Thank you to everyone who commented! If your comment didn't make it into the video, you can leave another and it might make it into a future video! Fun fact: this was my attempt at an unscripted video. I am really bad at going unscripted, but I wanted you guys to hear my genuine reaction to these comments! Hopefully I get better at doing unscripted videos. It would be a good skill to have.

People who say "Fluttershy had to learn the same lesson over and over again" clearly don't understand how Anxiety works. Social Anxiety (which is what it seems like Fluttershy has) cannot be cured by one lesson. Overcoming anxiety takes time.

Unpopular opinion: I sided with Twilight in the movie. Sure she was pretty rude to Pinkie Pie but I don't blame her. Equestria was taken over by villains that were searching for her since she was the last alicorn and her friends didn't take it as serious as they should have. They were holding musical numbers while Twilight feared for her life. I just wish Pinkie would have apologized to her more. I get it, just like how Fluttershy will never not be shy, Pinkie will never not be silly. Even in serious situations but I just wish they would at least treat it as a flaw.

I think Twilight's castle is the worst design in the show if we're talking about landmarks. I can make a whole list on what's wrong with it, but in short, it's very edgy and sharp (nothing like Twilight), and I much preferred Golden Oaks Library as Twilight's home.

I think Applejack is an okay character. I do not understand why so many hate on her. She is strong and just because she has no magic or flight doesnt mean she cant be strong. She also is a farm worker and a horse. Like shes gonna kick ass!

I think Chrysalis is one of the most consistent villains in the series since her motives are understandable: she acts based on her survival and her subjects and her rejection to the idea of reforming is also understandable since she felt totally betrayed by the ones she dedicated her life to feed and protect. Also, great video!

People sometimes say that Discord is bad after becoming a reformed character because he constantly causes problems for Equestria despite being reformed. But I disagree with this Chaos is unpredictable. You don’t know what it will do next. You can’t know what it will do next. Discord is the embodiment of that

I wish we got more about Zebras and where Zecora came from in the show. I know we got it in the season ten comic but there wasn’t much time to really explore everything, so it felt rushed. Which is something I can say for most of that comic series.

Not necessarily a hot take. Just an observation. Sweetie Bell will likely grow up to be one of the most powerful unicorns ever. The later seasons has her teleporting. Which we know is a fairly advanced level of magic. Twilight struggled with it in season 1 and she basically had the best possible magic teachers. Sweetie with just some lessons with Twilight is pulling off high level magic barely any time after getting her cutie mark!

I could have sworn the writers stated that Cozy Glow was actually one of those adults who permanently looks like a child despite being much much older.

The Princess Flurry Heart card is actually a character that makes a lot of sense. At first I thought Hasbro was using her for more toys, but then I realized why she was born as an alicorn. I think each princess represents a different type of relationship. Luna and Celestia symbolize their relationship as sisters (older and younger), friendship in Twilight (of course), Cadence (romantic) love, and finally Flurry Heart the family love between parents and children (which begins the moment the kid is born).

I personally think Spike was the most underrated/underappreciated character in the entire show. I think it mostly has to do with how he's written in his own episodes but he usually does really well as the main support character imo.

Can we appreciate how this fandom REFUSES to die? Love it

Here are my hot takes: 1. The way people paired the gen5 gang to gen 4 elements was wrong! * Izzy is not laughther just because she has a high pitch voice and energetic / fun loving attitude like Pinkie = she's generocity! She loves creating stuff for her friends and community, giving eveyrything she has, she wants to share everything = her culture, her creations and her time with friends. * Pipp is not generocity, just because she's "fabulous icon" like Rarity. SHE is laughter! She is making everything she can to brighter her followers day, makes music so people can share the joy of it. She is trying to always brighthen up everyone's day, especially her fans. * Zipp is not loyalty, just because she is a sporty pegasus like Rainbow Dash (like seriously, she abandoned her kingdom and mother in a blink of an eye) she's honesty! It was eating her up from inside that her family lied to the subjects, she had her own strong morals and stayed by them, believing they should never decieve their subjects. * Hitch is not kindness just because he talks to animals like Fluttershy (jut look how he treated his "best friend" in the movie, na-ah) he's loyalty! He is loyal to his duties and to his childhood friend even when it was really hard and when everypony else in the town turned against her and told him to do the same for his own benefit. He abandoned his mission because he believed in Sunny and his new friends. He is loyal to the town and it's citizens that he promised to serve. The only part that wouldn't fit is his treatment and abandonment of Sprout but let's be honest - the writesr just hate my Red boy and don't want to write him or use in clever ways... eh... * Sunny was magic, sure, because hse became the alicorn and brought it back but what motivated her throughout the entire adventure was her kindness and the kindness she believed everypony should share and give to oneanother. She is preaching kindness left and right, so maybe it should be Misty who is magic? Don't know, this is where it falls apart a bit... BUT YOU GET MY POINT, RIGHT?

