Ranking The Writers of FiM, From Worst to Best (Version 3)

After giving out some of my thoughts on the writers in regards to the strongest and weakest overall, I feel like the time has come to update this list. Here's the previous version, from the end of Season 6. Like always, I mean no disrespect to any of the DHX staff, and just like before I'm not counting Jayson Thiesen, Jim Miller, or Lauren Faust, even now that it seems Jayson Thiesen will be leaving the show (hence why Nicole Dubac is stepping in).

Josh Hamilton (Episodes written: Parental Glideance, Triple Threat, Secrets and Pies)
Why he's on the bottom: It amazes me how Hamilton could get worse and worse with each new episode he penned, to the point where he did the impossible and wrote an episode that eclipsed "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" as the worst episode of the entire show in my eyes. I just don't get how a writer with such great credentials, could turn out so poorly on this show.

David Rapp (Episodes written: Newbie Dash (Collabed with Dave Polsky for story), Flutter Brutter (Meghan McCarthy credited with story), Where The Apple Lies (Collabed with Meghan McCarthy for story))
Why he moved up: David only moves up because Josh Hamilton took his place on the very bottom, that's really all there is to say. Of David's episodes, only "Flutter Brutter" is any good, and I think it's saying something when David himself didn't write the story even in a collab. I just don't get why we got more live action writers like him in Season 7, live action writers and children's cartoons don't mix.

Betsy McGowen (Episodes written: Power Ponies (Collab with Meghan McCarthy and Charlotte Fullerton))
Why she stayed the same: Her only episode was a double collab, and it's hard to tell what Betsy actually wrote. As a result, there's really not much to say about her, or whether she should or shouldn't come back.

Teddy Antonio (Episodes written: Keep Calm and Flutter On (Credited with story, Episode written by Dave Polsky))
Why he stayed the same: I still don't know where it was revealed that Teddy was a fifteen year old Brony, or whether that was ever actually proven (I find it kind of fishy that a fifteen year old would be hired to work on an episode for a children's show, no matter how talented they might be). That aside, Teddy is the same as Betsy, he's left no impression one way or the other.

Neal Dusedau (Episodes written: Princess Spike (Story by Jim Miller and Jayson Thiesen), What About Discord?, Applejack's "Day" Off (Collabed with Michael P. and Will Fox for story))
Why he moved up: Neal hasn't really shown any signs of improvement, but I'm glad he didn't come back for Season 7 and I sincerely hope he doesn't come back for Season 8. My opinion of him hasn't changed a bit.

Kevin Lappin (Episodes written: Honest Apple, To Change a Changeling, Uncommon Bond (Collab with Josh Haber))
Why he's so low: Kevin Lappin is just like David Rapp and Neal Dusedau, except unlike them he actually managed to improve on his third entry, though I suspect that was because Josh Haber was holding him in check the whole time, because both times Kevin wrote solo, he sucked. I guess "To Change a Changeling" was somewhat of an improvement over "Honest Apple", but considering both were among the top ten worst episodes of Season 7, that's not saying much.

Chris Savino (Episodes written: Boast Busters, Stare Master)
Why he moved up: Chris Savino up until recently, was writing for The Loud House on Nick, but I don't know if he was any better there than he was here or with the original The Powerpuff Girls. Recently, he was fired from Nick after reports of sexual harassment and misconduct were alledgedly revealed about him, though there's been no word on whether the allegations are true or not. I guess it's a shame that he turned out to be not such a nice person, because his writing on this show wasn't all bad, it was just wasn't very good.

Barry Safchik and Michael Platt (Episodes written: Campfire Tales)
Why they're low: I really do hate to pick on these two live action writers, but their only episode was a major bore. I know they had to promote the Legends of Magic comics that were going to tie into "Shadow Play", but they really could've tried to put more effort into the episode and at least tried to do something other than rehash "Sleepless in Ponyville" but without the heart that episode had.

