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    What about him? Uh...

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    Twilight friends give Discord all the attention in the newest My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic episode. What about him? Uh... To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    You're not the first one to say that to me about the screamer... While I also thought the moral was pretty good, I thought the episode already did enough to be in my good graces before that. I still don't think it's a great one, but there's a lot to appreciate here. As for Heathbreakers, I am reviewing it, if that's what you mean. I don't know if it's going to be that different from my other reviews, but in many ways, I do think it'll be a particularly interesting one.
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    Not the first time I've heard that, actually. It just didn't hit me the same way. If it were about Fluttershy being cripplingly shy around strangers, the way she was when she first met Twilight, then I would've objected. But I didn't really see this as a conflict dealing with "greater insecurities" again. It's just one of those specific anxieties (a pretty tough one, as we saw last Nightmare Night) that she still has to sort out, due to her timid and meek disposition. And yes, it definitely speaks to her character that those were the most horrifying things she could imagine.
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    How'd it stack up to the last Halloween episode? The crew of My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic released Scare Master prematurely. Is it worth all the special attention? To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11

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    The crew of My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic released Scare Master prematurely. Is it worth all the special attention? To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    Granted, the generally disconnected nature of the episodes (compared to shows with ongoing story arcs, anyway) probably lets the show to get away without worrying too much about how they pace it from episode to episode. But yeah, the rules of pacing in your video are probably the ideal model for when it plays its aces. Last season, for example, it seems like Simple Ways was buried a little by Pinkie Pride, despite still being one of the funniest episodes of the season itself, imho. The One Where Pinkie Knows seemed like the ideal follow up to this episode, since it was just a modest little attempt at comedy, but it revealed something important enough so that it doesn't feel like a jump from "significant" to "pointless filler."
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    Kinda, yeah. I did find it more entertaining than some of the other episodes from debuting writers this season though. I don't know why that track has never been released with an official title. It's one of the saddest anime tunes out there... I appreciate the support, and I'll be looking forward to giving that review. Who knows? Maybe Mr. Confalone will surprise me.
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    What does she know, in the latest episode of My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic? Hopefully that she needed a better script...

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    What does she know, in the latest episode of My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic? Hopefully that she needed a better script... To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    I'm glad it gave you that much joy, and I appreciate your understanding. Your take on the analysis community, though, reminds me of when I first saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3, before I was any kind of critic. I really wanted it to be good, and right up to the credits, I kept trying to put a good face on everything that happened. But after years of never going out of my way to watch it and turning glum every time I did, I wasn't sorry to start considering the idea that it's okay to want for better, that you could instead cope with disappointment by thinking about what could/should have been improved. It's great to be able to enjoy something, even with its flaws. But if everything's "great," then basically, nothing is. With everything there is to see, I'd rather not be watching something just because it's on. I get that deliberately stepping back to think about something while you're watching it can hurt the experience, and I get that some critics come across as though that's exactly what happened. Personally, I think the way to go is to react first and analyze that reaction after. (I'm sure I seemed like a guy out for blood in this one, but even now, after 4 1/2 seasons, I still haven't given enough flat-out negative reviews to fill up a "10 worst" list.) But even critics you don't agree with can have value, helping you think out why you liked something they didn't or vice-versa. It's all a way to explore something you're interested in a little more. To answer your question, yes, I do think that having to fit stories like these into 1 part episodes can make it harder for the writers. But any story can be done well. Editing, compressing, and reworking are also skills that go into being a writer, and it wouldn't be fair to the episodes that have pulled off larger scale stories to say that it somehow can't be messed up anyway, because it's "too hard." I do think it means trade-offs, like higher risk and higher reward when you succeed or some of the blame going to whoever decided the story only warranted 1 episode. But I don't think that means anything they come up with is okay.
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    That was pretty much how I felt, for the most part. And now that you mention it, it did feel dream sequence-like, but I highly doubt that's what it's supposed to be. After MMC, I find it entirely believable that the writers would resolve a plot this way. And I guess it's believable that Diamond Tiara's mother is just that much of a wimp, but either way, she's just as detrimental a parent at the end of the episode as she was at the beginning.
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    I have a lot to say about this episode... for obvious reasons?

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    I have a lot to say about this episode... for obvious reasons? To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    Thank you! And yeah, the mandatory backlash this stuff has to go through gets old fast. Right now, I just hope it helps put this episode over (the whole mentality on how anything getting backlash must be good).
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    The picture from the episode, or the whole thumbnail? (I do agree that Apple Bloom and Big Mac are cute together.)
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    The first real Big Mac episode of Friendship is Magic ended up polarizing bronies. WHY?!

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    The first real Big Mac episode of Friendship is Magic ended up polarizing bronies. WHY?!

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    The first real Big Mac episode of Friendship is Magic ended up polarizing bronies. WHY?! To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    All except the fact that it's been proven possible to tell good stories about her XD
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    How will I react to the first real Big Mac episode ever? Strongly, I imagine:

    1. Jeremiah

      Jeremiah

      damn it, I need to watch it.

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    How will I react to the first real Big Mac episode ever? Strongly, I imagine. To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    Did I mention that I wasn't the biggest fan of the last Manehattan episode?

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    Did I mention that I wasn't the biggest fan of the last Manehattan episode? To subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSecondOpinion11
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    Let's watch the Friendship Games movie:

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