Talk:Equestria Games/@comment-10390252-20140503151028

Meh... I'm still disappointed about there not being a mini-series about the Games. I'd have liked to have seen more than two events and I'd have liked to have met some one-off characters amongst the athletes. Still, onto the point of the episode.

Moral - "Sometimes we are our own harshest critic and unjustly so!"

I'm wondering if this is an implicit message from Meghan and the team, directed at fans who criticise Spike's role and behaviour. In any case, I think we've given everyone's favourite juvenile dragon a little extra depth in this episode.

We've also learnt some interesting extras. Firstly, the Crystal Ponies do seem to be a distinct sub-species of pony as they were in 'crystalline' mode even when others were not. Secondly, you can disable a unicorn's magic using a broad-area spell that does not need a caster to maintain. Finally, we've confirmed that longbows are a known Equestrian weapon system and they can use cryogenic ammo!

So, we now start the countdown to next week's concluding two parter, which I have already mentally labelled as: "My Little Pony - My Little Apocalypse". Anypony else think that this is going to to turn into a 'smash everything and give an excuse for changing everything' story? I'm already anticipating Ponyville being levelled and Equestria being brought to the edge of ruin before Discord is able to lead our heroines to the necessary step to open the Chest.

Oh, and I'm really hoping that someone captured the trailer for next week's episode and has a high-resolution still of the chest opening.