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7/20/2025, 5:31:47 AM
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Back at the archery contest, Rainbow highlights the skill of "#7 from Cloudsdale", and we see the archer next to him begin struggling to keep up. It's explained that the goal is to cover a target in ice. Why have ice archery over normal archery? Well, having to aim arrows at multiple areas that change depending on where those arrows land adds an additional level of complexity to an otherwise simple competition. The story is not just adding fantastical elements for the sake of having fantastical elements (and to introduce a Chekov's gun), it's creating a good reason for those fantastical elements to be present. We also see how ponies use bows by planting them in the ground and drawing with their mouths. There is a lot of excellent worldbuilding in this episode.
Twilight talks to Spike and tells him to stop being hard on himself. Spike at first thinks she's not understanding his feelings, that she doesn't know what it's like to let other ponies down, but she quickly corrects him. She's let ponies down too, she knows what it's like, and she highlights that at least Spike didn't cause any harm. Twilight doesn't get much focus in this episode, but what she does get is really good. We've seen her insecurity next to the other princesses, her concern for Spike, and now we're reminded of how she appears in his eyes. Somepony who doesn't make mistakes or let others down, completely contrary to how she feels about herself. Twilight is hard on him here because she's hard on herself. By now she's learned over multiple episodes that no good comes from beating yourself up over past mistakes. Spike listens to her advice, but still isn't able to face the crowd. His problem isn't one that can be solved with some quick words.
Back at the competition, #7 continues to dominate, and the pony next to him is clearly getting agitated. He knocks over his bucket of arrows, which causes him to slip and shoot an ice arrow into a cloud. Nearly everything that happens in this episode has a purpose to it, and establishing Cloudsdale's high ranking in the games plus the obvious skill of #7 gives a compelling reason for this pony to get careless and cause an accident. The writers could easily have just had him randomly trip and shoot an arrow into the sky, but like everything else in this episode, this is a detail where they went the extra mile.
7/10ish
Back at the archery contest, Rainbow highlights the skill of "#7 from Cloudsdale", and we see the archer next to him begin struggling to keep up. It's explained that the goal is to cover a target in ice. Why have ice archery over normal archery? Well, having to aim arrows at multiple areas that change depending on where those arrows land adds an additional level of complexity to an otherwise simple competition. The story is not just adding fantastical elements for the sake of having fantastical elements (and to introduce a Chekov's gun), it's creating a good reason for those fantastical elements to be present. We also see how ponies use bows by planting them in the ground and drawing with their mouths. There is a lot of excellent worldbuilding in this episode.
Twilight talks to Spike and tells him to stop being hard on himself. Spike at first thinks she's not understanding his feelings, that she doesn't know what it's like to let other ponies down, but she quickly corrects him. She's let ponies down too, she knows what it's like, and she highlights that at least Spike didn't cause any harm. Twilight doesn't get much focus in this episode, but what she does get is really good. We've seen her insecurity next to the other princesses, her concern for Spike, and now we're reminded of how she appears in his eyes. Somepony who doesn't make mistakes or let others down, completely contrary to how she feels about herself. Twilight is hard on him here because she's hard on herself. By now she's learned over multiple episodes that no good comes from beating yourself up over past mistakes. Spike listens to her advice, but still isn't able to face the crowd. His problem isn't one that can be solved with some quick words.
Back at the competition, #7 continues to dominate, and the pony next to him is clearly getting agitated. He knocks over his bucket of arrows, which causes him to slip and shoot an ice arrow into a cloud. Nearly everything that happens in this episode has a purpose to it, and establishing Cloudsdale's high ranking in the games plus the obvious skill of #7 gives a compelling reason for this pony to get careless and cause an accident. The writers could easily have just had him randomly trip and shoot an arrow into the sky, but like everything else in this episode, this is a detail where they went the extra mile.
7/10ish
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