I just finished watching this one also.
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It was okay but a little bit of a let down after the season 9 opener even though I enjoyed it. I always love seeing the Tree of Harmony as a sparkling Twilight Sparkle I really liked Thorax's cameo in the episode and it was a nice change to see him scolding Ocellus (showing some authority over his subjects) instead of his usual personailty. I am suprised that Thorax went himself to find Ocellus instead of sending someone else. Who's running the Changeling kingdom while he is away even for a short time?
I did enoy the song but had figured out based on the events of the last episode that something would happen when the students tried to make something with the pieces of the Tree of Harmony.
I'm pretty sure that the Elements of Harmony/Tree of Harmony lives inside the bearers of the Elements and can still be used by them when needed. The Tree of Harmony clubhouse for the students is a nice touch.
Ponyfan
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So it seems like things are simply happening because" the writers say so". The tree magically comes back to life despite being destroyed just because a group of individuals rearranged the broken pieces. It kinda renders the whole idea of the two-part opener moot since the events now no longer even matter.
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So it seems like things are simply happening because" the writers say so". The tree magically comes back to life despite being destroyed just because a group of individuals rearranged the broken pieces. It kinda renders the whole idea of the two-part opener moot since the events now no longer even matter.
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One thing that I forgot to mention is that this episode showed the students being able to put the broken pieces of the Elements back together but when Twilight tried to do that in the previous episode it didn't work?
Ponyfan
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I am so darn tired of the Young 6. This was an okay episode, I guess? It felt like filler, though. There was literally no reason for this episode to be a thing. And why would the Student 6 be the ones to save it? They’ve had maybe one event tied to the tree. But the elements of harmony are the Mane 6’s whole thing. Shouldn’t they have saved it? I don’t know, after the awesome opener, it was a shame to have the next episode wasted on the students.