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7/20/2025, 5:29:06 AM
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And so we get a scene that is equally painful as funny. There are a few good details that really make it work. The spotlight on Spike gives the same 'glow' effect as when he walked into the arena for the first time, adding a consistent visual motif to his embarrassment. One pony shouts out "Sing for us O Great and Honourable Spike the Brave and Glorious", adding to the pressure for him to perform as well as highlighting his imminent fall from national hero to humiliated failure. Cathy Weseluck again does a fantastic performance in capturing a false bravado as Spike tries to fake it, that quickly gives way to excruciating self-awareness as Spike occasionally tries to inject a bit of humour into his situation, only to instantly revert to a kind of tortured resignation. She sounds like she's really trying and failing to match the instrumental, awkwardly elongating or rushing words to kind of but not really fit the melody. The sheer variety in reactions to his song also adds a layer of crushing realism. There's anger, horror, confusion, sympathy, pain, Pinkie being Pinkie, and I think my favourite is Dash's blank thousand-yard stare that looks like she's simply not able to believe what's happening. The song's ending is extended just long enough to make for a horrible moment as Spike realizes it's not over, and the scene ends with deafening silence, save for a baby's cry and Pinkie's oblivious cheer. It's important that everything else in the scene is normal, save for Spike, to truly make him alone in his cringe. The whole scene is fucking brilliant.
We skip forward in time a bit to Spike preparing to leave, having isolated himself after that incident. We do skip over what must have been a lot of the consequences from Spike's performance, but I don't think anything is lost in the jump. There's no need to have a scene where ponies admonish, console, or question Spike, we can imagine how he must be feeling, and can move straight to the end of the aftermath without dwelling on additional awkwardness. The finale for the games is ice archery. We get more Pinkie exposition and the expected reactions, during which Rainbow notes that Cloudsdale has two archers who will be competing hard to take Ponyville's lead in the medal count. A few cute Pinkie shenanigans later, Twilight learns from the CMC that Spike is absent. She immediately leaves and firmly tells him to stop hiding.
6/10ish
And so we get a scene that is equally painful as funny. There are a few good details that really make it work. The spotlight on Spike gives the same 'glow' effect as when he walked into the arena for the first time, adding a consistent visual motif to his embarrassment. One pony shouts out "Sing for us O Great and Honourable Spike the Brave and Glorious", adding to the pressure for him to perform as well as highlighting his imminent fall from national hero to humiliated failure. Cathy Weseluck again does a fantastic performance in capturing a false bravado as Spike tries to fake it, that quickly gives way to excruciating self-awareness as Spike occasionally tries to inject a bit of humour into his situation, only to instantly revert to a kind of tortured resignation. She sounds like she's really trying and failing to match the instrumental, awkwardly elongating or rushing words to kind of but not really fit the melody. The sheer variety in reactions to his song also adds a layer of crushing realism. There's anger, horror, confusion, sympathy, pain, Pinkie being Pinkie, and I think my favourite is Dash's blank thousand-yard stare that looks like she's simply not able to believe what's happening. The song's ending is extended just long enough to make for a horrible moment as Spike realizes it's not over, and the scene ends with deafening silence, save for a baby's cry and Pinkie's oblivious cheer. It's important that everything else in the scene is normal, save for Spike, to truly make him alone in his cringe. The whole scene is fucking brilliant.
We skip forward in time a bit to Spike preparing to leave, having isolated himself after that incident. We do skip over what must have been a lot of the consequences from Spike's performance, but I don't think anything is lost in the jump. There's no need to have a scene where ponies admonish, console, or question Spike, we can imagine how he must be feeling, and can move straight to the end of the aftermath without dwelling on additional awkwardness. The finale for the games is ice archery. We get more Pinkie exposition and the expected reactions, during which Rainbow notes that Cloudsdale has two archers who will be competing hard to take Ponyville's lead in the medal count. A few cute Pinkie shenanigans later, Twilight learns from the CMC that Spike is absent. She immediately leaves and firmly tells him to stop hiding.
6/10ish
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