[Blind Reaction] MLP:FiM - S05E25-26 - The Cutie Re-Mark (Season Finale) 

Sparkleborn Princess wow! I guess this finale was more realistic than I took it to be!

...Indeed. To note the hidden meanings is something fun. Although, sometimes in plain sight.

Sparkleborn Princess that's still pretty bad . Us humans are idiots for destroying the only earth there is our home! Global warming is real!!!!!!! Kill me the heat is killing me!!!!!!!!!!!

ericb31 me too

and the worst future and most terrible villain award goes to... 🎉 the Flim Flam brothers!! 🎉

+funcoolfunfun I failed to comment in it on the video (too many things to talk about, not enough time), but the only other unicorn we've seen with levitation powers is Pumpkin Cake. Based on that, we know it's possible, but few unicorns seem to have that much magical ability, at least in adult form. Here's another interesting thought. Was the equality village so remote that Tirek never actually got to it? Starlight didn't seem to actually know anything about the crucial role the Mane 6 played in all these events, including the battle with Tirek, and had never heard of Twilight prior to the Mane 6's arrival at the beginning of season 5. With Starlight's level of magic power, if Tirek had consumed her magic, along with the rest of the ponies in Equestria, he probably would have been able to overpower Twilight in the mega battle in the S4 finale, rather than it ending up a stalemate.

Applegeek For Pumpkin Cake, keep in mind that she's still a baby.So we don't know if it's natural for unicorn babies to have strong magic, then at some point they lose all that ability and have to learn how to use it. But probably for the village thing. I mean, I doubt Discord even knew about it. Otherwise the season premiere could have gone VERY differently.

+funcoolfunfun Yep, it's possible that baby unicorns are born with a level of magic ability that is disproportionate to their size, so they may be able levitate and do other crazy things, but once they grow up, the magic ratio balances out. Interestingly, unicorns can levitate OTHER ponies, just not themselves. I take that as an effect similar to trying to sail a sailboat by blowing at the sail with a fan in the same boat. The action/reaction kind of cancels itself out, unless the wind is so strong that enough of it bounces off the sail and pushes back enough to move the boat forward, but even then most of the gross wind power is just wasted. To levitate yourself must require enough magic to overcome some sort of similar magical "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" effect, given that Twilight is one of the strongest magic users we know of and even she was surprised by Starlight's ability.

Applegeek Heck, given her power, it's possible that in some alternate reality, it was Starlight who became the element of magic.

+funcoolfunfun to be honest before the season finale preview came out, I thought that's what was gonna happen, except starlight switch places with twilight using magic just before twilight explained who nightmare moon and take her place.

+Alyssa Bullock I caught most of that on rewatches later. I was mainly focusing on Pinkie and Maud right at that moment. I know I saw the metal wing at least, but it didn't fully register in my brain at that moment. Believe me, I'm kicking myself for not focusing more on that. XD

Applegeek oh, it's alright ^.^ I enjoyed your reaction btw!

+Alyssa Bullock Thanks! Oh, and thanks for being my 400th subscriber. Great number to start from with the season 6 premiere reaction, which is uploading now. I personally think it's my best one yet, so stay tuned!

Applegeek oh, you're very welcome, and i sure will!! ^.^

This is totally awful. Poor Rainbow.

Wait really. I didnt know that!

is anyone else bothered as much as me that Chryssi no longer has her multi-tone voice like in Canterlot Wedding eps? I miss that!!

Pegasister 64 excuse me *what*

BRUH I DIDN'T NOTICE

Wow i guess she's a professional cause she does the different voices so well that i didn't realize they were the same

I actually believe it comes from a future where Daybreaker exists and she ends up burning everything to the ground, even her subjects.

@@lucia5556 It was likely Cozy Glow or The Villian Trio

​@@latheredtrillionaire5701 There's no vilain trio without the mane 6. Cozy Glow is possible, but it's to early for her. They're still on the present time there, she was atill just a kid with maniac thoughts but no real knowlegde or power back then.

@@Silver-Arm Cozy Glow doesn't need the Mane 6 to take over Equestria. She trapped them in Tartaros, took over the school, and almost drained all magic from Equestria through her own machinations- as a child, give or take a year or so. With the timeline having been tampered with there's no guarantee that it would have progressed linearly.

