Me: Is studying anything else for the rest of the day
Computer: *works fine*
Me: Starts finally trying to look at political job websites to get a job in January
Computer:
Yeah no two-parter is a top priority for me either here
The 8/10s get better with a 4-ep ranking gap after this cut so I'll probably save doing part of the grunt work to cut a previous winner for a move or two after this
I know this may be a slightly disagreed on cut since you didn't care...
I was going to say I was surprised you were letting it stay this long since you eliminated it I think around the 6s in the Seasons 8/9 game, but bit my tongue especially as while it's an 8 for me I would have sucked up it making it over any other 8 as there aren't a lot of 9+s for me
This...
SC was also preferred T10 although at #10
Taking a quick break from S9 lol. First 8, Surf and/or Turf is pleasant with a good moral and resolution, I like Terramar, and the character writing and animation is good, but occasionally it feels a bit bland, being slowly paced, the song being catchy...
Wow that one wasn't too extremely away for me but I know someone else might not agree with it
Beginning of the End is still a pretty good two-parter with some mostly very good character writing and some decent twists and turns though it still feels like it could add even more new and I wish it...
No don't feel rushed, players should play at the rate that's best for them
Frenemies was a fun episode to see the villains team up and learn their own teamwork lessons in order to get things accomplished, with a very good villain song, but I did find it to have a few flaws such as forced...
I know there are good intentions here, but in general I don't think creators of Elimination threads like to have more items requested to be added to their lists after they already came up with them and started the thread.
Anyhow I have some ideas for how to tweak this thread so it doesn't feel...
My favorite Spike episode is Inspiration Manifestation although Gauntlet of Fire is a great episode too
3 episodes in my preferred T10 as well as 2 of them being in my ideal T5 are from S9 but for the most part I strongly agree with blowing through S9 right now. In fact both of my last two 7s...
Oof, yeah I doubted that one would be too low for you but it was distinctly the second weakest for me left
Next up is Molt Down, I can see why this episode is well-liked not just by players here but in general in the fandom, and I find it slightly good too as it has fun and cool moments like...
Yoiks WLB was the first episode in my preferred t10 gone, and #7 too. I knew it wasn't going to win but I wish it stayed longer
It Isn't The Mane Thing About You is next up, this episode is good being competently written with its satisfying parts and the humor isn't awful (the magic hair...
Once Upon a Zeppelin was another 8 as I thought it was fun and I liked Twilight's role as a princess in her arc on vacation, but it wasn't perfect as Iron Will could have been more engaged as an indirect assertiveness mentor for Twilight than he actually is in the episode.
Next up is Triple...
I enjoyed Horse Play and liked the humor with Celestia and moral for Twilight but I knew it wasn't going to make it. However I will say that the polarizing to cut 7 is from S8 so even if you don't cut anything from it for a long time it's not too far from whittling down to its T5 anyway.
On...
I lied, since TSSS being cut was going to be my next move that puts me in a better mood so I'm cutting my second lowest and first 7, Fluttershy Leans In, and then cut the polarizing 6 next. This episode has a good moral and its satisfying moments but still could be more compelling by a bit...
Good my next two cuts, Horse Shoe In was after School Raze for me. Now there's one 6 that I know is very high for someone playing so I'll let it slide past two other 6s, despite being my weakest of the three 6s that were remaining including the one I'm cutting right now
This is my last cut...
My rationale for eliminating Dungeons and Discords when I did was that, while it is a very good episode that has great character writing and introduces a good deal positive such as Discord's friendship with Spike and Big Mac, its weak spot is how its plot is formatted as a lot of the episode is...
Ok eliminating PoNR over this episode expecting it to be not as disagreed on was surprisingly flawed. Otherwise this would have been my next cut over it.
Anyhow I know people tend to see Celestial Advice as a positive opener for Season 7, but I am neutral towards it instead of considering it...
