6:47 Fluttershy: "You have to ask yes-or-no questions, or they won't answer."
Applejack: "Like talking to Angel Bunny?"
No, like talking to your brother.

@@unripetheberrby6283 I thought that joke was so obvious.  I was surprised nobody else was making it!

Big Mac was actually in this episode! Just not in pony form. See 15:08.


This is why I like Ponybro. "Surf and turf... Never heard of that expression before. Kirins? Oh I know about those!" Such a different span of knowledge than most reactors. Gets a fresh and new view to these things.

It reminds me of that Dan vs. meme about knowing who built Mount Rushmore but not what state it's in.


"Friends can disagree without causing a ruckus."<br>AJ schooled the internet.

"Friends can disagree without causing a ruckus."
AJ schooled the internet.

dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the new series on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my gf these days :)

@Crosby Rohan yea, been using instaflixxer for since november myself :D

@@Longma1 I thought the exact same thing!


This is one of the best season 8 episodes by far.


Ah, Rachel Bloom absolutely slays it in this episode as Autumn Blaze. She's just the right mix of happy and utterly manic, and I love it


“The Sounds of Silence” is another top tier S8 episode for me. It amazes me because of the show’s introduction to the mythical Kirin creatures. I really like the lore behind these creatures in this show, they intrigue me, as well as their designs (which are beautiful).

Among the new characters of S8, Autumn Blaze is my second favorite, next to Silverstream. Rachel Bloom did a great performance for her character, her dialogue and delivery is very entertaining. Autumn is strange, but in a good way and I like that about her. And her song is amazing too, one of my top favorite songs of the season. Another fascinating and fun story in my opinion.


I loved the abrupt ending of this episode.
Just a hoof clap between AJ and Flutters. ♡
This episode is in my top ten episodes of MLP JUST because of that, literally.

Yeah I love that they bro hoofed at the end.~  <3


Autumn Blaze is seriously waifu of the season.

in deed. In fact she is in my would be waifu list and probably would be my waifu if Rarity didn't exist.


There are many things to like about Autumn but I want to specify on one thing. Despite struggling being alone with what seemed like a hopeless cause, she shines with positivity. I like to think this partly stems from her idea of existence that she explains to Applejack:

>The way the light shimmers off everything, like, like it all suddenly woke up the moment you saw it. And you realize maybe the water and the mountains and the forest and the... yes, the rainbow and the stars and the sky are all looking back at you thinking the same thing? That we are a part of the everything. That maybe there's just one thing and we are all it.<

This could be viewed as some kind of monism, a way of thinking that I love to remind myself of whenever I feel alone in the world. All that exists is one being. Whenever I feel more misunderstood and alone than ever, these thoughts remind me that I don't have to limit my understanding of myself as someone small and insignificant. Instead I can see myself as part of this greater picture, which everyone and everything existing is a part of. Due to the critical stage of social isolation that Autumn Blaze was in, she probably had to think like this to feel like she was a part of something. All in order to sustain her happy spirit, despite not being able to have conversations with others.

Idk, out of all the one-appearance characters in the show, Autumn is by far the most lovable and inspiring. She made me remind myself that, with the right mindset, you don't have to feel alone, even in the loneliest of situations.

I usually don’t like covering MLP like this because I really just watch it because I enjoy it and it makes me happy but I want to express my love for this episode somehow

There are many things to like about Autumn but I want to specify on one thing. Despite struggling being alone with what seemed like a hopeless cause, she shines with positivity. I like to think this partly stems from her idea of existence that she explains to Applejack:

>The way the light shimmers off everything, like, like it all suddenly woke up the moment you saw it. And you realize maybe the water and the mountains and the forest and the... yes, the rainbow and the stars and the sky are all looking back at you thinking the same thing? That we are a part of the everything. That maybe there's just *one* thing and we are *all* it.<

This could be viewed as some kind of monism, a way of thinking that I love to remind myself of whenever I feel alone in the world. All that exists is one being. Whenever I feel more misunderstood and alone than ever, these thoughts remind me that I don't have to limit my understanding of myself as someone small and insignificant. Instead I can see myself as part of this greater picture, which everyone and everything existing is a part of. Due to the critical stage of social isolation that Autumn Blaze was in, she probably had to think like this to feel like she was a part of *something.* All in order to sustain her happy spirit, despite not being able to have conversations with others.

