Random "Fake it till you make it" thought · 1:29am Apr 11th, 2018
Oh. My. Fucking. Goodness.
I cannot tell you how many times I cringed during this episode. More than once. Fluttershy's different persona were SOOOOOO unbearable. I was constantly saying to myself. "Can we please move along, please, please, PLEASE?!" *groaning in pain* I can't decide if Fluttershy is worse as a drama queen, a goth, or ridiculously shy. I can't seem to win with her.
The three racoons....I didn't like them in the previous epsidoe, but I really loved 'em here. They were helpful, supportive, and took a trip to PONYVILLE in order to get help for Fluttershy. I like 'em.
What can I say about Rarity. I lked her in this episode. Especially when she terminated the Flutter personas. 
But I just have two questions...it's good that before she chose Fluttershy to run the shop, she asked others. This tells me that Rarity is a little smarter than I give her credit for. (No wonder Josh sees her as best pony) But....what made her think it was a good idea to ask the Crusaders to run the shop? One could imagine the mess they would have left. But here's a better question:
Why didn't she asked Coco Pummel?!
Did the staff just forget about her or something?! Either way, the whole plot could have been avoided had Rarity asked Coco for help! Jeez. 
Anyway, I have to say that this is one of those episodes I would not enjoy watching twice.
Oh, and one more thing.
Fluttergoth is NOT best Fluttershy! *eyeroll*
Personally I found the episode hilarious. I loved the alter-egos that Fluttershy had and how quickly she could go back and forth between them so quickly. I do agree with you on the raccoons, that they served a good purpose and helped Fluttershy gain the confidence to run the place to start with.
Now there is one thing that does bother me fairly often, the raccoons got to Ponyville so quickly and got back so quickly....unless it was on a different day when Fluttershy's friends got to Manehattan but also, I doubt they would have let the raccoons travel on the train to start with....and yes Rarity firing all of them was funny too though.
This is one episode that I would have no problems watching over...and yes Fluttergoth was the best Fluttershy....in this episode. New Fluttershy is still my favorite though.
New Fluttershy, huh. You must love it when Fluttershy is mean to others. 😈