#sweet celestia now I want ice cream

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To Spike and the Sisters' mild dismay, though, when Luna looked from the bowl to Frost, and quietly whispered under her breath in amazement, her compliment flew over the head of her beloved, who just nodded as she picked up the bowl, and asked the others if they were ready to go; and after they all let out deep sighs, Spike grabbed some cutlery and plates, and told them to head to the Princesses.

Fortunately, the four winged beings swiftly and easily flew upstairs to the quarters of Cadance and Shining, where they softly knocked on the doors, and were let in by Eclipse, wearing warm smiles on their faces, a moment later; but Frost and Spike stepped away after they gave Eclipse the tableware and the bowl, which they slowly took over, before they asked the two if they did not want to enter.

In response, the two Dragons shook their heads, when Spike said that Lady Cadance and the two Young Princesses needed their rest, before Frost added that the Sisters were closer to the Crystal Royals than they, and it would not feel right to intrude, even if they were invited in; so they would wait outside for them to return, whereafter they could head downstairs to make some food for themselves.

As kind smiles grew upon their faces, Spike and Frost stepped back as Celestia and Luna entered the quarters, following Eclipse to where Cadance was sitting, and resting her mind and heart along with Flurry and Twila; and they quietly greeted the two Sisters, when they noticed what they had brought along, for which they repeatedly and solemnly thanked them, when Celestia said it was Spike's idea.

Out of respect for Cadance and the Young Princesses, however, both he and Frost had decided to stay outside, and they would join them downstairs again in a moment, as they had only come here to check on how they were doing, and to bring them some comforting food; but Cadance just looked at Eclipse, and slyly asked them if that was the reason as to why they were waiting here with them for so long.

As Eclipse rubbed the back of their heads, Celestia and Luna quickly spread out the feast Spike had prepared for the three Crystal Royals, including the massive bowl of ice cream, about which Cadance asked the two Sisters; and Celestia gently nudged her little Sister forward with her wing, annoying Luna, who took a deep breath, before she told Cadance that Frost and she made it together just now.

Although it might be a little harsh, knowing that Shining was facing terribly strong and cold winds outside the Empire, Luna hoped that something sweet and cool would help them feel more at ease; but she admitted that she would not have been able to make it without the help of Frost, as she swiftly froze the entire mixture while she was stirring it, before she froze her in place just as suddenly.

The blush that grew upon her face told Cadance more than enough, and she winked out of sight of her two Young Daughters, before she asked Luna to thank Frost for her, and to thank Spike, too, knowing that he had already spent a long time in the kitchen making food for others; but it still surprised her how he could bake and cook such a great amount this quickly, despite lacking any kind of magic.

After they had kindly given the three Crystal Royals their plates of food, Eclipse opened the doors to leave with the Sisters, until they stopped walking, and politely told Cadance, within earshot of Spike, that his love for baking was what drove him; and if that kind of love was not magic, then it seemed to them that Cadance still had a lot to learn about the magic of which she was the Princess.

The comment they made caused Cadance to pensively gaze into the distance, never realising that Luna and Celestia wished her and the Young Princesses a good night before they closed the doors, and met up with Frost and Spike again, of whom, the latter could not hide his ecstatic smile from them; but neither Sister uttered a word as they warmly smiled and nodded to him, before they went downstairs.

Since Spike also struggled to say anything, Eclipse offered him a lift, to which he said:

"Y-Yeah… Thanks… I-I'd like that…"

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FHFIF Headcanons

HEADCANON TIME!!! Woo-hoo!

Today, I was thinking I’d ramble on a headcanon roll about this show by the name of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. It was really amazing while it ran, and all-in-all was completely underrated. I just finished the last episode two weeks or so ago and, since I’m still in shock over it, well....the best thing to do with sadness and joy and nostalgia is to give it to the Internet, right? Right! So-onto the headcanons!

MAC

--When Mac gets older, he gets a job at Foster’s, much to the delight of the friends. (He used to joke about his shift ending at 2:59 just to freak out Bloo. Frankie still cleans everything, so Mac’s job is mostly cooking and messing around anyway. Y’know, keeping the more active imaginary friends busy. That, and reading bedtime stories-he has an awesome “scary” voice, but in a silly way, like Mojo Jojo.).

