EVER AFTER HIGH just keeps blowing my mind - the THRONECOMING episode is bonkers 

if u watch my eah videos just to see me rage about apple white this might be the first vid that’ll disappoint lmao

Fun fact, back when this was still airing you could actually vote for a thronecoming queen! Each country had their own winner. I believe Raven was voted for the most in over-all.

When you think about it, a lot of royals have really bad destinies too. They sleep for a hundred years (Briar), get abused (Ashlyn), get kidnapped (Rosabella), get locked in towers isolated from soicety (Holly), etc. So Raven and the other kids of villains rebelling against the mistreatment they face in their destinies making a lot of the royals realize that their destinies are pretty bad too even if they evetually get happy endings was a really interesting direction for this show to take.

Say hello to the Thronecoming special, aka Briar is awesome and is one of the best characters. Also this is what started me actually enjoying Daring, him and Cerise have such a fun dynamic.

This arc was what made me love Briar even more. I love the story path they gave her. Rather than being the narcoleptic princess that Aurora, the Disney princess, is usually portrayed in other films, Ever After High spun the tale a bit. And I love it ❤❤❤

I absolutely love Briar's arc. She is such a cool, likeable and interesting character. Definitely the most interesting take on a sleeping beauty character I have ever seen

Okay hi, I have the explanation for why the Evil Queen took the storybook of legends. It is a spoiler but you can only find this lore from the San Diego Comic Con Raven Queen Doll (yes, there is hidden lore that you can only find in exclusive dolls. Again, sorry about the spoilers but this is important): My Dearest Raven, If you are reading this, then you have finally embraced your powers. For years, the spell of this mirror prison prevented me from speaking the truth. However, now you will be able to truly understand my side. Back when I was at Ever After High, everyone followed the whole "Follow your Destiny" nonsense. What's the line they always say? "There are no short stories or tall tales." But when you're a villain, people hate and fear you. So I stole the Storybook of Legends -the artifact that magically bound us to our destinies- and replaced it with a magical replica that had none of its true power. I wasn't going to just accept that I must live out the rest of my days alone and reviled. But then something unexpected happened. I fell in love with Good King, and eventually you, my baby girl, came into my life. When I looked into your eyes, it was like my heart was looking back at me. I didn't need a magic mirror to tell me you were the fairest. However, not everyone saw you like that. People ran in fear, scared of who you would become. I would not stand idly by while my beautiful daughter was destined to be subject of their ignorance. So I vowed to do something about it. I was going to reshape the fairytale world in my image... in our image. They would have no choice but to love me us. That's why I always pushed you to be evil. And we are only a few steps away. Continue down the path, trust your dark instincts and let's rule this world as mother and daughter. Know that I love you with all the malice in my heart, Your Mother, The Evil Queen

Also the reason why Briar found the story book of legends is because the teacher told her that the Evil Queen and Little Red Riding use to room at there dorm back in the day when they were students and thats how she put the pieces together of why there is something glowing underneath her carpet

To certain people : Please don't spoil EAH to Mathew and other viewers, that would be nice

It’s such a weird narrative choice that they decided to make apple go through briar’s story instead of Raven’s

daring DOES get better! in the last season, epic winter. he actually becomes a. decently likeable character

Daring Charming isn't ALL bad. They show a bit more of his deeply buried inner goodness in a smaller episode featuring Lizzie Hearts, and he gets...slight character development in Epic Winter. Sadly the series got cancelled before they could deeply explore the aftermath of the twist in Dragon Games. So much potential character development we'll never get to see, SMH.

9:29 by the laws of the ACTUAL Sleeping Beauty fairytale, everyone that wasn't within the castle was when the good fairies cast the spell so they would fall asleep with the princess... Everyone outside of the castle, aka the rest of the world, kept moving on without the people inside of the castle with the princess.... so yeah the rest of the world dies and keeps going, unless the entirety of the main characters in ever after high come together when Briar's curse is gonna come true.

Don’t believe it’s outright stated in the show, but the girl in the mirror who appeared behind Giles is Brooke Page, daughter of the narrators! She’ll have a bigger role later on as a voice like her parents.

This isn't in the show but Apple has had issues with deviating from her story in the past. It started because she was born blond and not with black hair so she was put under a bunch if pressure to conform. And more importantly the last time she tried to go against her story she almost died.

Apple did mean that Raven needs to choose for herself, but that doesn’t mean she is changing her beliefs. She just means it’s wrong to lie and trick her into it.

