M: Owls, for you, I will guess 'Kevin'. ID, for you, I will guess 'Jake'.

F: How about now? Any better luck this time? I believe in your abilities.

A: Do you remember the movie/show? Or did you forget this time too?

If I don't get to mine by this coming Wednesday, please remind me.

I agree they weren't trying to punish Rhett as hard as possible. But I still felt that Littlefoot was a bit too quick to brush the whole thing off at the end. Likewise, why didn't it bother Ali that Rhett had lied to her? It annoyed me that she wasn't annoyed. Then again, "The Big Longneck Test" had a similar scenario where Shorty was blatantly lying to the group, but then at the end everyone was just like, "Eh, whatever."

As usual, that is an excellent drawing. Great work, Flathead.

Anyway, a bit belated, but I finally watched the infamous Rhett episode today. And indeed I do have some things to say about it.

Alright, well, it kinda surprises me to say this, but... I actually enjoyed this episode. The 'Littlefoot x Ali' side of me wasn't entirely thrilled with Ali suddenly showing up with this new male friend of hers. But overall, the episode had a good plot hook, and I was legitimately compelled to see how things would play out. I likewise enjoyed that Cera was the one who engineered the scheme to expose Rhett. It seemed fitting somehow.

More than anything, I think the problem is that everything feels kinda rushed. This should've been at least a 2-parter. They could've come up with a better, more fleshed-out explanation for why Ali had fallen for Rhett's painfully obvious lies and/or why she was so loyal to him, without making her seem out of character. And for that matter, Ali could've had a bigger role in general, as she really didn't have much to do here.

Despite getting exposed and subsequently called out by the Old One, I can't help but feel that Rhett got off a little too easy at the end, with Littlefoot immediately inviting him to come play with his friends, and even Ali didn't really seem upset that Rhett had lied to her. But on the other hand, it shows how kind-hearted and forgiving Littlefoot and Ali are.

Overall, while it was a fun episode, yeah, I do wish Ali had been given another, better appearance.

December 2019..............................Dec 1 – Jan 31

One word prompt : Exploration

Dialogue prompt : “Sometimes you have to find a new place in order to find what was always there all along.”

Major prompt: The gang is notorious for exploring new places and finding new difficulties along the way. Write a story where one or more of the gang explore(s) someplace new and, along the way, discover(s) something about themselves as well.

@rhombus: So we pick one of these three prompts, correct? The major prompt mentions that it has to involve the Gang. However, if I went for the one-word prompt, would it be okay if the Gang wasn't involved, so long as it still fit in with the theme of exploration?

I am aware that every episode has two songs, but that's still a criticism I had.

I thought it was a boring episode. It seemed like filler - nothing really happened. There wasn't a lot of character development. No huge event that happened. Just the gang running on logs for 22 minutes. It's nice to know that the gang can actually get injured. I kind of miss the days when there was actual violence, too (Doc vs. T. Rex, Chomper's parents vs. the Giganotosaurus, Littlefoot's mom vs. T. Rex)...and I didn't really like how Cera's ankle was instantly healed, either. I did notice that Cera's dad was far less harsh than in the movies. I hope he doesn't stay that way.

Yeah, I agree. On one hand, I think it's good for a series to have lower-key episodes sometimes. And the log running game was an interesting concept, at least, but the episode itself was a little dull.

And of course one of the gang is in danger right towards the end. I thought it was weird the way Topsy couldn't even budge the big boulder on his own, but when Littlefoot and Spike helped him, the thing easily tipped. I mean come on

Agreed here too. And for that matter, why didn't Topsy back up and take a running charge at it? Surely that would've helped.

And I agree with your last post Ratiasu. It would be better if there was a large journey that extended over the course of about 4 episodes or so.

Once again, I agree. Having a story arc unfold across multiple episodes would be nice to see.

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Isn't it strange that we should cheer injury?

Heh, yea I know, it was kind of a joke

Yea that would make for an interesting twist if one of the gang was injured severely.

Agreed x4.

I felt bad for Cera. The episode had a good moral message, but still, I kinda wanted to see her figure out a way to participate in the game. Likewise, it annoyed me that Topsy was the one who got Cera going in the first place by giving her that egocentric speech and song about how threehorns can do everything and anything. Although at the end, he seemed to realize that he was somewhat accountable.

More great dialogue:

Ducky: "First, you get on the log. This is the hard part. Then, you stand up. This is the harderer part. Do not fall off. The harderest part is next. Now, you start running on top of the log. The fasterer the betterer. Now I am going faster and fastester."

Tria: "Remember Topsy; you were young once too."
Topsy: "I was? ... Huh."

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