​@@latheredtrillionaire5701 I said the vilain trio trio needed the mane 6, since they only got together after they lost. Given how much the timeline was messed up, it is possible that Cozy Glow took over equestria, but it's unlikely. She was even younger at that time, and both of her sources of knowledge didn't exist. She didn't learn about the power of friendship on the school and Tirek had no reason to teach her about how to steal magic, since he didn't lost to the mane 6. Of course she could've taken over Equestria by other means. As I said, it's possible, just not that likely.

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@@crystal9243 huh?

No this is twilight coming back to the timeline there is another twilight somewhere

@@minecraftmadison462 that's what I said. *Our* Twilight, thanks to the spell, is out of time, so isn't affected by the changes to the past. Only the Twilight of the changed timelines are altered

@@autumbreeze1129 yes

+Zum1UDontNo Yeah, that completely went over my head on first watch, but I heard plenty about it later. :D

Wow I haven't nocite that

I cannot see that

Dan Does Things ikr

She did look a bit like Winter Soldier with that hair do and that metal arm.

Damn

yes exactly, the way they get their cutie marks is what bonds them and it doesnt change their individual unique talents/destinies

Wow that’s deep 😮

@@seangoh4337 Ikr? I never knew this. Now Starlight's redemption makes so much more sense.

I guess friendship really is magic

I have not heard of that, haven't really gotten into fan fics yet. I can see how that would've been exciting for you though, might have to check it out.

You should, the author is currently writing a sequal to it as well and released a new chapter just the other day :) The story certainly takes on the "Alternate universe" route but it is well-written in a way that I can actually see it happening.

Wasen HA you should see MY fan fics on Wattpad

The third one seems so cool but I get why yhey scrapped it

Oh my ice. I love this Trixie and Starlight idea. Too bad they removed that.

@@mimaaellian2678 They should never removed that.

+misty miller Huh, wow, how I did I miss that? That's an excellent point. FWIW, I do love Spike's role in these episodes. He really got to shine in his role as the faithful assistant, rather than just being there for comedy relief. After all, if he hadn't grabbed the map Starlight left behind, or for that matter kept grabbing it as they warped back and forth through the timelines, Twilight would have basically been screwed. He also pointed things out and asked good questions at the right times to help Twilight's thought process. I think this was actually one of Spike's best performances in the show thus far. I still would like to see him grow in maturity though, and play a bigger part in the show somehow.

+Applegeek I think I would have been even deter if sunburst was actually sunset shimmer, it whould add more weight to the fact they stopped seeing each other

+Chris Tackett Yep, I've heard that from many people, and I completely agree. It just didn't make sense that Starlight never saw Sunburst again, or even tried to write to him or anything. Having Sunset be her childhood friend makes total sense, because Sunset went to an alternate dimension/reality/whateveryouwannacallit, meaning there would literally have been no way for Starlight to ever see her again. Unfortunately, the writers seem determined to keep any mention of the EG content out of the main MLP:FiM canon, with the exception of the Flash Sentry cameo, which is basically meaningless. Regarding the backstory, I do have a problem with it in that it seems a bit of a stretch to think that the loss of a single friend would be enough to send Starlight to the dark side. However, there could have been a lot more factors at play that simply weren't revealed. We no nothing about her parents, or what kind of a life she had as a filly aside from playing with Sunburst, so it's not completely unbelievable. The only other thing I can't resolve in my mind is Sunburst's cutie mark. It didn't seem like he did anything that revealed his special talent, at least not anything that was related to the sun at all. All he did was use some area-of-effect telekinesis magic to catch and re-shelf the books. Oh, and he levitated too, which is a bit more impressive, but I still don't see how it relates to the actual cutie mark he got. Oh well, there are still plenty of mysteries regarding how cutie marks really work (as was specifically touched on at the beginning of this season finale). I just hope that means we'll get more clarification on cutie mark magic in the next season.

