Okay, did LJ just get rid of the old style update? D: I think it may be time to call it quits on this site. I do have a Dreamwidth, untouched.
Okay, so, Games Ponies Play? Not bad, not great, just weird, like a lot of other Polsky eps. As for the finale, well... I'm actually coming into it with no expectations (I think). No knowledge whatsoever, actually, since I've avoided ALL SPOILERS at least related to clips of the episode. I know what happens at the end (known in the fandom for a good month now) and what the episode's big thing otherwise is (spoiled by commercials; also saw an image this morning that shows the extent of the changes being made).
LET'S DO THIS
OH WAIT LET'S COMPLAIN ABOUT MISS AMERICA FIRST BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT HER :| At least she's not the ugly bitch from last year's thing.
OHJ SHIT STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC :D
the fuck it is Twilight
YES MAYOR HI
HI MR SOJAQUILL :D:D:D
OMG HE TALED
WTF U DONG TWILIGHT
HOLY SHIT HORTE STAHP
lol water
lol Twilight u jinxed it
LPS gets more toys and this one is CREEPY AS SHIT @_@
Wait, this is once again a toy for boys being advertised during MLP. Not sure what to make of that.
Nobody wants to celebrate a new season of Strawberry Shortcake.
"A BOY???" XD
hi tootsie flute
wtf Dr. Whooves had the wrong cutie mark too <.<
oh yeah :D
holy butts dem animals
OMG SINGING :D
lol Gummy
holy shit this brings up lots of cutie mark stuff from season 1
HI VINYL SCRATCH :D
HOLY SHIT SPIKE GANGNAMED :D
omg PINKIE HAS AN ACCENT
lol AJ
she should be out looking for gems, not making dresses
this is amazing
twilight does bnot want to be Applejack
yay trotting in place :D it is my scrunchy face, as fandom reactions go
70-horu bubble bath lol
OH SHIT AM I ABOUT TO GET CANON SCREWED D:
whoa wtf was that
whoa! @_@ they're linked to the Elements
also, Elements are in the library?
CONTINUITY!
SO MUCH CONTUINITY
they're not... who they are... (name that reference!)
OMG MORE SONGS? @_@
holy shit dat scene
fuck yes it's the musical episode I've been dreaming of :D
wet mane lol
here we go round the Rainbow Dash
it's funny how this is also affecting the lives of everyone else in Ponyville
NOW YOU FUCKED UP (onii-chaaan~)
holy shit Miss America stop talking
nooo Pinkie don't encourage Miss America D:
fuck you, Haribo, y u no make Brixxx anymore ;_;
wtf, that was like three fucking commercial break-- oh, nvm
holy shit-- oh, thought that was gonna be another song
dat s1 vectoring
wtf u dong Twilight
BIG CROWN THIGNY GO
hi bonbon lol
Fluttershy moving back to Cloudsdale :D
lol
I LAUGHED FLUTTERSHY
this is a good lan, Twilight
lol omg
the owl! :D
"sure, why not"
wtf is the bear eating c.c
hi angel
BEAR HUG lmao XD
hoho this is cool
DETTINYYY
that was weird c.c
time for song yay :D
omg this song
lol no one cares RD
ooh she still has the same CM
but her destiny isn't cloud kicking wtf
man, Rainbow getting so many songs, this is awesome
but >gems!
"Oh my! My butt!"
lol
holy shit Rarity maring up there :D
lol no one noticed that Pinkie was there with all the Apples
>PEOPLE WTF THERE ARE NO PEOPLE
holy shit almost a reprise of a song from s2
holy shit this song omg
ahh, and that's where that pose comes from
>sparkle
DOT
glowin' shit
oh, they don't even mean to do it, it just happens? O.o
Twilight gives in to her fate
lol they killed her XD THAT IS THE BEST THING
oh my god these interstitials are killing me
also fucking LJ's thing is slowing the fuck down right here
I fuckin' love these light-up pillows.
huh, what's this commercial <.< ohh! the most interesting ponies? I haven't seen this before! :D YAY!
oh shit son there goes my TwiLuna songfic
hi Celestia way to show up
"You made it ot the final level!"
oh hello book
SHIT FUCK YOU CANON FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCKOU
ready for series recaps, of course!
OH MY GOD CELESTIA IS SINGING :D:D:D
oh my god I am crying right now this is beautiful ;_;
wow, Celestia in that Luna pose
holy shit here we go
so it IS just Celestia doing it kind of
so Twilight Sparkle Loses Her Wings is now more canon than Epic Unicorn History
FUCK YEAH BITCHES HWERE WE GO
CRY BRONIES CRY
Rainbow is excited :D
OMG SHE SAID ALICORN
WE ALL KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE
lol Pinkie
why is she a princess
lmao Pinkie that was incredible
Twilight, it's not like this is something you've wanted forever or anything
what are these, the level +1 elements or something?
wtf Celestia don't do that
omg guys stahp
Being a Princess for Eggheads
OH SHIT HUB DON'T YOU DARE FUCK UP NOW YOU SHITHEAD GODDAMMIT
OH MY SHIT I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN
hi luna you exist
dem dresses :O
hi Twilight's parents
dem Fluttershy recolors
okay, this song sucks; the rest were great
new cornw thingy
Twilight is shortest princess (TSLHW was wrong about that!)
"Hi. :B"
a little while ago? that was 3 years, mofugga!
holy shit talk to the crowd they can't hear you for shit
okay, this is slightly lame
that was a crystal pony I think
omg hi Shining Armor
>liquid pride THERE'S OUR NEW CATCHPHRASE
TIME FOR AN ORGY
AND ONE MORE SONG :D
oh, a rprise! good!
whoa, not credits music! :O
OKAY< SHUT UP MiSS AMERICA
All right. It happened. It's official. It was really fucking epic. I'm going to have to watch this a few more times before I can really decide on how I feel about it, I think. I can say that the episode was good, and that everything after Twilight appearing back in Ponyville was pretty much lame. the issue is that you've got this big, momentous occasion that no one really cares about. It's sort of the same problem that we had at the end of Crystal Kingdom; it's all about inordinately congratulating Twilight on a job well done. That, and I think this could have been a double-length ep, though I won't begrudge the song montages, because hot damn were those songs good! So for now, a tentative "best episode" ranking. I'm going to marathon the series sometime soonish and do a full writeup like I did last year, and we'll see where things stand then.
Magic Duel
Magical Mystery Cure
Apple Family Reunion
Keep Calm and Flutter On
Sleepless in Ponyville
Games Ponies Play
One Bad Apple
Just for Sidekicks
Too Many Pinkie Pies
Wonderbolts Academy
Spike at Your Service
The Crystal Kingdom
Songs:
I've Got to Find a Way
Celestia's Ballad
Morning in Ponyville/Life in Equestria
Raise This Barn
Babs Seed
What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me
The Crystal Faire
A True, True Friend
Failure/Success Song
Behold, Princess Twilight Sparkle