Daring Don't | My Little Pony Reviews

[@dejaypage1575]

Here's what I thought: Daring being real means that there are OTHER ponies helping keep Equestria safe, not just the Main Six.

[@AnYEntertainment]

I kind of missed out to say: *MOTHER OF BUCK!! How amazing is your S4 Intro and **_squee_** the animations... THE ANIMATIONS!!!* Just wanted to get this off my chest. Video was good too...

[@Benicthehedgehog]

*chuckles* looks like we got a fan for Goldenfox in you AnY. you are so busted. wait, you and Fox have not done a collab yet. *smirks* you know what that means?

[@DragoSonicMile]

Benicthehedgehog It means that they'll get even more spam comments from needy fans than ever before and even if they do a collab, they'll still be pestered by comments regarding such a concept after they've done so?

[@Benicthehedgehog]

DragoSonicMile nope. but you were not far off with from what I was thinking.

[@TobyandMavisforever]

I don't know why, but every positive review you do always gets me to like an episode when I have major problems with it. Keep giving us your thoughts GoldenFox, you have excellent reasons for having the opinons you do.

[@BrickBoy1894]

I really enjoyed "Daring Don't"! It's one of my favorite episodes!!

[@Narrator007]

I felt similarly to the way you did with this episode. Daring Don't felt really weird to me the first time I watched it, although I did still enjoy it. Like you said, the magnitude of that change was a lot to take in, so perhaps it just took me until the second or third viewing to become comfortable with it. I don't think Daring Do and her villains being real messes with Equestrian history much though. Didn't Twilight say that Daring lived far outside of Equestria? I am a bit saddened that you didn't at least make a passing mention of Daring's ring proposal joke, though.

[@Eevee-lj3db]

LOVE THIS EPISODE!!

[@arandomguy2389]

I like the opening and ending of your videos really smooth GoldenFox.

[@MeepChangeling]

Random and unsustainable you say? I think you need to go over what benefits an adventurer might have for publishing their own adventures. First, stable income (adventuring supplies are expensive, as is travel, and you certainly wont get too much plundering dusty tombs.) second if you die and you have an arch-villein when he proves to be real thousands of people know everything about him. In short, it makes prefect sence to publish your adventures. Also this episode is a godsend for world building. It proves that Equestria is the exception and not the rule for the world. Outside the Equestrian border is a dangerous place filled with adventures, other civilizations, buried secrets, and everything else fanfiction authors who want to write the series for a slightly older audience could want. This episode makes canon the possibility for High Adventure. It docent actually change anything inside of Equestria, it only adds tot he world and makes Equestria more special. How can you not like that?

[@ThinkerBronyMLP]

Daring Don't is the kind of episode that may be like or not. But people don't talk about the legends of MLP, I mean how many are there and what are good and what are bad. Did Starswirl the Bearded made some of the magical items? When Princess Celestia vanish her sister, she was alone to defend her kingdom and the kingdom was still a new. We don't know that Celestia knows all the legends in Equestria and she must have hidden the most dangerous ones that Daring Do doesn't know and about Ahuitzotl is trying to throw the land in 800 years of heat. If Princess Celestia all ready knew about that and did nothing to hide that legend then because she can control the sun and was not that dangerous. All the ponies know the the legends are mare tails and there not real. The number of legends talked in show was nightmare moon, the magic mirror pool, the Alicorn amulet, and the shadow pony thing. In the comics issue #9-10 when Big Mac was looking for nails in the summer wrap up festival and hoedown. The main 6 in the background were talking about the adventure of the sun stone, that is a another legend I believe. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash fan-talk about the Daring Do adventure they go to book 3 and then to book 4 and the last book she needs to finish. Doing some looking in to how long it takes to make a book or novel it will take as long as 1 to 3 years. So her writing the last book will take 6 more months. we add the time she would write each book or her Novels will be a year or 3. Put that in and it will take her 1 or 3 years to stop Ahuitzotl form making the legend happen. That is my Thoroughly Analyzing on the view on the episode. i want to make my own video but i don't think and anyone wants to hear me.

