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>it did beat my expectations with how it went into the dynamics of divorce a bit more point blank than I thought it would. Though this could be also stand for remarriage after a dead parent just as well. I thought it handled it pretty well.
they have basically hidden it with the buckball plot device, mostly because...

>This really was more of Quibble Pants episode than Dash's, which is interesting
if you check the EQD article about what Jim Miller tweets behind the scenes of this episode, you will see that this correlates a lot with Patton´s life and his relationship. Not that it has happened this way but for sure, they have introduced his family as if Patton wanted to offer more of himself with MLP as a tool. It turns out that the three have acted together in the same room...as a family.

>it does really feel like they were trying to harmer in that situation with a more realistic character. Her voice acting is less cutesy more like a normal child.
it´s because she acted by herself. Patton´s daughter actually voiced her character and not a fake VA that pretends to be a filly like Cathy does with Spike or Tabitha with Flurry Heart.

>Can't stop thinking your thoughts on Surf and or Turf, as it goes pretty close territory regardless if you take it as divorce or death.
I still have that episode with a higher regard, mostly because of the context and the magical situation, not to mention that I have seen a lot of times in sitcoms this plot device of trying to impress a girl by pretending what you are not. Thankfully, it went with the antinatural route of that cliché and didn´t excess with it and Quibble admitted that he in no way would fit as a sports pony.

This one felt more realistic in its vibes(a la American way) but the interactions and the hybrid of this story and behind its development are what truly kill it.

>Still think this episode lesson is extremely well done, and maybe relevant to some of those who are watching.
definitely. I am noticing a trend that FiM is tackling with very down to earth lessons that could happen literally to anyone in these episodes. It´s almost getting into a territory in which you cannot tell if this is an animated sitcom or a toy commercial.