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I might be too fixated on the 2-parters, but that's when the princesses tend to get the most attention. They don't really get their own individual episodes very often. One reason I might be too fixated on those episodes is because they influence how the show changes and what the show may try to do next. For example, I haven't seen much of season 8, but I did see "School Daze," and I'm actually not against Twilight opening a school of friendship. Hell, that might even have been a good way to make use of her position as the Princess of Friendship, and it also shows her spreading her passion and appreciation of the concept. However, I felt that the show should have completed certain other tasks before trying this, and thus I didn't care much about the school. I'd probably have been more receptive toward the idea if the show was almost completely different.

I mentioned their vacation episode because it doesn't really line up with how the princesses were portrayed over the course of the show. I suppose what I should really say is that their portrayal as a whole doesn't make a lot of sense, and that episode doesn't help their cases. And of course we can agree to disagree. I was wondering what exactly your perspective of all this was and why.

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I might be too fixated on the 2-parters, but that's when the princesses tend to get the most attention. They don't really get their own individual episodes very often. One reason I might be too fixated on those episodes is because they influence how the show changes and what the show may try to do next. For example, I haven't seen much of season 8, but I did see "School Daze," and I'm actually not against Twilight opening a school of friendship. Hell, that might even have been a good way to make use of her position as the Princess of Friendship, and it also shows her spreading her passion and appreciation of the concept. However, I felt that the show should have completed certain other tasks before trying this, and thus I didn't care much about the school. I'd probably have been more receptive toward the idea if the show was almost completely different.

I dunno, I tend to just roll with the punches as far as this show goes, though that might be because I'm most interested in the mane six. By the time season 8 came around, I was incredibly desperate for some major change to the show's formula, and I felt that the school did refresh the show in some important ways. 

I do wish the princesses got their own episodes more often, but I would have wanted them to act like they did in "A Royal Problem" and "Between Dark and Dawn," so I'm not sure we're in agreement there. 

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I mentioned their vacation episode because it doesn't really line up with how the princesses were portrayed over the course of the show. I suppose what I should really say is that their portrayal as a whole doesn't make a lot of sense, and that episode doesn't help their cases. And of course we can agree to disagree. I was wondering what exactly your perspective of all this was and why.

While I'm used to inconsistent characterization from this show, I felt that lined up pretty well with how I had come to view the two of them; perhaps it's because she can't defeat scary monsters that Celestia wants more banal forms of excitement, and perhaps Luna likes feeling helpful but got her fill with the bugbear. As with many things in this show, my view is that I prefer how these one-off episodes present the princesses to whatever the two-parters do with them. 

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I dunno, I tend to just roll with the punches as far as this show goes, though that might be because I'm most interested in the mane six. By the time season 8 came around, I was incredibly desperate for some major change to the show's formula, and I felt that the school did refresh the show in some important ways. 

I do wish the princesses got their own episodes more often, but I would have wanted them to act like they did in "A Royal Problem" and "Between Dark and Dawn," so I'm not sure we're in agreement there. 

Well, my favorite character happens to be Princess Celestia, though it's really mostly in concept. I knew that she wasn't a main character and thus wouldn't get a huge number of episodes, but it still didn't feel like the show gave her or Luna enough respect. 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'm more likely to think well of it had it come much earlier with appropriate changes, of course.

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.

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As with many things in this show, my view is that I prefer how these one-off episodes present the princesses to whatever the two-parters do with them. 

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