Crimson "Valent" Azure 
Husband of Rainbow Dash.
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I've warmed up to S9 over the years when things like Pony Life and parts of G5 exist.
Don't get me wrong, Discord's reason for "testing Twilight" by almost dooming Equestria thanks to releasing the Legion of Doom still makes no Celestiadamn sense, but at least the rest of the season was alright? Right?!
With a few duds, S9 was alright. Maybe not the best showing, but it's far from the worst. The LOD episode in particular felt genuine as did Common Ground.
2 4 6 Greaaat while it does have it's problems (I blame Twilight for being a Trickster to Rainbow making her THINK she's gonna coach the buckball team then say "LOL nope you're coaching the cheer squad!") It feels like it was intended to be a Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy episode retooled into a Dash episode because RD didn't have enough episodes over the season compared to the others. Also why was Silverstream not on the squad? Smolder, Ocellus and Yona are good choices but the episode made me want more. Maybe even one of the boys too breaking the stereotype that cheerleaders gotta be female?
The Student Six just didn't have enough development compared to the Mane 6, Spike and Glimglam, all of whom had more than two seasons to grow. So I felt an unintentional apathy towards them.
And while She Talks To Angel WAS a Zecora episode I feel like it was also the episode Angel Bunny needed for us to finally see him as not a jackass though there were episodes like that before none of them focused on him.
So in a sense while Season 1 and 2 had some better episodes in some cases (with Hurricane Fluttershy being THE best Rainbow Dash has ever been) I admit S9 was pretty good.
tl;dr Season 9 was good but could have been even better.
I've warmed up to S9 over the years when things like Pony Life and parts of G5 exist.
Don't get me wrong, Discord's reason for "testing Twilight" by almost dooming Equestria thanks to releasing the Legion of Doom still makes no Celestiadamn sense, but at least the rest of the season was alright? Right?!
With a few duds, S9 was alright. Maybe not the best showing, but it's far from the worst. The LOD episode in particular felt genuine as did Common Ground.
2 4 6 Greaaat while it does have it's problems (I blame Twilight for being a Trickster to Rainbow making her THINK she's gonna coach the buckball team then say "LOL nope you're coaching the cheer squad!") It feels like it was intended to be a Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy episode retooled into a Dash episode because RD didn't have enough episodes over the season compared to the others. Also why was Silverstream not on the squad? Smolder, Ocellus and Yona are good choices but the episode made me want more. Maybe even one of the boys too breaking the stereotype that cheerleaders gotta be female?
The Student Six just didn't have enough development compared to the Mane 6, Spike and Glimglam, all of whom had more than two seasons to grow. So I felt an unintentional apathy towards them.
And while She Talks To Angel WAS a Zecora episode I feel like it was also the episode Angel Bunny needed for us to finally see him as not a jackass though there were episodes like that before none of them focused on him.
So in a sense while Season 1 and 2 had some better episodes in some cases (with Hurricane Fluttershy being THE best Rainbow Dash has ever been) I admit S9 was pretty good.
tl;dr Season 9 was good but could have been even better.