Well what a sweet episode ^^

This episode was done by Scott Sonneborn. The same writer who I felt got some unfair flack just for Somepony Watching Over Me. And I definitely feel like he did an overall better job with this one.

The episode actually kinda felt more like a Josh Haber episode. Yes although he’s only had a few episodes there’s already a clear style to Josh. Josh Haber has plots that are pretty predictable. Even for the standards of Friendship is Magic there aren’t too many twists. This being one of those episodes where the main characters have to trade things in order to get another thing, to finally get what they want. At least in terms of Rainbow & Fluttershy’s part of the episode. Though I suppose there it’s at least different in terms that there’s three different things going on at the same time. Kind of similar to Castle-Mania. Which had Twilight & Spike reading books in the library, Applejack & Rainbow Dash doing a dare competition, Rarity and Fluttershy going to get fabric and/or to get Angel and Pinkie kind of in the background until the end. This episode has Rainbow and Fluttershy trying to get a limited edition Daring Do book, Rarity and Applejack arguing about getting each other an item that to each other seems worthless from the other’s point of view, and Twilight and Pinkie dealing with Twilight trying not to make her Princess status the sole reason someone buys one of her books. And Spike in the background until the end. And they even have the ending where all of them essentially get what they wanted anyway although they’re not the exact things they wanted for the exception of Fluttershy who got her bird whistle and Twilight who didn’t even really want anything.

Really the only issues I can really see is Pinkie was a bit mean to Twilight. As Twilight’s friend you wouldn’t think she’d say something like “Before she was a Princess, she was nothing!”. But at the same time, I believe Scott did what Amy Keating Rodgers was trying to do in Filli Vanilli but this time Scott made it at least a little more moderate in comparison. You could also say all the Main 6 besides maybe Fluttershy and/or Twilight were being petty at some point of the episode. But this is just a product of having main characters with conflicting interests and personalities. I don’t think there was anything too out of character this time around unless I missed something.

In short, this is Scott Sonneborn basically going Josh Haber. The episode’s overall good, though not really amazing overall. Though why do I have the strangest feeling the book that Spike got will have something to do with next week’s episode… Maybe I’m just speculating. But I just feel like there’s going to be a connection somehow.