Talk:Friendship is Magic Issue 29/@comment-7345250-20150327055925

Lately, I've been one of the less peevish members of the site, but I admittedly find this issue rather disappointing.

I wanted to see Cheerilee get destroyed.

I'm with Imperfect on the general feel of the comics, but Shadowflicker has a point. There's minimal action. The parts that are supposed to be suspenseful are just... unexciting.


 * A large number of collisions happen off-panel. Go figure.


 * The main event is a cycle of Cheerilee diving, Iron Hock evading, and Cheerilee getting back up again. This happens three times. She even lands in the exact same position two out of those three times. It's boring.


 * The first round ends when Cheerilee finally lands her sister's signature move, and that doesn't even get a "Bang!" or "Wham!" in recognition. When something finally happens, it's a dud. The match is anticlimactic.


 * The tag team round is skipped completely. I was okay with passing over a crisis in FF #15 because it was not a central point of tension. The fruit spell came out of nowhere so that Mayor Mare could demonstrate her leadership when suddenly called upon. However, Cheerilee's time in the ring is the climax, so when they say there will be a round two and fail to deliver... after the inglorious first round, this is just lame. It's purely setup for Rarity's end-of-comic joke, which falls flat on its face because there is nothing else to supplement the sudden "But there's a second round!" moment besides the fact that she is one of the three protagonists in this comic.

Was this initially supposed to be a Friends Forever? It seems like this was planned as a FF for Cheerilee and Rarity, but because of the twin-sister third wheel or some other reason, it got moved to the main series—possibly to fill space in preparation for Issue 31. Whatever the case, I do not like this one as a main-series comic.