[@mtinc5854]

better than 1,000 years of cold

[@PurpleDragon1995]

At first, i really liked this episode; it explored more on the Daring Do books, I found the plot twist that A.K. Yearling was in fact Daring Do herself, and I really loved the Indiana Jones-esque feel to it. But then I learned about the canon information about Twilight's mother, Twilight Velvet. Turns out she's a writer as well, and has been shown in the comics with a poster (or something, I can't remember exactly what) of Daring Do. This led many people, including myself, to believe that she was the author of the Daring Do books. I think the reason this one got mixed reactions was because that headcanon, which was extremely likely to actually be true and relatively easy to pull off, was nuked by what we see in the episode itself. When i look back at this episode, it seems like a missed opportunity to delve more into Twilight's family and officially introduce the audience to Twilight Velvet and, possibly, Shining Armor and Night Light (the latter being Twilight's father). I don't take issue with what the episode *is*, more for what it *could* have been. But hey, that's what it's like in this show.

[@warriors1015]

AK YEARLING SOUNDS LIKE JK ROULING

[@shelbybayer200]

It is a common practice of Authors basing a character off themself But, actually BEING the character is not a usual thing

[@evancoles]

the arthur of arthur was named arthur.

[@Zodia195]

I really have mixed feelings about this episode in the end. I say it's good as a 'stand alone' episode, but in the context of the world of Equestria, it raises major concerns for me, but in the end I am like, "Meh, nothing I can do about it." Still I think this is the weakest episode so far of Season 4. I am with AnY, love the intro!

[@RandomPopcultureNewsFreak]

hah i really love that episode the way dash was just fangirling the crap for daring do XD and that JK roling aka yearing reference for daring dos name was a real funny concept the writes of the show decided to trow into the mix like that .Also the whole jungle scene with the cats going from the book to Owizotels enemies coming to life best part of the episode thus far there. Peace and can't wait to see your intake on The power ponies

[@BlythePennyBicycle21]

With Daring Do being real, it didn't bother me. It left my intrigued, but not confused. I've seen a lot of weird stuff on other shows and movies like Harry Potter and Gravity Falls, so I was like "Oh okay" when I saw this episode. I guess my suspension of disbelief is still strong, if that's the right thing to say.

[@yubi49]

I'm cunfuzzled now because InkRose said that her dad the wrote Daring do books and that Daring Do were Rainbowdash

[@starflash4840]

I don't know if anyone else saw author but as soon as I saw JK Yearling's coat color and hair I knew it was Daring Do.

[@jarrettsuhr2544]

Nice job on this golden.

[@dogseverywhere6326]

Is there any sort of website I can watch all season four episodes for free? I missed pretty much all of season 4 and am f*cking mad about this.

[@Eevee-lj3db]

Also doesn't A.K Yearling sound a lot like J.K. Rowling i find that a bit odd. but love it anyway

[@shyshalicorn3313]

To be honest when I first heard about this episode, I wasn't looking forward to It. Reason being, Rainbow Dash isn't one of my liked characters... and at the time I happened to be caught up in the hype of the upcoming episode : "Pinkie Apple Pie", HOWEVER, this episode completely changed my view on Dash, due to me being able to relate to her now in many ways and such... Instead of seeing her simply as a cocky sports pony. Easily one of my favourite episodes. Awesome review too, was looking forward to seeing this :) Great stuff~ ^.^

[@TGA_BAY_BAY]

Yo glody did you not see out of the ponyverse episode 2 where digi, tommy Oliver, and Anthany C. Gave there headcannon about this episode

[@kuro_neko5863]

There's apparently an Aztec doomsday cult in North-Western Equestria... And Celestia hasn't done anything about this? I get that Daring Do is taking care of it. But she's not really taking care of it in as permanent a manner as Celestia tends to prefer, going by her track record (Discord - stone for 1k years, Sombra - shadow for 1k years, Nightmare Moon - banished for 1k years, Ahuizotl - foiled until next month???). Also, why the hell did the Mane Six just stand there as an innocent pony was getting beat down by three other ponies? Other than there wouldn't have been any plot if Twilight had just used her freeze pony spell and the Mane Six walked in and tied them all up? Rainbow's character development was the only good thing about this episode, other than that it just hurts my SoD.

