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I was going to compile all your asks. But I need this to get out of the way right now especially on the whole “just because Flash stole your and most other bronies waifu, it’s ridiculous to treat it as some unforgivable crime that you people are still butthurt about”
I am telling you right now that the biggest reason I don’t like Flash Sentry is NOT just because he happens to be for a part of one movie in a romantic relationship with my favorite pony. There’s more to it then that. If they actually did give someone to Twilight to have some sort of relationship with. They should at least try to give them chemistry or something to make me like “Alright Twilight loves this guy/stallion, let’s see what this brings”. Because Flash hardly has a personality, there’s nothing for Twilight’s own to rub off of. Even from a neutral perspective I would think that Twilight and Flash’s relationship is entirely uninteresting just on the basis that Twilight has loads more character to her then Flash does. What brings us to the show is the characterization of the many characters of the show and we want to see them bounce off eachother. There is none of that between Flash and Twilight. If instead of Flash Sentry, there was an episode where Twilight dates Big Mac, Braeburn, Fancy Pants, or any other established character I would be curious to see how it works out because we know something of the other character already and we get to see how it works in a romance setup with Twilight. You don’t get that from Flash.
(Seminoles added more in a note. Which I’ll put below these parentheses in bold and italic. My response will be in normal text)
“Ok yes, Twilight did have a bad case of puppy love with Flash, but come on, she’s a teenager. Shallow crushes happen at that age, and we really should be glad she didn’t end up with someone like Hans from Frozen. Besides, Flash would treat her right. He seems like a gentleman and is shown to apply himself both physically and musically. He’s not a bad person at all. In fact, he’s genuinely helpful. He helps Twilight for the sake of it and without ulterior motive (If you ever call me a White Knight, because I do cut him some slack, then I will strangle you).
But then again…we know very little about him. He rarely says “I like this” or “I view things this way.” One problem I actually have with him is that I don’t care about him. The story failed to generate any interest in him for me. I mean if he was instead written out of the plot, no one would mind.
So, bottom line, I think he’s overhated and that I feel that you along with most people in the fandom are overreacting, though I’ll say that I just don’t find him compelling.”
Ok first I want to answer something you said during the puppy love paragraph. You said Twilight is a teenager… Iiiii disagree with that notion. I’ve always seen at least most of the Mane 6 were at least young adults ranging from the equivalent of 17-24 years in age for us. The reason I say that is because the Ponies already have actual jobs to themselves. Especially Rarity and Applejack who run a boutique and a farm and they live on their own where their parents might be miles away (Or in the case of Applejack, possibly deceased). I just don’t see them as Teenagers. Maybe Equestria Girls if it was 100% confirmed to be canon would basically be telling me that I’m wrong about that. But to me Twilight’s friendship studies always felt like to me as if it was like her college. Her ascension to Princesshood in Magical Mystery Cure was her graduation. Even though it’s a little odd, regardless or not if it’s canon. I kinda like to think that the portal also de-aged Twilight a bit. If it could transform her into an entirely different species, who says it couldn’t have messed with her physical age as well? It may just be that I’d like to see the Mane 6 as relatable as they can be being somewhere around the age I’m in (I’m 21 currently BTW) but I don’t think we can clearly note down just what are the Mane 6 whether they’re teens or adults cause unless the show ever refers to them as Teens, or otherwise start saying their exact ages. We can’t know for sure. We can only have personal guesses, and it just comes down to headcanon at that point. It’s my headcanon that all the Mane 6 are Young Adults of some kind with maybe a little wiggle room for Pinkie and/or Rainbow Dash being 16 or 17 at the beginning of the series but are 18 or 19 now. If you view them as teenagers that’s ok too. In shows like this, the Main Characters ages are left ambiguous so you can shape them to however you like and also makes it easier for the show-runners to get away with if the show runs a long time how the characters don’t age too much (Cause while shows like FOP and The Simpsons have gotten away with long-running shows without having the characters age all that much. It starts to become a bit of Ash Ketchum of Pokemon syndrome where we’re like “How does Ash still look like he’s 10 after all these seasons?” :P)
