My Little Repeats 200: "Spring Breakdown"

EqG Special: "Spring Breakdown"

30 Mar 2019

My original rating: ★★

IMDb score: 6.7

The one with Applejack being seasick a lot

Thoughts: I can put it off no longer. Herewith a thankfully short rewatch review of possibly the most tedious piece of animation ever released in the G4 era. For a start, Ragamuffin. Yes, I know we eventually found out his accent was a put-on, but my how we suffered before then. A potentially fun story about a storm and a tropical island and Equestria became an utter chore. Basically nothing happened for the first half, beyond Rainbow Dash being annoying, and then only little things happened for the second half. Trixie was amusing, the parrot was fun, and er... The ending might have been interesting, but we now know that it never went anywhere. It avoids a one-star rating simply because "All Good" is a pretty solid song. A huge disappointment from Nick Confalone.

Choice quote: Fluttershy: Is the sea monster okay in the story?

New rating: ★★ (just)

Ah, thank Celestia that's over. Next up, it's back to Friendship is Magic and the very last season of the show. "The Beginning of the End, part 1" will be the first rewatch in that sub-series, and I hope it won't be almost two months until I get there this time!

Ponyfic Roundup 569: Shining Armor Edition

Read it Later story count: 92 (nc)

Words read this week: 19,001

I do intend to post things that aren't Ponyfic Roundup soon, honest! For now, though: I thought I'd try something a little bit different this week and concentrate on a single character rather than a genre. Shining Armor came out of the hat, so to speak, and so he's the one who gets the spotlight shone on him today. Will the stories be as shiny as Shiny? Let's see.

Ménage à - Quoi?! by Noir de Plume
The Phoenix Festival by Trick Question
This Love is Forever by RachWrites
'Til Touchdown Brings Me Down Again by Petrichord
The First Death of Twilight Sparkle by naturalbornderpy

★: 0 | ★★: 2 | ★★★: 2 | ★★★★: 1 | ★★★★★: 0
Note: I use a skewed rating system. A fic I enjoy an average amount scores two stars.

Ponyfic Roundup 568: Horror Edition

Read it Later story count: 92 (+1)

Words read this week: 19,470

This week's edition of Ponyfic Roundup is a bit of a horror story. Well, to be precise, five [Horror] stories! I don't have a lot to say up here today, which is probably the opposite of horror for most of you, so let's get to the fic list:

The Well by BlueColton
We Three Kings by journeyman
Attachment by marmalado
Help by Dominion of Decay
The Thing Behind My Eyes by Ltreaxiose

★: 0 | ★★: 2 | ★★★: 2 | ★★★★: 1 | ★★★★★: 0
Note: I use a skewed rating system. A fic I enjoy an average amount scores two stars.

Ponyfic Roundup 567: Drama Edition

Read it Later story count: 91 (nc)

Words read this week: 24,585

After the detour away from MLP a few days ago, it's back to ponyfic now. Today I'm reviewing five stories which have the [Drama] genre tag. All of them short, because that's just what I've got time for mostly, but at least my weekly word count total looks a bit more reasonable than it usually has of late. I'm writing this info before having read the fics, so I'm working in the dark as much as anyone else at this point! Anyway, here we go:

No Pony Else Was In The Room Where It Happened. . . by Matthias Unidostres
Everyone Lives by Lets Do This
More Precious Than Silver or Gold by Georg
Red Apples by billymorph
Rehearsal by Petrichord

★: 0 | ★★: 1 | ★★★: 3 | ★★★★: 1 | ★★★★★: 0
Note: I use a skewed rating system. A fic I enjoy an average amount scores two stars.