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>This episode makes me a little more hopeful for the season.
>MLP is not out of ideas yet.
keep in mind that MLP is one of those shows that can change and get away with it as long as it keeps its core spirit. As long as it isn´t boring and offers a few character interactions here and there, it can bring anything onto the table. And yes, being unpredictable and giving a huge twist like this right at the end of the episode was the most anticlimatic road that this show could have taken. So here we are 9 years later and it still keep bringing surprises. Fingers crossed that today´s episode brings some qualities in it.

>I could understand feeling a little off with it.
you wouldn´t be the only fan who would nitpick that.

>it'd be cool if they have it actually part of the defenses in some way in the future but I doubt it
that doesn´t sound as ridiculous as you may think. I will quote this line if that happens.

>like you point out here, a fuzzy lack of info over a true answer, even for a good guess.
well, that´s the closest thing that I can come up with, not that it bothers me too much.

>though sometimes for consistent themes and bigger set ups I do count it as a criticism with the show.
this is why FIM shows a few flaws when it puts the big stuff on the front. It works for slice of life episodes but when it wants to have everything joint, the base material doesn´t help all that much for making 100% sense. For the plot itself it´s serviceable but then it has to fix what´s left in it. The Cutie Remark was the biggest example of having a questionable direction with Dolores yet we didn´t get the full circle until season 8 with the Parent Map.