Talk:MMMystery on the Friendship Express/@comment-77.31.18.85-20120408130257/@comment-4742142-20120409215337

I definitely did overreact (I don't deny that), but I wasn't rude. I never personally attacked anyone, nor did I tell anyone to be quiet for expressing my opinion (wouldn't you be angry, too, if someone told you to shut up?). Comments like "we should all be thankful that _____ didn't appear" was a poor choice of words. I would have been okay with the person saying, "I'm glad ___ didn't appear" for whatever reason, but I don't appreciate it when a person responds as if they speak for everyone (myself included). I don't just enjoy episodes that Spike appears in. I actually loved episodes such as "Family Appreciation Day", "Hearts and Hooves Day", "Putting Your Hoof Down" (the last episode there made my ranking for Fluttershy go up -- she's been really awesome lately). None of them had him in it, so you're absolutely incorrect to say I only watch the show for one character. And you're wrong to say the show is just about the six main ponies (not all episodes are about them). Spike is partially the reason (along with Twilight) why this show is what it is. If either one were not included, then neither one would have gone to Ponyville and be introduced to the other five main characters, no CMC, no Derpy, etc.

I have to be honest, not having Spike wasn't the reason why the episode wasn't great to me (it woud have been great to see him, but including him wouldn't have necessarily made the episode any better or worse). I believe the first act was pretty weak in points, the last several minutes were rushed a bit, I thought Applejack -- she was just there; she did nothing to really affect the story, and I would have preferred the train trip to be shorter and spent a little more time actually investigating. Oh, well -- you can't change the past. All we can do is look towards the future.

That's it for now. Time to enjoy the week and start looking forward to April 21.