But anyway, getting to what was your point in asking me with Flash Sentry. It’s true that I may be overreacting a little. As for now Flash Sentry is still just a standalone thing in Equestria Girls with two inconsequential cameos in the Main series. I however am nonetheless fearful of the day if they ever decided to expand his role not just in anything related to Equestria Girls but in the main show as well. If a Season 5 episode synopsis were to have anything close to being “Twilight Sparkle is nervous for a date. A date with a Crystal Empire guard she fawns over named Flash Sentry” I would not be happy in the slightest. Not just because it’s Flash Sentry, but this show using romance and taking seriously just doesn’t feel right. I was ok with both Hearts and Hooves Day and even Simple Ways because to me those were more focused on comedy more then the romance aspects (And at least Rarity crushing on somepony has kinda shown up before with Blueblood back in Season 1). And any major romance is pretty much lampshaded, like the overly sappy compliments Big Mac and Cheerilee give eachother are just part of the love poison they were given. This is Friendship is Magic, not Love is Magic. Again, having stuff like Hearts and Hooves Day, Simple Ways, and the marriage between Cadence and Shining Armor are fine (Cadence is essentially the Princess of Love after all) but it should be spaced out and not make itself a centralized part of the show like introducing Flash Sentry as Twilight’s Coltfriend who appears from time-to-time most likely would. A scenario like that is I believe should equate to many of the Fandom’s worst nightmare scenarios such as the rest of the Mane 6 becoming Alicorns for no reason (It makes sense for Twilight, but not her friends) and/or introducing a 7th Element of Harmony just to introduce a new character to make it a Mane 7. (The show has not done everything they can possibly do with just the six. We don’t need a 7th to complicate things further and/or take screentime away from the characters we followed since the beginning).
And also about Flash Sentry not being compelling, that just kinda makes things worse. Because even Equestria Girls which is the only thing that features him didn’t do a whole lot with him. Though I personally don’t care if Season 5 were to suddenly make him the most fleshed out character in the entire show. Cause that presents a problem, the show is now taking so much focus on expanding Flash’s personality when he barely had any in what was supposed to be his kind of introduction. And it would be taking screentime from characters we care about much more then him. If they wanted us to care for Flash Sentry why would they do it now instead of leaving a blank slate for his first impression? Even though some people complain about how Canterlot Wedding didn’t really do a whole lot for Shining Armor and/or Cadence at least we got a pretty good idea what they’re like compared to Flash Sentry. And at least they actually had an effect on the plot, again unlike Flash Sentry who’s only important role in the movie was proving Twilight didn’t sabotage the prom decorations. Which could of been done by pretty much anybody else. Otherwise, he was the generic love interest placed in just to fill a High School movie cliche right down to being the ex-boyfriend of the bitchy antagonist.
No, I did not say the lack of Worldbuilding was my biggest problem with Mare-Do-Well. I outright said near the end that Mare-Do-Well’s biggest problems had nothing to do with Worldbuilding. The characterization of the Mane 6 was just too far off. Rainbow was TOO egotistic, the rest were too spiteful and come across a bit hypocritical when they’re basically hinting that they’re behind Mare-Do-Well. Characterization is the most important thing about the show. And Mare-Do-Well is one of the few episodes of the show where it gets pretty much no one right.
Wait how did I imply I cared about the Worldbuilding too much? The fact I enjoyed Daring Don’t and Power Ponies (I also enjoyed the Breezie episode as well) enough should be proof enough that I’m not one that gets upset over worldbuilding in the show.
I think I already gave much of it in my E3 & Smashfest thoughts. But overall, I just can’t wait until October 3rd. I’m really looking forward to both versions of the game ^^
As for your other ask for what to do til’ then… I don’t know. I’ll probably have at least a few things for Genie Twi. Perhaps something this month and also something next month as well. But I also do have games to keep me busy like Mario Kart 8 and Project M (A mod of Super Smash Bros. Brawl). We’ll have to see how everything goes.