---Mac’s favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate fudge with caramel and milk chocolate sprinkles. He gains control of his sugar intolerance somewhat when he’s around fourteen....but still goes hyper if he has too much. (Say, the normal sugar-hyped slight bounce for anyone else is Mac’s sugar rush.)

---Mac never actually retired his bookbag. It was intentionally way too large for  a second-grader’s homework load, so he could hide his most prized possessions from Terrence- or, at least, always keep them on his person. (On a regular day, his bag can be found holding his laptop, wallet, pictures of Frankie, library card, marbles, key chain, and water pistol. Yeah, that’s the water pistol that makes him look like an Ironman villain.) When he left for college, everybody at Fosters signed his bookbag. 

---He skipped more than a few grades. In fact, he was in a school for gifted children during the length of the series-which explains why an eight-year-old was writing an essay on the presidents. 

---Mac writes the most flowery, beautiful free-verse poetry you have ever seen. Once, it got published and he won a reward for it, but was still utterly embarrassed when the newspaper arrived at Fosters. He even snuck out around four AM to grab both his and Foster’s papers, but found Mr. Herriman calmly reading it in his study. (Herriman gave his highest stamp of approval-i.e; straightening his monocle, cleaning the lens, and remarking, “By jove!” 

---He tends to wear his hair long when he gets older-that, and typically going unshaven until Mr. Herriman tells him he looks like he’s about to attend a woodstock festival. 

---Additionally, Mac has fluffy, perpetually-askew hair because of his tendency to run his fingers through it when in stress or when he’s thinking. (Frankie’s hair is spiky for the same reason.) 

---He’s a hugger. Always has been, always will be.

---Mac, even as an adult, only prefers (as reading material) Science fiction, action, comedy, and comic books; for viewing, he prefers old movies, comedy films, and cartoons. A lot of cartoons. As in, about 63.547% of the animated films in the DVD case are movies that Mac hauled over at some point or another during his job and intentionally left there. (They all have his name in sharpie on a neat label pressed onto the back.)

FRANKIE FOSTER

--Frankie more or less decided a long time ago that she’s aromantic. The closest thing she’ll allow to love is the filial bond between her and the imaginary friends.

--Her favorite ice cream flavor is pineapple rum. (Yes, that’s a thing.) If any of the younger friends are with her, though, she orders mango. 

---She possesses a secret love for the color pink. She tends not to show it too much, as she feels it’s demeaning to her maturity, but otherwise, it’s her favorite color in the world. 

---Frankie grew up with the Foster’s imaginary friends. Her job started when Madame Foster occasionally asked her to do little chores around the house- say, rocking a baby friend to sleep or washing a pot -so that, by the time she turned fifteen and wanted to get a career so as to earn more cash, she was a first choice caretaker for Foster’s Home. 

--Frankie used to love those little toys that come in cereal boxes. She would eat bowls upon bowls of Choco-Frosted Sugar Bombs Trix and Captain Crunch, etc., until she was on sugar rushes to put Mac’s to shame so she’d get the toy and be able to get another box of cereal as soon as possible. (Her favorites were the superhero rings;((Does anybody else remember those? I feel like those were really big for a while, little plastic rings with superhero emblems?)); she once got so many, she could hook them together into a crown.)

--She loves the arcade games in an almost abnormal way. When she was about nine, she got the high score on Tetris, Paperboy, Centipede, and quite a few others. She is most often the one who will drive friends to the arcade and treat them to tokens partially so she can show off her gaming skills at the classics. (Bloo: “So by classics, you mean Halo and Call of Duty?” Frankie: “ No. The real classics. Defender. Pac-man. Astroids. Games you play in an arcade which was a building outside of your house. You would go there with your friends, listen to music, cute guys everywhere. In ancient times, they call it 'socializing'. “)

Madame Foster

--There are quite a few episodes in the series where an imaginary friend spends money. That was Madame Foster at work-when the house first opened, she distributed around five hundred dollars among the friends. With the addition of a hundred dollars every two years or so, that same cache has been circulating for years. (The trick being that they only spend it inside the house.)

---Madame Foster’s favorite ice cream flavor is butterscotch with caramel, chocolate syrup, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream, and frosting. (What, you’ve never put frosting on a bowl of ice cream before? My sincerest sympathies.) Typically, she’ll get the chocolate-dipped cone, then have the server put it in a cup for her, so she has a large bowl of ice cream with all the toppings and a fancy cone on top of it all. (Mac starts to shake just looking at it.)

