And finally, as I did with the other two episodes, my thoughts about The Last crusade are getting posted by replying to the unanswered posts of it.

>>4287
>Where do I begin? I don't know how to put this because after seeing it twice now I cannot believe how much I am of a mixed mind on this.
The wisest line that one can say for reviewing this, ten out of ten for saying that. No seriously it is, even by reviewing it with a cold headed mindset, it´s kind of complicated where to put this episode, hence I reviewed the other two before because of the easier difficulty for me.

>the plot at it's most basic conceptional level I do not hate at all.
eeeyup, it definitely doesn´t change the formula of writing a CMC episode. In fact, it´s the most traditional structure that anyone can apply to them: plot device-> problem-> the CMC come up with a few ideas-> they fail at trying any of them with jokes along the road-> in the last five 5 minute or so, the real resolution is made and ends the episode with a satisfying note for them. Nothing here sounds particularly strange here so far and I have noticed this structure better with the 2nd try.

>Scootaloo's aunts
>no problem with as characters in the slightest. They seem, alright, even pretty likable and charming. The who Lesbian thing is being blow out of proportion for sure. It is a nonfactor to the story at all. That's the problem though, all the media yamering and people angry over it when the show staff have shipped Lyra and Bon Bon for years and way more explicitly. These characters being the first pairing officially cannon like that would certainly rub a lot of people the wrong way outside the Corporate pandering praise and people worried about "gay agendas"

honestly, you have made a much better review than I would ever have made because that same reason of an agenda could lead to /pol/ thoughts that the show staff fuels indirectly because of the Twitter posts instead of the episode itself. I agree that they don´t look like a lesbian pairing, one could mistake them as sisters even. There are no clear mannerisms that makes you point out that they actually are....except for social media.
Besides LyraBon, they also showed an implied gay pairing in Triple Threat sitting together in a restaurant so the aunts of Scootaloo come without any novelty at all. As you say, the problem with the aunts doesn´t come from the characters themselves but more from the staff who scream to the four winds as if that was something to be proud of. If we were in the 1950s/60s era of animation, maybe this would have stood out as an avant garde movement but we are living in 2019....and basically almost all the cartoons have done that in this decade, let alone mainstream media in general.

>If they were going to do anything that was actually noteworthy with that it should've been with one of the other pairings. They didn't do anything noteworthy at all. They just appeared and the only way we know they are lesbian is because it was told to us. I can understand frustration with that on its own but I don't hold against th characters here. I and am extremely socially conservative in personal values, and I find all this whining about it, celebratory or against it a waste of time. Who cares, it's a complete nonfactor.
these lines are golden. After getting into the episode for real, I do believe that this is one of your best reviews that you have written so far. I cannot disagree on anything here to be honest. Let´s see the rest because the aunts is the least of the problems here. Moving onto the meat of the episode....