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What’s even better is that, in later seasons, we get to see them growing and achieving their dreams gradually. In the beginning, Rainbow was working a minimum wage job. But then she decides to go back to school through the wonderbolt academy, and she eventually becomes one! And rarity starts with her small shop, but ends up opening two more boutiques in Canterlot and Manehattan. Like yeah, the show is about the importance of friendship, but it also shows realistic growth and baby steps in these grown characters who are navigating their way through young adulthood. It isn’t something I ever noticed as a child, obviously. But as a young adult myself, I have a whole new appreciation for the show for adding importance to these details.

One of tbe brilliant things about mlp:fim is that the main cast aren't wayward children or highschool students they're just a bunch of young adults. Like. Twilight is a postgrad forced by her supervisor to go find friends. Apple Jack has responsibility of gaurdianship of her little sister. They're all employed. They pay rent and taxes. Fluttershy has to deal with her deadbeat underachiever older brother who can't seem to move out by himself when she visits her parents. She also has anxiety she hasnt grown out of since high school. Rainbow Dash spends most days getting high and goofing off on her minimum wage job. Pinkie Pie has a culinary apprenticeship and lives with an older couple after she left her small mining town when nobody there was as into psychadelics as her. Rarity balances running her slowly growing etsy fashion bussiness with going on tinder dates with the worst men you've ever seen. They all vote. They have to pick up their own medical perscriptions. These are 26 year old girlies going through first quarter life crisises. So, yea, that fanart of Fluttershy smoking forever weed is highly accurate.

reposting these pieces so they can be viewed side by side. i still like them

They’ll always be a polycule in my heart

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70% of all FiM episodes genuinely bring me to tears. It's not like I'm sobbing over them, but they definitely leave me choked up. There are so many messages and moments in the show that are so powerful and resonate with me so much more now that I'm an adult than they did when I was a kid.

The show addresses themes like growing, changing bad habits, acknowledging when you're wrong, and caring about yourself, those around you, and the world that you live in. It leaves me thinking how much better our world could be if we all had a little bit of faith in each other to do better.

I just finished watching S7 E13, where we learn about Applejack's parents. That's what sparked this rant. Grandpear crying and saying "I never should've left" genuinely BROKE something inside of me. You're telling me this 90 year old man abandoned his daughter for marrying someone from a family he didn't like, regrets it 40 years later AFTER HIS DAUGHTER IS DEAD? And now he's genuinely trying to change and to connect with his grandkids. Yeah, this is a show for kids, but it's so much more than that, too.

Okay but their beach outfits are all so cute and they match their vibes so well 🥹

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I finished the first two episodes in season 8 of FiM. Oh my gosh??? They were so well written??? (School Daze, part 1 and 2).

I genuinely enjoyed these so much. I loved the commentary on very real issues that our society faces. The most obvious one was racism, with Chancellor Neigh Say making comments like “go back to your kind” and “these creatures”. This was written in an impactful way that resonated with me.

The Chancellor was allowing his stereotypes and prejudice to rule people as a threat, which is something every kind of minority can relate to. In one scene, Princess Celestia tells the Chancellor that, at one point in pre-equestrian history, the different kinds of ponies also treated each other the same way. They fought because of their differences, instead of allowing themselves to embrace them and coexist with one another regardless. The way that the writers addressed this was written effectively and in a realistic way. Especially when the students got into a fight. They were raised on stereotypes, and they had to de-program their brains to see that their differences didn’t have to be barriers to friendship. Literally the best kids show ever.

I’m gonna be honest, when I first heard about the whole Twilight-opening-a-school-of-friendship thing, I was skeptical. After all, doesn’t treating friendship like lectures take the value out of it? BUT THEY ADDRESSED THIS!! In fact, it was heavily based around exactly that. It’s such a good parallel to the effects of the American public education system (I can’t speak on private schools and other country’s policies since I haven’t experienced or educated myself on the topic). The students spent hours going from class to class, sitting through lecture after lecture. They got bored, antsy, frustrated, but most importantly, they didn’t learn anything! Because that isn’t an effective way to educate people, especially children with tons of energy. This is so so accurate to my experience in school, where I succeeded by putting in minimal effort. Showing my teachers what they wanted without actually caring about my education. Guys I love this show.

Also. This parallel. My heart. My itty bitty little pony filled heart.

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this meme is so fluttercord and angel

“Fluttershy Leans In” (S7, E5) is one of my favorite Fluttershy-centered episodes. This episode really shows us her character growth and how she has gained the ability to assert herself when it really matters.

As we’re all well aware, she is the element of kindness. In previous episodes, we saw her be a total push over and doormat for whoever wanted her to be in an attempt to remain kind. But she worked on this through the seasons, like how she learned that saying no can be very important in being truly kind in the episode with the Breezies. We also saw her work on her assertiveness during Iron Will’s workshop episode. What makes “Fluttershy Leans In” so intriguing to me is that we see these lessons truly come together as Fluttershy attempts to clearly communicate her vision as she builds a reservation for the animals. When the contractors she hired ignores her desires, she eventually snaps and tells them that they’ve done the exact opposite of what she wanted and that she wouldn’t have them working for her anymore. I absolutely LOVE that she stood up for herself. I also love that it’s connected to the animals, which makes her more confident in what she has to say. Fluttershy has come so far and I think her character growth was written really well.