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I liked this episode for the same reason I liked the castle-exploration episode. Character interactions. Marvelous character interactions. The jokes were fun and came at a steady pace. We got a marvelous bit of world building for those who bother to look, what with the two-headed dog, the Discord lamps, the "wheelchair..."

I think one of my favorite parts was Spike and that colt trading their mint copies like it was a hostage exchange.

I grinned like an idiot when Rainbow Dash fainted. And basically every time she was onscreen. I do a lot of idiot grinning when it comes to My Little Pony.

I think we can unequivocally settle that Twilight Sparkle's library is in fact her private library. Seems she lets ponies borrow every now and again, but it isn't necessarily her job in the canon (not that I wouldn't read any story where that was part of the plot--it's an idea with potential).

Buuuut... the library was full of books before she arrived. Shucks. Nothing unequivocal about that. Maybe she was just running out of room for her personal book collection, which is separate from the library? I dunno anymore.

A nice addition to season four, and one that I'll happily come back to for a second viewing once the season is through (and on Netflix).

Comments

[howard035]

Maybe it WAS a public library before, and then Celestia Eminent Domained the shit out of it. Or maybe it's like in the Music Man, and the town own the library, but the librarian owns the books (because of her scandalous relationship with a powerful older patron who GAVE her the books, but we don't have to read into this too much).

[MyHobby]

Or maybe it's like in the Music Man, and the town own the library, but the librarian owns the books

That's probably the best explanation, given what we've seen in the show. They've just kept the canon loose enough that there are good arguments either way (or any way).

(because of her scandalous relationship with a powerful older patron who GAVE her the books, but we don't have to read into this too much).

Reading too much into things is what gets me writing fanfiction, so it can't be all bad.

[Metool Bard]

I don't think Twi's library is her private collection per se. She lets Rainbow Dash borrow her Daring Do books, after all.

Honestly, I still can't decide if Scott Sonnerborn was trying to cram three morals into the same episode, or if the ponies just learned the same moral three different ways. The multiple story lines made it all a bit confusing.

[MyHobby]

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I don't think Twi's library is her private collection per se. She lets Rainbow Dash borrow her Daring Do books, after all.

Well, I let my buddies borrow my video games, but they're still part of my "private collection." Key word being "collection" and not "private."

Honestly, I still can't decide if Scott Sonnerborn was trying to cram three morals into the same episode, or if the ponies just learned the same moral three different ways. The multiple story lines made it all a bit confusing.

Whatever moral they had was tacked on to the end of a episode chiefly about six friends going shopping at a flea market. And even then, it was put there purely in hopes of making young ladies go "D'aw!"

I know it made me d'aw.

Sonnerborn may be my favorite surname now, by the by. Fun to say.

[nemryn]

I do a lot of idiot grinning too.

[MyHobby]

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I do a lot of idiot grinning too.

Awesome! We get to show off our pearly whites together!