I think both Daring Don’t and Power Ponies are different because they’re not in the same place where most of the show was. There’s no point anywhere in the series where Ponyville is like Townsville that needs someone to be saved from danger every few hours or every day. The Mane 6 themselves are technically superheroes, especially in the two-parters. But Ponyville never actually treats them as such all the time. In fact, besides knowing Twilight is a Princess in Season 4. When there isn’t something threatening all of Equestria, they treat the Mane 6 as any normal pony. As a result it feels a bit jarring. Because suddenly Ponyville is obsessed with Superheroes right down to the fan clubs, press attention, and even special commemorations from the Mayor. And yet nowhere else does that happen for the exception of the celebrations after Nightmare Moon, and Discord were defeated. Or Twilight’s coronation. But those being more justified because all of Equestria was saved or it was a special National event. As opposed to one town where for some reason ponies’ lives are in danger at the drop of a dime. Daring Do being real as much as a bit of a conflict it can be, there was actually no indication that she was fictional in the world of Equestria. It was an assumption that was proved false in Daring Don’t. But Daring Do herself still wants to keep the illusion that it’s fictional to most ponies. So to anyone besides the Mane 6’s knowledge, Daring is still fictional even thought she actually is real. And Power Ponies was basically an excuse for the writers to have some fun with some silver-age Comic book silliness. Those who understand how ridiculous the old comics were, will get what Power Ponies was supposed to be. Neither Daring Don’t or Power Ponies do something like making Ponyville into Townsville for only 22 minutes. It’s really only a problem if you’re so invested into the worldbuilding of Equestria. When Mare-Do-Well’s problem had barely anything to do with worldbuilding. Or if it does have worldbuilding, worldbuilding that has barely been mentioned since for the exception of Construction Workers appearing in later episodes, or the dam that broke in the episode coming back in It’s About Time.
Sisterhooves Social isn’t a bad choice. It’s certainly a well done episode. And For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils wouldn’t have the same impact without that episode since Sisterhooves establishes that Sweetie Belle and Rarity do kinda have differences on things.
“And I also would have to respectfully disagree with you on how MMMystery on the Friendship Express should only be considered as a guilty pleasure. Because I really don’t have a big issue with the episode like you did (in which I found that you were one of the few people who had an issue with the episode). Since I actually feel that it was a loving tribute to film history in general, and even typical mystery tropes. I also don’t consider MMMystery on the Friendship Express a guilty pleasure because, I did find that most of the cast including the new additions, and Mane 6 were given plenty of room to deliver hammy performances which I find hilarious. There’s even the fact that unlike most cartoons that involve a mystery, this episode actually gives the audience a chance to solve it on their own, and it wasn’t too obvious with the reveal.”
Do you not understand what guilty pleasure means? It’s an episode I feel is one of the weaker of the seasons. But I enjoyed for the most part anyway. I just hear that MMMystery got flack for half of the Mane 6 eating a part of the cake despite how important the cake was to Pinkie. Or how Twilight was kinda ignorant of Pinkie when she was gathering up clues. I don’t think it’s that bad of an episode myself. It’s probably less guilty pleasure then my other picks. But I also don’t think it’s quite an amazing one. Albeit I did laugh heavily with the old film montages with Pinkie’s imagine spot for the chefs. This is just the closest to a guilty pleasure I could think of for Season 2. Because I generally agree that some of the weaker episodes are weak. Or most of the other episodes I like I feel are legitimately that good.
“And unlike you, I don’t consider the bad episodes of Season 2 to be one of the lowest of lows. In my opinion, I actually consider the bad episodes of Season 1 (Griffon the Brush Off and Boast Busters) to be far worse, like Double Rainboom bad.”
