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Princess Celestia, have you been using the rainbow hair dye again?

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Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
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@LanceOmikron
It was supposed to be the “show’s over: happy end!” moment. However, it aired (slightly under) ⅓ through the show’s entire run.
There was more than one episode in Season 4 where Twilight comments that she’s equally clueless as the writers as to what to do differently now that she’s a princess.
LanceOmikron
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I still regard MMC as the worst episode of the show, though ironically not at all because of Twilicorn
I’m not sure if I’d put it at the very bottom of the whole show, but certainly was a weak season closing. Again, Twilicorn was the least offensive thing about it.
The reason I commonly cite it as the worst is because it was supposed to be a very big moment. A pivotal, important, and transformative event for Twilight. And literally none of it was explained. Not in that episode, and not in later episodes. First half of the episode was an uninspired rehash of Return of Harmony Part 2, and the second half of the episode was complete and utter gibberish. It’s almost as if the writers were saying “stuff is happening! Don’t worry about how or why, it just is!”. It was insulting.
Now, I know it’s a fact that there was some level of production trouble related to that episode that was out of the writers’ control to some degree. But in the end, I can only review the episode we ultimately got.
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Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
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Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice

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the art style change for the G5 YouTube series, and mention that it’s controversial, it’s nowhere near as controversial as Twilicorn or EQG were.
Are people genuinely less heated over it or is it simply that the fandom is smaller now and the mass of people to create drama on the magnitude of EqG and Twilicorn no longer exists in one place?
Personally, I lean toward the genuinely cooled off side. It’s largely of “this sucks, let’s hope the real show is good” rather than flame wars about it being urined 6ever (misspelling intentional).
I still regard MMC as the worst episode of the show, though ironically not at all because of Twilicorn
I’m not sure if I’d put it at the very bottom of the whole show, but certainly was a weak season closing. Again, Twilicorn was the least offensive thing about it.
LanceOmikron
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Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

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@Ebalosus
The eras of the fandom, coinciding with the seasons of the show, all had distinctive flavors to them. From what I was seeing in the aftermath of S1, it was very much about discovering this cool new thing and seeing what could be done with it. That was the era where Luna was the most widely-theorized character.
Then S2 happened, and things exploded. Personally I actually would call the Season 2 era the golden age of pony, since that’s when the fandom was at its height, a lot of beloved and fondly-remembered elements were introduced in S2 (and Derpy talked), many extremely well-regarded fan works came out, and the convention scene went into full swing. At that point, it was utterly clear that all of this was here to stay. Not all of it was sunshine and rainbows (Mare-Do-Well, Derpygate), but it was such a great time to be a brony.
Then of course things got a bit dicey in S3. Nobody was quite sure what to think about Twilicorn (and I still regard MMC as the worst episode of the show, though ironically not at all because of Twilicorn), and EqG was EqG. But we persevered, things evened out, and we had many good years of all things pony to look forward to. What an incredible ride. ^_^
Ebalosus
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I jumped on in the interim between S1 and S2.
Ditto, and while like you, I can’t claim to have been on board since the very beginning, it’s damn near close. Close enough to break the rose-tinted views of “the golden age” that a lot of our peers imbue. That’s not to say that those days were bad; far from it, since we’re still here, but that we know what happened and how it actually shook out. It’s why I can look at say, the art style change for the G5 YouTube series, and mention that it’s controversial, it’s nowhere near as controversial as Twilicorn or EQG were.
LanceOmikron
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Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
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@Ebalosus
Same here. This is perhaps the only really long-running show and fandom that I’ve been involved with since the beginning. Well, more or less. I jumped on in the interim between S1 and S2.
I’ve seen our understanding of Equestria and its characters expand with each successive season. Witnessed wonderful fan works come into existence at every era of the show, all with their own unique flavor. I heard Derpy speak her first words. So many fantastic memories.
G4 may have given way to G5, and we’ll see how that turns out, but we’ll all keep G4 going in our own way. ^_^
Ebalosus
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What boggles my mind is that I’ve been active in this fandom for over a decade now. Forget the show lasting as long as it ended up lasting, the fact that I’m still engaging with fans of it on a major hub (no pun intended) of fan activity is what shocks me.