Idk, out of all the one-appearance characters in the show, Autumn is by far the most lovable and inspiring. She made me remind myself that, with the right mindset, you don't have to feel alone, even in the loneliest of situations.

I usually don’t like covering MLP like this because I really just watch it because I enjoy it and it makes me happy but I want to express my love for this episode somehow

That way of thinking sounds useful right now. This comment became very relevant over the last couple months.


Autumn blaze is the definition of adorable.


5:43 "Their horns are weird.  It's like a root."
Perhaps that was meant to be symbolic of them having a combination of unicorn and earth pony traits?

Yeah also some of the magic we see some Kirin using are involved with plants and especially with making them grow

@@supersonic2175 That ability could explain how they were able to live somewhere remote, far from any traditional farmland.


Kirin, the Japanese version of CHinese Qilin, are basically the East Asian version of unicorns.  ;)

I thought Qilin were supposed to be a mix of creatures, like part dragon, part lion, and part unicorn or something.

@@Narrator007 yeah that's what it is. That's why the Kirin in the show have scales on their noses and backs and manes and tails like lions


Did anyone else notice the lack of young Kirin? It seems like the Kirin was in some serious danger when the Stream of Silence was stifling their emotions

Hm.. it seems to have caused any possible couples to end, which lead to no young Kirin.

No, but I did notice the lack of <i>male</i> kirin. Which I suppose would also mean a lack of young Kirin by default.

No, but I did notice the lack of _male_ kirin. Which I suppose would also mean a lack of young Kirin by default.

@@winter2716 the only difference between the male and female Kirin models is the length of the eyelashes. So that is probably why you didn't notice any.

@@crovax1375 I thought that too at first, but then their voices all sounded female when they started talking again.

@@winter2716 that scene isn't very long though, and I thought that some of them did sound male. Also in the song Autumn Blaze mentions a male Kirin in their version of The Phantom of the Opera


The Kirin’s blank expressions make Maud fit right in.


I love this episode, Autumn Blaze is the best one time character in the show and Kirin is the best creature


Autumn Blaze is one my favorite characters in the entire series.


Props to the artists and animators in this episode, the designs looked awesome!


Damn, you missed the "Flanks don't lie" line!


I loved how Applejack tried to get the Kirins to talk with that fake sneeze.


Sounds of Silence! Autumn Blaze is the best!

Her fire abilities. She can go hoof in hand with Johnny Blaze in his fights.

The Ticket Pony. The way he laughs maniacally. What John Dilworth won’t think up next.


Autumn Blaze is voiced by Rachael Bloom, a comedian that's also known for her very "adult" YouTube videos. I'm surprised that they chose her to guest star in MLP, but her talent speaks for itself.

Which makes it even more appropriate that her character was the only kirin who could speak.

And she later became a hard rock Thanos troll in Trolls: World Tour.

She’s on the song called fuck me ray Bradberry


The ever talented Rachel Bloom ladies and gentlemen! She also plays Batgirl in Batman vs TMNT and has a slew of hilarious music videos. Check'em out.

Queen Barb from Trolls: World Tour and the star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

@@MrChaotic4 you forgot The Angry Birds Movie 2.


A Kirin's Tale is another of top five favorite songs, and this is one of my top five episodes.  Autumn Blaze is awesome!

You can't get Rachel Bloom to guest star and not have her sing.


There are many great things this episode, the moral is great, the characters and the song is top tier.


Yeah it is hard to tell the Male and Female Kirin apart. at first I thought it was like Pony's where females had eyelashes and males didn't. But here they call the Phantom of the Opera Pony a guy but he has eyelashes too.

The gender differences for kirin are really small, like with the breezies.


One of the best episodes of the season. It was very nice to see again AJ and fluttershy in a frienship mission.


