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You probably know this by now, but can I still say that I'm sick to death of hearing about all this anti-BWBA rubbish? I'll admit that I have my own reservations, but I don't go around whining about it 24/7. And that's because I have bigger things to worry about. I also find it extremely pathetic that people continue to beat a scrapped steam engine over changes we've known about for two years, and yet My Little Pony's ninth season, something with even bigger writing problems, gets let off the hook because, apparently, it's the last season of said show. I've written enough about season nine already, and from what I've seen thus far in the second half that's aired early in China (barring A Horse Shoe-In, of which I can't find the English dub of), it's going to crash and burn when the finale finally airs.

And yes, I maintain that MLP season nine is the worst season of any kids' show ever. Worse than season ten of The Fairly OddParents (the show was practically dying by the time its tenth season began, and you expected nothing more than stupid writing), worse than the Nitrogen era of Thomas (again, you expected stupid writing after a while), and heck, worse than any season of Teen Titans Go! (you never really had any expectations to begin with, even ignoring that it's kind of overhated these days; it's a bog standard kids' comedy show, the only thing making it stand out was that it had characters from a comic book series). As for season nine of My Little Pony? This is from a show where you have high expectations, and for that season, they rewrote Twilight's character solely to make her part of a big story arc, regardless of logic, continuity issues, or any unfortunate implications they could lead to. As a minor spoiler, A Trivial Pursuit practically portrays Twilight as an insufferable jerk to Pinkie and the episode immediately after that, The Summer Sun Setback, tries to justify her behavior in the former (as well as Sparkle's Seven, The Point of No Return and Between Dark and Dawn) by loosely calling it character development, which just feels like a hollow insult.

As for seasons 22 and 23 of Thomas and Friends? Can we stop beating on that scrapped steam engine already? I know there are problems, but there are still good moments to be found if you take the time to study them. Leaving the international episodes to the side, perhaps we can all agree that the Sodor stories are just as good (well, with the exception of Apology Impossible) as those from S17-21. I'm not trying to go all SJW up in anyone's ass (which I'm not, for the record), but it would be for the best of everyone to understand that there are far worse things to worry about in the real world than changes to 80s preschool childhood memories. Okay? Thanks for listening.

Thomas and Friends (C) Hit Entertainment/Mattel
The Railway Series (C) The Awdry Family
My Little Pony: FiM (C) Hasbro

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You probably know this by now, but can I still say that I'm sick to death of hearing about all this anti-BWBA rubbish? I'll admit that I have my own reservations, but I don't go around whining about it 24/7. And that's because I have bigger things to worry about. I also find it extremely pathetic that people continue to beat a scrapped steam engine over changes we've known about for two years, and yet My Little Pony's ninth season, something with even bigger writing problems, gets let off the hook because, apparently, it's the last season of said show. I've written enough about season nine already, and from what I've seen thus far in the second half that's aired early in China (barring A Horse Shoe-In, of which I can't find the English dub of), it's going to crash and burn when the finale finally airs.

And yes, I maintain that MLP season nine is the worst season of any kids' show ever. Worse than season ten of The Fairly OddParents (the show was practically dying by the time its tenth season began, and you expected nothing more than stupid writing), worse than the Nitrogen era of Thomas (again, you expected stupid writing after a while), and heck, worse than any season of Teen Titans Go! (you never really had any expectations to begin with, even ignoring that it's kind of overhated these days; it's a bog standard kids' comedy show, the only thing making it stand out was that it had characters from a comic book series). As for season nine of My Little Pony? This is from a show where you have high expectations, and for that season, they rewrote Twilight's character solely to make her part of a big story arc, regardless of logic, continuity issues, or any unfortunate implications they could lead to. As a minor spoiler, A Trivial Pursuit practically portrays Twilight as an insufferable jerk to Pinkie and the episode immediately after that, The Summer Sun Setback, tries to justify her behavior in the former (as well as Sparkle's Seven, The Point of No Return and Between Dark and Dawn) by loosely calling it character development, which just feels like a hollow insult.

As for seasons 22 and 23 of Thomas and Friends? Can we stop beating on that scrapped steam engine already? I know there are problems, but there are still good moments to be found if you take the time to study them. Leaving the international episodes to the side, perhaps we can all agree that the Sodor stories are just as good (well, with the exception of Apology Impossible) as those from S17-21. I'm not trying to go all SJW up in anyone's ass (which I'm not, for the record), but it would be for the best of everyone to understand that there are far worse things to worry about in the real world than changes to 80s preschool childhood memories. Okay? Thanks for listening.

Thomas and Friends (C) Hit Entertainment/Mattel
The Railway Series (C) The Awdry Family
My Little Pony: FiM (C) Hasbro