I am who I am

I frankly think it's silly to get annoyed by something like laugh fire — I thought it was believable enough and not distracting from the overall episode.



I really loved how the episode both humanized Garble, and simultaneously suggested that there might be others besides him, Smolder, and Ember that are repressing more sensitive sides, putting on a tough act because they feel dragon society wouldn't appreciate it (and also Ember's directive at the end to recognize that fact) — I had originally though that Smolder, and perhaps Ember, were special in that way. I kinda wish there would be some stuff of Spike and Garble learning to become friends, but this was probably the latter's last episode of the series. Oh well. At least there'll probably be some more moments where Spike and Smolder act as siblings. Oh, and Fluttershy was really great, can't forget that.



If I were to have one complaint about the episode, it was that the way the plot threads came together in the end was merely perfunctory — yeah, it worked well enough, but I've seen it done so much better before on FiM. A very minor nitpick, though.



Now, on topic for the image at hand, I know that feeling all too well of swallowing pool water accidentally, especially when it's so heavily chlorinated that your eyes burn simply from being near the pool. Yikes.