F.M. De Marco (Episodes written: 28 Pranks Later (Meghan McCarthy credited with story))
Why he moved up: Him moving up is only because of other writers being added that did worse than him. At least he has some actual writing experience in animation, but his work on the Littlest Pet Shop cartoon that wrapped up last year wasn't all that great, he wrote mostly medicore episodes there. And it's a shame that he got stuck with what was basically an attempt to fix "The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well", when most of us probably didn't want to see the show try to revisit it.

Merriweather Williams (Episodes written: The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well, Hearth's Warming Eve, Putting Your Hoof Down (Collab with Charlotte Fullerton), Dragon Quest, Wonderbolt Academy, Spike At Your Service (Collab with Dave Polsky), Bats!)
Why she moved up: With Adventure Time wrapping up next year, I'm curious as to whether or not Merriweather may try to cut her losses and come back to this show, or she'll go back to Spongebob Squarepants which is going through a revival on Nick. Her track record prior to and after joining this show has been great, but her actual writing on the show has been a very inconsistent ride that has seen some of the show's most infamous episodes, including two episodes she was called in to rewrite partway through (for "Putting Your Hoof Down" it was because Charlotte Fullerton was going through tough times after her husband died, and for "Spike At Your Service" it was because Meghan felt Polsky's script made Rarity seem too mean). It's really saying something when fans can only truly agree on one good episode she wrote, and the rest are all in contention.

Sammie Crowley and Whitney Wetta (Episodes written: A Flurry of Emotions, A Health of Information)
Why they're low: While they may be showing signs of promise, these two writers from The Loud House still seem somewhat defined by the flaws present in their first entry "A Flurry of Emotions" in that they don't seem to have a grasp on pacing and tension in their stories. "A Health of Information" was ultimately weighed down by the fact that the stakes weren't as high as they should be with how serious they were treating swamp fever. Had it been a more comedic disease (or even just something less serious) maybe the lack of noticeable tension wouldn't have been a problem, especially since the episode had some great comedy and character moments.

Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt (Episodes written: The Times They Are A Changeling (Collabed with Michael Vogel for story), Viva Las Pegasus (collabed with Michael Vogel for story), P.P.O.V. (Pony Point Of View) (Collabed with Michael P. and Will Fox for story))
Why they moved up: By now it's obvious why they moved up, it's the same reason all the other writers up to this point have moved up. It's because other writers have joined the list at lower places. These two have gone back to writing for Disney/Marvel shows, including the new Spider Man cartoon that is simply known as Spider Man 2017, and so far they seem to doing better there. Time will tell if the new Spider Man cartoon can achieve great things like it seems poised to do, at least unlike Ultimate Spider Man, it's not cracking jokes every five seconds.

Cindy Morrow (Episodes written: Griffon The Brush Off, Winter Wrap Up, The Show Stoppers, Owl's Well That Ends Well, Sisterhooves Social, Family Appreciation Day, Read It and Weep, Hurricane Fluttershy, One Bad Apple, Apple Family Reunion, Tanks for the Memories)
Why she moved up: Just like before, I'd place Cindy higher, but the bad outweighs the good for her. "Tanks for the Memories" especially was a big let down that because of what it chose to focus on, played to her weaknesses and not her strengths. And to be perfectly honest, it was only her Season 2 work that was really any good, her Season 1 work was meh at best, and her Season 3 work was a huge fall from grace.

Corey Powell (Episodes written: Sleepless in Ponyville, Just For Sidekicks, Rainbow Falls, Inspiration Manifestation (Collab with Meghan McCarthy))
Why she moved up: It's the same as Cindy Morrow, I'd place her higher but the bad outweighs the good. "Rainbow Falls" single handedly destroyed the good reputation Corey had after "Sleepless in Ponyville" (even though "Just For Sidekicks" was a pretty weak episode) and "Inspiration Manifestation" just couldn't redeem her in most people's eyes, especially since it had all the hallmarks of a Meghan McCarthy episode (and until "Fame and Misfortune" was the closest we'd come to a mental breakdown for Rarity).

