Oh boy. This one. No episode can compare when it comes giving me mixed feelings. I won’t air the longer years-old grievances unless someone actually wants to hear them, but in my book, this is the iffiest finale. Let’s take a closer look.

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This week, it’s Pink Burton’s The Christmas Before Nightmare Night.

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One year ago today, I decided to share the cards I made of the Season 4 premiere. As such, this seems like the perfect time to provide a quick and easy way to access everything that's resulted since. The following is a hyperlinked rundown of every Friendship is Card Games blog, both those written and those yet to come. If you don't see something here, either I haven't gotten to it yet, or I've been a bit lazy in updating this particular blog. Feel free to yell at me about that if it isn't a

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The rain hissed down like a nest of snakes, a good match for this city. The only ponies you can trust here are the ones who’ve helped you fire rainbow friendship lasers, and Celestia knows those are few and far between. This is a dirty city, and there’s a mare here who has a thing about cleanliness. She’s trouble, but all dames are. Let’s investigate.

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It’s my 100,000,000th blog post! … in base 2. But this episode is still rather special to me. It isn’t just the one that gave us Cakelestia and proof that Equestria has no libel laws. It’s also the source of one of my first attempts at a non-crossover story. Let’s open up this issue.

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The references. Good God, the references. Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle... Is it any wonder I've cast Pinkie as Discord's mother?

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To paraphrase W. C. Fields (possibly,) never work with dragons or children. And when the dragon is a child…

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We return to the comics with a bang. Indeed, it’s the bang I was hoping to end the pre-Season 8 blogs on, but the timing didn’t pan out. In any case, the local answer to Sheogorath seems to be having a problem with his Jyggalag. Let’s see how that pans out.

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And we’re back to the comics, just in time for two tales of earth pony siblings. Let’s see what family matters will blossom in these full houses.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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This week we usher in the new year by returning to one of the more controversial official stories of the last one. Let’s see just how much of the Cosmos arc is worth the foofaraw.

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This week, we return to the main comics for a post-Cosmos breather.

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When I first watched this episode, as the credits ran, I found myself confused. It took me a moment to figure out why: I didn't like it. It's a plot that hinges on a lack of communication, Twilight making unfounded assumptions about someone she's known for his entire life, and tearing down established characters to make the new guy look good.

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Okay, back to this one now that the next issue has come out. Hopefully I can avoid this sort of thing in the future… though given that this turned out to be a five-part storyline once all was said and done, I can’t guarantee that. I’d say I wish I could, but, well…

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This week, Applejack tries to run a convention, and manages to run it into her house.

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I’ve noticed an interesting pattern. My least favorite episodes of each season alternate between ones that feature Spike and ones featuring Rainbow Dash.

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Wow. This was a doozy. Let’s throw up the page break to minimize spoilers beyond that.

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Less than twenty-four hours left in the Imposing Sovereigns contest. If your story is still in the submission queue by the time midnight rolls around, send me a PM or post a link on the contest blog.

Moving on to this week’s comic, this one presents an interesting situation: I’m actually not too familiar with this storyline beyond a certain point. More genuine first impressions than usual incoming.

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This week is all about leaders, underlings, and two very different management styles. Let's compare and contrast.

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This week, we’re looking at the cheesiest fruit you’ve ever tasted. Let’s see if this comic-form B-movie gets an A or an F.

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Welcome to the sixth interseasonal hiatus, ladies and gentlemen. For those of you joining me since the second half of Season 6, I’ve long since run through the backlog of past pony episodes (easily findable through the archive here,) so I’m making my way through the comics. This week, it’s side comics, with Rainbow Dash’s micro-series issue and the CMC/Discord team-up. Let’s take a look.

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