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Philosophically, I very much agree with you. But there is a big difference between vapor and the stereotypical enabler, who cannot be dissuaded. Vapor, when confronted, could eventually be convinced to come clean, and to fix the broken relationship and find a healthy way to relate to her friend. I'd have found this episode very painful if she had dug in her heals, and had had not grown. However, the willingness of the show to portray something very wrong, but then fix it, is satisfying and interesting to me. Similarly, I found the hazing of rainbow dash at the academy very hard to watch, but if they had addressed and fixed it, i'd have been fine with it.

Given that MLP is a very relational show, I'm not wildly enthusiastic with the idea of exchanging a show with relationships that I already love for a fresh take. That said, I'm optimistic about an eventual gen 5 and would give it a try.

Oh, that would have been fantastic. we got a solid episode, but I'm suddenly ACHING for the writers to deal with some of the wonderbolt dysfunction. You have some really nice ideas.

lol, perspective....I'd have said the other way!

oh, wow, very cool. Sky and vapor's relationship was unequal, and broken, and had a lot of relatable elements. the fact that one was keeping such a major secret from the other, and that Sky's confidence was based on a lie was a very interesting dynamic. Also, the tension between rainbow's and twilight's strategies felt very real as well. They did a fine job of handling the relationships in a realistic way, and to see their confidence and ability afterwards warmed my heart. Strong episode. I love that they can make a story about something silly like pegasus flight training, but it brings back lots of memories in my own life.

definitely locally if possible.

sure, but it can't be in an episode about lying. it would be disingenuous to try to get both of those things into one episode.

people seem to be answering two very different but related questions: 1) is this the worst season? 2) has this season been worthless? Logically, this could be the worst season, and still be worthwhile/acceptable/whatever. There are some absolute gems from my perspective, including the premier, gauntlet of fire, flutter brother, spice up your life, and the times they are a changeling. It clearly isn't a complete waste of a season. But more specifically, by average quality, and by best episodes, this season was better than seasons 3 and 4, and could spike over season 5 depending on the last three episodes. (for the sake of comparison, I pretended a theoretical season 3 part 2 was as good as the first half) Granted, I like slice of life more than high adventure, and appreciate Starlight's arc, so if neither of those apply to you, I could imagine you not being thrilled with this season.

I think any level of standard/expectation for media you consume is fine, up to any including standards so high that there are only 1-2 series that you are interested in seeing in a particular season. However, if your standards get higher, or you feel MLP has dipped below the level you are happy with, the correct course of action is probably to leave before you get frustrated/angry/pessimistic/etc. I want the people around me to be happy. And I don't achieve that by complaining about things that i could just abandon and replace. my life is too busy to contain something that I don't care about. Now, if MLP transcends into a hatedom for you, go find some like minded people and enjoy tearing the series apart. I'm 100% behind you, so long as you aren't actively bringing down regular fans that are on a fandom website. HOWEVER: If you have high standards that you believe MLP generally exceeds, your disappointment over a failing is justified, and your standards are not to high just because you give voice to those standards.

not really. mostly because last names aren't really a strong thing in the show. last names are the exception, not the rule.

shireton (after the shire breed) straight shetland i thought about "shetton", but it sounds too much like "shit-ton"

hehe, at least Sapphire Shadow got the joke. | | V

sigh its like you learned NOTHING from this episode. stealthy /sarcasm

no. any episode that brings AJ's parents into it will over-shadow everything else that happens. For the story they were trying to tell, bringing the parents in would have been a huge distraction. now, if this had been a story centered around the parents, and designed to use that material, and not really at all about AJ lying, it could have been effective, and I wouldn't mind seeing what the writers could do with that. I am also agreed with you that AJ accidentally killing her parents would be a terrible idea on how to handle that episode.

I've always assumed that she was the main driver of season 6, and that the material with her will go WAY down after season 6. however, I like her, and would be fine if we got more of her. that said, the best solution to the character would be for her to finish a learning arc with twilight, and then to be sent out on her own, just like twilight was sent out from Celestia. it would bring finality, and closure to the arc, and still leave open the possibility for seeing her in the future, without the high level of attention that current starlight demands. I feel that predictions could be radically altered after the finale, since I'm expecting to see her play a major role in it to close out the season.

I'd argue that this is a less compelling description, while also swinging it from misleading to deceptive. AJ didn't really have the power to lose the business as granny was the one in charge. The business was not that fragile. Sure, it doesn't give anything away, but it loses a lot of the excitement of the original description.