Alright. Prepare yourself. I'm about to speak my mind.
EQ was alright. I didn't enjoy the concept either, & I avoided it for awhile, but after eventually watching it, I found myself enjoying it. The ending was..... really strange, but whatever. Had a good lesson to it I suppose, & without it, we wouldn't have Sunset Shimmer. Or Sonata.
(Fucking tacos)
However, this isn't the point here.
I'm not about to debate whether or not it was a good move for Hasbro. I'm not about to argue with anyone, call any one "untrue", because that's not the way I remember things working.
I understand it's the internet. People are idiots on the internet. I'm not saying this is ever going to stop. What I am saying is that these people that would be idiots & argue over right & wrong are forgetting the base ideas of our fandom, & are therefore not a part of it. If someone is going to argue with their fellow brother or sister over something as simple & unchangeable as a decision made by the creators, then suffice it to say THEY are the one that is not a "real brony".
It's more than watching a show. It's the unity taught by that show, the idea of peace through general acceptance, & this includes acceptance that people have different ideas, that we disagree. This is how we advance.
3 stars for provoking thought. One star for the troll.
Love & tolerate, ladies & gentlemen.