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Hm, I think this was an overall good episode. Just seems just a little above the average but also isn’t as entertaining as most of the other episodes of the Season.

It’s probably the better of the two Flim Flam episodes. It’s overall better then Somepony to Watching Over Me, and while there were a few memorable jokes (Lyra the Judge) it wasn’t as humor full as Josh Haber’s previous episodes.

Though really thinking about it. It is a pretty solid Applejack episode overall. As this is a pretty good lesson. And Applejack isn’t even taken too much out of the spotlight.

I just don’t really have a lot to say other then it’s good AJ Episode, it’s not quite as entertaining as most Season 4 episodes have been but that also kinda means it harks back to some of the normal episodes of Season 1 & 2 and there is some charm about that. Other then this being a key episode this episode just didn’t seem quite like Season 4’s style. Though once again I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. It only seems a tad awkward where even the most seemingly normal episodes of Season 4 has something crazy to them like the previous AJ episode where it started out as an Overprotective sister episode, then suddenly BAM a Chimera threaten’s Applebloom’s life.

But perhaps it’s more fitting for a more simple pony of Applejack to have a more simpler way of getting her key then others so in some ways it still fits. But I just can’t promise this episode will what I consider one of the top episodes of Season 4. Though Season 4 has been so good being out of the Top 10 episodes isn’t even that bad.

Next one should hopefully be a fun one though. Rainbow Dash & Twilight, hmm… I have something cooked up between them coming this Tuesday ;)

Oh my god, this episode was awesome!

Allow me to say exactly how much I loved this episode. This was even better then Sleepless in Ponyville. This was like a combination of two of the best episodes of Season 2 and 3 wrapped up in a golden package. I could barely find anything that was too wrong with the episode that wouldn’t be nitpicking.

The conflict is relatable, Sweetie Belle and Rarity/Luna’s voice actors both do great jobs, Luna herself had a much stronger role then she did in Sleepless in Ponyville, and this episode was like A Christmas Carol (Notice how there was a Past, Present, and Future) but it was unique for once that it wasn’t holiday related at all. One of the best things about FiM is that it tends to use plenty of overused things in media/other cartoons but it also makes it feel fresh. In this case, it turned the story of A Christmas Carol into a heartwarming story between two sisters instead of a guy who hates Christmas.

The nightmare sequence and the flashbacks (Or well foresight in the case of the Future thing) were really awesome scenes.

OMG I’m not sure if I can say anything other then just pure gush for how awesome for this episode. So instead I’ll talk about the writer.

If you don’t pay attention to the writers very much this was from Dave Polsky. Dave.  “Feeling Pinkie Keen”. Polsky. Do you know how surreal it is that the one writer that was probably the most disliked up until Merriwether Williams came along is actually doing really good episodes right now? I’m actually getting the sense that I look forward to more Dave Polsky episodes rather then worrying about them. Daring Don’t, Rarity Takes Manehatten, Twilight Time, and the episode I’m talking about in this very post were at the very least good episodes. I dare say this one was his best one yet.

Seriously, huge props to Dave Polsky for really turning things around. Even if he isn’t the best writer of Season 4 by the end of all this. He really has earned an honorable mention, and probably at least is promised 2nd place as best writer of Season 4.

7 episodes left to go. Unless things really start going downhill, Season 4 is doing an amazing job and I already think it’s overall a stronger season then the first Season was. And it’s really started to creep up on Season 2. Right now that may depend on how exactly this season ends the Season-long arc to really decide if this will be my new favorite season or not. As although Season 2 definitely had more bad episodes at this point. In my opinion it had an awesome finale that ended the season off with a bang. If Season 4 can end with a bang as good as or even better then Canterlot Wedding was. Season 4 will be my new favorite for sure.

Next week I presume we’re getting Applejack’s key. So we’ll only be one key away from getting to where we need to be. There is stuff out there suggesting what the box will do, but we don’t know how the show will do it yet. I know it’ll probably have some controversy over it just like the concept of Canterlot Wedding and Alicorn Twilight did. But I can honestly say that both were done well within the show that I’m just waiting to see how they make it awesome.
Oh my god, this episode was awesome!

Allow me to say exactly how much I loved this episode. This was even better then Sleepless in Ponyville. This was like a combination of two of the best episodes of Season 2 and 3 wrapped up in a golden package. I could barely find anything that was too wrong with the episode that wouldn’t be nitpicking.

The conflict is relatable, Sweetie Belle and Rarity/Luna’s voice actors both do great jobs, Luna herself had a much stronger role then she did in Sleepless in Ponyville, and this episode was like A Christmas Carol (Notice how there was a Past, Present, and Future) but it was unique for once that it wasn’t holiday related at all. One of the best things about FiM is that it tends to use plenty of overused things in media/other cartoons but it also makes it feel fresh. In this case, it turned the story of A Christmas Carol into a heartwarming story between two sisters instead of a guy who hates Christmas.

