@DanielTepesKraus  
“director’s favorite”  
Like that means anything for an animated TV series.
 
And Spike would win any internet poll asking who Twilight’s BFF is (except, maybe, if Luna was an option); even if kids might vote differently, you know the ballot box stuffers would be running bots to ensure he won handily. At least he would deserve it, IMHO; I know Twilight has called Shining Armor her BBBFF, but I think voters in a poll like this are justified in voting based one what’s actually been shown in the series.
 
@AlushyTheTyrant  

@Background Pony Number 17  
there is definitely something going on like starlight is the director’s favorite character or something. neither celestia or starlight are even reasonable candidates to being twilight’s bff; they’re both teacher/pupil relationships. i’m wiling to bet they had celestial advice and a royal problem long planned to air and the results of the poll will be moot to begin with. it’s the only reason i can think why they’d pick these two as the only choices for her “bff”.
 
it’s too bad, actually. a poll where which of the mane 7 is her closest friend and they’d air an appropriate episode would have been pretty cool. personally, i’d love to see which of the ponies or spike the fanbase as a whole considers to be twi’s closest friend.

@Badumsquish
 
For as much as fax machine is used and abused since season 1, he’d be much better off in the Crystal Empire where he’s adored, and not have his feelings/emotions toyed with by the others.

@Background Pony #FFF4  
Hey yeah why isn’t Spike a choice? The only two options are her teacher and her pupil, as opposed to people I would reasonably consider to actually count as a friend like Spike, the rest of the mane six, Moondancer, Shining Armor, Cadance… :P

I don’t think either of them deserve that title.  
But if I had to pick between the two I think it would be Starlight

@Background Pony #FFF4  

 

Spike really should be one of the choices. And the episodes could be “Spike at Your Service” and “Just for Sidekicks”.

@Masem  
If any character is affected by a retcon, all evidence points to Babs, if anyone at all. And the only evidence is that she’s only been seen with her cutie mark in one throwaway comic.

@Background Pony Number 17  
But we can still prove a point.
 
I’ll get to you later when I figure out what that point is.

@DanielTepesKraus  

 
It’s a Morton’s Fork. The same pair of episodes can be shown regardless of who wins the vote.  
Rather clever, although a bit evil, of the Discovery Family folks.

@MagnificentTrixie  
Yep.

Celestia is a low quality friend with no meaningful character development. Glim Glam is already a vastly better character.

Oh boy, here it goes…

You can easily rig this poll all you want btw. I’ll leave this here since DF doesn’t even care:http://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/30530963#p30616167

Why do we still insist on using stock vectors?

@Mildgyth  
One of these days we’re going to wake up and find that Starlight Glimmer has been in every episode since S1.

@Background Pony #D569
 
Like A Bird in the Hoof or Lesson Zero?

Celestial Advice is more of Twilight and Celestia episode than it is Starlight one.
 
They could also feature some older episodes featuring Celestia and Twilight’s relationship too.

@Mildgyth  
What a dick move.

I always thought Twilight and Rainbow Dash were best friends. At least when I saw some pony march with Twi and Dash it said best friends on it….its not Becuase I ship them!

so let me get this straight.
 
it’s a contest between princess celestia and starlight glimmer, and winner gets featured in back-to-back episodes.
 
the only two episodes that could even be considered princess celestia episodes are actually starlight glimmer episodes.
 
this thing is more staged than a russian election.

@chainchomp2
 
Yes.
 
the two of this season; which coincidentally have Starlight on them; so, who wins here doesn’t really matter.

But are there even two Celestia episodes that they can play back-to-back?

Celestia