>>10860
>both in terms of how quickly the nuances of her character were lost, and in terms of how drastically she changed.
I remembering thinking that Pinkie Pie was wirtten badly more often on a episode by episode basis but I didn't feel that she was totally destroyed. Albeit, my memory, especially of the mid seasons, is less (as I have noted) and I could very well see myself a similar case to yours.

>I'd suggest that a good analogy for how Unicorn magic seems to work is music.
I have heard this before but haven't thought about it in awhile, yes, that is a good analogy!

>Do we actually know for sure that those Parasprites made it to Fillydelphia? I think you're probably correct that it was implied, I'm just curious as to whether something actually confirms it.
That is how I have always took it, and have seen it at least alluded to by others. Though, this makes me want to go check around and see, just in case, if I can find anything to disprove it.

>>10863
>Plus it explains why she can't use them when they'd be really, really useful, like in Discord's maze.
My thoughts exactly!

>but both of those don't really fit with the episode where she has those sixth-senses to me.
I will refer to this when we get to there.