Hiya everypony!

Sorry that this is so late. I was at a school ski team event and only JUST got the opportunity to watch the new episode. D:

Still, just like last time I wanted to share my thoughts on what worked really well/what I liked about this episode:

1) Confidence vs Overconfidence.

This theme is very relevant to Rainbow Dash's character. She is very confident. extremely awesome and has a very strong will, but her fatal flaw is in her ego. Therefore, for her character development, episodes that touch on this theme are extremely important.

They attempted to make this into an episode with Mysterious Mare Do Well, but that episode is generally disliked because it displays Rainbow Dash failing with her struggle against her deadly pride. This episode showed that Rainbow Dash is confident, but not overconfident by contrasting her with a character who is pretty much what RD would be without her loyalty to her friends.

Speaking of which, the next thing I like about this episode was...

2) Element Development.

I really love when the show displays exactly why each character represents the Element that they do. Suited for Success displayed why Rarity represents Generosity, A Friend in Deed showed why Pinkie is Laughter, etc. Likewise this episode reaffirmed why RD is Loyalty.

The way that the show displays Rainbow as Loyalty is very intriguing to me. They show that she struggles with her pride, which goes against her loyalty, but in the end she will always, always, stick by her friends to the very end.

Sooo that's my rant for this week. Again, sorry it's so late. Bai!