+Kibate You do make some excellent points here. Regarding the cutie marks, you are correct that they aren't always completely literal. For example, I still don't know what Derpy's cutie mark is supposed to represent. For Rarity specifically though, I would argue that it doesn't just represent her ability to find gems (which btw I'm sure she does constantly, just not on screen), but also her ability to apply them to use them to enhance her fashion designs, which she does do quite often. And then again, there's Applejack's mark, which is just three apples, which is indeed very vague, and basically just points to the fact that feels she is destined to work at Sweet Apple Acres. And of course we know that ponies can have several talents, not all of which are specifically related to their cutie mark. Overall cutie marks still have a lot of unknown properties, and I love that the show writers are intentionally keeping it vague in order to further explore the subject going forward. For Sunburst leaving, I can definitely see your point on this. I don't think it was his fault so much as it was his parents' fault for ripping him away from his friends without so much as a goodbye, assuming that's actually how it went down, but it makes sense that a young Starlight wouldn't have understood that. And yeah, I also concede that keeping in touch isn't necessarily easy in this world. Cranky Doodle and Matilda are proof of that. I guess the biggest problem here is that we simply weren't given enough details about what really happened, and as a result, it's too easy to jump to conclusions. I really hope we get to see Sunburst show up in season 6 so Starlight can properly deal with those past demons. I've been seeing some things that suggests me might be showing up, but I haven't actually watched any of the official promo clips, so I don't know for sure. For the sake of reacting, I want to be at least mildly surprised if he does make an appearance. ;)

Uh, Sombra? Some timelines are fraught with speculation, but the Crystal War Timeline is pretty cut-and-dry. Spike didn't hatch in Twilight's care, thus he never saved the Crystal Empire. How do we know Twilight was in the Crystal Empire? Well, Chrysalis was before Sombra, and if you replace Twilight with LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE, they won't have the right connections with both Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, thus they won't suspect the fake Cadance. (And in the process of doing that, I've also shed some pretty clear light on why Chrysalis rose to power in the second timeline, though who exactly replaced Twilight is unknown.)

"Artificial" is the word you're looking for. Reason? She got injured in the war against King Sombra.

Mackenzie Massarone, no...her ears was only missing a haft. But she didn’t lose it

Poor Rainbow.

I thought it was bandaged lol I guess I was wrong, maybe.

She is amazing character.

She was the most powerful and smart.

Ha! More like 2,000,000,000,000% bigger!

basically without rainbow dash the mane 6 didn't exist

'23gameoverlord'. Or even a destroyed univers😱😱!!!

Just another muttonhead; yes, but could she see with that queef (right word?) constantly in her face?

That...would actually have been super interesting. But the showrunners seem to think it best that the EqG universe is kept separate from the main show.

findingbuglantis yes and no that's a whole gray area. they made references to both worlds in one another. so while they are separate the eg universe is level 2 canon. if that makes sense. meaning it's canon until something in fim counterclaims it. there's no official answer there to my knowledge but that's the one i'm sticking with.

@@Doomsday-yo7lh A lot of people think that Sunset and Sunburst might be siblings.

fawful 999 I think they are. Sunset having been Celestia’s student gives Sunburst an in, in Canterlot

@@fawful9992 This is amazing theory.

Actually, she was the one holding the spear, and since you can't stab yourself with the dull end of a spear, she probably just tripped. Still doesn't reduce how shocking it is since FLUTTERSHY tried to STAB a living being with a SPEAR. Emphasis on Fluttershy and stabbing.

Play that scene at .25 speed and watch where the changeling's mouth is, it seems to bite her.

1withthelion I'm pretty sure that the changeling's mouth was where her mane is, meaning it missed.

If it missed why did she collapse?

1withthelion She tripped. Notice how she was also thrusting her spear at the changeling and also missed, and she was on two legs right there. Suddenly ducking made her lose her balance probably.

Why? Because it was Applejack that led the others to abandon Twilight in The Canterlot Wedding episode.

Actually it could be if Sunset Shimmer succeeded

@@thisisnotarealchannellol9382 considering that Sunset needed the element of Magic to win, and the Mane 6 wouldn't have summoned it, she most than likely could not have won

I don't think there are any villains in this timeline, I think this a caused by a parasprite infestation that went out of control, twilight casted a spell to made them eat everything besides food, but pinkiepie wasn't there to guide them away, she was still on her family's rock farm, that's my guess.