The nightmare sequence and the flashbacks (Or well foresight in the case of the Future thing) were really awesome scenes.

OMG I’m not sure if I can say anything other then just pure gush for how awesome for this episode. So instead I’ll talk about the writer.

If you don’t pay attention to the writers very much this was from Dave Polsky. Dave.  “Feeling Pinkie Keen”. Polsky. Do you know how surreal it is that the one writer that was probably the most disliked up until Merriwether Williams came along is actually doing really good episodes right now? I’m actually getting the sense that I look forward to more Dave Polsky episodes rather then worrying about them. Daring Don’t, Rarity Takes Manehatten, Twilight Time, and the episode I’m talking about in this very post were at the very least good episodes. I dare say this one was his best one yet.

Seriously, huge props to Dave Polsky for really turning things around. Even if he isn’t the best writer of Season 4 by the end of all this. He really has earned an honorable mention, and probably at least is promised 2nd place as best writer of Season 4.

7 episodes left to go. Unless things really start going downhill, Season 4 is doing an amazing job and I already think it’s overall a stronger season then the first Season was. And it’s really started to creep up on Season 2. Right now that may depend on how exactly this season ends the Season-long arc to really decide if this will be my new favorite season or not. As although Season 2 definitely had more bad episodes at this point. In my opinion it had an awesome finale that ended the season off with a bang. If Season 4 can end with a bang as good as or even better then Canterlot Wedding was. Season 4 will be my new favorite for sure.

Next week I presume we’re getting Applejack’s key. So we’ll only be one key away from getting to where we need to be. There is stuff out there suggesting what the box will do, but we don’t know how the show will do it yet. I know it’ll probably have some controversy over it just like the concept of Canterlot Wedding and Alicorn Twilight did. But I can honestly say that both were done well within the show that I’m just waiting to see how they make it awesome.

Well that was a pretty adorable episode when you really think about it ^^

Perhaps Pinkie should really of forewarned her friends. Though I think it’s a lot more mild in comparison to how Pinkie wouldn’t explain why she was gathering instruments in Swarm of the Century because although she and Maud were opposites they love each other anyway and Pinkie Pie was just hopeful that her friends would see why she looks so highly of Maud a little quicker then they did.

But this episode really had some very funny moments. I think Rainbow Dash had some of the best delivered lines in this episode (Ex: HE’S A ROCK!“) and I admit a character who’s the polar opposite of Pinkie in personality interacting with Pinkie’s friends who were probably expecting her to be at least somewhat as excitable as Pinkie had plenty of laughs on it’s own.

Also when Maud saved Pinkie… Damn that was badass. Upon seeing her destroy the rock I was thinking Maud was channeling Earthbending powers from Avatar: The Last Airbender. And it might also reinforce the theory that while Earth Ponies may not look like they have the flashiness of being able to use Magic or being able to Fly, they sure as heck can be very strong physically..

But what really makes this episode good is what I said before on how Maud and Pinkie being total opposites. Pinkie Pie acts a little over-excited over plenty of things, while Maud acts like she never has an interest in anything. But the point is by the end: Pinkie and Maud both love each other very much through thick and thin. I’m sure there has to be siblings who despite having different interests personalities or even polar opposites like we saw with Pinkie and Maud they’re still good siblings in the end. And in the end, that’s all that really matters doesn’t it?

HOLY SHIT THOSE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE EPISODE WERE INSANE!

Now that I got that out of the way. Wow did this episode really surprise me. At first it seemed like a pretty ok Applejack and Apple Bloom episode. Maybe Applejack was taking her overprotectiveness a little too far, but damn the entire scene with the part tiger, part goat, part snake thing and what seemed like the “fiery pits of hell” was really cool and probably one of the best action sequences in the show yet. Honestly if nothing else, this episode is worth it for that scene alone.

Most of the rest of the episode is pretty straight forward but there were some really good jokes throughout. Like when it seemed like we were getting a song but then Scootaloo ends it and says “No time for a song!” that was hilariously meta. And Applejack putting a 2nd helmet on top of another helmet for Applebloom too.

It’s like this episode had a bit of a slow start, as the beginning of the episode doesn’t seem to bring anything other then the straight forward “Overprotective family member” but the episode just slowly ramps it up all the way to 11 as the 2nd half starts as some pretty good jokes make way for an awesome scene with a new antagonist that I’m sure we’re going to see plenty of fanart of in the near future. That creature with some really good artists could really be an awesome sight to behold. From what I hear that was a chimera, props to Hasbro using something that looks like it came from Dungeons and Dragons once again (Which funnily enough, is something Hasbro also owns) and putting it in My Little Pony of all things.

