Hey, at least it's not AS condemed as Jhonny Test. I was also merely looking at it from the critic's outlook, which I need to work on. :x
I might watch FIVE episodes of season one in order (Ep. 1 - Ep. 5) while looking out pontential pros/cons of the show, keeping a notepad open to type them down. Then I can give my final opinion based on those pros/cons.
Well here's a given pattern I'm seeing Friendship is Magic:
-In a Nutshell-1.) A character or a group of 'em has a personal dilemma they must contend with in the episode (i.e. dealing with jealousy, being greedy, and getting your hopes up for something and deal with the potential disappointment that follows to name a few).
2.) Character(s) go through an experience themselves or their friends.
3.) After the experience, the character reflects upon what has happened and learns from it.
Now if only a certain troll who got banned here before would learn something...Anyone remembered that episode of South Park where one of the boys brought up something sorta similar to what I've said? Through in rare cases, you get something like this:
Though I might be pulling this out of my ass...-Season 2, Episode 3: "Lesson Zero" in a Nutshell[spoiler=Lots use of the word "batsh*t" and spoiling the episode]1.) The most rational character of the lot goes batshit bonkers over nothing (in this case, writting a letter to the mentor about what they've learn per week).
2.) Friends of the batshit crazy one treat the problem like "It's not our problem" and not help the batshit crazy one.
3.) The batshit crazy one
makes a problem to
solve the problem.
4.) The problem caused spirals out of control and not what the crazy one planned for, putting everyone in danger.
5.) The mentors steps in, stops everything, and the student and her friends end up part of the learning experience that the one character used to do by herself.
The reason why I used "batshit crazy" is because it's the best word to describe how Twilight Sparkle handle over a minor thing that's not worth getting worked up for.[/spoiler]
Ugh! Hate making posts like this with the Wii's Opera browser. /nopcfreedomhere
Hahaha, oh that. Like I always say, to each their own. I'll just say that if I based what I liked on a how a fanbase acts, I'd have given up Star Trek, Star Wars, Comic Books, the Yankees, Anime, and pretty much most nerd-related things a looooooong time ago! 
Oh god, I hope video games aren't next...
