[NO SPOILER, LEAK-FREE] Season 8 Discussion and Speculation: Discovery Family airings

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So with a week remaining until the new season starts, I thought it might be nice for those of us who are still waiting patiently to have a bit of fun and put aside some of the negative feelings the leaks (and people discussing them) have probably caused. So with that in mind, I plan to try to comment here over the next 7 days (starting today with season 1 and ending Friday with season 7) about a favorite moment, or scene, or episode, from each of the previous seasons. You are all welcome to join in, if you’d like, and share something you liked as well. If nothing else, I think it would just be a nice way to remind ourselves of some of the things that have kept us here or stuck with us on this long road.
 
So… season 1. I remember I didn’t believe at first that the new My Little Pony cartoon was actually good. I’d heard it mentioned in a few places I frequented online, but most of my recollection of any sort of show was still stuck back in previous generations, along with the idea that it wasn’t something I had ever really cared about. Yet the growing number of positive comments won out and I eventually started watching the episodes in February of 2011.
 
And as is typical of these kinds of stories, I found I really liked the show (obviously, as I’m still here).
 
A moment that sticks with me from season one is probably the episode that aired around the time I finally decided to give it a go, “Suited For Success”. Rarity had already become my favorite in the earlier episode “Look Before You Sleep” (we have similar attitudes on dirt), but the one focused on her efforts to make dresses for her friends based on what they wanted (despite her superior artistic vision) still endears her to me to this day. Needless to say, there is a lot that makes the episode one of my favorites, but I think what I remember most is a comment I saw in reaction to the episode. “In any other show”, that person commented, “Rarity would have been a villain.” And it struck me that they were right. So many other animated shows would have taken the girl who loves dresses and made her shallow and materialistic, an antagonist who cared only about clothes and shopping and other such things. That they didn’t here, but made her a generous individual who only wanted to make her friends look their best was a welcome change, and something I really felt set the series apart from others like it.
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So with a week remaining until the new season starts, I thought it might be nice for those of us who are still waiting patiently to have a bit of fun and put aside some of the negative feelings the leaks (and people discussing them) have probably caused.
 
Right said
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Certainly sounds familiar.
 
I think it’s safe to abandon all notion of Neigh being reasonable with that voice. **You don’t give that voice to a good guy.**
 
And no, Glimmer, it’s the change from standard operating procedure that you worry about.
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Did they get Vincent Price to voice the villain? I mean I know they have magic but I think reanimating the dead might be a bit much
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They’re gonna go the easy “Chancellor Naysay is  
a one-dimensional racist antagonist” route, aren’t they?
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I was hoping he would at least have valid reasons for not wanting the school to open, like the Mane Six not having any teaching experience, or the school violating zoning laws. You know, make his decision to close the school understandable.
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Everyone here are talking about the school and I’m here like how is the intro going to be? Is it gonna stay the same or is it going to be updated?
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Probably something that sounds legitimate. Like that they aren’t qualified. Or they might do the thing from Spice up Your Life, where Twilight tries to get things ready for a visit from him to soothe his doubts, but shenanagains happen when he shows up causing him to get the wrong impression.
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They’re gonna go the easy “Chancellor Naysay is
a one-dimensional racist antagonist” route, aren’t they?
I’m not really sure where you’re getting “racist” from. Overbearing bureaucrat, maybe, but as you may recall from the incident with the food critic, this isn’t the first time there’s been someone on the show with a particular penchant for how things should be done. Or the second, what with Prince Rutherford’s refusal to ask for help that one time because of “tradition”.
 
 
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He’s a bureaucratic (and also a guy) of course they are
Based on what, a 45 second clip and a few lines of dialogue? Also, is it really necessary to make the guy comment? The majority of guys on the show aren’t villains.
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This hiatus has gone by quicker than I realized. There are less than six days left until season eight now. I’ve managed to avoid most of the leaks and spoilers and would like to keep avoiding them if possible. I have watched the trailer for the new season though, and I have some mixed feelings about the premise of a friendship school.
 
I think the school is great for Twilight as she naturally fit the role of a teacher in Twilight Time and Testing Testing 1-2-3. It is a fitting destiny for her to be not just a princess but a teacher passing on her accumulated knowledge to others. However, despite her title as The Princess of Friendship, Twilight’s understanding of friendship is flawed. This was shown most clearly in The Hooffields and McColts where her impractically formulaic approach to solving a friendship problem failed because ponies are not rational creatures. Twilight did not learn from this experience and would have failed if not for Fluttershy.
 
How are the rest of the Mane Six going to be teachers when they have their own lives and responsibilities? Rarity has three stores to run, Fluttershy has her animal sanctuary, Applejack has her farm and family to take care of, Rainbow is a Wonderbolt, and Pinkie works at Sugarcube Corner. There simply is not time for them to teach classes as well. How does one teach a class on honesty or laughter anyway?
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