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Ok the Fox Bros are officially the Gives No Fux Bros now These two clowns can't write a good episode to save their life! Don't believe me? Well then let's have a look at their episode history with me. The Gift Of Maud Pie 4/10 Applejack's Day Off 4.8/10 P.P.O.V. 5.1/10 And now Forever Filly. No writer in the 7 year span of the show had made me more vehemently ENRAGED than the 'work' of these two HACKS! This episode took a great moral and RUINED it with terrible presentation. No common sense, no subtly, just blatantly smash you over the head with it at the end. Rarity couldn't pick up on the hint's Sweetie Belle was giving her even after Sweetie Belle flat out TOLD HER she is too old for the kid stuff Rarity still thought she liked doing. Under a good writer like say M.A. Larson or maybe even Nick Confalone or Mike Vogel this moral could have been done very well. But since it's the Give No Fux Bros I shouldn't be surprised it turned out the way it did. I just love how after saying the season has been consistently good in my last episode review I get hit with this... An episode that WOULD have turned out good if LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE would have wrote it. Not even Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco at the helm of editing could save this episode. Like in GoMP, Rarity was written more akin to Pinkie Pie. Sweetie Belle was dull and uninteresting just to teach the moral. I was more interested in the side story with the dog than I was with Rarity and Sweetie Belle. The episode made me cringe which a good MLP episode should never do. The episode expects me to buy that Rarity fell out of touch with this filly WHO LIVES WITH HER I REMIND YOU. Rarity breaks down crying 7 seconds after seeing a picture of her as Sweetie Belle proclaiming that she misses her. Not even my mom breaks down that quickly. Yeah, maybe if Rarity was fighting a war in Saddle Arabia since season 4 I could buy that, but she has seen Sweetie Belle many times in the past few years so fuck you. They didn't even try to hide it. I knew what the moral was gonna be even before Rarity left her Canterlot shop. I think I have torn this episode apart quite thoroughly. I hate the Give No Fux Bros, I really do, and yes that is what I am going to call them until they write a GOOD episode. 6/10 It had a good moral and they TRIED and that is the ONLY thing that keeps this episode from being any lower for me

Saw the Canadian release of this episode but decided to give my thoughts here and now Back in season 5 when G.M. Burrow started I HATED her first episode "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows" Even going so far as to brand it as the worst episode of that very very good season, a claim I still stand by today. With that In mind I was a tad worried about this episode, so how did she do? Well... She shattered my expectations. When I first saw G.M. Burrow writing for the show it's episodes like "Fluttershy Leans In" that I expected from her. This episode was so sweet and adorable that I almost cried at the end, I didn't, but I almost did. I like this idea a lot, I like the moral of sticking to your vision, achieving your dream, even when someone who in an expert in their field tells you otherwise. Also let me address one of the best parts of the episodes in my opinion, Fluttershy's assertiveness. I really like how Fluttershy was assertive in this episode without her feeling too mean or out of character. Big Props to Burrow on that one. We saw a lot of new animals and I liked that as well. The episode was just real great. Fluttershy leans in 8/10 Season 7 so far has been consistently good and I am happy because all the episodes so far are episodes I can see myself wanting to watch again. I also feel it projects very good things so far for the upcoming season. So there is my first season 7 review only 4 technically 3 weeks into the season. So RIP wanting to review and touch on every episode this season.

Why do the two premiere episodes have different titles? Is this going be a two part episode or what... I am real confused now.

Heh heh heh I'm sorry, but all the hate for Starlight is really starting to make my blood boil. I don't understand where this is coming from SHE IS FINE NOW. Everyone really just needs to STOP with these old tired criticisms about how shes pony Hitler and she is the worst thing ever because they said so. "Oh she hypnotized her friends shes the worst thing ever". Yeah you all get on her case for something like that. Yet discord gets away with Twilight and Cadence almost getting killed to get a cure for an illness he didn't actually have (411). Or nearly ruining an entire gala just because Fulttershy would take him along (507) and none of you bat an eye. Oh hes just learning, it's ok, WELL STARLIGHT IS LEARNING TOO PEOPLE! I'm tired of this crap I'm glad Season 7 may have more Starlight, I like her, yes she has a weak backstory and motivation for what she did, but I have looked past those now minor flaws and I see a likable character who fits right in with the other mane 6. Now that I got that out of the way I hope Celestial Advice will be a Celestia Episode then again with a name like that I'm not sure what to expect so I'm interested to see what we get. It may just be Celestia giving Starlight or Twilight valuable advice. As for All Bottled Up I don't know it could be about anything might be a Twilight and Starlight episode but we will just have to wait and see what the future holds. I'am remaining hopeful for season 7 but it's looking pretty grim seeing more writers go.