---Madame Foster has managed to scare the horror buffs senseless with her dramatic readings of existing stories, not to mention re-tellings of her own writing.

---Her room is full of stuffed animals. Enough stuffed animals to bury herself in. It is not exactly uncommon to find a stuffed animal hiding somewhere in the house. (Looking for a book? Whoop! A plush cat already beat you to it! Want some pancakes? Seems a small rainbow llama is already on it.)

---Madame Foster also harbors a love for cartoons. The other 44.453% of the animated films are hers. For reading material, she enjoys comedies, including a lot of old storybooks. (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Black Beauty, Treasure Island, Little Men...et cetera.) She also loves reading the occasional horror story or adventure. (Do you think she’d enjoy All the Light We Cannot See? Yeah, I think so too. Then again, that was an amazing and beautiful bit of literature. Everybody go read All the Light We Cannot See.)

Mr. Herriman

---Mr. Herriman gives the cuddliest hugs. Receiving a hug from Mr. Herriman, especially when you’re somewhere around stomach-level, is the equivalent of sticking your face into a litter of warm kittens. Unfortunately, he’s not too big on hugging.

---Eduardo is by far his (secret) favorite. 

---His favorite ice cream flavor is butter almond, (and yes, he does take all the almonds out individually before consuming it), though he usually prefers a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. 

---He doesn’t actually understand Coco’s “language”. He tends to get the gist of what she’s saying primarily through another friend, Madame Foster, or Frankie, but otherwise feels a bit lonesome in that he’s the only person in that universe who isn’t fluent in it. 

---He’s a fairly pleasant conversationalist, though he likes things to be run in such an orderly manner to the point of everyone seemingly hating him in a not-exactly-inconspicuous way. This in turn can make him slightly irritated, gaining him a reputation for his short temper and high standards.

---He LOVES bad puns on an almost-sinful level.

---He also prefers classic tales, romances, and adventure dramas in both viewing and reading entertainment. And yes, when watching a movie, he is That Person ™ who insists on popping popcorn over the fire and turning on subtitles.

BLOO

---Bloo was originally created as a vehicle for Mac to say and do whatever he wanted without having to worry about getting in trouble. (For example, getting to give the snarky response to Terrence and getting away with it.) He also created Bloo as a way to prove to his mom that he was responsible enough to take care of something. (This is NOT my headcanon, though I strongly support it.)

---Bloo was the one who found the secret passages to the Secret Library, the Secret Gaming Room, and The Secret Secret Room. He also found all nineteen secret drawers in each (One of which concealed a stuffed canary named Rod Tango!) on various Adopt-a-Thought Saturdays. (Once or twice, Mac didn’t actually find him and ended up playing with the B-team-or, in other words, the members of Pizza Party.)

---Bloo’s favorite ice cream  flavor is cookies-and-cream-birthday-cake. (No, that’s not actually a flavor; he usually just gets two orders and shmushes them together into one BIG ice cream ball). Additionally, if possible, he’ll top it with M&Ms, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, caramel syrup, butterscotch, gummy bears, rainbow and chocolate sprinkles, crushed Oreos, mini peanut butter cups, and, of course, frosting- but never, never, never, Coconut. (”If you want to get these things done at all, you have to get them done right!”) So far, the only one who’s  willingly treated him was Adult! Mac and Madame Foster-otherwise, he has to go by himself. 

---His ideal adopter would be someone with year-round passes to lots and lots of amusement parks, a paddleball collection including the Automatic Paddleball, pizza every Friday, a 25-inch television with a ton of video games (”No, 50-inch! Wait, is 75-inch a thing? How about we just do like in that nerd book Mac likes, the dys-zopia, and have the TV replace one of the walls?”), and a large freezer just for ice cream, including a retractable shelf for toppings. (I blame @askblooqkazoo for this one) :)

---He loves the Powerpuff girls. Loves, loves, LOVES it. (Bubbles is his favorite.)

