just thinkin'

[moonshadowmagic]

Weeks ago now I finally caught the the end of the last episode of MLP: FiM. There's quite a lot that deserved more exploration-- i.e. that each of the ponies should have been able to grow and benefit from being inserted in their opposites' roles; lessee if I can remember.... things like Rainbow Dash finding a bit of Fluttershy's compassion and empathy, Pinkie a work ethic (if I remember rightly), Applejack a bit of style sense (I like her, I've never had that either!) and so on. But at the end, I think Twilight ought to have been presented with the alicorn spell, rather than just having the Princess use it on her; so that if Twilight could perform it, she really had earned her new position-- a definite test, not a deus- ex- machina end to the season. (And I, for one, would be a little uncomfortable having my friends bow to me, even if I knew they were supposed to. I'd say so.)

But I suppose there's only so much time in half an hour.

Still, it's kind of like what someone (David Gerrold?) said about The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda should have raised Luke's X-wing out of the swamp, and then dropped it back in and said "Do that you must."

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So I got sick this weekend. Cold. It sucks. But I was able to make an entry to this month's DeviantArt Club Tutu contest. I can't pass up the Bookmen, can I? Why the song suggested itself, though, I don't know; it probably snuck up on me in the wee hours at work. A bit of straaange silliness. http://moonshadowmagic.deviantart.com/art/After-the-Dastardly-Deed-396316125