How insecure are we to think that this fandom is dying 24/7? Every other time I look at this site I see another "Is the fandom dying?" post Let me answer this question for you. THE FANDOM IS NOT DYING!!! I've seen this alot lately and it's kinda starting to get on my nerves a bit. LOL Sometimes the reasoning so so flimsy and paper thin. An episode didn't get as many views when it aired as it did last week "OMG THE FANDOM IS DYING" Bronycon 2016 had only 7000 attendees when Bronycon 2015 had 10000 "OMG THE FANDOM IS DYING" It's 2017 "OMG THE FANDOM IS DYING" Sorry this is the forum I went off on I understand the OP is new-ish to the community but way too many people ask if the fandom is dying way too frequently. Even in 2012-2013 when ponies were at a fever pitch interest people were asking if the fandom was dying. It's not. I don't know why people are so insecure about this but I'm pretty sure the fandom will stick around for a long while even after the show ends which will be a sad day indeed.

... sounds to me like you just want a TV-Y version of Party.mov If you want a full fledged addiction with negative effects an intervention and everything, I don't think you are going to find it here. If they did a plot involving addiction there would only be so much they could do before issues would arise. If an episode wanted to do everything you seem to want here, they would have to be crazy clever about it. I don't know. As I said, it's unlikely.

Not sure about addiction, but they have referenced drugs multiple times (Season 1) (Bridle Gossip) The Poison Joke (Season 2) (Hearts and Hooves Day) Love Poison (Season 6) (Every Little Thing She Does) The Mane 5 have a hangover near the end of the episode and it's heavily implied that the spells Starlight cast on them were like hypnotic drugs in a way. Twilight- I finally untangled that mess of a spell, it was really powerful stuff. They're gonna feel that in the morning. Cider is an almost exclusively alcoholic beverage in some countries so you can also count any episode that mentions cider. I mean I guess Rainbow Dash kinda got addicted to reading in Read it and Weep. If they did decide to do an episode about addiction I would like to see how it would play out though. I mean It's an unlikely idea but not an Impossible idea that's completely off the table.

Ok time for my thoughts on the season 6 finale... again To Where and Back Again written by Josh Haber and Mike Vogel This episode was an amazing way to end off the season and it is my second most favorite season finale behind Twilight's Kingdom. Even though I already went into great depth reviewing this episode in another thread I will still give my thoughts again here because I'm a nice guy... and I have no life. I really like a lot of the character interaction in the first part and the changelings as the mane 6 were genuinely funny. I also like how Starlight's entire 'team' is made up of formerly evil characters. Thorax is debateable on that point but I'm willing to count him because he IS a changeling. Another thing I like the concept of and can see fanfic writers like myself playing around with is the idea of how a changeling hive is always changing like its inhabitants. And there are other things like Trixie and Chrissy and stuff like that that I like. And also THANK GOD CHRYSALIS WAS NOT REFORMED when I first saw the episode and got to that scene I was muttering to myself "slap her hoof away, slap her hoof away, slap her hoof away." And she finally did and ran off and I was like "YES!" Chrysalis is pure evil, there needs to be an example other than Tirek that shows you can't turn everyone into a good guy. So I hope Chrysalis stays evil. Everyone complains about villains being reformed left and right so I'm actually surprised that some ppl here were disappointed that she didn't reform. Things I don't really like or dislike I'm kinda meh on the new forms of Thorax and the changelings. I guess i don't mind it but seeing them for the first time was kinda offputting. Now for a couple things I didn't like. I think the hive could have had more traps and changeling goo. We saw a little of the hive but I think a tiny bit more world building could have been done. I would have wanted them walking through more rooms like the one Discord encountered all the imposter Fluttershys in. Now that room was interesting and a bit more in line with what I believe a changeling hive would look like rather than the bland-ish caves they spend the majority of time in. Also Im lifting this next complaint straight from my review in the UK airing thread but I'm doing so because I believe it's still valid. I'm wondering how the princesses, including Twilight + the other mane 5 + spike + flurry heart + shining armor were all captured, they never really explain it. I think that's the biggest issue here. MLP season finales usually resolve everything but that issue is never explained. Just oh look everyone is here, they are in cocoons, and that's all we get so I think that's pretty disappointing. I'm pretty sure they were trying to use the fridge logic trick and hope no one would notice but that's a moderately big plothole. However those two complaints are overlookable enough for me to still love this episode. The plothole is a pretty big pill to swallow especially considering the stickler I am for everything being explained and laid out to me. But the return of the changelings and Chrysalis denying reformation make up for it so yeah. So Here are my scores To Where And Back Again Part I 10/10 To Where And Back Again Part II 9.5/10 Overall Score 10/10 See all you ponies in season 7!

