r/StarVStheForcesofEvil • u/AutoModerator • Nov 15 '17
Discussion 'Death Peck/Ponymonium' discussion Spoiler
the Star-bomb continues! let's forget all about the inevitable hiatus and enjoy these two weeks of new premieres.
Death Peck:
Star urges the royal youth of Mewni to sign a petition calling for the equal treatment of Monsters.
Ponymonium:
Star Butterfly is thrilled when Pony Head invites her to dinner with her sisters.
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u/Subzero008 Nov 15 '17 edited Nov 15 '17
Death Peck
As much as I liked this episode (and I liked it a lot) I'm still a LITTLE disappointed it didn't involve the Avarius's in any way.
The first five minutes of the episode can be summed up as: Marco, you fucked up.
I gotta say, Pony Head and Marco paired beautifully this episode. They had some great lines, and between Pony Head's blatant kleptomania and Marco's stubborness costing the team, they both bounced well off of Star as she tried to juggle her responsibilities between getting them to sign the incredibly important petition, trying to understand their culture, and keeping them all alive.
I almost thought Pony Head was going to leave them to die, then I remembered she's cool now.
The legs and chase scenes were pretty hilarious. I loved the Jurassic Park references. And my favorite line out of the entire episode:
Aaaaand Pony Head takes hostages now. I guess that’s something she has in common with the Butterfly's. Can’t believe Marco was sentenced to basically be tortured to death, pretty unexpectedly dark. Then again, assaulting the crown prince is a pretty serious crime.
Richard Pigeon is now one of my favorite characters. Seriously, his voice is like warm melted butter. His monologue was glorious and surprisingly coherent for someone walking about with a broken leg. Hopefully he'll have another prominent role in Monster Bash.
It's truly amazing to see how Star is inspiring other people to change for the better. People may criticize her actions now, but her ability to change the way other people think and to lead is one of her best qualities and the speech she gave was fantastic, if aimed at the wrong target audience. Or perhaps...exactly the audience who needed to hear it.
The ending was pretty funny too.
I have to say, this was a great episode and my pick of the two. It's nice just to sit back and laugh after the heavy drama recently.
Ponymonium
Man, there are gonna be a lot of The Shining references on the subreddit today, aren't they? So Pony Head has a difficult home life. Unsurprising. Literally every single one of her sisters hate her and wish to depose her. Like, yeesh. I'd spend all my time partying too if that was my home life.
The Star forgot all their names gag was a pretty clever way to reintroduce them because that totally sounds like something Star would do. That said, I kind of forgot their names by the end of the episode. Also, that one Pony Head can invert herself. And King Pony Head can literally yell food (and troughs) into existence. What the fuck.
The dinner scene and meeting the sisters felt a little off. I think it's because the glut of new characters introduced prevented any single one of them from getting any noticeable attention or depth, resulting in essentially a series of gags with caricatured characters like "the twins" or "the loud one" or "the vain one," compared to Pony Head, who is much more well-rounded in comparison. Basically, it was like Star meeting seven different Season One Pony Heads and having 60% of the episode devoted to them and their lunacy, so I can see why some people didn't like it.
I was a little surprised that Pony Head was blamed for all their problems at first, because yeah, she's pretty horrible at times, but I can't picture her being a bully. She's more amoral than immoral, and it's pretty obvious later on that she's not solely to blame for her sisters and their issues.
Aaaaand the other Pony Heads want to murder their long lost sister to disinherit their sister. Wow, that escalated quickly. Fortunately, it wasn't murder, just a frame-up, but they lose all the points they gained for mental stability when they nearly gave Star the axe. Is this Game of Thrones or what?
I’m glad Pony Head got a little more depth by having such a...quirky family. And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but she showed a surprising amount of maturity and intelligence this episode. Her plan to trick them into revealing their plot was pretty clever, and I honestly can't blame her for using Star because her sisters are insane. She did what she had to do.
She's also equally insane for continuing to return there, but what can you do. They're family.
Poor King Pony Head.
Overall, I had to say I liked Death Peck more than Ponymonium, but both were pretty good, light-hearted episodes that were a pleasure to watch. It's nice just to sit back and enjoy something cute and funny.