[Blind Reaction] MLP:FiM S07E10 - A Royal Problem 

8:50 I only just realized after watching this episode 5+ times... Celestia made pancakes with pineapple on the second day. Why is that significant? The fact that the first time Luna came in for breakfast she grabbed a pineapple and headed off to sleep. Celestia was trying to make breakfast Luna would appreciate more. We obviously knew Celestia was trying to make breakfast for her sister as a kind gesture but the fact that she made pineapple pancakes was a visual and non-verbal queue to suggest this. I'm sad I didn't notice this until now but that's an incredible detail.

Also, headcanon, the "wasteland' timeline from the season 5 finale is a "Celestia snapped and turned into Daybreaker' time line.

The reasons this is one of the if not THE best episodes of the series is: 1.) Celestia is getting more and more characterization! She's always come across as a "Mary Sue" but we learn it's because appearing cool, calm, and collected is part of her job. Turns out Celestia is actually only good at ruling Equestria which also explains why she's been so useless when the Mane 6 face a problem. She's a politically correct diplomat and bravery/boldness is not her strong suit. 2.) "Lesson Zero" Twilight is best Twilight! 😄 3.) Luna finally gets the credit she deserves from the show and we see how difficult her job is every night! She's appropriately the opposite of Celestia and is brave, doing her job alone and solely responsible for controlling nightmares so it doesn't effect their psyches?!?! #mindblown 4.) The little dream bubbles were amazing! I don't care if it was pandering or not! Derpy w/ the twilicane, baby AJ with her parents...it all makes me a very happy fangirl! Lol. 5.) Twilight as a ballerina on a music box was an insanely creative way to show Twilight's mentorship through comedic relief without having Twilight so involved that she took the spotlight off Starlight! 6.) Starlight's overpowered cutie mark powers were finally used for GOOD! 7.) DAYBREAKER!!!! Seeing the dark side of Celestia was AMAZING! All in all, the writing and characterization was brilliant and def one of my favs! 10/10

My favorite thing about this episode is that a big part of why the map sent Starlight is straight up that she's the only one crazy enough to screw with the princesses like that XD

Did Luna just eat a raw pineapple and a banana peel!?

Applegeek: "You two need to trade places." Starlight literally the second he said it: *switches Luna's and Celestia's cutie marks*

7:52- Applegeek- "Is'nt this what led to Nightmare Moon in the first place?" Me: Those who don't pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it!

"You guys know EXACTLY what im gonna talk about first." Daybreaker? "The first possible sighting of applejack's parents." ...Oh.

Celestia = Daybreaker Luna = Nightmare moon Twilight = Midnight sparkle Cadance = ??????

Nightmare Moon vanished instantly when Celestia destroyed them. Daybreaker - her dark alter - DID NOT! There were those few seconds where she was trying to resist, then her body went; the last thing to vanish were her eyes! That made me sit up and pay attention. Could Daybreaker be a newly formed ENTITY rather than just a dream-thing?!

Fun fact: The "teeth falling out" thing is actually a common stress dream. It usually means that you're anxious or insecure about something. Or feeling sexually inadequate. I love Daybreaker's voice acting! You can tell Nicole Oliver has been wanting to play a hammy, evil Celestia for a long time XD

My headcanon is that Celestia made Luna's powers go haywire when she entered Starlight's dream, she couldn't control it properly and she kinda infected Starlight's dream with her own fears

I believe Daybreaker was not Starlight's dream, but Celestia's. She could have formed because Celestia isn't used to entering dreams and wouldn't know how to avoid combining her own into it. I see Daybreaker as a manifestation of Celestia's negative traits, her occasional pride, thinking she knows best, and neglect for Luna's feelings, magnified and without her positive traits to balance them out. Daybreaker is Celestia's shadow, a concept in Jungian psychology that represents the traits we suppress and deny about ourselves, or even project them onto others instead of seeing what we dislike about ourselves. Just like Luna had the potential to become Nightmare Moon when she was overcome by her envy and loneliness, Celestia could become Daybreaker if she turned evil and was overcome by vanity and the belief she was above all others. Daybreaker could be Celestia's dark side and the doubts and fears she has over what she could become if she didn't restrain her power or care about anybody other than herself; she fears what she is capable of and what she could be willing to do if she became drunk with power. Celestia might have even dealt with the temptation to do so in the past and fears what she might have become if she hadn't been strong enough to resist. Does that make sense, or am I just rambling? Also, I loved your reaction to this video. You are one of my favorite reactors when it comes to MLP and I really like how you notice and understand all those little things in the show and add those notes in your videos to let us know what you think and that you understand things without needing to interrupt your reactions to spell it out for your viewers.

Celestia is finally A working Character

celestia did use the "royal canterlot voice", but only once, in the episode LESSON ZERO

"Deep inside you know how powerful you are..." And that's why she's always 'useless' in the finales and premieres, this series would've ended in 10 seconds flat.

