Talk:Slice of Life/@comment-1062502-20150621020159/@comment-26517387-20150621065817

I can't speak for other's but for me I just loved all the nods to the fandom in this episode. It just had me laughing the whole time. The best nod to me was the Mayor's speach. If you didn't catch it this was the people that work on MLP FiM thanking the fandom not only for their contiuned support of the show, but just how much we, as a fandom, have contributed to the world that Lauren Faust created. Think about it. Do you think this episode would have been at all possible without the fandom? The main characters of this episode were the background ponies. These ponies were created to do nothing but to fill in scenes. They were never ment to have names or personalities. They were supposed to be forgettable characters that no one paid attention to. Instead the fandom took off with them and gave them names, personalities, whole lives.

The staff that work on this show have noticed the amount of effort that the fandom has put into this world and just how alive everyone has made it by not only loving the main characters, but also the background characters and the world this whole show takes place in and this was their big thank you episode to the fandom for it all.

This is a show that was made to entertain kids and sell toys. Maybe last a season or two before the kids lose interest and they have to invent the brand all over again. Instead they have gained a following that has not only embrased the show, but has embrased the world it takes place in and all the characters that live in it (including the background characters). It is also on its FIFTH SEASON and it looks like we are getting a SIXTH! My Little Pony: Friendship is magic aired its 100th episode last saturday. It's amazing when you think about it.

~Have a good one.

tl;dr Listen to Mayor Mare's speech again and as you're doing so think of all the nods present in the episode. It's a thank you episode to the fandom for their support.