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I ship him with Spike. I think a relationship could work out if he was given enough love to sustain him in small doses.

You left out "Secret of My Excrss", which I thought was a good Spike episode. I hated "Dragon Quest" because it was a golden opportunity for thr writers to finally intoduce us to Spike's parents. I hated "Equestria Games" brcause all of the build-up for the Equestria Games was wasted. But, yeah, I am absolutely in love with the way Spike's character has been handled this season, and I really hope they stay on this path. "Equestria Games" and his being useless in "PrincessTwilight Sparkle" aside, I don't recall really having any problems with Spike's character in season four. If they do continue to uss Spike, I hope they include him with Starlight, because these two have great chemistry. I also lobed all of the subtle hints they threw in the episode "The Times They are a Changeling." "Gauntlet of Fire" was okay, but "Times" is definitely my favorite Spike episode.

I don't see it. I would like for these two to have more episodes, though, because they have some of the best chemistry out of any of the other characters. I'd like to see Spike make friends with the CMC (especially Sweetie Belle), Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Pipsqueak, Rumble, Tender Taps, and Button Mash. Speaking of villains from G1, did anyone else get a Katrina vibe from "Inspiration Manifestation?"

Twilight is my favorite character, so by default I have to say that she's more adorkable.

I really loved this episode. Man, this has been a great season so far, especially for Spike. Can we all just agree that this has been the best season for Spike? Now if we can continue this great track record Spike has had going this season and onto future seasons, that would be great. I'm expecting to see some clopfics featuring Spike and Thorax. Now if only we could get an epizode involving Spike and Sweetie Belle, and another episode involving Spike and Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon or the CMC, that would be great! By the way, that moment when Twilight said, "Spike, I am so proud of you", best moment between her and Spike since their moment together at the door in "The Crystal Empire, Part 2." If I had anything to complain about, it's that the song in this wpisode wasn't all that great, could've been better. Also, I don't think Starlight and Sunburst were used well here. As one user already said, there was no reason to include them in this episode other than to spout exposition, which literally could have been delivered by Cadence or Shining Armor. And am I the only one that didn't much care for Throax's pony form? Is it just me or did his design come off as him looking Jewish? Or am I being anti-Semetical?

For me, it's a tie between Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. They're both adorable! And the Mane Six each have their moments to be cute, but if I had to choose, I'd say Twilight, mainly because she's my favorite pony and I find her dorky side to be really cute. And that was Sunshower Raindrops you were thinking of in terms of the "who's on first" gag.

But that was my problem with seasons 1 and 2. It didn't feel like the characters were moving forward, being fleshed out or deepened, having new dimensions about them being explored, or learning new things about them. This is why I really loved seasons 4 and 5, because the characters were being fleshed out, learning new things about themselves and each other, and having new dimensions about themselves coming to the surface.

I'm expecting Lightning Dust to come back in "Top Bolt" and I'm filly expecting the writers to redeem her if she does in fact come back. Why? That guy was a jerk. I hope they don't bring him back.

But isn't that what most of the morals regarding Twilight as a character are about anyway? Not to worry about stuff? Even "Games Ponies Play" brought this flaw back despite Twilight having overcome it previously.

Still didn't make up for what a terrible episode it was, though. And, honestly, it was the ReMane Five who learned the lesson. Not sure what Twilight learned that she hadn't already learned in the past, though.

To be fair, this is hardly anything new. Twilight has always been absolved of any wrongdoing, such as in "Lesson Zero", "A Canterlot Wedding", and "Magical Mystery Cure."

