I made a post back in July about how I've seen it said that Maud would appear in another episode of season five, and though I almost never read any sort of news on upcoming upcoming episodes -- even promotional stuff -- I've been itching for some more news about the supposed new Maud appearance, and so, I gave in and read the basic wiki type blurbs. It appears I should have remained patient until next episode... two days from now. No big deal, but anyways, the episode (twentieth for the season and one hundred eleventh for the series) will be titled "Hearthbreakers", and will be about Applejack and her experience spending time with Pinkie Pie's family -- and thus Maud's family -- on Hearth's Warming Eve: a sort of holiday/celebration in Equestria seen in the episode of the same name.
I'm disappointed to see that Applejack will hold any sort of prominent position; I'm not the only one who realizes that Applejack and Rarity are severely overused, right? I mean, out of the nineteen episodes of season five so far alone, Fluttershy's hardly appeared with any significance, and when she almost does, she's overshadowed by Discord or someone else. Same with Twilight Sparkle and even Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to some degree. It seems like since their introductions secondary characters like Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders (or whatever name they'll be going by now) always get more of the spotlight than Fluttershy if nopony else.
The writer of the new Maud-containing episode, Nick Confalone, reportedly made the statement that he hoped to make it feel like an episode from season one or two, which is great by me as I really dislike season five; The whole season so far's only had five good episodes compared to its seven mediocre/okay episodes, four bad episodes, and three downright horrible episodes, with even the "good" episodes having their bad parts, too. The earlier seasons made it feel like a show filled with the wonder and innocence of a kid's program that by chance had writers that took their job with unexpected seriousness. For the most part they seemed to understand that just because a show chooses to follow a moral code doesn't mean it has to be dumbed down and dull -- and worded from a different perspective, just because a show can be something an older crowd can find entertaining doesn't mean it has to be something garnering a PG-13 rating or conform to how other shows behave. This newest season, however, feels more like the people in charge said, "Hey! The show got popular! Let's usher in some of those hip, pop-culture referencing writers who won't write for everyone, but instead, will write for those 'bronies' and 'pegasisters!' " And then to put the nail in the coffin, they've started really pushing for an animation style more akin to... dare I say... SpongeBob SquarePants or something more of that ilk. I've been finding myself less and less excited about watching new installments along with reading new issues of the comic series, both of which used to be highlights in life when they came but have just gone downhill. Hopefully Nick Confalone can help turn this around -- I don't know if he's written any other Pony episodes, but if he has I hope they were memorable ones.
Here's to hoping that this episode will be truly awesome, though with Applejack, I doubt it will be. I really hope the episode gets Maud's personality right, she was just so amazing in episode 83. I'll more than likely do a review of the episode after it airs, so that'll probably be around shortly.
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