Bronies React: Season 7 Finale (Shadow Play)

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Shadow Play
ACRacebest / acracebest
Black Gryph0n / christkids
LittleshyFiM / littleshyfim
Viva Reverie / immatoonlink
Saberspark / saberspark
Silver Quill / tgcsilver
Jaxblade / jaxblade07
Dustykatt / dustykatt
Fire Team Harmony / @fireteamharmony
Intro/Outro:
Special Thanks to Corvus Hooves
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Winterglade - Makkon • Winterglade
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My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic: Shadow Play

[@bundleofsinshine6587]

i swear...if Dusty would have been my school teacher back in school, i would have actually paid attention in class to every detailed explanation.....

[@tropicalshores700]

SAME!!!!!!!!!!

[@christianwalters3495]

SAME Too HE A BADASS

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

If Dusty was a teacher, he wouldn't act the way in the classroom, sadly

[@ambermargheim5726]

Gotta agree, though my school was pretty cool, hot chocolate , we got to bring all kinds of stuff to take apart, even the food was good.

[@MaskedKittyYT]

Omni Present SnowFlake i dunno dude, some teachers are lax Af legit i had an American sign language teacher in high school who made pancakes because he made them for the class above us and he just sorta forgot to put the stuff away, legit because he didn’t move them before opening the class he made us pancakes and we didn’t even do anything to have earned them, plus he taught us sign language through movies and music, i was shit at it before and i still am but i still remember those classes.

[@RockandStoneVForKarl]

Racebest: "Sometimes I feel like the show ignores bad people exist" *Next time on My Little Pony* LITERAL RACISM

[@jeepybeepybop]

Dalvyn The Drunk I'm still holding out for Tirek. ;)

[@werewolf873]

@@jeepybeepybop i imagine you're pleased?

[@jeepybeepybop]

@@werewolf873 So far, so good. 🙂

[@Doc903]

@Brian M Whom they imprisoned in Tartarus next to him. Ah, aren't young minds so impressionable?

[@RockandStoneVForKarl]

@Brian M The reformation haters will get a kick out of that.

[@lunawishes2182]

I love how everyone is kind of ridiculing the show in a way but then Jax is just fangirling the entire time like an excited 5 year old

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

Left side of my brain vs right side of my brain when partaking in Ponies.

[@sumsarsiranen]

"Season 8, they bring back a million year old villain" "Nobody expects the young villain!" -Cozy Glow

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

"so basically earth is equestrian's dumpster" best line

[@sweetdreams1028]

But also couldn’t be more accurate

[@Viva_Reverie]

oh my goodness just look at the time, _it's horse o'clock_

[@NovacoreDrums]

you should sign up to play for dragon force with that head bang. XD

[@juggerNOTtoday]

You looked like you were part of a sacrificial ritual being surrounded by Reverie plushies

[@princessaur]

Bruh that headbang was perfect. Never cut your hair.

[@dakotathewhale2275]

It’s high noon

[@NyxMoonTV]

Viva Reverie ....*seinfield theme*

[@kygamer5167]

It was mentioned back in season 3's finale that Starswirl didn't understand friendship like... Normal ponies. So it made sense for him to be kind of a arse during this. I like that call back.

[@millerkarageanes1562]

It still doesn’t excuse his behavior

[@akhragee]

With all the other pairings made explicit, I'm surprised nobody commented on how clearly Stygian is the pillars' Spike.

[@nicktunes5777]

Theodore Lief Gannon oH MY GOD That's actually really cool! Never noticed that before.

[@thinthle]

agreed

[@oCMSo]

Please, spike is much more lame lol

[@Ashaira]

So what you're saying is Spike is the next season finale villain?

[@shonascott5499]

more like, both Stygian and Spike are different than the mane six/pillars and seem weaker than them. They both have confidence issues and aren't ever considered heroes nor allowed to help. Stygian is what Spike could've become; a depressed, lonely guy who gave into darkness after his friends cast him out for only wanting to help. We have to give props to the fact that the differing factor between them is Twilight and Starswirl. Twilight embraced Spike and encouraged him, listening and allowing him to help while Starswirl turned on Stygian in paranoia and miscommunication.

[@cherrysoda2646]

starswirl: once a villain always a villain me:...... one a kittypet ALWAYS A KITTYPET

[@Lucy-if7qs]

BLUESTAR SAYS NOT

[@cyleighhickman.8604]

A warriors fan!

