S04E20: For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils

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Re: Let's Re-Watch Week 43 : For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toil

Postby InsertAuthorHere (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:16 am

I'll make this quick, since I probably won't be coming back.

This episode has improved greatly with me over time. Sweetie's frustration and actions, while cruel, are believable, and the realization of just how much she's ruined things for Rarity is heartbreaking to watch. The dream sequence is full of fantastic imagery and spectacle, and there are tons of good gags sprinkled throughout. The only thing I didn't care for was how off Luna's voice sounds at the end, but that was a small issue. This was one of the best episodes of season four.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:26 am

InsertAuthorHere wrote:I'll make this quick, since I probably won't be coming back.



:party: Hope you're not going anywhere and everything is ok. Your insights are always welcome and new episodes are right around the corner.
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Postby InsertAuthorHere (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:28 am

The Doctor wrote:
:party: Hope you're not going anywhere and everything is ok. Your insights are always welcome and new episodes are right around the corner.


Don't know if I'm going anywhere, but I know I'm not long for this place. Wish I could have seen Season Five with you all.

Speaking of which, are the re-watch threads going to continue into the fifth season? I know other sites that run similar things keep them going even when new episodes are on, and at three full seasons and one half season, there are plenty of episodes to go around.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:30 am

I'd like to see them continue. Even with new stuff on the way there is still a place for revisiting the old.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:38 am


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Image :"Oh, dear. Was something amiss with the dresses I made you?"
Image :"No, they were perfect, and that was the whole problem!"

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:modesty: :" Oh, um, I think maybe I'll go take that moment to relax now."

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:3: :"Heh, sure do feel like relaxing!"
:twasnothin: :"Right behind ya!"
:rariwhat: :"Does Everypony know something I don't?"
:sheepish: :"..."
:starity: :"Twilight! You're not leaving, are you!?"

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:sheepish: :"......................."

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:47 am

:sadrarity: :"This isn't the first time I've had my generosity thrown back in my face."

:twiright: :"Orion's belt has three stars, not four."

Image :"That fabric is awesome! Mind if I take a swatch?"


:sadrarity: :"So when Sweetie does this..."

Image :"Ugh, I don't believe it. After everything I put up with all week long! "Sweetie Belle, get me some red ribbon! No, that's not red, that's cherry! No, that's not red, that's cinnamon!" For Pete's sake, it's all red!" At least Sapphire Shores won't be all like "Ooh, who fetched you that red ribbon? Because I don't care about anything else you made. All I care about is that amazing red ribbon!"

:wat: :"I have learned to do more ..."

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Image :"Instead of ..."

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I think this story would have taken a different track if Rarity became offended at Sweetie's ingratitude (especially how coming up with the costumes was an 11th hour request on top of an already looming deadline) and scolded her instead of becoming perplexed and letting her alone. It would have led to a shouting match, and one of those between these two is enough for a series.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:14 am

PonyHag714 wrote:.:unenthused: Sweetie Belle, you must now apologize for your error in judgement.

Image I'm sorry...

:speakest: It is not I you must apologize to...it is your sister.

:amazed: Okay...I'll apologize to Rarity.

:unenthused: Well, you should probably apologize to me too. I was watching a really good movie when I had to go and enter your dream.

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:ohboy: :"Princess Luna! It's really you! Or am I dreaming?"

Image :"What do you think?"

:amazed: :"Well, a few years back I watched a Giant Star Bear take a bite out of a house ... that was real."
:speakest: :"Fair enough."
Image :"And later, this dragon statue I saw once on a field trip came to life and turned Equestria into a pink checkerboard world with chocolate rainclouds. And he took Rarity's horn ... that was real too."
:ohboy: :"And then this one time Spike read an enchanted comic book that..."
:unenthused: :"Alright already. You're having a dream. Full stop. You're actually lying in your bed drooling on the pillows in your sister's guest bedroom."
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:51 pm

InsertAuthorHere wrote:Speaking of which, are the re-watch threads going to continue into the fifth season? I know other sites that run similar things keep them going even when new episodes are on, and at three full seasons and one half season, there are plenty of episodes to go around.

This was mainly meant as a thing to tide us over during the hiatus (and even then, I don't think anyone expected the ponyless summer to be this long). Considering how busy the new episode threads get, I think these would get even less than they have now if we continued with them.
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Postby Frith (?) » Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:00 am

Rarity and Sweetie Belle are my favorite characters in the series and I really liked what Polsky did with those characters in this episode.

I think this is the best episode of season 4 and one of the best episodes in the series.
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