I think that anyone who thinks that Zephyr Breeze and Rainbow Dash should be a thing fail to realize exactly HOW Zephyr would rub her in ALL the wrong ways. Rainbow Dash is highly competitive, a go getter, a self-motivated, self-starting mare. Zephyr Breeze is a lazy, featherbrained colt (not stallion) with high aspirations but absolutely no motivation. If they were EVER to attempt any sort of real relationship, it would be so grating in Dash's nerves that she would leave Zephyr in the dust. She would probably have a better relationship with one of her fillyhood bullies than with Zephyr.

I wish they went over all the main 6's relationships with their siblings more. I just really love those sibling episodes. Also, how did Shining Armor become a royal guard

As for me, to this day I think we should've gotten one season finale or season premiere where Spike was an antagonist or THE antagonist. He was treated pretty unfairly many times without really addressing it, even making it out to a joke. Hell, if Equestria Girls is anything to go by, the universe thinks of him as Twilight's pet, not brother. Him as an antagonist would've worked similarly to Starlight, but instead of making friends with a stranger, the main group would've have had to work together to make amends with a close friend that they took for granted and treated poorly without realizing it. That would've been pretty good imo.

4:40 Speaking of which, Zephyr Breeze was over hated. He wasn’t even a bad guy at all, but just had a problem with being stuck with his parents and barely trying anything due to fear of failure. He has something in common with his sister, they both had conflicting fears they needed to face.

rarity antis do not understand her character Imo! how can you claim somepony whose element is *generosity* to be selfish, self-centered, and shallow? did we not all watch suited for success??? I believe saying rarity is shallow is a huge mischaracterization, she just leads with her heart over her mind and finds beauty in everypony and everything

I like Trixie especially because she's mischievous. I think that's likeable to a point. It's also why i loved early Starlight as well as Twilight's and Spike's relationship in earlier seasons, which was more abrasive i think.

If you can forgive Discord, you sure as hell can forgive Cozy. For Discord, let's go season by season: Season 1: He wasn't there quite yet Season 2: Recognized as a villain, and imprisoned as stone. This was not the first time he did this, so it makes sense Season 3: Was seen as "reformed" Season 4-8: Was an absolute pain in the ass to everyone around him, got no punishment, and was seen as reformed Season 9: LIterally the last season of the show, and with all the "progress" Discord (or should I say Grogar) made, he reset it! Cozy, on the other hoof: Season 1-7: Wasn't present. We don't know where she was at the time. Living on the streets? Living with a happy family? Foster care? We don't know Season 8: She was seen as "good", but it was all a caricature. In the Finale she was sent to literal hell as a *nine year old* Season 9: Evil. Got the same punishment as Discord, but because of the Finale, we know she was kept in stone. Discord, as the Lord of Chaos, was given multiple chances to redeem himself. The only thing he did was lower the bar of how far he would go. Cozy, as a third grader, was never given a single chance to be reformed. We don't know how she is like as an actually good person. The "good" Cozy we saw was a caricature.

I think people who ship Zephyr and RD forget how pushy Zephyr was to RD. If they got together, it’d feel like RD cracked and was forced into it.

I don't see alot of people talk about this but the 2D animations on top of 3D backgrounds in the g4 movie was actually really fitting and satisfying to see. * it also had one of the strongest "Friendship" conflicts in the whole series, the break up scene with Twi and the main 6 with twilight also crying broke me *Rainbow Roadtrip is also really underrated and I love Kerfuffle

Luna and celestia should have switched kingdoms, they just take Luna out for twilight to rule. Luna comes back after being 1000 years just to retire like three years later has always bothered me. Celestia should have been the only one to retire and teach her sister until shes ready I think would have made the show more entertaining

My controversial opinion: I think Sunset Shimmer's development in the Equestria girls movies are very valid! She went from mean popular girl, to helping in with the mane 6, to main leader of the main 5.