Secrets and Pies is a low 7 for me I thought it was funny at least, but I see why it's going it has flaws
Next up is Point of No Return, this episode has its moments like a good twist ending but it feels a bit dragged on about Twilight going somewhere and then getting stressed out about not...
MFE was my last 4, now I at least consider all the episodes left okay. However first off for the eps I'm neutral towards I'm cutting Not Asking For Trouble, it doesn't have abysmal character writing but its conflict is extremely similar to Applebuck Season so it's going next
There's one episode...
Campfire Tales was an 8 for me when reanalyzing my rankings, and less good than Gauntlet of Fire, the other episode in the 6/7 thread Top 3 more distinctly when looking at how I placed my R2 and R3 rankings (I still thought it was weaker than GoF then but I didn’t want GoF to have a chance...
The Student Six are written okay here, and the opening dream sequence is interesting, but that it feels really similar to Castle Sweet Castle, has a forgettable song, and items the Student Six built such as the ladder are removed in the final castle make this episode feel mostly pretty bland...
PM me, I'd be interested to hear them. Also no one said you couldn't make a thread. but if you want to keep it private, maybe make a PM including users you want to hear about it
I actually was fine with Rock Solid Friendship as a low 7, I can see why it went considering it has a similar structure to NSP and sometimes Pinkie can be a bit much but I liked its moral about being natural about trusting your friends to learn to like each other instead of trying to force it...
Flurry of Emotions being in my bottom 3 of Season 7 still shows that the season could be worse, but I still found this episode to be pretty slow where I wasn't the most invested at best, and the way the moral sounds at the end comes across as not giving enough recognition towards the fact that...
School Daze next. This episode’s moral is another not executed very well as just because Neighsay is racist and shouldn’t be in charge of judging Twilight’s school doesn’t change that she still should have taken actions to make it more safe and that saying it was unsafe was a valid point. I know...
Shadow Play is the first episode being cut that I found to be good instead of just positive-leaning, but I can see how people who really don't like redemptions and don't think interesting lore in and of itself is enough to make an episode good tend to like it less than the people who have those...
Yikes people keep cutting 5s and 6s for me instead of the 4s, I guess the silver lining is that whenever the 4s run out things should get better a bit quicker
Last cut tonight, this episode has elements that are fine but Twilight's character is too regressed and sometimes mean-spirited. While...
I mean I didn't think Mean 6 was an amazing episode obnoxious to see eliminated either. Also my rating of Mean 6 dropped after I originally watched it from a 7 to a 5 after thinking about why some people don't like it but I still just feel like there are much worse episodes, seeing the Mean Six...
Father Knows Beast had an okay song I guess but it felt repetitive about redoing elements of Dragon Quest and Sludge felt one-note and he could have been more interestingly executed, such as if you saw a good side to him too but also a predominant bad side. I can see why it could at least gain a...
I always find it interesting that with Daring Doubt almost everyone in the fandom seems to really dislike it but it still somehow at least has a 7.4/10 on IMDb, especially when some other episodes have gotten much worse rated in the show such as around a 4.5, in the case of NCC as Sparks pointed...
The Rainbow's parents episode is shocking that it's making it this high considering the context of who's playing lol
Honest Apple at least was the first episode that I didn't fully dislike too, but I kind of have a "simultaneously like and dislike" relationship with it. It's at least...
S7 is much better than S8 but has a couple indisuptably bad episodes, I promise
Celestial Advice
All Bottled Up
A Flurry of Emotions
Rock Solid Friendship
Fluttershy Leans In
Forever Filly
Parental Glideance
Hard to Say Anything
Honest Apple
A Royal Problem
Not Asking For Trouble
Discordant...
Say goodbye to the lowest-rated episode according to me, as it's the only 0/10 I've ever given to an episode of the show!
Celestial Advice
All Bottled Up
A Flurry of Emotions
Rock Solid Friendship
Fluttershy Leans In
Forever Filly
Parental Glideance
Hard to Say Anything
Honest Apple
A Royal...
