Man up, own it.
 
I cried.

True… true.

@Spritejunkee  
Actually this would have made for a really nice two part hour long special, could have wrapped up the season really nice.

@Goobington  
Would have been been nice if it were maybe an hour long special.

It’s definitely a curious episode. Everything is intricately linked, and it relies heavily on emotion, so if you can’t get emotionally invested, the episode doesn’t really work. Really, it all hinges on whether or not you found Diamond Tiara’s character change to be believable.
 
I personally feel like there was enough there for a believable arc, even if things did happen a bit fast. But I completely understand if people find it rushed and/or not believable.

What a puss.

My face was all close to my computer screen and I couldn’t stop smiling and I kept saying “yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!”

@Eeveeinheat  
That’s only because of some of them hitting on a more personal level than others. The CMC one didn’t feel nearly as emotional to me as, say, “Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3” or “Equestria Games” did, but for me, they just take me out of my comfort zone due to a disturbing sense of familiarity.
 
Amending Fences felt less awkward to me, though. To me, it felt more like they just took a character and turned it into Hermit Twilight Sparkle, then built a whole episode around an obvious breakdown the character would have due to Twilight Sparkle being so adamant about “being friends”.

@ShimmeringStallion
 
@Keith Mowz
 
I didn’t think it was emotionally impactful at all. Only episode this season that I almost cried during was the one with Moon Dancer. Now that was emotional. I can barely watch it without feeling horrible.

@ShimmeringStallion  
Or peas

@Keith Mowz  
ur faec is flawed in hindsight >:(

@Keith Mowz
 
It’s the shit that pizza gives you: It’s a Pizza-shit.

@ShimmeringStallion  
Man its too bad the fact that its immensely emotionally impactful even just at the time counts for fuck-all apparently. If its flawed in hindsight? Meh 6/10 its a piece a shit.

@Eeveeinheat  
I feel like it’s a great example of the benefits of waiting to react. At the TIME, it’s emotional n’ all, but after a day to take everything in and sort it out, the episode turns out “better than average”.
 
To be honest, though, that’s remarkably good considering how some of the other episodes have been this season.

The Crusaders getting their marks: Wonderful! Much liquid pride was shed.
 
Diamond Tiara’s “redemption”: Utter bullshit! It’s as if they didn’t even try to make it believable in any way.

I actually did think it was eh. The music was good though. And the animation as well. The theme? Eh.

I was happy for them but wasn’t particularly enthused.

@Ping_chan  
Yeah, it’s definitely an episode you need to be ready for; there’s a lot to take in for a single episode. But I didn’t think it was rushed the second time.

I didn’t cry even a bit, but I did have the biggest, stupidest grin in the world plastered on the face the entire time.

…I’m not weeping, you have NO PROOF!

@Goobington  
This was the first pony episode that I actually watched several times during the weekend it aired.  
The first time I watched I was getting ready to head home from work and was so stupefied by what happened, because I didn’t see any of the spoilers to clue me in for what I was in store for, so Sunday I had to watch it over again several times to bring it all in.

@darkstar984
 
@Goobington  
When I saw this I literally cried

@Goobington  
Same, the first time I was still expecting an “it was all a dream” end then processing that it actually happened.

This actually ended up being my reaction the second time I watched it.

Totally