It's been so long since I've seen the episode that I completely forgot... · 2:00am Jul 23rd, 2017
...that owls eating meat, and Spike framing Owlowiscious for the brutal murder of a mouse, is an actual plot point in Owl's Well That Ends Well. I'm not sure if this makes my story more, or less, canon compliant.
I'll admit, this right here might explain why I didn't really understand this story and why you wrote it. Guess it takes place in some alternate universe where Spike's sense of self worth is actually high enough that he doesn't ever try to frame Owlowiscious. And also where owls are some kind of weird alien species never before encountered by ponykind!
4609518 Alternatively, it takes place during the episode's timeframe, and is how he got the idea to frame Owlowiscious.
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I had assumed that that was the case.
Posh confirmed for horrible at everything, even basic fact-checking.
Never stray from my side again.
In a cute fantasy land where harmony is everything and Fluttershy is literally in touch with nature, that's a heck of a plot point to bring up. Other highlights from the episode include a "spiked punch" gag, the number one reason dragons can't work in libraries, two bow ties with gemstones on them, Spike's epic fail while beating up a chicken, Pinkie's spontaneous "hey, kids at home, what begins with the letter Q?" moment, Spikely Whiplash, a dragon trying to swat an owl and hitting itself over the head with a spiky tail, Owlowiscious' existence justified by Twilight forgetting she can light up her horn, and "fake blood" ketchup footprints that don't wash out in "can it get any worse" rainfall.
I aver that this episode is memorable. Memorably weird.