@HC
I like a shy Fluttershy. She's so adorable. My plans at work have been altered so I might just go ahead and get in Irfan and reduce something to avatar size for myself.

I'm nearly caught all the way up. The show has gotten SOOO good in season 2 so far. Things really started taking off after the cutie mark backstory episode in season 1. I really like how much investment there is in the consistency of the world. Even though they weren't allowed to go with long arcs, it's nice that they sort of work small arcs (Cutie Pie Crusaders, etc.) and recurring stuff (Grand Galloping Gala, etc.) into the episodic format in a way that makes things feel internally consistent.

The slight broadening of format (everypony writing to Celestia instead of just TS) has really opened the doors for what can be the focal point of a given ep. It's felt like nearly every ep of S2 has added something great to enrich the world.

I've convinced my wife to watch a little and watching back through some of the S1 episodes you really notice how they not only laid some groundwork, but, unlike many shows aimed at a younger audience, they actually had themes recur and almost anything mentioned seems to later become more relevant even if it seemed like a throw away the first time around.