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> Reminds me of the older flash style of early Bionicle (actually, I've seen comparisons to Bionicle's old style and FiM in the past, I think I've mentioned it before) though it certainly isn't as good! LOL.
Well-polished flash animation does scratch a particular itch, for sure. 
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> I think this was done more in the spirit of: Adult gives child ill suited old junk that was from their childhood trope.
See, that's one thing, but a space that is all your own to do with as you please is quite another, it provides a lot of freedom to a kid. I just can't see it much the CMC's way, and honestly I think giving kids a play-space of their own is a great idea by way of teaching them to look after their living space, to keep things neat and tidy.
> There is a lot of little information like this that I am surprised to have seen the fandom didn't run with more back at the time. Though this is understandably small with no details so where a bunch of other memes. I guess this is in sort of the category like Spike being somewhat well connected and having some sort of independent life doing things for Princess Celestia or what not. 
This show very much has the 'Gravity Falls' effect for me, where wherever you care to look there's depth and detail (except in areas like some of the background ponies - Time Turner carrying Photo Finish for instance, though I suppose he could be doing it as a local hire for a quick paycheck) - and that depth and detail makes the world feel very alive, not just real but almost as though you could interact with it.
> Completely get that, even if I liked Stare Master more. Probably born out of my preference for certain scenarios like low stakes adventure.
There's a theme with both Stare Master and Green Isn't Your Color for me seemingly - annoyance can significantly downgrade an episode's enjoyment for me. 
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> (was Froggy Bottom Bog from Feeling Pinkie Keen established in the Everfree?).
I don't recall, but I would be surprised if it wasn't in the Everfree given the big monster they run into.
> I had always headcanoned this as a matter of education. 
My only issue with this is that as per Boast Busters, it clearly takes actual concentration and effort as well - which has significant overlap as mental effort and the ability to concentrate can help one become more educated, but even cleverness and education fall a little bit short of explaining the extraordinary nature of Twilight's powers to me - I think the fact that her talent *is* magic has a major role to play, given not just how powerful we see Twilight to be, but how multifaceted as well. Some sort of confluence of talent, mental ability and education perhaps. 
> Magic is hard and while their are spellbooks everywhere
The sort of spellbooks Twilight gets really into always seem old and obscure - we know there's a little bit of a scholarly community for them not just given Moondancer and Sunburst, but even Twilight's comments about Starswirl on Nightmare Night, but I would imagine the more mundane type of spellbook is for tasks demanded by modern Equestria, like weather control and the castle's magic shielding. These things may not align with talent, but with a sort of unicorn civil service in place, collectively I'm sure a group of educated unicorns could follow those instructions. We also know that unicorns used to raise and lower the sun and moon as a collective effort, so I wonder whether spellbooks in general are not more often and more generally textbooks for whatever is useful magic to the unicorn community at a given time.