@spade Yeah, everypony had a good role.

Also, I'd never imagine this face in this pony.

...how do I pagetop?

edited 1st Dec '12 4:22:56 PM by Lopiny

I'm fairly certain the episode was probably very well liked but I'll ask anyway. What's the general consensus on it?

Zecora is Yoda now!

Anyway, I half expected Twilight's plan to use the EOH, but the actual plan was way better.

hey that's what I was thinking. Also the forcefield is reminiscent of The Simpsons Movie.

'Twas a good episode, I might rewatch it again later.

It does seem like Trixie got more distilled. I was hesitant about this episode at first too because I found her to be one of those characters that was just more annoying than anything whenever she opened her mouth — which is one of the reasons I like her so much in fanon, because the personality comes through minus the more grating parts of the voice.

By turning into a straight-up villain, her voice adjusted and she actually got considerably less irritating.

edited 1st Dec '12 4:29:23 PM by Pykrete

Oh that too. Also, Saddle Arabia made it into the show.

Saw the episode a while ago. It was pretty good.

Fluttershy was exceedingly adorable. I loved it.

It's pretty much the most universally liked episode since. . .I don't know. . .Sonic Rainboom?

edited 1st Dec '12 4:26:26 PM by Mio

And Zecora can do stuff beyond usual earth magic. I loved that, too.

edited 1st Dec '12 4:26:55 PM by Lopiny

Here's some interesting images related to the episode

http://derpiboo.ru/169301 This symbol made me thinking about Nega Mare.

Spike: You didn't say no purple dragons!

It reminded me a lot of Opal in The Opal Deception. Especially her extreme paranoia, and two male underlings.

So do you think she'll become a recurring character, or is this the last we see of her?

@Blue: Generally it was pretty well received across the board. The worst response I've seen was a "eh, it was okay", and those seem to be mostly people who aren't fans of Trixie to start with.

Personally, I think it's the best episode of the season thus far. Although I actually disagree about Fluttershy. I did like a fair bit of what she did, but I kinda feel like they overdid the "scared of stuff" bit a little. I mean, if there's one thing that knocks her out of "too scared to move" mode it's seeing her friends endangered, and I thought it was odd that she was so reluctant to help. Not that it was OOC for her, but I though that they took it further than they needed to.

Sonic Rainboom was liked? I was thinking of Luna Eclipsed, since that was pretty much my favorite episode and this has basically beaten it. Also both episodes are full of gifts to the fandom.

Man, I wish I'd been here for the conversation, there are so many things I loved about this episode.

Waaaait a minute. The fanon didn't burn. Dagnabit I wanted marshmallows! (not the fabulous ones)

I was quite surprised at that. I always figured Zecora was just wise and knowledgeable. I thought you needed a horn to actually perform magic.

Sonic Rainboom is generally well received, although I think it's far from the series best episode. I actually think this one is overall a bit better than SR; Fluttershy was a bit exaggerated, but she wasn't nearly as bad as Rarity was in Sonic Rainboom.

I don't think she ever did a unicorn-type spell. My headcanon is that she's capable of utilizing magical plants to create enchantments and such. Like she enchanted her cup to refill itself. I don't think that she could do some of the spells Twilight and Trixie did, though.

edited 1st Dec '12 4:34:54 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@Blue: I was thinking of an episode that has never really been reacted to negatively across the fandom, but I guess Luna Eclipsed works too.

I definitely need to give this a rewatch later.

Twilight must have taken a level in Carnymancy.

In Boast Busters, she made a tornado. In this, she was trying to torture RD, a spell that presuambly can only be used with the evil amulet.

Huh, that's weird, I'm a huge RD fan and I don't like Sonic Rainboom that much.

But yeah, this is definitely the best of the season. The only episodes I'd compare it to in quality are Luna Eclipsed, the season 2 finale, and Heart's Warming Eve.

Yeah, I really like the angle they took. Instead of subtle passive magic like earth ponies, she's got this stealth stuff that just kind of quietly happens when nobody's looking. It's fucking great.

My headcanon is that zebra magic is SCP-173. Except instead of disemboweling you, it does stuff. It's like the ultimate trolling magic.

edited 1st Dec '12 4:41:05 PM by Pykrete

Welp, I'd love to talk about the episode but apparently I have to go to my parents. See y'all later.