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This episode is more hated than Fake it, huh? I’m actually kind of shocked. This wasn’t insulting or anything, but AJ and RD’s arguing got annoying quickly. The Student 6 were cool, but this was pretty underwhelming otherwise.

Probably the only recurring characters that I downright hate are Starlight, Spitfire, and Garble.

Knowing this show, if this actually happens then spike will find a way to save Garble.

Rainbow Dash’s parents are extremely obnoxious.

Pink Pony makes everyone smile except for donkey pony so Pink Pony stalks donkey pony until he smiles. Shy pony makes Zephyr Pony get a job and kicks him out when he refuses. Zephyr Pony decides to not be lazy and does some pony’s hair. Zephyr Pony wants to date Rainbow Pony. Rainbow Pony is disgusted.

Not a fan of any of the ships.

Yeah, that’s way better than what I could’ve thought of.

Overall, Rarity. My actual ranking is... Post season 4 Fluttershy Rarity Rainbow Dash Twilight Applejack Pinkie Pie Season 4-earlier Fluttershy

I generally don’t have high expectations for this show, as long as I’m somewhat entertained. I only have a problem if an episode has high expectations for itself, and screws up badly.

The problem with that is that she went straight to 100 after only one 'tragic' event. She even explicitly stated that she never made another friend. You could argue that she was too afraid that another cutie mark would take her away, but it still doesn't matter when she only tried once. If she tried several times to make new friends, and their cutie marks 'took them away', then it would be acceptable, like how Gloriousa in Legend of Everfree tried so many times in different ways to get Filthy Rich not to close the Camp, and she felt like she had no other options but to go crazy with protecting the camp. The difference is that Gloriousa didn't immediately go to the dark side, and she actually had a justified reason for doing so. ....Haven't all of the reformed villains done this? Sure, Discord didn't do so right away, but he eventually came through. I actually somewhat agree with this; I didn't say whether Stygian should've been redeemed or not, but honestly, this entire 'tragic villain and snapshot redemption' plot line is getting really tired at this point. You can say "Friendship is Magic" but I feel like it's just an excuse to force villains to get redemptions. It also can tell kids that you should constantly forgive people who do terrible things, which is pretty toxic. ELTSD, Starlight got a talk from Twilight, and a brief verbal beat down from the remane 5. And that's it. Thorax calling her out isn't that far off from that so called 'consequence'. In Princess Spike, Spike had to face consequences for his actions, and actually fix his mistakes, and face the crowd that he screwed up with, even if it still isn't much, it's still something. Feeling bad for yourself, like you mentioned with A Royal Problem, is not a consequence. In Boast Busters, while Trixie didn't necessarily receive a punishment, she was shat on by everypony and her career was pretty much destroyed. And even that's a better reason to get revenge on Twilight then Starlight's vendetta with cutie marks, or Stygian or Tempest's motivations to become evil. But I digress on all of that. Even though Lily Peet, now Lily Orchard is controversial, I feel like her seventy times seven explains why Sunset succeeds where Starlight doesn't. I can't post the URL for some reason though. Can Starlight get better? Yes. Whether she will or not depends on if Hasbro is willing to do something with her, instead of just thinking what they have is enough.

I will say that I’ll be optimistic about Starlight in the future. A. I didn’t accuse people of saying that she did nothing wrong. I was just saying that Sunset was much easier to root for and sympathize with, because she actually had to struggle to get to where she is; no one besides the humane 6 liked her, let alone trusted her. B. I kept referring to the writers “doing something” for Sunset because I feel that Starlight’s episodes are repetitive; most of her episodes are either her screwing up or doing something reprehensible and either getting away with it with a slap on the wrist(Every Little Thing She Does) or having it work out in the end out of sheer luck(To Change A Changeling), and most of her other episodes are just playing the straight mare to better characters like Maud, Trixie, and even Sunburst. C. What exactly do you mean by the last statement?

>Both were lackluster villains >Both had terrible reformations >I personally bought neither of their reformations >Sunset was still hated by everyone in Canterlot High, barring the humane 5, showing that the other students didn’t buy her redemption either, so she was easier to sympathize with. >Starlight had.... a guilt complex. No external force actually hated her, other than occasionally being the but of jokes, so she was harder to sympathize with. >In Rainbow Rocks, Sunset knew that the humane 5 were falling apart, and she had to get them to stop and realize that this was what the Dazzlings wanted. In the final battle, the humane 6 allowed Sunset to sing with them, winning the battle. > In To Where And Back Again, The mane 7, And almost everyone except Starlight, Trixie, Discord, and Thorax got captured because.... they weren’t important enough? >In Shadow Play, everyone held the idiot ball minus Starlight, and she had to be the one to reform Stygian because... no one else could. You could argue here that she was the only one who could sympathize with her because she was also a reformed villain, and while that is true, Twi is still the princess of friendship, and she honestly held the biggest idiot ball of them all. >In Friendship Games, Sunset had to talk Twilight out of her evil form, she had to talk Gloriousa out of trapping Camp Everfree, but unlike Starlight redeeming Stygian, and attempting to redeem Chrysalis, Sunset actually offered her assistance to help Gloriousa save the camp, so her “redemption” wasn’t for nothing. With the exception of maybe forgotten friendship, Sunset has saved the day alongside the humane 5, and Starlight has stolen the spotlight both times she did. tl;dr Sunset>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(insert several more here)>>>>>>>>>>>>>Starlight (Sorry for the long read)

Tirek's not gonna be redeemed because of something so stupid. He's gonna be redeemed because it'll be revealed that he failed a math test, and he got very angry and vowed to destroy equestria. That's just... really, really sad.

Question: Why are people so offended by what AJ was doing? It was in RDs imagination, even if it was still AppleJack's character. The only real appearance she had was in the beginning, and honestly, I don't take issue with her being overprotective here; she's not completely going out of her way to protect them, like she did in SPTWOM, but she's just showing concern for them.

- 28 Pranks later is pretty great. - A Health of Information was easily the best episode that involved lore in season 7. Didn’t care for the lore in that season otherwise. - A Royal Problem was a major let down, especially when it was revealed that Daybreaker was a part of Starlight’s dream and not Celestia’s.