No preambles this time: let's get back to it!

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Sorry guys, but there's no way I'm waiting several weeks to say anything about a new episode. My guideline is "first official showing", and if that means Treehouse, so be it. I will use page breaks more than usual, though. Anyway, today's episode was a pretty typical G. M. Berrow story: not exactly deep, but cute and with some fun guest characters. I'm obviously biased when there's a Fluttershy episode, but there wasn't a great deal of depth here. So, yet another ★★★ ep.

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Hey, everyone. So, in one of my crazy theories posts, I noted that a lot of episodes in the last season seem to be dedicated to parenting or at least can be interpreted as such. So, I've made a list of what I like to call the parenting episodes and the messages of each one. I've included at least one message for kids and one message for other parents. Granted, not every message is going to fit each episode perfectly, but I tried. So without further ado, here's "Parenting According to

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In the season opener of Season 7 Twilight is going nuts thinking about all the bad things that could happen if starlight gose out on her own then comes to the conclusion that its not a bad thing for starlight to go out on her own which is understandable...

and then shes staying anyway. so twilight just went threw all that worrying and growth only to go two steps back.

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Yeah, I'm late with this. I'm late with everything just now. Anyway: a step up from last week, mostly due to the fantastic Starlight/Trixie snarkfest. We didn't really need anything else. We got Thorax, who seems to have put a few of Ember's lessons into practice. We also got Pharynx, who was fairly fun. But apparently bullying is good. Hmm. With just the ponies arguing, this could have been a four. ★★★

I've actually seen the finale already, but my schedule hasn't got back to normal yet, so... this wasn't bad by episode 24 standards. Made me feel outright sorry for Starlight in a way I don't think I had before. Still don't find Sunburst that interesting, though. ★★★

I was a bit underwhelmed with this week's episode. For a start, it was really three short specials stuck together with a rather weak camping story. I didn't find the legends that interesting either, a little surprisingly as I've generally enjoyed the comics they tie in with. Also, while I loved the clear affection Rainbow showed towards Scootaloo, I didn't like the way Scoots herself reacted. ★★

Celestial Advice:

Not a whole lot happens, aside from Twilight not sending Starlight away. It was also pretty cool seeing some development from Celestia of all ponies. Overall it was a very good episode. 8/10 Very Good

All Bottled Up:

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Yeah, I know, I'm late. In brief: this was a good episode. Fluttershy was great, Twilight was generally reasonable, Zecora was back, the swamp fever stuff was surprisingly dark, things worked out in the end. I'll be watching this one again. ★★★★

... And that's all you'll get out of me on the subject.

... I wonder how Season 8's gonna open?

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HOW CUTE :3 HOW CUTE :3

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That was... well, it passed the time, I guess. I liked it more than "Party Pooped", but that's not saying much. I'm just not a big fan of the yaks, and this didn't really make me change my mind. Besides, it was basically "Appleyak Season", but without even a quick callback -- despite the relevant pony being in the episode. I suspect my opinion of this one may be harmed by the fact that it came after the brilliance of episode 10, but I don't think I'm ever going to love

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My review/recap blog for the season finale won't go up until Sunday after the encore airing. I'm going to watch it tomorrow (I'm pretty sure I am, anyway), but tomorrow also happens to be my birthday, and it's very likely that immediately after the finale airs, I'll be tied up in birthday stuff for the remainder of the day.

But hey, exciting season finale on my birthday, that's a great way to start the big 4-0!

Not bad at all. Another new writer, and this one did a solid job. It felt a bit like an episode from five years ago, but that's not really a complaint. Applejack finally being told something I've always wanted to see her have to deal with was funny, and I almost feel like adding a star just for AJ's "literally" correction, but I'll resist the temptation. Better than episode 8, albeit not quite as good as episode 7. Also, Rarity's rocking out might

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Warning: Spoilers...

You have been warned.

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Look, I don't care, all right? I'll fret about how the Pillars might change the show's dynamics later. Right now, I just have a warm fuzzy glow from seeing the Mane Six use the Elements again. Everything else is secondary. I'm so happy. ★★★★★

Seriously, you need to watch this. It's the sort of thing The Hub might have produced.

This episode seemed to go on forever, and not in a good way. The pace felt like "Fluttershy Leans In", but without Fluttershy. My least favourite ep of S7 so far. Sorry, Fox brothers -- you still don't have the best record with me. ★★

More under the cut.

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Given that I'm in the unique position of having almost an entire season ahead of me that I haven't watched, I thought it would be funny to look at the titles of the episodes, and try to extrapolate an entire premise from just that. Let's see how painful the result turns out, shall we? It'll be funny to see how off the mark I am once I see the actual episodes.

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Best season 7 episode so far! This one could very well end up being my favorite episode of the season. If not, it’ll probably end up somewhere in the top five.

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