[@Tobisaurus_03]

YES XD

[@loganwynn2337]

I FUCKING REMEMBER THAT SERIES! I KNEW I WASN'T CRAZY!!!

[@kindracorbridge9092]

Yes!! WARRIOR CATS!!!!!!!!!!! Also this episode is like Venom vs The Avengers.

[@mitspeithetc]

Episode's Villain: Complements Twilight Twi's Idol: *Shame*

[@ambermargheim5726]

Oh my gosh! I just slept on this pillow! It's amazing! ! *whacks him * best line

[@jacktheflash8478]

Lol

[@Spacebun236]

"Once a villain always a villain" Starlight was a villain, not anymore Discord was a villain, not anymore *lUnA wAs A vIllIAn, nOt AnymOre!* Also I don't care what anyone says when they tell me "but he was trapped in limbo he didn't know that" I really want to see the look on his face when Celestia and Luna both tell him that nightmare moon story

[@MALEMization]

At least we got Chryssy!

[@shonascott5499]

oh god Starswirl would shit himself if he said that in Canterlot or something and have to hide behind Celestia to stop pissed off Discord and Luna from kicking his ass back into limbo

[@imperator5228]

He'd have a heart attack.

[@masterofyugioh1000]

and he was told about starlight by pinkie

[@simbatheking725]

You know what, you're actually right (apart from chrysalis though).

[@ethanhatcher5533]

My legit favorite part of this episode is how it seems like dash has a new drinking buddy

[@wolfbassgames1244]

ethan hatcher totally agree!

[@rayrayartz]

ethan hatcher I ship it like fed x

[@tanishibadi]

SHIP

[@edwinsandra5904]

Forest Loves Sans shipping intensifies Ships through fed ex

[@theberrby6836]

Ha! Yeah!

[@tenebraequeene]

That Shrek joke caught me off guard and actually made me laugh out loud xD

[@eonbree8593]

Data Roxas same XD it was in a public bathroom too

[@lollyyolo7587]

Did anyone else notice the connection between this episode and castle mania? In castle mania, Applejack says granny Smith told her a legend about how when nightmare moon as banished not all the dark magic went with her and at night it became the 'pony of shadows'.

[@shannong4188]

This implies that Luna and Celestia were students when starswirl went to limbo, meaning 1000 years ago from the present day the two were student/teens also meaning that everything that happened 1000 years ago (discord, nightmare moon, tierek etc) happened when they were teens

[@IronycheinPain]

Makes sense given celestia's hair was pink

[@crisbox2007]

@@IronycheinPain Thats not canon :v

[@IronycheinPain]

@@crisbox2007 literally the first episode

[@crisbox2007]

@@IronycheinPain But the first and second episode of the fourth season

[@IronycheinPain]

@@crisbox2007 note that luna's entire look was not in that episode either. It's more or less how Twilight knows them as; she's never seen a younger Celestia so it never registers to her It's also twice as established since we also get a Discord flashback, which in canon is WAY before the banishment

[@Mirality]

Apparently the next villain they have to reform is the educational system...

[@werewolfgirl1773]

Mirality lol

[@soulsearcher9620]

A racist education system. (Some people would say speciesest but it's racism, because the various races of living beings don't discriminate against each other based on fur colour or things like that, so racism as we know it as humans only exists in MLP between different speices/races/creatures.) I screamed in rage at the screen.

[@drunkenthoughts6072]

LonelySoulSearcher Technically it is speciest because racism would apply to race, not species. And they do differentiate the difference of racism and speciesism by the fact that they do have concept of racism in their own species. Example would be the Hearth Warming Eve, where the 3 races(well, sub-species) hated each other even though they are of the same species. The three tribes are more akin to races than the different species, because the tribes are all ponies with slightly different characteristic while the other species are entirely alien.

[@j.p.jennings3929]

delet this spoiler

[@silverackerman394]

The most terrifying villain of all....

[@BlackGryph0n]

22:46 Vsauce! Dusty here.

[@NovacoreDrums]

Black Gryph0n where are your hooves

[@jademuseplays]

Quick thing related to the react, I always wondered why AJ kept pigs. Now I know. Pig bones can also be used to make glue, so that's that market.

[@meganthefencer694]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@corbinleitzman1181]

What was that face at 47:54

[@kyleandrade6140]

Flashlight is a good ship. Better than timberlight

[@theberrby6836]

My headcannon is that Stygian actually DIDN'T want to be pulled out of the Shadow and now he's secretly all, mad about it.

