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Ooooooookay.
In Done, Dash talks about how Daring Do had to take some items in order to apparently prevent Ahuizotl from separating the Doomed Diadem of Xilati from the Tiara of Teotale (the Sister Crown Relics) and bring them back together. Had he apparently kept them apart for so long, the town of Somnambula would've sunk under the sand while the region would've been cursed with eternal night. However, the Somnambulans were confused by Dash's description of Ahuizotl and probably didn't see him (as they were likely asleep), and the Wild Bunch Gangs were the ones to chase Daring Do through the desert that night, causing her to accidentally destroy property.
This leads me to S9, Episode 21:
SpoilerNow things may be starting to make sense regarding Ahuizotl's reformation:
- The Wild Bunch Gangs were the ones who stole the Doomed Diadem. Ahuizotl was likely trying to recover it, too. But Daring believed he was in on the thievery too; and given how the books are in her perspective, it makes his motives look more sinister than she believed.
- The artifacts have been taken from their sacred homes around remote Equestrian lands, especially Tenochtitlan, for quite some time. Caballeron tried to take them to sell to the black market, while Daring tried to take them from the temples to prevent him (and Ahuizotl, she assumed) for protection. Meanwhile, Ahuizotl spent his long life apparently dedicated to protecting them.
- Why did Ahuizotl try to find the Rings of Scorchero and unleash a massive heatwave on Tenochtitlan? To secure any more artifacts from being stolen from their temples. The more items taken away, the more destruction the sacred temples face. Ahuizotl didn't prepare the ritual out of thin air. Additionally, he allied with Caballeron (who he didn't get along with at all), because he knew he could find the last ring and give it to him, thus "saving" Tenochtitlan.
All these episodes are gonna give me a lot to think about Daring Doubt, which I'll rewatch tomorrow.
As for Daring Done itself, not bad, but it could've been better.
- No one recognizing Caballeron's disguise lengthened the conflict artificially.
- Dash gave up too easily.
- The episode and legend hammered in "not giving up hope" lesson, and the vocabulary in the dialogue became very, very limited afterward.
- Conveniently, gas geysers floated above the hot slime. Talk about cheap!
But…
- Dash and Pinkie's motivations were noble, and they rallied by Daring despite the obstacles.
- The episode recognizes how despite Daring did the right thing, she unleashed collaterol damage that only hurt her reputation around Somnambula, further burdened by Caballeron's manipulation.
- Daring had a real and interesting conflict, and the stakes matched the tone.
- Somnambula's legend, despite the repetitive lesson, had the most unique visuals and was one of the better ones in S7B.
I gave it a C+ and third place below STFF and Read It but higher than Don't, and it remains right there.
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The episode completely falls apart in the 3rd act unfortunately, in fact, it feels so disconnected with the rest of the episode to the point where it honestly either felt like someone else handled it entirely or something got lost in translation
Which is unfortunate since the rest of the episode up to that point(and even the moral) was shaping up really well