+De Lupe Ee-yup! I've got another one on order so I can have a bit more variety.

De Lupe agreed

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rainbowdash for life >:) 💙

yup

+BerlinBronyANdy D'oh, I completely forgot about Gilda! I would have to say it's not quite on the same level as the other three in terms of epic events (Sunset Shimmer - demon vs. elements of harmony; Diamond Tiara - came out of nowhere, CMC got their marks as a result; Starlight Glimmer - time travel, 'nuff said), but I was still really happy to see Gilda come back and get a second chance. Would love to see more of Griffonstone in the future. For that matter, I think I failed to mention it, but I want to see some history on Zecora, where she's from and how she ended up in Equestria.

+Applegeek Well, it may not have felt that strong but seen realistically - Gilda saved RD's and Pinkies freakin lives! lol

+BerlinBronyANdy This is true! Actually, that just sparked another thought. It's not too big of a deal, but I'm a bit disappointed that they never really referenced the lessons learned from the three mid-season cutie map episodes in the finale. In season 4, the key item episodes played a part in the actual finale events, but in this season, those episodes, though great stories, were just more of less ordinary episodes. It's a minor complaint though, as the finale was awesome enough to stand on its own. And as I mentioned, this it the first time that we've seen a villain make an escape in order to plot and execute revenge, so having that in the back of our minds, along with the two brief Starlight Glimmer cameos in episodes 12 and 22, so we still got some subtle build-up to the finale. I just wish the cutie map episodes were tied together somehow, would've been the icing on the cake.

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@Sowmya Kovvuri so are main characters supposed to be last?😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓

+Kyana Harmon xD

Oml XD

xD I wish I couldn't see small details like that, it's bothering me now 😭 Although she looks fab with wings!

xD Pegasus pinkie is now cannon!

In case you didn't know, Pinkie was actually supposed to be Surprise, a white pegasus with a bright yellow mane, an adaptation of a G1 pony. The problem is, Hasbro doesn't actually own the rights to that character, so Lauren Faust was unable to legally use it, so the character got turned into an earth pony and recolored, and became Pinkie Pie.

She was also the one who caused it though

It may have been caused by a parasprite infestation that went out of control, that's my guess.

Hmm, I see what you mean, but I don't think they would have had quite that much power. Remember that Twilight was wielding the power of FOUR Alicorns when fighting Tirek. I suppose it could have ended up being continuous battles between the two though, fought over a period of time. Personally though, my favorite theory is still Ahuizotl and his spell that would bring 800 years of unrelenting heat, which would have destroyed the ecosystem. Without Twilight introducing Dash to Daring Do, Daring Do wouldn't have gotten the help she needed from Dash to stop Ahuizotl from casting that spell.

Applegeek well my guess is they are that powerful considering it probably takes quite some effort to raise the moon/sun via magic since celestia and Luna/Nightmare Moon are the only ones they've shown with that ability. So using that as a basis if they both went all out during that battle I'm sure it'd easily destroy equestria and reduce it to that degree. Although the Ahuizotl one is another possibility

+Yami Bakura But the thing is, as said before, Twilight had both Celestia, Luna, Cadence AND her own magical power combined, and she wasn't able to drill Tirek back into Tartarus when she went full throttle on him. I don't think something power of four alicorns unleashing all of it's power would do less damage than two alicorns fighting. (Though, Twilight also didn't look even a little tired after that fight, so maybe she didn't use all of her power, so I guess headcanons take over from that point)

Paradoxical Outcome​ yea its all speculation and true she had all 4 of the princesses magic but couldn't control it that well unlike celestia or Luna/nightmare moon. I believe to compensate for that she instead used fired it like a magic equivalent to a shotgun blast in comparison to the more focused magic they had

I would think that Tirek got his desolate land he was aiming for. Ok, Nightmare Moon returns and no bearers to put her down, so she was probably there. Discord was released by a strong fight by the CMC, which wouldn't have happened, but would come back when disharmony grows under the night. Then King Sombra comes about and maybe NM joins if Discord hasn't turned the land upside-down. Wonder if Cerberus would leave at any point during that and Tirek escapes to eat all the magic of the land... Or somepony was extra racist to the Zebras that sparked a war, resources got depleted, megaspells were built, balefire bombs were dropped and all that's left is a whole lot of radio active Wasteland with few survivors looking to trade, kill or eat each other...

