Summersong 
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The reveal "served a purpose" alright - it made the finale into a farce. It once again made an episode's core problem solely based on Discord being pretentious. It was a stupid cop-out for Grogar and a cheap excuse to shove together pre-existing antagonists rather than have an interesting new one. It's literally "a wizard did it" except the wizard is the worst character in the show, and it's the absolute dumbest story they could possibly have went with.
And Twilight's "shattered spirit" is merely yet another attempt to dismiss the long-standing criticism of how bad the show has gotten by trying to lampshade it non-comically, much like the episode where they publish their Friendship Journal and all the critics are caricatured as whiny and unfair.
aka Summersong
The reveal "served a purpose" alright - it made the finale into a farce. It once again made an episode's core problem solely based on Discord being pretentious. It was a stupid cop-out for Grogar and a cheap excuse to shove together pre-existing antagonists rather than have an interesting new one. It's literally "a wizard did it" except the wizard is the worst character in the show, and it's the absolute dumbest story they could possibly have went with.
And Twilight's "shattered spirit" is merely yet another attempt to dismiss the long-standing criticism of how bad the show has gotten by trying to lampshade it non-comically, much like the episode where they publish their Friendship Journal and all the critics are caricatured as whiny and unfair.