Charlotte Fullerton (Episodes written: Look Before You Sleep, Suited For Success, A Bird In The Hoof, May The Best Pet Win, Baby Cakes, Putting Your Hoof Down (Collab with Merriweather Williams), Power Ponies (Collab with Meghan McCarthy and Betsy McGowen))
Why she moved up: With four new writers coming in really low, Fullerton moves up to make room for them. I still feel like Fullerton gets too much flack for her writing, even if she's not the best at handling contrivence. It still seems odd that she was the only writer in Season 1 who had no prior experience working with Lauren Faust at any point (though she apparently worked with Dave Polsky on The Buzz on Maggie, which Polsky primarily oversaw). I still like some of her episodes, most noteably "Baby Cakes" and "Putting Your Hoof Down". They may not be flawless, but they have their moments.

Noelle Benvenuti (Episodes written: Maud Pie, Made in Manehattan)
Why she moved up: I still really want her to come back and get another chance to redeem herself, even if she doesn't produce another "Maud Pie". But I guess like most of the old writers on this list, she's moved on to other writing endevors and won't be coming back.

Natasha Levinger (Episodes written: Pinkie Apple Pie, It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, Make New Friends, But Keep Discord, Scare Master)
Why she moved up: With the exception of her first episode, all of Natasha's episodes involved Fluttershy and with the exception of "Scare Master" they were pretty good. It's just that "Scare Master" was a huge step backwards for Fluttershy in Season 5, and raised concerns that Levinger might be forgetting her own continuity and character growth. I know I'm not really explaining why they're moving up, but what I can say that I didn't already say with Fullerton?

Nicole Dubac (Episodes written: Shadow Play Parts 1 and 2 (Collab with Josh Haber for writing, Haber credited with story))
Why she's in the middle: Nicole did pretty well for herself in her writing debut, though she's also like G. M. Berrow in that she's written tie in chapter books for the show prior to writing an episode. She'll be co-story editing in Season 8 with Josh Haber, so time will tell if she improves or not (or if she ever decides to write on her own).

Ed Valentine (Episodes written: Flight to the Finish, Three's a Crowd (Collabed with Meghan McCarthy for story), The Cart Before The Ponies (Collabed with Michael Vogel for story), The Fault in Our Cutie Marks (Josh Haber and Meghan McCarthy credited with story)) 
Why he moved up: While the mane six may still be a big "If" for him, Ed Valentine at least seems to be on a strong footing compared to Nicole Dubac who is a wild card at this point. Maybe he could team up with Nicole Dubac for an episode focusing on the CMC? Or maybe Nicole could help cover for him on the mane six/seven/eight and give him some pointers?

Scott Sonneborn (Episodes written: Somepony to Watch Over Me, Trade Ya, The Cutie Map Parts 1 and 2 (Collab with M. A. Larson, Story by Meghan McCarthy), Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? (Story written by Jim Miller and Jayson Thiesen))
Why he moved up: There's still some writers that yet to be added, but Scott is moving up in terms of overall position as he's more spots from the bottom compared to the top. Otherwise, not much about him has changed.

G. (Gillian) M. Berrow (Episodes written: The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows, Fluttershy Leans In, Daring Done?)
Why she moved up: I'm glad that Berrow got two more episodes to herself this season, even if neither of them were particularly strong, it shows that she has potential as a show writer. And it turns out that she's not the one writing that series for the CMC, that honor has been given to Nicole Dubac, who's now going to be co-story editor for Season 8 with Josh Haber (as well as replacing Jayson Thiesen for Executive Producer from what I hear). I hope we'll see Berrow again next season, and that she gets a really strong episode to finally prove all her neigh sayers wrong.

Dave Polsky (Episodes written: Feeling Pinkie Keen, Over A Barrel, Too Many Pinkie Pies, Spike At Your Serivce (Collab with Merriweather Williams), Keep Clam and Flutter On (Collab with Teddy Antonio), Games Ponies Play, Daring Don't, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Twilight Time, For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils, Equestria Games, Appleloosa's Most Wanted, Brotherhooves Social, On Your Marks (collabed with Josh Haber for story), Newbie Dash (Collabed with David Rapp for story, episode written by David Rapp) Specials written: Mirror Magic (Collab with Rachel Vine))
Why he mostly stayed the same: It seems like Dave Polsky is another writer who;s done with the show and has moved onto to other works, I don't know if he's still writing for the Sonic Boom cartoon (which has been shunted to Boomerang and hasn't aired since December of last year) but it's a shame that his last season of writing is the one in which he fell from grace so hard, after previously being a fan favorite following his writing metamorphosis in Season 4.

