Once you start to think about it, it's actually really really sad.
SpoilersSo I actually really really REALLY liked these episodes apart from
the ending. It's always gotta turn into a toy commercial. The princesses' song was really good though (I like how they sang a whole song that boiled down to lol chill the fuck out), and even the generic pop-y song they like to do at the end of these things wasn't too terrible this time around. And now, I shall copy paste a bunch of things I wrote elsewhere about this episode.
Like okay there's a giant crystal tree castle in the middle of ponyville now. If you thought Twilight being an alicorn in ponyville was out of place, WELL...
Also Discord getting properly reformed was cool. Tirek was alright. Not the best villain, but served his purpose of being a big bad. Like, Chrysalis level without all the character building potential.
Also also BUY THE NEW PRINCESS TWILIGHT CRYSTAL CASTLE AND THE NEW RAINBOW POWER PONY DOLLS can we talk about how the not-horse horses and the horse horses now both have super saiyan forms?Like, the finale was really cool and the writing was pretty nice until TASTE THE RAINBOW fixing everything. The princesses' song was nice though. That's probably the high point for me. Overall? The ending left a funky taste in my mouth but everything else was pretty dang good.Rest in peace treebrary we knew ye well now make room for PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE'S MAGICAL CRYSTAL RAINBOW POWER TREE CASTLE NOW ONLY $29.99 EXCLUSIVELY AT TARGET I wouldn't be so upset if it didn't come out of nowhere, seem entirely unneeded, and be a giant out of place eyesore.
It also just furthers the gap between Twilight and others. Rarity has her boutique, Fluttershy has her cottage, Pinkie has sugarcube corner, Applejack has the farm, Rainbow Dash has her cloud house, and Twilight has the massive crystal tree castle the towers over ponyville.
But hey, they each get their own throne.I just thought of something.
Where does the character of Twilight Sparkle go from here? She realized the magic of friendship, overcame however many challenges, and learned what it truly means to be a princess. Like, she was pretty certain in knowing what she's doing as a princess now. Well, until Celestia and Luna have to become the sun and moon for reasons, leaving Twilight in charge. That's like, series ending movie level though.
It not like there won't be things to write about though. There are still adventures to be had but, Twilight just sorta seems to be... done. She has her friends, she has her castle, and she knows she needs to crusade across Equestria in the name of friendship. Character wise, what happens now?Ugh can I talk about Princess Twilight Sparkle's Magic Rainbow Power Crystal Castle again? It's just, like, why? Well, I KNOW why, but WHY? The same goal could have been achieved if the castle of the two sisters was just fixed up by the box. It would make more sense since the tree is right under it, and that way there wouldn't be a GIANT CASTLE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TINY QUAINT HORSE VILLAGE. But nah, gotta sell the new playset. If it's not a Canterlot Wedding Castle, or a Crystal Empire Castle, it's a Rainbow Power Tree Castle.I am very passionate about my small horses.
In other news,
rumor has it that an EQG spin-off cartoon is going to be revealed at SDCC. That's a thing.In other other news, I don't typically like spreading this around but I run a twitter account where I
pretend to be a small horse. People seem to like it.
EDIT: WAIT
The three princesses thought of everything!
...except changing their TOTALLY OBVIOUS STAINED GLASS PORTRAITS