On "Rarity Investigates!" · 12:00am Sep 21st, 2015
Wow, Sassy's back already.
Wow, Sassy's back already.
Well. Fuck yaks, first of all.
I will give the episode this. It added infinitely to the reservoir of freaky Pinkie faces, and that's never a bad thing. Also, return of Cherry Jubilee, which ain't bad. No Cheese Sandwich, though; I thought I saw mention of him being in this one.
And Beatles reference. Friend of mine would appreciate that one.
I CALLED THAT.
I'm not spoiler-tagging because everyone and their grandmother ALSO called it. If anyone's aware of toyline stuff, you probably saw this coming the moment the synopsis mentioned Cadance and secrets. She's pregnant. You're not surprised. Princess Skyla (EDIT: season-6 material names her Flurry Heart) will be canon eventually.
But enough about the "twist." You wanna know what I think about the episode. Presumably.
I fell behind a little. Time to play catch-up, starting with Equestria Girls 3.
Well, I'll still call her Colgate.
I really liked the way they handled Moondancer. It surprised me to hear she was a parallel to the original Twilight, and she was pretty adorkable. Also, Pinkie as a secret weapon. I love that that's a proper thing now.
It's SPOOKY how close they got to my Inkie/Marble and Blinkie/Limestone headcanons.
This episode isn't going to kill the names the fandom's engraved in me. Sure, I'll relent for Bulk Biceps and CONDITIONALLY for Sweetie Drops, but unless I'm writing something that needs them and tethers itself to canon, it's Inkie, Blinkie, and Clyde and Sue. And Maud. Oh, and Colgate trumps Minuette.
I fell off-track. Shut up.
College is made of fuck. I missed a lot of Doctor Who, lots of pony, lots of other weekly shows I've been trying to get BACK into... the only reason I'm still following Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. so rigidly is because I still HAVE the channel it airs on and set an alarm for when it airs.
...I dislike Rarity episodes. Quite a bit. I like the series and its characters because they're not superficially girly-girl and stuff, but the Rarity episodes move off in that direction more often than not by the very nature of Rarity's profession. I wouldn't exactly say it's a BAD thing for the show to cater more to its target audience, considering I and most people here are decidedly not such, but I literally do not care about the fashion aspect of this universe. As such, I'm not
I'll do Friendship Games sometime tonight.
So that map's a lot sparser in terms of popping up than I was hoping. This is only the third time in more than half the season, AND it's sent them somewhere we've already seen. It did lead to the return of Coco Pommel, though, who was pretty adorable in this. And the goal of the episode is actually a pretty nice one.
That wasn't even Angel's final form.