03-30-2017, 10:33 PM
Personally, I really like this one, because Tabitha's performance was just so wonderful. She's a great voice actress, the best one on the show, imho, and this episode really gave her the chance to shine.
You're absolutely right about it making Spike look bad, though. Really, what was he thinking giving that book to her? His actions after that, though, are understandable, if all wrong. Spike really does want to be the hero, especially to Rarity. Remember the episode where she gets kidnapped by Diamond Dogs? Spike imagined himself a buff knight in shining armor saving the day. Combine his psychological need to be the hero, with his one-sided infatuation with Rarity, and, well, it makes sense.
I do wonder why Owlicious didn't go get Twilight, though.
Also, this episode raises a few questions. Why was that book in the Castle of the Twin Sisters? Celybeans hasn't lived there for a millennium, and Luna, obviously couldn't have gone there. But it was their castle, you would think they knew about it, and if they did, why would they leave such a dangerous thing just lying there? Did they forget? Was it a secret of a resident magician, say Starswirl? Was it there before the Castle, and they just never got around to finding out what it did? Was it put there by someone who moved in after they'd deserted the place?
It also makes me think about magic. The things Rari was doing under the book's influence seemed, shall we say, beyond anything she's been shown to do before. One could attribute this to the book, but then, when Spike took the book away from her she was still capable of using her new powers. So did it just open the floodgates on her natural magical potential? Was the green glow some kind of condensed magic, or supernatural entity a la Nightmare who was semi-possessing her, and providing it's own magical power?
When it left, it didn't go back in the book, does this mean the book is a normal, non-magical item now? What became of the green thing? Did it dissipate? Is it still out there looking for it's book, or some other host? Did Spike actually manage to digest that tome, and if he did, did that have any effect on the green?
So many questions.
You're absolutely right about it making Spike look bad, though. Really, what was he thinking giving that book to her? His actions after that, though, are understandable, if all wrong. Spike really does want to be the hero, especially to Rarity. Remember the episode where she gets kidnapped by Diamond Dogs? Spike imagined himself a buff knight in shining armor saving the day. Combine his psychological need to be the hero, with his one-sided infatuation with Rarity, and, well, it makes sense.
I do wonder why Owlicious didn't go get Twilight, though.
Also, this episode raises a few questions. Why was that book in the Castle of the Twin Sisters? Celybeans hasn't lived there for a millennium, and Luna, obviously couldn't have gone there. But it was their castle, you would think they knew about it, and if they did, why would they leave such a dangerous thing just lying there? Did they forget? Was it a secret of a resident magician, say Starswirl? Was it there before the Castle, and they just never got around to finding out what it did? Was it put there by someone who moved in after they'd deserted the place?
It also makes me think about magic. The things Rari was doing under the book's influence seemed, shall we say, beyond anything she's been shown to do before. One could attribute this to the book, but then, when Spike took the book away from her she was still capable of using her new powers. So did it just open the floodgates on her natural magical potential? Was the green glow some kind of condensed magic, or supernatural entity a la Nightmare who was semi-possessing her, and providing it's own magical power?
When it left, it didn't go back in the book, does this mean the book is a normal, non-magical item now? What became of the green thing? Did it dissipate? Is it still out there looking for it's book, or some other host? Did Spike actually manage to digest that tome, and if he did, did that have any effect on the green?
So many questions.
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The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.