See, it's comments like this that frustrate and irritate the piss out of me because I don't see it the way others do. I see comments like this and all I hear is, "I need something to complain about, so I'm going to look for anything to nitpick about because the new seasons suck and the old seasons were amazing." As far as I'm concerned, this season has bewn great so far. Regarding Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, they have been gotten fucked over plenty of times. Remember episodes like "Party of One", "Putting Your Hoof Down", "Griffon the Brush-Off", "Swarm of the Century", and "Party Pooped?" Regarding Rarity getting "fucked over", as a fashionista, Rarity has to adapt her business and merchandise around what's popular at the time. This approach to business explains why she insisted on making the Tasty Treat just like every other restaurant, even though she herself tried several earlier that day and took a dislike to what they offered. Pinkie, on the other hand, sold the Tasty Treat on a welcoming atmosphere and quality food made to appeal to the customers' individual tastes. Pinkie Pie lives and works in a bakery. Of course she knows how to manage a business centered around serving food! Twilight not trusting Trixie after her apparent reformation back in Season 3 may seem like a serious continuity error until you realize that she was not truly reformed at the end of Magic Duel because she was not truly broken like Starlight after her second defeat and not taken in by Twilight as a student to learn the true value of friendship (remember: Twilight was not a princess yet, as this was before Magical Mystery Cure.) And when she took over Ponyville, she was under the influence of the Alicorn Amulet at the time. That being said, it could be implied that after leaving Ponyville, she eventually returned to a career of performing, which in turn made her revert to her old egotistical self from her rebuilt confidence. On top of that, while Trixie's actions in Magic Duel were fueled by the Alicorn Amulet, the fact that she willingly used such a thing in the first place may also contribute to Twilight's distrust of her. Also, after Magic Duel, she "forgave" Discord, who remained problematic and outright lapsed back into evil in Twilight's Kingdom, only going back to good after handing the villain near decisive victory. That would give her reason to make her more hesitant to trust. (Already observed with her initial interaction with Sunset Shimmer in Rainbow Rocks.) There's also the fact that Starlight was willing to accept any punishment that was given to her and has taken steps to make it up to those she has hurt, while Trixie, from what we've seen, apologized, then skipped town without helping clean up the damage her rule on Ponyville likely caused or doing anything to make it up to those she enslaved. Not exactly something you want to do if you're trying to get others to make amends. Another part of it is because of what happened during "Boast Busters." Even if Trixie apologized for the events of "Magic Duel," she didn't feel bad for playing cheap tricks during her performance back in "Boast Busters," and the fact she hasn't realized this gives Twilight reason to not trust her. Trixie may have apologized for going mad with power, but not for necessarily being a jerk during her Ponyville performance I don't understand why everyone seems to hate "Newbie Dash." Yes, I agree that a moment this monumental in Dash's life could've been handled with a bigger payoff, but the agreements stop there. First of all, none of the Wonderbolts treat Rainbow's nickname ("Crash") as a big deal, and it turns out they all have their own nicknames that are based on mishaps that happened on their first day. Military callsigns are usually in reference to some kind of embarrassing incident, especially the ones for fighter pilots. A hint that the Wonderbolts don't regard the nickname as an insult can be seen in how they treat Rainbow Dash after the first accident. Yes, they keep using the nickname and don't like it when she messes up while practicing, but most of their criticism is constructive as they tell her how she needs to fly to perform better. Hell, one even tries to comfort her after the hard day. Unfortunately the implications of all this fly over Rainbow's head, and apparently they flew over most of the heads of the audience. And the reason why Dash got off easier than Lightning Dust was because she was willing to accept responsibility for what she did, and was genuinely contrite. How has Applejack been hostile to her sister? If you were talking about her behavior in "Bridle Gossip", I could see where you were coming from. I mean, Applejack basically told Apple Bloom to shut up because nopony was interested in hearing her opinion. And don't forget that Rarity has been hostile towards Sweetie Belle before, so I don't get why you're not complaining about her. (Likewise, Sweetie Belle has been hostile towards Rarity in return.) Siblings being hostile towards each other is hardly anything new. And Applejack has been shown to value tradition before, as well as being portrayed as stupid. Remember her behavior in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" and her actions in "Apple Family Reunion?" (Seriously, just go back and listen to her letter that she sent to Celestia in "TSSCS6K.") And let's not forget her behavior in both "The Ticket Master" and "Applebuck Season." In the former, she bribed Twilight with food to get the ticket. And in the latter, she just about killed herself from exhaustion because she was too stupid to see the strain that the workload was putting on her and ask for help when she clearly needed it. I don't mind revisiting places like Manehattan because they're interesting and they're fun to revisit. But I am glad we will be getting to see more of the Crystal Empire and getting to visit Las Pegasus this season.

