04-20-2017, 03:46 PM
S5E18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark.
Never saw this one. Well I do think this episode was good, and if anything, what definitely made it was the songs. Musical episodes always feel very strong, and the songs are always great in musical episodes. I thought also the way the CMC treated Diamond Tiara was great on them too. I have to say though, I guess the biggest thing holding me back about this was truthfully, I don't like the cutie marks they got. Waiting for this for 6 years in my case, I was expecting a bit more. And I don't know if I quite like the designs all that much. I mean, of course I knew about the cutie marks prior to watching this, it was impossible to miss. But I feel like this gives me my chance to share my thoughts about them since I never did before. Personally, I never liked the idea of the CMC as a single entity. I much preferred to think of them as Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, not one collective entity. Like how the Mane 6 are. And while I think it is very nice to see the CMC help others find their talents, that's not what I wanted to see them shine as with Show Stoppers. Earning their cutie marks at the same time was fine, honestly expected even if an episode of one of them earning it before the others would have worked. With the talents originally outlined as Sweetie's ability to sing, Bloom's construction and Scootaloo's athletic abilities. I wanted to see their talents arise from that as that was from S1. This whole bit of helping others find their talents, again, while I think is very nice, I still think is relatively new. It's just not what I wanted, or was expecting to see when they finally reached that point. On top of that, I'm not sure how I feel about Diamond being redeemed. Again, it's super great on the CMC, but sometimes I feel like it's better if some characters are left unredeemed as sometimes there is a lesson in "Hey, some people are just bitches, and you have to deal with them, but that shouldn't make you a bitch." Which evidently is almost present here. It reminds me of Suri from of course my favorite episode, and how I really would hate to see her redeemed, because I think that's a powerful idea though. All in all I enjoyed it, because the very strong songs definitely held it together. But I guess maybe it just wasn't what I was looking for in the first place.
Never saw this one. Well I do think this episode was good, and if anything, what definitely made it was the songs. Musical episodes always feel very strong, and the songs are always great in musical episodes. I thought also the way the CMC treated Diamond Tiara was great on them too. I have to say though, I guess the biggest thing holding me back about this was truthfully, I don't like the cutie marks they got. Waiting for this for 6 years in my case, I was expecting a bit more. And I don't know if I quite like the designs all that much. I mean, of course I knew about the cutie marks prior to watching this, it was impossible to miss. But I feel like this gives me my chance to share my thoughts about them since I never did before. Personally, I never liked the idea of the CMC as a single entity. I much preferred to think of them as Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, not one collective entity. Like how the Mane 6 are. And while I think it is very nice to see the CMC help others find their talents, that's not what I wanted to see them shine as with Show Stoppers. Earning their cutie marks at the same time was fine, honestly expected even if an episode of one of them earning it before the others would have worked. With the talents originally outlined as Sweetie's ability to sing, Bloom's construction and Scootaloo's athletic abilities. I wanted to see their talents arise from that as that was from S1. This whole bit of helping others find their talents, again, while I think is very nice, I still think is relatively new. It's just not what I wanted, or was expecting to see when they finally reached that point. On top of that, I'm not sure how I feel about Diamond being redeemed. Again, it's super great on the CMC, but sometimes I feel like it's better if some characters are left unredeemed as sometimes there is a lesson in "Hey, some people are just bitches, and you have to deal with them, but that shouldn't make you a bitch." Which evidently is almost present here. It reminds me of Suri from of course my favorite episode, and how I really would hate to see her redeemed, because I think that's a powerful idea though. All in all I enjoyed it, because the very strong songs definitely held it together. But I guess maybe it just wasn't what I was looking for in the first place.
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