Story Review: Hypoesthesia · 2:17pm Apr 2nd, 2020
Hypoesthesia by Flashgen is a story submitted for the Quills and Sofa Speedwriting Contest responding to the prompt, "How will I break the news to you?"
Hypoesthesia by Flashgen is a story submitted for the Quills and Sofa Speedwriting Contest responding to the prompt, "How will I break the news to you?"
Now that I've probably thoroughly alienated everyone by airing legitimate grievances with the show but failing to emphasize that I really do still like it, and that I think Season 5 has really helped fix some of the issues with it, it's time to talk about Season 6 thus far
So I've finally gotten off my rear and started properly catching up with the show. Let's see what we've got from the third and fourth episodes of Season 7!
I came into this episode with high expectations. Twilight and Fluttershy in an episode together, probably for the first time since A Bird In The Hoof? (Seriously writers, what the heck is up with that?) Plus, there seemed to be something of a family feud plotline, which while easy to mess up or make too anvilicious, I still found intriguing. All in all, the concept was promising. But how about the execution? How did I feel coming away from this episode? Read on to find out.
Pony Point Of View
Maybe it's because I heard some of the bad buzz on this episode going in and my expectations were thus lowered, but I didn't really mind this episode as much as everyone else seems to.
This episode was an interesting one. The description had me expecting a fairly boring episode that I'd watch, give a 3/5 to, and forget about fairly quickly. So really, it was a pleasant surprise that I enjoyed this one as much as I did. It was fun.
Not much to talk about since there's not much to critique, but here are some thoughts:
I liked this episode. Despite the twenty-minute runtime, it felt a lot shorter than it was, and was enjoyable throughout. Some spoilery stray thoughts after the break, if this works right.
So having finally watched the episode... it was pretty good. Not great, but pretty good, and really underlined how far Starlight and Twilight have yet to go.
And then I watched Buckball Season, The Fault In Our Cutie Marks, Viva Los Pegasus, and Every Little Thing She Does.
This episode, though. This episode, though!
This episode is... interesting.
So today I'm going to be running through three episodes that I have yet to comment on, despite having now seen about a month or two ago.