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The School of Friendship may have been an awkward idea but I liked it a lot because
- It was a much-needed change of pace for a show which I felt was stagnating and running out of ideas for its main characters.
- It seemed like a natural evolution of the main-six-as-teachers trend in the show, and introduced a bit more failure and uncertainty to those stories.
- It let Twilight work as part of an educational institution, which I had always felt was the perfect line of work for her.
- It served as a symbol of acceptance and let the mane six stand against xenophobia, which was a positive development in the show's depiction of non-pony species.
- It gave Starlight a clearer purpose in the show, which was especially nice because I felt that season was a major improvement for her characterization.
- The main student characters are cute.
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It suffers from the fact that the idea of an actual School centered around friendship is a really dumb idea, especially when it was established from the first episode that Friendship is something you can't just learn at school.
That was always the elephant in the room, alongside the fact that the mane six also have other jobs, and it's probably the least creative gimmick they could have come up with. Still, by the end of season 7 they could have thrown in just about anything and I would have thought "hey, at least it's something different."
QuoteStudent Six themselves aren't bad in concept, but they suffer from the school as well. If they really wanted them, they should have just been the mane 6's personal students instead
I like that the school offers natural opportunities for them to meet, and I like that the mane six are just "the teachers" to them. It gives us a fresh perspective on the ponies we know and love - something I wish had been a bigger part of those last two seasons. I do think they overcrowd the main cast, though.
QuoteThe school is one of the reasons i liked about season 8. Season 8 has the most well-round story setting in the show, that why i have so many problems with season 9 because it downplayed whatever season 8 has built. Season 8 is the last season of the show that i consider great.
Season 8 is fresh and benefits from a lot of increased sophistication but at that point I felt the storytelling often just didn't make sense. How do the mane six have time to both teach at the school and do their other jobs? How have Rainbow Dash and Rarity found no common interests in their years of friendship? Why is being bad at one musical instrument enough to send Pinkie Pie into a deep depression?! By that point it seemed like the writers didn't understand this show at all.
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How do the mane six have time to both teach at the school and do their other jobs? Why is being bad at one musical instrument enough to send Pinkie Pie into a deep depression?! By that point it seemed like the writers didn't understand this show at all.
Yeah, it's very silly for the mane 6 who can save the world, do their usual chores and being full-time/or part-time teacher without having mental breakdown. Their stamina must be insane.
QuoteHow have Rainbow Dash and Rarity found no common interests in their years of friendship?
It's hard to find any friendship problems between mane 6 at that stage of the show without making it too silly. I like when the show has more just 'friendship lesson' episodes. At least the later half of the episode was very entertaining, it didnt bother me that much.
QuoteWhy is being bad at one musical instrument enough to send Pinkie Pie into a deep depression?!
The most terrible episode came from Fox Bros. Please delete it from your memory. How can they make Pinkie episode boring?