>>10047
>No rush, this is a thread on /comfy/ pace!
I am glad we see eye to eye on it.

>And hope you feel better now, or soon if not.
Thanks. I am doing better now. Mostly...

> I think this theory, just as a rule of thumb since obviously the show will contradict it where it needs or wants to, holds some water given that this episode aired November 5, the tail-end of autumn, and autumn is the harvest season generally
I like where that line of thought goes. It feels like one of those things that, even if not actively thought up by the show staff, fits overall nicely with what has been observed thus far... the biggest problem being the Summer Sun Celebration itself. I will need to check canon and such but I usually see that thought of as the beginning of summer (watch something somewhere establish it later and the fanfictions and such that portrayed it otherwise being niche or a minority position that obscurely died early on and I didn't get the memo). Overall though, you could piece something pretty well together with that otherwise.

>I'll just forewarn you that Rainbow Rocks is the high point. It doesn't really get better after that, though the other stuff is still ok.
I am already aware that is the consensuses high point. Thanks though.

>>10073
I recall their being some... something somewhere saying that Lyra visited Ponyville often due to her friend Bon Bon, ahem, Sweetie Drops. Though, to be frank, we have more sightings of those three in Ponyville and I think it would make sense for them to live there at least part of the time. The train, minus MMMystery on the Friendship Express, isn't portrayed taking too long to get there (how widespread is Pegasus Chariots anyhow, wealthy pony commute?).

> I've been looking into background ponies on the wiki as I've heard that was a big part of the early fandom was watching the background ponies