I am one of the many people who dislike a lot of season 2 so far, due to the directing, editing, animation, and especially the writing. So to see an episode of season 1 is a breath of fresh air, since it's actually good! There is a HUGE contrast with everything I just mentioned with this episode and the most recent season 2 episode.
For starters, this episode looks AMAZING! The colors that go from blue, to yellow and red, really make the episode be one of the best looking episodes in the entire series. The animation is almost always on point as well. Again, a stark contrast to how rushed and unfinished a lot of season 2 looks.
The characters here are enjoyable, I liked Queen Bee a lot as an addition, she doesn't seem to be a super one-dimensional character like a lot of the season 2 additions and is actually fun to watch. I wish the whole center for furries was explored a little more in the worldbuilding but it's fine honestly.
What is odd about this episode is why is this the finale? It doesn't really feel like a finale especially after the last episode. It literally feels like a normal episode that doesn't really have much plot.
My other gripe with the episode is some story inconsistences, like how the episode kind of just "happens" with no set up, it just begins at the party with no context. The characters also act inconsistently, with Loona calling Blitzo to pick her up, as she wants to leave. Then out of nowhere in the same scene, she now is convincing him to stay at the party. I get that they wanted to write Blitzo into the situation, so why not do it in a better way instead of making Loona randomly switch up, like have him be a concerned father like he always is and be tracking her down to this party where she could get hurt, leaving her to have conflict with him over doing that, and its in character for both of them!
Besides that fairly minor complaint, I enjoyed this episode quite a bit and found it funny.
I've also noticed something in the credits for the episodes, and this might be why season 2 is worse-received. Most of the good episodes in season 1, like this episode, and Truth-Seekers are written by Brandon Rogers, whereas a lot of the episodes in season 2 that are controversial like episodes 2-4 are written by either just Vivienne or "Adam Neylan" and Brandon Rogers is just for the story. I think that might be part of the issue, Brandon Rogers is an amazing writer and I feel like they could use that talent again, possibly.
For starters, this episode looks AMAZING! The colors that go from blue, to yellow and red, really make the episode be one of the best looking episodes in the entire series. The animation is almost always on point as well. Again, a stark contrast to how rushed and unfinished a lot of season 2 looks.
The characters here are enjoyable, I liked Queen Bee a lot as an addition, she doesn't seem to be a super one-dimensional character like a lot of the season 2 additions and is actually fun to watch. I wish the whole center for furries was explored a little more in the worldbuilding but it's fine honestly.
What is odd about this episode is why is this the finale? It doesn't really feel like a finale especially after the last episode. It literally feels like a normal episode that doesn't really have much plot.
My other gripe with the episode is some story inconsistences, like how the episode kind of just "happens" with no set up, it just begins at the party with no context. The characters also act inconsistently, with Loona calling Blitzo to pick her up, as she wants to leave. Then out of nowhere in the same scene, she now is convincing him to stay at the party. I get that they wanted to write Blitzo into the situation, so why not do it in a better way instead of making Loona randomly switch up, like have him be a concerned father like he always is and be tracking her down to this party where she could get hurt, leaving her to have conflict with him over doing that, and its in character for both of them!
Besides that fairly minor complaint, I enjoyed this episode quite a bit and found it funny.
I've also noticed something in the credits for the episodes, and this might be why season 2 is worse-received. Most of the good episodes in season 1, like this episode, and Truth-Seekers are written by Brandon Rogers, whereas a lot of the episodes in season 2 that are controversial like episodes 2-4 are written by either just Vivienne or "Adam Neylan" and Brandon Rogers is just for the story. I think that might be part of the issue, Brandon Rogers is an amazing writer and I feel like they could use that talent again, possibly.
