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What is life?

 

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"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor." -- Sholom Aleichem

 

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This quote does not help me, I still do not know who I am anymore. Life is a dream, game, comedy, and tragedy all at the same time, but I am not wise. I'm not a foo-well, actually, yes. But I'm neither rich 'nor poor. So how could I perceive life as all these things and yet...I am not categorized like everyone else in the world is. My instability is controlling my fragile will. Soon everyone related to me will notice this and remove me from their lives which are oh so organized compared to my train wreck. Pity me.

 

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What the fuck am I saying? I already killed everyone related to me last week. Fuck this shit, I'm gonna go find Princess Lun-evermind. This is "Luna Eclipsed".

 

Spoilers ahead, if you haven't seen "Luna Eclipsed", that's because you've probably been blinded by the eclipse.

 

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So this episode opens up with Halloween. Oh, no, sorry, they call it Nightmare Night. Spike is pacing the floor waiting for Twilight, because she's slow not only mentally (still got a stick up my ass on that), but also physically. Nevermind that, however, Twilight is going trick or treating as Starswirl the Bearded. Ah, the myth, the legend, the bearded. Still waiting for more story on him, but unfortunately recent seasons of this show have a habit of not doing anything worth a good flying fuck. As she's getting ready to go, a knock comes on the door. It's Pipsqueak the President Pirate at your service, along with some other children and Granny Smith. Suddenly, a chicken that's not Scootaloo shows up.

 

SON OF A PIP!

 

Pinkie Pie wants candy, and when Twilight suggests she's too old for this, Pinkie Pie threatens to murder her. She also says Twilight's costume looks like a weirdo clown, but I digress. They go into town square looking for adventure when they run into Pinkie Pie again. Their adventure is stunted when Rainbow Dash creeps along in a Shadowbolt costume and stomps a dark cloud to cause thunder and lightning, scaring everyone in the vicinity. I'm actually starting to like Rainbow Dash now..........what is season two doing to me?!

 

I think Spike is dead again........................................................................................just saying.

 

After that fun, they run into Applejack, who thinks Twilight is a country music singer. Purple ponies don't sing country, they rap.

. Twilight stays with Applejack as briefly as she did the other fuckers and goes off with some other cunts as well as Zecora, who is telling the tale of Nightmare Moon. Thanks Zecora, but we already know how that went down. I couldn't get any of the names right, everyone was an asshole, and Nightmare Moon died. The End, you can all go home now. Alas, the story continues, as Zecora explains the backstory of Nightmare Night and what not. Essentially, people dress up on Nightmare Night to hide from Nightmare Moon, 'cause she's gonna eat you, so you give her candy instead. Still a more flowing narrative than "Crusaders of the Lost Mark". Suddenly, someone arrives...

 

Ah. There you are. I've been looking for you since "The Return of Harmony (Part 1)". Where have you been?

 

Strangely, when Luna arrives, everyone is scared shitless. She says she now wants your admiration, and aims to change Nightmare Night into a bright and glorious feast. Of course, the ponies misinterpret that line as she's gonna eat us. Ponyville has become Tumblr............................or the MLP Forums. Twilight aims to go help Luna, and when the two meet up, Luna recognizes her costume as Starswirl the Bearded. Congratulations, you've spawned another shipping. It's very easy to do those, by the way. Just have two characters talk to each other and you have a decent shipping. Meanwhile, Twilight says that if she changes her approach, she might be met with a warmer reception. Advise I should take? Nope.

 

"For fuck's sake, does anyone brush their tongue around here?!"

 

The two of them visit Fluttershy in hopes she can help her be "kinder", but Fluttershy is also scared shitless of Luna, so her aid is useless. Well, actually, Fluttershy, in the midst of her psychological breakdowns, manages to teach Luna how to speak quieter. It works, but as she's embracing Fluttershy (another shipping has started), Pinkie Pie and her disciples come along and assume she's been killed. That's how most religions work. Well, since Pinkie Pie is not an option, Twilight and Luna visit Applejack in hopes to teach the princess how to have fun. So she tries a series of games and realizes that gaming is what she wants to do with her life. Unfortunately, Luna takes this a bit too far and turns toy spiders to real spiders, scaring the whole town. She gets pissed off and declares that Nightmare Night is cancelled.

 

SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME!

 

Now, if it were me, I would've ignored Luna and just celebrate the holiday anyway, but these ponies are not me, or else Equestria would be a much more interesting place to live. Twilight deduces there's one thing left to do. She has to bring the two religions together. Yes, indeed. The First Church of Cupcakes and the Lunar Republic must join forces! That's when Rainbow Dash shows up to do her lightning trick and fuck everything up. Nevermind, I don't like Rainbow Dash anymore. So Twilight's had enough and tackles Pinkie Pie to confront her head on as to why she's scared shitless of Luna. That's when Pinkie Pie explains that she's not really scared of her, she just thinks it's fun to be scared. Luna withholds enthusiasm as I have a laughing spasm.

 

"Goddammit, why the hell did Celestia create purple ponies?"

 

The rest of the town realizes they haven't done the candy offering, so while that happens, Twilight commands Luna to go to the statue and do a scary thing. While, yes, this scares the townsfolk, Pip returns to ask Luna if she can scare them again next year, and that this is his favorite night of the year. When she accepts (with her Canterlot voice), Pip squeaks that she's his favorite princess, and he and the children run away happily. This brings joy to Princess Luna as Twilight writes a letter to Celestia telling her of her sister's character development.

 

Since when was Chuck E. Cheese a citizen of Ponyville?

 

Luna has by example taught Twilight that giving friendship to others is valuable, and in the end, Luna does the thunder lightning cloud trick on Rainbow Dash. She's now my favorite princess as well.

 

And so concludes "Luna Eclipsed".

 

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This is a lovely episode.

 

The character development in this episode alone with Princess Luna far surpasses many other episodes. Her trials and resolves are orchestrated perfectly as she struggles to seek approval from the members of Ponyville. It also opens up a whole other level of depth to the character, as striving for the approval of others was what turned her into Nightmare Moon, and the acceptance of others, on a smaller degree, is part of what reformed her. So this episode just brings the characterization full circle. I also like that Luna isn't portrayed as a god like Celestia is. Yes, she's important, but she's a person too, and the writers show no fear of exploring her as such. I think that's what makes this episode so great. Sure, the comedy of this episode is decent, and while the resolve was ever so slightly weak in hindsight, Luna made this episode spectacular. I'm giving "Luna Eclipsed" a 10/10. GG NO RE

 

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Welp...........we found Luna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now what?