Today is (or was, if you're reading this) the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer. I guess it makes sense to make this the time to post the second part of my review of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, considering the ponies themselves mark the occasion in the episode with a "Summer Sun Celebration." The first part of my review is here.

Friendship is Magic: Part 2 (Character and Plot Overview)

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I fiddled around with General Zio's 'Pony Creator' to make a fairly accurate pony doppelganger. If I were a resident of Equestria, it's safe to say I'd be a frequent visitor to Ponyville's Library and a close friend of Twilight Sparkle. And, yes, I do have Derpy's cutie mark...

Previously I took an all-too-brief look at how Aristotle handled friendship (which I might expand upon later). As an interesting comparison (and to continue the focus on virtue ethics), I thought I’d start looking at the first three episodes of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in order to see how much of an influence the Philosopher might or might not had on producer Lauren Faust’s views on the virtue of friendship. [Yes, I probably am the only Aristotelian brony in

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