RL has been
silly stressful and I don’t watch happy TV when I’m stressed, it never cheers me up and it just makes me not enjoy TV. As such I haven’t watched an episode since Princess Celestia was the worst actress ever.
It’s time to play catch-up.
• What the hell Sunburst, even
Twilight was never this much a bookworm. Probably.
• Still, this cold open feels like more characterization than he’s had till now. Good cold open.
• I wonder what happens if a pony just doesn’t answer the glowing cutie mark. It probably gets itchy after a few days. Then, the burning.
• Ha, they’re totally writing straight to us grownups this week.
• “Nnnope!” Starlight is the best. I’ll probably be typing that a lot this week, so the acronym is SITB.
• Gated community? Is pony doing a gentrification episode? Do pegasi engage in white flight or is it more like white gliding?
• Pumpky Wumpkins.
• SITB because the Mane Six, being the main characters on a children’s show, have to keep one foot in childhood as it were. But Starlight can just be her own cynical grown-up self. Loyal readers will know this adult-ness is what I love about Rarity too.
• I think I see where Starlight got her penchant for social engineering.
• Ha ha holy shit Teen Starlight’s room is perfect.
• Love the bookstore and
perfume essence ponies.
• “They’re avoiding their parents.”
• The thing about these parents is, they’re actually pretty competent at leading and organizing and research. It’s harder to say no to them for that reason.
• “That’s what all of us think.”
• SITB.
• “Oh, I’m not sorry for that.” Okay Sunburst, you’re also the best.
• Aw, the parents have good explanations that tie into what we already know about their pasts.
• The one quibble I have with this episode is that the townponies didn’t get cool names to go with their cool designs & characterizations.