[@edwinsandra5904]

THE Berrby I’m getting some fable 3 vibes from this finaly

[@theberrby6836]

Sandra Caraballo lol!

[@aaronstallings4852]

I always find it amusing that people forget how many villains HAVE been irredeemable and totally destroyed on this show. Chrysalis has been banished somewhere worse than the changeling hive after outright rejecting an attempted redemption, Tirek is literally in Hell, Sombra was blown up and we saw his body parts flying away onscreen, the Flim Flam brothers are still scam artists, we have no idea what happened to the Sirens, Juniper Montage had her promising career quite deservedly ripped away just the same as Principal Cinch, the Storm King didn't make it to the end of his movie, and even Trixie is still a pompous windbag. Not sure that last one counts as 'evil', per se, but definitely annoying.

[@jeepybeepybop]

Aaron Stallings Garble also remains a murderous jackass.

[@drudle]

"Literally in Hell". Literally in the underworld based off Greek mythology is a very much different place than Hell, the Christian concept of the afterlife for those who haven't accepted Jesus. But literally doesn't mean literally anymore so.

[@aaronstallings4852]

O'Donnell Andrew I was using the word as a blanket term for mythological underworlds and lands of the dead in general, not a specifically Christian reference. Hell, Tartarus, Niflheim, they're all the same basic concept developed through different cultures. Heck, I hear tell that the Chinese have a lot of Hells...

[@t-1156]

Not sure that's much when you look at the insane amount of reformed villains.

[@funsies8107]

And also remember, They put a child into a place that was the equivalent of hell!!! In Equestria it doesn't matter how old you are, if you try to conquer Equestria and you give up the first attempt of redemption *eternal suffering* for you

[@lemonshrikecatworthy7964]

I remember when I hated Starlight. That changed very fast, she's one of my favourite characters now. And this finale was very fun.

[@kyraweaver3442]

I loved starlight from the beginning

[@kayleekirkpatrick9193]

Gabe: Next season, bring on the million year old villain. Me: nope, you get an 8 year old

[@somnodaur8064]

New elements of Harmony: Magic Kindness Honesty Laughter Loyalty Generosity and *Recovery* I want to be mad...but i'm not

[@morbidcuriosities4162]

Who's recovery

[@katarinadreams6955]

and *JOHN CENA!!*

[@lubv3965]

Starlight, you @@morbidcuriosities4162

[@rivalthegrey7.562]

That’s fucking hilarious 🤣

[@notapeopleperson6761]

@@morbidcuriosities4162 spike obviously

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

"Do you think Larson would have brought the EQG characters into the show?" Yes, he would have. He tried to in episode 100, but it was cut.

[@MaskedKittyYT]

which characters did larson try to bring into the 100th episode, i’ve heard nothing about this.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

@@MaskedKittyYT He wanted to have a Flash Sentry cameo.

[@MaskedKittyYT]

Ross Pit: Shark Hunter huh, weird, are they still trying to push them as a relationship in current EQG, i thought they moved onto having her with that other newer guy.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

@@MaskedKittyYT Well, now EQG is over, but no, he's more or less just a supporting character.

[@noobmaster6974]

@@MaskedKittyYT No they aren’t trying to push the relationship anymore after the backlash and the relationship with the other dude was with the human Twilight not the one we all know and love

[@magic8ballproductions442]

"My old ponish is a bit rusty" BlackGryph0n: you should get that checked out

[@salenstormwing]

Rarity was gardening way back during the Rarity/AJ have a sleepover with Twilight! Geez, how can these reviewers have forgotten that? She's good at it, she just doesn't do it often.

[@yumacrafter]

Glad I'm not the only person who remembers that!

[@plasticlance9418]

Salen Stormwing my issue with that scene is that somehow, despite the fact that every plant in the garden was dead, rarity managed to rejuvenate the place and spawn multiple other flowers with garden tools and no water

[@yumacrafter]

Fair point.

[@zigslotheon]

Lancelot Owens you’re questioning that in a world full of magic?

[@plasticlance9418]

Arin Lewis The greatest thing I've seen rarity do with magic is levitate some stuff, so yeah

[@LabMatt]

Can't wait for the movie react in 2020.

[@dunjamidnight2133]

I m from 2019 future,their movie react is done already,oh yea Toodles and Racebest are now husband and wife*jumps back through portal*

[@theberrby6836]

@@dunjamidnight2133 yyaaaah true!*jumps thru portal*

[@kayleekirkpatrick9193]

This has nothing to do with the comment but, I FREAKING LOVE TOUR PROFILE PICK!

