S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 3

S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 3

Read S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 1 here.

Read S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 2 here.

Part the last-- let's end this.

So it turns out that tree that got struck by lightning wasn't just a gag-- turns out it's an imminent threat to the safety of our heroines. The top of the tree appears as if it's going to come crashing down on a nearby house, and Applejack springs into acton, lassoing it and preventing it from falling. AJ is about to give it a tug when Rarity tries to warn her not to, but does so anyway. 

This causes the tree to come crashing into Twilight Sparkle's bedroom, unleashing torrents of rain and branches throughout the area. Everyone flips the fuck out and starts falling back on their habits like a nervous tic.

Applejack acts like a bitch and tries to do everything herself, Rarity starts putting books that were knocked down back on a shelf as if that were actually helpful, and Twilight starts reading the slumber party book in an effort to find out what to do in the event a fucking tree comes barrelling into your house.

That whole sequence really annoyed me, and most of it had to do with Twilight's reaction. Twilight is many things, but she's not dumb and she isn't the kind of person to fall back on the book in the event of a crisis when the solution is obvious. She definitely would not consult a fucking slumber party book on what to do in this situation on top of that.

I know this is a kids' show-- I know that. But seriously, come the fuck on. Twilight, to me, has been written fairly consistently, and knowing what comes next, it seems like they made her a neurotic idiot just to emphasize the lesson. This is especially egrigious given the take-charge personality she had in the last episode where she calmly addressed all of Ponyville and came up with a plan to deal with a goddamn DRAGON.

*grumble*

Moving on, it dawns on Applejack that maybe being an impulsive cunt won't get the results she needs, and she rationally tries to convince Rarity to put down the goddamn books and help deal with the large, obvious and pressing issue at hand. I did like the dialouge in this scene because even though AJ had this realization, she still struggled with it, and that seemed pretty realistic to me.

Rarity complies and the two of them work together to solve the problem while Twilight continues to consult the book for a solution like a moron. Rarity uses her magic to turn the branch into little leaf sculptures. Applejack is about to kick a huge log out the window whe Rarity gives her a withering look and she decides to gently drop it outside instead. AJ closes the implausibly unbroken window, and voila! Problem solved.

Rarity is horrified at the fact that she's covered in filth, and AJ consoles her by slapping a couple of cucumber slices on her eyes to make it seem as if it's a mud mask. The two of them hug and make up, while Twilight wonders where all the pretty leaf thingys came from.

*sigh*

So we cut to the three of them lounging around playing 20 Questions. Rarity and Applejack are guessing together, and Twilight turns out to be dragging out the game in order to make them win together since they were actually getting along.

Applejack apoligizes for being an asshole, and Rarity does the same, followed by them trying to imply that they were more sorry than the other. It almost seems like they'd start fighting again, but it turns out to be a fakeout.

As Rarity and AJ mess around in the background, Twilight sums up the adventure in a letter to Princess Can't Be Fucking Bothered To Divinely Intervene, and the sun clears as the trio plans the next slumber party, the end.

Closing Thoughts

GAWWWWWD, did this episode annoy the shit out of me. Character traits seemed to come out of nowhere for all involved, and Twilight got it the worst. It really seems like they shoehorned characters into the roles for this episode that really shouldn't have been in this one.

I could easily see Rainbow Dash doing the shit that Applejack does, and Twilight's role probably should have been taken by Pinkie Pie, since she's the partier of the six. I think Twilight is only there so she can sum up the lesson for the kids at the end, which is irritating since it ended up doing such a disservice to the character.

The animation was serviceable, and the backgrounds are a clear step down from the gorgeous ones from last week, but nothing stood out as being terrible, honestly. I hope this episode was just a fluke and not a harbinger of what's to come.

Anyways, see you next week for S01 E09 - "Bridle Gossip"

-Apathy Pony

S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 2

S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 2

Read S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 1 here.

More MLP. FUCK. Here we go...

So we're back from  the capitalist indoctrination sequence, and Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rarity have their hair in curlers, which I assume they put in using Rarity and Twilight's magic.

Can we pause for a minute? Seriously, why don't all ponies have those magic horns? I mean, just from an evolutionary standpoint, you'd think they'd all have them if they're able to build such complex dwellings and shit without the use of opposable thumbs. Whatever.

Anyway, they take out their curlers and Twilight checks "Makeovers" off the Official Fun List and says it's time for ghost stories. Rarity and Applejack all but throw out the truce they made moments ago in order to suggest stories about ghosts that do the things they find annoying about each other.

Ya know, I really liked AJ at first, but she's really coming off as kind of a petty bitch in this episode. Is this gonna be a thing? Please don't let it be a thing. I like Applejack. I want to keep liking Applejack. Don't make her into a figurative nag, please.

"This is the tale of The Haunted Glue Factory..."

Moving on, lightning strikes the non-existant power lines and the lights go out, just in time for Twilight to suggest the story of The Headless Horse, which she begins to tell.

We don't hear the whole thing, but apparently it's scary as shit because Rarity and AJ forgot to be douchey to each other long enough to huddle together in fear...but only briefly.

The sound of a lightswitch is heard, even though there's no electric power infrastructure in Ponyville, and Twilight crosses ghost stories off the list and moves on to S'mores. They make some S'mores and AJ greedily eats one, then burps. Rarity gives her shit for a perceived lack of manners, but Applejack tells her that she interrupted her before she could excuse herself.

