Hey all! This is my first blog entry evar. Not sure if there are any kind of rules that I'm supposed to follow here, but whatever.

Anyway, here are the reasons why (in my opinion) Sleepless in Ponyville is the best MLP episode yet:

1) They did everything right.

Not really too much deep explanation needed for this. What I mean is that, pretty much, they got all of the not-deep stuff totally right--the humor was funny, the characters were portrayed brilliantly, the story was interesting, and the "morals" part was awesome beyond all levels of awesome.

2)Scootaloo's nightmare predicament.

I personally could seriously relate to her problem.

About five years ago i went camping with a bunch of guys from my Boy Scout troop. They were each about a year older than me, so i was trying to impress them, like Scootaloo was with Rainbow Dash. Anyway, they ended up telling scary stories at campfire. Everyone (including me) enjoyed them, but that night I had a terrible nightmare. From that day on, whenever I was by myself, i was absolutely scared to death--even in broad daylight.

So Scootaloo's problem was totally relatable to me, which is a huge, HUGE factor in slice-of-life episodes.

3)Princess Luna's portrayal.

For a while now i've felt like the one thing that the show could have done better is the portrayal of Luna vs that of Celestia. They always showed Celestia as a wise, strong leader, but then Luna as either a tragic villain or just a vulnerable pony. Now finally Luna gets to show her wise, caring, almost motherly side to one of her subjects just like Celestia would. Now the two characters are finally equal; they are finally in true Harmony.

Anyway, if you actually read this long rant, thanks. I just really wanted to get this off my chest before going to sleep (after staying up all night watching mareathons before Sleepless in Ponyville). Maybe I'll post another blog sometime soon.

Bai!

-Night Shine