WILT

---Wilt’s favorite ice cream flavor is mocha swirl, with chocolate sprinkles and a maraschino cherry. He’s always the one who treats everyone else and waits patiently until everyone has their flavors before ordering, though he tries to exclude Bloo in the most polite way possible. (”I’m sorry! You see, I can’t afford all your toppings, which I’m honestly really sorry about, I mean..I can’t apologize enough for this, really! Maybe Mac will take you out for ice cream if you ask him nicely?”) He refuses to let someone else buy ice cream for him, so behind his back, Adult! Mac and Madame Foster built a mini freezer that looks like a backpack and has a special rack for ice cream, not to mention the extra two canisters of whipped cream and carton of chocolate sprinkles, just so they could treat him to an ice cream cone without his objection.

---Nobody ever actually put a nameplate on Wilt’s bed, because he always prefers to sleep under the floor. He always has ever since Bloo came-Wilt mainly just wants a monopoly on a bed so he can steal the blankets off it in the winter.

---He is fully aware of how brash he can get in later episodes, so he builds up his “Sorry!” to compensate, until it became, “I’m sorry-if that’s okay!”

---He once got a PhD to help out a struggling college student by tutoring him in neuroscience and quadratic equations. (Yes, he never quite got the hang of it until Wilt taught him.)

COCO

---Coco dabbles in the dark arts. (Check the Wiccan Spellbook she was reading in “Fools and Regulations.”)

---Coco knows something the rest of you don’t. Don’t believe her? Look again, she may have noticed that detail you completely passed over. Maybe it’s just the orange juice in the fridge that’s a day past the expiration date; maybe it’s the ending of the world before your eyes. 

---No one is quite sure what ice cream flavor Coco likes the best. Whenever she goes to the ice cream parlor, she’ll say a few phrases and give a slight nod to the server. No matter who, they always come back with an elaborate sundae, topped with a firecracker, at the price of a regular ice cream cone. 

---Coco is an amazing actress. Just amazing. She once got a role in a high-budget movie for her acting skills. (Not to mention that, once the director came to the door asking for her, she laid a pair of reading glasses and went through every single page of the contract. Then, once satisfied, she laid a silver ballpoint pen and signed it-though by then, the director was on his phone, scrolling through random web pages. “Ya done yet?” “CoCo Cococo Co!” “Well, of course I’m not going to put you in a cage and make you perform for long hours with no sleep! Whaddya think I am, the guy from those Deo commercials?”)

---Nerds (See the “Good Wilt Hunting” Nerds) believe that she was created by a very confused islander child, possibly one who has never seen contact with another human being. She is part plane because of the occasional air crafts passing the island, part bird because of the exotic tropical life, and does not speak English because the child never learned how and instead made up a language that only they could understand. 

EDUARDO

---Once, Eduardo got his picture taken with the actress of Lauren Goes Explorin’. (And got it autographed!) He was super excited about it, and eventually got it framed with the same heavy-duty frame that Frankie used to mount her cereal-box ring crown.)

---His favorite ice cream flavor is bubblegum, partially because of the color (”Pink is my favorite! I like it muy, muy, much!) and partially because of the fact that it’s candy as well as ice cream, so he can take out the bubblegum balls and put them in a separate cup for his Malibu Mimi dolls. 

---Wilt is his favorite, though Adult! Mac comes close. (He eventually learned to settle petty disputes, Frankie-style (A la’ Destination Imagination), so he takes care of most of those-often tipping a Bloo/Eduardo argument in favor of Eduardo while still making Bloo satisfied with the outcome.) 

---Eduardo’s tears do not dehydrate him, nor are they made of salt water. He doesn’t even sniffle beforehand, unless he’s trying really hard not to cry-whenever he’s upset, he just gives a stream of fresh water from his eyes. 

---Yep. He’s a hugger. Was there ever any question?

---Eduardo’s strength was added so he could pick up and cuddle people easily. Nina’s parents have quite a few photos of him carrying her home from a late, late rehearsal, school play, or day-long trip to the park while she sleeps peacefully in his arms.

---No, he doesn’t run out of energy when walking long distances or running. His feet sometimes hurt slightly from pounding the floor too long if he’s been running, but he always has the energy to run, or fight. 

GOO

--Goo has actually wrapped her lunch like a present before. (Her usual lunch consists of a bag of chips, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a cupcake she injected with more icing in the center, an apple, and a juice box. It has been observed by Mac jokingly as being “strangely normal.”) She only does it for special occasions, (It makes everyone jealous around Christmas until they see why she brought it to lunch.), though Goo includes “The third Tuesday of March” and “August thirteenth” as major holidays. 

