Talk:All Bottled Up/@comment-4531340-20180129103820

First off, I want to say that, like pretty much everyone else, I thought the B-plot was more padding than anything else. However, I do think the song is nice (if a bit generic), and it ended up with a good joke (especially when the "lesson" the Mane Six learn is lampshaded by Pinkie at the end of the episode).

The Starlight-Trixie plot was very good and fun, however - I thoroughly enjoyed that part (especially the interactions between Trixie and Starlight, whenever it seemed like Trixie was unintentionally-intentionally making Starlight angry). I can't remember if someone said it here on this wiki or somewhere else, but I do agree that the lesson Starlight learns here ("don't cast magic on yourself without thinking it through", in addition to "be more open with your friends, especially when they're upsetting you") is a good counterpart to the one she learns in Every Little Thing She Does ("don't cast magic on your friends without thinking it through", in addition to "be willing to open yourself up to new experiences with your friends, especially those that they are passionate about"). God I'll be embarrassed if it was you, Impy, or you, GoldenBluebird, that wrote that first and I just forgot.

Also, I liked the frequent cuts between the A and B plots in the latter portion of the episode, particularly "I knew we were the best!" immediately followed by "You're the worst!" and "Aw, nuts!" followed by "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" "Nuts!" Also good to see the return of Starlight's 120% Mad face (when she's berating Trixie for not even apologizing).

Finally, while I personally don't ship Starlight and Trixie, I can see how people would, particularly after this episode, and I'm not against it, by any means - it's just not my cup of tea.