She probably used the cloud walking spell Twilight used so everyone could watch Rainbow take part in the Best Young Fliers competition.

+DJchilcott Great bunch of thoughts. The Wonderbolts thing was awesome indeed. I remember watching a documentary on the Blue Angels, which is part of the U.S. Navy, and they talked about how the Blue Angels planes were fully functional fighters, and can be prepped and battle ready very quickly in the event of a national emergency. Thus it makes sense that the Wonderbolts practice both for show and to be combat ready if necessary. Oh, also, I didn't even think about the EUP until you mentioned it, but that also makes sense for the world war scenario. The whole thing had a strong WW2 vibe, and like you said, it was great how they showed both the battle lines and also the supply chains and things behind the scenes. It was very well written, and was my favorite of the alternate timelines. Our glimpses into the timelines got shorter as the episode progressed, so it's hard to do fair comparisons of all of them, I'm afraid. Oh, on Nightmare Moon's future, one thing I failed to make note of is that it actually didn't look that bad. Everything looked very organized and neat, no resistance brewing or anything. Of course, we didn't get nearly enough time to explore that timeline, so it's hard to say for sure, but it was a nice twist from the first two with Sombra and Chrysalis. FYI, the reason I freaked out a bit when Spike mentioned Celestia's name is that I thought Nightmare Moon would go berserk just by hearing that name (the phrase "she who shall not be named" flashed through my head, a Harry Potter reference, but I didn't say it out loud), but she took it surprisingly well, I thought.

Judging by the panicked looks on Nightmare Moon's minions, I think they too feared Spike had triggered a berserk button in their ruler.

MLPDethDealr32 Me 2!

I love it.

Birdgirl 22 Celestia:; THAT , My loyal subjects, is why rainbow dash Is best pony!

***** yes! :)

Liv Sza AWSOME! Can u give me some? 😁

Liv Sza awwwwwwww! I live in Asia so I can't get a toy. Bummer . Thx anyway

***** woah! thats a lot o,o

+Kevin Johnsen Oh yeah, I went back and listened to that again. Here's the transcription: "Obviously the long-term effects of the simultaneous acquisition of cutie marks has yet to be determined, but...I can speak from my own experience that the power of cutie mark magic is very real, and in the instance of my friends and I, it can be traced to a single event." The first bit of that is very interesting. On one hand, we can see that the special duality of the CMC's cutie marks is not lost on the residents of Equestria, nor is the fact that they obtained them at the exact same time. Based on the comment about the long-term effects, it makes one wonder what will actually happen to them as they grow older, with them being connected so strongly by their similar marks. Of course, on one hand, I'm now imagining hooking up the CMC to crazy instruments in the castle version of her basement lab in the Golden Oak Library to try to figure out the marks, but on the other hand, I love the fact that this is a matter of great interest to them in terms of magicology (for lack of a better term), and yes, I believe this is foreshadowing of things to come. I just know I'm going to freak out when season 6 arrives and we get our first new CMC-focused episode. ^_^;

Pinkie: Okay everypony just LOOK STRAIGHT FORWARD!!! Everyone: Why? Pinkie: No reason! ~squee~

@@ashlynnnorton7818 everypony die of cuteness

also, i want more from the chrysalis time loop! i want her to venture to the caves and do a whole adventure with rarity, applejack, and rainbow! but alas, it would be too much for the ep.

and, OF COURSE theres a Flim Flam Brothers time loop. without the friends, they would run Sweet Apple Acres. remember, they dont PICK apples, they actually take the WHOLE tree to make cider.

+lisette victores Hehe, yeah, my mind was focused on the comment I was trying to make about the hidden cutie marks, and it took a couple seconds for what I was seeing right then to register. I really wish that scene had been longer, cannot express how awesome Pinkie and Maud were, and Rainbow too for that matter. I've found some pretty awesome fan art of those three from that scene already.

And who else think the last time travel (where there was absolutely nothing) was when Starlight wasn't beated??

