Quote Originally Posted by Cloudane View Post
Yyyyyup, still watching it and loving it. Haven't had time for much forumgoing lately.

I felt season 3 was rather weak, but season 4 so far is brilliant stuff, up there with good season 1+2 episodes.

Liking the way they've brought back the moral/summary at the end without reverting to reports to Celestia (which they've rightly moved past as they've matured)

The animation and facial expressions have really seen a jump recently, which is nice.

I'm getting a bit worried about the Flanderization of Pinkie (particularly notable in the castle episode) - more episodes like Cranky Doodle and Baby Cakes to flesh her character out again plz.

But yeah overall, top marks! Hope this quality continues!
BTW, watch Twilight slowly grow to princess size throughout the season...
Yeah, I'm going to admit that I found Season 3 to be the weakest season, with the acception of a few episode (Magical Mystery Cure being the most awesome in my opinion), and even they got things wrong in my mind. I think that part of it is to do with Lauren going; I know that she wasn't the only one involved in making it, but keep in mind that the majority of season 1 is updated versions of her old fanfictions, and any episode that wasn't she was still involved in, which continued in season 2. Season 3 is the first season she did nothing in, and it shows.

I think what's happening to Pinkie is also down to that; she was written as more of a fun loving "free spirit", but someone who cares about others, and isn't just a one diemensional gag or whatever the current writer wants her to be. It's like how Rainbow Dash suddenly went back to Dragonshy style personality, in season 3, despite going through a change through season 1 and definitely season 2. There was noway the Dashie I saw in The Crystal Empire is the same one I saw in her later season 2 episodes, especially Hurricane Fluttershy.

So yeah, Pinkie... she didn't work in season 3 most of the time, I even half believed that they sent back the real one in Too Many Pinkie Pies at times. The only episode I really liked her in during season 3 was Wonderbolts Accademy - I found her really cute in that episode.