My Little Pony: A Rant, Review, or Ramble. · 8:59pm May 12th, 2014
So! I don't really do episode reviews. This might be a one time thing, too, so... yeah.
Anyways!
After not having slept since last Thursday, I've been feeling fairly jittery. And one of the jitters I've had attack me is in the form of a need to say some shit about MLP.
So, the first season started a lifetime ago, yada yada yada, stars aid her escape, destinies align, a mare with a coat of lavender, etcetera, etcetera. Well, it started out humbly enough. Something that would ease kids new to the more fantasy styled shows, as well as something that every adult worth their salt would recognize: The Storybook Opening. It shows us a piece of the past, which will be affecting the immediate future, as well as giving us an introduction to our first main character, Twilight Sparkle, the Crouching Bookworm, Hidden Alicorn. After that we get sent to a small town to oversee a celebration's preparations, which also happens to be where the other main characters have all congregated. We Meet The Cast, and then the Big Bad. They research the Elements of Macguffiny, quest for the Elements of Macguffiny, and then find the Elements of Macguffiny, all the while facing tasks that would let them prove their compatibility with the Elements of Macguffiny. Which, while contrived, was short and sweet mostly because this is, after all, mainly targeted at kids, and the "make or break" episode is the Pilot episode for most cartoons. Anyways, they use the Elements of Macguffiny to stop the Big Bad, Dark Horse Ensemble, help her pull a Karma Houdini, and then throw her a party. And how well did it do? Well...
It did well. It garnered the interest of kids, and even some adults. And then more adults, and then a whole lot of adult males.
But fuck bronies. We're not here to talk about those neckbearded casuals.
So! The show continued in a Slice of Life format, using moderately good story telling and well-planned plot architecture to convey an Aesop a week. And not all of them were just for the kids' benefit, either. A lot of them were ones adults could learn and take to heart.
This continued into season 2, where John De Lancie makes a special guest appearance. Suddenly, Trekkies who hadn't already started watching the show were interested. Q was coming back to television? Amazing! So it was great.
And then Derpy happened. "Oh, boo hoo! You had a character whose name could be taken as a derogatory term acting as a clumsy but functioning member of society, waah! Change it so she doesn't have the offensive name, but also gets babied because that's what we want to teach our children: That physical and mental disabilities make people utterly useless without outside help!"
Fuckin' casuals.
Anyways. Season 2 was alright. Mostly along the same lines as last season, except nothing we're really looking forwards to for the endi WHAT THE HOLY CRAP WAS THAT?! That came out of nowhere! Seriously?!
Eh, whatever.
Season 3 was meh. Babs could've been handled better, but even her episode was kinda shitty here. One good thing about Babs episode?
We didn't see much Derpy this season. Eh, not sure if care. Lemme try to find a fuck to give.... Nope! Can't find one!
Season 4!
Tentacles. Wow. We went straight from appealing to kids to appealing to hormonal teenagers, huh? Wonderful.
Gasp, more tentacles! Discord's song number was a work of art. I shall cherish it sevenether.
What's in the box? I dunno, let's release the toys that literally broadcast exactly what our season-long arc is leading up to, that way no one's surprised!
Also GAH FACK! Derpy, where the hell did you come from?! You're suddenly everywhere again! It's getting annoying, honestly. Yes, yes, I get it. You're here. You're flying and stuff, hooray. Can you just... I dunno... get out of the foreground, please? You're called a "background pony" because you show up in the background, not the foreground.
DBZK meets ponies. Much more win than I was expecting, especially after cringe-inducing episodes like Simple Ways and The Equestria Games Spike Mopes and Needs his Ego Stroked.
So. That's my thoughts. Derpy had an over-saturation this season. Most of the episodes were pretty good. I kinda want to know if the Breezies are part of the Unseelie Court. And I can't really say I want there to be more "Rainbow Power" Mane 6, unless completely and arbitrarily necessary. More Discord would also be cool, since he seems to be becoming closer friends with all of the Mane 6, or at least Twilight and Fluttershy.
Anyways, that's it. Nothing else to report except that life sucks, and having fifty thousand ideas also sucks.
G'day, errybody.
fine.
I disagree with your position on Derpy, but I admit to some strong bias in that regard. However, I agree about the Breezies. "Pollen," huh? Yeah, sure.
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I'd be disappointed if no one disagreed with me, to be honest. I mean, I like her well enough but geez... If she's gonna be front and center so often, let's just make it an official My Little Derpy spin-off show.
2105803 I wanted to comment but I don't watch the show.
"Everything I know, I learned from the fandom."
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IMO, it has become less and less a brilliant work of art and story telling, and more and more a haphazardly put together fanservice toy commercial. That doesn't necessarily make it bad, but it doesn't make it great, that's for sure.
I think it's now a show with good moments rather than a good show. They could totally turn it around still, but I don't hold out much hope. I'm just going to enjoy what I can while the train keeps wrecking and be pleasantly surprised if it suddenly gets back on the rails. 
As for Derpy, she can be everywhere!
Doesn't bother me a bit.
2106862 Aye, I'm sure there are those out there who'd be fine with that. (Shipping and Handling is a fic I rather like where the main character is Ditzy Doo. It's a good read, if extremely syrupy at times.)
I'm just tired of her taking center stage when it's not needed. For example, when the pegasi are losing their magic, it's all "Oh no, not even the Wonderbolts could do anything to stop him! Whatever can we-- Oh look, it's Derpy! Wow, with all the pandas I'm suddenly being cuddle-fucked by, I forgot if this was supposed to be a tense situation or not!"
2107306 I'll give you that one, as I thought along the same lines when she showed up there. But, I'd probably have to watch a constant Derpy montage before I would start to get tired of it.
(Thanks for the fic recommendation, btw.)
Edit: It's one of those things I'm enjoying during the train wreck, see?
2107409 Aye, I see. Sadly, she had punched a hole straight through the side of my rail car.