...Soooo...Anyone else feel weird about the CMC now?

Back when I was first starting out with season one, I was immediately hooked onto the show. Everyone just had so much personality and the kindness and laughs they shared together helped me get through some dark times. But as I watched, I started to think: 'Who in this show relates to me the most?

Now, at first, I counted on Spike for this certain subject. How ponies mostly view as him as more of a helper or that one friend you talk to, but don't really listen to just felt so relateable to me. Especially how Spike helps ponies so much and is usually right with most of his assumptions when Twilight goes into one of her 'Bat-Shit' Episodes.

Yeah...that. Anyways, as the series grew, I noticed another pony, or should I say, group of ponies who were my 2nd favorite of the show...The CMC. Now, I'm a sucker for Misfits/Underdogs, which was half the reason I love Spike. But as I watched the CMC more and more, I grew to love cheering them on and watching them grow up. I always feel like its just me against the world. That people always try to bring me down and say I can't do what I want to do. This brings me down at times, but when I watch them, I feel...empowered. Three kids, not six mares who fight giant monsters or two mares who control big balls in the sky, but three KIDS who constantly go out of their way to achieve their goal, despite what other ponies say or do to stop them. This gets them into trouble, yeah, but you have to admit, the pure determination and will they show makes you feel like if fillies from a cartoon meant for little girls could chase after their dreams, than you can too right. And everything was at peace with the world...

Until SEASON FIVE came...

Now, Season five was a SEA of new, weird changes. Discord episodes, Cutie Map missions, The castle, Starlight, etc. But the WEIRDEST change of all? The CMC getting their cutie marks...

Yeah. Those things.

This was a freaking game-changer. At first, I was super proud and excited and was flipping shit! All fanfics were now wrong, all theories were now broken, and all of those CMC haters finally would get off their high horse (Get it?) and leave them alone. It was a joyous celebration. But as Season five, ya know, ended, and Season six began, things just started getting...kinda weird.

Instead of the misfit club where they chased after a dream ponies thought they wouldn't get so soon, they turned into an ACTUAL organization that helped ponies get their marks...and that just felt...kind weird to me. I still love them, not gonna lie, but they just lost that certain...charm they had. Maybe its just me being cancerous or something, but to me, the CMC were meant to be that group that always chased after the impossible no matter what obstacle, and when I cheered them on, it felt like I was cheering on myself as well. But now that they've completed their goal and are helping others achieve theirs, everything just feels so...empty now...

I'm not saying they should get rid of the Cutie Marks. And I'm not saying I hate the CMC now...but ya know, I'll always miss those days where it was them just chilling out, finding ways to get their marks and getting into trouble along the way. But hey! At least I still have Spike! He's still relateable!