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    I think you nailed it in the last sentence. Pinkie is looking at Maud through sister eyes. Add to it she was already annoyed with Mud Briar, and the idea that Maud was spending time with him out of all ponies - instead of her - and it makes sense she was biased towards him. Personally, this was one scene I was willing to "go along with." I just imagine the pony behind the register was so surprised she didn't know how to react. That kind of moment where you just stare at someone when you don't know what to say, where you think "is this really happening?" and know that if you do say something it wouldn't make a difference. She probably was so "done" with it after Pinkie shoved him out that she really wanted to take that break. (And probably didn't want to deal with Pinkie at that time either) ========================================================= Looking back, I think what "sold" this episode for me was Mud Briar. For some reason, I found him endearing the first moment he appeared, and I was worried he would be the classic bad pony who tries to drive a wedge between Pinkie and Maud. I was glad to see that wasn't the case and that in the end it was Pinkie who was in the wrong. Mud Briar isn't a bad guy, he just sees and reacts to things differently. He's honest and very precise in what he does. I think what really convinced me of his character was when he said "See you later" to Pinkie when she was running away. It felt inappropriate at first, but it made me realize after the episode that it actually means a lot. It's his way of saying that he does care and that he wants to see Pinkie again.
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    After re-watching the episode I enjoyed it much, much more. One thing I really liked was that the episode was full of clever dialogue and funny and subtle moments. There were very few dull moments. The dialogue was often fast-paced, fun and just kept going. And the few moments of silence were perfectly timed for comedic effect. I liked the message, I liked that Mud Briar turned out to be a good guy and I liked how we saw Pinkie Pie from a different angle. Her "Technically, I... don't...care!" made me laugh harder than I should have. When her voice isn't as high-pitched, Pinkie Pie really has an amazing voice I can't stop listening to, and it really showed in this episode. Really enjoyed the scene with Marble and Limestone as well. A good message wrapped in a clever episode. I enjoyed it.
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    I enjoyed the episode. There was a lot going on and there were quite a number of entertaining moments. Pinkie sometimes still overdoes it with her excited behavior and high-pitched voice (which sounds great when she's not screaming) but many other scenes were very well done.
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    During the earlier seasons I would say she would take advantage of her new status and show off to everyone. At the current stage in the series I feel she's grown so much as a character that she would handle it much more maturely. To be honest, I'm not sure if much will change for her. She already seems happy with who she is. I'm not sure she'd even like being an Alicorn, because in a sense that would mean she will lose a part of herself and her old life. RD would still love to fly, she would still be competitive and probably not be interested in using magic much at all.
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    Favorite opening: Return of Harmony Favorite ending: The Cutie Re-mark
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    Rainbow Dash in the earlier seasons. Sometimes I just found her downright mean or narcisstic. She's one of my favorites (along with Applejack) from around the middle of season 3 and onwards. Pinkie Pie is a good character but they have the habit of making her too exaggerated and hyper. She has a great voice so why do they often make it so high and loud?
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    It really feels the series will be in good hands with Nicole. I'm familiar with her work in Star Wars Rebels and some of the best episodes were written by her. She really did such an amazing job in the portrayal of Thrawn and putting the main characters in very difficult and suspenseful situations.
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    Evil is something that can be very clear or very subtle. I would say Discord was evil (or chaotic neutral at best) because he never cared for the wellbeing or happiness of the ponies under his rule. All he cared about was spreading chaos around the entire world because it's in his nature, because that's what a Spirit of Chaos does. The only reason he's keeping his nature/instincts in check is because he now has friends that mean more to him than spreading chaos itself. He may not have been evil in character, but he was definitely seen like that by everyone else. But at the same time, Celestia knew that Discord was not irredeemable. He's not on the same level like Tirek or Sombra for example. She wanted to break the cycle by trusting in Fluttershy to befriend him. Otherwise he would break free again in another thousand years, and history would repeat itself. And if one of the next generations would lose the fight against Discord the world would be at the mercy of an unreformed Spirit of Chaos.
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    It's a good and well-thought out theory. I like it. When you say she "absorbs the embodiment of their elements," does that mean she absorbs the elements entirely? It makes me wonder if Twilight, sometime in the future, will pass on the Elements of Harmony to a new generation, a new group of ponies like the Mane 6.