[@nathanjaremsek9188]

a k yearling is a pun on j k rowling

[@princealigorna7468]

I was pretty much in love with the idea presented in the comics that Twi's mom writes the books. I just think there was comedy gold to be had in a fangirling Rainbow bugging the shit out of Twilight Velvet. As it stands though, this episode was so confusing and conflicting to me that I made 3 vids about it and still haven't sorted all of my thoughts out. There's certainly good here, and as I pointed out in my review vid there is precedent to self-inserting in literature (ie. Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson), but I still find the premise itself retarded.

[@foxtail1157]

David tennent is a great actor have you seen Doctor Who before?

[@princealigorna7468]

I wasn't a big fan of Daring being AK Yearling. Admitted, I had my own personal reasons for that, and in retrospect I fell into the same trap people like Tommy did where I let my stunned awe at that decision unfairly affect my enjoyment of the rest of the episode. That said, I've argued before that Daring Do and AK Yearling being one and the same isn't really that unrealistic. Anyone that says it is, I implore them to read some Hunter S. Thompson, or even better the prose works of Jack Kerouac. The autobiographical novel has been a thing at least since the Beats, and was a huge inspiration on Thompson, Wolfe, Capote, and the other members of the New Journalism. Or, as us in the wrestling fandom know, this is also known as a worked shoot.

[@sethcarlow8363]

like Harry potter and JKR.

[@pippo17173]

Pretty much its my favorite episode after rewatching it so much. Tommy and buc really tries to import so much logic that it amaze me why I subscribe to them. Yes its bad but buc review is better at least.

[@sonicgen20]

I actually didn't have any problem at all with Daring Do being real and being her own author even from the start. I really loved that episode. What really broke my realm of believability was Power Ponies where it's revealed that there's a whole store that sells enchanted comics in Canterlotte. Seriously, that's what I just can't accept. Daring Don't on the other hand, did a good job staying in my realm of believability, Power Ponies, not so much, a store that sells comics that litterally drag you into the story is where I draw the line.

[@GoldenFoxPictures]

If I may ask, why is having a comic book that drags you into a story an issue to you?

[@sonicgen20]

Well while I know that there are alot of things that I can let slide because of the nature of the show, there is still a limit to what I have to be be able to accept. Maybe they could have made it work if something happened like say Maybe Twilight used a spell with intintionally or unintentionally and transported them into the comic book that way I might be able to accept that. But knowing that there's actually a book store in Canterlotte that sells comic books to the general public that all have the ability to transport the reader into the comic book, that's kinda pushing it in my books, even for My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. So I guess its not really the being dragged into a comic book that bothers me, but the book store that sells these enchanted comic books that really seems rediculas even for this show.

[@RosieSievers]

Interesting review!

[@Lisuje16]

You should check out DigiBrony's headcanon over on Anthony C's channel. It's pretty mind blowing!! Second out of the "Ponyverse" episode.

[@amandajohnson3531]

It was a good episode and wasn't stupid... but since I can't change your opinion but have a nagging need to defend everything I like I'm just going to comment on the review now. I agree it being a good episode as stated before and really don't understand why people don't really like it, it let us explore a side of Rainbow we don't get to see as often, give us a little more in site into the world of Equestria and gave a thrilling yet funny thing to watch. Not to mention the possibilities of having Daring Do, who names their child Daring anyway, create an enviroment for very adventurous and creative episodes, not to mention more Indie references.

[@makito106]

the beginning part of the intro song is bad but the rested is very great

[@videogames-bu4ys]

Idk if anyone noticed but daring do is a reskin of rainbow dash......just saying

[@countrymusicandcher8593]

It was good over all, but the canon suck! I liked the headcanon aboutthat Twilight Velvet was the author more

[@Mantis24513]

Author, not Aurthor. I'm sorry but my nitpicking can't be stopped.

[@GoldenFoxPictures]

Wait did I really say "Aurthor"? I meant to say Author. I guess I may have lost track of my pronunciations when recording...

[@Mantis24513]

GoldenFox Yep, you said it starting at 5:37 and you said it 3 times. Once is acceptable, twice is iffy, but three times and I need to point it our and proceed to laugh at you.

[@Summertail]

No according to Silver Quill 3 times is a drinking game.

[@AnNaRoXs100]

A.K. Yearling = J.K. Rowling Just saying

[@dogseverywhere6326]

So J.K Rowling is Harry Potter?

[@AnNaRoXs100]

Maybe. who knows. I was mostly just commenting on how the names sounded the same and even the book titles are similar.