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  1. Patty Thundersnow
    The apple family dynamic was absolutely brillant in this episode from start to finish. I have always enjoyed the apple family episodes because of this tight knitted way. Apple Bloom and AJ were brilliant in this one, especially in the final act of the episode. Overall, it had a really good pace, a nice story, and the flashback which tied into the story about AJ. I really hope the address this again later in the season. 
    Grade: A
  2. Patty Thundersnow
    First is is Frenemies. I really enjoyed the different look of this episode with the episode focusing on the villains, rather than the heroines of the series. The musical number sounded like something you'd hear from a Disney villain from the 80s and 90s. Love that they were basically forced to work together and the near/aborted heel/face turn happened. I also love the new undercurrent of a betrayal by the three against Grogar. This will make things much more interesting as we approach the end of the season and the series.
    My grade: A-
    Lastly is Sweet and Smoky. This was a pretty good episode. Love the dueling storylines, and the focus on the dragonlands. Love the integration of Garble into the episode's story and his new foils to his character. And of course... Fluttershy being Fluttershy to the extreme in this one. It did work very well, as the storylines played off each other well. Garble was the absolute hero in this episode, there is no denying that. And... That last 10 seconds of the episode... SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!
    My grade: A
  3. Patty Thundersnow
    Here's my review of the last two MLP episodes, so I don't fall behind any more than I already have.
    Starting with Common Ground. First off, I love that they had Patton Oswalt, his daughter and current wife in this episode. It was super adorable and his daughter's character was cute as well. I liked that Quibble was trying to bond with his 'daughter' in the episode over Buckball. Good continuity to the earlier Buckball episode (dispite AJ not being involved). Overall, I really did like this episode. It was a good paced, well written episode with RD trying to help (which didn't help in the end). 
    My grade: B+
    Next is She's All Yak. So... much... shipfuel in this one. Love that Yona got the time to shine in this episode. But, there's a lot that I do not like about it either. One, they basically turned her into a yak version of Rarity. That really annoyed me. Did love the ending to this episode. And I loved the pony Yona during the song. But, this episode overall had more good moments than bad. Overall, I liked the episode. Yona finally got some time to shine, and they did a good job with her. I just wish that they didn't turn her into a yak version of Rarity.
    My grade: B
  5. Patty Thundersnow
    First of all, it was a brilliant move to have the voice actors pitch ideas for this episode. I loved much of the episode, and twilight twilighting like she always does. It was overall a great episode for the 200th episode, and at the same time very funny. I loved every second of it.
     
