When I was little I saw this special a lot. Not because I wanted to, but my sister liked it, and she’d choose it everytime it was her turn. I “didn’t like it”, since it was for girls, and things for _girls _were bad. Which A) really doesn’t make any sense, since I am a girl? and B) I was totally lying to myself, I actually did like it. The first 10 times.
Anyway, I tried to mimic the art-style of the original episode as best as I could, because I really liked it. Like, compare it to other episodes of the same generation, and you’ll see how much better the first one was. The ponies looked like ponies, while still being cute and not …marshmallows.