I've got a controversial take: while the original designs for the Changelings are still really cool, I enjoy the new ones as well! Most real bugs are really colorful (one of my favorites being the rosy maple moth), and they have lots of variations that're really fun to draw - some have that odd translucent fin where a pony's mane would be, some have antlers, they've got all sorts of gradients, their horns sometimes have an extra point, etc.! Plus, they make sense thematically - Thorax freed them from Chrysalis, who treated them all as replacable drones with no individuality, and their new forms represent their newfound freedom of expression really well (like the head of the Feelings Forum said in S7 E17, "You can be anything you want to be. Be blue one day and purple the next. Be both on the same day!"). As someone who's genderfluid, I can really relate to that, hence why my own OC is a Changeling.

09:50 as someone who struggles with anxiety, it's kind of cruel to call her episodes of overcoming hear fear as "lessons". overcoming anxiety and fear doesn't happen after one victory.

One of the best developments for Shy was her Nightmare Night episode. She tried it, she was daaaaaamn good at scarring ponies for life (with the help of Satan himself in bunny form), but she said it was not for her and she no longer wanted to participate. That was pretty awesome.

Honestly... Trixie is very self absorbed and doesn't even try to change but that's exactly why I love her xD

Hot takes: 1. The storm king was a mix of discord and tired and wasn’t a very good villain. You hardly even saw him for most of the movie! And I find it hard to believe that twilight couldn’t destroy tempest in a fight.

I despise AppleDash as a ship. It is so stereotypical to make the less feminine characters lesbian, just because they are more masculine than the others. One of them okay, but both of them I think is just enhancing the stereotypes that lesbians can't or aren't feminine. Then this is only worsened for me as I think making two of the Mane 6 a couple to begin with is not a good choice as it sort of butchers the point that the whole story is about their friendship, not their romance.

the rainbow dash and zephyr breeze opinion was absolutely terrifying

I really don't like Misty's mane change in g5. The blue mane worked well and looked really nice but the new purples and pinks in her mane do not look good together. I know the new mane is a symbol for her character growth from being bad to going good but wasn't getting her cutie mark enough.

g4's reboot would've been a better ideia than g5's new link to the mane six

Trixie likely has self-esteem issues, she wants friends but I don't think that she knows she does. She's a socially awkward mare who's only real interaction with people came from her shows. Plus, I can't imagine being ostracized and homeless did well for her mental health. While I get where you're coming from, she's done some quite commendables things that don't get brought up too often, such as basically sacrificing herself to help the Changelings, evacuating the School of Friendship, and helping Starlight and Sunburst get back together.

I think AJ and Rainbow should have each others elements. Rainbowdash has been shown several times to say her honest opinion and then learn or see how it hurt people around her. AJ is more about loyalty because a lot of her character is about being a part of the Apple Family (see how she got her cutie mark). AJ is also usually the first one to help and towards the end of the series (specifically the We're Not Perfect song) she even says how she can be too eager to please. Heck, She and the other Apples went on a road trip with Pinkie to find out if she was blood related to them.

Here's a fun controversial take: Equestria Games is a GREAT episode. While I get that it's an anticlimactic end to the sub-arc it'd been setting up for two seasons, it's still a great episode on its own detached from that, and I feel just being a sports episode by itself would've been boring. Not just that, but it's really good commentary on struggling with accepting your mistakes and acknowledging the good things you do. It was great for Spike in terms of character development, miles ahead of Power Ponies earlier that season. Also, the majority of Spike episodes are good actually, but no one is ready for that take just yet.

That's an interesting take on Trixie. I'm inclined to agree. And for Cozy Glow, I think there are two things that make her a compelling villain. One is that she's really smart, so she manipulates everyone in interesting ways and creates a lot of tension and unexpected twists. The other is that she fits well into the overarching theme for the season. Equestria is opening itself to non-pony creatures from different kingdoms, and these creatures are struggling to fit in and assimilate Equestria's values and culture, and they are met with suspicion and hostility, or even pity, from time to time. Meanwhile, Cozy is the quintessential cute little pony, complete with a pink and baby blue color scheme and a bow. The least person anyone would suspect. And then she turns out to be one of the most dangerous and sadistic villains, and basically almost destroys the whole world. It shows how prejudices are not only hurtful and unfair, but they also blind you to where the real threats are, and facilitate the work of bad actors who happen to fly under your radar. In fact, I'm kind of paraphrasing a video from Flash Macintosh, who made an amazing series of analyses of all the villains. But it's in Spanish.

