Pony Megathread

[Kreekakon]

Yay just got back from this week's episode not minutes ago, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. Here's a quick rehash/review on what I thought. I'll keep it SPOILER free for anyone who's worried.

This episode is "Games Ponies Play", and is the 12th episode of Season 3.

There are quite a lot of things that I liked in this episode. The pacing was pretty decent, and spot-on for the most part which is a relief since some previous episodes suffered from this in my opinion.

I also really liked how most of the characters were treated by the writers in this episode. The dialogue was good, and more than one pony has their moment, and many of them show their multidimensional side beyond their one-dimensional one. I especially like how they made sense for Rainbow Dash in particular to act the "way" she did in the episode by adding a tiny bit of backstory. It just helps it to feel natural. Also this episode marks the first time in quite a few episodes I'm seeing Pinkie being random in a "cleverly thought-out way" that's funny rather than "forced annoyance". It was really a breath of fresh air to see awesome Pinkie!

The funniest thing would have to be the continuity with the last episode "Just for Sidekicks". As some of you may know the events of this episode, and "Just for Sidekicks" happen at the same time, so you'll see quite a few pokes here, and there at that. It was hilarious.

Now over to some of the things I didn't really like so much. The first is that one of the major plot points for the episode seems to be quite an over-used one (I think?), and is quite predictable. The episode resolved it in a pretty good way, so I can overlook that as something of a guilty pleasure.

Another minor gripe that I have a verrryyyy minor spoiler, but since it is just a "happening", and doesn't contribute to the plot in any way I don't feel bad about saying it. It's the way that Cadance and Twilight have to do the "Sunshine, Sunshine" rhyme EVERYTIME they meet. It was cute the first time, but later it just felt really annoying, at least to me. This is probably illogical as it's probably a personal preference that it strokes me the wrong way.

Verdict: As a whole this episode was very good, and multiple characters have good moments. Some plot aspects feel cliched, but that's minor at most seeing how the episode made it work out alright 8.8/10