15:37 Luna says to Starlight, 'Goodlight, Starnight.'

I think they did the cutie mark swap the way they did because if the moon alone was put on Celestia then you wouldn't be able to really see it since it is a white moon and Celestia is white. So by taking the black markings then you would be able to see the moon on Celestia's flank. That makes the most sense and probably why the animation team did it that.

The reason they had to make luna's black rump part of the cutie mark is because that moon is white and so is celestia. There's a slight hue difference but it's not enough for the mark to be shown enough for a tv show. She'd have looked basically markless if they had only transfered the moon. Wich version of luna's cutie mark is cannon at this point I do not know, but they had no choice but to have it this way for the purpose of this episode.

The reason Celestia may have found the moon easy to raise in this episode is because she actually had Luna's power and during the 1000 banishment she had used her own power.

I'm hoping this means that eventually the CMC will be called by the map. All hail Queen derby!!! Chanting kids shaming you for mistake while your teeth are falling out trying to apologize, nightmares can be disturbing.

Starlight: The spell last 24 hours, it may be a little extreme, but I still think it's a good idea Celestia: What? You do know I've sent Ponies to the guillotine and had their heads mounted on spikes along the southern wall for less right?

11:29 "Okay, Celestia is REALLY peeved" My first reaction was : Starlight, you are SO getting the guillotine!

The 'did you talk to yourself' line I was thinking hey Tabitha your Pepper is showing

Celectia probably said it was easier to raise the moon, 'cause this time she had lunar powers! It probably was easier for Luna to raise/lower the sun with her new solar powers.

Character development for the sisters. The two princesses are finally acting like sisters. Best episode of season 7so far.

I watched this episode before and I’m like “oh shit he’s gonna flip when he sees Daybreaker”

That teaser image of AJ's parents....OMGoodness!!😮😁

Bucket of popcorn!?!?!?!?! BRING ON THE DUMPTRUCK!

This is the best episode of the season. NOTHING is gonna top this one. And your reaction, as always was priceless. You are my favorite reactor out of the whole reaction community. Also, if Twilight had seen Day Breaker, her head would have exploded. As for the cutiemark animation continuity issue. If only the crescent moon symbol had gone to Celestia, you wouldn't be able to see it on that pale flank of hers. Her coat color isn't a pure white, its a incredibly pale pink actually, to the point where it looks white. Still the contrast between that and the pure white of Luna's crescent moon symbol would have been so little that it would have been lost to the eye, except in cases of extreme closeups.

16:28 - 16:34 that's me when i'm alone. 17:30 - 19:30 The Equestria princess in the parallel world.

4:35 "By the way, this is Red Bull number 3." I'm pretty sure your doctor wouldn't be too happy to hear that. :)

Remember when I said that "Parental Glidance" was my favorite episode of S7, well this one took the cake and ate it(in other words, it's my new new favorite)! Not only another one of my wishes for S7 have been fulfilled but, we finally get to see the corrupted side of Celestia(Daybreaker) and great development for the royal sisters!! Also, really love this reaction.😉

DAYBREAKER IS BEST PONY!!!!

I'm just imaging that Nicole and Tabitha trying not to break into laughter in the booths while recording these

I love how historically unbalanced the princesses are; since Luna was banished way back when the founders of equestria lived, she acts more stoic and regal, while her sister Tia has aged with the centuries, meaning she tends to act less aristocratic and more modern, as she doesn’t use royal grammar like her sister did on nightmare night

On IMDB, A Royal Problem is the 12th highest rated episode in the show Well deserved.

3:07 "Okay, Twilight's broken." So were you for a moment there. :)

when Celestia responds to Starlight's question, of if Luna never notices the wonderful breakfast she prepares for her, with "Um...yes, it does" I ALWAYS expect Celestia to uncomfortably shuffle her wings...like Twilight did when she first met Starlight

I'd say the thing about their manes is that they just flow while they're in the air, in a breeze so light that nothing else is affected by it. When Luna faceplanted, her hair was in contact with the table (which looked way roo detailed to be an animation error in my opinion). It's like her mane said, "Oh, nice, I get to relax for a bit".

This episode dethroned Parental Glideance as best episode of the season and second best episode of the series.

The thumbnail, he's SHOOK also Luna and celestia😆 and freaking twilight wheezing😂

20:56 Yup. "Working in the darkness to serve the light"---Assassin's Creed. I never really thought of why in MLP/Assassin's Creed crossovers, Luna is portrayed as the founder of the Assassin Brotherhood. I just thought nothing of it.

