I'm sorry, but I honestly think that Common Ground, She's all Yak, and Sweet and Smoky were bad episodes, in that order of worst to not-as-bad.  I didn't think Common Ground even needed to exist, because I honestly don't see what the point was, as well as it wasn't a fun episode.  Honestly, I prefer funniness over returning characters, which is why I actually like The Point of No Return.  The only redeeming factor was Wind Sprint being adorable and honestly having about the same reaction to Quibble Pants as I was.  She's all Yak is pretty much the same deal as to why I don't like it, except I can see why it exists, and it actually has a theme that one of the main characters learns, but it also has the worst song of the season so far, and was not very enjoyable for me.  Sweet and Smoky was ruined by the predictability of the episode past the first ad break.  I am so bad at picking up clues and solving mysteries, and I predicted exactly how the episode was ultimately going to turn out once it was revealed that Garble was Smolder's brother.  I, honestly, think what they did with Garble in the episode was bad.  I know I personally liked seeing Garble, because I loved seeing the Main 6 and Spike beat him every time.  But, we wouldn't be able to do that anymore now that he's "reformed", it just. . . doesn't sit well with me.(Yes, I know we're probably never going to see him again because it's the last season, but that's beside my point.)  I will say that season 9 had some amazing episodes, specifically Frenemies, and had two great songs, and we are only half way through the season, but I will say the thing I'm hoping the most for is an EPIC showdown against Grogar, with lots of twists and surprises, and the thing I hope they don't do is reform Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis.  If anything I would love for them to be their own little "villain league", who look out for each other and try to help each other but will get into petty arguments about silly things just because of their egos conflicting, and they would also always try to take over Equestria instead of remaining on good terms with the ponies because the three hate ponies.

(I forgot to mention the good parts of Sweet and Smoky oops .  So, Smolder was honestly the best part of the whole episode, I love how she's defending Spike, defending her brother Garble, and "getting along" with the other dragons, even though those contradict each other.  Also, Smolder is my favorite of the Young 6 so I had high expectations for the episode that weren't met, so I will cut the episode some slack, especially compared to the other two episodes were I had extremely low expectations based on the little info from the summaries I got, and they still disappointed me.  I honestly came up with a much better idea for the episode.  What if, instead of Garble getting a hasty redemption because he was only bad because otherwise he would get bullied, Garble was being a jerk to Smolder, but would do it in a way to make Smolder think that he was just showing affection.  After spending time with ponies learning about friendship, Smolder might or might not be a little skeptical of Garble, but ultimately the beginning would play out more or less the same.  The change would come where, instead of Fluttershy going off to find Garble, Spike tells her to check if the conditions for hatching are right, so she would check to see if the ground was warm.  Then, Spike would go off to find Smolder and Garble, and finds Garble doing his jerky "thing(could be them physically fighting, or it could be demeaning words)" to Smolder.  Spike gets outraged and tells Garble to stop doing that to his friend and Garble's sister, where Smolder tells Spike that it's OK, this is just a Garble's way of showing affection, to which Spike replies, "But, do you like what he's doing?"  Then, Garble turns to Spike and says, "Of course she does," and then starts to be a jerk to Spike, and then Smolder tells him to stop, and Garble says, "Why?  He's still weak and hangs out with ponies."  Smolder than gives him a lecture about how he can't be a jerk to her friend the same way he's been a jerk to her, and that being with ponies, the thing Garble calls "weak", has given her real friends and "a dragon who's more like a brother to me than you ever were", because you see, Smolder finally realized that what Garble was doing to her wasn't right, and he has been lying to her this whole time.  Garble then tries to angrily respond, but by then Ember and Fluttershy would have figured out what was wrong and why the eggs weren't hatching, and one of them would tell Smolder, Spike, and Garble that they need help heating up the eggs.  While flying over there and heating up the eggs with fire breath, Garble thinks over what his sister says, and because he is a sweet guy DEEP inside who really does love his sister, who was raised to be like he is by his parents who got snatched by rocs right before Smolder hatched to think that this was OK, he decides to apologize in front of all the dragons, making them laugh the laugh fire and hatch the eggs.  Smolder says that she will need some time to think about this, and that she will need a lot of time to forgive him, if at all.  Garble would still be a bully and a brat to Spike and other ponies, because, up until Dragon Lord Ember, dragons were raised with that kind of mindset, but he would stop doing the things he's been doing to Smolder and start treating her like a sister.  (Also, side note, because Garble would have been too young to raise a dragon and Smolder's parents were snatched by rocs, the other dragons were going to leave her there with the empty shells of the other dragon eggs that hatched, but one dragon couple who had lost their egg just a moon ago said they'd raise her until she was old enough to start living with her brother. . . )(We don't know how long Spike was in the egg, or when Celestia found the egg, so maybe this could work. . . )  I bet there are so many story holes in this *shakes head in disappointment*

On 5/29/2019 at 5:59 PM, Dawn-Sunlight said:

