Talk:The Washouts/@comment-4531340-20180911115656

What a fun and funny episode. That scene of Spitfire referencing the late, great Chris Farley was hysterical, and just overall, it feels like the episode just went for broke at points as far as humor goes (and to its credit, it definitely paid off). There was also a nice amount of feels (namely from Scootaloo finally admitting that she, herself, has given up on her ever being able to fly - or at least that's what I took from that scene), and the portrayal of Rainbow Dash was really great and mature, especially in the end, even if at points she was blinded by her ego to how she was making Scootaloo feel down on herself. I've realized after a couple rewatches that that's what probably drove Scootaloo to embrace the Washouts in the first place - the whole proclamation about getting to be the best of the best, even if you couldn't cut it in the elite flying group - in addition to Rainbow Dash unintentionally making Scootaloo feel less than by holding herself as the example for Scootaloo to live up to, even though, of course, as Scootaloo herself brings up, she can't be, because of the fact that she can't fly.

Honestly, this kind of feels like a superior version of Forever Filly (and I really liked that episode), in that Rainbow Dash has to deal with Scootaloo growing up and changing (though, unlike in that episode, there's just an element of that, rather than it being the main driving force) - mainly because of the hilariously memorable Washouts, from Lightning Dust (as sociopathic and yet strangely likable as ever), to the badass Aussie Rolling Thunder, to perhaps my favorite, Short Fuse, the tiny pony with some seriously large anger issues (I think it was his voice, but every time he started yelling, I couldn't help but crack up - I think it was also how out-of-nowhere his outbursts were).