By skipping you missed some important episodes. Some of them don't matter but here's the list if important ones: Poppy the Roybel (very important) O'Hair's Split Ends (very important) Lizzie Heart's Fairytale First Date (you will like Charming in this one xD) Lizzie Shuffles the Deck Dutchess Swan's Lake Cerise's Picnic Panic (very important) Kitty's Curious Tale (very important) Cupid Comes Clean

I'm so happy you're continuing the series! And if you want to see Daring in a different light you should check out "Lizzie Heart's Fairytale First Date". Can't wait for more of your reactions!

The woman that you saw in the mirror is actually the third narrator. She’s the daughter of the first two and she is also the winking face in each opening sequence. ❤

I think where Apple is at at this point is basically "I still want Raven to sign, but I understand now that it should be her choice, and while I still really hope she comes around to it, I want her to make that choice on her own rather than being manipulated into it."

I cannot wait for your reactions to Spring Unsprung, Way Too Wonderland, and The Dragon Games because they are even crazier than Thronecoming

I also wish that they had Apple mention her concern for others far more so that it would help her create more of an argument against Raven and help her characters a bit 😊

something that is in the books that is not shown in the show is that part of apple's motivation to sign for her story is that the one time her life deviated from its fated path she almost died, so i think that explains her character a bit more to me! i dont like her as much as the next person but i can understand all the royals pov, even if i disagree

Depending on where you were in the world you could vote on who the thronecoming queen was live. There was a poll on the offical website it was quite cool

I’d love for Headmistress Bloodgood from Monster High to physically fight Headmaster Grimm, he deserves it

Daring actually does get a little better but it's in the fifth special. Thronecoming is the first btw

The girl in the mirror at 25:31 is the narrators daughter she appear in the generic, she the girl who has her face on the key to reflected who she is and her importance later on in the show, look a the wiki if you want more information about her

Ever After High is on Netflix as well, if you want the story line episodes and not the shorts❤ Love your videos

34:08 Apple has never tried to trick Raven into following her destiny. Try to persuade, argue and reason yes but never trick her so no, it really isn't😭

Can we appreciate that Daring’s dad is a literal King but has the time to do news reporting for Ever After High events?

I concur, Cerice, absolute badass, she's my favourite. My tpo 3 for the series overall would be 1. Cerice Hood 2. Madeline Hatter 3. Alastair Wonderland (you'll meet him next season he's awesome)

I thought this was a great story arc for briar and ever after high in general. It shows how even tho they were outwardly criticizing Raven for her actions, there are probably some royals who internally struggle with the reality of actually taking on their story but don't have the courage to deviate from it like Raven or other rebels would. Now with that said Briar throwing the book down the well was definitely petty LOL.

Briar was more true to why she didn't want to sign-because she would loose her friends. Apple wasn't really like fully heart there about her friends being the reason but because she didn't know how theirs stories played out. After she was in briars story she started understanding why her best friend felt how she felt. I think that pushed her to start understanding raven and her decision

No joke, I think Thronecoming was the best episode/special this show ever made. It dramatically changed the character and status quo but did so in an extremely organic way. Everything the characters do here feel like natural evolutions of their characters, characters which had been developed across the webisodes for years by that point. Like Thronecoming took a one note party girl like Briar and have her *depth* and it wasn't out of nowhere, it feel like a totally understandable and natural evolution of her character born out of this world where one must either accept or reject their destiny. Later EAH specials will dramatically change the status quo and do crazy things but none of them ever felt as organic as Thronecoming. That's because those later specials were clearly made to advertise a new line of dolls so they introduced a new concept/characters out of nowhere just to sell some toys. As a result, the later developments and status quo changes felt somewhat jarring, random, and sudden. But that's not what Thronecoming was, it was excellently built up to and didn't need a random gimmick like dragons or wonderland to be amazing. It was a special built entirely on substance and organic development and that's why it has the most satisfying and quality writing of the entire EAH franchise.

raven's mom is hilarious looking at her as a whole. its like, there were evil queens before her but shes like THE evil queen, doing all sorts of stuff lmfao

Briar's arc was a big surprise the first time I watched it and it is a very good one. Also I was aware that Cupid appeared from nowhere in the hall but I still laugh when she appears. Really EAH has so much great characters like Raven, Briar, Madeline, Cedar, Ashlynn or Cerise. Can we talk about the fact that Cerise is like if Edward and Jacob merged ?

I absolutely loved this! As someone who knew what was gonna happen it made me laugh to see your reaction! Also I’d highly suggest going back and watching the few episodes you skipped over as I think it introduces the twins. Another fun fact is that the winner of Thronecoming has different versions! At the time u could vote for 4 different characters. I believe the video of each girl winning is still on RU-vid.

