Today was the season 7 premiere. At least the first half of it. My main worry is the fanbase division created by Starlight Glimmer, and from the sneak peak, it already felt kind of rushed, but I always give the benefit of the doubt.

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Celestial Advice

I can already tell this is going to divide the fanbase further. But I've already talked about my view on Starlight Glimmer.

Pink Hearts of Courage = Discount Elements of Harmony

Discord just called Starlight's ascension. I caught that. Even more impending fanbase rage. Okay, I'm done talking about that.

Twilight sifting though her papers on friendship lessons is an example of telling verses showing. How many lessons did we see? Virtually none. This is a bad practice. Showing us how she's grown through her actions and the way she behaves over the course of the friendship lessons. Another problem with season 6.

Wait... the portal thing we saw in the preview was just a vision? It's not a real thing? I thought something big was going to happen with that. Seriously, Hasbro? That's a low blow for a teaser.

Omg, total trollestia laugh in this episode.

I do like how they tried to make Celestia a little more of a normal pony in this episode. Even a nearly omnipotent alicorn has anxiety

Overall Thoughts: The problem with season 6 was not enough Starlight Glimmer. The reason I say this is because if Hasbro really wants us to like Starlight and want her to succeed, we need more of her. We need to see her grow through her actions and how she tries to rectify her mistakes. What I hope for season 7 is that we truly see much more Starlight Glimmer. The path Hasbro wants to take with her and the fanbase is more than obvious, and they have to show more of her growth. They completely missed the mark in season 6 by only telling and not showing.

Basically, what I'm getting out of this episode is that Hasbro going on clean-up detail and filling in all the plot holes they created in Season 6. They're trying to fill in Starlight's lessons by telling us about her lessons rather than showing us. This episode was all setup, with no real adventure yet. I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in that respect. I can only hope that Hasbro has a plan, and they'd better considering it's gonna be such a big year for them, and this is the very start of it. I'm sure they don't want to piss the fanbase off and thus lose fans, so they better have a plan.

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That's my take on the new episode. Eh... it was alright, I suppose. Not too glamorous, and the only thing I thought would be major (Starlight and Sunburst opening a black hole) turned out to only be in Twilight's mind as a scenario. And again, lots of telling, and filling in plot holes.

I hope they have a plan. Not a very exciting start to such a huge year for Hasbro, in my opinion. But I'll give the benefit of the doubt, and hope the fanbase won't go to war over their stance on Starlight.

What'd you think? Let me know, and thanks for reading if you made it down here!

Green Leave Ch.5 is in writing, as is Aria's oneshot. I'm on spring break right now, so I'm taking this time to relax. I hope to be able to write more in the summer. I think I'll try to write some tomorrow as well, because I've got a lot of fluffy thoughts in my head for my stories.

Have a great Easter, everyone!