S09:E03 - Uprooted

[RaphLuna 307]

2 hours ago, Rushing cash said:

I think it will be similar to "castle sweet castle", with the students instead of the mane 6, considering they knew the tree was sentient.

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The thing I'm interested in is: is the spirit of the tree is still around. To be fair, I hope the tree is done for good, so we could feel that the stakes are high this season.

 

Discord was right they don't need the tree or the princess . Their friendship is enough to protect equestria.

However one thing about the friendship is magic thing is this.

they must all hold hooves to unlock the power to defeat their foes.

Can they still channel into the magic of friendship if they are apart from each other. Or does this only work when close by holding hooves.

The trio of villians will get the friend me bug like What happened to discord.

Scorpan might return to help the ponies.

 

[Drunkfrank 1,125]

Nice to see we are getting such a seemingly plot important episode right after the premiere, if you look at mos seasons that hasn't happened

Season 8 was The Maud Couple, which was definitely the weakest Maud episode and not really relevant to the plot in anyway
Season 7 was A Flurry of Emotions, which was actually a really solid episode and gave is that juicy Grogar foreshadowing
Season 6 was The Gift of the Maud Pie, the second weakest Maud episode but still good nonetheless, but not really important.
Season 5 was Castle Sweet Castle, which was plot and continuity-heavy as it dealt with the loss of the Golden Oak Library
Season 4 was Castle-Mania, which was had some chest talk at the beginning and a hilarious episode overall, but not that important in the plot (though we did get a pony of shadows name drop.
Season 3 was Too many Pinkies, not plot important
Season 2 was Lesson Zero, VERY plot important
Season 1 was Ticket Master, also very important setting up the """""""""""""arc""""""""""" of that season and the finale.

Point being, I like getting such a plot important episode right after the premiere, I just really hope our dear students don't take the spotlight too much this season.

Edited April 12, 2019 by RyanMahaffe

[Rushing cash 845]

2 minutes ago, RaphLuna said:

Discord was right they don't need the tree or the princess . Their friendship is enough to protect equestria.

However one thing about the friendship is magic thing is this.

they must all hold hooves to unlock the power to defeat their foes.

Can they still channel into the magic of friendship if they are apart from each other. Or does this only work when close by holding hooves.

The trio of villians will get the friend me bug like What happened to discord.

Scorpan might return to help the ponies.

 

I hope they will bring scorpan, even thou it will probably mean tirek reforms. If we go by the synopsis to this episode it seems the spirit survived since the young 6 got magical summons. Sure it won't stop the mane 6 from saving the world but the itself is like a separate force as seen in s8, making its lose more impact-full.

And yaeh, Its cool to see a follow up episode to the premiere immediately, hopefully more to follow soon.

10 minutes ago, RyanMahaffe said:

 I just really hope our dead students don't ...

  They are not yet dead 

[Dark Qiviut 22,582]

Nicole Dubuc reveals herself as the writer! OP updated accordingly.

[KH7672 1,604]

Nicole Dubac being the writer being has me interested. It's no secret she's been kinda hit or miss so far with the episodes, mostly because some character has to be put in the wrong and right for the lesson to commence with not the most solid execution (Twilight/Neighsay, Twilight/CMC/Cozy Glow, Starlight/Discord) but here we have a straightforward episode with characters reacting to a situation rather than a character creating a problem. It's something we have yet to see from her and the writing for the Students in the premiere and finale were one of the better aspects of each.

Edited April 13, 2019 by KH7672

[Steve Piranha 29,485]

Well, got work to do. First time I won’t be watching poneh live stream in years as result . I definitely will seek a way to watch the series finale tho, even if I have to skip work 

[YoshiAngemon 223]

I've been spoiler-free since the season began. I guess this should be good.

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

One of my most hyped S9 episodes.

Edited April 13, 2019 by Buttonmash1973

[NavelColt 22,883]

I'll be sleeping off this cold, somebody shout if Thorax or Pharynx show up. 

[MangoFoalix 25,054]

Well, this episode should be fun!

Hope it's good.

[Zestanor 98]

Aight. About to catch this boy live. I haven't seen an episode live since late season 4, and streaming has increased in quality A LOT since then.

[Rushing cash 845]

Hopefully this is a good follow up to the premier. So far Dubac wrote some decent episodes, Maybe this one will be great. 

[PoisonClaw 8,173]

... And the stream gets interrupted by a severe weather warning hosted by Darth Vader. Wonderful!  

[Zestanor 98]

Commercial break.

Looks like this is a proper follow up to the premiere, more so than any season before. I haven't seen any spoilers or read the synopsis, so I don't know what happens!

[PoisonClaw 8,173]

37 minutes ago, ~C. Discord~ said:

I'll be sleeping off this cold, somebody shout if Thorax or Pharynx show up. 

*Grabs megaphone* YO! Thorax showed up for about a minute or so, so wakey-wakey!

[Will Guide 21,371]

The montage of the Students getting their permission slips signed was a nice moment

[Rushing cash 845]

So far this is nice, I like the direction its going

[Dark Qiviut 22,582]

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Everyone: *gasps in horror* Gallus: Sandbar, where's the tree?!

I think I have my "I HATE IT! >__<" line.

[MangoFoalix 25,054]

OK SO, the tree of harmony became a Tree Temple!

[cmarston1 5,962]

When I first read the snynopis for this episode I was at least a little bit interested in seeing it.  I mean I didn't really expect the next episode of the season to directly address the events of the premiere, so I was looking forward to seeing how that would play out.

I don't really have a lot to say about the episode, but unlike something like Applejack's Day Off, it isn't because this episode was boring.  I thought it managed to do a decent enough job at keeping my attention, and was a good showcase of the personalities of each member of the young 6.

We got a fun new song which is something that I always like getting.  Also I am interested in seeing where the show will go from here with the whole tree of harmony evolving and adapting thing.

So yeah I thought this was a solid episode.

[Will Guide 21,371]

I knew it! The Original Tree of Harmony physical body may be gone, but its spirit lives on!

[Early Sunsets 2,109]

Too bad Darth Vader ruined it. Other than that, I can't say I'm surprised that the tree isn't dead.

Also, Hasbro has to sell more toys.

[YoshiAngemon 223]

Just now, Zephyr / Karou said:

Too bad Darth Vader ruined it. Other than that, I can't say I'm surprised that the tree isn't dead.

Also, Hasbro has to sell more toys.

They will, but for now, let's look to the future.

[Will Guide 21,371]

Now that it's 9 in the morning here, I usually would get ready to go to work, but.... no open positions today. Sigh.

This episode has been great as usual, but I need to make my keep. Hopefully next week...

[PoisonClaw 8,173]

Yay! The spirit of the Tree is still alive! 

Overall, I liked this episode. I missed a chunk of it due to issues with the stream, but what I saw was pretty enjoyable. The song was a surprise too, but was pretty good. I like that Yona was the voice of reason here, a nice bit of character development here.