Gauntlet of Fire (S6E5) Reaction Notes with spoilers (duh) · 10:29pm Apr 16th, 2016

Might contain spelling errors even tough I tried to fix a few. Yes i made another one-this episode seemed to have some meat to it even if there wasn't a ton of super-lore I got world building. Yay!

0:48 Rarity....her hat is cool but she is not

1:25 LUNA MAKES UP FOR RARITY ANY DAY

2:42 the faces of these two wonderful sisters (of whom I have mixed feelings for how they are being handled this season going off what I've seen so far) represents how I look pretty much every day...very unamused. Pfft, changing facial expressions is for peasants. These girls know it.

3:04 I want Maud to wear this at her wedding with Tom. Hey, I can dream!

4:08 Wait...he sounds vaguely Cockney (or Australian?) BUT MOSTLY COCKNEY! OH MY GOSH PEASANT ALERT SOMEPONY KICK HIM OFF THE THRONE AND PUT ME ON IT INSTEAD MY REIGN WILL BE LONG AND GLORIOUS.

*Ahem* I'll plan usurping later. Let's see how Dragon Henry the 8th is characterized.

4:22 He (Torch) has a pretty mundane name it seems.

4:38 Do dragons grow indefinetely as they age? 'Cause this guy's daughter is basically Tinker Bell sized next to him.

6:07 There aren't many dragons there...hey Torch but your spell doesn't seem to go *that* long distance. Total peasant.

6:25 Ember's voice sounds really familiar. Huh.

7:45 That brown dragon is an airhead. At least Sonata was lovable but this guy isn't even a dingus.

8:04 Are all dragons that follow this guy (Torch) complete idiots?

8:29 But they aren't even a serious threat. Twi should realize this. There are no implications that being dragon lord comes with any perks except others cowering before you. No super magic, species alteration Magical Mystery Cure seeming stuff here.

9:35 "Good luck...just kidding I hope you lose."
9:41 You don't have wings so yeah, swim Spike, swim.

10:04 Save poorly disguised Ember!

10:49 "Dragons don't do friends"

11:07 No pointing out Twi is an alicorn and her giving a cool speech that proves everything Ember knows about princesses is wrong (probably thanks to Disney). Laaammme.

However, Ember is pretty cool. She should come to the pony side, we have friendshipppppp!

11:24 Spike pulling a glorious sarcastic straight man. He's shining more than at the start of this episode. (Side note: In case anyone was wondering, I've never hated Spike, he has always been a really underrated character that I'm fond of).

16:38 Rarity stop.

18:27 So the stone does have some magic???

Okay that's it, the episode was pretty good overall and for some reason Torch is an Aussie (who I will toataly usurp) and Ember is good-but needs to be fleshed out some more along with some fanfics to her name. On a side note does anyone *not* realize how few good Spike-centric fanfics there are? I've read a few but when you start using the search bar on this site and filter a few things you notice the terrible fact that there aren't a surplus of super Spike stories like there are for other characters. So I will be linking three Spike-centric gems (that I have read, of course) from my favorites shelf below.

Please do not eat them.

And a question to go with it: What is your favorite Spike-centric fanfic?