Oh! One thing I keep forgetting to mention here: Moondancer mirrors Twilight's line in the first episode about "a bunch of CRAZY PONIES trying to make friends" when Twilight's bothering her in the library. A nice touch.
Daring Do wrote:The trio - Minuette in particular - seemed annoyingly giggly to me. And that voicing. No one else looks to have mentioned this, so maybe it's just me, but it felt like they dropped out of an earlier gen of MLP. Or at least what I imagine the earlier gens to be like, since I never looked into them... Could have been intended, or (probably less likely) the VAs thought FiM was like those. Are these VAs new or did they do work on FiM before?
I had the same "sounds like G3" thought, but it doesn't bother me in this particular case. Everything about the three of them says they're really friendly, nice ponies, and they project that enthusiasm when they're around others. They tried to drag both Twilight and Moondancer out of their shells, and they're especially happy that it eventually worked (for one of them, at least).
Minuette might have bad days when she's not cheerfulness incarnate, but not the day an old acquaintance shows up to visit. Unsurprising she's pals with Pinkie (and apparently knows exactly how to handle Pinkie's shopping list).
PictishBeast wrote:Also loved Twilight's new Bubble of Silence spell, and how Moondancer pops it as a silent "piss off" gesture
Not silent enough for the other library patrons.

I'm going to get so many complaints pinned on you that you
have to leave the library and talk to me!
MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:I probably should have watched the first episode of season 1 again before watching this, was the Lyra connection known before this episode?
Only inasmuch as Lyra was in the wedding episode. I can't help but imagine an awkward conversation after this episode.

Lyra! Hey there! I just realized I haven't spoken much to my old Canterlot friends since I moved here!

So easy to lose track of old friends when you move away, right?

Twilight, I've lived here as long as you have.
I take the Starlight Glimmer cameo as confirmation that she'll be back at the end of the season, they wouldn't have thrown her in there otherwise, it's not like we see backround appearances from Chrysalis or anyone like that.

If you don't see her, it means she's doing a good job.

Lapis Infinitas wrote:These ponies have faced beasts from the depths of mythology, an omnipotent chaos lord, a magic stealing warlord, love eating shapeshifters, and communists. None of them were more menacing than a unicorn with a pinata stick.

The movie villain will have a spray bottle... that never runs empty!