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And does Sunburst have a father?

@AlexanderThrond She probably ran away from Firelight. 

Maybe she's a secret evil wizard who abandoned her daughter for magic study to conquer the world someday. (Headcannon activated)

Would a kid like it?

I don't know what kids like. 

I could maybe envision a kid enjoying NCC if said kid is under the age of seven or so and therefore didn't exist back when FWF first aired (or hasn't seen FWF at all). That would at least remove the issue of it being a soulless ripoff of FWF. However, that still doesn't remedy much of the episode's tedium.

Personal Preference m8. 

I'm sure you say the same about more people liking season 5 and 7 more than 6 or older seasons. And from what I can tell, you seem to be in the minority that doesn't like those, so maybe that's why it baffles you.

Not to offend, but if you ask me it seems like you're just a contrarian. idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Celli What's peculiar about that is that I don't try to be a contrarian, it just sorta happens. Weird. 

Yeah, I understand. I guess that can apply to anyone with an unpopular opinion. [shrug]

Not yet, to my understanding. I don't see how such a two-parter would be emotionally grounded, so I'm hoping for some kind of slice-of-life finale. Still want to see an episode just revolve around a big party. 

@Lambdadelta Season 4 ended with Twilight finding purpose as a Princess, and season 6 ended with Starlight regaining confidence in herself. Perhaps not coincidentally, those seasons both came after big changes, whereas season 7 so far has not. I guess we could have Chrysalis, but I don't know what internal conflict that could involve. 

What!? This season?! I heard some people complain the premiere is not about adventures and villain ass-kicking. I love Celestial Advice and All Bottled Up, not even a doubt in my mind, but a slice of life FINALE!? This may piss some people, a lot of them.

@Lambdadelta To my eyes, season 1 still has the best finale by far. I'd like to see something simple yet somehow significant like that. Big party celebrating the six's achievements, I'm telling you. 

Nope it is legit

@Soren Peregrine Oh fuck.

...I don't have to watch it. I can quit whenever I want. 

Welcome to FIM Go. Hope it gets RWBY Chibi treatment instead of Teen Titan Go.

@AlexanderThrond If you are ready to not watching it then no discussion here. 

Yea def. came out of nowhere especially considering that non-complete clause and trivial pursuit had them hating each other's guts. Minus the mention that them working together is really good, but that def. doesn't justify imo. 

In general I could care less about any ships being confirmed or any romance, or children, or romance in general, but if the comics write it up really great then I will def. be happy. 

I try to ignore those episodes because nothing in the show makes sense when the characters will act like that to each other. 

I mean can't really ignore them cuz they exist XD

You could not like them maybe ahaha

I mean still mixed about whether or not I like non complete clause, and trivial pursuit I like it enough to say I like it. Twilight is kind of an asshole in that episode XD

It's just something I thought was interesting, because I see a lot of people on this forum who have clearly watched a lot of cartoons. 

I can't speak for everyone, but I have mostly watched cartoons as well. I'd like to watch some live-action shows, but there are a bunch of cartoons out there whether they are being made right now or that have aired in the past that I'm curious about.

I mean, it makes sense that people who like cartoons would watch a cartoon. 

Sadly, she missed her shot with Big Mac... 

@Sparklefan1234 Alas, the rock shall be alone forevermore.

@AlexanderThrond Bummer. 

Even when it's as fun as it is in "Rollercoaster of Friendship," the Applejack/Rarity dynamic isn't inherently interesting to me. 

That pairing needed a break yesterday

It's still a shame about Non-Compete Clause considering it went backwards on that dynamic just to make the students look good. Worse when it ignores Buckball Season which was one of S6's best episodes

I didn't like "Buckball Season" that much, but the characterization for RD and Applejack in that was lovely. Are there even AppleDash fans in the crew anymore? 

But Sandbar is a pony.

That's what I said. 

Still, it's weird that we don't see anyone aside from the other five who aren't ponies. 

I mean, that's basically what a lot of My Little Pony episodes are like, and I'm not always a fan of it either, but I do think those two episodes are about different things. "A Royal Problem" is about appreciating other people's jobs, whereas "Between Dark and Dawn" is more about realizing how much your sibling's presence means to you. 

I wish we could have an episode where we learn about Celestia & Luna's lives during their childhood. 

I guess that could be fun. 

It’s probably too late for Spike. I just want more cute doggy Spike moments.

The Dazzlings were fun personalities, but bringing them back would almost certainly mean reforming them, and I dunno how I feel about that. 

not sure how much we will get to see of was-pony twi or dragon spike in EqG - they seem to have dropped that angle, and went with SciTwi and HER spike....

I'm still holding out hope for a short where the human six and the pony six meet. For 3 minutes I think that would be great fun. 

Do you mean this?  

That explains it. Maybe they should be separated from episode discussion threads, though.

That's what I was thinking of too, to be honest. This section is a complete mess at the moment. 

I liked this episode! 

I did, too! 

The last episode was fine (to me) but this ep is just too good. I hope there will be a bigger fish later.

Until the series finale I had always assumed that the princesses' sizes didn't actually have much to do with them being alicorns. We've seen other ponies with similar body types. Maybe the flowing mane only comes after a few centuries, or maybe it's specific to Celestia and Luna for some reason. 

