Talk:A Royal Problem/@comment-10390252-20170520221141

A good episode but one that (like the end of The Cutie Re-Mark) will ever remain non-canon in my mind. The founding crisis simply didn't ring true and the presence of the two Nightmares, IMO at least, is an implicit admission on the writers' parts that they have had to take both Princesses out of character to make it work.

Rating this episode is hard for me. In technical and narrative terms, it is a pure 8/10 with only Dance Magic being more enjoyable so far this season. However, I just can't let go of the characterisations of thie Princesses, turning this into an elaborate fan-made episode that is so out-of-character that it knocks two points off of the rating (making it less canon than Snowdrop).

I'm sure that this will not be a universal or popular opinion amongst fellow fans but, no. I can't swallow Celestia not understanding what Luna does, nor can I see Luna being ignorant of just what is involved in Celestia holding Equestria together. This matter was resolved to a greater or lesser extent in the pilot two-parter. Regressing Luna to the way she was in Children of the Night is not good characterisations.

So, my overall rating?

BenRG's Rating: 6/10 - A fine episode destroyed for me by arbitary characterisation and a near-retcon, making it joint-worst of Season 7 with Hard to Say Anything.