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S8, E18 “Yakity Sax”
Okay but I was actually fully not prepared for this episode to, first of all, portray depression (and mental illness in general) in such an affective way. Especially considering how all of the other mane six tried ignoring what was hurting pinkie by cheering her up in other ways, instead of addressing the problem which is what Pinkie needed. Forcing your friends to be happy won’t help them. BUT THAT SHIT??? Easy pickings compared to HOW THEY DEMONSTRATED SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS A COPING MECHANISM??? I kid you not this had me SOBBING. Obviously this is a kids show, so the substance was ice cream. But very, very, very obviously related to alcohol. For christs’ sake, they had Pinkie sitting there like she was at a bar downing bowls of ice cream and demanding the waitress yak “gets her another”. Oh my god this had me shook.