16:50 _"The Doctor is trying to escape from a Weeping Angel"_ [Equestria: _"Time Turner is being chased by what is seems like a pegasus statue"_ ]. -> This creatures are extremely fast, but they are also "quantum locked" (static in place) whenever any other sapient creature [including themselves] is looking at them with their eyes (either directly or with a mirror). . As long as there is enough light to perceive them and you do *NOT BLINK* (or turn away your gaze from them); they can not move. This does not work through photos or cameras (30 pictures per second with 30 "blinks" per second). . They are indestructible while in their "quantum locked mode"; only degrading very slowly with the pasage of time if they are forced to remain like this (or if they get trapped alone in a barren planet or spaceship). . If they feel weak, they can choose to send someone they touch [usually from behind, so they do not see them]; to the distant past [instead of just killing], cursing them to die sometime before they were sent back (taking out this way all of their "agency" over history at current time as a form of energy).

15:36 I never realized that she probably didn't pull a double shift the night before she was up the entire night governing the dream realm and then the entire day doing celestia's normal work

S07E10 is my favorite episode.

"werent you doing both for a thousand years?" THATS WHAT I KEEP SAYING MAN

“I should’ve destroyed you”. I thought this was a kid’s show😳

24:00 it was at that moment spike knew....twilight stole his toothbrush

I DEFINITELY think we'll be seeing more of Daybreaker. (By the way, although I had never heard that fan-name before, I think "Solar Flare" is much more fitting. Definitely a great contrast to "Nightmare Moon"!) If anything, looking at it logically dictates that they spent time and money creating a character model for her. Of COURSE they're not going to throw that away. They created an entirely new personality and design, and they do love to recycle themes and villains. Not that I'm complaining; it fills me with a kind of nostalgia! Someone in the comments mentioned that she seemed to be "holding on" to the nightmare much more readily than Nightmare Moon. And you yourself said that she directly INTERACTED with Celestia, while Nightmare Moon acted... well, as a figment WOULD. Just very "straight to the point". She stayed "in character" to why she was in the nightmare to begin with. Because SHE ISN'T REAL. But Daybreaker... this was her first chance to really get OUT of Celestia. And what a character to be created by Starlight, hm? I just don't think so. I think she was definitely given her own will, so to speak, from this nightmare. I'm not sure how yet, but I have a hard time imagining that she won't be brought back for a finale in the future. Every character in this show has fought their worse nature. Even Discord has had to battle his inner demons when he was face-to-face with Fluttershy LEAVING him as his first friend. He had to realize the true stakes, and make a change. Celestia has had to battle with keeping her sister with her, and making her people happy. But she hasn't had to battle keeping HERSELF happy, as EVERY other main character has thus far, and that is what I believe will be the theme of Daybreakers return.

I learned from Big Jim a few days ago that Daybreaker is not really Starlight’s, but is actually from Celestia’s own temptations leaking into the nightmare. Something close, but that’s how he saw the scene.

"Touring? More like boring" Yeah okay, when that line was said, I have to admit, it made me laugh.

Celestia loves cakes... pan-cakes

Real question, who wants Day Breaker to be a real villain

I have idea for my own episode: Spike and twilight will sleep. Spike will wake up and ,,post" twilight from celestia letter. Twilight will fly to canterlot and find celestia (spike was in twilight castle). Celestia will have problems with magic. When she grap with magic something, it fell down. Twilight go somewhere to find answer. *celestia sings*. Twilight will arrive. Twilight wasnt find answer. Celestia says she want make luna a little surprise. When they go celestias magic turn to orange. They will fly to to old sisters castle. They will decorate a old castle. When celestia be on platform. She acidently make hole in wall. Celestia will fall and her eyes glows. The sun will super shine and celestia turn to Daybreaker. Twilight will ask ,,how?" Daybreaker says ,,when she have the dream I was born, I live in her dreams and catch her powers. When I have a more power I waiting for perfect time. And now I destroy all princesis. And you twilight !" Twilight will hide and daybreajer try find her. The luna will come. ,,what is - DAYBREAKER !!!!" Daybreaker will see luna and try destroy her. Luna will see twilight and hide with Twilight. Twilight say ,,how we can defend daybreaker ? We havent got elements." Luna say ,,she more powerful than me and you, we havent hot chance ..... I MUST TRANSFORM TO NIGHTMARE MOON TO DEFENT DAYBREAKER !. Twilight say ,,WHAT!" and will be to be continued. Sorry when I write something wrong ;)

16:49 Dr.Whooves was hiding from a ponyfied Weeping Angel! ^^

to be fair, I assume the raising the moon comment was a sort of sarcastic aside Celestia decided to make

Season 7 has produced some of the best episodes of the entire series! This one is definitely top 5 material!

I had a feeling you would react the way you did for this episode. I was like that when the episode actually came on my TV screen. In fact, three hours after watching the episode, I was still freaking out over how good the episode was. Great reaction.

derpy with the twicane is the best moment of this episode!!