    My grade: A+
  6. Patty Thundersnow
    This was the season debut of the Student 6. I really enjoyed this one. It showed the difference of ideas that each of the 6 had, with Yona yet again being the big player in this episode. We also had the first new song of the season. I won't give anything away here, but it was a good episode that showed the differences that friends can have. But, when you get through those differences, friendship can create something beautiful.
    My grade: B+
  7. Patty Thundersnow
    This was a heck of a way to start the final season. Based on the last image of season 8, I had a feeling that Cozy and Tirek would be involved. Love the return of Sombra and the gen 4 debut of Grogar. Thought that Sombra's voice left a bit to be desired, but that's just a little nitpick. Discord was the true MVP of this episode. Overall, it had a good pace, a good story, and a whole lot of Twilight being Twilight. Joanne Lewis and Kristine Songco did a fantastic job parcing out this in a well thought out and well paced way. However, the fact that they basically killed Sombra off... yet again, ticks me the heck off. Hopefully this will lead to him returning later this season, although not really expecting that.
    My Grade: A
  8. Patty Thundersnow
    Here's my thoughts on the massive 16 match card of Wrestlemania 35.
    1. Women's Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)- With no true title defense of the Smackdown Women's Championship this year, this will have a lot of women superstars from Raw, Smackdown, and NXT, and perhaps even some legends returning for a one off. Winner - Asuka
    2. Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)- This one will, like the Women's battle royal, feature a slew of talent from all three brands. The stupid storyarc with Braun Strowman, Colin Jost and Michael Che will finally end. Winner-Brawn Strowman
    3. Buddy Murphy (champ) v. Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (Kickoff show)- The cruiserweight division's championship is once again relegated to Wrestlemania Kickoff show status. However, I think this will be a sleeper for one of the best matches of the night. Murphy has been doing a fantastic job as the top guy of the division, and the battles that Murphy and Nese have had will make this match that much better. Winner- Buddy Murphy
    4. The Revival (champs) v. Hawkins and Ryder for the Raw Tag Team Championship- The first match of the the main card is a match that was confirmed earlier today. THis will be a good match that will be dominated mostly by The Revival, but this would be a good place for Curt Hawkins' massive losing streak to finally come to an end. Winners and new Raw Tag Team Champions-Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
    5. Fatal 4 Way Tag Team match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship The Usos (champs) v. Ricochet & Aleister Black v. The Bar v. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura- This will be a knock down drag out fight pitting soem very good teams against one another. Honestly, I wish this match were a Ladder match, but this could change again. I think we're gonna see a heel team get a run with the belts. Winner and new Smackdown Tag team Champs-The Bar
    6. Kurt Angle v. Baron Corbin (Angle's retirement match)- Let's get one thing straight here... THERE IS NO WAY CORBIN IS FACING ANGLE IN HIS RETIREMENT MATCH. There is more to this story than meets the eye. I think that Corbin will be attack back stage Sunday night and a replacement will be named. John Cena and the Undertaker are logical choices for Angle to wrestle against. But, we all know that WWE doesn't use logic. Winner-Kurt Angle
    7. The MIz v. Shane McMahon (Falls Count Anywhere)- The Miz has been on a tear as of late, single handidly taking down Sanity a couple of weeks ago. The numbers caught up to him this week on Smackdown however. Who knows where this match will end, but it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that Sanity will have some sort of impact on it. With that being said, I think the WWE will drag out this feud for as long as they can. Winner-Shane McMahon
    8. Women's Tag Team Championship Sasha Banks & Bayley (champs) v. Beth Phoenix & Natalya v. Nia Jax & Tamina v. The IIconics- This will be the biggest challenge of the Boss n Hug connection's reign thus far. However, I think they will come out on top. Winner-Sasha & Bayley
    9. United States Championship Samoa Joe (champion) v. Rey Mysterio- This match is still up in the air due to Mysterio injuring his ankle on the go-home Raw this past monday in his match vs Baron Corbin. If it does happen, we'll see what will be a great match between two former world champions. Winner- no idea due to Rey Mysterio's injury
    10. Intercontinental Championship Bobby Lashley (champion) v. Finn Balor- The demon returns. This will be a hard hitting match between these two. Balor goes over because he rarely loses when in his demon body paint. If this does happen, I think that Lashley and Lio Rush will finally break up. Winner and new Intercontinental Champion- Finn Balor
    11. Triple H v. Batista (No Holds Barred; Triple H's career on the line)- It seems like this could very well be the final match of each of these guy's careers. Batista is the only guy he was not able to beat back in the day, and I think that he will come out on top. Winner-Triple H
    12. AJ Styles v Randy Orton- If done right, this could have huge implications to the WWE Championship picture moving forward. These two have not had a singles match as of yet, but with the bad blood starting to boil over here, this one has the makings of an instant classic. Winner-Randy Orton
    13. Roman Reigns v Drew McIntyre- Another match that brings huge implications to the WWE Universal championship picture, this match pitting two big hosses of the WWE will be a slobber knocker, if not anything else. With Roman's recent return from his leukemia recovery, he will win this match and establish himself as the number one contender. Winner-Roman Reigns
    14. WWE Championship Daniel Bryan (champion) v. Kofi Kingston- This match has all the earmarks of Daniel Bryan's title win back a few years ago. This will be a highly competitive match, pitting one of the better flyers of the era against the most techinally sound wrestler of the era. I think Kofi finally achieves his lifelong dream. Winner and new WWE Champion-Kofi Kingston
    15. WWE Universal Championship Brock Lesnar (Champion) v. Seth Rollins- This will be a fight. However, this will also be the crowning moment of Seth Rollins returning to the summit, finally slaying the beast. Winner and new WWE Universal Champion-Seth Rollins
    16. Winner take all Ronda Rousey (Raw Women's Champ) v. Charlotte (Smackdown Women's Champion) v. Becky Lynch- IN one of the most stupid moves in the history of the business, this match will unify the raw and smackdown women's championships. This will be a match full of strikes, suplexes, and submissions. This will be an all-out brawl. With the Women finally main eventing Wrestlemania, this match will not disappioint. Winner and new Raw and Smackdown Women's Champion-Becky Lynch
    The card is subject to change over the next couple days and could change yet again, who knows.
  9. Patty Thundersnow
    Been meaning to do this for a while. With the next several blogs or so, I'll be giving my ranking of the Doctor Who main theme song, from the original version first heard in 1963 to the newest version. I'll start off with a special mention and my least favorite of the several reversions. I'll be going from my least favorite to my favorite, with no number ranking.
    The special mention is a theme that was never meant to ever be aired. This particular theme, however, did air in a pair of episodes in the Jon Pertwee serial "Carnival of Monsters" in Australia. This is the "Delaware" version of the theme
     
    Now into the main crux of this. The first theme of this series Is the Patrick Troughton revision that was recorded for his three seasons. I will preface this by saying that I love all these themes, just some more than others. That being said, the Troughton era theme isn't bad, but it's not great. The sort of stutter heard in the theme I personally don't really care for. It's a good version, just not my favorite.
     
