Season finale reaction · 10:12pm Oct 29th, 2017
spoiler break (because even after the leaks, Canada release, and US release, maybe you haven't seen the finale yet?)
By the time the climax rolled around, I was starting to find Star Swirl's attitude toward the Pony of Shadows familiar. Like, he was being very... pragmatic about the whole thing; willing to sacrifice himself and/or the Elements of Harmony and making plans for covering for the loss of the EoH.
He was reminding me of Ashen Blaze, is what I'm saying. An Ashen Blaze who considered himself better informed than Twilight rather than respectful of her position.
Ash might very well have come to blows with Star Swirl over this Pony of Shadows problem, simply because Ash wouldn't stand for Star Swirl being so condescending to Twilight.
I'm actually glad that Star Swirl's journal was only part of the lock on the Pillars and Pony of Shadows and not the gateway to limbo itself, because I don't have to make any jokes about Aitran now.
To my surprise, the things we learned about the Pillars, Tree of Harmony, and the Elements doesn't clash at all with the lore I'm building up in my Order-naries 'verse. That's rare for a Season Premier/Finale.
So... are we going to have the Pillars of old Equestria dropping in for visits throughout Season 8? Individually, I mean. I wouldn't mind seeing more of the not-Star-Swirl ones getting the spotlight.
