Pinkiesister75

AWESOME! I'm not alone in this! I loved the bead eyes. They worked on the principle of "Less is More". They IMPLIED huge eyes. And those babies were the CUTEST EVER! When I first saw the "new eyes", it was that photo of Applejack in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows". I assumed it was just an animator's goof.... ....then FLURRY HEART came along....

I'm kind of weird in that I actually prefer the classic "bead-eyes" look. The new style is too overwhelming for me. ....or maybe I'm so used to it that the new style's jarring for me. It's still adorable but I need to get used to it. I always am like, "Geez, animators! STICK WITH an infant foal style for once!". Are the Cake Twins going to look different, now? Maybe they'll be aged-up to kid-pony stage next time we see them, so they can have full-eyes without making us go "Huh?!". I'd love to know, though; What's with all these different versions of infant ponies? First, we had this.... Then we had this.... Now we have this.... It's like Klingons with or without head-ridges!

I like the lesson and there's a lot of amusing moments but somehow that darn Daring Do fangirl character needed to be called-out for her jerkassery. It's so obvious that she was just stringing Dashie around! No one called her out! No apologies from her. Her attitude was worthy of a punch in the muzzle. Twilight should have ruled in Dash's favor and addressed that Daring-Do pony's goalpost-moving and deceiving. If indeed I'm wrong about Twilight's ruling, at least have Twilight call that pony out or something. I know everything worked out in the end and friendship is more important and Rainbow was happier with the Daring-Do book that Twilight gave her. I understand that sometimes, nasty people are never called out and jerks exist with impunity but it just seems a bit disconcerting in MLP. Even the alleged "Karma Houdinis", Flim & Flam would get called out, their schemes flop despite technically succeeding and run out of town. The Daring-Do fangirl, along with that cherry-selling guy in "Putting Your Hoof Down" just grinds my gears big time and spoil an otherwise decent and funny episode. That's just me, of course. Also; Pinkie never apologized to that filly. She went all OOC-jerkass on that poor thing and never apologized. Pinkie loves children and would never be a jerk to them unless she was apologetic, afterwards. At least show Pinkie apologize and buy the kid a candy-apple or something. I finally watched "Rainbow Falls"....aka....The "Jerkass Wonderbolts" episode.....but I LOVED it! The difference between that episode and "Trade Ya"/"Putting Your Hoof Down" is that in "Rainbow Falls", the Wonderbolts deeply regretted being jerks, apologized and admitted that they were just "caught up in the moment". Their OOC-moment had an excuse and they were sorry. I know it's a bit over-the-top for me to let 1 or 2 small details spoil an episode for me but bullies and "Karma Houdinis" are a HUGE "Berserk Button" for me. I was seriously-bullied as a kid and it does a number on you. I would've enjoyed these episodes if..... * Cherry-Seller Guy was included in Fluttershy's "Flutterjerk" rampage. * Daring-Do Fangirl Mare admit that she was stringing Rainbow along and had no intention of trading that book (then get called out). * Pinkie Pie later apologizes to that filly and buys her a nice treat or they have a hug or offers to cater that filly's upcoming birthday party for free. Twilight gives the kid a book. Another episode that irks me is "Just For Sidekicks".....a big "Shaggy Dog Story" that dumps on Spike. I do confess that, despite Jerkie Pie and Ms. Daring-NO, Spike at least had a great time in "Trade Ya".

That's the only scene that really stands out in that episode.

I know. Love the episode and I get a craving for apples. In fact, I'm eating some right now. Don't forget Pinkie in this! Slo-Mo and Barfy Pinkie are a hoot! ....and Applejack's *blecch* face.

Remember when everybody was like "Photo Finish = Lady Gaga"? Well, that pony wasn't Gaga....THIS PONY is Gaga!

Dashie is also a scream, yes. Flutters is also pure adorableness and beauty.

With me, it's obvious!.... ....She make me SMILE SMILE SMILE!

Ah! A Perry Cline pony! I wonder what the tuning fork means? Was he into music? Radio? Piano-tuner? Seismologist? Is the cutie-mark actually a Jaw-Harp? He definitely looks like Perry Cline (as he appears in that Hatfields & McCoys miniseries).

I'm wondering about the one McColt stallion who's surprisingly well-dressed. He has a tuning-fork cutie mark. Is he a reference to someone? You have all these scrufts with bad hair, teeth and (likely) hygene...and then there's this one guy among them who looks like a dapper 19th century gentleman with an Old West flair. There's got to be a reason for the design. He must be a shout-out to something.

I think he was cross-dressing. He wore a mare's hat & coat and his face was covered up by the scarf. His voice is pretty raspy and he probably taked in a higher octave when ordering the cake.

......and in his jar is a mini-Smooze! So cute! I liked this episode and had no problem with it. Whatever made the episode uncomfortable was rectified in the end and Discord teaching a moral lesson by being an amusing jerk is very much something he'd do. The inside jokes were never fully explained but that was the point. That said, we do get various hints (my interpretation...) * Discord changed the apples at Sweet Apple Acres into oranges (and perhaps there was some sort of mixup involving apples & oranges) and everyone was spooked by a snake only to find out it was some sort of vine/stick/hose. They have a good laugh as one of them said "Orange you glad it eally wasn't a snake?!". * Discord and maybe some of the other ponies either stepped in a bunch of peanut butter at the café or walked around with the jars as shoes. Some people don't like this episode but personally, I had no problem with it. I had more of a problem with aspects of Sweet & Elite (Rarity lies to everybody and it doesn't backfire on her), Putting Your Hoof Down (The whole town took a level in jerkass like Fluttershy and this is never addressed or dealt with like with Flutters. No comeuppance for the cherry guy. Angel Bunny was less a cute grumpy bunny and more a domestic abuser...but Flutters does discpline him in the end with 'THE STARE'!) and Just for Sidekicks (Just a sadist show at the expense of Spike....even if some of it was his fault). I confess that I haven't watched the one with the "Jerkass Wonderbolts" that everyone talks about. That said, even the above-mentioned episodes that bug the heck out of me had plenty of amusing moments. I love Iron Will and his goofy, Vince Offer/ShamWow Guy-looking goat sidekicks. It would have been a great episode had they addressed the creeps in town better and that cherry guy. Maybe have Iron Will admit he was a little pushy and tell the town the lesson that Fluttershy learned. Cherry guy either gets to be part of Fluttershy's rampage montage or he apologizes for being a slimebag (even giving Flutters a basket of free cherries). I really wanted to punch cherry-guy. I do love the stuff with Pinkie & Rarity and the guy at the clock-tower. I liked this episode because whatever jerkassery there was was addressed, the ponies apologized to Twilight, Discord was "being Discord", the gags were great, Spike was himself again, Zecora makes an appearance (and states the cauldron is usually just decor) and there was a good moral. And Flutterorange was cute....she had A-PEEL!

:okiedokielokie: Starlight's up to something.....

You're right. She was hiding away in her cozy cottage....then Twilight wanted her to give Luna speech-lessons. It went nowhere and Luna hugged Flutters until she passed out.