Centennial Horse

Spoilers ahoy! Aweigh? A-neigh!

So for those of you who missed it, this weekend's episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was one long love-letter to its fans. It was pure pandering (but of the best sort), as it was full of references and call-backs and confirmation of fan theories, because it gave favorite background ponies important speaking roles and relegated the Mane Six to "once again saving the town".

"Maybe it's just a friendship problem, and it will all be cleared up in a half hour or so?"

There's so much that's wonderful about this episode that I'm geeking out about it.

• Derpy speaks AND has an important, starring role!  True, they don't call her Derpy Hooves -- I don't think they say her name at all -- but that's unimportant. HER EYES ARE PROPERLY DERPED and that's all that matters. 
• Doctor Whooves is canon!  True, they don't call him that either, or say the words "Time Lord" or "TARDIS" -- but it's so heavily implied that it's essentially stated outright. 

Look! It's even got a floaty central thing!

• Also, Derpy is now totally the Doctor's companion. Allons-y!

• The dark truth about Bon Bon's many voices can finally be revealed. And strange jobs. And why she shows up in crowd scenes. 
• Octavia and Vinyl Scratch are now canonically roommates. And they have a jam session. 

[[Bronying intensifies]]

• Existential Gummy is best Gummy.
• Hey, look, it's Button Mash!

• And in case you missed it, there was one frame where the creative team showed up in horse masks:

Yes, it's quite obvious that as of this episode, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has...


... jumped the shark.


I bucking LOVE my fandom.