---Goo likes to celebrate her birthday at Foster’s whenever possible. She additionally actually likes Cheese, because she thinks he’s funny and she’s good with him, so he’s almost always helping her open presents or eating streamers as she decorates the table

---Her favorite ice cream flavor is rainbow sherbet, but she also likes (”blueberry, gold ribbon, cookies and cream, and birthday cake! Well, really I like almost every flavor except not coffee since that one’s really gross and I also sometimes make up flavors that I think they should have, like gummy bear sprinkles, and then sometimes there are flavors that sound made up except they’re really not, like pizza and pear with blue cheese, ew, isn’t that gross? Oh! And did I tell you about my idea for an ice cream burrito where instead of the cone, they make it a tortilla instead with the sugar cone stuff?”) She’s definitely the person where, if she’s alone with a month’s allowance, she’ll try to stack the scoops as high as possible and roll each one in a bowl of toppings. (She prides herself on the fact that she once got the server to coat three scoops in gummy bears, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate chips respectively, and even got him to pour some gummy bears in the cone.) If she’s with someone else, and they’re treating, she’ll just get rainbow sherbet.

---She’s not a hugger. She’s affectionately physical in other ways-friendly slaps on the back, pats on the head, fixing someone else’s shirt collar-but doesn’t really hug a lot. She’s more of a high-fiver, to be honest. 

---When she gets older, she has everybody write a story about Foster’s in an anthology she publishes under the name “Hillary-Britney “Lollipop” Starr”. (Involuntarily included? Mac’s poetry.)

---Goo is the karaoke queen. 

GENERAL

--The soda fountain guy has been through everything. (If you need further proof, just look at the way he casually throws out Mac when he orders all those milkshakes...all, “Dude, I make seven bucks an hour. I’ve seen it all.”)

---Cheese was created with an innate sense of technology. He actually knew full-well what he was doing when he memorized the code to the electronic security system, and sometimes, Frankie has to ask him for his help when fixing her computer. (Usually with her head in her hands while Cheese jumps up and down on the chair and says “No no no, you put too much stuff in the computer! Throw some away! See in the hard drive? See, see, see, see, see? That’s why it’s so slowwwww!”)

---It is impossible to accidentally create an imaginary friend. It’s more of a left-brained thing than a technical thing, and you usually have to have a pretty clear idea of their personality beforehand. Goo’s imagination works at ten miles a minute, so she is the one exception.

---Imaginary friends do not age. Friends like Scrappy (Remember that little guy with the Brooklyn accent and Victorian clothing? That was one of my favorites..) are deemed older by how long they’ve been at Foster’s and how much they’ve matured emotionally. 

---Larry John McGee (Goofball’s creator) had a very silly sense of humor in creating Goofball. He wanted his friend to act as a big brother, and knew that if he ever got lost, he’d go to Foster’s for help and weird out the staff. Goofball did almost all of what he was doing with a straight face to make everyone else in the house laugh when Frankie pulled off his rubber nose to reveal...an imaginary friend. 

---Youngman Rivers actually turned out to be a pretty cool guy when he got older. 

---Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends did not go away after the series finale. Foster’s lives on with many more adventures of its own, including more and more characters as time goes on, until Mac grew into an adult, still coming to tackle Bloo on the first floor every day.

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What Flavor Students store You!