[@gladwinthefox2204]

The Movie react is out.

[@kayleekirkpatrick9193]

Josh Brony/train/pilot this was 2 years ago, they didn’t know back then

[@LordNanfoodle]

7:11 Now we *NEED* fanart of the Ancient Six in Pillar Men poses. 11:52 Discovery Family bump playing in the background? Discovery Family bump playing in the background. 14:14 Why *DOES* Applejack have so many stoned faces? They're almost as prolific as Twilight & Trixie bedroom faces. 15:33 Are we *SURE* Twilight isn't actually the Princess of NEETs? 19:07 Kanye West: "Princess Twilight doesn't care about striped equines." 19:39 Just another reason we like that adorable riceball. Always making sense. Of Hasbro knows this, and that is why the last two seasons are largely Rarity abuse. Luna forbid we love anyone other than the merchandising trio. 22:40 This history lesson was awesome. Also reinforces my quasi-"Planet of the Apes" style headcanon which states Equestria is just far-future Earth after humanity somehow caused their own extinction. 23:11 At this point, would it be safe to say Rainbow's tail is indestructible? Could you weave the ultimate armor from her tail hair? 27:19 *HARMONY ON MOTORCYCLES!!* 29:15 Fooly Cooly? 29:46 I'm of the belief that by the time the series has ended, Twilight will have made the full metamorphosis to her Friendship is Witchcraft incarnation. 31:14 So... did they just confirm time travel in MLP is based in many-worlds interpretation? If so, that is friggin' *AWESOME.* 45:00 At this point, you'd think they would pay Horse Sango more heed. 47:46 Being around Sunset has messed with you Twilight. 48:05 I wonder what pony Satan is like? If he's anything like Satan in The Binding of Isaac, he and Rarity would hit it off like *THAT.* 49:24 Horse Sango did, but Twilight and Sunfart there just didn't give a flip. 51:22 "Healer's down!! Need a res!! Out of mana!!" 56:58 "...even jaywalk." 58:21 This is proof Applejack is THICC. 58:47 The dog is looking at her like, "Da fuq is wrong with you?" 1:01:19 No. Bad Silver Quill. 1:01:23 That's what I was wondering. Where did Rainbow Power go? I thought it was to Bankai as the Elements were to Shikai. We saw it one other time in Season 5, but that was Luna's dream, and then nothing. Maybe Rainbow Power seems to only trigger when they have a foe that friendship will not work on, like Tirek, and they require brute force. 1:04:24 When did *THIS* happen? 1:29:24 Starlight is the hero we deserve. 1:29:57 What about Tirek? They rainbow nuked his ass back to Tartarus, and then you have Sombra... and there's Sombra, and there's a few chunks of Sombra over there as well. Point is, he dead. So yeah, they've put down a villain more than once. 1:30:07 If all it took was finishing Starswirl's spell and "creating new magic" for Twilight to get her wings, Starlight should already be an alicorn, because she wrote a whole new spell for S7E24.

[@jazzyg9330]

Starswhirl: Once a villain always a villain Me: Once an asshat. Always an asshat.

[@AcelJean]

that Shrek joke was just too perfect

[@melanoma7220]

I don't know, I like hearing Somnambula talk with that accent. That deep voice is also delicious to hear. ... I'm done here.

[@silvermane9992]

Wtf dude

[@the.nikhiller]

What the hell did you say two years ago

[@GFHGGDJHJHJ]

Somnambula has a hot Egyptian accent.

[@ambermargheim5726]

Lol, and that's right silver quill, Thor hammer the thoughts out.

[@jeremyflynn3728]

Uh..........

[@lulamooni7386]

Dude

[@GFHGGDJHJHJ]

@@lulamooni7386 Sweet

[@MDPace]

Yeah but it’s so irritating that they don’t know it’s Egyptian in the first place !!!

[@wolfbassgames1244]

I do agree with Jax about Starlight. She has grown on me quite a bit to being one of my favorite characters.

[@QueenTwilightSparkle1]

WolfyDaGamer Finally. A starlight lover!😊

[@wolfbassgames1244]

I’ve always loved startlight since Season 6

[@QueenTwilightSparkle1]

WolfyDaGamer I liked even at the season 5 premiere.

