Episode Analysis - Season 4, Episode 10 - Rainbow Falls · 6:10am Jan 20th, 2014
WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, you might want to do so before you read this post.
WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, you might want to do so before you read this post.
So my last attempt at defending a derided episode didn't turn out to have me disagreeing with the majority, however this time... well the story on Rainbow Falls seems to be that a lot of fans love it, but a good number of analysts hate it, so I guess either way I go I'll be in good company.
Well, that was fun. The macro-plot progresses, best pony returns, and griffins continue to be a thing.
(That said, I have seen a very good point regarding Butch Deadlift Big McLargeHuge Stan Johnson Bulk Biceps: Why is somepony who qualified for the Wonderbolts Academy having so much trouble now? The answer, of course, is the demands of the plot and dramatic tension, but in that case, the story shouldn't explicitly reference the episode with which it conflicts.)
Crackle Pop is on the way home. The ribbon in his lap, he can't wait to give it to Chirpy.
But a few more things happened after the race.
Crackle Pop recaps on the events.
I have decided to write an additional blog entry for the first chapter of "Fate must be Cruel only to the Kind" to elaborate more on the plot of it, similar like I do with every new chapter of my fic for Flurry Heart.
Crackle Pop leaves the train upon arriving in Ponyville and gets awaited by his big sister Derpy on the platform. When she is surprised to see him instead of Chirpy, Crackle Pop explains to Derpy what happened and together, they set their sight on winning the Applewood Derby for Chirpy.
But will they succeed? How will a certain accident affect their plans and what will happen after it? Is there any hope at all to dry Chirpy's tears?
What then? How would your life be? How would you feel about having a special talent that is supposed to help ponies, but harms them at the same time? How would you react to this and how would you try to cope with it? Can you imagine how it would be to go through life with such a cruel fate?
There is a pony who can imagine this, because this is exactly the fate that was bestowed on him.
When Crackle Pop awakes the next morning, he finds an unpleasant surprise. An unpleasant surprise that suddenly makes everything different for him and his sister. It leaves them both in sorrow, but is there a glimmer of hope?