Nomination for a Pinto award puts the Friendship Journal in some highly illustrious company. But Twilight Sparkle has concerns.

Will this be an honour that stays with Twilight and her friends for life?

Or will ponies once again lose sight of why the journal was published and raise an outcry?

The revelation of how the nomination came to pass makes the latter scenario depressingly likely. How will they handle it?

An allegory for the Hugo award controversies of the mid-2010's.