[@wolfbassgames1244]

I honestly didn’t. She was a totally bitch! But I really love how much she changed all the way from Season 6 all the way to now. Even in Season 8

[@QueenTwilightSparkle1]

WolfyDaGamer Do we hate all the villains in MLP? Villains are SUPPOSED TO BE *yay*hole!

[@AwkwardSegway95]

Why does everyone think the Sirens’ appearance in this episode was the first reference to Equestria Girls in the show? What about the two cameos of pony Flash Sentry in season four (one of which he spoke in)?

[@thunderbass7283]

Gabe has said "I haven't seen this, but-" and has been correct about what's to come so many times that I'm starting to not believe that he's being 100% truthful😂

[@MaskedKittyYT]

*sees Applejack kick the rock over the trees, watched the birds fly off and instantly remembers sponge-bob sound clip even though i haven’t watched that for like 15 or more years* *My Leg!!!!* *( echoes: my leg!!! )*

[@ThePogonling]

Interesting since they made a episode about the "my leg" guy a few months ago

[@MaskedKittyYT]

Poké the Pogonling holy shit, they did?!?! i’ve missed so much in this many years, i gotta find that episode and watch that.

[@thegoblincave8798]

You know, this might actually be a good format for them. Wait till everyone's completely forgotten the finale so it feels like we're all reacting to it for the first time lol

[@lorettabes4553]

yeah XD

[@leilacruz1758]

When I saw this I was like "SCREW EVERYTHING THIS IS IMPORTANT!"

[@Saralie]

Leila Cruz omg same

[@ten-fandoms-in-a-trenchcoat]

Same

[@someothername2585]

So true I was on a trip with my family then and I just put on my headphones and started to watch it XD

[@elianadunigan2915]

Leila Cruz SAME HERE

[@OneBrokenEgg]

Same

[@avacatherine5646]

Tsundere Starswirl! “I-It’s not like I wanna save Equestria with you or anything, baka!”

[@avacatherine5646]

Also Rockhoof is literally Torbjorn and Sonambula is Ana/Fareeha.

[@helenaariniello3180]

“Why am I arguing semantics with myself?” Is a mood

[@TheWebkinzMario]

1:21:51 I may have freaked out a little when I heard "Voltron".

[@kindracorbridge9092]

Voltron!! I love Voltron!!

[@thewanderer5506]

Sleepy mumbles *drinks coffee* Excelsior!! ;-; I love Silver Quill *All jokes aside* This is one of my favorite Seasons endings, I am a total sucher for redeemed charaters, and I cannot wait to see what the Pillars and Stigion will do. Hopefully they aren't just forgotten about

[@Slipy61]

27:34 "Turns out he's just afraid of heights." Rewatching that scene with that thought in mind is freaking hilarious XD Also Kung-Pow Intermission

[@MinersLoveGames]

Thank you for putting in all the work to put together this series, Race. It's not an easy job, but just know we all appreciate it! ONWARDS TO SEASON 8!

[@timekeep8114]

Just the way race best said seed just made me crack up laughing

[@QuailRocks]

I love that DustyKat is in nerd heaven with Rockhoof being a Viking horse. Something as a nerd myself can appreciate.

[@RyanKing00]

I like how the reaction for the season 7 finale came out a little after the season 8 premier.

[@Vengir]

And right after the season 8 premiere. Fast.

[@dangerouslyapocalyptic]

Vengirni ikr xD

[@DashingDash]

Very fast.

[@zigslotheon]

Wait what?

[@gitrat912]

Vengirni where can i watch it for free?

[@werewolfgirl1773]

simtel 55555 I watched it on watchcartoonsonline and its good

[@CombativeMedic]

Let. Tootles. On. The. Couch!!

[@SamWizeIII]

knowing that this is the majority of the brony community gives me comfort in being one

[@Chillbot17]

A brief list of some antagonists who were given a chance and it paid off: Picolo, Vegeta, Beerus, Loki (until Thanos came along almost immediately after), Gamora, Discord, Sunset Shimmer (in the spinoff), Ocelot (from the perspective of Boss).

[@gorephic8370]

It would be cool if you did Bronies React: Season 1 Episode 1 for a special or something.

[@Craftycatz1289]

that would be awesome

[@Th3BankPuppy]

Why didn't they do that?

[@Dan-qy6zv]

WELL SOMEONE PREDICTED THE FUTURE

[@ONCEFORVER12]

hello from the future haha!

[@MimikyuCookie]

Apollo once again gives the gift of prophecy.

