Awesome, thanks :D

I'll watch it tomorrow, since it's just passing midnight now :p 

You have far more patience than I ever could. I made sure I woke up well before the livestream just to make sure that I could watch it as soon as possible. And then I watched it again when they replayed it. And again when the 480p stream came out. And now as soon as this video is 1080p, I'm watching it again.

For those of you who have watched the episode (not really spoilers but just in case):

I think I've fallen in love with This Day Aria (first song in second part). All of them are good, but I like that one the most. Whoever sang did an incredible job. Speaking of, does anyone know the voice actress for Cadance (and singer if they're different people)?

All three songs were functional, but not great. My favourite being the last one. Cadence's singer is amazing but the song had about 10s of melody repeated for 2 minutes so I can't like it outside of the show. The first two songs were more plot advancing, musical like (ex: Best Pet, Flim Flam) whereas I think he's better at pop song structure (WWU, Smile)

The song not being as good as WWU or Smile is the only negative I can think of. Characterisation and writing were admirably subtle, the awesome parts were awesome, and few words were wasted. Animation was the most detailed I have seen, I can't believe Flash can do that.

Major spoilers (seriously, don't read unless you've seen the episode. Really):

I think the second song is great. The Cadance/Chrysalis duet really made it for me. The others were enjoyable, but I didn't like them quite as much. I think that's because I really love villain songs in stuff like this (Be Prepared is my favourite from the Lion King, for example) and the second song fit in admirably as a villain-esque song; especially the reprise later on after the changelings have entered Canterlot. Also, I do love the Best Pet and Flim Flam brothers song and listen to them quite often, so that could explain why I love This Day Aria, even on its own.

My biggest problem was that the ending just sort of happened. The music during the Shining Armor/Cadance scene where her love brings his power back or whatever was incredible, but the scene itself just felt like it popped out of nowhere... and it was a pretty cliche way to defeat evil villain X (I am glad that the elements were not used, though). But really, I don't even mind it that much. The fight scene was totally epic (lol at Pinkie's Twigun), and I like Queen Chrysalis as a villain because she's just completely evil. Discord had a sort of humorous, chaotic evil while Nightmare Moon was eventually redeemed (as Luna), but Chrysalis is just flat out evil. And she looks cool (cue fanart!).

Also, Team Rocket's blasting off again!

Reminded me of a Disney film, great episode. Is this the first episode to have a fight scene? Twilight is solid, I didn't know she could shoot fireballs. Definitely the toughest from the mane 6 and Celestia proves how useless she is again! There was a nice shout out to the fans with them making DJ Pon-3's eyes red.

It's going to be a long wait until September. I'm already having withdrawal symptoms!

Two notes (both spoilers):

1 - I didn't like the called-in ending how everything just..works.

2 - I never would have thought the 6 would be fighters! That was like "Lolwat? I thought this was about love, not beating the hell out of enemies by using underhanded tactics and magic firebolts?"

Other than that, I actually really liked it1 I need to watch it a second time because I was playing skyrim at the time.

Obviously still spoilers:

Just for fun...

Edit: I also actually sort of liked Celestia being beaten. It makes more sense now why she wouldn't have done more with Discord and Nightmare Moon; she's not all powerful. That said, I'd like to see her kick some ass in a future episode to show why she's the ruler of Equestria.

This is what immediately came to mind when I saw that part.

Best episode ever! :DD

Glad I'm not the only one who saw Team Rocket when the changling minions were blasting off xD

I'm hoping by now everyone at this point in the thread has seen the finale. If not, don't look at this picture!

[seriously, turn back now if you haven't seen it yet]

[I'm not kidding]

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