+Emms Emelie No idea about Cadance. We also didn't see Twilight's own self in any of the alternate timelines. Can only guess at what they were up to.

The Nightmare Moon timeline is really the best of the ones shown. Sure, Nightmare moon may not be a very nice ruler, but at least she is competent and knows what she is doing. Sure, it may be nighttime all the time, but ponies could adjust, and they also have lights. There is still tourism in this timeline, so there’s probably no big war happening like in Sombras timeline. Discord’s chaos would probably be too much for most ponies, anything could happen like your house suddenly turning into lava or something. So while Nightmare Moon may not be the nicest pony, her timeline seems to be the calmest of them all. (Sombra and celestia are fighting a war, the changelings imprisoned everyone and are taking over the world, Tyrek is destroying everything, the brothers are destroying things, and Discord’s chaos realm could be very dangerous.)

@@DerCharacter Because Nightmare Moon is the only villain who cares about control. The rest of them cares about completely chaos.

+Awoken Artist Oh yes, theories are burning like wild forest fires, given the epic finale, the EQG cliffhanger, and the long hiatus ahead. I've talked about my own theories in comments on my various videos, will ultimately just have to wait and see though. I understand wanting to see more of each villain's alternate universe, but yes, time was a significant factor. To me, it made perfect sense to focus on Sombra first, because we never really got to see him as an actual established villain. Nightmare Moon was also interesting, because she got taken down before she really had a chance to do any damage, so it was neat to see a sample of what her rule of Equestria would look like. Chrysalis is probably one of the most popular villains, so again, made sense to focus on her for a bit, though that arc actually seemed to focus more on Zecora than on the changelings. Glad they didn't spend too much time on Tirek, since we pretty much already saw him just about reach his final goal anyway (steal all magic and destroy everything) in the season 4 finale. But yeah, there will always be ideas about alternate universes in which the heroes failed to save the day, in any story. What's awesome about this is the fact that the writers wrote some of these alternate universe possibilities right into official canon. It was basically a great big early Christmas present for the fandom, giving everyone a TON of new source material for fan fics and artwork and stuff. Regarding the CMC, Twilight was saying that not much is known about the long-term effects of the simultaneous acquisition of cutie marks. In other words, one could assume that most ponies get their marks by themselves, but when it comes to the Mane 6 and the CMC, the members of those two groups all got their marks at the same time as the other members of each respective group. For the Mane 6, it led to the Elements of Harmony and all the destiny stuff that came along with that. The CMC is even more special though, because not only did the marks appear at the same time, but they have a shared crest symbol, which as far as we know has never happened before. Twilight's point was just that they have no idea why that happened or what it will mean for the CMC in the future. I gotta say, I love how the writers keep circling back around to cutie marks, to show their importance, but also keep adding new twists that keep us guessing on how they really work, and why. Elements (and tree) of harmony, the cutie map pager system, marks that glow when ponies show their truest selves (Diamond Tiara and Coloratura), cutie marks with dual meaning, removal of marks (and talents) via a spell, it just gets more and more interesting. :-)

more girlgaming I know! At least zecora , pinkie or flutters should have noticed! Only rainbow dash did and neither did rarity or night mare moon or aj!

Rainbow dash did, but fluttershy didnt even see twilight

Scorpan is dead. Pharynx maybe there is somewhere and Thorax is captured.

+Bill Erak Dragón Dorado Um..miniatures? If you mean the thumbnails, I actually got lucky on the first couple with RU-vid's pre-selected ones, but after that they were kinda lame, so what I do is I find a fame I like in the reaction video, take a snapshot of it with VLC, and upload that as a custom thumbnail.

Applegeek, oh, i thought they were pre-selected. Then, nice choices. And sorry, in spanish we call them "Miniaturas", what translates to "miniatures"

+Book Lover Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

imagination studios Twilight found real cadence

Midori Gurin se would have been at her BROTHERS wedding anyway

Also Cadence probably wouldn't have been Twilight's foalsitter if she weren't Celestia's student, and wouldn't have met or married Shining Armor. And he might not have become Captain of the Guard and been in a position to cast the forcefield spell. So all the events of that episode would have been completely different.