SpikeBelle Twinkie Flarity RariBelle RariJack AppleDash ScootaBelle AppleBelle AppleLoo DiamondBloom TwiShy Spilight Sorry for no reasons given. I tried coming up with reasons, but I quickly found that I was just repeating myself.

Nope. Not a chance. I don't see MLP outperforming Frozen. Yes, I think Frozen is overrated (seriously, Disney, stop pumping it), but I won't sent that it's insanely popular. For what reason, I don't know.

I'm just going to assume that Starmuffin is a character from the IDW comics. Yes, Trixie apologized to Twilight. Big whoop. Did we ever see her apologizing to Twilight's friends or the other ponies she was mistreating? No. Honestly, I think she just apologized to Twilight to look good. And then as soon as she's done apologizing, she runs off without bothering to restore Pinkie Pie to her normal self. No, Twilight had to do that and then when Pinkie finally does get her mouth back, she opens her mouth to say something, only for the credits to start rolling. Poor Pinkie Pie. I wouldn't call Trixie hammy. That's the way her voice actress portrays her as. In-show, Trixie is shown to be a self-centered, egotistical, arrogant, boastful loudmouth. And regarding her apology in "Magic Duel", see the above comment. You have to remember that Celestia is basically like a mother to Twilight, whose approval means so much to Twilight that she has a mental breakdown over the idea of being late. I can't say I blame her for not really giving two flying feathers about Trixie's apology tour. Honestly, if it came down to proving to my teacher that I was taking my royal duties as a princess seriously and watching some egotistical little brat stroking her ego, I'd choose going to the dinner. Everypony needs friends. It's friendship that gives our lives meaning. We've seen what characters without friendship (Gilda, Diamond Tiara, Trixie, Discord, etc) become. They become bitter, mean, and hateful. It's strongly implied that in this episode, Trixie doesn't have friends. It's also revealed that she's jealous of Twilight's ability. Regarding ponies not liking her, remember that she ran off in "Boast Busters" without bothering to clean up the mess she caused. And in "Magic Duel", she only apologized to Twilight and nopony else just to make herself look good before running off again. Oh, I could list SEVERAL episodes, and none from this season either. Let's go by season, shall we? SEASON 1: The Ticket Master Applebuck Season Griffon the Brush-Off Boast Busters Look Before You Sleep Bridle Gossip Swarm of the Century Fall Weather Friends Stare Master The Show Stoppers Green Isn't Your Color Over a Barrel A Bird in the Hood Owl's Well That Ends Well Party of One The Best Night Ever SEASON 2: The Return of Harmony Lesson Zero Luna Eclipsed Sisterhooves Social The Cutie Pox May the Best Pet Win The Mysterious Mare Do Well Sweet and Elite Family Appreciation Day The Last Round-up The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 A Friend in Deed Putting Your Hoof Down It's About Time Dragon Quest Ponyville Confidential A Canterlot Wedding SEASON 3: The Crystal Empire Too Many Pinkie Pies One Bad Apple Just for Sidekicks Spike at Your Service Keep Calm and Flutter On Games Ponies Play Magical Mystery Cute SEASON 4: Bats Rainbow Falls Three's a Crowd Simple Ways It Ain't Easy Being Breezies Somepony to Watch Over Me For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils Leap of Faith Equestria Games SEASON 5: Castle Sweet Castle Appleloosa's Most Wanted Make New Friends But Keep Discord Princess Spike Party Pooped What About Discord The Hooffields and the McColts So as you can clearly see, this "let's make the characters idiots for the sake of a plot" existed as far back as season one, and this problem was much more frequent in seasons one and two than the later seasons. Just thought I'd point that out.