I thought Griffon the Brush-Off was pretty good… up until Gilda shows up. But even then. It basically becomes the average “Old friend is actually meaner then the new friend” episode. Boast Busters I also feel is one of the weaker episodes of Season 1. But at least it led to Magic Duel. And I do love the door scene with Twilight and Spike. Along with Twilight taking care of the Ursa Minor at the end.
“In my opinion, I actually don’t consider Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy to be one of the best characters in the show. Because honestly, Rainbow Dash would be my fifth favorite of the Mane 6 (we get it you’re awesome why not kindly shut up about it), and Fluttershy is my least favorite of the group (despite her character development in Hurricane Fluttershy and to some extent Keep Calm and Flutter On). I wouldn’t even consider her as on of the Top 10 best characters in the show. Though I also forgot to mention Fluttershy’s good character development in Dragonshy as well, sorry about that. Yet even then, I still regard her as my least favorite of the Mane 6.”
I have to say one thing: I can’t really dislike a member of the Mane 6 in whole. I can dislike how they were portrayed sometimes in an episode. But nothing has made me say any of the 6 are the worst out of all of them. Cause for me, it will always be Twilight > the rest of them no matter what. Since then it’s evolved to Twilight > Rainbow > Fluttershy > The Rest. But because certain parts of the show made me love those two more then the others. It was Hurricane Fluttershy that ultimately made me like Fluttershy more then I did before. And it was the combination of seeds planted in mid-Season 2, her portrayal in Hurricane Fluttershy, entirety of Wonderbolts Academy, her being the first to react positively to Twilight’s ascension, and even Daring Don’t and Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 that’s pushed me over the edge towards liking Rainbow alot more. I’ve complained about Pinkie sometimes, but episodes like Pinkie Pride remind me why I can’t dislike her. I’m actually not into Rarity episodes as much as others are (For the exception of when Sweetie Belle or Spike is involved) but I still know that a majority of Rarity’s episodes have a good quality to them. And Applejack can be stubborn and doesn’t exactly get the focus she probably deserves in the earlier seasons. But AJ is still a character nice to see sometimes. It’s just how I’ve watched the show that Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy all captured my attention more then the others somehow. I can’t tell for sure what that is. What do they all have in common… wings as of the end of Season 3? Nah, in that case I wouldn’t of like Twilight as much as I did before MMC :)
“And you know what, despite you saying that Mare-Do-Well should be considered one of the worst episodes in the series, I actually am still one of the few people who actually like it. Mainly because, I didn’t feel that Rainbow was out of character in the episode. Also your complaint about how her friends in it were mean-spirited, I’m just shaking my head no on that because, her friends actually did try to talk her out of it, so I’m starting to question if you’ve even seen the entire episode. Also, the other main reason why I didn’t feel that Rainbow’s friends were portrayed in a mean-spirited manner in Mare-Do-Well, is because when you let your ego get to your head, you kind of go off the deep end as a result, and sometimes when talking someone out of it doesn’t work, you would have to slap him/her in the face to get them to wake up to reality, as a last resort.”
I have seen the entire episode. Yes, I know Rainbow was pretty arrogant for much of Season 1. But I feel Mare-Do-Well took it a little too far. Plus the other things like the Rainbow Dash fan club that hasn’t been seen since. And Ponyville suddenly becoming a place where something dangerous happens every day like it’s Townsville all of a sudden. It just pulls alot of contrived stuff to try to make the story work. It would of worked somewhat if this was a show based on Superheroes instead of a slice-of-life show with the occasional adventure. But as it is. It’s just an episode that feels too out of place, and shakes the limits of the Mane 6’s characters too much for it to fit in. And while more entertaining to watch then Looke Before You Sleep. Just didn’t really do too much for me.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I did not say I disliked or even hated the Zelda franchise. What I meant by not a fan is that I’m not as interested in the Zelda games as other Video Game franchises I enjoy. Sorry if I didn’t make that clear enough.
