So, I just finished off the finale. All in all, not too shabby all around. Season 5 was pretty solid over all. Below the break (I'm not actually sure how to do that. I assume a Page Break is sufficient) are my semi-live reactions and thoughts during my viewing session. It was a 9 episode binge, so this post will probably be lengthy. Each episode is headed in bold by episode number and title. Possible spoilers, I guess?

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I... don't... I really don't have anything to say about this episode... nothing positive... nothing negative. It's just I guess, meh.

In my last post, I talked how Mr. Scorcher’s review of the season finale inspired some deep thoughts about Starlight Glimmer as a character. Well, while I was writing the last post, I re-watched his review just to make sure I was representing his opinions accurately. While I was doing this, a statement that he made caught my attention. According to him, people only want to see characters redeemed if they are able to sympathize with them.

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31 pumpkins for 31 days of October.

In which the Token Six carry on last season's proud tradition of remaking episodes from seasons past only not as good.

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In which Annoying Pink Pony and Annoying Stubborn Yak annoy pony cartoon watchers for twenty minutes.

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Hope you all got something sweet to bite!

Warning: Season-wide spoilers abound. Proceed with caution.

Well, the fish has jumped. I know, that's a weird reaction to this season ending, but I felt it was appropriate. After all, that's how this season felt to me. It certainly didn't generate the same excitement I got out of Seasons 4 and 5. Not to say it was bad by any means, but let's go over what worked and what didn't, shall we?

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Let's go one by one, shall we?

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I finally watched the two episodes released last weekend (BTW, both were great), and now I'm peeved that they made Gallus so goddamn adorable. I won't spoil what happens involving him, but now I'm envisioning Troy and Canvas reacting towards him like:

So, I finished watching Shadow Play a few days ago, and yes, I know I've been horribly behind. Anyway, I though I'd share my thoughts on the season as a whole and each episode, and point out my favorites and least favorites and all that stuff.

The Decline

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To everyone who insisted that I write out a Shining/Sombra clopfic this month as part of my Patreon-winning poll, let me just say...

Y'all picked a reeeeeaaaallllllllly poorly-timed ship to dabble into so soon after the events of the Season 9 premiere.

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Remember that time when Just For Sidekicks and Games Ponies Play portrayed overlapping events? 

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Remember Starlight Glimmer? Remember how she's a thing that's part of the show now?

Remember how the writers pretty much forgot all about that?

Well...here's your goddamn Starlight Glimmer episode!

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Twilight FINALLY gets summoned by the map!

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I don't really have much to say about this one. It was a pure feels episode with a moral about being true to yourself. It was touching, it was low-key, there was almost no comedy.

Next week is the season finale.

You know, this season's gonna be really confusing on Netflix, with so many episodes being shown out of production order...

Anyway, Rarity pulls a hat trick today with the third episode in a row that focuses on her, even though this episode is actually a Rarity/Applejack episode.

With the return of Coco Pommel!

Twilight's so bored she's blowing raspberries at books. That's wacky.

Poor Twilight got snubbed by the map again.

Rarity's having a citygasm!

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I feel this may be the last season. We get a lot of messages of change, such as Twilight getting a student, the cutie mark crusaders evolving, and I feel it is going be like this quite a bit. I am happy about this, and a little sad I won't lie, I'll have one less thing to complain about if I'm right. Yes I can always complain about family guy but wheres the variety if I lose all the shows I like to complain about?!

Meh.

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Preface: Because of the iTunes leak a while back, most of us have already seen this episode. As such, this will be slightly different and slightly more detailed than my usual stream-of-consciousness write-ups.

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