Season 7 Episode Discussion [Speculation, Discussion, Spoilers] (SPOILER YOUR LEAKS)

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I’m glad The perfect pear came before this. This episode is a total skip button for me, in terms of rewatching it.
 
I get it, but I don’t care for it, same stupid shit as the 100th episode. Y’all can have it if you like it, just, maybe don’t be so smug and smarmy about it, to some of you? think about it, you’re acting smug, right after an episode just got done showcasing the worst kinds of fans. Don’t you think you’re kinda missing the point here, especially at the end?
 
even if I don’t like the episode, I do agree that the mane 6 were excellent in this, through and through and all they conveyed was Perfect. No, Seriously, it was god damn perfection… it was like I was watching a S2 episode. and that’s part of the problem too, with the other characters being very reminiscent of S2.  
Not to mention, there’s a whole lot of things that don’t make sense. S1-2 journal, equals, story? How exactly does that work? are you telling me the ponies who read that, IN PART no less, not even in Full, thought that was a Fictional story?
 
 
in general, this whole episode just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.. I should be enjoying it, but it doesn’t feel right, it feels kinda, shit.. It’s like how it feels when two sides are fighting over here in the fandom.
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@Background Pony #87D3  
I guess, still this went way further than that.. that one felt like that was supposed to be it, but in this, they didn’t even try to conceal themselves. That reminds me, this is the 3rd episode specifically targeted at the older fans of the show.
 
@Wiimeiser  
@Background Pony #87D3  
oh wow.. I didn’t even think about that, but I was wondering how the book could be so worn out in such a short time.
 
That’s pretty cool.
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@toxicitzi
 
No, what I mean is, maybe the ponies were treating the cast like characters because the Journal outright has RD meeting Daring Do, who they know to be a fictional character. MAybe it was screwing with their ability to tell fact from fiction. XD
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@Philweasel  
Exactly. The episode wasn’t trying to say certain people are all shit, it’s saying certain behavior is shit.
 
Heck, if you look closely at the scene where the “adult collectors” come to get their books signed, they aren’t even really being portrayed in that bad of a light. Sure Twilight is disappointed because the message of her work isn’t being taken to heart, but beyond that they aren’t harassing anyone or being overly opinionated nerds like the other “bad fans” are.
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@Philweasel  
nah, I think the fillies were the part to greenlight this episode.
 
 
@Background Pony #87D3  
oh yeah, good point. I’ll give you that, still, would it have worked after this part?
 

 
and you also got the newly crowned alicorn telling them they’re real and those are their adventures. and the old lady must’ve read how she got her wings too?  
god damn old lady, she was the best character among them by far. :p
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@rdibp  
I liked Stranger than Fanfiction, it was the first episode I saw after last season’s mid season hiatus, and Rainbow Dash was pretty tolerable in it.
 
While I’m on the subject of opinions, the most recent episode was pretty good/alright.
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Starlight got pretty good development in the latest episode. Her trying to defend Rarity shows she actually does care about her friends.
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@Philweasel
Exactly. The episode wasn’t trying to say certain people are all shit, it’s saying certain behavior is shit.
 
This. This isn’t exclusive to so-called “meta” episodes either. It applies to loads of episodes that have characters behave in an undesirable way and end with “See this character’s behavior? Avoid that.”  
Applebuck Season: Are you so prideful you can’t accept help? Stop doing that.  
Bridle Gossip: Do you judge people by their appearance? Don’t.  
A Bird in the Hoof: Do you jump to conclusions instead of asking? Cut it out.
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