G5: Make Your Mark chapter 5 · 8:42pm Sep 18th, 2023
Unlike in the previous chapters, I don't have much to say, really. I think chapter 4 was better, but not because of superior writing, rather due to focus on plot lines I personally found critical. I'm glad they decided to go with double agent Misty like I wrote in my opinion of Ch4. As for the writing itself, I think Ch 5 is the best so far, and by a LOT, mostly due to containing almost no unnecessary nonsense brought on by characters being dumb. The vast majority of the chapter is Misty's backstory, and the emotional impact is done mind-bogglingly well considering how chapters 1-3 went. I definitely teared up during the big reveal and the followup bonding episode is done well too. Really, the writing quality jumped up, jokes are great throughout the chapter, and the first song's beat is fantastic (I could live without the lyrics but it's a great instrumental). As for animations and designs, the animations keep improving, and the Nightmare Night designs were adorable.
Now for the... weird thing, aka. episode 4 and the elder's lore. I don't know what to make of it. So far, everything was pointing to Twiggle's time being centuries ago at least, but the stories make it seem as if it was not even a pony's lifetime ago? She references Carousel Boutique, A Canterlot Wedding, and I think those were DJ Pon3's glasses. And there has to be more in her crazy stories. On one hand, I can't wait for someone to go through the Night Market frame by frame and point out all references. On the other, the weird timeline either means someone screwed up really hard in that regard or the real story is completely wild.
My current working theory is that this is all happeing in a separate, protected bubble during Twiggle's rule and before "The Last Problem", which would explain why Twi wasn't in her noodle neck form in the crystal vision. The map of the Together Trees kinda supports that too, but there are many ways to interpret that.
That, or it's all just in somepony's imagination just like the G5 movie started by Sunny playing with Mane6 toys.