Alright, here's my opinion: Flash Sentry and Twilight should have got together but in their pony forms. Twilight and Flash in Equestria Girls could have also worked as well. I genuinely like the pairing between them and it would have been fun to see Twilight have a boyfriend 👍

I may be bias because she’s my favourite but Applejack is easily one of the more interesting characters out of the mane 6. Unlike them, her backstory is more subtle and requires more digging. Like how her parents died making her take on more work and eventually becoming a workaholic.

Thank you for protecting Fluttershy there :3

The fact that in 200+ episodes they never did an episode where one of the main 6 starts losing faith in her element (like Rarity after being betrayed for her generosity) and as a result they wouldn't be able to immediately defeat a villain is kind of a waste.

Not really a controversial opinion, but something no one, or very few, have ever thought. Sandbar should've been a Crystal pony. We could've gotten more insight on the Crystal Empire, as well as some more Crystal pony trivia. Plus, Sandbar's relationship with other student six could be a bit more interesting. Gallus would try to be "best friends" with him for him being a living gem stone, and Smolder would have to deal with trying not to eat him.

Not sure if these are controversial or not but here goes: • FIM never got truly bad. While I agree the latter seasons are incredibly different to the early ones in many ways and have some stinker episodes (looking at you Yakity Sax, Cart before the ponies and 2 4 6 greeeat) i think the overall quality was still exceptionally high throughout them and by extension the overall series. • Mlp G5 was never good. The movie had great visuals and Hitch was a great character and….that’s it. It had an uninspired and dull story that had no concern for consistency with a boring main character in the form of Sunny

Starlight Glimmer is the BEST villain in all of MLP. First of all she was a powerful cult leader who was able to take away ponies’ cutie marks, and that alone only proved just how powerful of a villain she is. The fact she’s able to take away one’s purpose in life is actually so scary to think about, like imagine if she took away your ability to create KZfaq videos, or any other special purpose you have. Not even considering that her whole reason for doing so was so she could create a perfect society in which everypony was equal. Communism in MLP is real. And if that wasn’t enough, she was able to completely destroy Equestria with a time travel spell that only the most powerful unicorns (so pretty much just Star Swirl the Bearded) are able to conjure. All she did was prevent Rainbow Dash from performing her Sonic Rainboom (which, need I remind you, is how the mane 6 are connected in the first place), and Equestria is forever doomed in all realities. If Twilight wasn’t able to convince Starlight to turn to the good side (never mind the fact they were on the same skill level in regards to magic (A UNICORN AND AN ALICORN BTW), and as Twilight said they would only fight for the rest of time if neither of them had stopped), the rest of MLP would be a completely different show. There was no other way to fix what Starlight did unless she was willing to fix it of her own accord. I’ve heard people complain about her backstory being weak in comparison to the destruction she caused in the show, but I think it’s a good example of mental illness (although it could’ve been explored better if it wasn’t a kids show). She got upset because of assumptions and miscommunication about her best friend leaving her to “go to magic school” after he got his cutie mark, and therefore resented cutie marks ever since. If she got THAT angry and bitter towards cutie marks just because of something she totally made up in her head… she has some serious mental health issues. This is kind of hinted at throughout the rest of the show when she becomes Twilight’s protégé, especially with the episode “All Bottled Up,” where she didn’t know how to properly express her feelings toward Trixie, and ended up exploding her emotions onto other ponies because of her bottled up anger magic. She also tends to struggle with her friendships with the rest of the mane 6, as seen in episode “Every Little Thing She Does,” and she even becomes the counselor for the School of Friendship, which people that struggle with mental health tend to become therapists or counselors to help others with theirs. Sorry about this being long, but I feel like Starlight Glimmer is such an underrated villain in the franchise and deserves more appreciation. I’m excited to hear your thoughts about this :)

Some of my own Bold Banters, just to join the fun: •In hindsight, Sunny does deserve her Alicornhood for taking more of an active role in taking down the systems that separated ponies- I just think she should've, outside of IDW, took more initiative in the absence of non-pony species, maybe even studying why Sparky was born with wings, but Spike wasn't. •Flash was likely only "bad" because he felt like a forced love-interest, rather than a character introduced as-is who happened to be a love interest. •I don't like SciTwi having wings in her pony-up forms. If there's anyone who should, it would be Sunset. •Pipp should learn to be more accepting of Zipp. •And not as bold, but I will never like Dog Spike outside of that one Rarity joke.