Now that S'mores is off the list, Twilight says it's time for Truth or Dare, and you just know some shit is about to go down. I feel kind of bad for Twilight because I think this is the first time she's actually been shown having actual fun with her friends. Usually you see her working or giving orders or some shit, which is weird, because there was a  Mayor of Ponyville and everything--

Nevermind.

Things go about the way you'd expect-- AJ and Rarity dare each other to be more like themselves in a cunty way until Twilight says they have to follow the rules. Applecjack gets first blood by daring Rarity to go out in the rain and get her mane wet. Weave ruined, Rarity comes back inside and dares Applejack to dress up in a frilly frou-frou dress, which she does, somehow, because Twilight Sparkle totally has one of those just laying around.

The two of them go back to giving bitchy dares to each other until Twilight basically gets sick of their shit and decides to move on to the next ofder of busines-- fun.

Twilight checks out the book,and, uh oh--pillow fight. Twilight has no idea what this "pillow fight" could possibly consist of, but Rarity knows she wants nothing to do with it. One ballistic pillow to the face courtesy of Applejack later and she has sworn vengeance.

Twilight picks up on what a pillow fight is as AJ and rarity volley conveniently placed mounds of pillows at each other's heads, concluding that it would be fun just in time to be caught in the crossfire. Twilight pleads with them to tone it down some, but neither are willing to relent, causing Twilight to just say "Fuck it, let's just call it a night."

So everybody is finally in bed, you'd think they could at least sleep in peace, but no-- Rarity and AJ start fighting over who's hogging the blanket, which leads to them fighting over how best to make the bed. All this reaches a boiling point when Twilight can't take anymore and tells them to cut the shit.

Twilight reminds them that the Number One thing you're supposed to do at a slumber party is have fun, and that these two bickering bitches have ruined everything from start to finish. She asks what else could possibly go wrong and lightning strikes a nearby tree outside, making her sorry she asked.

Well, everything's totally fucked and we have 7 minutes left of show left. How will they revert things back to the status quo?

To be continued in S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 3!

S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 1

S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 1

Time for another friggin' review of a My Little Pony episode! Let's go. 

Okay, so we open at...I dunno, a park or something? A bunch of ponies and Derpy Hooves are helping to set up a rainstorm and clear the area of loose branches. Among the helpers are Applejack and Rarity. Rarity uses her magic to repair a branch and sculpt the leaves into pony shapes, but her effort is in vain-- Applejack kicks the shit outta the tree and the branch falls down again. The two of them really get into it over each other's personalities, which is weird, since Rarity only recently seemed to have gained one. 

AJ: What the hell? You're taking forever! The storm we have scheduled is going to start any minute and here you are fucking around being Edward Scissorhooves.

R: Well it's not my fault y'all are uglying everything up! Look at all this shit on the ground! At least I can make things look good while I help out. 

AJ: Yeah, um, not so much. If that's what you call being useful, you'd have been better off staying at home.

R: ...Don't make me cut you, bitch.

And then it starts raining and Rarity freaks out because she doesn't want her weave to get wet. Applejack shows her a park bench she can hide under, but Rarity says it's too muddy to sit under. The two of them throw shade at each other some more until thunder scares the shit out of them and they agree to look for some proper shelter.

So after the opening credits, we come back to see AJ under the bench with dirty ass hooves and Rarity is just standing in the rain like a jackass, complain-ifying. This is made all the more ridiculous when they hear Twilight Sparkle calling their names...

...from over here. Seriously? You're ponies! You have four fucking legs! Ponyville is so close that you can probably point to your own homes-- gallop your asses into a friggin' house, for God's sake!

So Applejack and Rarity wise up enough to go take shelter in Twilight's house. When they get there, Applejack points out that Twilight's house is a goddamn tree, and Twilight says she's got a magical lightning rod that keeps her house from being demolished and immolated. AJ and Rarity decide that this is better shelter than a park bench and decide to come in...until Rarity points out Applejack's muddy hooves. 

R: Hey, um, maybe don't track your dirty-ass hooves all over Twilight's floor? It's good manners--not that you have any.

Applejack begrudgingly agrees to do so, while uttering a bunch of words that add up to calling Rarity a cunt. Meanwhile, Twilight notes that the two of them live quite a bit far from where they are now, and offers to let the two of them stay the night, make it a sleep over and everything! Rarity is less than trilled with the idea of being stuck with Applejack over night, but she relents because what other choice does she have, besides potential pneumonia? 

Twilight breaks out her Official Slumber Party Fun Handbook or whatever, and shows it to Rarity, who says "fuck it, why not?" and they get down to having officially sanctioned fun. Later, AJ comes back, hooves all sparkling and glistenin' and shit, and kinda flips out when she sees Rarity and Twilight with some green shit allover their faces.

AJ: I just washed my hooves and here you bitches are putting mud on your faces? What was wrong with my mud? THE FUCK?!

And then Rarity condescendingly explains what a mud mask is, and Twilight says it's one of the things they have to do or they're not having Official Slumber Party Fun (TM). Rarity agrees, and snottily says that maybe Applejack should fuck off so she doesn't end up accidentally bitching up Twilight's first slumber party ever. AJ is about to go home, when more lightning strikes, and she decides to stay and put up with Rarity's cunt-fest...for now. 

To be continued in S01 E08: "Look Before You Sleep" - Part 2!