Anadu Kune

I am going to do one on the mare do well episode. I do have problems with it, however I actually think there are good highlights to the episode such as Rainbows identity crisis.

It seems a bit silly to me for this question to be considered in terms of the show. It seems obvious to me that it will never be addressed and I think that's for the best. It something that should be kept among fan art and fan fic.

I think its important to note that most people forget their dreams or just write them off. Scoots even did so right as she awoke from the dream saying "oh it was just a dream". This would probably account for the lack of knowledge of that ability. Seeing as almost everything in Equestria needs a helping hand it would stand to reason that perhaps dreams may as-well. Luna is most likely the guardian of dreams thus it would be her duty to come into your dreams and insure order. I think another important thing to note is that this is very common among myth and modern fiction.

Oh thats perfectly fine. I only find it hmmm whats the word? It a pet peeve to me when some denounces the quality of something rather than say what you just said. You dont like those are the key words.

I figured this was just a fun critical thinking exercise. I also feel the to adress these complaints to see if they stand to scrutiny helps us better see the strengths of the episode. Im trying to decide which ep to do next. Maybe Feeling Pinkie Keen as I feel it is bashed on alot.

I seem to notice that some people in an attempt at finding holes in an episode tend to poke them instead. In these little segments I will pick an episode and bring up the common criticisms I find I think don't quite hold up or are not as bad as they are made out to be. I am not trying to convince those that don't like an episode to like it, but merely show that many of these criticisms don't warrant saying that the episode was of poor quality. A Canterlot Wedding Complaint one: Shining armor was horrible, its completely unbelievable that Twilight wouldn't have mentioned him yet or that he wouldn't have appeared in one of the flashbacks. His very presence contradicts Twilight's character as an antisocial pony. Hes a horrible underdeveloped character. Im going to start this off by saying that on no less than 3 separate occasions I have had good friends that just suddenly mentioned a sibling. These were people I had known for 3-4 years yet I had no knowledge of their siblings. In fact I may have done it when my brother just randomly showed up to a presentation to help me with a computer problem. The key thing to glean from these stories is that siblings and family members are not generally mentioned until the appropriate time arises. There are only two flashbacks of filly twi I can think of where it would be possible to include Shining. Twi's cutie mark origin and magic kindergarden. Magic kinder garden wouldn't make sense as Shining is her older brother. Where was he during Twi's cutie mark scene? I dont know where were Rarities parents during the play, or Rainbow's or Fluttershy's during their flash backs? There are many possible explanations, but we just don't know. If your only friend is your brother and baby sitter I'm pretty sure that defiantly qualifies as being antisocial. In fact Im pretty sure there are entire books written on the mental ramifications of such people. I will agree that his character needs more attention, however the focus of the episode was on Twilight. His previous relationship was pretty well established by the song. I think it would be a legit complaint if they had taken too much focus away from Twi. In the end I think we can say that The reasons for us not seeing him are completely logical. He was introduced in probably the best way possible for the episode, through the eyes and memories of a character to establish her connection to him. I think this connection shows the true effort the writers put into the show. Rather than just write a random new character into the show they gave him a meaningful connection to a main character. We dont need to see a character well before an episode involves them for their past presence to be believable. Cadence being a alicorn makes no sense. Her being Twilights baby sitter also contradicts her previously established antisocial behavior. She was also poorly developed. The first issue is mostly I find just a contradiction to headcannon. At no point is it stated the there are only two alicorns. They nature of alicorns is still mostly ambiguous all we really know is they tend to give extremely gifted. This was something hasbro did change as the character originally wasnt an alicorn. It doesnt really cause any real problems, though it does raise questions which isn't necessarily a bad thing, nor does it ruin the episode on a fundamental level. I will say once again I pretty sure that if your only friends are your brother and baby sitter you qualify as being anti social. It was established that Twilight really didn't see importance in making friends not that she had nobody. In fact in the first season we can glean that she associated with other ponies in Canterlot Those being Doughnut Joe and the few ponies she passes by. It seems this complaint stems from seeing things in black and white.Twilight must have had absolutely no friends because if she even had a few that means she wasn't antisocial. Its obvious that Spike was close to her does that contradict her anti social tendencies? One can have people who they are close to an still be anti social and not understand the importance of friendship. This is what was established with twilight and I feel the appearance of Cadence and Shining is consistent with that. Cadence unfortunately was underdeveloped but that was needed for the flow of the narrative. Plus Time constraints. Shining says only he can cast the shield spell but we have seen twilight do it before. I thought this was obvious but I have seen it brought up enough that I will mention it. This is never explained with dialog but through subtle visuals. That being the cutie marks of Twilight and Shining. Shining's cutie mark is similar to Twilight's but with one major difference. His cutie mark has a shield. This would indicate that he specializes in defensive/protective magic. This makes even more sense when you consider his occupation being captain of the royal guard. Twilight is a generalist in magic she can cast shield spells just not a well as Shining can because that is his talent. How was Twilight the only one to notice Cadences odd behavior? Shining was under a spell, The other five ponies had never met her, and we have no indication of how much time Celestia spent with cadence during the wedding preparation in this episode to notice such things. Chrysalis singing her evil plans loudly would have alerted the gaurds really, Your really trying to hard to poke holes now. Chrysalis defeating Celestia makes no sense shes just a bug parasite. The power of love is just pure ridiculousness. Almost every reason I have seen for this involves some kind of headcannon contradiction. This isnt DBZ, ponies dont have numbered power levels for us to make definitive statements like that. I find the fact that Chrysalis is a parasite makes this defeat believable. While her innate power may be limited her potential for power may be boundless. The only limit to her power is the amount of love her victim feels. Given there is no way of knowing the conversion factor for love to magic stating it doesnt make sense in the context of a fantasy world might be .....I dont maybe silly is the word not sure. Creatures that feed off emotion and having powers fueled by emotion are very prominent in sci fi and fantasy. There are numerous examples in star trek of energy beings feeding off emotions. If I recall correctly one episode of TNG had a being seducing Beverly Crusher to feed upon her love, and the being took the form of a green light. In farscape there was a being who fed off aggression. The lantern corps of DC comics are fueled by specific emotions or states of mind, those being Will Power, Fear, Anger, Avarice, Compassion, and wouldn't ya know it Love. How could Chrysalis mock the power of love when she is fueled by it. Well think this one comes down to her thinking that an tired and ragged Cadence wouldnt be able to break her spell. That and of course classic villain bravado and over confidence. Though I can see this being a legit problem. What problems did you have with the episode. It shared the pacing problems the other two parts before this had. It just wrapped up a bit too fast. I would love to see a bit more of Cadence we dont know too much about her from this ep. Though this was necessary from a narrative standpoint. Where the heck was Luna? We see her in Canterlot a few times where did she go? Though the writers were defiantly self aware about this point. Chrysalis seems a bit too cocky at times especially given that even she seemed surprised that she defeated Celestia. I would have like more closer between Shining and Twilight at the end. I would also like to have seen Twi friends support her a bit more. There was a scene addressing it but it felt a bit short to me is all. Im almost certain I will think of more things I didnt like but in the the end I really enjoyed this episode. All the pros I can think of defiantly outweighed the cons.

