Thrond

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 I don't think their two episodes were bad, but I am bothered about the two acting like they barely knew each other. Even though I hated "Between Dark and Dawn," it's mostly because it felt like a season 1 or 2 episode thrown into the show's last season, and their final episode should've been about something else and not some childish squabble over differing vacation choices. 

I dunno, people have brought that complaint up with every one of their later episodes, but I find them funny and relatable so I don't really mind it. I kinda feel like the alternative would be to make them distant and unapproachable - that is, boring. Plus by season 9 I was not invested in the show's continuity at all. It's interesting when it works, but it usually doesn't, and a lot of those seemingly out-of-place episodes in season 9 are ones I found pretty delightful. 

Although I am starting to wonder what Luna being banished to the moon for some thousand years did to her relationship with Celestia. 

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When I said I would've been more receptive of the school if the show was different, I meant the show would have to be changed almost completely. No alicorn nonsense, no status-quo-changing-two-part-episode nonsense, and no end-of-Equestria nonsense. I still think Twilight could open a school of friendship even in that kind of show.

I mean... to me, that's Equestria Girls, which has its own set of problems, though I have liked it much more than Friendship is Magic lately. 

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I'm the same, actually, though it's too bad a number of 2-part episodes exist.

My point is that even before "Celestial Advice," something more down-to-earth and relatable was the main thing I wanted from the princesses.

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I dunno, people have brought that complaint up with every one of their later episodes, but I find them funny and relatable so I don't really mind it. I kinda feel like the alternative would be to make them distant and unapproachable - that is, boring. Plus by season 9 I was not invested in the show's continuity at all. It's interesting when it works, but it usually doesn't, and a lot of those seemingly out-of-place episodes in season 9 are ones I found pretty delightful. 

The real alternative would have been to stop clumsily dragging them around. As for continuity, I didn't need the show to be continuity-heavy, but I don't know if ignoring the continuity says anything good. Maybe as long as the episodes are enjoyable enough, then it might not be an issue. Of course, I didn't find their episodes that enjoyable, and the other episodes with the main characters don't interest me that much.

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Although I am starting to wonder what Luna being banished to the moon for some thousand years did to her relationship with Celestia. 

You already know what I think of this.

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I mean... to me, that's Equestria Girls, which has its own set of problems, though I have liked it much more than Friendship is Magic lately. 

I haven't kept up with EQG for a while, and all I've seen are the first 3 movies plus a few shorts tied into those movies. From what I have gathered, the movies aren't that different from the 2-part episodes, and I don't care for the shorts except for that one with Vinyl Scratch.

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My point is that even before "Celestial Advice," something more down-to-earth and relatable was the main thing I wanted from the princesses.

I'm still the same, actually. I wanted to get to know them as "people." Even if I wanted to see them in action, there's still more to them than that. And as always, it;s still too bad the 2-part episodes exist.

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I haven't kept up with EQG for a while, and all I've seen are the first 3 movies plus a few shorts tied into those movies. From what I have gathered, the movies aren't that different from the 2-part episodes, and I don't care for the shorts except for that one with Vinyl Scratch.

The specials are still fairly similar to the two-parters, but a lot of the shorts don't have any magic in them at all. 

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I'm still the same, actually. I wanted to get to know them as "people." Even if I wanted to see them in action, there's still more to them than that. And as always, it;s still too bad the 2-part episodes exist.

I was pretty satisfied with most of their recent episodes in that regard. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