Tomgrakk wrote:I just finished watching the episode in glorious 1080p.

I'll be honest, that was great. It may not have been the thrilling, action-packed, suspenseful climax everyone hoped for like A Canterlot Wedding, but I found it very entertaining and full of feels, and that's really the most it's trying to accomplish (Well, sell toys is another objective, but that's the extent of Hasbro's meddling). Just like some of the other 'weaker' episodes, people tend to over-analyze and make unfair comparisons and whatnot, which of course ruins their enjoyment of the show. A similar situation was when I saw the Silent Hill movie. I haven't really played through many of the games and I'm not as much of a puritan as some other fans, and I enjoyed it for what it was. The reason so many people hated it is because it wasn't faithful enough to the source material. Disregard the fact that it's based on a video game and it's a good film and story.

Back to the finale, I also think that Twilight's ascension to DAEMONHOOD - Uh, I mean alicornhood - didn't come out of nowhere and wasn't 'rushed', per se. There is a lot of indication that Celestia planned for Twilight to become the next Princess since before the series even started. The moment Twilight exploded at magic kindergarten and turned Spike into Gamera, Celestia knew she was destined to become royalty (Sun, moon, twilight... Get it?). She sent Twilight to Ponyville so she could learn the skills and abilities necessary to become a Princess, with these five other paragons of harmony. Also, Twilight defeated Nightmare Moon, an Ursa Minor, Discord, and helped to vanquish Chrysalis and Sombra. It's about time she got some kind of reward.

Destructoid wrote:Tomgrakk gives the best explanation! I might post a screencap of that to /r/mylittlepony later and reap that sweet, sweet karma. While I was watching it, something bothered me greatly. This WAS supposed to be the series finale, why it's in S3 rather than the hypothetical Equestria games finale is beyond me. I would have rather saw this as a two parter a year from now really. Still good though, I cryed liquid pride.

SFK363 wrote:What about my opinion? D:

Destructoid wrote:

SFK363 wrote:What about my opinion? D:

I thought it was well thought out, but dude, alicorn twiight toys. I bet Hasbro could get the older audience to buy more merch if they could just make show accurate toys/plushies or mini sculptures.

SFK363 wrote:I didn't like the speed of that episode much. As was posted on an image earlier, the plot was WAY too big to be fit into mere twenty minutes. I know there will be other parts, but come on, they're going into the fourth season? Won't be seeing that shit for a while. When I first became a brony, I always had more and more and more to watch, but now, it's come to a halt. A halt which puts the joy out of my mind. For what I have experienced, it's making me severely impatient by just having that put to a halt.

Rewatching episodes isn't fun either, because I know nearly every episode (at least from the second season) in mind. I just have so much boredom to count on. It's not fair to just have had plenty to watch, and then having to stand in the line with all other bronies. It's just not fun. Although, I should get more into fanfics and fanart etc...

Now that the main character, which I've always loved, has come through such a change... everything will be so different. But I'd like to see how it comes out.