[@kyleandrade6140]

Bronies react list: - Season 7 finale part 1 & 2 - my little pony the movie - forgotten friendship - season 8 part 1 & 2

[@Charles-7]

Kyle Andrade we shell see

[@ShadyDoorags]

Interesting how Starlight, the only character not on the counsel of friendship, is also the only one who can recognize a FREAKING FRIENDSHIP PROBLEM. Whether you like Starlight or not, it's very apparent that the only thing the show wants to do with this character is to have her upstage everyone. Can she be her own character instead of the super important, special pony that does what other characters are supposed to do?

[@JageshemashFTW]

To be fair, Starlight is the only one of the group to have the unique perspective of a reformed villain to get Twilight, and later Starswirl, to look at the PoS problem under a different paradigm.

[@ShadyDoorags]

To be more fair, Twilight has already done this on her own several times with reforming other characters, including Starlight herself. Trixie, Discord, Sunset Shimmer, the list goes on of evil doers whom Twilight was willing to give the benefit of the doubt. And Starlight, just episodes ago, was willing to claim Thorax's brother as a lost cause just because he didn't fit in, yet she somehow instinctively knew Stingian was just a misunderstanding and no one else did?

[@jeepybeepybop]

Shady Doorags Maybe Starlight was aware she made a mistake with Pharynx, and was trying to avoid making the same mistake again with Stygian. Twilight was too enamoured by Starswirl's status to think straight. Hero worship has always been a flaw of Twilight's. The others usually just go along with whatever Twilight says because she's the leader of the group.

[@ShadyDoorags]

"The others just go along with whatever Twilight says because she's the leader of the group." No, they don't. They usually follow her lead, but they make decisions as a group and discuss things as a group. In any episode without Starlight I would expect Applejack or Spike to chime in about how maybe Twilight was being blinded by hero worship, but that role goes to Starlight in this episode and she's literally the only one to question the situation. How many times have the mane 6 run into what they thought was danger only to realize that friendship was the solution? It's out of character for every single one of them to not even question the circumstances. Why do we have 2 counsels of friendship with 13 different perspectives to look at a situation if there's a character who's not on the counsel that is better at realizing a problem is friendship related?

[@jeepybeepybop]

Shady Doorags Maybe they were tired after Twilight forced them to study for three days straight, and then had to travel all over Equestria and beyond to find the artifacts. It looked like Starlight was mostly left out of that ordeal. There could also have been some prejudice involved since they were dealing with a giant shadow monster and not a pony. Twilight only gave in when she saw the actual pony trying to escape the shadow. The only reason any of them gave Discord a chance was because Celestia told them to, and even then, Fluttershy was the only one who really followed through on that for a couple seasons. Nightmare Moon was blasted with their rainbow lasers, and then Celestia was the one to approach her afterwards, as a pony, and offer forgiveness. Starlight was the only one who approached Chrysalis and offered her a chance at redemption. Having dealt with the likes of Tirek and Sombra probably also affected how the Mane 6 saw the Pony of Shadows. As a giant raging shadow monster, he did look a lot more like Tirek or Sombra than Starlight or Trixie. Of course, Starlight wasn't there for Tirek or Sombra, so she doesn't have that experience to affect her judgement of similar looking monsters. The only experience she's had fighting enemies is with the changlings and the Mane 6 themselves. Of course, you know how that turned out.

[@toeandshoe400]

16:34 it's ironic because the villain of season 8 ends up being a five year old lmfao

[@humanman7368]

I think Bronies react is the only react series that stays entertaining for over an hour. Most reaction channels can’t even be entertaining for a minute.

[@LiyuConberma]

1:01:46 "*mind blown* I ship it" BEST line of this whole react, Silver Quill.

[@Sonic_Gamer501]

Are you gonna do a Bronies React to My Little Pony: The Movie?

[@MrDaimeon]

Sonic Gamer I hope they do

[@meganthefencer694]

Sonic Gamer I hope so!

[@potahtwah9591]

Sonic Gamer Some Day

[@_pokapony2025]

Sonic Gamer won't they get copyrighted for that

[@werewolfgirl1773]

I think most of them already watched the movie ...

[@BugsyFoga]

YAY , a new brony reaction.😁👌

[@UwUOnDatBeat1101]

Define "new" Because the tf2 analysis bronies did this about 2 months ago

[@astrowolvez]

It's kind of weird how that filly immediately became an archeologist after getting her cutie mark. No proper schooling, nothing, just becoming an archeologist.

