There was an analysis of ponies here.

I moved it to my old review-oriented journal which I will from here on out use for such tl;dr endeavors.

CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK, ESSAY CONTAINS SEASON 1 SPOILERS, UP TO AND INCLUDING MOST RECENT EPISODE (Best Night Ever).
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