Hmmm… I'm starting to get a feel for the common thread linking the "Rainbow Power/Harmony Box Key" episodes; that there must be moderation even in applying the elements (note the lower case "e") of Harmony. Look at what we've seen so far:

• Rarity—one can generous to a fault.
• Pinkie Pie—laughter can blind one to sadness.
• Rainbow Dash—loyalties can be divided.
• Fluttershy—sometimes one must be cruel to be kind.

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As much as I'd like to have seen Twilight Sparkle's mother, Twilight Velvet, canonized as the author of the "Daring Do" novels, I'm kind of glad she wasn't. That way lay the danger of Twilight's family becoming a Mary Sue. Think about it:

• Twilight Sparkle, formerly the personal protégée of Princess Celestia and now newly crowned alicorn princess of Equestria.
• Shining Armor, formerly(?) Captain of the Royal Guard, now Prince of the Crystal Empire due to his wedding to…

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Well—that was interesting. We learned a few things:

1. Twilight's cutie mark hasn't changed. It remains unclear if the additional star in it found throughout "Magical Mystery Cure" (in Twilight's eyes, the sky over Ponyville, the banners at her coronation) was a huge animation error, a foreshadowing of things yet to come, or something never to be mentioned again.

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I'm not going to review "Magical Mystery Cure" since that's been done to death already. What I'm interested in are the plot threads the episode left dangling and foreshadowing for Season 4!

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