I'm very open about mylove for the show. I have figurines, blankets, mugs and glasses, and t-shirts. I post a lot of pony-related stuff to my Facebook, so a majority of my family knows I'm a brony and proud of it, too.

No, not getting mad at you. I'm just having a hard time trying to understand where people are coming from with this flawed reasoning.

Pinkie didn't throw a tantrum; she was only panicking. And remember that both Pinkie and Rarity conned two ponies back in "Putting Your Hoof Down." (Pinkie does this twice, in fact!) And given that the guy conned Pinkie out of her party cannon, it's only fair that he gets a taste of his own medicine. Rainbow Dash didn't insult the Wonderbolts. All she said was that they called her a name because she crashed into a trash bin. Given how much she idolized this team, Dash hardly seems like the type of pony to insult them behind their backs. But I do agree that Spitfire has every right to be angry with Dash, and Dash deserved to get punished for it. I agree with you on point A, but I cannot agree with you on point B. Twilight is Starlight's teacher. It is her responsibility to look out for Starlight's best interest. Twilight had every reason to be distrustful of Trixie. The last time we saw her, she was torturing her friends after she'd banished Twilight from Ponyville. Before that, Trixie was shown to not have changed at all by the end of "Boast Busters", not even bothering to help clean up the mess she caused by running off. Therefore, Twilight had ample reason to be suspicious of Trixie. The same could be said of her behavior in "What About Discord." Twilight knows that Discord is a manipulator and he hasn't earned her trust yet. And if Celestia say Twilight palling around with Discord, I'm sure she'd act very much like Twilight did here. She'd probably be suspicious of Discord and advise Twilight not to trust him. Even in this episode, Trixie showed herself to still be arrogant and boastful, meaning that she hasn't changed in the slightest. To add insult to injury, Starlight just decided to go to Trixie's show without telling Twilight or her in any way, leading to Twilight getting pissed off at her. I don't think either one of them knew that Trixie was going to go ahead with the truck, though. Applejack had simply gotten so used to doing the routine that it didn't occur to her that she'd gotten stuck in a rut. That's very different from fixing a leaky pipe. As a fashionista, Rarity has to adapt her business and merchandise around what's popular at the time. This approach to business explains why she insisted on making the Tasty Treat just like every other restaurant, even though she herself tried several earlier that day and took a dislike to what they offered. Pinkie, on the other hand, sold the Tasty Treat on a welcoming atmosphere and quality food made to appeal to the customers' individual tastes. Pinkie Pie lives and works in a bakery. Of course she knows how to manage a business centered around serving food! So, wait, just because he had a different opinion than Rainbow Dash that automatically makes him an ass? How? To be honest, I don't think Rainbow Dash was much better, and this sort of thing happens all the time in fandoms like this. I'm pretty sure that said Adventucation is very much like those places where you can pretend to be in an alternate timeline. They probably had actors playing the role of bad guys, followed by a mare playing the role of Daring Do. As far as Quibble Pants was concerned, it was nothing more than an act. I'm pretty sure that the ponies behind the Adventucation wanted it to be realistic, but also fun and exciting for those who wanted to take part in it. Quibble Pants had been established as being snarky before the two arrived in the jungle, so I don't think he was out of character. And just the fact that the trap was so easy to get out of and that the goons ran off, thus giving Quibble Pants time to undo the trap and set both him and Rainbow Dash free probably cemented it in his mind that this was all part of the Adventucation experience. And his dialogue implies that he has been through the Adventucation before. Well, to be fair, both Rainbow Dash and Applejack have always been very competitive, so it makes sense that they would get swept up in the competition. And Rarity has been shown to be very self-centered from time to time, so these character traits are hardly anything new. And while the grown-up could've acted better in this episode, I still enjoyed it. And maybe it's just because I haven't seen the episode in a while, but I hardly see how this is a rehash of The Show Stoppers. (Practically every episode this season has been accused of being a rehash of a previous episode from an earlier season.) The Show Stoppers was about the Cutie Mark Crusaders entering a talent show and giving such a bad performance that they were literally laughed off rhe stage. The Cart Before the Ponies was about the CMC entering a derby competition and not being allowed to do things their way, despite being allowed to do so in The Show Stoppers. Really, that's the only similarity I can see between the two. They didn't necessarily tell her to put more effort into her pranks. They told her to make sure thst the pranks she was pulling for everypony, not just her. She was rhe one who took their words the wrong way and decided to up her game herself. I found some of her pranks funny, some unbelievable (the prank she pulled on Applejack for example), and then there were those pranks that were downright dangerous. (For example, her prank on Mr. Cake and Big Mac.) I didn't have a problem with her pranking Fluttershy because Fluttershy has come a long way since season one. Even so, she doesn't like being pranked. While the first half of this episode might have been sour, the second half was fun and more than made up for the first half. Honestly, I think that peoples' reasoning for disliking season 6 are flawed. I didn't like season one because there was hardly any character growth, and season two was so padded out with filler that it made the season pretty much pointless to watch. I prefer seasons four and five to the earlier seasons, but if people prefer them over the later ones, that's cool with me.