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    It's difficult to say as an episode someone loves the other might not like as much. I saw three episodes. My favorite was "Break-up Breakdown." I look forward to watch the episodes when they air fully next year.
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    I watched the ones with:
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    Daring Do episodes usually don't really do it for me. The same goes for this one. Lots of worldbuilding and I loved the new locations, but the episode also felt slow to me. At the same time I did like the moral in the end. Rainbow's capture was... odd. Normally I shouldn't be bothered by this but here it felt a little off.
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    That was a nice episode. Not the best for me personally, but it still had a lot of enjoyable moments. I liked how it showed that while peace and understanding are very important, you mustn't loose sight of other things that are also important. I was a little worried the moral would be one-sided, but I was glad that was not the case. The feelings forum was one of my favorite parts. Some moments in the episode were just hilarious. Only thing that bothered me was the absence of Spike. It wasn't a friendship mission, they were just visiting as friends. No reason to leave Spike out of it.
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    Okay, the "deleted scenes" intro made me laugh. Well done. I'm a bit surprised Spike isn't in this. It feels like a missed opportunity. I had hoped for a Spike and Starlight episode, as those two seem to work well together, and a Twilight and Trixie team-up could have been hilarious. I'm looking forward to it though, especially the moral of the episode.
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    Re-watching the episode, and I have to say those fly-ders are legitimately scary. They're like spiders and wasps combined. They can bite and sting, they can tie up their prey and were actually intending to eat everyone in the cave. === As for Rainbow Dash, she was just being herself, and I was a little suprised by the discussion about her boastfulness/confidence in this episode. I mean, we just had "Fame and Misfortune." Personally I felt RD was great in this episode, yeah, she was a little overconfident, but that's who she is. It's funny how I had trouble getting used to her character in the first few seasons. But now I enjoy almost every episode she's in. She has matured and grown so much, she also seems to be more composed, more humble, less inclined to get angry, less impulsive and more patient (Like she was with Zephyr and Quibble. I'm not sure the RD from season 1 or 2 would have tolerated them as much) while still being herself. While she still has an "ego the size of a whale," I just feel they're showing it in a much more enjoyable way. She still thinks highly of herself at times, but she's more relaxed about it, and she does it more in a jokingly manner. She gives other ponies praise and support (like in "Top Bolt" where she admitted Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail are really amazing flyers and could be the best flyers the Academy has ever seen) Rainbow showed humility in "Newbie Dash" when she realized what she had done. She felt truly sorry and would accept the consequences no matter what they were. "My confidence comes off as cocky. But it gives me the courage to fail." For me personally Rainbow is a character who has traits that can be easy to define at first glance. At the same time Rainbow Dash, beneath her exterior of "coolness and being awesome," is a complex character. She has a heart of gold and I feel that of the Mane 6, her character is among the most developed. I can't shake the feeling there's still a lot we haven't seen from her, as if we only scratched the surface. We also have to keep in mind her parents are partly responsible for who she is today. By always cheering her on and telling her how amazing she is, they helped mold her character and personality as she grew up.
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    For me personally that was the fourth great episode in a row. I really enjoyed it. Seeing the ponies in all those different costumes and cultures was awesome. My favorite parts though were all the bonding moments between the characters. Especially Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. The expressions in this episode were fantastic.
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    I still don't understand why Twilight and Starlight went along with Spike trying to keep Ember and Thorax busy. It felt a bit weird they both would accept Spike's fear of Ember and Thorax not getting along. In a way, shouldn't Twilight and Starlight have apologized as well? They were part of the plan to keep them separated almost as much as Spike was.
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    When I first saw the episode I really disliked it. I felt Spike was humiliated once again, (and still feel that way) and really didn't like he had to grovel before his friends for a mistake that could have been resolved easily, and Twilight and Starlight shared some responsibility as well. I found it weird why they both went along with all the trouble instead of being honest with either Ember or Thorax. Why didn't they have to apologize? A sincere apology is one thing, but I would never allow a friend to humiliate himself and grovel like Spike did. On a second watch the episode was a bit more enjoyable, but I still didn't like it as much. Episode felt too forced for me to really get into it. Lots of funny expressions though, and I did find it funny in a way how the Map called Spike to fix the problem he created, yet in the end didn't do anything. Then it turns out Spike was the "friendship problem." Thorax is simply adorable. They did a great job portraying his character.