I know this is kinda late. But I’d thought I’d give full feed back on Nintendo’s E3. Prepare for a decently long post since I am a pretty big Nintendo fan :)
I was at Smashfest yesterday ^^
When it goes right down to it. I essentially waited about half an hour to play a game for 2 minutes. But considering it’s a new installment of my favorite video game franchise ever. It was still worth it. I did have my 3DS to keep me occupied until I finally got there. And at least the line wasn’t as long as the horror stories about Smashfest lines being so long that they go outside the store.
When I finally got there, I chose Sonic pretty much immediately. The other 3 players chose Mario, Greninja, and Villager. Our stage was Mushroom Kingdom U. When we started playing I noticed how much I wasn’t quite used to the Classic Controller controls still and am pretty glad that there will be a Gamecube controller option. (Even if I already got my Gamecube control with those Mayflash Gamecube controller adapters.) But anyway, I managed to do fairly well still. Though I can’t even remember how I really got three KOs. I remember most about the match itself is trying to get the Smash Ball. There was times I was close but the Greninja player got it. Though luckily I was not hit by the Final Smash of Greninja. Time ran down and I thought actually that the Greninja player one since I actually didn’t know how much damage I did. Turns out I did well enough to draw a sudden death with the player. And with a single homing attack I managed to win the Match. Making my experience even all the more worth it: I didn’t just wait a half an hour for two-minutes of playing Smash 4 about a half a year early but I was also there to get my first Smash 4 victory~. After that I proceeded to pre-order both versions of the game and waited for my Parents to come back and pick me up while they went to dinner and/or some shopping. 2 minutes is not really enough to give a really big impression on Smash 4. But I can say I’m liking things so far. I love how Sonic looks and he does seem a lot better then he was in Brawl already. The Homing Attack has been buffed really well, and gave me the victory in Sudden Death at the end. What was funny is as Sudden Death began, someone shouted “Kill Sonic!” and then I proceeded to win the match and I don’t know if it was the same guy. But I saw someone in a Luigi outfit tell the person who played Mario “How could you let Mario be beaten by Sonic?” heh heh. >:]
It was short but sweet. Giving me a taste of the game before I have to wait another 5 months for the 3DS version and 6 or more for the Wii U version of which I got to try out today. A 30 minute drive followed by a 30 minute wait in line for a 2 minute match where I win a match in Sudden Death as Sonic in Smash 4? Yeah, totally worth it :)
Also not a surprise. But pretty cool too :)
I know I didn’t react to alot. But some pretty neat stuff came from this anyway. But I have a feeling Nintendo’s part of E3 is far, far from over :)
Whether that was intentional or not doesn’t matter. It’s hilarious either way xD
Figured so :)
So excited :D
Just like with the Smash Bros. direct I might make brief liveblog posts/reactions to anything I find notable throughout the stream~
Here’s the one for Season 2. Expect another lengthy post and also much gushing over an episode where a purple pony goes insane~
Yesterday I picked up Mario Kart 8. And managed to get probably a good 8-9 hours with the game. So I think that’s pretty solid enough time to get a good impression. Probably even too much that I can’t even really call it a first impression ;)
Anyway, I’m enjoying the game very much. It may very well already be my favorite Mario Kart in the entire franchise. I think for the most part it combines the best things about Mario Kart Wii & Mario Kart 7. Having 12 racers, Able to look behind you, the choice of Controller and all the options you have in Vs. Mode. Plus all the new stuff introduced in Mario Kart 7 with Gliding, Underwater racing, and the new Anti-Gravity all provide a lot of variety in not only the new courses, but also makes old dogs do new Tricks (AKA makes old tracks seem new again).