Aww, I think poor Mathew's brain exploded at three times during this one! A scene where Daring isn't a pompous ass, a scene where Apple White supports Raven whole-heartedly, and a scene showing just how far Headmaster Grimm would go to keep everyone Lawful. I don't think it's a spoiler to tell you that the two girls who got the magical hairbrushes are Holly and Poppy - the twin daughters of Rapunzel. (And man, kudos to the creators for acknowledging that dark part of the original Rapunzel story!)

I love Briar this arc really fleshed out her character and you rarely see that for back ground characters. Well onto the Wonderland arc🤗🤗

daring charming actually gets humbled later on in the series and changes his personality a lot

When they say "the end is just the beginning" they really do mean it lol

I love how accurate your guesses were and the fact you were raging so much bcuz of Apple 😂. I suggest you watch those short episodes though because some of it can give you much more context for the Special Episodes that’s to come

Mathew’s ever after high reactions have never failed to make me smile!!

Ikr!! The headmaster being happy his brother was free and Jiles forgiving him always baffled me, he locked him up for a reason that he clearly still believes so wouldn't he be like 'no get back in the basement, you spread dangerous ideas'. I feel like a lot of plot points are glossed over or forgotten which is sad because they would've been so cool

OMG ANOTHER EVER AFTER HIGH EPISODE TO RUIN MATHEWS ENTIRE MIND AND IM 50 SECONDS EARLY HI

Definitely watch the previous episodes. The shorts start becoming more important to watch. They give more lore and introduce characters. The twins you seen in this special were introduced in the shorts you skipped and pretty important. As for the Evil Queen, she loved being evil so much she expanded past her story. She is an example of taking her destiny too far. And for the brothers, yeah I question why they are just fine with it and that never really gets addressed. XD

I have to say, the fact that the book turned out to be fake was brilliant. When I was young I didn't understand but now I see what they were trying to do: they were showing that signing the book was useless. Although, I wish that Milton's backstory was a little better. Maybe in the books there is more... idk I haven't read every book.

I wish we got to see more of the characters' backstories/trauma in the actual serie The books just add so much more to every character even tho the serie is already amazing

I've not seen anyone mention the 3 other songs that are in Ever After High !! There's a second intro song (Power Princess Shining Bright), one for the later season's Wonderland arc (Do You Wonder), and one that's sung in an episode by one of the characters (Live Your Dream) ! The second two might have spoilers for later on but I'm not sure how far you'll watch the series so you might enjoy just reacting to them :-)

Daring does get a change and does bedome better than he is now. I mean he isn't like the most likable but he gets better.

For me it's not a philosophical dilemma. It's simple, idc if people's stories possibly go 'poof'. I am not enslaving myself to a horrible destiny for the sake of others. Their happy endings will not be at the expense of my life. Apple and Raven have different dilemmas. And Raven definitely carries the heavier baggage either way. So choosing herself is the bravest thing she can do. Same to the other rebels. Ash and Briar's frienship>> the reals ones in their grp. Also Briar's arc here is one of my favourites ever

Cant wait to watch Mathew get inraged by apple in the span of 30 seconds 😭😭

Btw Daring does actually have character development in (what I think is the last thing they released before it got cancelled) where there were ice pixies and Belles daughter reforms him (from the beauty and the beast). Idk maybe knowing he does get better at some point might make him easier to watch 🤷

I know Daring is really full of hinself, but I promise when you get to the Epic Winter series he gets some really.good character development.

I wanted to mention to you that the order from now is the movie Spring Unsprung and then Way too Wonderland which is the "finale", I won't spoil it but I do highly recommend watching them!

I find it nice that Apple actually stood up to Headmaster Grim. Like yeah, she’s being hypocritical by telling him off for manipulating Raven but she hasn’t gone out of her way to force Raven into wanting to sign and is rather just trying to get her to see her POV through words.

This is one of the best specials and I absolutely loved the interactions between Daring and Cerise would've been amazing if they continued it

LET'S GO, more Ever After High. I live for these commentaries. Can't wait for the next one!

Love Thronecoming! And love all the character developments

If you go back to any of the short episodes (which you don't necessary need) Poppy the Roybel made me so confused about how the Royal/Rebel split works and Daring gets another redeeming moment in Lizzie Heart's Fairytale First Date.

The next important section of the Ever After High series is called Spring Unsprung, it somewhat gives some context to what you have already seen as well as provides new things to react to, that's all I am going to say.

You should definitely go back and watch the eps you skipped bc I think you missed the intro to Holly and Poppy!! Their story is VERY important to the Royal/Rebel dichotomy and provides some interesting insight into the gray areas.

More ever after high content is always appreciated 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Character development for daring happens WONDERFULLY, but SOO much later in the series!!

