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Welp, what am I to say on this episode? Surprisingly a lot!
First off, I enjoyed this episode more than I recalled when I last watched it, a common theme around here. The start was entertaining enough and enjoy pre-drama comfyness (does that make sense?) of them just chattering about and doing their own thing. Applejack's care for bloomberg is comical (is he a character?). I had forgotten this was the episode where Fluttertree emerged, very important!
Anyways, when we get to the main conflict, Buffalo versus Appleloosa, I find the conflict solid but simple. It's just using a classic wild west in American pop culture to teach a lesson in non-violent conflict resolution and understanding. The new round of characters here I don't love as top tier but do want to see again and I am drawn to that dynamic. Which, unfortunately is sullied by cultural sensitives regarding the buffalo being heavily based Native American/Indians, and thus we don't see much of them again.
Pony in many ways was, in my eyes, is kind of an awkward spot when it came to it's timing of its birth. I've seen people point out that FiM was more rooted in older story telling tropes and paradigms rather than the post 2010 cartoon wave it was sort of part of and I think it shows here. Had Pony came out in 2012 this episode may not have been made at all or at least not had the buffalo be drawn on Native American culture. As for the culture issue itself, let's just say while I can understand someone finding this offensive there was a certain honor and reverence that has died as we have paved over everything with pearl clutching and then being purposefully offensive as a response, I would take that world over the current one. EH, potential hot take aside...
This review feels a bit more rambly than normal, but my mind is more disorganized (though you may not be able to tell a difference!) due to, eh, some potentially concerning medical stuff. Honestly, I am thinking of revamping my review style to be more like 5050s (on a good day) and more brief and quick (on a bad day). I don't want to get ride of odds and ends though. Sometimes I feel like my main reviews are kind of dry and barren, which is fine, but, some stuff in odds and ends might fit better being noted in the main part.
Oh, and for my rating, 7.3/10. This was a pretty good episode!