Hold your ground but do not be unkind. (Ponyphonic, "Shy Heart") He/him. Ponyfic Roundup reviews every Wednesday.
That's poor in both senses, I'm afraid! Though before I say any more, I need to stress that I have a warm, safe home, enough to eat, internet access... the essentials, really. I am not in danger of losing those. However, I won't be doing much beyond those essentials for a while. Without going into boring details, I will very shortly be going in for dental work to be done. Which, as
I keep my online activity to an absolute minimum on Christmas Day, so I'll take this opportunity to wish all of you reading this a Merry Christmas!¹ However life has treated you over the past year, I hope it treats you better over the next. I shall be back to reading Fimfiction on Boxing Day!
Loved it! A few little quibbles, not all the acting from the newcomers was stellar and sadly parts of the gender-related stuff felt awkward and forced, eg "something a male-presenting Time Lord wouldn't understand", but I liked much more than I didn't. Plus one of my worries about the new Disney-cash-infused Who has been dispelled: this definitely did
Fortunately not in the literal sense! But yeah, I'm currently stuck at home, yet not feeling well enough to concentrate on ponyfic. It's a seriously annoying combination. 
This is inelegantly copy/pasted over from the (slightly) nicer looking report over on Louder Yay. Of course, I'm sure you all read Louder Yay anyway because you're such great people, but just in case here's the report here as well...
I was a bit underwhelmed with this week's episode. For a start, it was really three short specials stuck together with a rather weak camping story. I didn't find the legends that interesting either, a little surprisingly as I've generally enjoyed the comics they tie in with. Also, while I loved the clear affection Rainbow showed towards Scootaloo, I didn't like the way Scoots herself reacted. ★★
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For once, we agree on something!
Yeah, the framing for this episode was rather lame. Although I give them credit for the nicely-realized "flyders", which definitely do sound like something that would exist in Equestria. :)
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Actually, I think your S7 top four is the same as mine, albeit in a slightly different order! :P
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I wasn't a fan of those, though not because they were a bad idea in the episode. Too many memories of Scottish midges!
Yeah, they were way overboard on Scoots here. She's grown up some. She might still have a bit of the jitters, but I'd think it would be better than before.
As for the tales themselves, I dunno. They just didn't really grab me. I actually was liking Applejack's until she basically said, "And, uh, then something magical happened and he saved the day!" The magical thing happening was a pretty important step to just gloss over.
It was nice to see Torch again, though.
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Yep. I made the same point in my review over on UK of Equestria, and I don't think we're alone in finding that annoying. I don't think most pre-readers would let writers get away with that!