Episode´s lesson, final thoughts. Anon 10/29/2020 (Thu) 12:08:13 No.6760 del
As for the last part of this review, I am ending it by quoting the message that would be displayed in the last minute:

>"If you don´t take care of yourself, you won´t be able to care about anybody else"
I would personally add another line for this lesson: "If you can take care of yourself, will you be able to do that if others don´t?
I am not trying to prove the message wrong but more like, your health doesn´t simply rely on what you do, but you also rely on others or even any random factor for falling sick. While this message has been displayed for giving Fluttershy a lesson coming from Twilight and Zecora several times (especially her lack of sleep for coming up with a solution that could have happened sooner or the fact that she went truly ruthless while trying to solve the problem), one can perfectly deviate it with IRL matters.

The episode by itself doesn´t deviate much the tone that FiM has delivered throughout the years and it doesn´t have any correlation with any Nightmare Night theme. However, it´s a subtly dark episode; this darkness doesn´t come directly at your face but more like, the thought process is what makes it dark.

This episode may cause chills by itself but in 2020, it conveys a very uneasy feeling that you would have desired to be over at some point this year. Visiting this episode is almost like having that fetish of constant suffering without getting any mental break. Trying to spend your free time using the route of escapism and finding yourself in the same starting point that you wanted to avoid by resorting to this innocent cute show that was meant to bring you comfort.

The terrifying part doesn´t come on its own. What makes it truly eerie is the fact that... some people might not be able to even neither celebrate this festivity properly (there is no room for fun) nor set the right mood to celebrate literally anything. You, as a fan, try to escape by resorting to this franchise, coming for mental help and comfort, and all that this episode does for you is the reminder about what you have been going through. It´s so cruel that not even the kids can forget about this problem.

I am repeating the question that I brought up at the very beginning: how much are you capable to sacrifice for the ones that you love (family, friends...)? How far would you go in order to find a way to move forward and try to come up with a solution, even by resorting to desperate manners for reaching that desired objective, the reward that would bring you back to that precious comfort?

These questions, dear reader, are what make this whole experience for this October 31 unsettling. The terrifying parts don´t rely on trying to scare you directly but more like testing your personal will at facing issues that could have ended in very dramatic "what if" case scenarios. Subtle darkness that creeps within your body until your neurons, forcing you to react in some way in order to hope and come up with that vital solution, doing the impossible at times during the process.

Do you want to be more exposed to the harsh reality that you have been going through?

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