[@Vampirekingist]

She could be on a summer program. Or perhaps is attending a private school away from Ponyville

[@ashipnerdoffical4260]

People ask how they got away with that pinkie and applejack scene. Well, how did Animaniacs make it past the first episode without being taken down? Dialogue example: "You want us poor, innocent, children, to climb up dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church!? WE'LL DO IT!!!"

[@weldonwin]

Am I the only one who thinks Stygian is Starswirl's son? Both unicorns, same coat colour, same eye colour and Stygian looks like he could be the right age. This is my head cannon now, that Stygian is Starswirl's son, that he never spoke to or was ever there for growing up, because Stygian was so weak magically and Starswirl beleived that magic or strength was the be-all and end-all when it came to who was worthwhile.

[@Flameswipe]

I was thinking more Big Brother and Little Brother, a la Dumbledore and Aberforth. Dumbledore/Starswirl- brilliant, ambitious, one of the most powerful wizards of all time, but also incredibly full of himself and was more concerned with the greater good than the people close to him. Stygian/Aberforth- A fairly competent wizard, but not as strong as his brother and therefore not deserving of the spotlight. Wanted to protect those closest to him but didn't go about it the right way. Of course both of those parallels are more headcanon than anything since this one finale is the only time we've seen either of these characters.

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

That was an awesome reaction everyone. I'm looking forward to the next one as it should be very very interesting.

[@ellerealyay1293]

Race. Let’s be honest Sara has deserved a spot on the couch for years Sincerely and with best regards ~ a fan

[@thelickinglamp]

We’ve come a long way: We’ve invented pants.

[@solaris9426]

I love how Twilight had bedroom eyes when talking about meeting Starswirl in her dreams.

[@wubs4life551]

“He Gave her his seed” *wheeze wheeze * *uncontrollable laughter *

[@rachelsilverstein3940]

"island of perpetual ticking" A VEGGIE TALES REFERENCE!!!!

[@davideostudio2664]

1:08:32 Twilight: Senpai noticed me!!! The rest of us: We must meme this

[@lemonshrikecatworthy7964]

"Oh, that's just Australia... nevermind." As an Aussie, can confirm.

[@parisphillips4217]

Same, but basically spiders and ect are roommates at these point. Am I wrong???

[@lemonshrikecatworthy7964]

@@parisphillips4217 No.

[@ARayV]

BlackGryph0n singing the song from Beauty and the Beast over the MLP intro is *gold.*

[@FireTeamHarmony]

God... why do they keep letting us into these things?

[@DragonSpirit469]

Fire Team Harmony It's your fault you are funny bois...

[@soulsearcher9620]

They're right you know

[@NeoStrikevoiceover]

Fire Team Harmony cause you're so damn Perfect for goof balls like me. 43:16 is the best example. ; 3

[@weelzneal4768]

Dat sexy armor

[@drakesucks]

Because you're holding Judy Hopps hotage.

[@qwertykins76]

A.C. . . . *please* hire an editor. You are way too overworked, and I don't want you to be swamped any longer. There's nothing wrong with acquiring some assistance.

[@goneinaclick4046]

27:30, *secure, contain, protect* -Starswirl before becoming SCP-4593-A

[@theoobs6137]

"Season 8, bring on the millions year old villain! " villain is a filly

[@rahuhe4102]

Starlight Glimmer is the Vegeta of MLP

[@vegetafan9922]

You mean a character who was introduced as a villain and was redeemed only to then be overshadowed by the fact that she is the deuteragonist to the main protagonist? HOLY SHIT, SHE IS VEGETA!!!

[@ItPreach]

@@vegetafan9922 And Shadow (Sonic)... and Cynder (Spyro)... and Ashi (Samurai Jack)... and Karai (TMNT)... let me know if I’m missing anyone else.

[@Zacman1123]

I disagree entirely

[@5thdimensionoptiks963]

Starlight is stronger than Twilight, recklessly. This is not a good comparison just because of power and reformation, the personality dynamics are way off.

[@joshuaareta2001]

@@5thdimensionoptiks963 Yeah, Twilight only learned magic which are mostly useless during battles like magic tricks and more, but Starlight on the other hand has studied more than magic tricks she has studied much more lethal magic and magic quite useful when on battle which makes her stronger than Twilight.

