Re: S07E04: Rock Solid Friendship


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RudeCyrusMakin' meep-morp
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RudeCyrus wrote: Rarity's reaction to being told "these are all common gems" was priceless.
RudeCyrus wrote:Rarity's reaction to being told "these are all common gems" was priceless.
Factory Factory wrote:I enjoyed the episode. I think it was just well done all around. The only nitpick I have is that Pinkie was always aware of personality differences going way back - see dissuading Rainbow Dash from pranking Fluttershy - so it was a bit contrived to lean so heavily on that to make the plot work.
Otherwise, I liked Maud and Glimbo making friends, I liked the less-generic take on friendships and the message it gave, and Pinkie being Pinkie is always an A+ for me, even when she's being annoying.
Another note, though: This is one of those plots where, all else being equal, it could've been resolved a lot faster if they talked to each other sooner. Despite Maud and Glimbo not wanting to talk about feelings, Glimbo literally JUST had a lesson about making your feelings clear when someone is peeving you.
Fizzbuzz wrote:If Rarity ever gets married, I wonder if she'd be the type to absolutely want her wedding ring to have real diamonds and not cubic zirconia.
Wayoshi wrote:I think what turned me off initially from Starlight being in this ep was they launched into yet another joke about her past, this time a minute long.
It's time for this branch of lazy writing to end.
Daring Do wrote:
There are people whose wedding rings are made of cubic zirconia?
Factory Factory wrote:I enjoyed the episode. I think it was just well done all around. The only nitpick I have is that Pinkie was always aware of personality differences going way back - see dissuading Rainbow Dash from pranking Fluttershy - so it was a bit contrived to lean so heavily on that to make the plot work.
Otherwise, I liked Maud and Glimbo making friends, I liked the less-generic take on friendships and the message it gave, and Pinkie being Pinkie is always an A+ for me, even when she's being annoying.
Another note, though: This is one of those plots where, all else being equal, it could've been resolved a lot faster if they talked to each other sooner. Despite Maud and Glimbo not wanting to talk about feelings, Glimbo literally JUST had a lesson about making your feelings clear when someone is peeving you.
Aramek wrote:This owned. Maud owns. Starlight owns.
Starlight really owns.
I loved the cold open. So full of rock puns. So full of Pie family. Limestone being the cutest grump ever, Marble in panic mode, Igneous "comforting" Cloudy in that very Amish way. All of it was great.
Kites! Powerful gems! ENSLAVE THE WORLD!
Just Scuds wrote::maud: I have deep academic interests that consume much of my attention, and I struggle with finding somepony else who'll understand that.I have a very forceful personality, and I sometimes wonder if my sordid past was too weird or ugly for regular ponies to really consider palatable.
I am not bound by any such concerns.
Soft Snow wrote:Great episode. It made me laugh a few times.
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Few things I spotted. That pizza that hit Derpy in the head had tomato slices on it, not pepperoni like I feared. A nice detail for something that was shown for less then a second on screen.
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I also noticed that Pinkie had dirt in her mouth before she licked up the dirt off the ground. Just what was she eating?
Wayoshi wrote:Starlight and kites was literally out of nowhere, but I liked it.
Just Scuds wrote:
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Wayoshi wrote:
Maybe Nick took inspiration from previous storyboarding (but I doubt it - disconnected?). But it was out of left field for sure as far as the writing was concerned - never heard about it before, and hell I thought Starlight was just saying a random thing to try to keep the conversation going.
Marimo wrote:Kites probably wouldn't have fit in previous episodes. Starlight was usually training with Twilight or doing a friendship lesson, trying to save everyone and then celebrating that, or helping Trixie with magic and then trying to fix her mistake. Here it was coming up in casual conversation, Maud brought up an unexpected interest, so Starlight tried sharing one of hers. And from the way she acts, she probably doesn't normally bring it up because she tends to geek out about them and ends up mentioning a bunch of jargon, which she gets a bit embarrassed by.
Marimo wrote:Kites probably wouldn't have fit in previous episodes. Starlight was usually training with Twilight or doing a friendship lesson, trying to save everyone and then celebrating that, or helping Trixie with magic and then trying to fix her mistake. Here it was coming up in casual conversation, Maud brought up an unexpected interest, so Starlight tried sharing one of hers. And from the way she acts, she probably doesn't normally bring it up because she tends to geek out about them and ends up mentioning a bunch of jargon, which she gets a bit embarrassed by.
Wayoshi wrote:Again though, I'm having trouble seeing "quirk: loves kites" ever being in Starlight's bible information before this episode.
Wayoshi wrote:Again though, I'm having trouble seeing "quirk: loves kites" ever being in Starlight's bible information before this episode.
PaulloDEC wrote: Nick Confalone's writing (Best current MLP writer? Fight me.)
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