Talk:Buckball Season/@comment-24864975-20160905013043

Okay, this one's a little late, but that's because the past few days have been keeping me on my feet. I have to say, I wasn't too sure about this episode on first run-through, but after watching with Applegeek reacting, I think this was a really fun episode. While I'm not really into athletics (at all), I honestly thought that Buckball looked like it would be a fun game to play, especially with how Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were playing. I thought that Snails being in a supportive role was just about this biggest shock we've gotten this season, as he's usually the dimwit who mostly causes trouble (though his "no thinking" gimmick was a bit of a given), but in this case, he actually got a good role here. This episode makes me think that Applejack and Rainbow Dash tend to lose themselves whenever they get competitive; I mean, we've seen that in Fall Weather Friends, Castle-Mania, and The Cart Before the Ponies, and this episode is just more evidence of that. However, it seems that Fluttershy and Pinkie kinda switched roles here; normally when they're under negative pressure, Fluttershy becomes extremely hesitant while Pinkie lets it all burst out, but in this case, it was Pinkie who was hesitant, and Fluttershy who let it all burst out! And the animators really took advantage of that burst of rage with all those facial expressions! Seriously, we've been getting a lot of those this season! I will say that this episode felt a bit fast, as AJ and RD may have figured out their mistake a little too quickly, but that doesn't really bring this episode down. I'll also point out that while most of the fandom is freaking out over Snails losing his horn for a few seconds, I'm more focused on how RD's tail didn't get messy during that practice at Appleloosa (btw, nice to see you again, Braeburn). So, overall, a fun episode, so let's hope that Andrea and Ashleigh can get a good vacation after having to flesh out both of their characters like that.