[@meganthefencer694]

“And with that, Twilight creates Facebook “ ‘And then they summoned Satan’ 😆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Also, 44:36 breathe, Race, breathe! They mentioned the Living Tombstone!!!

[@palvonisyt3447]

Zoeannaart -Zilahtov Breathe indeed

[@aniela182]

16:34 “Season 8 bring on the million year old villain!” *_Filly_* _joins forces with Tirek and tries to take over Equestria_

[@nicolemusic02]

random ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ donut they should’ve said that in Season 8 for Season 9

[@dinodude8899]

Not just take over equestria.... drain all of equestria’s magic so that she’ll technically be the most powerful!

[@kinglegault]

Fun fact if you look up supremely overpowered online you'll find a photo of Starlight glimmer right next to future trucks

[@CyberSonic72]

31:42 Veggietales!!!! That was my favorite show as a child! Thank you for that!🤗

[@ARayV]

YES

[@peeblekitty5780]

1:30:34 Anyone else get "Mother Changeling" in their head with that? It sounded like the beginning few notes looped

[@DJCosmicLatte]

Jesus, am I the only one who got Fire Team's Monty Python joke? Aaaaahhhh....

[@aoyukinana]

PhonicBoom/ CosmicLatte I was waiting for the illustrations lol

[@cassthea18]

I'm sure most people got it...at least I hope they did.

[@FireTeamHarmony]

I got it too!

[@brennabrodbeck5183]

PhonicBoom/ CosmicLatte I realized when they kept repeating ahhh

[@CedarCritter]

Um, no?? Literally everyone got that! XD

[@j.smithen8910]

"The island of perpetual tickling" That Veggie Tales reference

[@HollowKnightFan77]

Where?

[@Mjauritz]

I'm glad i wasn't the only one triggered by the fact that Starlight stole the eyebrow raise from Applejack.

[@saiche100]

i mean, starswirl was stated in the s3 finale to not understand friendship, and he was sealed around the time luna (who he knew a lot) became nightmare moon and was banished for it. so it makes sense why he’d be so put off forgiving an enemy

[@Spritzkrieg]

So I guess in extended canon, Star Swirl and the Sirens invented 23 musical genres in an epic musical cold war If it's retconned, I'm ending it all

[@ChaosContrl]

AJ is not amused to have her apples on a Pie...

[@adayla_doorwalt]

That intro tho *I have to do laundry* Also Viva never change

[@adayla_doorwalt]

52:22 you stole voice of reason's joke

[@NDMovieGuy]

"The Island of Perpetual Tickling". Surprised I heard someone use that reference.

[@cliang5432]

After this,there are literally no more reformed villains.

[@faith5306]

I'm rewatching most of these just for the memories. I watched so much of you guys through my middle school - high school phase where i thought i was cringe for watching my little pony. im now turning 18 in 9 days and its really nice to be able to see you all like i did before, (this is a little weird but) while watching these videos, it really makes me feel like im experiencing it all again

[@kirara2516]

DUSTY! SABER! BLACK GRYPHON! And More! You got all my favs!

[@whateverdudezb]

It's so good to see the LivingTombstone back on brony's react after so many years.

[@NovacoreDrums]

Jax Blade looks like Ice Cube but if he was a Brony XD

[@SaturnPone]

His reaction to pinkie hugging AJ's ass was funny Pinkie Was SO lucky she wasn't gassy

[@nick3xtremegaming212]

*MLP Theme Plays* all rise

[@theunknownartist9776]

Legit died when I saw that Silver Quill was in this😂

[@ambermargheim5726]

I died here 11:06 (from headbanging wiplash) 21:09 I just did fell on the floor laughing I have no idea why I'm barely able to type I'm panting so hard. And "the where am I going with this line"

[@meganthefencer694]

I’ve been waiting so long for this video. Let’s *saddle* up and do this! ... I’ll leave

[@jamesbailey4940]

Dustykat - Continuity! Silver Quill - **looks into the distance** I feel a disturbance in the universe. Someone just stole my shtick.

[@_Vettin_]

Was anyone else headbanging with Viva? I was and I now have a headache :,)

[@ambermargheim5726]

11:06 11:06 11:06 11:06 11:06 Have some replays of his epic head banging.

[@BeachedMermaid]

Its makes me mad that Twilight is the one that gets the credit even though Stsrlight was telling them literally the whole time.

[@catty2182]

Silver: *hitting his head with a plastic hammer* Me: *laughs like crazy at his pain* XD I LAUGH AT HIS PAIN!