I love Starlight 😃

How many people wanted celestia to turn into daybreaker?

REDBULL!!! IT GIVES YOU WINGS!!! XD XD XD side effects of redbull: 1. gives you *WINGS!!* 2. It makes you do funny and extremely excited horse noises! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just wanna say, I *REALLY* appreciate the extra text commentary you add to your videos. It adds so much and makes your videos stand out; your text actually answered several questions I'd had regarding this episode alone.😊 EDIT: Speaking of adding so much, I just got to 25:38 (I literally have it paused and am staring at the zoomed image right now), and talk about adding things...I *NEVER* knew that was there! Any no other MLP video commentary I've seen has noticed it either 😱

3:09 *Twilight.exe has stopped*

when luna speaks of possible consequences on starlight's psyche, it sounds like she's speaking from experience, as if she failed to stop such a thing from happening once, if not multiple times. if that's true, then who did she fail..?

Haha, I just love your little freak-outs. Especially when you say Daybreaker XD

Best episode in the season so far

When I first saw Starlight's cutiemark on the map, I just broke lol

*Daybreaker* Hmm... I wonder if she´s a reference to _"Dawnbreaker"_ from The Elder Scrolls series?

This has become my pick for best episode of season 7 never for one moment did i become bored or distracted. The amazing development for the sisters was perfectly done

was The Doctor hiding from The Master? That dream bubble seemed to suggest it..

R.I.P. DayBreaker. One more mighty antagonist was wasted! >

A.G. .... when you said, "Ooooooh, that ain't right....." I almost fell out of my chair LAUGHING! *ADORE* you and your reaction videos......I've seen every one of them and am hungry for MORE!! Hope to see you at this years BC!!

my fave parts of this episode was the dream bit, it showed real common things happening in dreams, like Lunas teeth falling out, or Starlight falling in her dream. Both common bits of a dream, and the meaning behind it fits their character.

This has been a really good season so far. I honestly thought that it would slowly start declining in quality, but no, there are still great episodes like this.

WOOW !! Finally, after 7 seasons finally there will be peace between the NLR and those of the Solar Empire :D Brohoof /)

I kinda believe Luna had her own backup plan; if Twilight failed with Tirek, then Luna, with the rest of her magic, will lead everything against Tirek... Perhaps with every other race Twilight and friends made allies with.

Starlight's annoyed expressions when interacting with Twilight were great. It is almost as if there's some tension there that could lead to resentment and anger creating a Nightmare Moon/Daybreaker version of Starlight Glimmer. It's so obvious that's what will happen.

Ok so everyone is talking about Daybreaker But no one is talking about how Starlight, I mean she is going through so much I mean she literally is having nightmares and the Princess’s are just watching her talking to each other

SERIOUSLY APPLEGEEK THE MEMES ARE HILARIOUS XD LOL 😂

Luna eat a snickers Your tired when your hungry Better Luna:better

Odd, Celestia sounded like the Mane-Iac..I think it's just that we never really got such an long scene with Celestia so we're hearing her voice an lot longer than we normally do.

22:21 Does the fact that Luna had time to make breakfast imply that Celestia went on to visit other dreams after the Starlight Glimmer one she and Luna had seen together (and possibly battle other nightmares)? If so, no wonder she looked so tired.

5:47 Tara sounds like Timmy Turner 😂

This is one of my favorite episodes of season 7!

I took Celestia's "even easier than raising the sun" remark to just be her talking to herself about something she already knew, rather than saying she hadn't raised the moon before. Basically reaffirming to herself that she expected easy work.

22:08 Holy crap Luna turned into Pepper from littlest pet shop for a moment there!

Okay I wasn't expecting an episode where Celestia has an evil side.

Day breaker: you could abousolutly turn into me DAYBREAKER!!!! My friend: get the gun... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

17:42 rest in peace to those who listened through headphones/earbuds on high

Me when I saw the way Luna looked at Celestia at 6:20: me and Applegeek were both thinking the same thing SHE NEEDS COFFEE STAT

Twilight sparkle is a music box.🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 Okay then

Daybreaker is more more more evil than nightmare moon

24:31 hmm. now I'm paraphrasing: "~God damn it, Luna~"

this guy makes the episodes a lot more fun than usual 😃

Forget about Queen Chrysalis plotting her revenge at the season 7 finale because Daybreaker is coming and she will destroy equestria! My teeth are swords! My hoofs are spears! My wings are a firestorm! Equestria... You will burn! I AM FIRE... I AM DEATH...

(Prior to watching reaction) EEP! I'm so excited! 😍🍿 I hope you had RedBull before watching this. *starts reaction*

'By the way this is redbull number 3' my reaction: Ah that explains it :D. I have never had this much fun with reaction vids.

anyone else realize that daybreaker fired her HAIR at nightmare moon? 'cause that's pretty weird.