Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only]

Mr.Myoozik
StarTrix Forever! - Derpi Supporter
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Hero - Went above and beyond for the Solar Deity, drawing from the power of the sun itself to bring balance to the fight against the Lunar Insurrection (April Fools 2023).
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab

Music Connoisseur
@DerpyFast  
The Legion of Doom were so fucking good in this. The way how they worked to distract the others to break into the vault was genius and really great to see.
AC97
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

@DerpyFast
 
A Trivial Pursuit’s “Twilighting” seems to have been deliberately done to contrast her future behavior. She might get nervous down the line, but nothing like there, especially considering it’s an outright plot point that they went “yeah, she’s getting out of this happening with her. “
Miss Shy
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
Ten years of changes - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of MLP:FiM!
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab

You're going to love me.
As much as I’d like to for Trivial Pursuit to not have happened, it is weird that Twilight just goes from going batshit insane over trivia to nothing phases her even though it rightfully should. They acknowledge it, too, which is like, it’s not really “character growth” when you smack her with the idiot ball like that.
 
But at least we get some more progress on the villains. And it’s still up in the air what the final battle will be. Will it be a simultaneous 3 way fight for power, will Grogar come out victorious only for the backstabbing to happen, will Grogar and the other villains destroy each other while the problem for the Mane 6 is something mundane?
 
It was a solid episode, nothing majorly great about it, but given the last two episodes, that’s more than fine by me.
 
  1. Between Dark and Dawn  
  2. The Last Laugh  
  3. Sparkle’s Seven  
  4. Student Counsel  
  5. The Beginning of the End  
  6. Frenemies  
  7. Sweet and Smoky  
  8. The Last Crusade  
    9. The Summer Sun Setback  
  9. Common Ground  
  10. She’s All Yak  
  11. Going to Seed  
  12. Uprooted  
  13. A Trivial Pursuit  
  14. The Point of No Return  
  15. 2, 4, 6, Greaaat
     
    Given how little we have left, I’m gonna assume this will be the last Fluttershy-centric episode.
     
    And given what we saw with the previous episodes, I half-expect it to be about Fluttershy facing another fear of hers.
AC97
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

Cozy Glow: Well, I don’t like that we worked so hard to destroy their party and they still pulled it off. But you don’t see me complaining!
 
I think that counts as hypocrisy, no?
Mr.Myoozik
StarTrix Forever! - Derpi Supporter
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Hero - Went above and beyond for the Solar Deity, drawing from the power of the sun itself to bring balance to the fight against the Lunar Insurrection (April Fools 2023).
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab

Music Connoisseur
I just realized that this episode was a combination of Sparkle’s Seven and Frenemies, two episodes from the same season.
AC97
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

(Said trailer is a DF one; I bolded it to emphasize what it is)
 
Going off the 2nd S9 trailer, and this episode, I think || that Chrysalis quite possibly has a chance of crossing the moral event horizon, by trying something that’s going *low.*||
LeoNero
Lunar Guardian - Earned a place among the ranks of the most loyal New Lunar Republic soldiers (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends
A Tale For The Ages - Celebrated MLP's 35th Anniversary and FiM's 8th Anniversary

Shine On U Crazy Diamond
I think it’s safe to say Twilight’s Twilighting was so powerful in last weeks episode, that it just completely went away in this one. Great fuckin episode. Also great to see the Legion Of Doom again.
 
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