It was interesting that Cadance didn't have a flowing mane. I just thought she wasn't old enough even though she has been an alicorn for more than a while, so I also wonder how much time passed for "The Last Problem".

Yeah, it’s peculiar. Maybe her mane is all flown after the time skip, who knows.

Honestly that's kinda what I liked about it. I dislike "Princess Twilight" because it's way overstuffed, but "The Crystalling" is low-key and personal. It's about nothing more than Shining and Cadance dealing with becoming new parents, alongside the Starlight/Sunburst stuff. Flurry Heart is cute and funny but she also represents how stressful I imagine parenthood can be. I think people exaggerate how much seasons have overarching plots.

Well, as an episode, Crystalling is an enjoyable episode, just like the rest of season 6, but as a season premiere, it should be, you know, intriguing? Season premiere is just like a "hook", to catch your interest, make you wonder what will happen next. After season 4, overarching plots are expected, heck, even some people said S6 lacks sense of direction. S4 finale and S5 premiere set the standard of the show really high and high expectations are inevitable.

Well, my tastes clearly differ, as I found seasons 4 and especially 5 to be more lacking in direction in spite of their half-baked "story arcs." The season 2 premiere is the only other one which doesn't set anything up at all, but the lack of any pretense towards having a "major plot" actually kinda refreshing, and for me the only thing the premieres really ought to do is entertain, as this show has never really had a continuous story drawing viewers along. And, y'know...

I would reverse "Hoffields & McColts" and "Griffonstone" there but otherwise I agree.

Do you think Sky is just too good in such a short amount of time? 30% skill and 70% confidence is real, I guess... By a way, Twilight face is getting wierder and wierder...

The weird faces here didn't bother me much. I have a lot of patience for stuff happening too quickly in this show as long as it's emotionally satisfying, so Sky improving quickly didn't bother me at all either. Besides, he had Vapour to help him.

Nah, introducing chaos to the Gala makes the world a better place. 

That sounds reasonable; after so many centuries, 'tia is certainly entitled to a bit of fun at her own Gala

At some point Celestia ran out of friends who would be willing to crash the Gala for her - I mean, the mane six are probably not willing to embarrass themselves again. Then, she had an idea. A wonderful, awful idea. 

Thankfully she loved Mud Briar before he became a statue, but I shudder to think of what kinky stuff they get up to now that they know about cockatrice taming...

This sounds like something I haven't seen in the show.  

I read this wrong three times. I thought it said "statuses".  

My main problem with it is actually that I don't find it very funny at all, and in particular I find the impressions part difficult to watch. I think it might have been nice to have some indication that the Wonderbolts would have stopped calling her that if she was still upset, but I don't know what the right way to suggest that would be. 

What I mostly like about it is that Rainbow becoming a Wonderbolt makes me happy, and the fact that she reclaimed the "Rainbow Crash" nickname reminds me how far she's come. She acts bad in this episode because she's anxious and insecure, and that's sympathetic to me. 

This episode is honestly not as bad as the majority of the fandom's viewpoints indicate. The moral is kind of clunky and the lack of humour contributes no means of lessening the impact of the episode's structural inadequacies, but it's mostly an okay watch (and certainly better than a number of S6's other episodes).

I can see how people come to the conclusion they do regarding the moral, but it's never really been my main takeaway. 

The song was nice, but generally this one depressed me. Don’t wanna think about the mane six’s subconscious racism...

I think the song was the only memorable thing about this episode for me, TBH.

Pretty dull episode with a lot of montages. Rarity's face in this ep is the highlight of the episode and I have to announce new Yona & Sand Bar ship. Hard to find anything funny to say about this ep, because it's just not very fun to watch, 5/10

@Captain Clark Maybe better pacing would have improved the villain. I too found it merely okay; hardly the best Equestria Girls has to offer. 

Ya. Honestly probably my biggest issue was that the villains explanation for hating Sunset was just not really there. With more time, it would improve the villain. 

I mean, why would Sunset ignore her? Why would that lead to resentment? Why does she focus on Sunset? Apparently it’s her own fault that everyone ignores her, so why should I even care? Her attempts at image control are her most sympathetic aspect, so why is that shoved at the end? 

The 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.

@Megas

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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." 

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Student 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. 

@Lambdadelta

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The 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. 

@AlexanderThrond

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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. 

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How 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.

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Why 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?

What do you mean?

I mean I don’t like EQG much, and I have zero problems ignoring things that are “canon”.

I try to hover around canon or canon-probable in my own fan works, but if I don’t like something, I’ll totally just ditch it.

Oh yeah fair enough. Not sure why some people try to make that distinction with Equestria Girls - it's not like you have to watch everything to understand this show or to write good fanfiction. 

To me, the smaller slice-of-life episodes are more important now than the big epic adventures. 

Yeah, as far as the show goes on, Slice of Life episodes are proved to be superior in writting. The comics are adventure heavy with dark theme but they are usually bad-written and discontinuity are over the place, yeah, adventures are not what we want from mlp...

Bonus: Chrysalis killed a cat? WTF She's born in the tree made with dead ponies, WTF. Only in Comics  Yeah, i dont that either even i love ultra violent and gritty movie :))

I kinda dig a fair few of the comics, though that particular arc is just kinda silly. The comics are willing to give characters a lot more emotional complexity, so I feel like that makes the big adventures feel less meaningless and impersonal.