S09:E11- Student Counsel

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On 6/10/2019 at 8:06 PM, Music Chart Fan said:

Overall, this episode is a bit of a strange one. I actually do sympathize with Trixie's annoyance at Starlight's state of distraction and failure to keep her promises. And I basically agree with the final messages of the episode - Sunburst's telling Starlight "You can't be expected to supervise your students every second of every day", and Trixie's point that "always being at work isn't fair to anypony". But I'm not really satisfied with how the episode got there. For one thing, I feel like the search for Silverstream takes up too much of the episode time, while not contributing much to the narrative of the episode.

But also, I think Starlight's being too busy and distracted with her job is a separate issue from Silverstream's going missing, and this episode seems to conflate those two things and not make any distinction between Starlight's job as guidance counselor and her job as an adult supervisor in the absence of the Mane Seven. And I don't consider Starlight to be at fault for the whole situation with Silverstream, so I was frustrated by how Starlight was fretting and blaming herself; instead, I wish Starlight had made a better defense for herself.

I agree 100% with this!  

 

On 6/10/2019 at 8:06 PM, Music Chart Fan said:

When is this picnic with Starlight and Trixie taking place at the beginning of the episode? Is it on a weekday, but after school has let out for the day? Is it on a weekend? I'm just curious about what day/time Starlight would agree to hang out with Trixie, on the assumption that she wouldn't be too busy, but yet there are multiple students in quick succession that want to talk to Starlight. Also, is this picnic taking place after the Mane Seven have already left to celebrate the spring solstice in Canterlot?

I think Starlight said that it was the last day of school, before Spring Break. Still, one of my biggest problems with this episode (and this scene in particular) is that Starlight wore that "alarm ring," to begin with. I don't understand why she thought that planning an outing with your friend while keeping your office open would be a good idea. Either it shows that Starlight has poor planning skills, or that she was given an obligation that wasn't reasonable. 

 

On 6/10/2019 at 8:06 PM, Music Chart Fan said:

So closing the door to the heavily degraded Castle of the Two Sisters stops the cockatrices, even as there clearly aren't complete walls or a roof? Would the cockatrices not just fly over or around?  

Glad we're not the only ones who noticed that!  

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Maud and Mudbrier. Sooooo goood

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On 6/3/2019 at 10:47 AM, FirePuppy said:

 

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To me, this episode was ALL WRONG! Starlight's friends all shouldn't have been the ones to support her, and not only that, they don't even have jobs in the School of Friendship, for what I know. >:-P

 

 

It wasent a school episode  thou  it was more like an adventure episode. Meaning the mane 6 didn’t need to be in it.  

On 6/8/2019 at 8:11 PM, Brainstorm said:

I'm glad Terramar made another appearance in S9, maybe he'll show again.

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He does he showed up in the next episode the last crusade  to. And had lines as well.

 

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On 6/13/2019 at 4:58 PM, titanhades said:

Between this episode and Frenemies, it becomes very apparent that Starlight is going to have a very big role in the second half of the season. The biggest, most important and longest story arc does revolve around her after all.

Lets hope so.

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On 6/8/2019 at 10:39 PM, WaterPulse said:

I think this was a nice Starlight episode. Though I think Maud likes rocks a bit too much.

@WaterPulse Good thing Maud didint hear you say that. 

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I don't think that I've ever personally related to an episode. Not having defined working hours is a pain, particularly if you're in a relationship.

Other than that, Trixie made this episode for me, particularly in the scene when Terramar is talking about Silverstream and she's in the background, eating whatever those were. Her reactions make a lot of the humor in the first half.

Starlight does great in this episode too. It got me invested in her plight and it also did a good job with Silverstream.

