Wind Chaser

All the fanart and the people praising this game...it looks so good! I've never felt more left out for not having a Wii U!

Rarity's ability to find gems is arguably similar, but they never did an episode about that. I think the only time it really came up outside of "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" was "A Dog and Pony Show". Maybe you could loosely consider "Dog", but it wasn't Rarity's talent that saved the day. These connections are interesting, but I think the Sonic Rainboom was really much more pertinent to the overall continuity, given that it gave the Mane 6 their cutie marks and is shown to be one of her signature moves. The Mane 6 being home to the ponies that have strange abilities like this seems to cement the fact that they're more than average ponies, and that they were destined to do great things for Equestria. All six of them getting their cutie marks at the same time seems to support that, and off of one of these aforementioned talents, no less. Twilight was left out because she already had expansive talents and abilities, and also the potential for more, and for Applejack, her family and her personality mean more than any physical attribute. Otherwise, I'd think these were three random episodes that just happened to be similar to each other and no one really thought about the connection until you did 4 years later.

$6 gets you unlimited rides up and down the Strip all day. However, the place I stayed at was closer to the Monorail, so we took that instead. Anyways, another great post. Those gold buses are iconic to me.

I would be on board with a villain whose motives were more than just simple greed, power lust, or "taking over the world". The ones that really appeal to me are the ones who believe they were wronged by the hero in the past, and turned against them in belief that they were exacting justice or making a better world. It's a clear and understandable motivation that isn't simplistic or evil "just because". We can actually draw our own conclusions and have debates over that kind of character, like Syndrome from The Incredibles. I genuinely relate to that character and believe he didn't deserve the fate he got in the movie, because he came off to me as more troubled and misguided than the pure, fully-corrupted evil the narrative and the other characters cast him as. As for their personality, I like the kinds of villains that are unusually calm, collected, and respectful in contrast to the normally angry and desperate villains, because they can show the different faces and packages evil can come in. One example is Ryder/Mr. Blue from 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He had the demeanor and ease of an English gentleman and adressed his adversaries with a surprising amount of respect, but clearly demonstrated multiple times that he is not above ruthlessly killing people for money. Similar is Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds. The man was a cultured figure, but he had attained his status and prestige hunting Jews for the Nazis, and when he revealed in the end he had no loyalty to any country, only serving himself, he got what was coming to him. The most entertaining villains to watch are the intelligent ones who keep the heroes on their toes, planning ahead and knowing things they aren't expected to. It really shows what the hero is worth when the battle is psychological as well as or rather than physical. If you've got all three of those elements down, you've got a very compelling villain and the conflict becomes that much more interesting. The stories I tend to prefer the most are the ones where the villains think they're the ones enacting justice or getting revenge, only to get what's coming to them right back.

^^Pretty much this. I've had people think I was crazy for this. So watch out.

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All I have to say is...that just doesn't look right. But it did to someone. So be it.

The Kyocera Event. That phone was obsolete the day it was made.

His points about the analysis community being "oversaturated" are spot-on, and one part of a reason why I don't do videos. Another being the possible price of fame. Imagine what kind of bridges Tommy Oliver may have burned by scorning his fanbase like this. Following his advice, I won't post most of my thoughts here because either ToonKritic already expressed them well or others will inevitably get to something similar. I'll admit to a little bit of confirmation bias myself, and I present the reason for that as looking to people who have a talent for expressing their opinions better than I can to express my opinions for me. It's natural to gravitate towards people who share our opinions. The problem is that we should not be so dependent on these people to do our thinking for us. They're enjoyable to watch and talented people, but that doesn't mean we're any less of people than they are. As for the tone I'd deliver, ToonKritic pretty much says it, and my review blogs pretty much say it. Structured, concise, with every point clearly marked. However, I'd occasionally slip a little joke into the review every now and then to keep the audience engaged, because we all know strict formatting is boring without a little flexibility. I consider all possible, founded arguments. One of the negative points of many analysts is that they get too passionate about the show, intensely fanboying over it when it does good and intensely trashing it when it goes wrong. Everything right or wrong about the episode, in my style, is examined as well as its real-world implications, and suggested with a possible alternative route. Finally, chief among all problems is that some have expectations too lofty for the show. Oliver's expectations of the show used to be more realistic; slice-of-life with a fantasy component. However, something changed between seasons 4 and 5. He got jaded by his viewing of anime and other cartoons like Digibro did and it led him to unfairly expect an airtight plot and continuity from this show. For me personally, I expect a great moral and message and a plot not airtight or with the complexity of a crime drama, but sound enough to support the delivery of the moral without marginalizing or contradicting it, or going back on its characters. The subtext and humor is all excellent when it's there, but it's a bonus as far as the overall structure of the show is concerned; something even the writers don't get at times. Everything should be considered fairly and equally if backed up by the adequate amount of evidence. Fanboyism and experiences with other shows shouldn't pollute our vision of MLP and what it really is. Most of all, fans have a responsibility to think for themselves and not externalize their problems on figures as known as the analysts.