Suukorak

I would raise an eyebrow, then go watch the episode. Let's see what they can do with it.

I can understand your worries here. Whatever the writers chose to do, I hope they didn't sacrifice an interesting episode just so that they could show such-and-such fan favorite character. No matter how many Derpy / Vinyl / Octavia / Lyra / Luna / etc. references they make, if the episode's not well done, it'll be crap. Then again, even with no fan-service or references, it's possible to make a great episode that most people will greatly appreciate. The fan-service won't inherently mess up the episode, only if it's overdone or used as a substitute for something interesting. Basically what SpaceOnion said, I guess.

That's unfair. Four of them can't even do magic. None of them lived in Canterlot either.I would have to say I think Applejack and Rarity work the hardest (from what we've seen). Frankly, though, I don't think the others really want to be alicorns. Not even Rainbow, she would certainly dislike the responsibility. It is true, though, that Twilight has gotten the most rewards by far, and not necessarily in proportion to her work. This is shown especially true since apparently no one knows the Mane 6 (despite their depiction - twice! - in stained-glass windows), but once Twilight's a princess everyone stampedes her. So yes, Twilight has been unfairly rewarded. And, as far as I could tell, for learning the lesson she learned in episode 1, rather than any subsequent achievement.

Hear, hear. Maybe we should swap out Twilight and Sunset Shimmer. I'm sure Sunny's still got some character flaws up her sleeve. Of course, being the main character, she'll cure them all in a season or two, then we'll need to replace her again.

I think Twilight started out as a reasonable, flawed character. She was overly rule-bound and a bit opposed to socializing, seeing it as a waste of time. The latter she ironed out in the pilot episode alone, which was a bit cheap if you ask me. The former, she was working on for all of season 1 and even a little bit in season 2. Since then, though, she's been a nearly perfect character, only flawed as a one-off episode, always resolving it by the end, and never as an actual character trait. Yeah, I can see where you're coming from. However, she's still the character most focused on, and we can still admire her strengths when she shows them. I guess I've just not come to expect any more character development from Twilight.

Wow! Where'd you get her from? I saw a few like that on ebay but they were in other countries...

Agreed. Also, apology accepted if you give us a source.

I didn't mean to imply that you were. But others are.

He did apologize, and that's important. I understand that people are angry, but there's not much more he can do. Since he clearly does have talent when he chooses to use it, there's no reason we should drive him out or threaten him. The point is, though, that this time we'll be watching. He won't be able to get away with this again. That's harsh. Maybe you two disagree, but at least do Luna the courtesy of believing him/her to be sincere. I also bought from him (just some prints, I didn't commission or anything), and I'm disappointed. When I bought it, I wanted to support Drawponies in creating something original, not pay for a photoshopped screenshot. So the prints aren't good anymore. However, I'm still a bit shocked by the toxicity being spewed at him. People make mistakes, even mistakes of judgement. He did a bad thing, it's true, but he's not an irredeemable monster because of it. Whatever he did, he's a human being, and as such deserves some basic respect (like not threatening to kill or torture him). Since I don't think he's irredeemable, I'm willing to give him a second chance - though he'll have to wait some time if he wants to get any of my money again. And if he does this again, then I'm done with him. He still won't deserve to die, but he will certainly deserve getting his operation shut down. Then he'll have to find something else to make a living. As it stands, though, I'll wait and see. Hopefully, he'll get back on his feet and make respectable art again.