Really the only frustrations I have with the game is the usual frustration you get in pretty much any Mario Kart when you’re screwed out of 1st Place at the end. And how the Kart Part unlocking is random. Because I got over 1200 coins (1400 as of this morning) in my first day with the game. And I still don’t have the Kart body that I want. That being the Pipe Frame. Goddamn it game, is racing on the remade N64 Rainbow Road (Which BTW is my favorite Rainbow Road ever) in a kart that looks pretty much exactly how the karts are in Mario Kart 64 too much to ask?! (Even sadder is how the CPU can still show characters and Karts you haven’t unlocked it yet. And I’ve seen many of the CPUs driving the Pipe Frame. It’s as if the game is teasing me ):
Well, anyway at least that I have all the characters. Not that I really care about that. I’ve always said the roster of a Mario Kart game could be just everyone that was playable in Mario Kart 64 and a few more bonus characters and I’d be ok already. All I need is Luigi to be happy. It’s why while I like Waluigi, I just kinda shrugged when he somehow didn’t make it into Mario Kart 7. It’s also why I don’t get so upset with weird additions in the roster such as Honey Queen, Metal Mario. And Baby Rosalina & Pink Gold Peach. If people want to play as these characters, I say more power to them. Characters aren’t the bread and butter of Mario Kart. That goes to the courses.
And speaking of which, the Courses are really amazing. I think they’re far more interesting and diverse then the set we got in Mario Kart Wii. And I even think the Retro courses were really well chosen and remade. This is the first time we can truly say a Mario Kart game legitimately looks beautiful. The HD graphics really highlight a lot of the visually impressive stages such as the Electrodome and looks amazing on remakes such as Moo Moo Farms and of course N64 Rainbow Road. The soundtrack has to be one of the best if not the best soundtrack in a Mario Kart game. As I said, the bread and butter of Mario Kart are the courses. And I can truly say Mario Kart 8 has some really, really good bread and butter. What’s my favorite course of the game so far? I think it’s actually quite obvious. The remake of N64 Rainbow Road is just so amazing. I think personally that the N64 Rainbow Road looks better then Mario Kart 8’s new Rainbow Road, While the main course is based on N64 Rainbow Road. It’s definitely not an exact copy. As otherwise there’d be absolutely no places where there are no Rails. In some ways, the N64 Rainbow Road is a bit of a fusion of multiple Rainbow Roads. You have the star gates on the ground like in MKWii’s. Some in the Air like in MK7’s. The Chain Chomps instead of chomping down the road like they did in the original N64 Rainbow Road, they slam down on the ground and make the road wiggle like the Thomps do on the remake of the SNES Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 7. A City being under the Rainbow Road is similar to Double Dash’s Rainbow Road. The only Rainbow Roads that I’m not so sure there’s any reference to at all in it. Is the GBA and DS Rainbow Roads. But nonetheless, as a result of this. This makes it even better as it has features from pretty everyone’s favorite Rainbow Roads. But we shouldn’t forget most of all that the course is centered on the N64 Rainbow Road. Which is my personal Favorite Rainbow Road of the series. Hearing that this course was in the game gave me as much joy as anyone seeing a character they really liked getting into Smash Bros. Now I wouldn’t say I was just as happy as when Sonic was announced for Brawl. But nonetheless I smiled when we got a new trailer that confirmed N64 Rainbow Road would be the Retro Rainbow Road. It was my biggest hope for the game after I remembered how MK7 now made it possible for Rainbow Roads to be Retro courses. And I’m glad that this game has a Rainbow Road where instead of having a reaction of “Ugh, Rainbow Road…” like I have for Double Dash’s, SNES both original and Remake, and Wii’s I’m more like “YES! Rainbow Road! :D” like how I am with the original N64 Rainbow Road, Mario Kart 7’s Rainbow Road, and now the N64 Rainbow Road remake :)
Anyway, I think I’ve said enough. I’ve done all the cups at 50cc and 100cc and will eventually take a crack at 150cc. But I think I’m going to spend the time of unlocking karts until I finally get that damn Pipe Frame that’s eluded me before I start getting to the really frustrating part of the game. But I love Mario Kart 8, and I can’t wait to play more. This will surely help hold me over until Smash Bros. arrives to all our doorsteps. :)
The spell that she finished was what made her ascend to Alicornhood. And it took what she knew of her friends to finish the spell. It’s not exactly forced because it’s not like it was Celestia who transformed Twilight into an Alicorn. (The magic that makes Twilight ascend comes out of her own heart, not from Celestia’s horn)
Also even though there are people who complain about how Twilight never mentioned she’d like to be a Princess. I don’t think she was ever against it either. It’s an appointment that Celestia is trusting her with. Twilight takes this more as a bit of graduation. She’s more sad that Celestia possibly won’t be her teacher anymore then she is about actually being a Princess.
