Wistful Thanking · 11:21am Jun 23rd, 2016
Three fan-of-Fan topics to cover here:
Firstly, thank you to everyone who's chosen to follow me, all eight hundred plus of you. It really does mean a lot to see so many people enjoying my little stories.
Three fan-of-Fan topics to cover here:
Firstly, thank you to everyone who's chosen to follow me, all eight hundred plus of you. It really does mean a lot to see so many people enjoying my little stories.
Well, this worked out nicely, didn’t it? Just enough time between seasons for me to get to and wrap up the FIENDship mini-series. In this final week before the Season 7 premiere, let’s take a look at things from the antagonists’ perspective.
FIENDship is Magic: The Many Tales of Queen Chrysalis
This week, we take a look at the first of the early bird episodes. Suitably enough, the head of the flock is a Fluttershy episode. In some ways, it is the Fluttershy episode, and an appropriate subject for my five hundredth blog.
Happy Easter Fool’s Day! I suppose this involves trying to convince people you’ve discovered the Easter Bunny and hope they don’t notice you’ve put rabbit ears on a platypus. Not that that has anything to do with the episode; just reminding you to put even less trust in what you read on the Internet than usual today.
Technically speaking, the hiatus doesn’t end until the start of August, but Discovery Family saw fit to give us a taste of things to come. And it apparently tastes like Seussian bagpipes and bleeding ears. Let’s take it from the top.
Wherein the Bearers of Harmony face off against one of their greatest adversaries: Cheap, off-brand knockoffs.
Wherein we see why Wisdom shouldn’t be your dump stat, especially not if you’re a wizard.
This week’s forecast: A drama front is sweeping into central Equestria, escalating minor conflicts and bringing long-simmering issues to a boil. Everyone is advised to stay as far from Castle Canterlot as possible. Maybe visit Ponyville for a while. It’s not like the Bearers will be—
Breaking news, I have some words to eat.
One of the hazards of posting reaction blogs shortly after the episode is that they capture volatile opinions that may mellow over time and rewatching the episode. “28 Pranks Later” is a lot better on the second watch, when you know how long scenes will last when before they seemed interminable. (I’m looking at you, Pernicious Prank Polka.) At leafst, that’s how it felt for me.
Well, this is bittersweet. May well be the last time I ever watch Discovery Family. Pony’s pretty much the only reason I watch TV anymore. Or was, anyway.
But enough gloom. We have perhaps the last bit of televised G4 animation to cover, and cover it I shall.
We reach the halfway point of the Legends of Magic series by covering the last two remembered Pillars (as opposed to Stygian, Pillar of Logistics. Thanks, Shadow Lock.) Let’s begin.
Kind of funny how Tempest’s story consists of a movie bookended by comics. Time to look at her personal third act.
Sorry I’ve been relatively quiet. I got Pokémon Shield for Christmas, and I’ve been preoccupied in Galar. Given that, rather fitting that we’re looking at the latest holiday comic.
Turns out Thorax’s leadership woes had more immediate payoff than some of us had anticipated. Let’s see how the changelings are getting along. Or not, as the case may be.
It’s back to the sequential grind for the next four weeks. Funnily enough, Season 8 will start just before I get to the first comic storyline that ties in with Season 7. For now, though, we have a pony thanklessly dealing with a demanding, cantankerous soul. Also Shining Armor and Prince Blueblood.
It’s all about pride this week, from Applejack defending the sanctity of her orchard to two of the show’s biggest egos colliding and collaborating. Let’s see if these issues have anything to be proud of.
This week, we have one of those awkward one-shot main issues wedged between an even number of one-shots and a multi-issue storyline. Thus, we’re going half-and-half on this one and throwing in a Friends Forever as well. Let’s begin.
It’s about time we got back to focusing on the Student Six. We're an episode behind the point that Season 5 gave us the first two-pony map mission, so we're overdue on the show revisiting this season’s new gimmick.
It’s Christmas Eve. When better to review a holiday special, especially one that isn’t trying to pull double duty as a cyberbullying PSA?
This week, we’re focusing on some of the more unusual characters. Whether through species, tribe, or humor, these characters are far from the average pony.