The only issue I’d say the episode had is maybe they had AJ being way too overprotective. And I’m not sure whether or not I remember there were moments in the series where AJ has a bit of overprotectiveness like this. And if there were. it certainly wasn’t to this level. But it certainly gives an actual flaw to Applejack other then being Stubborn. Which is good overall for Applejack’s character, part of the reason Applejack’s the least popular of the Mane 6 is that before this episode the only character flaw that we see of her is being stubborn which was fully explored in the 4th episode of the entire series. Come to think of it, Applejack was kinda controlling like this in Apple Family Reunion. But then this just means that this episode is kind of Apple Family Reunion done right. Applejack actually had more of a reason to be rather overprotective, especially if it is indeed true that AJ’s parents are dead then she would naturally be wanting all of her family to be ok. Albeit that’s a detail not a lot of first-time watchers might get because the show’s only clue is the comets in Apple Family Reunion. So from that end, it’s understandable why people might be confused why Applejack is like this. But anyway, that isn’t what I mean when I say this is Apple Family Reunion done right, I mean more so is that this episode is actually kind of entertaining.

Anyway, I think our final new writer did a decent enough job that I think so far our new writers are all passing, even Merriwether Williams (The one writer who’s debut practically soured their reputation as a writer to the FiM fanbase) in terms of Season 4 episodes is passing right now. This is pretty unbelievable how for the exception of a few slip-ups, Season 4 is firing on all cylinders. (Though uh, apparently Maud Pie is going to be written by a new Writer. But let’s hope I haven’t spoken too soon then)

Next week, we get a visit from one of Pinkie’s sisters. I’m excited to see where this goes. ^^

Seems to me that this was a pretty good episode.

But before I talk about episode as a whole. Let’s talk a bit about the Breezies. As you know, the Breezies did not debut in this generation of MLP. They were in the previous generation before it. Ya know, the one that pretty much think what any MLP show is like when they hear about it? G1 had pony characters that were pretty one note but it also had an interesting fantasy setting, G2/My Little Pony Tales (I know technically it was still G1, but it just seems easier to say it as G2) has terrible plot idea but it’s attempt was to try to make the characters relate to real life situations, G3… was just bad in almost every sense of the word. The characters barely had character at all, whatever they have of fantasy is really subdued, and there’s barely any actual conflict. Also Breezies simply were just smaller ponies with antennae and butterfly ponies. Take those away and they’re barely distinct from the others. Which is why from the moment we saw the first images of them, I kinda knew they’d be portrayed a lot better then in G3 (Not that is saying much) simply by their designs. Because they have a shape that’s distinctly there’s and there’s alone. In the actual episode, it seems the Breezies even have a kind of accent to them or at least Sea Breeze did anyway. The breezies actually have a character to them, so once again Friendship is Magic continues to stomp over the previous generation.

Anyway on the episode itself. I think it’s very much in line with Natasha’s previous episode in that it was good but not the greatest we’ve ever seen from this show. For the exception of the way they managed the ending it was pretty straight forward for the most part. The episode was cute, funny, and maybe even a little charm is given from this episode.

What disturbs me though is there seems to be a bit of controversy over the Breezie transformation near the end of the episode. Some people say the fact Twilight was able to do this makes her too overpowered and/or came up as a massive deux ex machine. Er… are we watching the same show? Twilight back in Season 1 was able to lift an astro bear and lull it to sleep at the same time, turn mice into horses, and an Apple into a carriage. And she’s only gotten better at magic since then. Transformation spells are suddenly bullshit when Twilight was fully capable of temporary time travel spells, gravity spells, and the fact aging spells are a thing even if back in Magic Duel it was very hard to do? Even so, Twilight could not have performed the spell without the Breezies actually being there as you see Twilight’s magic touch the breezes too. Meaning she copies the Breezies’ shape and transferred it to her friends. Plus it worked in context with the episode, it seems similar to how people complain about Alicorn Twilight in general when that also works in context with the show. This complaining just comes off as “How DARE Twilight be actually GOOD at her very talent!”. If her spells fixed everything more frequently it’d become more of a problem. But when was the last time Twilight’s Magic actually was the solution to the problem? The closest I could think of is the potion that Zecora had in the Opener and her turning Fluttershy back in Bats! although it was her spell in the first place that made her a vampire. As long as they don’t overuse Twilight’s magic skill to help end almost nearly all the episodes and it’s used sparingly unless it’s really, really important (Like any future two-parters). What exactly is the problem?

Anyway, that’s all I have to say. We have yet another key, and all that’s left is Applejack and Twilight now with 8 episodes to go before the Season Finale ^^