A few weeks ago, I had said that I was going to have to stop with my reviews of TV episodes as it was getting too hard for me to keep up with all of them. But, I'm sorry guys. I've been waiting for this episode for over 5 seasons now. Up until this point, Fluttershy had never had an episode focusing on her family whereas the rest of the Mane 6 had, at the very least, glimpses of their family life. Hell, Applejack had a good amount of her relatives introduced right from the get go in the pilot (background pony my ass).
So, being that this is my blog, I'm deciding to just this once give my thoughts on this episode that I've anticipated for such a long time because fuck you continuity. So, without wasting anymore time, let's dive right into this review.
This episode centers around Fluttershy's dealings with her younger brother, Zephyr Breeze, who has recently moved back into her parents' home after his attempts at becoming a mane stylist ended terribly because of his lackadaisical attitude. He's shown to be somewhat of a freeloader as he starts taking over their living space and constantly avoids trying to do any serious work. Because of this, Fluttershy has to stand up to her brother, give him some tough love, and, hopefully, help him move towards independence.
Fluttershy has always been my favorite out of the Mane 6 since the beginning and this episode fully displayed everything that I've come to love about her. She's grown over the past several seasons to the point where she's far more assertive which comes to play heavily here. She helps her parents out with standing up to her brother, telling him that he needs to find somewhere else to live, and, even when this leads to him deciding to move into her house, she only lets him stay under her terms.
This sort of behavior is not what you would've seen in Fluttershy from say Season 1 or 2, which makes it all the greater that I get to see it now. I've loved how much stronger she's become and how well developed her character has been shown to be. This is even further emphasized when she proactively tries to get Zephyr to find some form of employment and even kicks him out of her house when he refuses to do any sort of work.
However, at the same time, Zephyr is not an unlikable character. After Flutters finds him trying to live in the woods, it's revealed that he's never put effort into any of his work because of his own fear of failure. This is even harder for him because of how Fluttershy has helped save Equestria countless times before, causing him to question his own self-worth. But she explains to him that she felt afraid that she'd fail all of those times, but that there are moments where you need to try knowing that you might fail and that, while failing doesn't feel good at all, quitting doesn't feel any better.
YES!!!!!!!! This is what I love to see from her. More of this please. This is a perfect lesson for everyone that failure at something is just a natural part of life no matter how hard you work at something but that what really matters is being able to move on from that in order to eventually find success in what you were meant to do. Meghan McCarthy, who wrote this episode, is one of my favorite MLP writers and she scored big time with this one.
For the longest time, I used to say that Hurricane Fluttershy was my favorite Fluttershy episode, but this episode has officially taken that title away. It's not just my new favorite Fluttershy episode, it's one of my favorite episodes period. I look forward to seeing where Fluttershy goes in the near future because I'm loving her even more so now. Definitely well worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet and you're into that sort of thing.
And that was my review of the latest episode of MLP and I'd like to know your thoughts about it if you've seen it already. Feel free to comment below, keep loving movies and TV Shows and I'll see y'all on my next post. Take care.