I marked unsure. If Im honest I am a bit cynical about the sea ponies, but then again I was also cynical about A Canterlot Wedding before I saw it.

She still shows considerable effort when performing spells. The strain is most obvious in her performing black magic. She also shows considerable effort in performing the gravity spell. In Too many Pinkie Pies she expresses how difficult the spell is to cast. In magical duel she shows signs of physical exhaustion after performing her animal trick. She also shows signs of such physical exertion after lifting the cart and performing that water balancing act. It is also apparent from that episode and the animations that many of the spells she cast require considerable concentration. Also note that many of her spells are not instantaneous. There are a few things I think we can say for certain in the way magic works in MLP. 1.) That it causes physical and mental exhaustion. 2.) Spells can take considerable concentration to perform. 3.) the larger an item is the harder it is to lift. 4.) Magic is effected by the emotional state of the pony performing it(Cutie Mark Chronicalls, Ticket master, Feeling Pinkie Keen) All of those that I mentioned above are limiting factors. Everything I could think of at the moment that we probably can say we know are factors that limit Twilight. In fact in magical duel Twilight cant solve the problem herself she needs her friends to help showing they are important. I think I should also mention that it is not clear that Twilight can teleport over long distances. The best feat of teleportation I can recall is in Dragon quest and from the way the scene played out the distance traveled seems ambiguous. So to answer the question no. I think when you examine the way magic seems to function it is limited or has limiting factors. Twilight has has some crazy abilities, but they take considerable effort to perform. It seems clear from Magical Duel that there are defiantly points where magic is not the solution even against magic.