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I'm sure everyone has these kinds of words that they repeat endlessly, but since nopony's pointed mine out to me, I can't think of what it might be. I try to keep my vocabulary relatively mixed up. Once, during spoken conversation, I realised I'd been replying with "Well, yes." quite a lot, just because I couldn't think of anything else to say. Ooh, actually, I say 'I suppose' and 'I don't suppose' quite a bit.

Perhaps I'm a bit of a head-case in this area. When it comes to real life, I am an atheist, and believe that everything that occurs can be explained in some measure of logic, one way or another. Cause and effect and all that. I believe life, at least on Earth, has no particular point or end goal. All that said, this isn't the way I want to look at life. That's why I spend the majority of the hours of my days in a daydream state, immersed in worlds of fiction where impossible and unlikely things do occur, and with great regularity. These fictional worlds are the places I was meant to be born into - places where genres define the rules of reality, characters are properly developed and shaped, and there is a fairly large chance that some kind of overarching deity does exist. If not that, then karma at least plays a massive role. Good always triumphs over evil. The Power of Love is scientific fact. So, to summarise, although I see the world as a bleak and logical place, that's exactly why I avoid it. In the words of Owl City, 'The Real World is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there'.

They're doing it again. That thing where they release episodes in character clusters. We had 'Sisterhooves Social', 'Sweet and Elite' and 'Secret of my Excess', all Rarity-centric, in quick succession, and of course there was the 'May the Best Pet Win' and 'Mysterious Mare-Do-Well' couple for Dash, one right after another. Now, with 'Family Appreciation Day', 'The Last Roundup' and this one, it looks like it's Applejack's turn. They need a new scheduling guy. These episodes would run much smoother, I think, if the character themed ones were spaced out.

It's a worry that's passed over my mind too, so it's at least nice to hear somepony else thinking the same thing. I have to go with the excellent points of and if I think of it that way, it really doesn't worry me at all. Hasbro can finally realise how to cash in on the show, and in turn end up putting out further seasons, or they could let it wither and die, but we'll always have what's already been created, and what is being created as we speak, and we can all appreciate and love that for as long as we feel we need or want to.

Derpy Hooves is a wondrous thing. But I hope her appearances don't start getting more and more obvious like in 'Hearth's Warming Eve'. I like to play spot-the-Derpy, and that's hardly difficult when she jumps out at us like that. She needs to play the game right. Of course, her slightly more obvious appearance in 'Luna Eclipsed' was an exception. Man, that was funny.

Who doesn't love staring at stars? And if we're going to finally meet some aliens, I can't think of a better bunch to start with than Equestria's lot

I believe it means one of two things. Your need for ponies is so strong that you subconsciously drift back to pony videos no matter what you do... Or ponies are taking over the internet, and it's impossible to click a link without being poni'd. I like the second one

I love Cutie Mark Chronicles, because I like the whole connected-before-meeting story, and it was cool to see all of the mane characters as fillies - added some depth. That episode also had a LOT packed into it, if you consider it had the CMC parts, each of the mane six's CM stories, a song from Fluttershy, and the conclusion explaining how it was all linked. THEN the letter to Princess Celestia. Packed. I also loved Sonic Rainboom, of course, Best Night Ever, and Boast Busters, because Twilight takes a serious level in badass in that one.

You know something weird about the intro to season 2? You've got Big Macintosh and Granny Smith, right? And they pass by each other on the street, but they totally blank each other. They're not just walking together, because Big Macintosh kind of walks faster and goes in front of her. It's one thing not to hold a conversation when they're both busy, but if I saw my grandmother on the street, I think I'd at least acknowledge her. I have spent much time pondering this, and the only conclusion I can come to is that Big Macintosh, walking in front, didn't see Granny Smith, and Granny Smith, being either short-sighted or senile, doesn't notice Big Macintosh walking in front of her. OF COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT! WHO SAID THAT?! *twitch*

I watch the opening theme every time, but usually stop the video when the episode's over, not too far into the closing credits.