Now that Twilight is grown up, she feels like a mother who wants to be our best friend.



At first, I was worried that Equestria Girls would be excessively girly, perhaps more so than the show up to that point. Fortunately, the very first movie made friendship feel just as accessible for boys. I really enjoyed human Flash Sentry’s display of loyalty.



He managed to make a critical contribution, saving Twilight’s reputation from a fake photo. And that allowed Twilight to eventually find the magic of friendship in the human world.



Overall, Equestria Girls 1 set the keynote for Season 4. After all, in Season 4, two stallions make direct contributions to the Mane 6’s friendship powers (the “keys of friendship”). And one stallion makes an indirect contribution.



With each season thereafter, I believe the message of friendship gets stronger — as Twilight’s web of friends becomes far more diverse. These developments, I believe, help to save the seasons that would otherwise be bad.



I find the message of friendship fairly weak in the first two seasons because of too much mischief getting a free pass. For seven years, I refused to watch the show. It took much later developments to make me want to give it another try. The inspirational movie plus the Student Six led me to see that things have gotten much better.



Equestria Girls 1 and MLP: The Movie may be the most inspirational movies I’ve ever seen. That’s coming in an era where such popular entertainment seems virtually nonexistent. Twilight is established as a ruler who doesn’t want others bowing to her — but rather standing up with her. And Twilight once said, “Friendship didn’t fail me. I failed friendship.” Those are two of my very favorite quotes.



I don’t know why so many fans hate the shipping of Twilight with Flash Sentry. With most of them, maybe it’s because they hate the EG toy line. As for me, I’ve found EG to be a powerful companion to the show.



I hope the pony Flash Sentry is like his human counterpart. I understand that the human counterpart can have a different personality.