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

JP
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
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.
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Notoriously Divine Tagger - Consistently uploads images above and beyond the minimum tag requirements. And/or additionally, bringing over the original description from the source if the image has one. Does NOT apply to the uploader adding several to a dozen tags after originally uploading with minimum to bare tagging.

I miss the show so much
Oh dear. BN Theater is playing old The Hub adverts. Feeling nostalgic.
 
GAK GAK GAK
rdibp
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.

Kerfuffle lover
“Daring Do being real is supposed to be a secret!”
 
Says the pony who wrote about herself meeting Daring Do in her journel book.
RaineV1

Could you imagine someone writing a Harry Potter book saying that Draco was the hero and Potter was just a scaredy cat that lied about everything he did. Then that person publishes and sells that book. Then every Harry Potter fan complains to Rowling about her not telling the “real” story of Harry Potter.
 
That’s what we got in this episode.
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.
Ok yeah ha ha Ahuizotl is a writer now
 
Don’t you have shit to protect?
 
Do your fucking job, Vegeta.
Background Pony #0592
>TWO RD episodes focused on buckball  
>Reforming Daring Do’s enemies and Garble
 
I just don’t understand the decisions made by the writing staff for this season.
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.
Wow Fluttershy really carries that episode.
 
I mean I’m not complaining about her getting her dues, but wow she carries hard.
rdibp
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.

Kerfuffle lover
Pretty alright episode. Auhizotl’s redemption wasn’t needed and the slow build up with Fluttershy helping Cabbelaron (however you spell it) and his henchmen made his turn around pretty predictable, but it was still a fun Daring Do adventure.
 
GREAT:
 
  1. Sparkle’s Seven  
  2. Between Dark and Dawn  
  3. Frenemies  
    ––––––––––––––––  
    GOOD:
     
  4. The Beginning of the End  
  5. The Summer Sun Setback  
  6. Going to Seed  
  7. She Talks to Angel  
  8. A Horse Shoe In  
  9. She’s All Yak  
    ———————————  
    OKAY:
     
  10. The Last Laugh  
    11. Daring Doubt  
  11. The Point of No Return  
  12. A Trivial Pursuit  
  13. Student Counsel  
  14. Sweet and Smoky  
  15. Common Ground  
  16. Dragon Dropped  
    ——————————  
    AVERAGE:
     
  17. The Last Crusade  
  18. Uprooted  
    ————————————  
    BAD:
     
  19. 2, 4, 6, Greaaat
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
Fuuuuuuuuuuck offfffff Fluttershy, you don’t have to save the day EVERY SINGLE goddamn time!
 
I didn’t like this one at all. The reformations were bad, the story was dumb, frickin Fluttershy put on a pedestal for the umpteenth time, this was just bad. The only good parts was that Dash was competently written and wasn’t shown in the wrong, some of the comedy was good, the George RR Martin cosplay thing was dumb but funny, and the ending made me laugh out loud. Either way, I never cared for Daring Do even in the beginning, and this is what I expected from an episode about her.
 
Final Ranking: D+
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