I think bold banter bonanza is a great idea for a video series.for fans to express their opinions or just have fun with a opinion they have or had.also cozy glow is best tiny villan pone and great vid

I love Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara and Peppermint Twist. Twist was discarded by Apple Bloom and the writers after she lost her VA in season 2 and Diamond and Silver were mostly forgotten and never heard from again when the CMC got their marks in season 5. Diamond especially hed a lot of potential to watch her grow and change into a better person. Silver got her best character moment in the background of season 6 On Our Marks while Apple Bloom sang about how directionless her life is after getting her mark.

I don't know if this is actually a controversial opinion or not, but Appledash being canon was not a good ending. They're like the only ones out of all the mane six (besides Pinkie and AJ) that seem like just friends.

i miss the old twilight. they kind of phased out her quirks. people said she was very autistic coded. she was a hermit, blunt, didn’t really know how to socialize around other people, anxious, a little awkward, n didn’t worry about conforming either. i wish there was a way they could’ve kept her, must’ve lost a writer along the way. it’d be way more interesting to see her keep that part of herself while also being a princess of friendship, maybe with the hermit thing phased out a little as she enjoys socializing more when she has the mental capacity for it

The show got better after Faust left

1. AWESOME VIDEO!!! 2. My contribution: What Discord did in the finale, while obviously a huge mistake, does not give me anger like it does for others. He is CHAOS, he is never going to do things in a "logical" way, because that would go against his very being. I think his actions can be forgiven, because he had Twilight's best interests at heart. It is kinda like what you said about Fluttershy. She will never not be shy, and Discord will never not be Chaotic.

Even the mere mention of a perfect pear still brings me to tears. The longing for Big Mac, AJ and Applebloom for any knowledge about their parents and how everyone else were so brave when they themselves be vulnerable enough to tell the story.

I like Trixie. I like how extravagant and annoying she is, I find it entertaining, and I like her a lot as an antagonist. I also like her as a protagonist, as she seems to lack some social awareness and is often viewed by the characters in the show as “annoying and self-centered” which is fair on their part, but as someone who was often called “too loud and annoying” I relate to her struggles. I actually think she has some similarities to conflicts people have with Pinkie Pie, except Pinkie Pie is much less morally dubious and self centered.

I think the changelings became a lot more interesting after their change in season 6 onwards. They were just goons that all looked the same before, but now they were more colorful (and thus easier to tell apart) and the idea of a species getting the chance to develop brand new culture for themselves while dealing with the fear and guilt of what they used to be is fascinating.

Twilight sparkle is a fantastic character and gets too much hate! SHES THE MAIN CHARACTER GOD DAMMIT why should it be so Outlandish to say she’s my favorite? She’s not rude, she’s not a bad character, her writing is amazing! SHE IS SO OVERHATED!! Justice for twilight

i like that equestria girls had the humans be coloured in non-human like colours because it gives an opportunity to the viewers to interpret their beloved character’s races & skin tones however they’d like & in a way could feel represented :)

4:29 that just made me realise that AJ looks so human like real human compared to every one else 😅

I think rainbowdash should have been the alicorn. She’s the whole reason her friends have their cutiemarks and she did it to try and save her friend. If not for her equestra would be in shambles.

Controversial take: I don't think Discord's big screw up in the end of the final season was as stupid as many thought it was. Like with Fluttershy's anxiety, Discord's had his own issues with change. For one, he's been alone for *years,* so he's not gonna know everything about friendship. Two, he's also been used to having things go his way for just as long, so the idea of his little arrangement backfiring probably didn't even cross his mind. Was it still careless? Hell yeah, it was, but I wouldn't go as far as to say reformed Discord was a bad idea. He may be old, but that doesn't mean he still doesn't have a lot to learn.

8:22 The slow pan to AJ’s uncomfy face has me dying! She always pulls the funniest expressions. Nice video man.

Hot take, but here goes. I don't think everyone should've been mad at rainbow for snapping at her parents. It was shown throughout the episode they were doing a bit much, they had convos about it before according to the dialogue, and they were very disruptive. She knows what they're like and said she does love them, she just didn't want them to be that extra and that i can understand. She could talk to them again, but that apparently didn't work since parents do what parents do. And a person... er, um pony can only take do much. It can get exhausting after a while. Scootaloo being upset with rainbow makes sense since her situation with her parents, but wasn't in the right either. But the understanding at the end was nice and felt right for them.

