The support means the world to me, and thanks to your kind contributions I was able to go and visit my boy in Britain. I'll try and mock up a proper recap blog—though I am notoriously terrible at doing those, I don't think I've ever managed a proper recap blog for any of the various conventions I've gone to over the years. I guess there wasMoondancing [A Week Late So No Spoilers] · 12:48am Jul 12th, 2015
Twilight: (walks past Moondancer in the library) Moondancer! Oh my—
(Moondancer turns to her)
Twilight: (freezes in place) Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry, it's j-just...
Moondancer: What?
Twilight: Are those eyebrows or are you fostering wooly caterpillar mating rituals on your forehead?
(Moondancer glowers at her)
Twilight: Because, you know, your eyebrows are fucking ridiculous. I can't believe I forgot about them, holy shit.
(Twilight skips away, laughing to herself)
Well, I finally finished up this episode about five minutes ago, and despite me taking so long to do it, I gotta say, this was very entertaining. There were a lot of awesome things in the episode that really evoked a lot of nostalgic feelings: the flashbacks, the return to Twilight's old place... the visuals in this episode were stunning, really, especially that pan over Twilight's old home when they first entered. I think that was one of the most hauntingly beautiful moments in the show.
The actual episode itself was solid. Minuette got some character development (and hopefully will put to rest that stupid headcanon about her being a dentist), and even though the other two didn't really get anything beyond "overly happy, strangely giggly ponies", they were still pleasing to see in scenes. They were cute, but holy hell Minuette. New waifu material right there.
Moondancer is a really nice look at what Twilight could have become, AND the message of this episode was a lot stronger than the Yak episode's message. Your actions weigh a lot heavier than you think they do, and interpersonal relationships are a lot more delicate than you think they do. Moondancer was a delicate pony who got hurt by Twilight who didn't even realize it, but Twilight was still able to salvage the relationship by appealing to her interests and showing honest humility. It as a very feel good episode, and miles ahead of the last two.
But seriously, Moondancer, the eyebrow game was way too intense.
The only issue I have with this episode at all was that Spike was just sort of a means to an end. He wasn't a shit as he usually is, but he wasn't really a character either. Just sort of a... minor plot device, I guess.
Today's episode review coming shortly.
The Cutie Map pts 1 and 2
Slice of Life
The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
Make New Friends But Keep Discord
Castle Sweet Castle
Amending Fences
Appaloosa's Most Wanted
Tanks For The Memories
Party Pooped
Bloom and Gloom
Princess Spike
Now you hold the fuck up
sometimes it's the eyebrows that make the woman
see Lady Satsuki
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ooh baaaby now them is some eyebrows
Or if you're looking at a real life example, Emilia Clarke
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like she's conducting a goddamn orchestra
Don't you shit talk strong eyebrows Regi I'll have none of it
3229890 perhaps I'm just jealous because I have no eyebrows, but
1. anime a shit, get out of here you fucking weeaboo
and 2. Emilia Clarke's eyebrows are not nearly near the level of Moondancer's
her eyebrows are just
off the charts
Can't wait to hear your review of today's episode. :3
3229914 Moondancer could be the Lily Collins of Equestria
Twilight Isn't Actually a Perfect Fucking Pretty Princess and Still Has Flaws: The Episode
Wait til you get a load of the next one tho
I dunno, I thought the message of this episode was a bit broken by the fact that Moondancer's reaction to one friend not showing up at a party reeked of pansy ass.
The message itself isn't bad, but the example used was too over-the-top to be convincing.
There's a reason why a lot of people suspect Moondancer of having had a crush on Twilight at the time.
3229914
What do you have against eyebrows?
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3230134 she was already reclusive and the way Twilight did this was in such a way that she just blowed off the one attempt she had at reaching out to ponies, and then Twilight just left without even saying goodbye. She realized that it wasn't worth pursuing, and she went back to the life she wanted to live instead, which was learning as much as possible.
Cramming knowledge into the endless hole Twilight left in her.
Also, you know damn well that her reaction wasn't why people started shipping moonlight; people just say her and started shipping away, as per usual.
3230263 >waifuing a burnout hippie loser
have fun wasting all your money on her weed escapades and watching her amount to absolutely nothing, you degenerate
Am I the only one who spent the entire episode looking for Nightmare Moon's reflection in the giant hourglass thing again? Because I suspect I am.
It's not there.
Anyway. This was one time all the inevitable lesbian horse shipping was warranted, because Moondancer totally was moistening her mare bits over Twilight. It was actually a bit creepy, because breaking down when your oblivious secret crush doesn't show up to a party you've given them about five minutes notice on is seriously some stalker-y shit. In fact, I almost got a vibe of "this is what you pathetic horse fuckers are actually doing, and it's disgusting" from her character, as if she were specifically directed at certain neckbeard aspects of the fandom.
I say "almost", because that's obviously not what they're trying for with her, and it would be pretty narcissistic on our parts to assume that. After all, not everything is a conspiracy, even if jet fuel cannot melt steel beams.