Trigger Happy Havoc—————————

Makoto Naegi - Quiche

Kyoko Kirigiri - Macarons

Aoi Asahina - Frosted Donuts

Byakuya Togami - Black Coffee

Toko Fukawa/Genocide Jack - Chocolate Fudge

Yasuhiro Hagakure - Weed Brownies

Sayaka Maizono - Frosting

Mukuro Ikusaba - Raisins

Leon Kuwata - Spicy Chips

Chihiro Fujisaki - Cinnamon Rolls

Mondo Owada - Buttered Pancakes

Kiyotaka Ishimaru - Sparkling Water

Hifumi Yamada - Instant Ramen

Celestia Ludenburg - Gyoza

Sakura Ogami - Protein Shake

Junko Enoshima - Blood

Goodbye Despair———————————

Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamakura - Oranges

Akane Owari - Yakitori

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu - Kakigori

Sonia Nevermind - Red Velvet Cake

Kazuichi Soda - Ramune

Imposter - Fried Chicken

Teruteru Hanamura - Filet Mignon

Mahiru Koizumi - Strawberries

Peko Pekoyama - Imagawayaki

Ibuki Mioda - Cookies

Hiyoko Saionji - Gummy Bears

Mikan Tsumiki - Sweet Tea

Nekomaru Nidai - Grilled Sirloin

Gundham Tanaka - Roasted Sunflower Seeds

Nagito Komaeda - Cotton Candy

Chiaki Nanami - Doritos

Killing Harmony————————————

Shuichi Saihara - Blueberries

Maki Harakuwa - Sushi Roll

Himiko Yumeno - Pop Tarts

Rantaro Amami - Avacados

Kaede Akamatsu - Peaches

Ryoma Hoshi - Fried Rice

Kirumi Tojo - Cheese Platter

Angie Yonaga - Pineapples

Tenko Chabashira - Takoyaki

Korekiyo Shinguji - Rose Tea

Miu Iruma - Warheads

Gonta Gokuhara - Apple Slices

Kokichi Oma - Grape Soda (Fanta)

Kaito Momota - Astronaut Ice Cream

Tsumugi Shitogane - Soba

K1-B0 - Metal

Sorry for disappearing for a few months, life has been hard but I’m back now! (This was an old draft I wanted to finish)

Hehe yea, this has been on my mind recently! Basically here’s a list of if the Students had stored you and what’s your flavor to them! (Keep in mind the flavor they taste for you will be the same flavor for everyone!)

- Mod Vivian

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@ahogedetective​ asked: hop tea and turkish tea!

You are in a cafe with me, what tea do you order?

Hop Tea: Do you have a favourite tea? Which one?

This is an awful question for someone who has, at least, three dozen different teas on hand right now! But I'll try to narrow it down to a few.

Most of my teas right now come from Adagio Teas, Fortnum and Mason, and David's Tea. From Adagio, I like several character flavor blends, including these Hermione and Harry teas from Harry Potter, Nico Robin from One Piece, and Sonia and Celestia from this Danganronpa set.

From Fortnum and Mason, I keep the Royal Blend, Afternoon Blend, and the Wedding Breakfast blend in my cupboard consistently, though right now I'm working through the Jubilee Blend (yum!) and the Queen Anne Blend (meh.). In the USA, I buy these through Williams Sonoma or the British food shops in my city (though every time I'm in the UK or know someone traveling through, I stock up or ask them to bring back my favorites!).

Finally, I love Laduree's Marie Antoinette tea! This isn't sold on their website in the USA so I tend to have to get it shipped from third party sellers in France, Canada, or the UK. I regret only picking up one canister of it last time I was at Charles de Gaulle! It's a blend of black tea, rose petals, citrus, and honey.

Turkish Tea: What is your favourite cake?

I have three I really like! The first is red velvet with cream cheese icing, which is the only chocolate cake I can eat without getting migraines. The second is a green tea cake with either vanilla cream with strawberries or red bean cream filling that I can order at Paris Baguette ( a chain of Korean bakeries that mostly make French-inspired pastries). And the third is a Victoria Sponge. I just really like cake with creamy, not-too-sweet icing and fruit. And now I really want cake that I cannot have.

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My Review on the Latest episode and how it fits with GLAB Canon.

Say hello to Toola Roola and Coconut Cream. These two were no longer friends and were fighting via Ice Cream throwing. But Twilight inadvertently entered in between them and made peace between the two with a similar lesson: “friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for”

A little research, and I find that this lesson was made during Discord’s time as a villain. Season 2 Opening. So I have to wonder what happened to these two that made them have to learn this lesson. But because Twilight remembered this specific lesson, she decides to look for something that had it written down.

The Friendship Journals, which much also include the Letters Twilight wrote to Celestia because the previously mentioned lesson was a Season 2 thing. But as you see, its seen better days. With the new castle, Tirek, Starlight Glimmer, we haven’t seen this be used often.

With Starlight Glimmer’s help, since she used this spell for a specific event in the past, she not only was able to fix up the Journal but make copies for each of them, including Starlight who had to have a copy herself because she learned so much. This gives Twilight the idea of making them available to the public. 

And this episode definitely lives up to the idea of Fame and Misfortune. Because this has the examples of the bad aspect of being famous.

