Twilight's Pretty Princessy Kingdom · 3:08am May 13th, 2014
A single hoof slammed down on the wasteland, kicking up a cloud of fine ash. The air was filled with the acrid tang of burning wood. The world burned around her, huge plumes of smoke blocking out the light of the sun and blackening the sky. Still, the purple alicorn paid no attention to this. She steadied herself, readying herself for the battle of a lifetime.
A monstrous roar filled the air, and she could hear the signature crackling of magic being charged up.
Twilight Sparkle closed her eyes, feeling magic of her own coursing through every inch of her body, coursing through her veins and moving to her horn. When she opened her eyes, she could sense hot white light overflowing. She had mastered the combined power of the alicorns.
With her horn ablaze, she charged ahead.
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This has to be one of the best episodes in the whole series. Look at how all the superpowers were involved like pieces on a chessboard. Celestia, Luna and Cadance oh-so-boldly moved to channel their magic into Twi, thereby conveniently removing themselves from the game.
“Twilight, we’ve channelled all our power to you so that if anything goes wrong it’s your fault.” –Celestia.
“But I haven’t even gotten used to my own magic yet!”
“Don’t worry Twilight, because from what we’ve noticed, you have talent for taking out mighty evil villains. Whereas I got downed by a one shot from a bug queen.”
“Well, when you put it that way… the odds seems strangely in my favour.”
“We have faith in you, Twilight. Now go.”
Then there was that sneaky-as-a-snake discord weighing his sneaky snaky options. We all know there’s a darker side to him, and that he’s really a monstrous snake trying to be a dragon. Once upon a time somepony did say she’d rather have the old Discord than the reformed one. He was kind enough to grant her that wish.
And then after all that build up and weight gaining from Tirek, it all came down to Twilight making that final all-too-risky-and-should-totally-not-have-ended-well choice. Not before jumping at the chance to show off her mega laser upgrades though, and pretty princessy wings of course. But not even that could stand up to her smarty princess decision at the end. Bam! Checkmate! Even villains with a better grasp of risk assessment could have not seen that rainbow-coloured poop dropping down from the sky. Yet another great foe that suffered a humiliating defeat by colourful flying rainbows. Tally up the charts, please.
The drama in this finale was so good. There’s strong character development supported by a complex enough plot, with the box and the keys and the little twists and turns and what not. It’s not too fast paced like that horri-gi-ble MMC season 3 finale. The animation this time was great, with all those flashy effects and lighting, and focussing in and out into ponies’ facial expressions. Really on Twilight’s petrified “we’re all doomed” expression though.
What a neat episode!
Yup.