My Thoughts On Brotherhooves Social · 8:45pm Oct 3rd, 2015
I usually don't post blog entries about individual episodes, but I just have to say that this episode really hit close to home for me. Due to a unique life situation, I don't have any contact with my blood relatives, I have no connection with my biological father's side of the family, my step-father's side of the family, and most of my mom's side of the family has already passed away but probably wouldn't want to talk to me if they were still here.
This episode made me sad because it made me realize all of the things I have missed out in life. I didn't grow up in a normal family. All I will say is that it was highly abusive and that is why I left with my mom five years ago. Basically my family took the abuser's side and long story short, my mom and I were exiled from both sides of the family. I never knew my real dad or his side of the family, so I have no connection with them for different reasons.
It's a situation that really sucks, especially when family should be something you can trust, but I learned through all of my experiences that just because someone is related to you it doesn't mean they will treat you like family.
How this all relates to this episode is that my mom is my special 'big sister presence' in my life. She is the only family member who has stood by me as she was exiled from the rest of the family too. And she has worked hard to fill the gap when the other family members left. This episode really hit home to me because I saw our relationhip as the relationship between Apple Bloom and Big Mac. I might not always think everything my mom does is cool. I think that just goes with the whole 'mom' thing.
But I respect what she has done to make sure we've both been safe through our crazy adventure of trying to escape my dangerous family member (that is a whole other topic I won't get into) and everything she has done to go beyond the duty of a mom.
I am just going to say that this episode legit made me cry. Probably because I could see a lot of my own life in this episode and parallels between what my mom has been willing to do do and give up by sticking up for me, when the rest of the family turned their backs on me.
This episode was a pure masterpiece. It had humor, it had charm, and the pacing was right on. And not only that, it had a hard hitting and poignant moment at the end which I know resonated with a lot of people. It wasn't going out of its way to be deep like Amending Fences. That is one thing that annoyed me about that episode. It didn't feel genuine in the least. This episode on the other hand really is deep and has a timeless message of sticking with the people who care about you through thick and thin.
This episode basically restores my faith in season five. I just thought this was going to be an off season. But this episode proved that the writing staff is still capable of creating well-crafted episodes that resonate deeply with the fans. All I can say is bravo. I give this episode an 11/ 10. Everything about it is right on and I hope that there will be more episodes like this in future seasons. Let's just leave episodes like Princess Spike in the past. Those lame excuses for television space don't even belong on the same stage as works of arts like what was put on television today.
I'm sorry you didn't have a normal family life, Ms. Aluse.
3440238 Well, it has made me a stronger person so I don't regret having gone through what I have. It has given me a way to relate to other people who are going through the same types of things. It has also made me appreciate the people in my life who are my friends and like me for who I am and not what other people have to say about me.
I've had a lot of hard life experiences. There would be too many of them to talk about in just one journal entry, and I wouldn't want to be the downer at the party by posting them anyway. But the good news is that I can use those experiences to reach out and help other people. That is why we go through hard things, after all. And also to teach us more about ourselves so we can become better people.