That was the fastest anyone caught on to Nirik being Kirin backwards. Lol


Rainbows won't light the sky unless you let it rain

I love that line


Ah, nice to see one of my favorite lessons, songs, species, and overall episodes again.


The Kirin's horns looks like the Marker from the game Dead Space


DWK's Totally Legit Recap of "Sounds of Silence" is easily my absolute favorite of his TLRs. And I never thought anypony could edge out Tree Hugger and RaRa on my list of MLP One-Shot Waifus, but danged if Autumn Blaze didn't blow them away.


It's a crime that the Kirins don't get another major part in an episode. This was amazing, and is universally held in high regard.

And it's two amazing messages in one, about disagreement between friends, and also about how anger is healthy.


1:43 "Flanks don't lie." ~Princess of Friendship w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶B̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶s̶, 2018

Benefits  I saw that Croszed out I can Read


There are a couple instances I've noticed on the tail end of the series where a VA misspoke when recording dialogue.  This episode is the first of those, the second of which is in the Season 9 finale.  The one in this episode is in the reprisal of the song, where the last line was supposed to be 'it's a lesson that my village finally learned'.


According to the show-makers, some of those kirin are male. They just didn't have much time to design them and didn't end up making them very different.

The males lack eyelashes according to the show stuff.


Fauna: so autumn blaze
How you doing?
Autumn: doing good Its amazing to see a kirin from another world!
Fauna: thanks


I love the title of this episode, it makes me think of the song “The Sound Of Silence.”

Pretty sure that’s what the writer was going for when he chose the title :)


Fun fact: If you're familiar with Game Grumps or their video game-themed band Starbomb, Autumn Blaze is the voice of Princess Peach in the song "Luigi's Ballad."


". . . It's something that the Jedi never learned." ;)


Can we just talk about how Fluttershy just moves the Boulder so easily


This is one of my favorite episodes it has a poto reference aka phantom of the opera 🤩


This is a fantastic episode. Autumn Blaze is fantastic. The kirn are interesting. It's good to see Applejack and Fluttershy as a dynamic again.


12:53 well, considering it was Phantom of the Opera recap...


One thing about this episode that I don’t understand is how did Autumn Blaze figure out that those flowers would cure her silence?

Maybe, since she's been kind of lonely and bored for so long, she began... experimenting with different herbs, if you catch my drift. It was just happenstance that those flowers helped her speak again.


14:18 "Dude, Autumn Blaze... I like her."
Platonically, or...?


If you think about it, They have scales, and cloven hooves and can make fire, the kirin look to be part dragon.


3:45 "It took that much effort to fly five feet?"
No, it took that much effort to make it look good.

3:45 "It took that much effort to fly five feet?"
No, it took that much effort to make it look _good._


Applejack going on a camping trip to a nearby, familiar, and safe location:  takes along a full set of gear.<br>Applejack going on a mission into unknown wilderness inhabited by unfamiliar creatures:  takes nothin' but her hat.

Applejack going on a camping trip to a nearby, familiar, and safe location:  takes along a full set of gear.
Applejack going on a mission into unknown wilderness inhabited by unfamiliar creatures:  takes nothin' but her hat.


I was waiting for this one. Autumn Blaze is so great!


This is definitely Autumn Blaze's first appearance xD


I found a good place to grind Kirin parts for my new switch axe


Rachel Bloom as Autumn Blaze, one of the craziest pick for My Little Pony.<br>Fuck me Ray Bradley is a great song of her, but she is more known for her tv show: Crazy ex-girlfriend, totally recommend it.

Rachel Bloom as Autumn Blaze, one of the craziest pick for My Little Pony.
Fuck me Ray Bradley is a great song of her, but she is more known for her tv show: Crazy ex-girlfriend, totally recommend it.


I think the reason flutter wanted to keep them silent cause she thought that once they become nirik they lose control of themselves. Which was why she was surprised when autumn blaze was shown to control herself as nirik


Ive watched all of MLP at least 10 times and i never realized Nirik was Kirin backwards til he said something sigh.....


