Thrond

I have to agree with you on that. If it turns out they're alive, it could make them look like deadbeats and ruin the point of how the parents lives affected several ponies' lives for the better as well as (the following spoiler box is just my head fanon, so don't take it too seriously)

I'm also concerned for the bittersweet feeling of the Apples bonding with people over filling an absence in their lives, as well as for the tragedy of Grand Pear screwing up his last ever interaction with his daughter. The sad stuff in that episode is just so poignant. 

That remind me of the credit of Kung Fu Panda 2, the parents turn out alive ruined that movie for me.

Who doesn't. The last 2 episodes were pure gold. 

It would be bad to end the hot streak by a Twilight episode 

@Hierok I've enjoyed every episode since "A Royal Problem," which is good, because before that I enjoyed only two of 9 episodes. 

@Lambdadelta This one could go either way. It's an unusual premise, so I'm curious. I just hope there's more going on than just bickering or cringe comedy. 

Pinkie and Discord are the most cartoonish characters of the entire universe. (that why she can handle Chaos magics anyway)

@Lambdadelta And even Pinkie can't handle it for very long. 

I'm curious about what it would have looked like if Sunset's reformation weren't instantaneous. 

Hmmm yeah, that could be interesting.

I agree.

After thinking about it for a while, the thing I like the most about EQG 1 is

Twilight Sparkle experiencing what it's like human.

Also, while I like "bad girl Sunset Shimmer" her motivation, plan & execution of said plan was *incredibly* weak. 

Even the harshest critic has their soft spots for anything ;3. This fandom just want a saint like Sunset :}} not real people who can mske the same mistake from time to time.

saintly Sunset is so much more boring than when it looked like she might actually have flaws, internal torment, etc.

My Past is Not Today. From that day, she decided to abandon her old-self and become a Phoenix, she now stands in even higher ground that i cant look up to her anymore because its too high and far away. I hope Starlight can keep standing in the ground that i can see and look up to, even stand by me. That my metaphor of relatability;3

https://mlpforums.com/profile/25990-jeric/?status=905608&type=status

This guy.

We can have tea at least!

@FlareGun45 I'm honestly surprised the tea thing stuck around so long. 

Great list so happy to see The Crystalling and TCE so high up.

@AlexanderThrond nice to see someone else who’s favorite premiere is the crystalling.

@Mane 6 It strikes the best balance and makes the most sense out of all of them. 

The only thing that bother me in this ep is that they downplayed Chrysalis so hard. She used to be one of the most terrifying villain of the show...

I dunno if she was ever terrifying. I like her being comedic. 

At least, it's better than Avatar's "The Great Divide" XD. Not bad, I am not familiar with the real history incident so this story is kinda "new" to me, but still... something off with Twilight, Twilight is a bit... flanderization, i guess

She comes across to me like being a princes has gone to her head and she's convinced she's supposed to be a perfect problem solver. It's hilarious.

Jim and Haber either dodged the questions or gave non answers, saying it's up to the viewers....though I'd say that adds to it's favor

Yeah, like, they were talking about how Dash doesn't do the chores. Not sure how else I'm supposed to interpret that. 

I disliked the last two enough that I wound up skipping that one, though I was willing to break the rules and watch some of Holiday Unwrapped,

@Kiryu-Chan I've been watching it on YouTube so those ones aren't quite out yet; I kinda dug all of the other stuff at the music festival so this special starting off as a generic bore is frustrating. 

I won't be surprised if it has something to do with the 200th episode next year.

Let! Them! Kiss! 

People expect characters learning so much from their past several seasons should not make some stupid mistakes, or people treat characters more like machine other than people who could make mistakes. 

Common sense is overrated in kids show.

That this show features exaggerated behaviour is part of why I like it. 

I saw a review for "Loving Vincent" & I thought the idea was unique but also silly at the same time. 

They put rotoscoped actors against animated versions of Van Gogh paintings. I'm not a fan of the effect, but it's certainly interesting. 

No you're not I also have that opinion. Some people really went crazy from Ember, I never really saw why. Its sad but I think she actually had more character development in that single episode then Spike has ever had.

Hmm, not sure I agree there. Thought Spike got pretty consistent development in seasons 1-4, whereas I can't see Ember as much more than a walking cliche.

I hope Rarity does a cat video with Opalescence.

oh she would

Why? I dont think Pinkie has any secret that we havent known yet...

@Lambdadelta How does she ignore the laws of reality all the time? Somehow, I don't think we will like the answer. 

Some highlight moments of this mediocre special.

A highlight of this hilarious special, I would say.

Neigh. 

I think about ponies

You think you're special, you do. I can see it in your eyes...

On 9/5/2018 at 7:12 PM, Rarity said:

Of course I would generously compensate you for your trouble. If you can successfully give out this many pickaxes in one day, I will gladly share any gem treasure you find as we continue to make this Fashion Week memorable.

This explains a lot.

You could copy-and-paste your blog reviews to here. If you want to, make sure your reviews follow the site rules.

That, too, is an option.

This ep is all about Plant abuse and repetitive WINKs.

@Lambdadelta I definitely agree that Trixie saying "wink" got old pretty fast. 

Especially weird when considering that Newbie Dash was also from a new writer and that episode was....ugh.

I sort of have a soft spot for "Newbie Dash" but "Parental Glideance" is much better simply by not having that cringy middle part. 

These new EQG series are great, i like them much better than summertime shorts, especially Fluttershy one. S8 hiatus will be painful to me, these shorts can ease my pain.

Most of these are still kinda lightweight, but they're at least fun. They've got that simplicity which the show has been lacking lately. 

So far, any ep involved 'Legends' stories are ranged from ok to bad (the legends are cool but the episodes themself are not), and i am including Health of Information ep. 

Right now, I am not very fond of 'Telling Legend' kind of stories, the legends are cool but the episodes are bland by result. Whenever the show try so hard to build up some story arc, it didnt end very well.

Season 2 was awesome without a story arc because it expanded on everything. That's also why I liked seasons 3 and 6. Going forward, I want the show to focus on experimentation. A recurring storyline won't save it.