Nick Confalone Episodes written: (Party Pooped (Story by Jim Miller and Jayson Thiesen), Hearthbreakers, No Second Prances, The Saddle Row Review, Dungeons & Discords, Rock Solid Friendship)
Why he moved down: "Rock Solid Friendship" gives me some concerns that Nick might be losing his touch when it comes to Pinkie Pie, or at least forgetting his own continuity. Plus, some room has to be given for the remaining new writers of Season 7. Don't get me wrong, "Rock Solid Friendship" was still great and Pinkie Pie was far from her worst potrayal in that episode, but when Nick's previous Pinkie episodes involved some strong displays of character growth for her, to see her slide backwards a bit is a sign of worry for me.

Meghan McCarthy (Episodes written: Dragonshy, Call Of The Cutie, Green Isn't Your Color, Party of One, Lesson Zero, Sweet and Elite, Hearts and Hooves Day, A Canterlot Wedding Parts 1 and 2, Crystal Empire Parts 1 and 2, Princess Twilight Sparkle Parts 1 and 2, Three's A Crowd (Collab with Ed Valentine), Inspiration Manifestation (Collab with Corey Powell), Twilight's Kingdom Parts 1 and 2, The Cutie Map Parts 1 and 2 (Credited with story, Episode written by Scott Sonneborn and M. A. Larson), Rarity Investigates (Collab on story with M. A. Larson and Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco), Flutter Brutter (credited with story, episode written by David Rapp), 28 Pranks Later (credited with story, episode written by F.M. De Marco), The Fault in Our Cutie Marks (credited with story alongside Josh Haber, episode written by Ed Valentine), Where The Apple Lies (Collabed with David Rapp for story, episode written by David Rapp), Top Bolt (Collabed with Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco for story, episode written by Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco) Movies written: Equestria Girls, Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) (Co-Collab with Michael Vogel and non pony writer))
Why she moved up: While the movie's writing was far from flawless and could've been better in spots, Meghan McCarthy did better than I was expecting with her big writing project that's kept her away from the show since the end of Season 4 (though she has cropped up here and there since), and I hope she'll come back and write for the show now that the movie's done, because despite a series of ups and downs over the years, she has some pretty solid titles under her belt and a ton of experience. In fact, if she came back, she'd be the only writer left from the early seasons (1-3) left.

Michael "Mike" Vogel (Episodes written: A Hearth's Warming Tail, Spice Up Your Life, Stranger Than Fanfiction (Collabed with Josh Haber), The Cart Before The Ponies (Collabed with Ed Valentine for story, episode written by Ed Valentine), The Times They Are A Changeling (Collabed with Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt for story, episode written by Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt), Viva Las Pegasus (Collabed with Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt for story, episode written by Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt), Every Little Thing She Does, To Where And Back Again Parts 1 and 2 (Collabed with Josh Haber) Movies written: My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) (Co-Collab with Meghan McCarthy and non pony writer))
Why he more or less stayed the same: Though he likely came onto the movie scene too late to make major changes, Mike has placed above Meghan due to his stronger list of episodes, even if he seems to have been more successful in his collabs than his solo writing endevors. I don't know if he's going to come back to the show next season, or if he'll go back to being vice president of Hasbro again. Or maybe he'll write more books like Goodnight Baby Flurry Heart.

Becky Wangberg (Episodes written: Hard to Say Anything)
Why she is high: Becky's only got the one episode to define her so far, but it's a good one in my opinion. I just feel sorry for the fact that outside of this show, she's got nothing good to write for, as all her other shows are either getting screwed by Nick, or aren't impressing people. I mean it's still possible for Bunsen is a Beast to improve from a weak first impression, but considering one of its first acts was to crossover with The Fairly Odd Parents now on its death bed, I don't think it put its best foot forward. I just hope this isn't a sign of what'll happen to Becky's writing on this show, because I'd hate to see such a promising writer fall from grace so hard.