Then...
Maude: "We can still have a party. A search party."
That moment when a joke is so bad it goes around and becomes good. And because that wasn't enough...
Trixie: "I have a lot of experience telling ponies that I have experience with the dangerous creatures of Everfree Forest."
Then her tracking skills...
I just loved the humor in this episode. Almost evey line of dialogue out of them after they reunite is funny. To the point of Maude talking about Mud Briar turned to stone. Man, that hurt. This episode made me like 'Maude humor'.

The shipping intensifies... Looking forward to next episode after this one.

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On 6/3/2019 at 1:51 PM, DonMaguz said:

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Best episode of S9 so far, the only one to get a 10/10 during the first half.

 

I rated it more like 1000/1000

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This episode makes another appearance of both Starlight Glimmer and Trixie once again, that's good!  Starlight Glimmer had a hard time in this episode when she have a ring on her hoof that anytime glows for a call in the office. Silverstream, would you be kind not to knock on the door several times and give her a hard time to do anything for you? Cockatraces are really scary when encountered, as I believe that Fluttershy is the only pony to handle all animals especially those creatures. Silverstream has a cockatrace named Edith, she tamed her first. Hope everything is balanced and clean at the conclusion, I will say this episode is great with appearances of Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Sunburst, and Maud Pie! 

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I found this episode really interesting, since neither of them were really in the right or wrong. Trixie had a valid reason for being upset, seeing as her friend wasn’t keeping promises or making time for her, but she also purposely tried to make her feel ashamed and generally handled it in a somewhat childish way, especially when she repeatedly closed the door on a student who was clearly upset. Starlight was obviously not meaning to hurt anyone and was overwhelmed, not knowing how to manage her time, constantly being consumed by work, but that doesn’t change the fact that she did hurt Trixie, not go through with her responsibilities/promises, and generally go about everything in the wrong way. I liked the lesson of this episode. I also really liked how Mudbriar had some growth in this episode. When he was made aware that he said something insensitive, he immediately made an effort to correct it. Plus, Maud and Mudbriar are such a cute couple

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Yet another enjoyable episode. I liked the majority of it, save for when everyone was searching for Silverstream in the Everfree Forest, via Trixie's tracking skills - I felt that dragged on for a bit too long. I thought that the plethora of returning characters would knock the episode down a bit, but it actually worked out in it's favour.  The jokes and humour used were quite an enjoyable aspect, in addition to the fact that the moral is relatable, though somewhat difficult to judge. I feel that it adds depth to the plot and just makes it more interesting as a whole. There isn't much I can say aside from that, so I'll leave it there.

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I only have one serious gripe with this episode. If Trixie wants her not to forget what she's promised to do, wouldn't it be VERY hypocritical of her to seemingly get jealous about her f***ing job?

 

Other than that, I really enjoyed the several great one-off gags (especially Roseluck gluing the flowers back together), the premise as a whole, and the numerous absolutely priceless facial expressions. I also liked how both were sort of right and wrong (although Trixie was much more wrong than Starlight was, considering what lengths she takes it to). Also, I would get really mad about Mudbriar being a total $#!+head, but he gets what's coming to him more than once, so that works. Even Maud gets upset with him... I also really liked how Silverstream's disappearance was handled in general, though it did make for a sort of boring and tedious middle section, the payoff is definitely there. 

 

I'm giving this one a 9.5/10. It is probably the best episode of the season. A return to form for this season, and a good one at that.

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I am a fan of Starlight/Trixie Episodes and this one was just great as well. 

[Gale Wind 82]

Pretty good. Silverstream got annoying after a while and Starlight should get her a thesaurus. Maude was fun with Mudbriar turning to stone. 

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great faces and i love the sound effects, Trixie making a angry dog sound is funny as fuck, and i was actually surprised by how this episode got in the last scenes, intense and more of that classic mlp adventure style, i loved it, really good episode, starts off pretty simple but get out of nowhere real good!

also they somehow made Mudbriar a funny and well just a nice character, i hated him in season 8, he had somehow good moments here.

Edited October 6, 2023 by GloryForShame

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