Good day everypony, nice to see you again.
You know, I'm almost through one entire arc in the IDW My Little Pony Comics,
but I don't even have proper name for this review thing that I do.
Meh, just food for thought.
I'll put a pin in it and move on to the review.
Finally, I get to the final part of "The Return of Queen Chrysalis"
Felt like it forever to get here, but it was only 3 comics.
Incase you missed my reviews of the other comics in this arc click here to view them.
But be sure to return when you're done.
Ok, now is everypony caught up?
"Of Course!"
Well, lets move on to the review.
Oh, shut up, Text!
Nobody asked you!
You know what I meant!
Fine, you want me to come up with my own references? I will!
Yeah well, Text, you can...
"Suck it!"
It is time for the "Spoiler Alert"
Warning: This video spoils an IDW comic about ponies...From the show My Little Pony. That is all.
Just a brief reminder that this comic is written by Katie Cook and the art is mostly by Andy Price.
Mane-ly excluding variant art covers.
So finally, after relative in comic time of about 2 days, the mane 6 have reached
THE CHANGELING KINGDOM!
Ya know, whatever happened to Spike?
You'd think by now he would've gotten the Princess.
Oh well, maybe he'll show up later.
So now time is of the essence because some magical comet is on it's way.
Oh FUCK!
So I may have accidentally skimmed over a few very important plot points from the past few comics.
My bad!
Basically, back in the first comic
there is mention of a special comet called "Secretaries Comet."
"I've heard it both ways."
Finally! Text Typer, that is 1 bit in the swear jar!
Dammit! (angry grumbles)
Getting back on track
The comet enhances all magical abilities of all magical creatures.
Then in the last comic,
Chrysalis says that she wants to use the magical surge of energy to drain Twilight of her magic.
and wipe out..."Her little pony friends too."
Now that that's over with, back to the present.
The mane 6 travel though the deserted streets of The Changeling Kingdom
and arrive at Chrysalis's castle.
A castle designed by Horse-C Echer...Get it?
Horse-C Esher? Like...like M.C. Escher?
Moving on.
They have to find which door Chrysalis is behind.
The other doors contain...
"References on references on references!"
Hey, you never said I couldn't directly reference KP.
So after going though a few doors they find the right one and are presented with this riddle:
How is a pegasus like a writing desk?
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
And somehow Pinkie Pie knows the answer.
and the are given access to the room.
Shortly after, everypony except for Twilight get captured.
And so the battle commences!
And Chrysalis is surprised at how powerful Twilight is.
It appears her plan has a major oversight.
Twilight has magic too, and that magic is also enhanced by the comet.
Since Chrysalis and Twilight seem apparently evenly matched
Chrysalis decides to make Twilight a deal: Join her and her friends go free.
Twilight reluctantly agrees.
And everypony is freed.
Hold on...
Eeeew, gross! Fluttershy!
Why are you clopping when your friends are around?
Not to mention 3 impressionable fillies.
Thats. Just. Wrong.
You should be ashamed of yourself!
(laughter)
Throughout this arc I have managed to make Fluttershy a sociopathic, slave owning, public masturbator.
Sorry, Fluttershy fans.
its just a joke. Don't take it too seriously.
Turns out Chrysalis betrays Twilight by saying her friends will be the first ponies she will drain the love from.
Not wanting to do that, the fight begins again!
And Twilight is victorious!
Did you have any doubt?
Her friends lives were on the line.
and Friendship is Magic after all.
Side note:
That comet is dangerously close to that castle.
If it was anymore to the left...
So everypony is freed.
Huh, deja vu..
And Celestia finally arrives!
Better late than never, I guess.
And incase you were wondering,
Chrysalis and the rest of the changeling drones
Get trapped in a prison that it is near impossible to escape from.
Ala Deus Ex Pinkie Pie Costume.
And...an unanswerable question.
Seriously, NOTHING RHYMES WITH ORANGE!
The End!
Also, here is the explanation for why Spike and Celestia took so long.
Giant Cockatrices..."and I will remind you mispronouncing things is my thing."
were attacking Canterlot.
So, in my past reviews, this is when I would put in my favorite faces
But that actually makes more sense if it goes at the end.
So i'm going to give my rating first.
So, this comic...
THIS COMIC!
Wow, way to end the arc on a high note.
I give it 7 OP Twilights out of 10.
Mostly because, much like the first issue, I still kind of felt that the battles were a bit short.
Again, yes, there is a finite amount of pages to tell the story.
Yadda, Yadda, Yadda...
But they should still make the battles feel like battles.
Not footnotes on a story that is about walking from one place to another.
Maybe they could have cut the Spike comic at the end
Used those pages to make the battles longer...
I don't know...
Also the plot consisted mostly of the climax of the story.
Which can be interesting...
but isn't really good story telling.
Even though, yes, this is the climax of the arc
Of course the climax is going to be in there,
but it can
and should
Have a more defined beginning, middle...
and he end was good, but still it should have a beginning, middle and end.
Even if it is the END of the arc
That's just how comics
SHOULD
work
Overall, this arc scored a 50.75%
Which is an F.
I mean, I still liked it, despite its flaws,
though if I were to read it again, I would probably skip from part 1 directly to part 4
Because realistically, that is where the meat of the plot really is.
Well, that's my 2 bits on the "Return of Queen Chrysalis"
By Celestia's magnificent, flowing beard!
THAT'S IT!
"My 2 Bits" that's what I'll call this review thing that I do.
hmm...
"My 2 Bits"? Has a nice ring to it.
Well, that is my 2 bits on "The Return of Queen Chrysalis"
Tell me your 2 bit on this comic, or the arc as a whole in the comments below.
or you could suggest a possible blurb to be read as a "spoiler alert" in a future review.
Anyways, I'm Comic Sans
and I'll see you next time.
Whenever that is...
You know, I should really make a schedule for these things.
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Here are my favorite faces from this comic.