Episode Discussion » S9E1-2 - The Beginning Of The End · 10:59am Apr 6th, 2019
Synopsis
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna decide to retire and hand off the ruling of Equestria to Twilight Sparkle and her friends, which sends Twilight into a tailspin of self-doubt. Meanwhile, an ancient villain bands together a legion of nefarious characters to conquer all of Equestria, challenging Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane 6 to step in and save the day.
I think the title says it all my friends
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Holy shit, it's out? Oh god, I'm not ready for this yet!
First!
Episode of the season
I might watch it, but the writer side of me is screaming internally.
It's a very long scream.
Yyyyyyyyyeah, I’ll get to it... eventually...
And so the final season begins.....
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I still have to catch up on season 8!!!!!!!! I'm not ready I'm not ready !!!!!!
I hate McCarthy...
5039113
Lucky
5039114
Who, Joe? He's dead.
Now to see how many will interpret that as you killing the site upon the finale.
~Skeeter The Lurker
I am not ready for this
Please Knighty, don't pull the plug when the show ends!
5039121
Grogar is gonna be involved from what I understand. I am so ready for this.
5039129
Yeah yeah whatever
5039114
Why?
5039117
I was talking about Megan, but I hate him as well. Very funny by the way...
She is the one to blame for destroying Faust's worldbuilding, The Twilicorn incident, the Power Ranger Friendship Gestapo, the changeling locusts, and AFAIK she is still the director.
I'm not looking forward to this. I can't imagine how this storyline will work.
5039110
Just wait for the hiatus to gen 5
Everything ends. Yet we'll keep going, eh?
5039138
What’s afaik?
reeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEE
5039146
"As far as I know."
5039154
Oh ok, Thanks
5039160
Theirs no reason for them to retire other then plot, and to be honest they don’t really do anything other then letting things happen.
Why do so many people seem concerned that knighty might take the site down once the show ends? He won’t; people will still use it, it still have value, and did everyone forget the recent codebase updates that are clearly intended to expand site support beyond FiM?
The site’s not going anywhere. We are not going anywhere. Everyone of us will still be right here, doing what we all do best; geeking out over our favorite ponies and funny animals, and being friends with each other, even after the show conclude.
And that’s the real magic of friendship, witches!
5039103
It’s that bad?
5039163
The premise of the season seems silly...but I'd have to watch it in order to see if how it was written is how it's going to be or if there's going to be more to it than that.
Still screaming internally, though.
5039165
I does seem silly, I think you can make the argument that it it comes off as rushed and it’s excuse for things to happen.
To quote Bumblebee: "We gave it a hell of a run." Now it is time for G4's final lap and we're coming along for the ride.
I wonder if who I suspect will be the main season arching main villain turns out to actually be so. After all at the very least they have hinted at his existence and made his fate unknown but he's yet to actually appear in the show.
5039166
It's not rushed, if anything it's the opposite - too late. The last indications/foreshadowing towards something like this was in Seasons 4 and 5. Since then, there's been no setup, and what was there was left to wither.
5039138
"One to blame" as if those are bad things.
Boo hoo, your headcanons got shit on.
5039162 Shhhhhhhhhh.
5039162
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Personally I'm not that concerned about the site shutting down, especially since this series still has an amazingly big fan base.
However it does irk me that there are users who genuinely want the site to shut down just because they hate the show now.
Hang onto your horseshoes fellow stallions and mares, it's going to be a bumpy 26-week ride to the end!!
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Look, FiM does stupid things all the time, where you try to look at it from a realistic perspective and it doesn't make any sense, but I tolerate it because it is tolerable. This is really, really bad tho.
5039138
Really? "destroying Faust's worldbuilding"? Yes, because the actual backstory of the elements, interesting characters and storylines, as well as the exploration of other parts of a outside Equestria are totally things that "ruined" the series.m
Seriously, she of her own accord years ago, get over it.
You make it sound so dreary.
5039179
To be honest I don’t think Twilight and friends are the best choice for leaders.
5039175
That whole group is an absolute dumpster fire lol. Seriously, "Season 1 is best"? What is that dude smoking?
5039181
She *got fired after throwing a shitfit years ago. I hate that people still talk about Faust like she's relevant when she was director for worst season, wrote the worst episodes, and was gone by Luna Eclipsed.
5039184
That is what I am saying. These guys, not including Twilight, have none of the experience, knowledge, and skills required to rule Equestria. And even then Twilight wasn't even trained that much, she solved friendship problems and runs a school? Sure that is great but you need so much more than that.
5039184
You're right, of course. Sombra pounces in this episode because he senses weakness, and he's proved right by events. Twilight and her friends are unable to defend a magic site that's stood for over 1,100 years, and are themselves captured easily.
5039183
The magic left this place long ago. Now, 75% of the people here do not currently or have never watched the show. 1% still enjoy the show. The combined other 99% endlessly complain, call this idea or that idea stupid and trot out bad arguments they heard in their anti-[concept] echo chamber rather than their own ideas.
You hang out with people like this, you shouldn't be surprised, D.
5039187
Twilight making a school of friendship makes no sense, Celestia told her friendship can’t be learn by reading a book or going to school.
5039196
I wouldn't say 1% but the masses tend to keep quiet and stick to their own small groups. Which I cant blame them for.
The growing bitching these past few years created an environment where it's just not fun to talk about the show in large forums.
5039196
What’s wrong with season 1? Not trying to argue just asking.
5039205
Show was finding its feet and its voice, pretty much. Most shows are like that, including well-remembered gems like Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and dozens more (I like sci-fi, can you tell?).
5039203
Think of it as a seminary, yeshiva, or madrassa, and the School of Friendship starts to make a lot more sense.