I'm a huge starlight stan. I think she's just SUCH a failure that it's hilarious. People say she's like s1 twilight but she's NOT She's SO. MUCH. WORSE. She absolutely does want to get better. That's her whole thing. But she has -10000 social skills in anything that isn't brainwashing and it's so much fun to watch. (At least at first) Like yeah she was let off the hook really easily for some truly heinous stuff, but what could be a better way to keep an eye on the strongest unicorn in equestria than to make her your friend?

Flash is an underrated character and I like him more over Timber, and I also like Flash’s romance with Twilight more than Timber and Sci-Twi.

My controversial opinion I think the implication that Rainbow Dash and Applejack are a couple in the final episode dosen’t really work. Nothing against LGBT people its just there really weren’t that many hints that Applejack or Rainbow Dash were gay or bisexual, and their relationship didn’t really add up to it because all they had was a friendly rivalry and no hints of romance. In fact Rainbow had more chemistry with Soarin than anyone else

The Perfect Pear did Romeo and Juliet better than Romeo and Juliet in my opinion.

Rairity is way more interesting then people give her credit for. I love her very much

5:00 uh ewwww. I don't even think Zephyr Breeze likes Rainbow Dash. I think he likes the idea of someone liking him. I think Zephyr likes himself more than he likes Rainbow Dash or even the idea of being with her. Isn't his whole shtick that he's self absorbed? Isn't Rainbow's whole shtick that she's self absorbed? To an extent. I think Rainbow is redeemable in that sense, unlike Zephyr Breeze. RD wouldn't be part of the mane six, a whole group centered around friendship, if she wasn't able to look past her nose and think about something other than how cool she is.

I've got a few: • While what she did was definitely wrong, I still sympathize with Babs Seed over being bullied back in Manehattan. • Cozy Glow didn't deserve to turned into stone nor thrown into Tatrtarus. • Speaking of Cozy Glow, I found her pretty enjoyable as a villain and I think she is the best unreformed villain in the show. • "Feeling Pinkie Keen" was funny and the most underrated episode in the show. • Mane Allgood and Snap Shutter aren't bad parents. • Starlight Glimmer has a really petty backstory. • Opaline's backstory made since and I'm glad they didn't take the generic "She was Twilight's student" route.

For the Zephyr x Rainbow ship I actually made like a comic strip where Rainbow and apple jack run into him at a pride event and Zephyr goes “Oh my Dashie you’re an ally that’s awesome” Rainbows jaw drops AJ tries not to laugh and when Rainbow tells Zephyr that she married AJ he just goes “oh my you are really selling this ally thing” AJ ends up on the ground laughing as rainbow is just stunned.

My controversial opinion The way they treated mental break downs is very unpleasant. Such as Twilight Sparkle panicking over learning that she will be ruling over Equestria. You don't just make jokes when someone is panicking. It's like when someone is having a seizure and everyone thinks you're dancing and joining you while you're suffering...ok that might not be a perfect example but you get it...right?

My favorite episode is the season 6 finale I love the „hey we have to team up“ - „but I can’t stand you-” - „WE HAVE TO“ and I like it when some smaller characters have time to shine and save the world

I personally love the episode portraying the fandom. People saw it as meanspirited, but it was very accurate that some people were honestly ruining the community with their attitudes. It actually made me realize I was being harsh on the series/certain characters (*cough* rainbow).

I think applejack and rainbow dash being together at the end of mlp was a mistake. I thought rarity and applejack had much more chemistry and fun, and I think equestria girls proves it.

I think we can all agree that equestria girls should have had a proper conclusion~

Grogar was THE BIGGEST LETDOWN IN THE HOLE SERIES!!!

Gonna be honest this is more of a fandom unpopular opinion than of the actual show but, I don't think alicorn ocs are as bad as people make them out to be.

I really miss the season 1 voice acting, I don’t know what it is about it but I just absolutely love majority of the line deliveries especially from Twilight, Applejack, and Luna + Nightmare Moon.

i found some image from the mlp comics of spike saying "why is all the villians banished 1000 years ago, that mustve been a hell of a year" or something like that but the point was that its so funny and true.

Rainbow dash had way more chemistry with spitfire than applejack and they should’ve explored that relationship. While we’re here applejack and rarity had more chemistry too but I don’t think that opinion is as controversial

I think Shining Armor and Cadence were a bit underutilized. For one, Shining Armor is Twilight’s brother. His magical abilities may not be on par with Twilight’s but he’s still a force to be reckoned with. As for Cadence, she’s an alicorn! A princess. There’s definitely times when she would’ve been so helpful. I understand the show is about Twilight and her friends but what about her family? They matter too dang it.

