The Third Sunset Shimmer Contest by Oroboro, analysed to figure out why those stories managed to hook me.

Disclaimer: Never seen a single episode from the show, completely fresh perspective without the masses of context that everyone else on this site has.

5. Small, Insignificant Things
4. Arrhythmia
3. WORLD IS IN DANGER. DON'T TALK TO ME.
2. A Letter to My Lover, and One for Myself
1. Zealots of Canterlot