I wouldn't go that far. Season one had some good episodes, but season two felt like nothing but filler. A majority of the episodes you could skip and you wouldn't be missing anything. There were, however, with each season, some great episodes among the pile of rubbish that was season two, such as "Sisterhooves Social", "Sweet and Elite", and "Read It and Weep." I agree with point 1, but the rest? What plot points from earlier seasons are people talking about? Any plot points were resolved in their seasons. And Starlight and Diamond Tiara were "hyped up" last season? No, they were not! Starlight had a speaking role in all of four episodes out of twenty-six, and the few times she did appwar, she was in the background, which you wouldn't have noticed the first time around unless someone pointed it out to you or you had a very keen eye. And Diamond Tiara only had one whole episode dedicated to her. I hardly call that hyping a character up. And the writing in general is bad this season? Really? I have to admit it took a while for the episodes this season to grow on me, but some of them, like "Gauntlet of Fire" I'd go as far as to call them some of the best episodes of the show. It irritates the piss out of me how people are acting as if this is anything now. Remember that seasons one and two were mostly slice of life episodes, despite Faust wanting to do more adventurous stories, which the show didn't get to do until seasons four and five. I swear, some of these fans are just impossible to please.

That's really what people are suggesting? I don't see it.

I've seen arguments like this, but, I'm sorry, I don't see ang evidence that supports these claims. I don't see rehashed plots, characters being flanderized, etc. If you were talking about seasons one and two, I could totally agree with you. But I don't see any of that in season six. I do agree that Twilight was OOC in "No Second Prances", but that's the only thing where I can see where you're coming from.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Season six has been a lot of fun so far. The only episode I've really disliked so far is "No second Prances." And I wouldn't necessarily call "The Cutie Pox" a bad wpisode; it's just kind of dull. I do think people are overreacting to season six. I think all of the hate is from a bunch of Faust fanboys/fangirls. Like I said, people put seasons one and two on a pedestal (those seasons were terrible) and act like every season from 3 onwards is terrible, despite the fact that the show didn't get good until season four, at least in my opinion. I myself would really like to know what is with all this sudden hatred for season six, despite seasons one and two being really awful, yet no one ever complains about them. Why? Too right! I was really hoping that she'd play a role in "The Cart Before the Ponies." After COTLM, I was really excited to see what the writers were going to do with the characters of Tiara and Spoon, but they haven't done anything with them, yet. I at least liked seeing them in "On Your Marks."

I agree that Kelly Sheridan does an excellent job voicing Starlight Glimmer. (No surprise there given the talent involved with this show.) Tell me more about this Guardians of Harmony thing. I thought it was just going to be a toy line or a card game thing. Have the staff at DHX said anything about it? I personally think that season 5 was the best season of the show, hands down, but I do agree. I also hope that the series ends after the movie.