Talk:Student Counsel/@comment-1658827-20190615082232

I had been putting off seeing this episode until literally today, the day of the newest episode. Because the premise for this one just sounded extremely boring. Figures that it would actually be a lot more entertaining than that. This episode ultimately gave me some heavy mixed feelings. Trixie and Starlight's dynamic at the beginning is literally 100% how my own best friend, Griffin, and myself are. I'm Trixie, and he's Starlight. Even the personalities for how Trixie and Starlight talked about the issues are the exact same! So that really, REALLY hit home for me. I really felt so frustrated and annoyed with Starlight, not to mention Silverstream as well for being obnoxiously annoying and a pest. The entire first half just felt frustrating, but not in a 'I hate this episode' kinda way, more of a 'this is so easy to relate to and feel frustrated by' kinda way. So it's not exactly a BAD thing. The second half kinda came out of nowhere. So Silverstream is talking about random nonsense the whole time...but she was actually studying cockatrices? And now they all have to go into the Everfree Forest? And now there's a ton of cockatrices? And Mudbriar is just randomly turned into stone for comedic purposes? There's just so much nonsense. Not to mention Silverstream's brother was annoying, too. I get he was simply really worried for his sister, but he still irritated me. But, ultimately? I had fun with this episode. It hit close to home, was easy to relate to, and there weren't any villains or characters in the wrong. Trixie was justified in how she felt, and Starlight trying her best to please everyone is only reasonable and was justified, too. I've seen other comments here talking about how the episode was kinda confusing in its message, but I perfectly understood it. The Trixies of the world are going to feel the way they do and they have a point, but the Starlights of the world are also going to feel the way they do. It's about balance and knowing when you're doing too much or too little, not to mention it's also on those who insist on your attention needing to not pester people so much unless you REALLY need the attention in the first place. So I understood it perfectly. Oh, and Maud was fun, as was Sunburst. Duh.

SEASON 9 RANKINGS:

1. Frenemies (Adore)

2. Sparkle’s Seven (Love)

3. Student Counsel (Love)

4. Common Ground (Love)

5. Going To Seed (Like)

6. The Point Of No Return (Like)

7. Sweet & Smoky (Like)

8. The Beginning Of The End [Part 2] (Like)

9. The Beginning Of The End [Part 1] (Like)

10. She's All Yak (Like)

11. Uprooted (Neutral)