GlitterCat

Gallus is my favorite of the student 6. I liked himever since he used puppy dog eyes on Grandpa Gruff. (It's super effective). His background is the saddest but it's great he's made genuine friends. I loved seeing him help Silverstream with her fears.

Is everything shipping with you? By your logic flutterdash and pinkietwi were also shipped since they got each other. Anyway I liked this special. Pistachio was a real cutie and the winterchilla may be my favorite fantasy creature. I also liked the reindeer and the songs. It was cute seeing scootaloo pull sweetie belle on the sled and I love that the pies and apples still celebrate together and grand pear is included as well as mudbriar and sugar belle.

I voted for King Sombra because in his backstory he enslaved the whole crystal empire plus he had a really cool design. I really hope he shows up again in s9 I think there was a rumor he would.

A real good episode. Catchy song, relatable problems, a guest star who wasn't a jerk, good friendship moments for starlight and Trixie. I liked all the callbacks on the travel montage. The wagon meant a lot to Trixie so I am glad she got it back and ultimately her friendship with starlight stayed strong. It was also good to see Trixie perform without hecklers, she's really improved her stage magic.

I have alot of love for sunshine and 64 but sunshine slightly beats it.

I don't think romance between the mane 6 and spike will ever happen. The closest we will get to Canon ships are side characters like cadence and shining armor or big Mac and sugar Belle.

I honestly felt bad for Starlight and the students, Discord was a major jerk. The highlight was Trixie as substitute teacher. I wish we could have seen Spitfire teaching her class. Wonder how she became friends with Starlight, we saw how Trixie and Maud bonded with Starlight, but the choice of Spitfire was unusual. (Also doesn't Spitfire have the Wonderbolts Academy to run?)

We finally got a character confirmed to be an orphan on show (not comics or other tie-ins) and it isn't Scootaloo. I felt really bad for Gallus having no family or positive traditions. So I was really happy his friends chose to stay with him and cheer him up rather than go back home for the holidays. I really liked how Twilight handled the prank: firm, but kind. I liked how she initially had everyone close their eyes so the guilty student would not feel judged by his/her classmates and could confess in anonymity. It didn't work, but what did work was even better. Gallus felt bad on his own when he saw how suspicion was dividing his friends. He never wanted anyone to yell or accuse one another, he was just a lonely kid who wanted to spend a little more time with his friends.

Yoshi's Story, Pokemon Snap (I could get max points for Mew by hitting it with apples repeatedly until I got close enough to snap a pic at max size and centered for double points) Smash Bros., and Super Mario 64. Honorable mentions Pokemon Stadium 2, Starfox 64, and Mario Kart 64.

My least favorite book was OOTP. I was a fan of Percy Weasley (I still feel like he had a good reason to leave his family, they bullied him constantly and things like dragon dung in the mail or being shut in a pyramid went beyond friendly teasing.) I got bullied for liking Percy though by kids who kept saying he was a Slytheirn on the inside and I was a Slytherin too. By the time the final book came out, I'd moved to a new state and didn't tell anyone I even read the books so the insults wouldn't happen again.

I'm afraid I didn't like this one. I wasn't a fan of the discorded Mane 6 earlier so seeing similar dopplegangers did nothing for me. I didn't like how easily they feel for the phonys and some of their issues still weren't resolved by the story's end (Fluttershy and the animals who feared and were angry with her.) Plus, I think the 'deaths' of the clones was a little too creepy for the target audience. I did like Chrysalis' "shutter bug" disguise, it was probably my favorite part of the episode but sadly the rest didn't click with me. I have enjoyed most of this season so I'm okay with there being an episode that just wasn't for me.

Pinkie's Lament. i love how it goes from a sad song to triumphant as Pinkie remembers the happy feelings her parties created. I also love Out On My Own because it's Apple Bloom's solo and she's still my favorite character. But there are many great ones like Winter Wrap Up and Find A Pet. It's honestly hard to chose a fave!

I'm guessing that Twi took things extra seriously because she is new to being a principal and really wants all her students to do well. When Cozy Glow got all those wrong answers Twilight knew something was up. Basically she had two options: blame the CMC (who had been trying desperate measures to get into the school) or blame Cozy Glow (who as far as Twilight knew had no reason to lie or scheme.) Twilight was wrong but at least she owned up to it and the CMC got to be official tutors which is just up their alley. I really liked this episode even if Twilight did blow her stack. It might have been nice if she'd officially apologized but giving the CMC status and a cool job probably makes up for it.

I really liked this one. There was some humor (Skelenor, Sweetie Belle telling Snips and Snails she won't be offended if they're not her secret admirer) and plenty of heart. Even in the background was some sweetness such as Lyra and BonBon and Maud Pie and Mud Briar. I'm glad it was just a misunderstanding between Big Mac and Sugar Belle and that they made up at the end. It would have been nice to see a few more characters in the background but over all I liked this and barely noticed the Mane 6 weren't involved. I don't usually like Discord but he was sweet to mess up the wheel so Big Mac had time to catch up to Sugar Belle and patch things up. 8/10 would watch again.

This was a good episode. I like seeing more of the student six (Yona's still my fave since she's so clumsy yet enthusiastic. But Gallus is rising in the ranks with his practicality and his snark. Good combo.) It was a nice callback to Fall Weather Friends and Castle Mania to have Rainbow and AJ competing again. Pinkie Pie probably got the best line of the episode with her flowerpot joke. I liked seeing Twilight as the voice of reason. I think the school role really suits her, even more than I thought it did. I wish I'd had a principal half as understanding when I was in school.