Okay, after a nice little break, we start Round 3. While this is the least good list of episodes out of the three rounds in my opinion, such as because it has the show's only season I don't like, I still see it as an alright one and it still has some great episodes. Let us start
Round 3 Start...
Hoo boy I just slightly scratched someone's car at the pool, I want to get finding out how much it costs OVER WITH but I've been handling the situation calmly and stuck around to tell the person about the situation and exchange numbers
Round 3 covering Seasons 7-9 will be posted at 2025-06-23 20:30:00 America/New_York.
*proceeds to go into coma after sleeping less than two hours studying for English test and becoming unable to post it*
A lot of excellent episodes made it this time, and I'm even more excited for the final Top 15 round now. Expect an announcement on what date and time Round 3 covering Seasons 7-9 will be posted by the end of tomorrow
Cutting another Spike S6 episode, it's great too but the last S6 episode will win the season
Maud Pie
For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
Make New Friends But Keep Discord
Amending Fences
Gauntlet of Fire
The Saddle Row Review
Season 6 was great for Spike but I distinctly just think this is the weakest of the episodes left, I like the others more. Although still #4 for S6
Maud Pie
For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
Make New Friends But Keep Discord
Amending Fences...
I know that there are people on the forum who like this even more as well as much less than me but this is a low 9, it’s very funny and has good heart like at its ending, but the plot is slightly thinner structured than the others as a lot of the episode’s plot is Big Mac being awkward as...
It's been two years since I finished the show today
Slice of Life was in my ideal top 5 distinctly although where it placed there was interchangeable, it was just an extremely fun episode to see the background characters interact more and get some hilarious fanservice but any of the other...
Dang Inspiration Manifestation was my highest episode not in my ideal t5, and still an episode I would've been very happy with. Oh well. Mane Attraction was in my preferred t10 too but at least everything in my ideal t5 is still in the top 15
Next up is Flight to the Finish, this is still an...
good, Cutie Map was one of the three 9s distinctly lower than the others and the one two parter put of them
Four more episodes in particular are left on my hit list until sailing should start to become good (and a fifth episode but that's a much different context and lesser extent)
I was going...
Daring Don't was pretty high in the r2 rankings I made with a 9 but it wasn't in my preferred t10 and I think I still liked it a lot but marginally less on rewatch
Three 8/10s left including a two-parter, will start on the two-parter. Where and Back Again was the first of my 8/10 two-parters...
HWT was the highest episode on my 8 list but still an 8 so I'm at least happy it went
This cut might be one of the more surprising that I'm the one doing considering my love of Discord but while Dungeons and Discords is a very good episode with fun character writing and introducing Discord's...
Hmmm Bats was a 9 instead of an 8, it wasn’t in my preferred t10 but came fairly close.
Testing wasn't that far from the Top 10 here in fairness, it was #13 for S4
Next up is Fault In Our Cutie Marks, another "good but I just like the other episodes more plus one small nitpick" episode. The...
Wow I completely forgot about Scare Master, that was supposed to be after Spice and before Apple Lies for me, but still a 7/10 so it's not abysmally far off from my rankings when it was cut. That's not the only weird thing that's happened about that episode before though considering it got last...
The 8 episodes are still really stockpiled for me with nine left (ten here because one is a two-parter), but Equestria Games was at least one of them. I had a feeling Rarity Investigates might be one of the more polarizing cuts but it's very good, I just like other episodes including in S5 more...
Where and Back Again was next in my order, if it's noticeable to you that S6 isn't doing great right now you're going to find it pretty standout what's coming up for my strategy lol
Next up is Rarity Investigates, this episode is fun such as to see Rarity show her clever side some more but it...
I was wondering if there were reasons that episode wouldn't be as high for you but even if it doesn't have forever there's one episode I like even more than it left and other episodes left I like almost as much as it. The further it makes the better though as it's my second favorite MLP episode...