This episode is a bombshell. I didn't expect what happened and I had to watch it seven times so that my brain could process all of it. Tirek, Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, Grogar, the LAST Summer Sun Celebration..... It's all an enormous mix of emotions; sadness, excitement, trepidation and fear. Fear for the Future.
Ordinarily, I do only five stories at a time in review sets unless I’m reviewing short story collections, but I decided to do six instead of five in this set so as to avoid compelling myself to try and read four more recent stories in lieu of some older ones I’ve been putting off reading.
Today’s stories:
Attention to Detail by Monochromatic
The Applemancer’s Apprentice by shortskirtsandexplosions
We have three new synopses, for the last three episodes of the first half of Season 9! And I'm in a completely hyped frenzy about all three of them!
They hint at things I have long hoped to see, things that imply a looming tragedy and at things that will prepare the future.
I put my thoughts about them under the automated page break to avoid spoilers.
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I had four of my art pieces featured on Equestria Daily!
You can find my featured art pieces here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/05/artisan-pony-crafts-compilation-64.html
The art pieces featured were:
"Horse Play" aired and with it, the Student Six returned onto the screen! And even though they were confined to the background, this episode got me very excited because of something else:
Thanks to Pinkie Pie, we got informed how long ago it was exactly since Celestia raised the sun for the first time!
I found the Equestria Girls minis toy line at Walmart the other day and I love them! They are my favorite version of the Equestria Girls dolls that Hasbro has put out so far because they look the most like the actual characters. I also like that they are cute and proportioned similar to an anime chibi character.
This is what the Equestria Girls Minis look like.
MLP Fakies: Aliexpress Magic Doll Figure Toys
There is a company called Aliexpress that makes unlicensed MLP toy figures. Although I would usually say to support Hasbro and try to buy their products before you buy things from other companies, I feel that in the case of Aliexpress an exception can be made.
Armin and Pinkie are one step closer to Armin's transformation. He must face SYS-TER, but before that, Luna would like to have a word with him...
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/333408/equus-metamorphosis
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We are one big family, spreading love and harmony!
So, the hints for my observation that the attack by King Sombra was just a giant ruse by Celestia and Luna to test Twilight and her friends before they retire that I expected to see in this episode weren't there. But nothing that contradicted my observation either, so I'm still on point with it.
Here we are. Season 9 is here. This is the last time I am going to write a review for a season opener. And this time, I will go about it a little differently.
Here is a little update for all of you who wait for my stories about Silverstream and/or updates of my long story for Tempest Shadow, "A Storm on the Horizon of the Arcane World".
Hey, I actually put out a new story. Some art tempted me to write a bit and I ended up with a fluffy little one shot. I've tagged So Maybe because the two stories are related. Anyway, the story is embedded below so go check it out while you're not-so-regularly scheduled Enemy of Mine update remains in progress.
On Tuesday, Volume 1 of the first, official, english manga for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic got released! I have this volume pre-ordered for months now, ever since Equestria Daily reported about it last year. Unfortunately, I still have to wait for quite some time until I can read it, because Amazon UK only gets it on July 1st for whatever reason (and because I didn't ask my local comic shop if they can order it, because I'm only used to buy the official comics there, so I forgot that