I’m not going to say anything above the fold. This one’s pretty much a spoiler minefield.
(deep breath)
All right, let’s get this out of the way: Yes, this storyline, especially the first issue, revolves around an election between a female career politician and a male entrepreneur entering the political arena for the first time. Please leave any other real life references in the comments to a civil minimum.
With that out of the way, let’s actually look at this thing.
A bit of background: Last year, Wizards put out a six-card Horse cycle (that is, one horse card in every color, along with a colorless artifact.) Naturally, I came up with silly little flashfics to go along with each.
This year, instead of Mares, we got Cavaliers. Naturally, I’m going to apply the same principles.
Kind of a shame they couldn’t fit in a reference to the Temple of Doom in that title. Then they’d have every Indiana Jones movie. (Yes, every Indiana Jones movie.)
That said, a moment of silence in recognition of the Great Headcanon Massacre of 2015.
You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise. It’s crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
I’m sure you’ve all been inundated with opinions by this point, but I keep to a schedule. In any case, it is at last time for M. A. Larson’s bizarre thank you to us for helping make this the longest running twenty-two-minute toy commercial in television history.
This week, it’s Pink Burton’s The Christmas Before Nightmare Night.
Oh boy. This one. No episode can compare when it comes giving me mixed feelings. I won’t air the longer years-old grievances unless someone actually wants to hear them, but in my book, this is the iffiest finale. Let’s take a closer look.
One year ago today, I decided to share the cards I made of the Season 4 premiere. As such, this seems like the perfect time to provide a quick and easy way to access everything that's resulted since. The following is a hyperlinked rundown of every Friendship is Card Games blog, both those written and those yet to come. If you don't see something here, either I haven't gotten to it yet, or I've been a bit lazy in updating this particular blog. Feel free to yell at me about that if it isn't a
Who’s a silly iTunes? You’re a silly iTunes!
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.
Leaking episodes and not getting the memos.
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.
Yeah, thanks to that mix-up, I was able watch yesterday’s episode as unanalytically as I ever can. I already had The Liveblog That Time Forgot waiting in the wings.
Come on, how could I pass up a blog title opportunity like that? 
In any case, this week, it's the introduction of the almighty force of professionalism that is Ms. Harshwhinny. And, you know, some other stuff.
My apologies for the delay, everyone. Still, better late than never, and if I haven’t missed a Sunday for more than three years, I’m not starting now. Let’s get to it.
(Incidentally, I semi-seriously considered streaming this. Would anyone actually want to watch me read comics and cogitate? I can't guarantee it'd be all that interesting, but I'm not the best at gauging popular appeal.)
If you were expecting “Keep Calm and Flutter On,” you’ll find it here. Instead, we’re once again focusing on Spike. And once again, overcompensation is the name of the game, because in the space of two episodes, he’s apparently gone from utterly servile to as self-serving as draconically possible.
Ah, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. When a friend introduced me to the show, he described them as something of a Plot Tumor, and I can certainly see how those who watched Season 1 episodically would feel that way. We're introduced to this amazing world and six incredible mares… and then we have to sit through 22 minutes about a trio of yutzes who can't even tell what they're good at.
One last reminder: Less than 48 hours to submit Villain Exchange Program entries!
In any case, with Season 8 in the books worldwide, we come back to IDW… for a week. Just so you all know, there’s a holiday special coming up next week with timing that would make Jack Skellington proud.
Thanks to the magic of early airings, I have a hole in my schedule. One that’s just big enough for the first comics that demonstrated how Season 7 was the season of cross-media connectivity.
This week, it’s Surr-yak Dragonclaw* against a rather svelte daughter of Atarka. Let’s see how this clash pans out.
* Yes, his shoulder pads are a bear’s face. One he punched to death. Surrak is basically a testosterone crystal that walks like a man.
Going by that title, Sunburst and Starlight are twins who were separated at birth… and still lived next door to each other. Still, we only saw one mother and one father between the two of them.
Huh. Out of all the things in Elementals of Harmony that might be confirmed, I never imagined it would be dragon molting.
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