I don’t think I ever explicitly said Twilight’s Kingdom is the best episode of the show. Even though it could very well be. I think we need to see how Season 5 goes to really see how Twilight’s Kingdom stacks up. But nonetheless I do feel it’s the best episode of Season 4. It’s not to say I don’t love Lesson Zero or Pinkie Pride (Because I really, really do love both of those episodes. You’ll like what I have to say when I get to posting the Season 2 overview where I praise Lesson Zero quite a bit). Just that Twilight’s Kingdom is still really fresh in my mind and it was just an awesome end to the Season.
Yeah I get that the main problem with MMC that it seems rushed. And it probably would have been better if it was a two-parter instead. But I think this is really a case that this was the best they could do with the allotted time we had. They’ve always wanted to do a Musical episode, musicals allow for you to put alot of things both subtle and not-so-subtle of passing through a whole lot of time. (As you can see the episode starts in the morning, Twilight would come back to Ponyville as an Alicorn in the nighttime. Along with probably days or even weeks later when everypony is invited to Twilight’s coronation).
And hypocritical moral? I don’t think so. I think Mr. Enter covered this in his review. The first part makes it that Destiny can be bad, and Friends can help you see that. And Twilight when she becomes a Princess is Destiny can be Good, and Friends can help you see that. While that may seem hypocritical. I quote Mr. Enter on saying it actually makes it complete. The moral is Destiny can be good or bad, and Friends can help you decide. Your destiny can only be determined by yourself, but friends can help you along the way. Twilight helped showing the rest of the Mane 6 who’s Cutie Marks were swapped that their switched destinies were not good for them and got them on the right track on what their real ones are. And Twilight’s experiences throughout the entire show and her friends support near the end of the episode helped Twilight with her rise to Princesshood.
And I feel Too Many Pinkie Pies is alright. Not it doesn’t even reach my favorites of the Season. I do give it credit for being the best Pinkie would be portrayed since Party of One and was the best Pinkie Pinkie portrayal up until Pinkie Pride came along. It’s not a bad episode just not anywhere near my favorites (Another episode like this is Suited for Success, Even though it’s considered one of the best of the entire show. I don’t actually care for it as much as others do. I probably would be if I was an artist though)
Not too bad a choice. While some people say Suited for Success was the episode that made them love Rarity. Personally it was A Dog and Pony Show that did it for me. And some really good humor such as Spike imagining himself as a knight saving Rarity from the Diamond Dogs.
As for Owl’s Well That Ends Well. Yeah that’s probably one of the bottom 5 of the Season. But I think what really keeps it from being the worst of the season. Is that ending. I love me Spike and Twilight heartwarming moments. And as much it’s not really enough to save the episode. I do admire that moment at least. Spike at your Service might have tried something like this where Twilight tells him she’s glad to have Spike back. But it feels tacked on compared to how Owl’s Well did it. Twilight was really concerned for Spike because Spike ran away. Which is normally a real fear that a Mother has for a Son. As such the ending of Owl’s Well That Ends Well is the first episode that made me love the whole somewhat Mother/Son thing about Spike and Twilight. And as seen in Genie Twilight, you know that’s gotten pretty far. Though it is also thanks to future episodes that I also interpret as a little bit of Mother/Son that were in actually good episodes (Ex: Secret of my Excess and Crystal Empire [ESPECIALLY THE FEAR DOOR SCENE :D])