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My Little Pony’s Subversive Communist Manifesto
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My four-year-old adored My Little Pony. She would wake before anybody else in the house and switch on MLP. I had grown used to the sight of ponies frolicking around Equestria early in the morning. But this one episode had me rubbing my eyes in disbelief.
Somehow, she had stumbled onto YouTube and found this episode. I immediately thought it was another crass adult version made to entice children into watching perverse episodes of their favorite cartoons. I was wrong. This was a legit MLP episode. My mind was immediately filled with questions.
Communist rhetoric in the land of the ponies? Who commissioned this? What an insane season opener gamble! How did this even happen?
The Cutie Map Part 1
The Story
As Twilight Sparkle settles into her new castle, she and her friends discover a map that shows trouble across Equestria. Traveling to one point, they find a town where all the ponies have the same cutie mark (a mark on the MLP’s rump that signifies their special talent), an equal sign.
The friends suspect something is wrong with the townfolk, particularly after meeting their leader, Starlight Glimmer. Starlight shows that all the ponies living there have given up their cutie marks and special talents, as they believe that they can achieve true friendship by being of equal skill.
Twilight and her friends secretly meet with other ponies who desire their cutie marks again and travel to a vault where the marks are kept. Upon arrival, the six are lured into a trap and Starlight robs them of their marks.
Cliffhanger
What an ending! The misguided leader, Starlight Glimmer has good intentions and takes away the marks for the good of the village. We’re left with a closing scene of doom. As the ponies fade-out, no longer with marks, an Equal sign hovers into view. A strong icon symbolizing equality has been reached.
