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Official Weekly Re-Visit Thread S1 E24 Nickel Storm 36781219

Okay folks up next we have Season 1 Episode 24, Owl's Well That Ends Well, Written by: Cindy Morrow.

The link to the episode: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwp4b6_mlp-fim-s1-e24-owl-s-well-that-ends-well-hd-no-watermarks_shortfilms

Watch this episode again, comment as you do. What did you like/dislike, anything you missed before? Or just general discussion about every little aspect of this episode.

LETS WATCH THIS CLASSIC AGAIN AND HAVE FUN!!

!!Rarity ## Mod 36781220

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Sticky

Mondo!peSTIcIDes 36781221

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Oi, I wasn't a fan of this one. Let's give it a rewatch, though...

Mondo!peSTIcIDes 36781222

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It's already super cringey, but at least Scootaloo was cute.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36781223

This used to be my old Worst Episode. My first thread was about how much I hated it, back in mid season 2 when TMMDW was still kind of new.

But season 4 has given me new perspective on Spike, and thus I moved this episode up to 5th worst, possibly higher. He may not be the best version of himself, but at least here his character is based on the fact that he's Twilight's assistant, and not just "some shitty dragon kid who hangs out with the mane 6".

Mondo!peSTIcIDes 36781226

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Well the ending is still pretty nice, but I can't stand watching Spike be a tool for the first 15 minutes of the episode.

Cheerilee1980 36781229

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Good, but not my most watched ep.

Toothless 36781241

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This episode is an episode that I only watched once until recently when the MAS parody brought up a good point in its end credits about the original episode. It brings up the point of how passive Twilight is compared to her usual self. Normally a situation like this would resolve itself quite easily with Twilight's systematic self. If the owl was useful, the owl would be given specific jobs and Spike would also have his own jobs still. I don't feel Spike is acting off from his usual self, rather there Twilight wasn't her usual self keeping Spike tame and in line.

Mentioning the MAS parody, I find it silly that they manage to make a more entertaining episode with just having a conversation between Twi and Spike than the whole convoluted plot that is Owl's Well that End's Well (I would link the MAS episode, but youtube copyrights/fair use system is dumb and doesn't took down the vids).

DemonioBlanco 36781816

I remember that this was the first episode which people activly hated outside the religious propaanda from a previous episode....

i didnt really care, that is spike work, being dumb character to exploit

TwilightCo.!!uuBQx3Mwtk 36781829

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It was quite humorous actual, certain parts at least. Spike wasn't THAT bad, at least I didn't think so.

Only thing I would get rid of are the "who" jokes. Ick!

Dee Twenty(Element of Cheer)!Nat20kBygE 36781892

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This was always one of the bottom episodes of season one, easily on par with Sonic Rainboom, but Just For Sidekicks at least did a lot to redeem Delicious Owl as a character.

Nº 441 !fOINzMA0KU 36781897

>>36781892
Hoh boy, Unlikeable's going to eat your ass...

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36781899

>>36781897
I mean...I don't think there's anyone on this board besides Dee who doesn't like Sonic Rainboom. I don't see what would be accomplished by debating it, and it's my favorite episode!

Nº 441 !fOINzMA0KU 36781900

>>36781899
Yeah, but Unlikeable will fight you on the side of the street if you diss Sonic Rainboom.

I, of course, would never do the same thing if you insulted Celestia. I wouldn't give you a chance to defend yourself.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36781902

>>36781900
Yes but I'd do the same thing to anyone EXCEPT DEE if they talked shit about SR. I wouldn't even know what to say to the guy.

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>>36781899

You called?
Sonic Rainboom might be the worst Rarity Episode after all.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36781905

>>36781904
BUT, it's the third best Fluttershy episode!

36781931

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>>36781905

I disagree~
Mainly because this episode is a giant love letter to a character that didn't deserve it and that it only because worse after Cutie Mark Chronicles.
Fluttershy is really kind to not constantly remind Dash that she almost killed her once.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36781939

>>36781931
I would argue that only Cutie Mark Chronicles is the love letter, and since Sonic Rainboom comes first it isn't really the same thing.

