Background Pony enjoyed episode. Pink Pony have way of making even simple story amusing.
@Nightweaver20xx
Soooo… the Aesop of this episode was “always help others even when they explicitly ask you not to”?
Sure, OK, let’s go with that.
Well that’s probably one way of looking at it. At one point (since I tend to overthink things) I started to wonder if this is more of a story about cultural norms and the difficulties involved in working with groups that don’t share your way of thinking. After all, it’s not that the yaks don’t appreciate help given to them. It just seems to be deeply against their cultural identity to ask for it. That’s probably why Pinkie’s decision to take unilateral action actually ends up endearing her to Prince Rutherford. Either he respects her strength for helping despite his refusal to ask, or he appreciates that she did it without pushing them to compromise what it is that makes them yaks.
Admittedly it still seems like kind of a dumb trait to have, considering that refusing help might have meant starvation or them all freezing to death, but the concept of cultural respect can be a very tricky thing to deal with in real life. No reason it can’t be equally troublesome here.
@Background Pony #7A65
Alright, now that the mid-season finale has aired, it’s time to rank the episodes so far, and give your thoughts on the season as a whole.
So, how is it?
I couldn’t possibly rank the episodes yet, but as for the season… honestly? I’ve really liked it so far. The only episodes to really fall into my own personal “it was ok” category were “Honest Apple” and “Fluttershy Leans In”, and even with those two I don’t see them as bad or anything. Just simple, fairly solid episodes.
Aside from that we’ve had Twilight actually doing stuff and having adorable freak out moments again, Starlight finally evening out her redemption arc and showing she can be more than a mind controlling former villain, Celestia having actual screen-time and being a character, additional world-building, additional family interactions, and a host of fun moments. If this continues, I’ll certainly be hyped for a season 8 and I’ll probably put it up there as one of my favorite seasons the show has had.
