by Weird Autumn (?) » Wed May 14, 2014 1:58 am
Waaaaaay late to the party but I'm finally watching these episodes, yay for me.
-They're really going for it with this first song. The chorus has this sweeping, bombastic quality that's very cinematic. I think I like it.
-Oh wow they really are doing Tirek. Huh. I kind of had it spoiled by one of the related video links but even then I half-assumed that "TWILIGHT VS. TIREK" video was some kind of fanfic-y brony thing.
-Man, way to turn a random event in a random episode into a plot point in the next season's finale. I can already tell this episode's gonna be a big hit with the lore nerds.
-You know, sending Discord for this makes a lot of sense. If Tirek is stealing magic I can't imagine sending Ms. Magic Magick McSparklemagic herself is a smart move, and whatever the fuck Discord does is probably a totally different thing from pony magic that Tirek may well be unable to take for himself. I'm a little disappointed that Discord's inevitably going to get chumped or turn evil again so Twilight can save the day.
-Speaking of Discord, Discord is great. He's my favorite. Actually forget Twilight and her ennui let's just make this two-parter be about Discord the Bounty Hunter.
-Books are your answer to everything, Twilight.
-The Discord/Tirek conversation is kind of making me reassess Discord's character but I'm not totally sure how just yet. Maybe I'll figure out what I'm thinking later on.
-Oh great a clip show.
-RIP Boneless, turned into key.
-Yep there we go the other shoe's finally dropped on Discord. I'm sure he'll make yet another U-turn and help beat Tirek in the end, though, right? Right?
-I kind of like this "we have to give up our magic" plot beat.
-Magic is the most overpowered Element this is bullshit hasbro nerf pls
-Wait a second. Tirek may not know about Twilight, but Discord certainly does. Celestia I question the wisdom of your plan
-That's our Twilight. Mild-mannered and bookish yet extremely powerful Princess of Magic by day, mild-mannered and bookish yet all-powerful Princess of Magic by night.
-Hmmm. Discord's up to something, perhaps? Then again Discord's always up to something.
-Oh man, are we just gonna have a Twilight magic shenanigans episode while Tirek is running around stealing everybody's souls in the background? Hiding away the most powerful powers where he hopefully can't get them isn't actually solving the "giant goat-man monster running around stealing everybody's powers" problem, guys.
-Man Tirek did you go eat Iron Will's magic too?
-I think the thing that's making me reassess Discord is watching him be so weirdly deferential to Tirek. Before he always came off as an omnipotent being with no care or concern for any interests but his own, and even when he started making friends he basically did it under protest, toying with the ponies and never making any real efforts to act like their friend. Tirek, though, gets none of that; even during the initial confrontation Discord never looks down upon Tirek the way he seems to look down upon everyone else, and that's making me realize he may never have been the omnipotent trickster far above any other being in the world I always kind of assumed he was.
-Well, this necklace thing is important. I'm starting to think I was right about Discord playing the long game here. (Just wishful thinking, though.)
-Fluttershy: "I didn't! I really didn't!" Applejack's face: "I did."
-So Tirek can steal Discord's magic. Explains that power dynamic I just wrote a giant paragraph about. But of course Discord turns evil and gets chumped so c'mon guys use your DeLancie better.
-You know Twilight that was a situation where you really should've kept to the air.
-I had heard about the destroyed library thing but still, man, how weird is it that that happened?
-I guarantee this is the single most anime fight scene to ever come out of My Little Pony.
-amazing chest ahead
-Wow their super-saiyan forms are ugly as sin. EqG had this problem too although that's because the characters were ugly to begin with. Can I blame the toy department for this? Because those designs look very much like ugly toy department mandates.
-"Whose is it?" is really not the first question I would've asked about the giant castle that just spontaneously grew out of a magic box that got carried into the ground by a rainbow.
-"Princess of Friendship?" Geeze. At least Spike gets a chair, these magic things never seem to remember he's Twilight's friend too.
-They're very quick to forgive Discord. I'm not complaining, exactly, but c'mon man you tried to stab everybody in the back and couldn't even do that right. Chaos doesn't take sides.
-That last song just kind of happened for no real good reason. The cameos were nice to see at least.