All it says is that she can do a sonic rainboom. And that's just...a thing she can do. Like how Fluttershy can Stare, and Applejack is better than RD at rodeo stuff, and Pinkie has Pinkie Sense, and Rarity can scavenge for her own gems like an entrepreneurial Boss [en.wikipedia.org].

36781958

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>>36781939

It wasn't fine that she could pull an impossible legendary feat once, she pulled it twice and it was then explained that she is the reason FiM is a thing, every pony else would be a talentless pariah like the CMC if it wasn't for her.
Could you compare this Mary Sue stuff to the other Ponies having some special skills? Back in the day, Dash was the real Mary Sue but this thing faded away eventually... Just as Faust left, a coincidence? I think not.

Nº 441 !fOINzMA0KU 36781966

>>36781958
What if it was Twilight's Magical Spaz Attack that made everybody realize their destiny? Would you have complained?

36782021

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>>36781966

Not at all!
Since she becomes the main character on the later seasons, after all.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36782022

>>36782021
That I just don't get. She's more of a main character in season 1 than in season 4.

Nº 441 !fOINzMA0KU 36782024

>>36782021
Ah, alright, so being a Mary Sue is allowed as long as you like the character, right.

The Scyphozoa!SCIPIOB65. 36782030

>>36782024
Of course. See: anyone who likes Sisko.

36782033

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>>36782022

Not really, I would consider her an Outsider, always annoyed by other ponies shenanigans as she is just starting to get used to having "friends".
She is more of a PoV character for the viewer that is not used to ponies or cutesy stuff.

>>36782024

Bro, when I told you that I would stop trying to reply to your posts I hoped you would be mature enough to do the same, I guess I was wrong to expect that much of the likes of you.

Nº 441 !fOINzMA0KU 36782037

>>36782033
I can't help it, I have a very poor impulse control.

36782038

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>>36782037

Well, you get a free pass, this time...

Besides Twi is not a Mary Sue... She is just way more "powerful" than her friends as Magic is how you meassure power levels in fights in FiM, which make her overshadow her friends on adventure episodes which nowadays are always centered as her being the sword of Celestia and the shield of Equestria, more or less.

Anonymous 36782039

>>36782038

I think he was commenting on Twi being a sue if she was the one that made everybody realize their destiny since that's what you two were talking about in that context.

Unlikeable Pony (element of being banned. again) 36782121

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQdogPMuRc
>>36781931
>for a character that didn't deserve it

damnit Blazing, If you're not trolling then you REALLY are out of your goddamned mind.

Not going to bite this one...


>>36781892
>>36781900

I've come to terms with Dee not agreeing with me on anything. i think the universe would implode or something if we did.


But YES, fuck Sonic rainboom was one of the best Episodes of this SERIES, and that's an objective *fact*

>>36781958
>>36781966
>>36782021
>video

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>>36782039

It would make for sense for the Element of Magic, you know the unique special and rarest one, but even then it would still leave a bad taste in my mouth because it stomps on the Celestia Puppet-Master headcanon that I have.
And I love that headcanon of mine.


>>36782121

> I'm out of my goddamned mind
> Calls his opinion a fact

I think you are the one who isn't currently trying here bro, with all due respect, this is merely what I think about one of the worst episodes in the show.

Sonic Rainboom was easily the worst Rarity episode in the series, Dash became a mere plot device there to solve the conflict at the very and stroke her shallow ego a bit, we see how pathetic and weak she really is, not content with that then later on she became a Mcguffin that ended sparking the entire "Friendship is Magic" plot, performing a legendary feat when she was just a filly, self-insert character and power fantasies arguments aside, I still dislike that moment up to this day for showing how cynical or downright oblivious some people around here can be... Those who critize Twi's talent as a "Mary Sue" when Dash was one ever since S1 and she didn't spent all her childhood getting better but just lazying out due to her natural talent.

I wish was making this up, but this is the reason why it took a hellish S2 for me to merely start accepting Dash as an "okay" character, only above the ever so dull and boring country pony Applejack.

If someone told me this "Sonic Rainboom" is the best thing FiM has to offer, I wouldn't have ended up following like I did and would have stayed with my beloved G3 ponies, specially if someone called such statement an objetive fact! It's a good thing I sticked around to see things and judge them myself.


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