Sugar Truss

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I don't think getting a cutie mark is just about what you're best at. If it was then the cmc would already have their marks. Everypony's mark seems to match up with what they are most passionate about. Every cutie mark origin story has ended with the pony realizing what he/she truly wanted to do with his/her life and then getting his/her mark. After all we haven't seen a single pony that has been upset with the cutie mark they get (cutie mark switch-a-roo episode excluded). Scootaloo won't get her mark until she comes to terms with the fact that her wings may never grow in and that she can still be awesome on her scooter. Sweetie Belle will get hers when she stops trying to be just like hr big sister and starts he singing career. Apple Bloom is a bit of a wild card. She's good at carpentry, potion making, and making zap apple jam. The only problem with a carpentry cutie mark is that it would take her away from Sweet Apple Acres, which would make her unhappy. Also carpentry is a useful farm skill, so I think it still counts as a Sweet Apple Acre theme. The route that makes the most sense to me is to have her start taking over from Granny Smith, learning about zap apples and making the jam, something her bother and sister can't do. Having a zap apple bloom on her butt would give her a place on the farm where she can grow as her own character instead of Apple Jack lite.

I'm kinda happy that Big Macintosh is getting more screen time. I like the show branching out to other character stories. There is only so much character growth they can have the mane 6 do before it becomes super repetitive.

I liked the Spike story, but I was really disappointed with everything overall. There was so much to play off of. What I think they should do is produce a bunch of shorts to play on you tube to address the stuff they glossed over. Ex. What events are in the Equestria Games? Why didn't Apple Jack compete? Twilight's struggle with sitting in a boring throne as opposed to having fun with her friends. Griffins were competing. Was Gilda? How would Dash react to Gilda being there? What other races competed? What's up with the foreign dignitaries? They could probably still do a couple of episodes on the Equestria Games and have them as special episodes for dvd release or something. It would be nice.