Episode Analysis - Season 4, Episode 8 - Rarity Takes Manehattan · 6:01am Jan 5th, 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.
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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.
Hey folks!
Sorry I haven't updated anything on the site in ages. But that's going to change shortly. I presently have over 50k of unpublished pony words on my computer. Why? Because I have been terrible about actually FINISHING (or in some cases, polishing) some of them. But I've been writing; you just haven't been seeing them.
So earlier this evening, I was struck by what might be called a burst of inspiration, or what might be called "fuelled by spite". Regardless of which it was, the result was a 1200 word long story entitled "Abandoned Sanctuary". It is a nasty little story which doesn't really have any socially redeeming value. Fluttershy has returned to Sweet Apple Acres a week after the events of "Bats!" in order to
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.
This episode did not make me smile. Not even once. And that's a shame for something I spent twenty-two minutes of my life on for the purpose of entertainment.
So what's wrong with this episode?
Some of you have noticed that Snips and Snails have managed to worm their way into the title sequence somehow, despite their relative unimportance in the show. Others noted that it was odd that Sunset Shimmer had these two as her accomplices in Equestria Girls.
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.
Power Ponies was an excuse for... another superhero episode, far sillier than The Mysterious Mare Do Well. Sadly, it failed at it pretty badly, and managed to make itself bland rather than memorable.
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.
Flight to the Finish is something of a mixed bag; it is an episode that made me smile, but simultaneously left me feeling dissatisfied; it should have been more than it was.
WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, I would recommend watching it before you read this post. It spoils several plot elements, at least one of which is more effective if you aren't
Everyone gone who needs to be gone? Good.
I forgot to post this last week, so I am posting it now immediately prior to my Episode 4 analysis. This contains spoilers for episode 3 but, it has been a week, man; what are you doing?
WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, I would recommend watching it before you read this post. It spoils several plot elements, at least one of which is much more effective if you aren't already aware of it.
Everyone gone who needs to be gone? Good.