![]() Rarity's introduction I didn't care for, but it helped us know the significance of where Twilight came from, and Spikes humor made it funny. That quirkyness, and Rainbow's skill, reassured me that I could become invested in the story a little bit more, that it was a fascinating place. Twilights reaction to Rainbow Dash's skill also characterize both of them, and it was really funny to see how Pegasus ponies interact with the world. It was a dawning moment when I realized all the characters weren't going to be stereotypes, and I had a reason to respect each one so far. But Applejack was show as a sort of leader of the group, so obviously she deserved some respect in that regard. That's a pretty biased look at that introduction, and probably wouldn't resonate with most, so fair enough, that intro may not have been that great for some people. To that extent, Applejack's introduction made me laugh a lot and characterized Twilight (her resisting and then giving in to staying after Applebloom gives beggy eyes), and I like big families, so it made me partial to Applejack. It was a light introduction, for them to be explored later in depth once the series had time to grow. well, it just set my expectation that we weren't going to get to know the ponies in depth at all. But, who upon meeting a person for the first time, expects to know much depth at all about them? The fact that Twilight was rushing through to get all the jobs done. If that was the extent of their personality, yes they would be flat. And yet, it never came across that way to me. ![]() Some of you have explained to me how the characterization feels flat in the first episodes. By having a strong plot in the first episodes, it told me that the writers were interested in telling a story, not a series of cheap gags. Maybe I'm a sucker for lore, but they hooked me in too, gave it a sense of scale that I felt was missing in every other american cartoon but Avatar (The Last Airbender). Obviously they are getting a lot of love. basically everyone else.Ĭan't really think of a worst pony, the latter half of the season really brought them all up imo, especially rarity. ![]() ![]() I'm kind of sad that the latter half of the season didn't really focus on her at all seriously, after ep13, applejack seems like an after-thought, with tons of focus on well. Obviously subjective and she isn't the best in terms of being hilarious, but she's the best as far as role models go, imo. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye-OW!" best lineīest pony award still goes to applejack. It's so frickin' funny, makes a bunch of comic observations on society, and portrays the ponies&spike with flaws as well as redeeming qualities (something sorely missing from the beginning imo). If I had to introduce this to my friends, I'd probably show them the sonic rainboom episode, but my favorite episode had to be ep20 I think. Still, that in itself is pretty amazing if you ask me, lol. Overall, I'd guess the main appeal of the show (as I put earlier in my first impressions) is more of a 'hey this is actually not bad' as opposed to it being particularly amazing or anything. #722 Welp, I finished the season finally. ![]()
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