At last we’ve reached the end of Season 7. And quite an interesting ending to the season if I must say so myself. One things for sure between this finale and the movie (Which has already been confirmed to have some degree of impact on Season 8) there will be plenty of opportunity in Season 8 to build upon.

Before talking about the episode though I have to admit I thought most of the legends or rather what they are called in this episode the pillars of Equestria weren’t going to amount to much. I thought they were going to be just one-off stories told in 3 episodes. 3 of them in that one campfire episode, and 2 with their own episodes that tell their stories. I was not expecting them to be important enough to not just get a finale with them but given how it ends it seems we might be seeing them more often next season. Could be interesting in many ways though, not just for them interacting with the Mane 6 and/or Starlight, but also if they’ll share more things about the past. It might make it more likely we hear about Celestia and Luna’s past if we get an episode of Star Swirl explaining more things from the past. Celesta did mention Star Swirl mentored them after all. It’d certainly be welcomed.

Though one thing that certainly needs to be mentioned that bringing back the pillars also bringing back the Pony of Shadows is a thing that most of us probably saw coming and why Twilight’s plan seems rather dumb. Twilight’s just lucky the Pony of Shadows is actually just a corrupted, misunderstood pony betrayed by the pillars and not a being of pure evil where sealing in limbo was literally the only option. Though even though this did turn out alright in the end, it doesn’t help that between this finale and a certain decision she makes in the movie (More on that later). Twilight has unfortunately been on the low on good plans as of late. Hope she gets a little better at that.

But it’s interesting on itself to have Starswirl here. He’s been a big part of the show’s lore even though until now we only heard his name (Well we did see him in the EQG2 Flashback story but that’s it). So it’s a pretty big deal that it seems he’ll be here to stay.

This is a small note and something you might miss easily. But Spike hands Twilight a book called Seapony Etiquette. Possibly a somewhat connection to of course the movie and/or Season 8. I got to say once again that I’m happy there is canon seaponies one way or another since mermaids are one of my favorite fantasy creatures (2nd to of course, Genies)

Oh yeah and we get perhaps our actual very first “Hey, Equestria Girls happened!” moment in the show. The only thing previous being the Flash Sentry cameos which hardly counts since he barely does anything and Twilight doesn’t acknowledge him. But we certainly see the Sirens get banished. Whether this means we get more EQG references in the future is up to debate. I’m sure many in the fanbase would love to see Sunset appear in the show.

When the day is saved we must remember something that Magical Mystery Cure told us about Star Swirl in that he didn’t completely get friendship. And the way he treated Stygian is one big example. In that way, Twilight has surpassed Star Swirl.

In many ways this is an interesting and pretty solid finale. Probably the best two-parter since Season 4. Though that’s not the only thing that’s been the best in a while.

Because I fully believe that Season 7 was a very pleasant surprise. I might even say it’s the best season since Season 4. I still love Season 4 too much for 7 to match it. But I’m glad Season 7 went the way it did because it showed to me much of Season 6 may have been a fluke. No season is truly perfect, there’s probably a few points in this season I could consider lacking. But I think  can definitely rank 7 in the upper half of my personal ranking of the seasons. I need more time to truly decide where I think it stands but as of now it’s either 2nd only to Season 4 or just behind Season 2. And that’s not a bad place to be at all. I am very much looking forward to what the next season might bring.

I should probably also give my current thoughts on Starlight. I think I’ve gotten to the point where I’m getting used to her at last though again I still can’t say I look forward to seeing her as I do the main cast yet. I do want to know what exactly they’re planning for her since aside from maybe Spike she’s the only recurring character that has some kind of goal to reach. I’d still like a little more details of her past though. I think it’s vital we know a little more of her history from after Star Burst left and before she took over that village. I’m not going to pretend that I like Starlight enough still, but I must address that the hate for her might be a little extreme at times. I actually feel Season 7 gave the right amount of screen time for her. Back in Season 6 she seemed to only appear when she was important to the plot of the episode. In this season however Starlight actually felt like a natural character, appearing in more episodes even if she wasn’t the focus. She appeared in a total of 11-12 episodes this time around. Nearly half the season. I may be far from the biggest Starlight fan in the world but I don’t have too many problems with this since a big problem with last season was just about the polar opposite for Starlight’s appearances. They seemed to push her aside for most of the season and even when she did appear it was often not as satisfactory to either her fans or the skeptics giving her a chance. I don’t think she’s entirely stole the show’s spotlight but I understand that again very early on it looked like Season 7 was making the show “The Starlight Glimmer Show” due to her frequent early appearances that got compounded by the fact she even got a special episode involving her with Equestria Girls. It slowed down from there though and most of the Mane 6 got good episodes to themselves this season.

I’d say the highlights of this season were Celestial Advice (Finally getting a good glimpse to Celestia), Parental Glidance (RD’s parents are fun), Royal Problem (Long-awaited and fun Alicorn Sisters episode), Perfect Pear (Hardly needs to be explained, probably still the shining crown of this season), Fame and Misfortune (Very fun meta episode), Once Upon A Zeppelin (Twi’s parents are awesome!), and the very finale I talked about in this thoughts. Might be others I’m missing but regardless it’s been a good season. And I eagerly wait to see what’s coming, next I still have to get my thoughts out on the movie. But after that the hiatus will be truly on. Though I’m aware that we’re getting weekly shorts Equestria Girls wise, though I feel those won’t be long enough to really warrant thoughts about.

Aside from MLP in general though Christmas is coming soon and I’ll probably be receiving a Switch then. I’m looking forward to Mario Odyssey, Sonic Forces, and many other games that I’ll be capable of taking on the go as well as on the big screen. And of course putting many others who have a Switch on the friend list and such. ^^

Until I get my thoughts on the movie out there and/or Season 8. I’ll see you guys then. Bye!