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    Starlight Glimmer... I was going to say. If it wasn't for the posts on the first page i would easily have considered her for the number 1 spot. I don't read the comics or follow the movies. Going with the series I would say Tirek. He went on a rampage after becoming almost unstoppable, and would have burned the world (or at least Equestria) to ashes. I considered Discord as well, but he wouldn't have destroyed the world. He would have changed it into his own realm of chaos and ruled over it.
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    You're right, I agree with you. But it also makes the episode unique in its own way. I liked how the two fillies did understand the lesson/moral and what was really important. Seeing the genuinely happy/relieved reactions of the Mane 6 was heartwarming.
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    I understand what you mean. The ponies in this episode aren't a literal representation of the fandom, it's more a kind of episode that makes a few fun jokes about some discussions and opinions among some of the fans. In a "normal" episode the song would likely have solved the issues with the fan ponies, but in this episode they linked it to the real world and just let the issue remain unresolved. This is just something that exists in almost every fandom, although some fandoms are a bit more fanatic than others.
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    The ponies outside were a kind of reflection (or at least of some elements) of the MLP fandom in real life. As long as the MLP series exists, there will always be these kind of discussions or groups within the fandom. It's something that won't end and can't be solved anytime soon, and I think that's what they were going for in this episode.
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    That was a fun episode, lots of cute/bonding moments. I actually laughed out loud during some of the scenes. The ending song was very well done and I liked how they kept the issue with all the 'fans' outside unresolved, as if to say that's one thing that won't go away anytime soon. It's interesting that, even though Twilight is a princess, she's not treated in the same way as the other princesses. I doubt anyone would dare to be so bold or disrespectful toward for example Celestia or Luna if they were there. On the other hand, I understand Twilight prefers it this way as it makes it easier for her to talk to other ponies but the difference is noticeable.
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    Rainbow Dash: Best: Sleepless in Ponyville. (How she took Scootaloo "literally" under her wing) Wonderbolt Academy: Rainbow Dash willing to give up her dream because she didn't want to support something she didn't believe in. Very powerful. Top Bolt: I really enjoyed Rainbow's (and Twilight's) portrayal here and how she did everything she could to help Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail. Parental Glideance: Love her relationship as a big sister to Scootaloo, and how she shows her parents how much they mean to her at the end of the episode. As weird as it may sound, Newbie Dash. Yeah, she had to endure a lot in the episode but I never felt the writer was mean-spirited toward RD at all. I appreciate the episode for what it tried to do. Rainbow Dash became too cocky and completely obsessed with her nickname (I can relate to that as I've experienced something similar years ago) so I could understand the lesson she had to learn in the end, even if it was painful. I can't see it as humiliating, but more like Rainbow Dash maturing and growing as a character. It would have been humiliating if there was no lesson at all. But Rainbow showed humility, she realized what she had done, she felt genuinely sorry and would accept the consequences no matter what they were. It may sound odd but RD admitting she was wrong was a powerful moment for me personally. It showed that there are times you need to speak if there's something you don't like, that sometimes standing out from the rest isn't always a good thing if teamwork is required, and that you shouldn't be acting like someone you're not. Spitfire in particular saw right through that. But what really sold it for me was the ending scene. Rainbow Dash finally being at peace and happy while cleaning up the mess from the event. This short scene is still one of my favorite moments in the show. The Wonderbolts aren't blameless, but they have a kind of "military" command structure, and this is just their way of "doing things." ----- Worst: Mysterious Mare-do-Well: It's been a long time, but I can remember being quite frustrated with that episode. 28 Pranks Later. That episode just felt like a regression of her character to her earlier days. It just felt out of place. === It's funny how I had trouble getting used to her character in the first few seasons. But now I enjoy almost every episode she's in. She has matured and grown so much. She also seems to be more composed, more humble, less inclined to get angry, less impulsive and more patient (Like she was with Zephyr and Quibble. I'm not sure the RD from season 1 or 2 would have tolerated them as much) while still being herself.
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