Talk:Forever Filly/@comment-10390252-20170513183348

I'm in two minds about this episode.

On the one hand, the characters are all done perfectly. Rarity is hamming it up and chewing the scenery is her wont and Sweetie Belle is, as always, in the position of being swept along in the tide of Rarity's strong personality until she finally snaps and tells her off for doing what she want to do without really asking Sweetie what she wants to do.

On the other hand... There was a blandness about it and somehow the episode fails to score a clean blow at the plot. I get the feeling that this is another one of those episodes that started off as a cool idea that the writers had never been really able to nail down to a final product for various reasons. Done seperately, Zipporwhill's dilemma with Ripley growing up might have worked as a distinct episode but being used as a metaphor for Rarity's own dilemma it seemed somewhat heavy-handed hand-holding of the audience.

The bit I really did appreciate was Rarity's growing understanding that Sweetie and the other two Crusaders are ponies with a seroius business of their own now, not just children trying to find their place.

So, overall, it could have been a bit better but it deserves recognition for being a fairly good attempt within the limits of the medium.

BenRG's Rating: 7/10

P.S.: Does anyone know what region Zipporwhill's accent comes from. It sounds a bit upper-class New York to me.