I've found that the second season may be different, but it really is just as good. Right from the starting line they've delivered a brilliant amount of new content for the fanon to propagate, and a storyline that is as enjoyable as season 1 (and can almost make me cry.)
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what is cool? A basilisk.
Also, I'd highly suggest watching season 2 as if it were a stand alone. Season one was awesome, but season 2 is awesome in its own right. Comparison is the death of innovation, and I'll be damned if MLP:FIM isn't the best innovative idea i've seen in a long time:)
I. "In the beginning, after all the boring parts of Creation had been created, God created cookies. Of many different varieties He created them. And lo, he sorted them according to their kind, and, verily, according to their kind they were sorted. The 7th and 1/2lf day.
II. "After this had come to pass, God looketh down upon His other non-cookie Creations, and saweth that not one cookie was among them, and it was not good. And so God sayeth, 'Let there be cookies,' and it was so. The cookies, once province solely of heaven, sprangeth from humans' ovens according to their different varieties, and lo they became sorted again according to their kind and, verily, according to their kind they were sorted.
III. "And behold, at this time the Evil One walketh the earth. Havoc and misdeed guideth his steps. He saweth the cookies, and saweth that they were good, and spake, 'Verily I say, these cookies are good. I lament.' And he saweth the goodness of the cookies, and he lamented."
IV. "But that Evil One was crafty, and hath soon devised a plan that should bringeth wrath and misfortune upon cookies, and upon all that eateth them. For he hath maketh the enemies of all cookies everywhere, and he saweth the villainy of this deed. Seeing the villainy of this deed, he sayeth, 'Verily, this deed is villanous,' and so it was. For the Evil One hath created 'Diet Programs,' which are to this day plagues upon the house of cookies, and it is the house of cookies which they plagueth."
V. "In triumph the Evil One retreateth, and nay, all seemed lost. But God, as He looketh down upon his pitiful people, who hath now dieted away all cookies, took pity on us, and sayeth, 'Verily, this is not good,' and it was not."
VI. "Thus, God spake, saying, 'Thou shalt not diet excessively,' and lo, it was so."
VII. "And then God spake again, and He sayeth, 'Thou shalt not worry about what others think of thou,' and lo, it was so."
VIII. "At last God spake His final words, and He sayeth, 'Thou shalt enjoyeth to do what thou enjoyeth to do,' and lo, it was so."
IX. And thus, the Evil One thwarted, God retreateth back unto the heavens, leaving His spirit behind in the hearts of men and cookies forever. Amen."
On another note, does anyone know a way to convert youtube clips to .gif formatted animations easily? The only ways I've been able to find have been incredibly slow and complicated.