Using its popularity to help themselves. The Crusaders have become more popular thanks to the book’s release. They’ve used it to also begin a Cutie Mark Summer Camp to help other ponies. While they do have good intentions, there have been stories about someone using their connection to a franchise to boost themselves... *coughcoughkenpenderscoughcough*

Collectors of Value. You heard Linkara talk about this in the past, that people collect things hoping it will increase in value over time just because it was a #1. While it is definitely okay to collect, I even have a bunch myself, its always better because you want to collect those things. Not because you expect to make a profit off of it.

“Critics”. Criticism is good, but it helps if the people who are criticizing them knows what they’re talking about. Take these two for example. They complain about Rarity thinking the Ponyville Day Celebration was a success only because of her, missing not only the point of the lesson but also the idea that saying something is a success can mean something different. Like in Rarity’s case, without a problem.

This one was specifically worse as Rarity overheard them and took it poorly. This lead to Twilight allowing Starlight to go back to her villainous ways. Not really but I like to think so.

Stereotyping. You know how some people always say that one of the main six is only supposed to be their stereotype or exhibit a specific character trait despite being complex things. Now imagine that to someone who is always typecast as a funny person. They want to express things other than their one gimmick and people only see that gimmick. It is annoying.

Over Obsessed Fans. This is a Rainbow Dash problem. She may like attention, but, in her own words, she doesn’t want to be swarmed when trying to use the bathroom. This case, its pretty much stalking. But it does leave me with a question... Rainbow wrote in the journal that she meet Daring Doo. Do the ponies here consider it fiction?

The Personal Attackers. Those who would specifically target their anger towards a person. To the point where they explain why they don’t like the person despite not meeting them. It happened to me before but a little discussion sometime later and they apologized. We don’t get that here.

Starlight comes in and goes Superman #701 on us and lift this guy in the air. Fluttershy stopped this and stood up for herself, but they still continued. 

I’m pretty sure there was a fanfic about this scene already. But if not, we do have a cover for it now.

I honestly don’t know what this is. Applejack’s problem is that she’s so popular, people are flocking to Sweet Apple Acres because they feel like they’re part of the family. I was thinking this represented Bronies or Conventions, but then Applejack’s counter argument for “why not ask them to leave” was “and kick out family?” I think this is more about the fear of disappointing fans.

Twilight blames herself for what is happening and Starlight does try to make her feel better by saying “its not her fault, its the ponies fault for focusing on the wrong ideas. So Starlight looks for something that can cheer them up while the group of friends try to calm down the crowd: Via Music.

Now, if I was a “critic” I would say the song is terrible and wonder why it was included. But because I want to be a critic, I know when my opinion is an opinion and not a criticism. I know it was needed because a speech in the same amount of time would be more boring. I can appreciate the visuals and the music. But overall, its not for me.

That’s the difference between a critic and a “critic”: one knows that a criticism improves the overall product, not your own specific enjoyment of it. If you don’t like something and its specifically a thing you don’t like or they are unwilling to improve, just follow the advice of Mr. Paul Anka.

Regardless of what you think of the song, it was still not powerful enough to defeat the arguing. That kind of hurt me since I always believe Music is its own kind of Magic. But it seems there is no such thing as a truly unbeatable power. But Starlight found something that will cheer up the Main 6.

Say hello again to Toola Roola and Coconut Cream. While delivering the books, Twilight saw these two were once again arguing. But Twilight gave them the book to read. Thanks to the book, all of it, they became better friends. This helps the girls and the lesson they learned is that fads comes and goes but friendship is forever.

The lesson I learned is that Fans are great. Its just Fandoms are terrible. Overall, it was a fun episode. I enjoyed that each of them have a specific problem with being famous and I like how Starlight went villain on some ponies. But that isn’t really something you should aspire to do.

How it fits in GLAB canon is that Rarity feels Apple Bloom’s exploits should be told. So with her permission, she creates a book about her adventure using interviews of those she affected. Like the Journal, it became a hit but people are liking it various ways. 

They try to bother GLAB, but luckily for her she isn’t in Ponyville. So it is up to the others to calm down the mob. When GLAB does show up, however, they are still there and pressure her. Filthy Lucre’s answer is quite simple: to defeat a fad you must find the next big thing.

She found a writer to create the next big hit: X-Ponies. Like Marvel, instead of trying to inspire like GLAB, they created something that could be relatable to almost every pony. With a new obsession, GLAB no longer has to worry about a big mob. But she still gets the occasional thank you from those who were truly inspired by her stories.