Okay, that was a pretty great ending. The moral was plain to see from early on, but it worked well.
I like how it remembered the fact that Twilight would have used the "walk on clouds" spell druing the rescue scene.
I have a message from another time...
That tornado looks increasingly like a safety violation the more I think about it, and that is a career ender right there.
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Wise Papa Smurf, corrupted by his own power. CAN NO LEADER GO UNTAINTED?!
I think they left LD's fate ambiguous on purpose. It could be anything from a censure to a discharge. We really have no idea. And yeah, major character development for RD. I think it says a lot about her that she'd drop out of contention over something like that.
It depends: is Wonderbolt Academy supposed to be basic training or a selection course? On a basic training course you might get away with being busted back to the beginning for a safety violation but on a selection course, you'd probably be out never to return.
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Wise Papa Smurf, corrupted by his own power. CAN NO LEADER GO UNTAINTED?!
It's more of a Selection Camp. After all, it's expected that most pegasi take Flight Camp already.
You know what, the talk RD had with Spitfire at the end sounds rather like the talk Twilight had with Celestia in the premiere.
There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. My pencils are sharp enough.
Even the dull ones will leave a mark.
If this was real-world I'd say that LD's dreams are dead, but this is Equestria. Luna tried to cast the nation into eternal darkness and she got her princess position back with just an apology. If LD turns over a new leaf, I see no reason why she couldn't try out a second time.
I like how Rainbow wasn't immediately put off by Lightning Dust. How, at the beginning, it looked like the whole idea was learning to let someone else take the lead. And then it instead turned into something about how you can't let your desire to win and push yourself come at the expense of everyone around you. Because the Wonderbolts are a team, and that is not how a successful team operates.
I have a message from another time...
Does that yellow and black Pegasus near the beginning have a fan nickname. I really liked their colour scheme.
Tealove is best pony.
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Finally we can talk here freely instead keep new ep stuff to spoiler thread.
Here best tag spawn from new episodes.
http://www.derpibooru.org/tags/spitfires-eyebrows
Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.
the pinkie thing was amusing and funny