    Thanks for reading. Next one should be posted sometime tomorrow (depends on how fast I get homework done).
  11. Patty Thundersnow
    The season finale started off very slow and brooding but really picked up by the end of the first half of the two parter. It was so obvious to me that Cozy had ulterior motives, especially in the aftermath of What Lies Beneath. The build was very good, albeit slow in the beginning. I liked seeing the return of the creatures that the Mane 6 had previously defeated, and the return of Tirek was pretty interesting as well.  Neighsay was his usual, racist self in this one, but did a heel face turn faster than almost any other character in the show. I love the fact that the Friendship 6 where the ones to save the day here, with assistance from the CMCs. 

    Overall, this was a great wrapup to the end of season 8. It sets up season 9 well, with many possibilities moving forward for what is (supposedly) the final season of MLP: Friendship is Magic.

    Grade: 9.1/10 A-

    Season 8 was a tale of two halves. The first half was significantly worse than the second half, which worked in its favor. There was a fair amount of continuity between episodes, but I feel like there could have been better continuity between all the episodes. Overall, the season was pretty good. A very good amount of new content, including the new species, new locales, and return of all the pillars of equestria. 

    Overall grade: 91% A-
     
  12. Patty Thundersnow
    Sounds of Silence

    This was a very good episode. Another AJ and Fluttershy centered episode, with both doing well to really fill their roles. I loved the new species, the Kirin, that where introduced in the show and also the Character Autumn Blaze, voiced by Rachel Bloom. I loved her song as well. It was a bit rushed in the resolution however. But overall, the episode was very good. Good establishment of the newest species to the series and a good song to go along with it.

    My grade: 9.1/10 A-

    Father Knows Best

    This episode started off well enough, with spike flying WORSE than Twilight did when she first got her wings. As soon as Sledge was introduced, I knew that it was going to be a fairly meh episode. Turns out that I was right. The episode overall was about meh at best. To be honest, this is probably the worst episode of the second half of the season. The song was good, but I didn't care for how Sledge took advantage of Spike.

    My grade: 6.9/10 D+
  13. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode started and had a focus throughout on the Student 6, and their problems with studying (college problems, am i right?). A series of funny moments occurred in this part of the episode, with Ocellus mocking AJ and Twilight, along with the realization that Silverstream likes... plumbing. The group goes into the cave, and are met by a creepy, glowing version of Twilight. Following, the 6 were separated, causing them to face their biggest fears. The fears ranged from claustrophobia and spiders to being cute. Speaking of, Smolder is very cute in her dress. I wanna see more moments with her being cute. By the end, we find out that the glowing version of Twilight was the tree manifesting her. And yet again... Cosy Glow screws up and it ends with a sense of foreboding. Overall, this episode had a lot of layers to it. From each of 6 facing and conquering their fears, to the gentle nod to what is to come, this episode was fantastic. It was a bit rushed at times, but overall, the episode was a good "face your fears" type of episode.

    My grade: 9.3/10 A
  14. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode started off with Rockhoof trying to find his place in Equestria by trying various jobs, especially over the first 10 minutes. The episode was a slow building through the early part. The moments with Rockhoof trying various jobs were very funny. This episode also featured the return of a few of the Pillars, showing what they where doing as their job following their return and integration. The star of this episode was Yona, who admitted to him that she wan'ts to be like him when she grows up. By the end, he's anointed the Keeper of Tails. 

    Overall, this was a very good episode. It had an overall good pace, through it was rushed a bit toward the end. Yona was the star in this episode as well. I hope we see more episodes that focus on the individual members of the student six.

    My grade: 8.9/10 B+
  15. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode started with a concept we've not seen in a long time, the Rainbow Dash fan club, with devolved into the fan club for "The Washouts". It was a good cold open, featuring Scoots and RD prominently. The first segment featured a good pace, and a return of Lightning Dust, who hadn't be in an episode since her appearance in season 3. RD and LD both let their rivalry be known. A couple of funny moments were sprinkled into the episode in the first segment. Heading into the second segment, Scoots does a tweener turn, becoming a Washouts member. The pacing, and RD saving the day were what made this episode a great episode. The ending was cute as well,

    It, overall, was a great episode, one of the best of the season thus far. The return of Lightning Dust made the episode good, but what really made this a great episode was the emphasis of the sisterly relationship that RD and Scootaloo have. There has not been enough of these kind of episodes to be honest. It had good writing, a good pace to it, a couple of funny moments, and a great resolution to the episode. 

    My grade: 9.3/10 A
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