BlueBrony

overall Im not as interested in the show as I used to be. It could be that I have changed as a person. When I had my own place, I used to host watch parties with some local brony friends on saturday mornings, which made the whole experience super fun. Now, I'm living with my parents, and my brony friends live all over the place now, and I have noticed my enthusiasm has dropped. I still like it (mostly) and every once in a while an episode will come out that I absolutely love, but the genre-bending, expectation-subverting part of the show seems to be dissipating, and I still prefer sunset shimmer as the redemption character and I wish she could come into the show, thought I have grown to like some things about starlight glimmer as well. I miss the season long arcs with a super villain that sticks around for longer than one episode and the epic action.

I generally find myself more drawn to the shy moe characters, or the earnest by at first seemingly emotionless characters. so if we are talking main six it is fluttershy of course, and I really like Maud and Marble Pie when we push beyond main six.

to put it in a terrible analogy: furries are spicy food. bronies are mexican food. There is definitely some overlap, and while it may be tempting to say all mexican food is spicy food, I would like to present the tres leches cake as an example to the contrary. And what is this tres leches cake you ask? I don't know, this is a terrible analogy.

Limestone would only skate for holder's boulder!

I would love to see MLP begin to tackle romantic relationships. There are a ton of lessons to be taught and learned, though I understand if they never really go down that route.

Its a really cool concept. uses a lot of same technology as amazon's alexa or google home. Don't know how fun it would be to own long term, as no AI is quite smart enough to be their own person yet. still having MLP characters be able to communicate and do a lot of the smart home type stuff would be fun

I highly enjoy Maud as a character. I love the fact that her bond with Pinkie Pie goes way deep, even if their personalities clash like crazy. Starlight was a great choice for the unlikely friend. Another way that you can look at this episode is that Maud has her own struggle to deal with: intentionally seeking out friendship vs. withdrawing completely from society. Maud has probably lived most of her adult life very much aware that she is different, and that it is harder for her to blend in with society. (To tell you the truth, that may be a characteristic of the entire pie family). Maud has often easily chosen things which isolate her and make her comfortable, but after receiving her rocktorate, she knew that wasn't enough. Of course, she didn't want to go anywhere completely new by herself, so her best bet at trying to join society was with her vivacious sister, Pinkie Pie. Despite Pinkie's unwanted efforts, Maud began to develop a genuine connection with someone. However, when faced with the awkward situation of telling her sister that she was being way too pushy, Maud ditched her efforts and instead chose to return to where she was most comfortable, if perhaps a little sad. It then took this same sister who pushed her into isolation to apologize and convince her to come back and rejoin society, where she is happier with her newfound friend. It takes guts to face your fears and rejoin society if you have felt excluded. There will be awkward situations and misunderstandings, but there will also be true and genuine friendships if you look intentionally (perhaps with the help of family). You may find that some of the isolation comes from yourself, rather than others. That is another message I believe the episode conveys on a more subtle level.

im fine with letting the fandom fill in the blanks rather than the show staff. maybe having them together in the background at one point could be an interesting nod, but i don't think it would be worth an entire episode.

Big Mac, that way i would actually have a job, I could still sing, and all the mares would love me

its always easier to exercise with a friend, so yeah!

I will pick sunset over starlight any day