This season’s premiere, School Daze, opens with a brief follow up on the aftermath of the events of The My Little Pony Movie. Squeezed into this barrage of exposition is a magnificent little moment so brief and so subtle that if you blink, you just might miss it.
I was taking an Internet quiz a few minutes ago, and one of the questions leapt out at me, and lead me to a pony-related epiphany. (I hope you’ll bear with me as I explain how I got there).
The quiz asked:
As some of you may already know, last week was Rainbow Dash’s birthiversary - a combination celebration of her birthday and the anniversary of the day that she first moved to Ponyville. At the time that Pinkie Pride aired, this seemed like a quirky little thing - a way to express to children that her birthday was super double special.
I had to run a midnight errand just now, so I threw on my unicorn hoodie and headed down the block to my local convenience store / bodega. When I got there, the guy ahead of me on line looked at me funny. Obviously, he was unaccustomed to interacting with unicorns.
Season Seven will likely be remembered for its finale, and how it tied together storylines spanning many seasons, (not to mention its tie-in to the comic books). It also had some pretty phenomenal landmark episodes like A Perfect Pear, and Royal Problems - beautiful stories that tackled subjects we have all been waiting to see explored for a very, very long time.
I’m trying to start a new holiday tradition.
1. Buy a box of cookies.
2. Bring it to a random business that’s open that really shouldn’t be.
3. Give it to whomever is stuck behind the counter.
The holidays can be a lonely time, especially for people who are kept from their families. A random act of kindness has the power to go a long way.
- Sprocket
I had never given fanfiction much thought before I was on the brony scene, and what thoughts I could spare on the subject were typically not very kind.