Jennifer Skelly (Episodes written: Buckball Season)
Why she moved way down: Jennifer Skelly's thunder got stolen by the likes of Becky and Brittany, but I feel like she more to prove than Becky. She might rank higher next season, as she hinted she might come back for Season 8 (and I hope she does).

Brittany Jo Flores (Episodes written: Once Upon a Zepplin)
Why she is high: Brittany was more obscure than Becky, and had higher stakes facing her first episode, and she proved to be more than up to the challenge. Yes, I know it wasn't intentional to have "Once Upon a Zepplin" come out right after the movie, that was just Discovery Family messing up the episode order for reasons unknown, but "Once Upon a Zepplin" still faced the challenge of being Twilight's first solo episode since "What About Discord?" ("A Flurry of Emotions" had Spike in a major supporting role and was all about Flurry Heart). Twilight needed a good focus episode to make her look good, and Brittany proved to be up to the task. I just have to wonder how she and Becky will handle the mane six/seven/eight, as they didn't have to include all of them in their episodes.

May Chan (Episodes written: Not Asking for Trouble, Marks and Recreation)
Why she is so high: Unlike Josh Hamilton, May Chan rebounded from a really terrible first episode and improved greatly with "Marks and Recreation". And thus, she shows a ton of promise if she decides to come back next season. Heck, maybe if she and Josh Hamilton teamed up, she could give Hamilton some pointers on how it's done?

M. A. Larson (Episodes written: Swarm of The Century, Sonic Rainboom, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, The Return of Harmony Parts 1 and 2, Luna Eclipsed, Secret Of My Excess, The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, It's About Time, Ponyville Confidential, Magic Duel, Magical Mystery Cure, The Cutie Map Parts 1 And 2 (Collab with Scott Sonneborn, Story written by Meghan McCarthy), Slice of Life, Amending Fences, Rarity Investigates (Collab on story with Meghan McCarthy and Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco), Fame and Misfortune (Credited with story, actual writer unknown)
Why he stayed the same: Larson continues to remain a fan favorite, despite what happened to him with "Fame and Misfortune" (I sure hope none of his other unfinished scripts, if he still has any, get that kind of treatment). All I can hope for, is that he comes back and redeems himself at some point in the future, and gets a proper send off. He deserves far better than having one of his unfinished scripts taken and twisted into something else behind his back.

Michael P. and Will Fox (Episodes written: Gift of The Maud Pie (Collabed with Josh Haber for story), Applejack's "Day" Off (Collabed with Neal Dusedau for story), P.P.O.V. (Pony Point Of View) (Collabed with Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt for story), Forever Filly, Discordant Harmony)
Why they moved way up: Season 7 allowed the Fox Brothers the chance to make a better name for themselves after getting treated poorly all three times on writing pair ups in Season 6. I don't think anyone could've imagined that they would be so good on their own after their Season 6 works were so weak and disappointing. Here's to hoping they can continue to improve in Season 8 and beyond.

Amy Keating Rogers (Episodes written: Ticket Master (Collab with Lauren Faust), Applebuck Season, Bridle Gossip, Fall Weather Friends, A Dog and Pony Show, Best Night Ever, The Cutie Pox, The Last Roundup, A Friend in Deed, MMMystery On The Friendship Express, Pinkie Pride (Collab with Jayson Thiesen), Filli Vanilli, Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3, The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone, Canterlot Boutique, Crusaders of the Lost Mark, The Mane Attraction)
Why she moved down: Everything I've said about Amy before still holds water, including the fact that as far as I know, she hasn't gone on to work on any of Disney's animated programs. Still, we can be thankful to her for some good episodes, and for a strong set of final performances in Season 5, particularly "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" and "The Mane Attraction" which were a one two punch that contributed to a splendid send off for Amy.

Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (Episodes written: Castle, Sweet Castle, Rarity Investigates (Collab on story with Meghan McCarthy and M. A. Larson), The Hooffields and McColts, Gauntlet of Fire, Top Bolt (Collabed with Meghan McCarthy for story), Celestial Advice, All Bottled Up, A Royal Problem, The Perfect Pear, Movies written: Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree)
Why they moved up: Despite being terrible story editors, and despite the rockiness of "All Bottled Up", Lewis and Songco managed to be more or less on a writing roll this season. "Celestial Advice" and "A Royal Problem" were contested for sure, but for the most part the good the outweighed the bad, and then "The Perfect Pear" came along and ended the first half of Season 7 with a bang! Still, it really says something when almost a quarter of all the episodes of the first half of Season 7 bore their name, and for the most part were of a consistently high quality. But who could possibly top them? Well, if you've seen my Top Five Strongest Writers list, you probably already know the answer.

 Josh Haber (Episodes written: Castle Mane-ia, Simple Ways, Leap Of Faith, Bloom and Gloom, The Cutie Re-Mark Parts 1 and 2, The Crystalling Parts 1 and 2, Gift of The Maud Pie (Collabed with Michael P. and Will Fox for story, episode written by Michael P. and Will Fox), On Your Marks (Collabed with Dave Polsky for story, episode written by Dave Polsky), Stranger Than Fanfiction (Collabed with Michael Vogel), The Fault in Our Cutie Marks (Collabed with Meghan McCarthy for story, episode written by Ed Valentine), To Where And Back Again Parts 1 and 2 (Collabed with Michael Vogel), Uncommon Bond (Collabed with Kevin Lappin for story), Shadow Play Parts 1 and 2 (Collabed with Nicole Dubac for story) Movies written: Equestria Girls: Friendship Games)
Why he remained on the top: Josh Haber not only continued his strong writing from Season 6, but he also improved it greatly! And he also proved to be a much better story editor than Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco, able to save Season 7 from spiraling downhill fast! I really do think he's what saved "Uncommon Bond", and I'm confident that with him at the wheel in Season 8 (alongside Nicole Dubac), things will have nowhere to go but up. Twice in a row now, Haber has taken the top spot, and this time I think he's really earned it!

And there you have it. Come back tomorrow, when we'll take a look at the Top Ten Worst Villains of FiM.

Comments

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Jim Miller is just part of the problem as to why this show currently sucks. The real problem is that the writers are lazy fucks who don't give a shit about what they plaster on the screen. Little girls want ponies. Bronies want dank meme fuel. So long as they put in those two things, who cares about quality? That's why G3 is going to always be superior to anything FiM does. It had effort and love put into it.

You know what's stupid and what I really fucking hate? When people claim bronies are the reason this show went to shit, or that they ruined it by making a children's show "all about them." No, Jim Miller and Josh Haber are the reason this show went to shit. Those two and the new writers that don't know how to write these characters or anything original are why I despise this show nowadays. Bronies didn't demand the old people get fired or the new people get hired. They didn't campaign to get the old writers shoved over to the movie and replaced by these new morons. They never asked for this garbage-tier pandering gone wrong, and they never asked for Suelight Shitter. That was all Hasbro. They asked for the return of Trixie, but no Trixie fan worth a damn wanted her brought back to be used as little more than a living prop to try and make Starlight look more forgivable and relatable because "they both did bad things". Bloody hell.

But if I'm being honest, it's both the bronies' and the show staff's fault; they went spiraling down hand in hand. The brony fandom grew from a small group of friendly people into a cancerous hiveminded circlejerk. And people are all, "This is all the fault of the bronies. They didn't kick the idiots out of their group." and I'm sitting here thinking, "How, exactly, does one go about doing that?" We aren't a political organization or a secret club. We're fans of a television show. What are we supposed to do, hold annual purge parties where we tell the LoveKimPossible fantards to fuck off? What power do we hold over them? We aren't a political organization or a fanclub or anything like that. We can't remove or excommunicate the bad members like certain modern-day cults easily could and would if they weren't cults. DHX went from professionals who sometimes left a little brony pun in one or two episodes per season to lazy cocksuckers pandering 24/7, and the show went from a sweet little cartoon into a complete trainwreck. Hasbro won't be able to scrape off the stigma of all this for a good while.

