@Balinares Aired this morning over here, all three final episodes. I only watched the last one, hoping that the bit in the blurb about Twilight "in the future" would imply we'd get to glimpse the technological future of Equestria in some real detail. Instead... I got the exact opposite of the friendship "lesson" I thought they were setting up and it kinda crushed my mood. Talk to me AFTER you've seen it if you still watch—I don't wanna spoil anything for anyone.

@Balinares Basically, in the early minutes I'd gotten up my hopes that they were going to acknowledge that even the best-tended and most magical friendships can fade or break up. And that it's a real thing and it's part of life and it's okay. And that felt so... comforting in the wake of things with Kristy and Jessie and everything that happened in Seattle, I kinda went all-in on that theme and the relief it could have brought.

And instead, I got "FRIENDSHIP IS PERFECT AND ETERNAL AND IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON IT WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER DECAY, YOU JUST HAVE TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH."

And it's good that we still have stuff that's that optimistic out there, it's a lesson I've had to relearn from Steven Universe—which I was also Unhello with for a while, but am back in after the beauty of the Season 6 trailer. But... damn, that turnaround hurt, and was exactly the lesson I did NOT need to see at that particular time, place, and mood.

I wanna see just ONE kids' show (besides Adventure Time, which admittedly did a great job) that admits you can't save everything and everyone. And is willing to tell me that _I_ can have failed to save my friendships, and that this doesn't mean I'm one of the bad guys or that _my_ magic up and died, in direct contradiction to everything in the Book Of Twilight.

*weary sigh*

Still gonna miss the show a bit, but... yeah. It's on an emotional track I can no longer ride. I feel like someone tore up my ticket.