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> I was trying to compress my replies so you wouldn't feel like ya had to reply to every point I make and here you are tying up every loose end in the thread.
that´s because I have had free time to analyze in a calm way everything that you have posted. I didn´t reply a few things with the depth that one could expose but eh, I think this will do it for the most part.

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> Note, babs is far from a favorite character, I just feel like she is one of the characters they dropped the ball on. 
mostly because there weren´t any ideas for writing her or there were more interesting characters to write about. You can see how she hasn´t appeared since season 3 and she got her cutie mark long ago in season 5. Not all the characters would get saved but appearing in this scene, at least it gives you a sign that they haven´t forgotten completely about her. 

Do they have ideas for DT and SS? We will see if there is any other CMC episode that features those two.

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> I layed out how I think she is written pretty poorly and can understand how people would find her and the Apple family as a whole pretty bland/bad and you still think your views will be controversial. 
they are not as controversial but I will need to explain my views clearly. 

> I've never had a real favorite of the mane6
it goes through phases honestly. I remember posting a little ranking in which I had Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity as the top 3 back in 2016. Now I do like every character depending on how it´s written. 

> Whatever tickles your fancy. 
I will wait for review of The Last Crusade. After watching the episode is not that big of a deal in comparison to this.

> For me it easily could be butthurt over Lesbian Ponies, and feeling of possible disappointment over Scootaloo's Parents and perhaps some butthurt if certain fan groups figure that this maybe the last time there fav appears and it doen't feel satisfactory to them. That's my theory without having seen it yet anyway.
you are not that far off. We are only taking into account the /mlp/ ratings while I have seen the ratings from Derpi and EQD and they look more positive towards it. 

I only gave it a watch once and honestly the Cozy Glow episode felt much less interesting than this one. The bad ratings will probably come because of the heated reactions and the threads dedicated to the media. They probably voted more as answer towards the direction than the quality of the episode itself. Besides, if the media and news didn´t tell that they were lesbians, could you tell that they were actually like that? In no moment they transmitted it explicitly nor anything related for it. 

Except entering into that topic, discussing about this episode will be no different from the rest so put me as one of those who doesn´t believe the drama and stays pretty much indifferent about it.