Im probably the only one that thought of shakira's hips dont lie song when twilight said sorry flanks dont lie lol


That Autumn Blaze is just a little loopy is almost a miracle.
Twilight learned from Rockhoof about the Kirins, and even he knew only legends about them.
Well Ol´Rocky was gone for the last 1.000 Years, and the whole Nirik-debacle didn´t last long. There is no way to know how long it took Autumn to trip into the flowers, but even before she could talk again she had problems with the silence. Maybe the River didn´t have the full effect on her for some reason. Anyway.
Depending on how long it took for her to get her voice back, and how long it took for the others to cast her out, she could have been completely alone in tose woods for hundreds of years. Maybe even longer than Celestia has her job!

There is no reason that the current generation of kirin couldn't be much younger, living close to a pony's lifespan, and that the silencing of their nirik halves was a more recent event.  <br>Rockhoof's shield told of the kirin and nirik, but it did not mention anything about one of them not existing, or clashing with the other.  Also, since the legend did not even state they were the same creature, whoever wrote about them clearly could not have known anything about their culture.

There is no reason that the current generation of kirin couldn't be much younger, living close to a pony's lifespan, and that the silencing of their nirik halves was a more recent event.
Rockhoof's shield told of the kirin and nirik, but it did not mention anything about one of them not existing, or clashing with the other.  Also, since the legend did not even state they were the same creature, whoever wrote about them clearly could not have known anything about their culture.


The only difference between male and female Kirins is females have eyelashes.

The animators couldn't agree on a male design in time, which is really quite ironic considering the subject matter of the episode.


I may be wrong here...but the Kirin look like a sort of pony-dragon hybrid. But I thought Longmas were the only dragon-horse hybrid in mythology

Kirin and Longmas are inverses of eachother, which name you use is based on which half is the pony and which half is the dragon.

Well that explains why they are classified as elder dragons

@@Toksyuryel I'm referencing the bits of scales on the Kirins bodies as the dragon parts

@@sadlobster1 ever heard of monster hunter?

@@jaydeejay4166 Heard of it...but never played the games


Oh you so close to 1000 subs. Let me help you mister.


Best episode of the series right here, imo.


I just realized to only difference between the male and female kiren is that the girls have eyelashes


"The Sounds of Silence" Really does show Character improvement between Applejack and Fluttershy, if you ask me Fluttershy is the only one who improved, Applejack still to ignorant and stubborn to listen until they are literally shouting at her face. Aside from all that, Fluttershy had really grown, compared to S3 Magic Duel and now, it looks like Fluttershy is a whole new person and I really like that.


I wounder if ponybro play mhw cause kiren is definitely a creature with lightning

World isn't the only one with Kirin, it was in the original game so it has shown up in almost every other game.

@@jaydeejay4166 i figured i was introduced to mh through world so theres alot about the series i dont know about yet

@@sadisticspirit1460 old voice: <br>Well, back in my day, 2016 with mh4u, we werz hard wurkin hunters. We didn't have no new fangled trackin bugs or slingshots or flying bus wyverns. We couldn't walk while healin or swap weapons on the hunt and ye had to eat befor ya went on te mission.

@@sadisticspirit1460 old voice:
Well, back in my day, 2016 with mh4u, we werz hard wurkin hunters. We didn't have no new fangled trackin bugs or slingshots or flying bus wyverns. We couldn't walk while healin or swap weapons on the hunt and ye had to eat befor ya went on te mission.

@@jaydeejay4166 lol i came in on better times but i will admit the series had some badass monsters

@@sadisticspirit1460 I know I said that like a joke but I kind of do prefer some of the old mechanics. Maybe because I had just fallen in love with the series only for the next new game to be the first to fundamentally change things

And I wish world would get gore, he's epic and would look so good in HD


This would've been better if pinkie went


Great episode, but honestly a bit overrated. It certainly isn’t the 7th-best episode of the entire series (as IMDb would have you believe).


You have 0 dislike... i feel tempted to had the first one...(Laugh )

Actually did it... can't Resist to the temptation of being the First

@@thelordofchaos6470 dam you!!! I wanted to!


Am I the only one that can't hear Applejack say the word ruckus without wanting to correct her by shouting fracas?


12:57 Autumn is talking about males in her play :DD, the kirin are all females