Pony Megathread

[Kreekakon]

Well I just watched the newest episode "Rarity Takes Manehatten", and after I'm done with this one I SERIOUSLY feel the need to share all my thoughts with all you guys. So here we go!

SPOILER free, except for some talk on the morale of the episode!

This episode is another Rarity centered episode, and I have to say it is one of the best episodes I've seen in a long...LONG time! It even may very well be able to compete with a Canterlot Wedding, which are my favorite episodes of the series, but falls short for a few minor issues.

The main winning point of this entire episode is the over-arching morale of the entire story. Before you are even 10 minutes halfway in, you can feel the internal struggle that Rarity is going through, which is also the morale of the episode.

What is it? Well it is that Rarity is conflicted after having her generosity exploited by a fellow pony on whether, or not she should selflessly continue to aid any pony who just might happen to need help, or just fend out for herself for fear of being used.

The episode brilliantly illustrates the two sides of the coin for this particular issue. There are just people who are simply deserving of your kindness, and you should give it without so much as a second thought, and then there are people who you may have to step back, and think for a bit. Rarity learns this all too well throughout the course of the episode, and as a result has changing attitudes on the matter. It is a very relateable, and very much real-world issue that this episode brings to light, and it is AWESOME to see mlp do this.

That basically is the one main thing carrying the whole episode, and the main thing that may very well make this one of my most liked episodes. However, there are still some issues with the entire thing that I feel a need to address. Some moderate, and some others really minor.

A noticeable issue for me when I viewed this episode was that I kind of noticed that all the events were transpiring at very high speed. Many of them did not get the comfort of being able to be fleshed out, and offer more in-depth to the scene. As a result most of the stuff just felt like it was "happening" without any support to make it feel more organic, and paced better.

Another small issue is mostly concentrated at the end of the episode where I mainly noticed more than just a few logical plot-holes that just made me go "How would that even make sense!?", but my overall enjoyment of the episode was enough for me to overlook this.

All, in all this episode is fantastic, and offered a relateable, and perhaps even thought provoking morale that is probably the first from MLP since a very long time!