Talk:Maud Pie (episode)/@comment-5216016-20140317081433/@comment-5216016-20140317112136

I think it's kind of safe to assume Twilight also mentioned her sibling off-screen before. Yes, TS explains the whole BBBFF deal but that doesn't mean she hasn't mentioned him before. AJ doesn't seem to be suprised by "the reveal" and it seems the it was only meant to shock the viewers.

The writers could've foreshadowed Armor in an earlier episode without explicitly telling us this guy's TS bro. (Maybe a picture or a photograph in the library.) But we have to remember the show wasn't heavy on subtle background foreshadowing before S4 (And Starswirl's journal in S3)

Actually... come to think of it S2 was the only season which didn't have any kind of overarching plot. At all. Granted, the 3-episode arc of the GGG in S1 was nothing amazingly spectacular, but still... Honestly, The Return of Harmony felt more like a season finale rather than BNE.

Ps.: I don't really mind the sudden introduction of SA since he became a recurring character since then. If he was there just for the sake of one finale, maybe I would. But if you have to introduce a character like that you might as well do it with a bang.