That feeling when the book closed...

@Officer Hotpants
 
Just because you have closed the book, Doesn’t mean the story Doesn’t go on.

Having joined the herd fairly late, I didn’t have the same amount of history with the show. Nonetheless, I definitely experienced some wetness of the eyes during that final episode.
 
Such a good show all around! I’ll never stop recommending people give it a shot, incredulity and strange reactions be damned. IMHO it’s exactly the kind of positive and hopeful stuff we need right now, especially.
 
And the richness and talent of the fan works continues to impress me. So much great music, art, etc.!
 
It all just makes me wish I’d discovered it sooner. :)

@LonePone  
The fan community set my standards too high, I think. I’ve not seen another as productive or with as many skilled artists & musicians.

@Officer Hotpants  
My book never closed. I took Faust’s mantra for the creation of the series to heart, and the story still goes on through fan works tempered by my own personal canon. The ride never ends.

When that book closed, I kind of wanted to hunt Josh Haber down and slap him.
 
I think I felt a mix of frustration with how it all ended and relief, thinking that at least they couldn’t make things any worse now. Of course, here I am dreading “Season 10” from the comics and what they’ll bring to the table.
 
I don’t think I’m ready to move on, going on to Derpibooru and now here every day has been part of my life for the last six years and I don’t really want that to stop even if I’m long past done taking the official material seriously.

Ive been on this ride since 2011. I dont think ill be closing a book or be getting off the ride anytime soon.

@Officer Hotpants  
All it takes is just one person to keep the dream alive; When I was a child I really got into a series called The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, which was this never should of happened mix between an American studio, a Japanese animation company and a hair metal band to make a sci-fi space western. After that I forgot about it for years until I stumbled upon someone called red something that had written by herself another two seasons of the show as a A+ fanfic the reignited my memory of the show.
 
I ended up seeking out a copy of the series and re-watching it, watching it again with my little brother and even including it in a hard drive full of kids shows I gave to a friend as a baby shower gift.
 
I’m sure one day these people will remember the show and try to dig it out for their kids to watch and the same is true for MLP.

@RavenandWritingDesk  
After looking up that series, I’m surprised I never saw it as a kid. Gonna have to fix that, right after finishing the VIZ Media de-censor/re-release of Sailor Moon.

@Mildew  
Same.

@RavenandWritingDesk  

 
… I need this in my life now.

In terms of the actual scene itself as the final moment of the show, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a bit teary-eyed. I stated back in 2012 that if this shows final moment wasn’t the closing of that book from episode 1 I would be absolutely pissed at such a waste of a perfect opportunity for wrapping up a story that brought so many people together.
 
I’m glad they did it that way, even if I didn’t much care for some of the later seasons happenings. I still love the show dearly and watch it quite regularly, and I will be around in this community until hell freezes over, but as an ending proper for the show I’m really glad it happened the way it did.
 
Been on the ride since episode 4 and I’m not going anywhere any time soon.
 
Thank you for the fun!

@ArchiveAnon  
Oh, I thought the ending was absolutely perfect. Particularly with those last few notes. I’m just waiting for a series compilation to come out on blu-ray now. Hopefully the jacket will have the book covers on the reverse side.
 
I never really understood most of the complaints people had about them “ruining” the show, but then I never took it too seriously. It was just a dumb, wonderful cartoon that made me happy.

@Officer Hotpants  
I understand the complaints, many of the characters had drastically changed in ways that made little sense by the end of the show. That said, I took in in stride too. I just loved the cute horses doing cute things, that’s really all it boils down to for me.
 
There really was some bad writers though that just made exceedingly ‘meh’ tier episodes. At least the horses were still cute in them usually.

@ArchiveAnon  
You mean the Scootaloo episodes?

@Mildew  
Another 2011 here.  
Though many of the late season staff should be slapped around until they have some sense.

so im going to admit it, i never watched the final episode, because in my mind, as long as i dont, its not over  
is that a bad thing? i dont know, but its how i cope with the feels

@gaia_mission  
You missed a good song.

@gaia_mission  
Honestly I didn’t want to watch the ending episode because of the same thing. I did it only some days before last new year as a way to say good bye to the last decade.

@Officer Hotpants  
Perhaps fore-knowledge of it being reused poisoned it for me, but that song just made me dig my fingernails into my arms in contempt.

@Anonymous #7641  
“Reused”? I don’t recall that song from any other episode.

@Officer Hotpants  
It’s from Legend of Everfree. I think it was “So you’ve got Magic” or something like that. They changed the lyrics, but the music is exactly the same with no deviation.

@Anonymous #7641  
Oh, it’s an EqG thing. Never watched it.
 
EDIT: Wow. It’s not quite identical but I see what you mean. I definitely prefer the finale version, though.

I may have joined the Herd in mid 2013 (Just before the first EqG came out) but yeah, the maths still checks out. 1/3rd of my life has been dedicated to these damned cute ponies, and one ultra-sexy bughorse in particular.
 
And the money. Oh my God Celestia, the money…

@evan555alpha
 
Gods.. since my first conventions in 2013 ive spent more on art, books, and things then id like to admit lol