#mane7

Holy Celestia, and speaking of come backs, not only we had some old G3 ponies (Toola Roola and Cocunut Cream), but we finally see the Friendship Journal again! Last time we saw that was in ‘Twilight’s Kingdom - Part 1′.

BTW, how much time passed since that episode in the pony universe? I mean, judging by the state it was when Twilight showed it to Starlight at the very beginning, she either kept it in very poor conditions (in which case, shame on her) or a really lot of time passed between the end of Season 4 and (a little more than) the middle of Season 7.

Anyway, is it just me, or this whole episode seemed to be like some kind of social commentary on the actual state of the fandom? I mean, if you look on how the episode went on, it basically showed all the different kinds of groups and commentaries it goes on the net in the fandom (or in every fandom really): people disliking a character to its fullest, people liking a character to the point of idolizing it, people taking some episodes or things done by some character too much seriously, and so on.

Sure, the episode might also be seen as a sort of lesson about the fact that things that may have a meaning to someone may be completely misinterpreted by someone else or it can even have a totally different meaning to others, but I believe the social commentary theory is the closest to reality.

Quite frankly, I don’t know how to feel about this episode, maybe because even I happened to fall into some of those categories of people (or in this case, ponies) from time to time (overanalyzing things, not liking certain characters, looking at any little inconsistancy in the show....hell, I even pointed out the state the Friendship Journal was at the very beginning of this post ‘cause I wrote that part before watching the whole episode).

I believe, though, what we can all take from the episode, is that, no matter what, there’ll always be someone who will see the show and get the positve lessons it tries to  teach (in the case of the episode, with Toola Rooola and Cocunut Cream, which seemed to be the only ones to really appreciate the Friendship Journal and were positively inspired by it).

My Final Verdict: 7/10. The social commentary vibe the episode had might upset some people in the fandom, but, after a little thinking, I find it kinda clever, and that gives the episode what it needs to be better than a slightly over the average episode. Also, the song was really good, so that helped too.