Talk:Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell/@comment-31233592-20180125215429

I never really liked this book. While some backstory was great, the dialogue didn't really feel right.

To be honest, it seems like a fanfiction writer that has good ideas, but bad execution.

Like, Gilda showing up randomly, only to serve as a plot device. And the Cosmic Spectrum stuff was great lore, but it was only used to amplify Twilight's emotion for a forced conflict.

Not to mention it implies that Celestia can just turn ponies into alicorns in recognition of a deed, instead of the traditional interpretation that she was present, or just helped it along or something. There wasn't even anything mentioning destiny or such.

And a few of the ponified phrases... don't really make sense. And are the embodiment of cringe. Rainbow literally says, "Hold your ponies."

What even.