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>As stupid as this sounds, we ourselves played a part in that. It was a team achievement. As small of a part it was, you still directly contributed to this movie's existence.
I could have pirated it and watch it in my home in October but nope, I went to see it at the cinema with my mother and had a good time as if it were a traditional Disney film. Then in June, I finally got the DVD on physical copy and I rewatched it again, celebrating my organic chemistry pass...and then,Novo´s fic happened because of that. So, not only once but twice,it moved me. Both times I had felt like I was watching new locations, emotions, traditional lines from the characters and I was worried about the dub voices but they turned out to be great and they didn´t feel out of place at anytime.

I felt like contributing to it because how many hours of entertainment have I received for these 4 years? The price for the movie was nothing in comparison and I was relieved to find myself spending it on something that was worthy of my time fortunately. I had a lot of fears until the movie was in the last third. Still, I had to put my hands on my face and turn my face around to the opposite side where my mother was sitting so nobody would notice the liquid...and even then, it somewhat happened in the rewatch as well.It felt like I was watching something that was fictional until it became true, physical that was beyond a mobile/PC screen,something I could touch and outsiders could notice, a product of the internet until that happened.

Then I watched the Last Jedi two weeks after it and I was absolutely disappointed, I couldn´t believe that I had enjoyed a childish product (in theory) more than a mainstream/popular franchise. I regretted spending money on that and I would have used it for Blade Runner 2049 instead.

About the achievement, yeah we both did play our part (S4 finale intensifies). It felt more like a personal game while I was posting my favorite images that I didn´t have the right time to post them on /mlp/. It wasn´t that hard honestly and I expected that hype to get over in less than a month or so. I just put that objective before the year would end so we would have made it in case anything else happened.
>This franchise has had life breathed into it by the fandom and was moving in contrast to the mood of the news, politics, etc. Light still exist and not everything is going to trash control by majorities of others.
you can post whatever politics topic around and such, as long as the ones who debate do it with reasonable arguments, I cannot find reasons to be annoyed so easily. One of the intentions for politics is to divide people and even then, have I lost my chill mood because of them? Maybe two years ago, I would. Now, you have it harder (not impossible though). To point out a curious detail, I have felt more moved when personal things came into the topic, the political/financial situation felt more like a descriptive post.

I may have read somewhere that Americans were devastated back in the early 10s so they were looking for an escapist medium, is that true? I wouldn´t be surprised. Not everything in life is so negative as media wants to project it and no, society cannot control completely the mood you can have all the time. While it´s true that the behaviors get more influenced when bad situations happen, the world doesn´t owe you a thing so why would they have to influence over the happiness of others? I may have had a period in which politics influenced a lot over me but to be honest, it gets boring or annoying after a while because the same patterns get repeated over and over just with a different cover. So no, politics is nothing to destroy entertainment. Funnily enough, having an argument about what episodes are good or bad....oh boy, that sure is tense in this fandom more than anything else.