Friendship is Card Games: The Roots of Evil · 1:34pm Dec 3rd, 2023
It’s time to deal with the Opaline situation.
Yes, in the middle of the chapter.
No, I’m not kidding.
It’s time to deal with the Opaline situation.
Yes, in the middle of the chapter.
No, I’m not kidding.
Tell Your Tale hasn’t quite told all the tales for this year, so we’re dipping back into G4 for a bit. Specifically the next round of Classics Reimagined. No prizes for guessing who’s in the great and powerful titular role, but we’ll get to that when we get to it. First we need to get out of Horse Kansas.
Now that I’m more or less up to date with d20 Pony, let’s look at a different pony webcomic. Indeed, let’s look at one of the first.
Hello all. Today marks the beginning of the Stretch for Time Fortnight my rambling about the short lead-up animations for the movies, a welcome change in terms of ease of viewing. After all, Hasbro put these on their own YouTube channel. I’ve provided links, since odds are these are far from fresh in anyone’s memory.
You’d probably think I can’t get much out of shorts that aren’t even three minutes long each. You would be wrong.
It’s that time again. Let’s cap off the latest addition to the dynasty with collectable cardboard representations of each entry, as per tradition.
Hello, all. Especially those Scootorphaners who have discovered yoga and are now performing the Urdhva Dhanurasana.
Ponyville is many things. One could see it as Celestia's greatest societal success story, where all ponies live together in harmony. One could see it as a hub of adventure, with the Everfree right next door and the capital a few hours away by hoof. One could just see it as a sleepy suburb of Canterlot that got a whole lot more interesting once the new librarian came to town. But in the end, there is one truth that no interpretation can deny:
This week, the spotlight’s pointed at some secondary characters, with new creations and old grudges on display. Sounds like fun to me.
Happy New Year! Let’s start it right. And by “right,” I of course mean “with trading cards.”
One could argue that I should be doing something from the main comics, but I feel the holiday special counts. Besides, this lets me delay some of the more egregiously stupid storylines for another week, which is definitely a win in my book. So, let’s take a look at two stories of friendships in trying times.
This episode marks the beginning of a long goodbye. This week, it’s Amy Keating Rodgers’s last pony contibution. Next week, it’s the end of Season 5. Let’s see how the first part plays.
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.
Ah, the Wonderbolts. They don’t have a very good track record, do they? They were introduced as Equestria’s best fliers, but it seems like every season has an episode dedicated to making them look bad.
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.