Yufery

I wouldn't pass judgement on the finale yet. After all, we've seen in the past how there are certain loopholes for spells (Rainbow Rocks, anyone?), not to mention how it's already been mentioned how it is possible there are multiple for it. I personally am excited for this, since I'm interested to see how it could actually happen. Maybe using Doctor Whooves's time travel? Or possibly using/creating an entirely different spell? Or even editing the pre-existing spell? There's a large amount of possibilities, and saying that it'll be confusing and bad before it even aired really isn't the best way to look at things, if you ask me.

About the show itself, I like everything. I don't see any major flaws with it (save for like 3 episodes that i consider bad/mediocre, but even then they can still be enjoyable), which is why it's my second favorite show. I'd even go as far to say it is one of the best animated shows ever, but that really is just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. About the fandom, I really just dislike the loud minority, but that's with any fandom.

I honestly came up with something not long ago that I think makes sense. As we see in the shorts, the instruments are unique to each of them. I personally feel that playing music helps show who they truly are, and thus triggers their element. After all, we see that their elements are basically inside of them (the physical versions are just like training wheels to help them use the magic), and playing the instrument they feel most comfortable with helps them feel like their true self, which helps trigger the element.

I like the answers so far! Though I should clarify you could visit and leave as you wish. I'll add that to the original post.

Looks like I've got a bit of a story to tell. So back in about 2012 (I believe) is when I first heard of the brony community, when I saw a certain egotistical pegasus on a game I used to play. (Unfortunately, it was Roblox. Not fond of the game anymore since it has a pretty horrendous (or at least the loud minority) community, but the RP side to it is fun and some creators on there are honestly pretty talented.) I saw the name brony and thought 'That's a cute character, and the name seems pretty neat. I'll use this name since I like the design'. Of course, at the time I had no idea that even related to MLP, so when I found out what it was I immediately began to blindly hate it. Of course, as time went on I began to actually think about it (crazy, I know) and decided that it was silly to blindly hate it, so I just became neutral since I never really cared to watch the show. (Of course, I still was making jokes about the stereotypes) However, starting about December last year, I began to think about the other side to the argument and began to defend them on occasions, saying how blind hate is pretty stupid since they're just people who like a TV show. I also found myself joining a small community of gamers, YouTubers and Streamers. Then a few months later, around February/Mach I believe, I began to get into cartoons by rewatching some I haven't watched in a few years, like Gravity Falls or Steven Universe. I also ended up befriending a brony (who is no longer a fan of the show) who was in the aforementioned community. I offered to draw him a profile picture (since I was also just getting into drawing at the time), and he agreed to it and wanted me to draw him one with Pinkie Pie on it. I did, and around that time found myself slowly beginning to see ponies more often, such as in crossover art on DA. Eventually (sometime around June/July) I decided it was time I actually watched the show, and so I told it to him and he said for me to start off on what he considered a stronger episode, which was Party of One. I watched it (well, I more so watched a 'Let's Watch' on YouTube, but the guy who was narrating rarely spoke) and enjoyed it, and asked for another one, which he told me to watch Lesson Zero. I also liked that one and began to watch the series on my own, and so here I am. So basically I could've discovered my second favorite show years ago if I actually just gave it a chance.

So say somehow you were to travel to an alternate universe that houses Equestria. We all know this would be fun, but as we see in Equestria Girls, keeping your human form would basically be impossible; so you would have to be a pony when visiting Equestria. So my question is, would you want to adapt to this new form, or would you just give up and head back home? Edit: Also you can visit and leave as you wish. It's just a matter of putting in the effort of adapting to an entirely new body.

If you ask me, I'd say that S5 is the best yet. I mean, the S4 finale and 'Crusaders of the Lost Mark' were some of the only episodes of any TV show (save for GF's Not What He Seems and Weirdmageddon Pt 1) to leave me genuinely amazed and in awe, wanting to just talk about it for hours and nothing else. But, we all have our own opinions and our own tastes. Some prefer S1 and S2 while others prefer S3+, while others just dislike the show entirely. It's perfectly fine if you feel the show isn't as good as it previously was, since really it's all subjective. As the latest couple episodes had said, "To each their own".

As happy as I would be to have Equestria interact with our own universe, I'm not sure if I'd get involved in the war. I'm against war, and quite frankly I don't think it would go on forever. What I would imagine is that the war would end with a peace treaty and our two worlds would get along and start to trade with one another. Although, wouldn't the ponies be turned to humans in our own world, since we really don't have any anthropomorphic animals here? And wouldn't we be turned to ponies in their world? I mean we've seen this in Equestria Girls, so... I'm overthinking this, aren't I?

Plenty of possibilities here, however I think it could be that magic allows her to permanently change her physical form. Look at it like the gems from Steven Universe - they're magic allows them to permanently change their primary physical form until they get reverted to their vulnerable gem form again. It could be a similar thing for Luna and Celestia, where they could change their overall physical appearance. Luna simply could've went to her original form as a placeholder while she gathered enough magic to change it to her main form. So basically it's most likely that it takes a lot out of them to magically change their physical appearance. But once they change their appearance, it stays that way, even if they lose their magic, since well it is permanent. We've seen this before, after all. In 'Too Many Pinkies', we see Twilight changing things to oranges. If all magic was taken out of the area, the things wouldn't revert back to their original forms - they'd stay oranges. (It'd be different if a reversal spell was done on it all, though)