Re: S05E09: Slice of Life
Hope you guys don't think I'm being too negative if I list off some of the parts I didn't like:
1) At least at first, some of the fandom pandering was making me uncomfortable. I might've been okay there by the end, though.
2) I felt the flower trio was badly Flanderized in their appearance
3) When Gummy's inner monologue started up, I started thinking about the increasingly wacky direction the show's been taking. Normally I like that kind of thing, but I wonder whether it's the right direction for FiM or not.
4) Doesn't really make sense that so many royals are attending this wedding
5) The part where Steven Magnet showed up at the spa, if only because a massive creature of the Everfree just soaking in the spa with no comment (and he's so big, and the tub was so small!), for the sake of being a fanpleaser, seemed... odd. BUT I did like how his talk about his adventures with Cranky gives good material for fanfic. So do a couple other things in the episode, actually.
Could probably try to remember a few more points, but... This list's dragging on as it is and I don't want you guys to think I'm some kind of pessimist.

A part I really did like was "Secret Agent Sweetie Drops". See, I haven't written any MLP fanfic at this point, but I've had a few ideas. I thought the one I'd start with first would be one about those two, but I'd heard the 100th episode would be about background ponies, so I decided to wait in case of conflicting portrayals.
I still remember when I didn't really "get" people's liking for background ponies, but all thanks to the fic ideas running through my brain, I've gotten kind of a liking for this duo.
So, this kind of huge character reveal that has ramifications for my fic - and involves my 2 "favorites" (if they can be called that)... Well, I enjoyed it.
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