The G4 IDW comics are objectively better than the show they're based on. Don't get me wrong, without Friendship is Magic being as good as it is, we wouldn't have the comics. They only came into being two years into the show's run, after all. But the comics give more exploration and depth to the characters, especially those that aren't nearly as prominent in the show like Celestia, Big McIntosh, and even Prince Blueblood. As a matter of fact, the comics are what made me appreciate the characters more, especially Rainbow Dash. And that is just scratching the surface of why they are better.

About the Fluttershy thing, I think one of, if not my most favorite Fluttershy episodes (or episodes in general) is the Halloween one where her friends realize that it's _okay_ if she doesn't want to participate in the activities. It's perfectly normal and fine for some people to be more sensitive to things! And we shouldn't ever put anyone down for that, and consider everyone when making plans or having fun :]

I know I'm gonna get hate for this but, To this day I for one would've liked to have seen Chrysalis temporarily as a reformed Changeling emphasis on "temporarily" because while it would've been nice just to see what Chrysalis would've looked like as a reformed Changeling, It probably wouldn't have lasted long because Chrysalis can change on the outside all she wants but her heart is too dark for her to change completely so even if she did transform into a reformed Changeling she would've reverted back to her regular form. And I still remember the two main reasons why people said that they didn't want Chrysalis to reform, Is because they thought that another reformed villain arc is the last thing that the show needed and because the show was already running low on top quality villains as it was.

My unpopular opinion: Discord should not have been forgiven after siding with Tirek. Also please make more of these!

Some of my own MLP opinions. 1) EqG should not have been set in a high school. None of the plot had any logic to it. Sunset can apparently raid a guarded castle, but not a high school. Twilight can apparently run for prom queen without formally being a student at said high school. Twilight is a young adult as a pony, but only a teenager as a human (not to mention all the other characters, like Celestia... or even The Dazzlings). 2) Twilight and Flash romance was a missed opportunity. I know it was dropped due to butthurt backlash, but they genuinely had a bit of chemistry. Ignoring all the SciTwi stuff, Flash would eventually meet Twilight face-to-face... and they don't even acknowledge each other. What a waste! Speaking of romance: 3) Rarity going her own way. Rarity was the only character who embraced the magic of romance and frequently fawned over handsome men of different shapes and sizes. So, of course, when the show ends the only pony who canonically, unquestionably, without a doubt got hitched and started a family was... Pinke Pie? What? 4) The Young Six were squandered. They were no doubt meant to be the new generaion of the Elements of Harmony, and they even rebuilt the Tree of Harmony. Yet they don't have that as much content going forward as they really should. They could have had great bonding stories with their respective Element/Pillars, but oh well. Speaking of Pillars, they may as well not exist, only having any roles in 3-4 episodes since their introductions. Really sad. On that note: 5) The show has far too many characters and uses far too few of them. Too many episode specifically focuses on the Mane 6 and their most immediate connections. The show would have been well-served to use side characters instead of main characters more often. Maybe Rarity tried to get Applejack to join The Pony Tones, but after getting stuck hanging out with Big Mac for the day, she finds out he loves singing and is really good at it. Could have been fun! 6) MLP:FiM never did villains very well. Worst examples being: - Nightmare Moon wants eternal night... this would just kill everyone. - Queen Chrysalis and her changelings feed on love, but instead of body snatching the citizenry like she did Cadance, she orders an open assault and terrorise the ponies. Why? - Starlight Glimmer's villainy makes no sense. She takes ponies' special talents away from them, and then has them do things they are not good at. All because her friend moved out of town in her youth, and she couldn't just move on or try to keep in touch? 7) Gen 5 probably should not have been a sequel. After everything that was Gen 4, Gen 5 clearly only wanted to be a sequel to help with sales. There was no plan, no idea, no inspiration. They just hoped some other writer would come up with some good excuses for why everything turned to muck. And what did they come up with? Another pony who wasn't Cosy Glow tried to do a racism... again. And this time Twilight and all of Equestria fell into total chaos and never recovered. Also all non-pony races appears to have been genocided, or something. Thank you, I hate it!

THANKYOU! ur the first person that i've hear say my opinion of fluttershy! she has so much character development, just seeing her season 1 vs her season 9 development makes you realise how much she has grown and become more confident.

