Thoughts on Top Bolt

This is another episode I felt like abit out of place, but I did enjoy watching it as I relate to Vapor Trail a lot. The idea of this episode is mainly centered around two ponies: a shy, somewhat nervous mare named Vapor Trail and a stallion Pegasus, who is rather full of himself named Sky Stinger. The two usually work as a team as new cadets training to be a part of the Wonderbolt Academy, but later in the episode, it's revealed that Sky Stinger is only good at flying because Vapor Trail is sort of "cheating" and giving him a boost but to her own detriment as a flyer herself. So Twilight and Rainbow Dash have to find a way to help them both, which is a rather touchy subject, seeing that if the truth were revealed, it would cause a rift between them. So Rainbow Dash and Twilight messily stumbled their way through this as they revealed the truth to him, and it would destroy his confidence in his flying. But despite the truth, they build it back up through training along with Rainbow Dash supporting Vapor Trail through her confidence. Overall, it was a fun episode, and I enjoyed the message of believing in yourself and not building a relationship on lies, even if the truth hurts.

Both Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail remind me a lot of myself, primarily from the self-deprecation and constant talking down on herself; my backstory is a lot more bucked up than hers, seeing she got a lot of love and attention from her parents, though it was misguided they did seem to love her alot. Even with Sky Stinger's parents they were just super busy with other siblings. He just wanted attention because he never got any beinh a middle child which I can relate to as well. Meanwhile, mine were the exact opposite, being abusive and told I was worthless all the time. I was invisible for most of my life unless I was in trouble. So I crave attention too but at the same time I never thought I was really good at anything until I started writing, and been doing so ever since. Like in the episode the more confident I feel in myself, the better I did and it feels great to achieve something in the end. This episode made me think alot about how pur childhood can shape how we are as adults. And how I can realte to these two characters.