually be the best outcome here.

@Kiryu-ChanI've always thought of him as more A-moral than really evil. I've never really considered him "Reformed" at all though, he didn't turn around because he saw the error of his ways and decided he wants to be a better person, he just turned around because he realized friendship was something he wanted, and then came to care about the people around him a bit, even if he's pretty terrible at showing it. You're right that he's pretty unpleasant, except around Fluttershy most of the time.

 I think it'll be a long, long time before he can ever really be considered "Reformed" and I think his nature as a creature of Chaos will always cause some issues.

Nah, that's what it looks like when she's on a diet.

Tirek was a villain, I expect him to take things from Twilight and not really care about how she feels. Celestia is someone Twilight is close to and who she looks up to and cares about, and who seems to care about her back. I expect her to actually care about how Twilight feels and what she wants, so it's worse when it seems like she doesn't.

 Like, I know Celestia cares about Twilight, but it still kind of feels like she was treating her as a "Free retirement ticket" rather than a person.

I think her "Celestia" design is rather pretty, personally. Though it has some potentially disturbing implications.

I feel the same, people can say whatever they want about that school, but at the end of the day it was something Twilight actually chose and wanted. Then this season just rips her away from that, and from her life in Ponyville, and from living with her friends, and pretty much her entire life to go run a kingdom and nopony even bothers to ask if she actually wants that. Even if it all seemed to turn out alright in the end, it still feels kinda messed up.

I seriously wish somepony, especially Celestia actually just took a second to ask her if she actually wanted to do all this. Not if she was ready for it, or if she could handle it, but if she wanted it. Like, especially when she was freaking out so much, you'd think somepony would start to wonder, "Hey, what if she doesn't even want to do this?"

The song made me tear up a bit, admittedly. "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" is still the episode that brought the most tears though, even if that was mostly liquid pride.

I adore how excitable and happy Celestia has been over the last few seasons. It's so different from her occasionally playful but otherwise very regal and reserved personality from earlier in the show, really feels like she's just dropping the act and being herself now.

I'd disagree. I love season 8 and 9 mostly and don't find them that "Messy", but also find the ending completely unsatisfying.

He's a Draconequus and a physical manifestation of Chaos. Wouldn't be too shocked if there's some ferret in him though, considering how many other animals he's made of.

And the comes the crippling depression next.

Well...I sure won't. Where else would I go? I plan to be a fan of this show until I'm on my deathbed, will need some place to keep talking about it.