Jim Miller famously tweeted on Twitter, "We only make this show for little girls!" But nearly every episode is chock-full of idiotic 'reaction face' or other meme material, and some of the most shameless shipping fuel ever. Not to mention the three episodes dedicated to addressing the bronies. Also, this is coming from the dude with the two most shallow and pitiful episodes and an audiovisual hissy-fit that somehow both Josh Haber and Hasbro approved. And for those four episodes: "Slice of Life", "Party Pooped", "Stranger than Fanfiction", and now "Fame and Misfortune", all had a more and more blatant meta level addressed to the bronies, none of them accurately representing how things are in real life.

By the way, the "Fuck you bronies. Stop discussing the show and caring. Unironically, little girls love it and that's all that matters to me," is what caused me to lose all respect for Jim Miller and what made me swear off this show for good. "Fame and Misfortune", the episode that aired fairly recently, was written by "MA Larson", but according to him in an interview, that was a failed episode concept he threw in the trash when he couldn't get it to work. The new MLP writers took the concept, made it insulting, and published it with his name attached to it. This did nothing but further my hatred for this show and it's why I won't be returning for season 8. Seriously, fuck! This! Show!

It's because of this why I personally consider season 3 to be the show's finale, with good episodes after that point happening and shitty episodes written by hacks, all of which I consider to be noncanon. But if you want to get into which seasons were technically the best, seasons 1 and 2 were the best, on par with G3 in terms of writing quality even, with the only difference being FiM using subtle implications less and focusing on a fixed character cast instead of giving a bit of character for everyone. A bit like how G3.5 should have been written. Season 3 was okay too, but afterwards, it all went completely south.

And these new characters in season 6 and 7, just look at them! We've got the "Endearing" Kooky Spoon Lolsorandom moron, the Theoretically Perfect Waifubait that is Vape Nation (Smart, cute, shy, submissive, and willing to sacrifice her hopes and ambitions and future for the sake of her man. I can see why someone would want this), the new Designated Asshole Zephyr Breeze (We already had Blueblood for whenever an asshole is necessary to a fanfic's plot and throwing together some OC isn't an option because the site you're on hates OCs out of "principle" and because some shitty cynical "Your original character isn't original because I said so" video told them to. On what planet is this shitty character necessary?), the One Good Changeling Cliche the fandom's been using for themselves since changelings showed up (and the finale ended up killing all appeal the Changelings ever had anyway), shy bookish guy also attached to Starlight Glimglam with no personality beyond her, Embodiment of True Perfection Gryphon, Indian Food Pony, and... was there anyone else? Were any of these new characters anything more than their appearances and whatever cliche traits were thrown onto them?

And the fan content... Dear Lord, the fan content! We didn't ask for a good portion of our big names (mostly the overrated can't-sing-for-toffee ones) to sod off to the Undertale and FNAF circlejerks, where they have less competition and setting a Bonetrousle midi to a Synth in FL Studio is a remix. We didn't ask BlackGryphon (was that his name?) to suddenly declare himself a "serious musician" that "doesn't owe the bronies anything" and shit on his old fans while pretending to go "pro". We didn't ask for LoveKimPossible to abuse and manipulate fanartists and animators into working for her for free under crappy conditions and harsh deadlines with mandatory meetings and little to no credit given. We didn't do this or ask for this, it just sort of happened. If we could turn back time, what should we do? Raiders on /mlp/ are currently insisting they should have kept the openly-visible "containment board" /mlp/ a "secret club" because "4chan is my counterculture, nothing good can come from 4chan or its members". Really? The Genetic Fallacy? It's been six years! ARGUABLY SEVEN! The bronies have donated to charities in levels that make the decades-old Star Wars and Star Trek fandoms look like amateurs, made fangames that make the Pokemon and Undertale guys look like yesterday's news, and continued work on fangames as original projects after C+Ds, a trick the Pokemon fans have yet to figure out even after all these years, and made the Sjwniversers look bad time and time again without ever needing to try, hence why feminists despise us so much. We didn't ask to start playing this game, but we won every round anyway, and we didn't ask for the rounds to start slowing down, but it's happening.