Top 5 1) To Where and back again- Both parts (N/A) - No rating for this episode yet as I'm waiting for the american release but rest assured I saw it and it is bar none the best episode of the season and a spectacular finale. Not sure about [REDACTED FOR SPOILER REASONS] at the end though. 2) A Hearths Warming Tale (8.2/10) - Beautiful and charming disneyesque musical episode and a very good first episode for Mike Vogel to be introduced as a writer with. 3) Stranger Than Fan Fiction (8/10) - Incredibly fun and enjoyable episode. Patton Oswald was great as Quibble Pants even though I still hate that name. And it was nice to see a Daring Do adventure where Ahuizotl wasn't the villain. This is pretty much reiterating what I said in this episodes thread. 4) The Times They Are a Changeling (8/10) - Very well written, the ending feels a tiny bit rushed following the "lets fix everything with a song" trope but it worked for the most part. It was overall a nice and heartwarming reformation. 5) The Saddle Row Review (7.9/10) - Very fun and lighthearted episode that doesn't take itself too seriously. The cutaway interviews threw me off a bit when I first watched the episode but upon rewatching it a week or so ago I really liked how different it was so yeah Its a good one. Bottom 5 1) Newbie Dash (3/10) - Worst episode of the entire series. A milestone for Rainbow Dash completely ruined by terrible writing. Nothing more to say. 2) Where The Apple Lies (3.3/10) - Season 6's winner of the worst title of the season award and an all around trash episode. It can join it's less terrible counterpart, The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows, as unwatchable dirges that I will never bother to revisit again. also the third worst episode of the series. 3) The Gift Of Maud Pie (4/10) - You expect me to say something here? What is there to say? It's a boring episode where the characters are written completely out of line, case closed. 4) Applejack's Day Off (4.8/10) - That stupid AF ending (can also be applied to P.P.O.V.) I'm noticing a trend here, Fox Bros. 5) The Cart Before The Ponies (5.3/10) - Lets have an episode where the CMC's loving sisters act like completely selfish jerks and build cars for themselves instead of for the CMC. While writing this so many terrible things about the episode came back to me that I want to tear apart but I'm just gonna leave it at that. The season as a whole was honestly underwhelming but it still had its moments and charming episodes, all the map episodes this season were good. Hopefully season 7 will be a bit better. A step in the right direction would be if Josh Haber was no longer the story editor or showrunner for the season. However the tweet Josh gave on the subject was so baffling and oddly written that I don't think anyone know wither he will be doing it or not. I hope Mike Vogel is the story editor for season 7, the episodes he worked on this season were all real good.

Top Bolt written by Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (oh thank god, finally some good writers again) I ship it! I ship it! I ship it so much! Vapor Wave Trail x Sky Stinger I'm not a shipper but I ship this... Or right, the episode, I liked this one quite a bit, granted I spoiled myself by watching the UK release earlier in the week. But I watched it again here and I will give my thoughts. I liked the writing and new designs of all the new characters introduced this episode. I was getting a Lightning Dust 2.0 vibe from Sky Stinger at first but I'm kinda glad I was wrong there. LD was overconfident but had the skill to back her talk up. Sky Stinger didn't, he was overconfident with no real skill and I kinda like that better, more relatable. Interesting story and conflict here but if I had to nitpick something I guess it would be Sky and Vapor's backstory I mean yeah it was cute and all but it feels pretty pointless. Vapor- *helps sky do a flip* "Wow! that was amazing!" What was amazing? The fact that he was able to do a flip with your help? Wasn't that your intention? And then you just fly away together even though he hasn't said a single word to you yet? I mean fuck, you don't even know each others names yet. You have never met each other... like ever... I wish making new friends was this easy IRL :/ I guess the scene feels a bit too clumsy, awkward, fast moving, and pointless to me but I mean I can mostly forgive it, it didn't go on too long. So in conclusion I liked the episode. Nothing special for the lady writers though it's normal and par for the course for them which it to say its a good solid and well structured episode. Don't have much to say about the moral honestly but i will say its good. 7.5/10

Where the Apple Lies Written by someone who doesn't know how to write I don't know what kind of piece of shit gutter hole they pulled Dave Rapp up from but they can throw him right back in, and I hope they do! This episode is SO FUCKING TERRIBLE it feels like a bad fanfic. Also this one Newbie Dash 3/10 In fact this episode was so horrendously bad I don't even want to count it as canon. Oh geez where to start? Well first off we have Applejack being 100% out of character. She seems to be around her teenage years in this episode and I know teens can be rash decision makers but this is just ridiculous. I love how Applejack had come up with multiple terrible lies, one of which involved someone having a deadly disease that ponies can't even get, tackled Granny Smith to the ground multiple times, tried to keep the terrible lie going, and everyone actually bought it. I love how her brother had to be under a bonesaw before she finally told the truth. She did all this but I have a suggestion, how about Filthy Rich and Granny Smith just talked this issue out instead of this sophisticated business pony listening to two teenagers. OMG THIS SOUNDS SO SIMPLE HOW DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT!?!?! Well you see, it's a very hi-tech thing we all have called common since and a voice to talk with. I hate hate hate it if there is an episode where the issue could be solved by using simple common since this was even present before the theme. Applejack gave Rich the cider by accident instead of the Zap Apple Jam confident that Applebloom did things right when any competent farmer would have looked into the crate to make sure her customer was getting what he ordered. Applejack could have done this corrected the mistake right there and then, reamed Applebloom out for it after Rich left and the episode could have proceeded as normal. But no lets just go with your inept way of writing a story, then again if i was writing the episode at all I wouldn't have pitched this cancerous idea to begin with, let alone wrote it. Just every single shade of of teribad. 3.3/10 third worst episode of the entire series!

As one of the few people who is actually willing to stand up and advocate for Starlight Glimmer I'm going to say one thing. THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING.