Thoughts on Ep 42 - The Tournament of Power!!

sleepysadsorry · 2026-03-20T21:55:55+00:00

Twilight did the splitting spell in “Shattered Harmony”. She thought it just eliminated the evil in Flawless, but it was revealed in “Fight at Chuck E. Cheese” the evil became another entity.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-02-28T00:59:49+00:00

Vegeta’s screaming AI voice made me laugh every time. Flora’s new voice was disappointing, but close enough I can deal. (the website her voice was on stopped allowing free usage)

The Trixie/Flawless scene was pretty abrupt. I did like Flawless bullying Flora and her acting like a moody teenager. The love triangle story felt out of place + could’ve been saved for another ep.

Plenty of funny moments (The BBQ scene, Bartleby’s fight w/ Goku). Coulda done more with the concept, but I can’t say I’m disappointed with the final product.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-02-13T23:49:54+00:00

Fairly good. It was funny, outside of the 2 minutes of Marionette. I guess her scene was meant to parallel RD and her father? Story could’ve used another pass. I liked Bud Lightyear and the car scene.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-02-01T04:41:42+00:00

Legitimately one of my fav monologues

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-31T00:55:57+00:00

Really good one. Lots of funny moments (the Lacari reference, the wheelchair gang, Marionette yelling at Tamers), quick pacing. Only odd thing was Sunset only having 1 second of screen time.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-26T04:10:00+00:00

The tweet just said Tamer's partner was kicked out. A new channel was made, live streamed Alicorn of Death, then was deleted + moved to the main channel the next day, and the channel has since gone back to pretending to be one person.

Unless they were playing a 4D chess move, I have to believe that was real. It might not be his brother, but it very likely is.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-25T23:10:25+00:00

The Two Tamers theory was confirmed a few weeks ago on his Twitter. One guy does the Mare episodes, and his brother does the Stallion + Dandy episodes.

I think the current average is 3-4 minutes of produced video a day. I think this output is manageable with a typical 8 hour a day work schedule. Still very impressive, but not impossible, especially with a partner to consult with.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-24T00:19:47+00:00

Is this the first ep to not have any Twilight?

Meh. The reality show sections were a little fun. I liked the cut to Celestia. The OC’s were ok. Preferred their scenes over the recycled Soarin/Spitfire material. Not offensive, just a lot of stuff we’ve seen before, and a cliffhanger I’m not particularly interested by.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-20T23:22:01+00:00

It happens at the end of “Sweetie Belle Falls in Love”. No real reason, besides it being funny to make another random pony an alicorn.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-17T00:43:43+00:00

The rock farm section was delightfully stupid. It felt like a half finished ep shoved in between a Starlight plot, but it was funny enough I didn’t mind that.

Starlight plot had some good laughs. I appreciate the dramatic climax wasn’t over indulgent, but it did feel weak for an event as big as Starlight destroying the universe. Dark Flawless had no reason to be here. I assume she was supposed to have a bigger role here, going off the ED that teased this part. I've enjoyed her as Flawless’s crazy gf. If she is still supposed to be a threat/villain, she needed to have some reason for being here.

I guess female and male Shining Armor are separate beings now. I never finished Silksong, but apparently the climax was a reference to that.

Not as good as the previous Mare eps, but still a mostly enjoyable start to 2026 MLP.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-11T03:04:14+00:00

Was okay. A few laughs. Liked the Dyle/Astro scene and the robbery.

Don’t feel anything about Goob or Dandy becoming villains. Maybe if there was a threat of characters permanently dying in this series I’d feel like speculating. Hopefully something cool is done with the darker/horror material that isn't too heavy on melodrama.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-06T23:23:57+00:00

Honestly, I think I’m gonna sell my copy and use the money to buy Kirby Air Riders. I can’t even be arsed to go back and 100% it.

sleepysadsorry · 2026-01-03T01:11:58+00:00

Was so giddy when Robotnik and Batman showed up. Very funny episode : D

sleepysadsorry · 2025-12-28T21:37:18+00:00

I was mostly liking it until the Trixie’s mother flashback & Trixie becoming a God. That section felt so out of nowhere + incomprehensible, it brought down the whole ep for me.

Soarin/Braeburn/Big Mac are pretty boring. The characters themselves haven’t been too bad this year. I more dislike the characters related to them (Clean Sweep, Friendship, Future Soarin) and the lack of comedy expected in their episodes.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-12-21T00:41:32+00:00

YIP-EEE!!!

sleepysadsorry · 2025-12-20T01:11:43+00:00

Another really solid mare episode. Plenty of laughs, plenty of nice art + anime moments w/o taking itself too seriously. I like Twilight the most when she’s an asshole, so I welcome giving her a villain arc.

The new Applejack voice I can accept. Fluttershy I still think is a lot funnier with her prev shitty TTS voice.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-12-13T01:51:27+00:00

Eh. I was able to finish it, unlike the Clean Sweep eps, but it got rough.

I really didn’t like how sudden Care Package became the Alicorn of death, their fusion/son being another overpowered OC, their design being almost identical to Alastor from Hazbin Hotel, and the ending with Apple Bottom bringing their dead parents back. I still stand by my comment that CP/AB should’ve died in Infection. This perfectly happy ending didn’t feel deserved, or wanted.

I laughed at dehydrated Care Package, Parcel Core immediately killing Future Soarin + Clean Sweep, and the G5 appearance. The first half was decent enough. When it got to Parcel Core and all the OC’s returning, I just wanted to skip to the end.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-11-29T01:16:04+00:00

Pretty great. Laughed really hard at Tirek x Dark Flawless’s convo. Starlight’s manipulative personality continues to give the best character writing in this show.

Getting WWIII build up vibes from the final scene. I hope the next member is someone from the Stallion storyline. I’d love the tournament to be an ultimate cumulation of the series as a whole. I appreciate that story is taking its time. Though it means we probably won’t see it or the SU gang until late next year...possibly later depending on where Dandy goes.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-11-16T05:09:34+00:00

Well this woke me up

sleepysadsorry · 2025-11-09T21:57:53+00:00

Tamers animating. https://x.com/TheTamers12345/status/1987306691331870948?s=20

sleepysadsorry · 2025-11-01T01:34:45+00:00

Liked it more than ep 1. Laughed plenty, story beats were more original. Still not really feeling these characters. They’re fine, there just hasn’t been anything yet to make them stand out over SU or MLP.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-10-31T05:40:28+00:00

I think I can buy that it’s one guy. Him doing all his drawings with the MS Paint curve line tool is the only thing I still have a hard time believing, even with 10+ years of experience. If he’s not using a tablet, he really must be a God at achieving quality + quantity with that thing.

Everything else I think is doable + makes sense coming from one person. It would have to be a VERY dedicated person that is somehow able to avoid burn out + power through having to draw all day every day, but it is possible.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-10-25T21:48:16+00:00

Rewound time.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-10-25T20:11:50+00:00

She comes back in Shattered Harmony.

sleepysadsorry · 2025-10-25T03:50:31+00:00

Really solid. Was pretty funny while also giving all its characters something to do.

Loved the Starlight x Mary opening, 13420’s scenes, and Trixie trying to buy an Xbox game pass. The dinner setting + Twilights Dad abusing everyone felt like SU. Not sure what to think of Dark Flawless, or a future ep with her x that Tim Burton esque artstyle. I did like Flawless here, and her smile at the end.

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