I’m sure you’ve all been inundated with opinions by this point, but I keep to a schedule. In any case, it is at last time for M. A. Larson’s bizarre thank you to us for helping make this the longest running twenty-two-minute toy commercial in television history.

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Oh boy. This one. No episode can compare when it comes giving me mixed feelings. I won’t air the longer years-old grievances unless someone actually wants to hear them, but in my book, this is the iffiest finale. Let’s take a closer look.

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This week, it’s Pink Burton’s The Christmas Before Nightmare Night.

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One year ago today, I decided to share the cards I made of the Season 4 premiere. As such, this seems like the perfect time to provide a quick and easy way to access everything that's resulted since. The following is a hyperlinked rundown of every Friendship is Card Games blog, both those written and those yet to come. If you don't see something here, either I haven't gotten to it yet, or I've been a bit lazy in updating this particular blog. Feel free to yell at me about that if it isn't a

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Who’s a silly iTunes? You’re a silly iTunes!
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.
Leaking episodes and not getting the memos.
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.

Yeah, thanks to that mix-up, I was able watch yesterday’s episode as unanalytically as I ever can. I already had The Liveblog That Time Forgot waiting in the wings.

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To say I have an eventful day tomorrow is putting it mildly. Let's break it down:

8 AM: Friendship Games airs.
11:30 AM: New pony episode airs.
12 PM: Battle for Zendikar prerelease.
5 PM: Weekly gaming session I've been unable to attend for the past two weeks.
Update: 8 PM: Friendship Games airs.

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Come on, how could I pass up a blog title opportunity like that?

In any case, this week, it's the introduction of the almighty force of professionalism that is Ms. Harshwhinny. And, you know, some other stuff.

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In case you missed it, I have a contest going on! Sign up here.

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My apologies for the delay, everyone. Still, better late than never, and if I haven’t missed a Sunday for more than three years, I’m not starting now. Let’s get to it.

(Incidentally, I semi-seriously considered streaming this. Would anyone actually want to watch me read comics and cogitate? I can't guarantee it'd be all that interesting, but I'm not the best at gauging popular appeal.)

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If you were expecting “Keep Calm and Flutter On,” you’ll find it here. Instead, we’re once again focusing on Spike. And once again, overcompensation is the name of the game, because in the space of two episodes, he’s apparently gone from utterly servile to as self-serving as draconically possible.

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Ah, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. When a friend introduced me to the show, he described them as something of a Plot Tumor, and I can certainly see how those who watched Season 1 episodically would feel that way. We're introduced to this amazing world and six incredible mares… and then we have to sit through 22 minutes about a trio of yutzes who can't even tell what they're good at.

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One last reminder: Less than 48 hours to submit Villain Exchange Program entries!

In any case, with Season 8 in the books worldwide, we come back to IDW… for a week. Just so you all know, there’s a holiday special coming up next week with timing that would make Jack Skellington proud.

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Thanks to the magic of early airings, I have a hole in my schedule. One that’s just big enough for the first comics that demonstrated how Season 7 was the season of cross-media connectivity.

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This week, it’s Surr-yak Dragonclaw* against a rather svelte daughter of Atarka. Let’s see how this clash pans out.
* Yes, his shoulder pads are a bear’s face. One he punched to death. Surrak is basically a testosterone crystal that walks like a man.

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Going by that title, Sunburst and Starlight are twins who were separated at birth… and still lived next door to each other. Still, we only saw one mother and one father between the two of them.

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Huh. Out of all the things in Elementals of Harmony that might be confirmed, I never imagined it would be dragon molting.

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This week, we return to the Friends Forever comics, with two kinds of old relationship, one in-universe and the other from back in Season 1.

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Time to close out 2018 by finishing up the prequel comics for 2017’s pony movie. At this rate, I should catch up by June! You know, barring Season 9.

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This week, it’s all about dreams, both aspirations in the waking world and the hazy narratives of slumbering minds. Well, dreams and Tabitha St. Germain. Let’s begin.

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This week, we take a look at one of the most infamous cases of critical research failure to ever grace the comics. Also Fluttershy and Applejack’s vacation gets ruined by tourists and cryptids. Let’s get started.

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