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> I do appreciate how it was played out, although a broadly-scifi-read viewer should guess about the fused/possessed nature earlier.
yeah, there was a little moment in which a hidden voice made him turn around and change the words that he was going to say.
> But we are seeing this from, largely, Nahmat's viewpoint, who doesn't think of this possibility until the Celly/Nat confrontation near the end.
if the comic didn´t display at all the other side that was simultaneously happening, then the comic does have its merits (although for obvious reasons, those parts had to be displayed in order to not make that twist all that sudden).
> Watching the newlyweds work through the puzzle was adorable and a little bit amazing.
Indeed.
> Still, I feel that the show either blew through, or skirted around all the very poignant points brought up in that section.
about Celestia´s flaws, in the past discussion threads, this board has discussed a little bit about Celestia. Namely I want to link these two posts: from >>/1295/ to >>/1302/ related to the discussion of Horse Play (Season 8 Episode 7).
To me, the show never fully dived into these matters and I had considered her as some sort of archetype or a glorified active plotline until she managed to get more prominence from season 7 onwards. You could pull out a few minor details from her (her trolling skills, the mistakes that she made towards her sister...) but I never could judge her with any real depth in order to display her entire character and how she interacts, not only in her duties, but also in a daily routine. Celestial Advice kind of worked as a reset button with a view to bring good enough material in order to judge her character.
> Was it in s6 that the Sisters got bodyswapped? It helped us (me) believe the Sisters were ponies, and still experienced friction as you'd expect but believe too, they'd finally confronted it, and each other, to resolve the matter more fully.
Season 7 Episode 10: A Royal Problem. Exactly in the same season where Celestia started to shine. They shared the same fears as soon as they saw the menace and they went through a slice of life conflict like any other character, with the viewer finding out the responsibilities that they have to face each day.
Did it imply a wasted opportunity of not snatching them for introducing more lore? Sure, but honestly, seeing them going through these mundane conflicts without having to go that far (I mean, the fan interpretations of Luna taking revenge among other early headcanons) was quite satisfying to watch as well. I mean, Between Dusk and Dawn ended up being one of my favorites and it consisted in them wandering around as tourists traveling all over Equestria,arguing against each other for having some frictions about what they should do next.
> Still, before then I was inclined to believe the show didn't properly address the earlier friction that lead to the NMM incident.
Princess Twilight Sparkle (Season 4 opener) "kind of" did that ("kind of" because that incident was solved in order to beat Discord later) and the comics related to the pillars of Equestria showed that they were both Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon (in fact, Nightmare Knights in this thread also covered it for the purpose to introduce an actual Daybreaker with >>/2210/, >>/2212/, >>/2213/, >>/3241/ and >>/3242/). However, IDW should be taken as the expanded universe of Star Wars, a "what if" case for those stories.
Otherwise, I have to agree here.