Rarity is my favorite pony. She spends so much time and energy making something as good as it could be but she is willing to give it all away if it means making someone else happy

While I like Discord being reformed. I really wish we had seen more of his soft side. Like in the season 4 finale. Because sadly we didn't. He was either being a jerk or denying his soft side. I don't get why he'd try to be more of a jerk after that heart warming hug in the season 4 finale.

i think celestia is underrated and very cute, silly character

My old theory on Earth Pony magic was that they had power over the earth, specifically the ground they walked on. This was why they made such great farmers. They could will the soil to become highly fertile. And some could take this to a much greater extreme and force precious metals and gems to form (rock farming).

I’m sure someone has said this, but absolutely Zephyr and RD should not get together. All other ships aside, they won’t be a good pair. Not only does Zephyr constantly trample all over RD’s boundaries, but he would hold RD back. As shown in his episodes, he’s not all too interested in actually pushing himself. This could mean he wouldn’t lift RD up and help her push herself to achieve her goals. Zephyr just isn’t a good match for RD. With Fluttershy not learning, she is. Clearly that person doesn’t have to deal with anxiety nor have they had to basically change a core part of their person. It takes a lot of work and baby steps to do just that. Fluttershy has been shy her entire life. It’s the main memorable part of who she is. It won’t take one time to change such a big part of herself.

Trixie is a great character. I adore her 💙

Having recently started to rewatch the show (and EqG) after loving it as a kid but falling off it around Season 4, I've got some (no idea how controversial they are though lol) 1: I just can't get into Starlight. I don't think she's the worst thing ever - her debut as a villain is great, her design is cute and I love her VA - and I'm not against her redemption, but it really feels like they're trying to push her so hard as a new 'Mane 7' member and it's just not doing it for me. Plus oh god, her reason for brainwashing an entire village and abusing time to prevent the Mane 6 from ever meeting was so stupid, and she gets barely a slap on the wrist/hoof for all the hell she caused? I'm not done (just finished A Royal Problem, absolutely loved it, why did it take this long to get a Celestia and Luna episode?) so maybe she gets better as the series goes on but... bleh. 2: Also, I'm not really a fan of Sci-Twi either - as charming as she is in Friendship Games. This one's probably just the TwiSet shipper in me but I miss Pony Twilight and I feel like Sci just usurped her place in EqG. She doesn't have the previous relationships and chemistry Pony Twi had with Sunset and the Human 5, plus she just... gets alicorn wings. Like my girl Twilight had to _earn_ those. In all fairness, I've only seen the movies though. 3: I love her but tbh I preferred Luna's character in the earlier seasons, especially in S2/3. I remember finding it really unique and nice how despite all she went through and did as Nightmare Moon, instead of sitting around and sulking about it, she actively sought to help herself and other ponies. You could really see how she learnt from Nightmare Moon and tried to engage with her subjects in her own way, so it's a shame she's seemed to have regressed into a more generic, broody character who wants to be alone all the time - just feels odd considering after everything that happened and how she was originally. (As an aside, Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep was horrible.)

I like Trixie a lot. I think it's kind of funny how oblivious she is to her narcissism, and I appreciate how unafraid she is to speak her mind. It makes those times where she does show a little nugget if something more tender feel all the more special. Yadda yadda, some people are just attracted to assholes. I'm usually not, but Trixie has a specific kind of often unintentional assholery that just makes her super endearing in a way. She also looks pretty cute, and I like the idea of someone performing stage magic in a world where real magic exists. And, of course, aside from just being funny, she does have her good traits to her. I'm pretty easily able to look past people's flaws and appreciate them for their positives. Even in the more extreme cases, like Trixie. She's not a straight-up awful person; just a bit selfish, socially inept, and arrogant sometimes.

Twilight became a alicorn early since the magical mystery cure was meant to be the finale

Cozy Glow is definitely the best g4 villain

I personally think that Rainbow Dash gets too much hate, especially nowadays. Everyone always calls her off as a cruel asshole of a friend they wouldn't want to be friends with like what you said about Trixie, when the truth is, she's actually a gentle soul deep down. She tries to maintain a tough image to look cool, but when it breaks, it reveals her true personality, a deep and caring Pegasus who has lots of insecurities

My hot take to make shippers mad: Apple Jack should've ended up with Rarity. I feel like Rainbow Dash is more of a career pony yk? I think the wonderbolts would keep her too busy for a relationship. I feel like Apple Jack and Rarity ended up having better chemistry near the end of the series anyway. (Also Rainbow Dash is best pony).

I love this idea! if only for the reason of getting to engage with the community and see everyone's opinions. I've been an MLP fan since 2012, but I never had the opportunity to engage with the wider fanbase in those early heydays.