I'm sorry, but I honestly think that Common Ground, She's all Yak, and Sweet and Smoky were bad episodes, in that order of worst to not-as-bad.  I didn't think Common Ground even needed to exist, because I honestly don't see what the point was, as well as it wasn't a fun episode.  Honestly, I prefer funniness over returning characters, which is why I actually like The Point of No Return.  The only redeeming factor was Wind Sprint being adorable and honestly having about the same reaction to Quibble Pants as I was.  She's all Yak is pretty much the same deal as to why I don't like it, except I can see why it exists, and it actually has a theme that one of the main characters learns, but it also has the worst song of the season so far, and was not very enjoyable for me.  Sweet and Smoky was ruined by the predictability of the episode past the first ad break.  I am so bad at picking up clues and solving mysteries, and I predicted exactly how the episode was ultimately going to turn out once it was revealed that Garble was Smolder's brother.  I, honestly, think what they did with Garble in the episode was bad.  I know I personally liked seeing Garble, because I loved seeing the Main 6 and Spike beat him every time.  But, we wouldn't be able to do that anymore now that he's "reformed", it just. . . doesn't sit well with me.(Yes, I know we're probably never going to see him again because it's the last season, but that's beside my point.)  I will say that season 9 had some amazing episodes, specifically Frenemies, and had two great songs, and we are only half way through the season, but I will say the thing I'm hoping the most for is an EPIC showdown against Grogar, with lots of twists and surprises, and the thing I hope they don't do is reform Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis.  If anything I would love for them to be their own little "villain league", who look out for each other and try to help each other but will get into petty arguments about silly things just because of their egos conflicting, and they would also always try to take over Equestria instead of remaining on good terms with the ponies because the three hate ponies.

I don’t like she’s all yak or sweet and smoky really either.  

However I disagree on commons ground I love that episode.

On 5/30/2019 at 3:09 PM, Dawn-Sunlight said:

(I forgot to mention the good parts of Sweet and Smoky oops .  So, Smolder was honestly the best part of the whole episode, I love how she's defending Spike, defending her brother Garble, and "getting along" with the other dragons, even though those contradict each other.  Also, Smolder is my favorite of the Young 6 so I had high expectations for the episode that weren't met, so I will cut the episode some slack, especially compared to the other two episodes were I had extremely low expectations based on the little info from the summaries I got, and they still disappointed me.  I honestly came up with a much better idea for the episode.  What if, instead of Garble getting a hasty redemption because he was only bad because otherwise he would get bullied, Garble was being a jerk to Smolder, but would do it in a way to make Smolder think that he was just showing affection.  After spending time with ponies learning about friendship, Smolder might or might not be a little skeptical of Garble, but ultimately the beginning would play out more or less the same.  The change would come where, instead of Fluttershy going off to find Garble, Spike tells her to check if the conditions for hatching are right, so she would check to see if the ground was warm.  Then, Spike would go off to find Smolder and Garble, and finds Garble doing his jerky "thing(could be them physically fighting, or it could be demeaning words)" to Smolder.  Spike gets outraged and tells Garble to stop doing that to his friend and Garble's sister, where Smolder tells Spike that it's OK, this is just a Garble's way of showing affection, to which Spike replies, "But, do you like what he's doing?"  Then, Garble turns to Spike and says, "Of course she does," and then starts to be a jerk to Spike, and then Smolder tells him to stop, and Garble says, "Why?  He's still weak and hangs out with ponies."  Smolder than gives him a lecture about how he can't be a jerk to her friend the same way he's been a jerk to her, and that being with ponies, the thing Garble calls "weak", has given her real friends and "a dragon who's more like a brother to me than you ever were", because you see, Smolder finally realized that what Garble was doing to her wasn't right, and he has been lying to her this whole time.  Garble then tries to angrily respond, but by then Ember and Fluttershy would have figured out what was wrong and why the eggs weren't hatching, and one of them would tell Smolder, Spike, and Garble that they need help heating up the eggs.  While flying over there and heating up the eggs with fire breath, Garble thinks over what his sister says, and because he is a sweet guy DEEP inside who really does love his sister, who was raised to be like he is by his parents who got snatched by rocs right before Smolder hatched to think that this was OK, he decides to apologize in front of all the dragons, making them laugh the laugh fire and hatch the eggs.  Smolder says that she will need some time to think about this, and that she will need a lot of time to forgive him, if at all.  Garble would still be a bully and a brat to Spike and other ponies, because, up until Dragon Lord Ember, dragons were raised with that kind of mindset, but he would stop doing the things he's been doing to Smolder and start treating her like a sister.  (Also, side note, because Garble would have been too young to raise a dragon and Smolder's parents were snatched by rocs, the other dragons were going to leave her there with the empty shells of the other dragon eggs that hatched, but one dragon couple who had lost their egg just a moon ago said they'd raise her until she was old enough to start living with her brother. . . )(We don't know how long Spike was in the egg, or when Celestia found the egg, so maybe this could work. . . )  I bet there are so many story holes in this *shakes head in disappointment*

Those are pretty much all the things I like about those episodes to.

I will admit, I don't really like Common Ground because of personal bias, I just am not that thrilled with Quibble Pant's character as a whole, but I did try my hardest to judge it on entertainment, but, it also wasn't very enjoyable for me because I had to sit through an episode about a character I don't like and two ponies we've never seen before.  So, I am largely influenced by bias on that episode.