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>After all, how could society in Equestria move past the reliance on the crafts? Things like the Flim-Flam brother’s machine don’t just threaten jobs, as they did in our world, they threaten the fundamental fabric of Equestrian society.
The former, I propose that harmonic magic itself might ensure everyone finds the most proper place. (A certain couple of moments from later seasons MIGHT threaten this theory, but a topic for another day.)

>family suggests you could hack the system and just embrace the family talent earlier, the exact idea Apple Bloom gets.
Now that is an interesting observation! Apple Bloom, perhaps rightly, infered the exact opposite lesson from what Applejack was trying to say. Rather than assurance of "it'll be your time!" Apple Bloom put, in her own childish way, two and tow together.

>Poor Twist gets left behind after this episode, but I definitely remember having friends in school who I was friends with just because we were both losers.
Twist had a unique design and traits, I wonder if anything more was ever considered for her?

>Or born an Alicorn but discovered the power to raise the sun later? Many questions, but I’m glad canon didn’t answer them. I don’t think the show could have pulled off an “how Celestia got her cutie mark” episode well enough to justify it.
I thinking hinting at it = good, explaining everything and nerding out on something like how that would have probably gone down in a later season fandom episode = bad. The former adds to haunting and comfy, the later removes wonder and mysteriousness.

>With that in mind, I think I’ll put this episode at around 5.9.
That is your lowest rating thus far but I certainly understand it. I can see how this didn't "click" with you.