S5 - 23 The Hooffields and the McColts · 8:58pm Nov 15th, 2015
- Opening
- Fluttershy is bookclubbing wrong. You’re supposed to come twenty minutes late because you didn’t read the book, even though no one else did either, and then spend a couple hours drinking cheap wine with middle-aged moms and playing saucy party games.
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- Twilight overpreparing
- oh ho ho ho ho ho, Twilight is being nerdy again, ah ha ha ha ha ha, Tara Strong is doing that weird thing where she raises her intonation at the end of words again, eeh hee hee hee hee hee, the gang’s all here
- But, jeez, these two are acting incredibly cute together
- Come to think about it, it’s been a long time since Twilight and Fluttershy had some one-on-one time. In general, this show seems to sort of under utilize its character relationship dynamics. They’ve got at least six very well developed characters that can potentially play off each other in all sorts of cool ways, but the staff constantly bring in new characters from the outside to create conflict instead of playing with the inner group dynamics. It’s a little disappointing.
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- “I’m sorry I got a little skiddily boppity boo.”
- Could you repeat that?
- Hillbilly West Virginia caricature ponies
- Hey, wait a second. I’m from West Virginia! Holy golly gee, is this my chance? Has my time finally come? Is this my opportunity to be offended by something? You don’t get many legitimate chances to take offense to things when you’re a white American male, but in the name of incestuous mountaineer horribly impoverished and disenfranchised coal miners everywhere, I declare that I am offended.
- In all seriousness though, this is some awfully dark source material, because the Hatfields and McCoys totally murdered each other.
- McColt is a lot sillier than Hooffield. I like him better.
- Twilight sucks at friendshipping
- No, but really, somepony got idiot-balled pretty hard this episode.
- And Fluttershy’s sort of been generally useless for most of it. Just stepping in when a random animal happens to get caught in the line of fire.
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- ‘If not for yourselves, then for the sake of these cute and cuddly guys!’
- Yay, environmentalism!
- Conclusion
- This is a pretty fun little episode. Twilight and the Fluttershy’s interactions were by far the highlight. They make a good pair, Twilight acts dorky and excitable, and Fluttershy acts cute. Nothing can stand in their way. McColt was pretty funny, Hooffield was pretty dull, plot was about as predictable as any episode plot could ever be, Twilight was really dumb, I'm not sure why Fluttershy was even there. Pretty enjoyable, though.
I liked this episode, too. Those two were being adorable. Good message too. It can be hard to put aside the petty part of our mind that wants to keep 'getting even' till theres nothing left 'cept salted ground.
I thought Fluttershy's purpose was pretty clear though. Neither side could remember what had started the fued, if she hadn't talked with the animals the two families would've never found out how trivial their rivalry was.
>Idiot Ball
That's what bothered me about Twilight this time around!
It's almost as if they wanted a continual influx of new characters for some reason...
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Do they really make new toys based on all these one-shot characters? Can I buy a Hooffield and McColt playset?
3547395 Dunno. Google doesn't show any.