Talk:A Hearth's Warming Tail/@comment-10390252-20160514183502

Uh... Meh...

It wasn't bad, it just that it wasn't stand-out good in any way. It was average; it was mean. It was a workmanlike holiday special episode that worked its way down a check-list like Twilight on a bad OCD day but that was it. It had nothing that stood out. It was a diverting 22 minutes but there is nothing to bring you back.

The only two times the episode stepped out of the box was when Spike and later Starlight knocked on the fourth wall to make sure we were awake:

Spike: "Says the pony who tried to replace everypony's cutie marks with equals signs so everyone would be the same!"

Starlight: "Did you sing that in your 'Pinkie Pie' voice?"

When the only two moments that really stood out are meta jokes and nearly lampshades of obvious trope-usage, you have to wonder if the scriptwriter really believed in the episode either.

So, overall, my average mark: 7/10. Neither good nor bad and sadly forgettable.