Well, everypony....as you can see...
Gravity still won't effect me.
And no, I have no clue why I've stopped in the upper atmosphere instead of floating off into the unknown
Or how I'm able to breath this far up.
Best explanation so far magi-ah-AAHH-AHCHOO! (Magic sound)
For chaotic magic it can be very predicable sometimes...
I HATE MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
"MY CABBAGES!"
To any Bronies or Pegastisters or any other interested person watching this video.
This vieo will spoil the entire plot of a single IDW My Little Pony comic.
If you haven't read the comic it is strongly advised that you read it BEFORE watching.
If you don't care about spoilers or already read the comic being reviewed feel free to continue watching.
This warning is to remind you of the spoiler risk of this video. That is all.
Ahh, well one healing spell and some dusting later, I'm finally ready to start this review.
Now for the "Spoiler Alert"
Wait, am I reading what your saying correctly, Text?
It already happened?
Awe man, I like cueing the "Spoiler Alerts"
Oh well, onto the review of "The Return of Queen Chrysalis" part 3, or "Love is a Many Splintered Thing"
It has 2 titles? Go fig...
So this comic is once again drawn by the amazing Andy Price and written by Katie Cook.
So to start off the comic they have an interesting plot devise.
I'm calling it...EXPOSITION SPIKE AND ANGEL BUNNY!
Because it is a non-canon version of Spike and Angel who fill you in on the exposition.
and the only difference is they have mustaches.
Anyways, Exposition Spike and Angel Bunny fill you in on the mostly skippable events of the past few comics.
They then go on to tell about the events that occurred directly following "A Canterlot Wedding"
Starting from the..."TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" scene.
So Queen Chrysalis and the changeling drones land in an overly happy, and downright cliché kingdom
full of cute...kind...and loving creatures.
wait...Oh dear sweet Celestia!
Changelings feed on love, don't they?
This panel right here is the most disturbing thing ever depicted in the MLP universe.
A creature actually dying.
"You know...For kids?"
So after forcibly taking over this new kingdom, Chrysalis reveals she has a new plan
She wants to take down Twilight Sparkle and her little pony friends too.
Um...Wicked Chrysalitch of the West?
You do realize it was Cadence and Shinning Armor that beat you?
With the power of love...SOMETHING YOU FEED ON!
Tell me again how that actually defeated you?
And why you're not going after Cadence and Shinning Armor?
I mean, I guess Twilight outing you as the fake Cadence does warrant some kind of grudge.
but
It doesn't make much sense.
But enough to work with the plot.
Then the CMC get on Chrysalis's nerves by trying to break the 4th wall.
And doing a bad job at it.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo
leave the 4th wall breaking to the professionals, like Pinkie Pie
'Cause if not done right
Its not funny.
Then we rejoin the mane 6 still in their shipping pairs.
Though since they split up, Chrysalis can only directly creep on Twishy.
So she sends some drones to stalk the other ships.
Looking in on Twishy, it is revealed that they realize they should not have left their friends mapless.
Naw, ya don't say? You shouldn't leave your friends to wonder the woods without a map?
Wow, great thinking Twilight.
The drones then report in on what Rarijack is up to.
Apparently their very different personalities are batting heads...once again
That's totally not a common plot point in MLP. No not al all.
This is then followed by some kind of funny banter between the CMC and Chrysalis
Then the drones report in on Pinkie Dash.
Basically, Rainbow Dash is the only one of the mane 6 to logically think about their fights.
She then guesses, correctly I may add, that the changelings are behind their squabbles.
Then Pinkie being Pinkie comes up with an out of left field plan to tell the difference between
the changelings and the real mane six.
Rainbow Dash then proceeds to make the mistake of questioning the 4th wall that Pinkie just casually broke
And immediately regrets it.
Then there is some more witty banter between the CMC and Chrysalis
Though it is kind of funny, it really has little relevance to the plot.
You can read it for yourself in the comic, if you want.
I will however note that Chrysalis either mentally or physically scarred the CMC
in some unseen way.
"You know...For Kids?"
Then Chrysalis focuses her attention back to Twishy.
Twilight is focusing more on the map than on her surroundings and causes her and Fluttershy to fall into
an Oubliette?
"And I will remind you mispronouncing things in my thing."
Basically it a prison with hole on the top that serves as the entrance and exit.
Luckily, Twilight teleports them out.
But they then encounter a Chupacabra.
This would normally not be a horrible thing because Chupacabras only eat goats
But Twilight and Fluttershy have twigs in their manes
And Thus look like goats
Apparently, in Equestria, Chupacabras are rather stupid.
Then the drones return to report once again on what's happening with Rarijack.
So they are walking though some large flowers and Rarity wants to take some home as inspiration
for her new fall or spring fashion line.
Then they're attacked by the killer flowers, that can float on water, and fly...
and this set of panels right here, just reminds me of this one scene from "Emperor's New Groove."
"Uh-oh."
"Don't tell me, we're about to go over a huge water fall."
"Eeyup."
"Sharp rocks at the bottom?"
"Most likely."
"Bring it on."
"BOOYAHAHAHAH!"
And we're back to your regularly scheduled comic review.
This time the changeling drones check in on Pinkie Dash.
They run into cute little Jackalopes
Scratch that...cute, little, Vampiric Jackalopes.
Still a better vampire than Edward Cullen
Then Rarity and Applejack crash down from above.
And then they run into Twilight and Fluttershy.
And proceed to fall off a cliff.
Then what follows is the most disturbing thing ever left to the imagination to happen in the MLP universe.
"You Know...For Kids?"
Seriously,
and...I mean all the mane 6 have the appropriate expression, except for Fluttershy.
Is Fluttersy a sociopath or something?
Look at that face!
She is enjoying the mutual slaughter of a Chupacabra and a bunch of Vampiric Jackalopes.
That is truly messed up!
First, Fluttershy is a slave owner, now she is a sociopath.
Well, now the slave owner thing actually makes some sense.
So they all apologize to each other. Then Pinkie has cake.
And her random costume.
Applejack then questions Pinkie's breach of the 4th wall much to the annoyance of Rainbow Dash.
Then the comic is abruptly stopped by...EXPOSITION SPIKE AND ANGEL BUNNY!
To close out the comic.
To Be Continued...
I still firmly believe that this comic, much like the previous one, is just filler.
It only exists because they wanted to stretch out the story a couple more issues.
"You fucking people!"
That being said, I did enjoy this one a lot more because of the little bits of humor here and there.
If the previous comic had more funny moments, I would have liked it more.
Still, you can skip this one and the one that came before it and not really miss too much of the plot leading into the next issue.
Anyways, before I give this comic a rating, here are a few of my favorite facial expressions from with in it.
I would give this comic 5/10 vampiric jackanapes.
Because it had a bit more story than the previous comic
and even managed to make up for the "Lord of the Rings"-esk walking plot with injections of humor.
But it was told in a really weird format.
I mean, the Chrysalis-CMC banter was some of the funniest parts of the entire comic,
but they were ultimately unneeded.
It kind of messed with the flow of the story...if there really was a flow to begin with.
Anyways, I'm Comic Sans.
And I'll see you sometime in the near future for "The Return of Queen Chrysalis" part 4.
Until then, tell me in the comments what you thought of this comic or tell me to shoot myself in the head.
Its really just your opinion.