I cried. A lot · 12:39pm Oct 13th, 2019

Came back for the last three eps and damn if pony still doesn't have some emotional hooks still sunk in deep enough for it to really get me hard.

Of all things 'Lyra + Bonbon' was what got the first tears to come. Lovely nod to the fandom and very much appreciated!

Then the closing song and the book being shut had me in actual floods.

That they actually managed to end the show well boggles my mind. I mean just think Star Trek due to the Q angle. TOS? Turnabout Intruder i.e the episode everyone would really like not to be canon. Enterprise? Self indulgent TNG retreading bollocks that everyone involved has apologised for. Voyager? Now I actually like a lot of Voyager but the end with surprise Chakotay/Seven banging is so not one of them. DS9? Had it's moments but long indulgent montages when you could be doing more to actually properly wrap up the plot and random bollocks in a cave does not a good finale make. Only exception was TNG which genuinely ended well, but it's the exception that proves the rule. Ending a long running show in a satisfying manner is hard and somehow MLP pulled it off with style.

Closing ships were fine. Not even mad that Twixie was lit on fire and had long ago been left in the dumpster. Show had long ago put paid to that one and left me feeling that Trixie could do much better. Think she can also do better than Starlight too, but I can live with that cause man I did also watch some of Trixie's last episodes and damn are they're not in anyway subtle about those two dating. This isn't AJ/Dash coming in together and implied living together subtext in the finale this was outright text pretty much.

Only minor duff note was the fate of the villains. Always thought that Discord's "At least I don't turn ponies into stone" was a case of how even someone evil can have a legitimate grievance so him helping out left a bit of a sour discordant note.

Otherwise it was wonderful. Now this for me really is the end. Thank you to everyone who read my stories and the WiW along with anyone that watched the PMVs. Good luck to everyone still willing to stick around and mine the show for fanfic gold.

Bye