>>2359
So yeah, definitely a satisfying watch. This special shows how much FiM has evolved, how the cast has expanded over the years, how the morals are more subtle despite their simple message behind and the most important aspect of it: the character interactions. They nailed them and no, despite celebrating Heart´s Warming, make no mistake, this is a pure FiM episode that reminds you and puts its actual soul in 44 minutes. It´s one of the most precise summaries for a show like this. The spirit, the feelings, the comedy, the comfy vibes and the conflicts are all compiled here with 7 different arcs and a collective resolution.

The ratings have reached the top because anons missed those season 1 vibes. However, i said that this shares the comfy vibes from season 1 but that´s it. The humor, the arcs, places and secondary characters have come from different seasons that the nostalgic one didn´t create at that time.

what can I say? Top 5 possibly because how it manages to sum up all the magical aspects that have made this show so great, with background and secondary characters having their own cameos in the two songs (like pic related with the Royal Sisters) and how 2018 and season 8 come to an end for ponies in general.

I cannot make enough justice by describing it on here,I think its way more enjoyable to take a blanket,a comfortable seat and just realize why you have loved this show for so long. It doesn´t disappoint because it´s pretty well thought, it has a pretty natural pacing and it gives me some hope and trust that they are putting effort to give this series a good ending. If we don´t get that, at least this special episode ended 2018 with a top notch note, making FiM even greater and bigger than before. That serves for the best gift to this fandom: enjoying a franchise after so much time, making it almost timeless for any fan of this franchise.

Friendship is Magic, that´s the most important gift revealed over here. It´s not found in the end but on the road while looking for any objective.

My rating: A
Totally deserves those scores in >>2357 and it´s not hard to figure out why