Talk:Magical Mystery Cure/@comment-4853260-20130217024103

THIS episode is the very definition of cutting corners to meet a deadline. Is the plot interesting? Yes. Is it an odd decision on the crew's part? Yes. Do I mind that it's probably just to push Hasbro's toyline? Not really, since they ARE a toy company; bronies being bronies as usual, I guess (pfft).

This is the kind of episode that would have worked in multiple parts, not just a single episode. Not even a two-parter. A plot like this needs to be fully fleshed out, fully elaborated. What were Star Swirl's intentions for formulating this spell? Where did Twilight go wrong when she performed it, why and what are the lives of her friends like after the mistake? What will her future coronation and subsequent attaining of her wings mean for her and her friends? A story THIS elaborate can't be crammed together in a 22-minute span. It cannot.

Very disappointed that an already fairly good episode could have been much, much better. Even MORE disappointed that the crew had yet another blunder, perhaps their biggest one since The Crystal Empire.