Talk:Every Little Thing She Does/@comment-10390252-20160924161346

Well, that was surprisingly good. I am not a great Starlight Glimmer fan but I think that this episode managed to avoid the obvious traps such as following the Lesson Zero template too closely. Starlight made her own mistakes in a way that was genuinely in-character for her (she wanted to do things the easy way and, for her, magically forcing things into the shape she wants them is always the easy way).

The episode had probably the most genuinely laugh-out-loud sequence of this season and that is something for which I am genuinely appreciative. The Imperio'd ponies were hilariously funny as was Starlight's inability to initially understand the limits of mind control as a short-cut. The quickly multiplying chaos as Starlight's thralls tried to carry out her horribly ill-thought-out instructions had me rolling on floor (metaphorically).

It's just a shame that Starlight got off so lightly. I think it would have worked a bit better if Twilight had been more specific about her own harsh lesson about magical short-cuts and encouraged Starlight to minimise her magical use when she makes amends. It would cement Twilight's position of teacher and emphasise what I assumed was the moral: There is no short-cut to friendship.

Overall, though, that's just a quibble on my part. This is, IMO, the best episode of the season so far, just hopping over Gauntlet of Fire and Saddle Row Review.

BenRG's Rating: 9/10