Hey, Text.
Have any nightmares lately?
Well I was going somewhere with that.
And it had to do with the comic I was reviewing this episode.
But since you like ruining my fun, cue "spoiler alert."
If your greatest fear is hearing spoilers, then you are not going to like the following video.
Because there are spoilers in it...that should have been obvious.
Today I'll be reviewing the unnamed arc.
No really, this arc doesn't have an official name.
But everypony just refers to it as...
"THE NIGHTMARE RARITY ARC"
So for the rest of my reviews of this arc, I will refer to it as such.
This comic is written by Heather Cuffer.
"I've heard it both ways."
To continue, art is by Amy Mebberson and its just odd at some points.
Mostly just some stretching or warping of the ponies face or eye when in profile view.
other than that, the art was fine.
Show quality...I guess
I mean, I can't draw to save my life.
So I really don't know how difficult it is to drawn a pony
or any other creature in the MLP universe.
Though it was pointed out in the comments of my Twilight Sparkle Micro Series review
That the derpy drawings could have been the fault of the colorist, not the original artist.
But the colorist of this comic is different than that of the Micro series comic.
So I'm not sure if that is a real good excuse.
Whelp, onto the actual story!
It opens with Twilight Sparkle running scared through the deserted streets of ponyville.
But the cloud like panel edging is supposed to imply that it is a dream...
Or a nightmare?
It then jumps to the next morning and Twilight appears to not have slept very well.
It is soon revealed that she is not alone.
Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and one can only assume Pinkie Pie, have been having bad dreams as well.
And according to pinkie pie the only solution for bad dreams is: a sleepover at Sugarcube Corner.
But that night the mane six all have bad dreams.
Twilight dreams of disappointing Celestia.
Applejack dreams of Sweet Apple Acres dying do to poor care.
Fluttershy dreams of her furry friends running from her in fear.
Rainbow dreams of not being able to fly.
Pinkie Pie dreams of not finding a joke to make a crowd laugh.
And Rarity dreams of being replaced by a ponified version of amble from "Gravity Falls."
No, seriously it is a ponified version of Mabel from "Gravirty Falls." I'm not joking.
And then the sinister black smoke that was causing the dreams, abducts rarity!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Bastards!"
So they contact Princess Celestia.
Who shows up in record time and she has series pilot Luna with her.
Luna tells them of the Nightmare Forces from the dark side of the moon
that are responsible for her transformation into Nightmare moon.
When the Elements of Harmony freed Luna from the Nightmare Forces they went back to the moon.
And she thought that they were gone for good.
But through some bullshit legend the Nightmare Forces have regained their strength.
Then then targeted the mane 6 because that harness the Elements of Harmony
and if the Nightmare Forces make a new Nightmare from one of them, the elements can no longer stop them.
They also want to destroy Ponyville because fuck Ponyville.
Its over rated anyways.
So the remaining mane 6, Spike and Luna plan to head to the moon to rescue Rarity
before its too late!
Meanwhile, the Nightmare Forces are trying to break Rarity
and convince her to let them posses her.
Wait...they need permission?
They're the Nightmare Forces.
In my mind, they should be like a demon.
Being able to FORCFULLY POSSES A HOST!
Not ask permission like the angels in "Supernatural!"
Seriously, that's just horrible characterization of something that is supposedly PURE EVIL!
To Be Continued...
And just when it was getting so interesting.
I was almost on the edge of my seat with the excitement.
NOT!
(sigh) This comic gets a lousy 4.5 tacky saddlebags out of 10.
It just wasn't good.
Basically, if you're going to add to or alter the establish lore or a series it should not be something as big
AS THE MAIN CONFLICT OF THE PILOT EPISDE!
And not to mention the scapegoating ove every action done by Luna as Nightmare Moon.
Instead of it being Luna's fault its now the Nightmare Forces fault.
THEY made her do it.
Luna was just a damsel in digress waiting for the next bearers of the Elements of Harmony to come and free her.
it makes her whole character arc pointless.
Its just not good story telling.
But that's just My 2 Bits on the matter.
Tell me yours in the comment section below.
Or suggest a spoiler alert blurb for future reviews.
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I'm Comic Sans,
and I'll see you next time for "Nightmare Rarity" part 2.
Hopefully it is better than this part, my hopes are not very high.