I love how Matthew and Briar realized what was happening when she got pricked at the EXACT same moment lmao

The two characters that you didn’t know are named Poppy and Holly O’Hair twin daughter of Rapunzel

I never comment but The ever after high episodes are literally my favorites that you do! I hope you finish all the series

To be fair, Apple's methods have always been persuasion. She has never tried to trick Raven. She genuinely wants Raven to sign of her own free will.

I'm so excited for the Way to Wonderland reactions!!

100% honest I was thinking about the Thronecoming episode earlier today and literally thinking "there are a few scenes here that will make Mathew go INSANE"

Can we just appreciate that Matt makes our days 100 times better effortlessly ❤

This episode is awesome ! Part when they into each other stories is so well made. Interesting ,fairytale vibe

Love the thronecomig reaction Mathew, but I hope you go back and react to those little episodes, especially because I suspect one of them introduces the O'hair twins (11:18 ) and their story is amazing, I think you would love it.

i cant wait to see how Matthew react to the next part of the story, its taking all my willpower not to absolutely gush about plot events that haven't happened yet but i will resist 😂 loving the reacts thus far

I am so excited for the next arc which is one of my personal favourites, but so glad to watch your reaction now cause I was also furious they weren't throwing a mutiny on the headmaster

Yay favorite series I’m under the weather 🤧 and your reactions bring me joy. U should also react to more Julie and the phantoms songs like perfect harmony, flying solo, and unsaid Emily and there is a song by the girl in the show with the pink hair u haven’t heard yet. 😮❤

My thoughts when I saw the title: "If it's not Ever After High... oo, it is!"

I can’t with your reaction’s they’re absolutely hilarious and the way you try to find logic in these videos honestly has me dying 😂😂❤

30:15 I was just as surprised as you to hear that, I forgot all about that honestly- I thought it was whatever was in the cave, I always forget that part lol

So for Prince Charming...Just wait until you get to the ever after high movies 😂😊 Epic Winter has a lot to deal with in terms of plot. I'd love to see you react

Briar is awesome in this arc, she definitely became my favourite character after this!

Epic Winter doesn’t have that much going for it but the one thing that it has that I truly value is Daring Charming character development!

I really really hope you'll continue to watch the episodes of this show😔 I (and defenetly many others) love to see your reactions to this show

I believe this "special" was perfect for Briar's arc, please keep watching, I can't wait for the next specials

daring does actually get development later! it's unfortunately not until the last season. but. it happens!

Briar is def my favorite next to another character thats a spoiler. Her arc is soooo good and a very interesting take on Sleeping Beauty.

Did you know that the person voicing Briar is the same voice as Franie Stien in Monster High?

YESSS WE ARE FINALLY IN THRONECOMING AND SOON SHIT GETS MORE REAL!!!

If you want more lore, the next installment/ episode is Spring Unsprung, and then Way Too Wonderland :)

Fun fact if you continue watching the series Daring Charming does have a character development where he meets Rosabella the daughter of Beauty and the Beast. She teaches him to look beyond the surface and really dig deep and he grows and learns from that

Dude I'm telling you, EAH has some of the best writing and plot, and it's a freaking webshow for kids and is made to promote the doll line! Speaking of doll line, I hope you can at least see the pictures of the Thronecoming Queen candidates doll because they are immaculate especially that Cupid doll, definitely one of the best designed dolls in EAH!

Fun fact #1: Cerise is canonically buff in the books Fun fact #2: In the books, it is told that Apple is obsessed to sticking to her story because of trauma. When she was younger she unecpectedly fell into a well and almost drowned. Because of that she is very scared of the unpredicatable and so she sticks to the safety of her story Fun fact #3: in the books Dexter is still pretty nerdy. But he can also fight like really well. Maybe even better than Daring. Fun fact #4: Dexter and Darling are twins :D Fun fact #5: Dexter, Darling and Daring all are uh...kinda depressed- Cause they need to uphold their family image, they can't show who they truly are as their family is hiding a secret. And showinf who they are might reveal it Fun fact #6: When she was yoinger and before her mom was imprisoned, Raven had a very rough childhood. She would constantly be followed by these shadow creatures which would immdiately alert her mom if she were to do something nice. And the evil queen will then punish Raven. One punishment? Turning her pet into a bone creature thing.... Fun fact #7: Cedar, daughter of pinochio, has alot of exinstential crisis... Cos in the books, Cedar couldn't physically feel things, she couldn't tast different foods etc so she constantly questioned why she was even alive. She also wants to follow in her father's foot steps cos she will turn into a real girl. But she also believes that people shouldn't have to follow their destinies. So cos of this, Cedar is constantly torn on what she should do. Sign the Storybook of legends? Or find another way? Fun fact #8: Apple was really self consious about her blonde hair in the books. This because of the whole Dumb-Blonde stereotype and cos her mother, snow white, has black hair The books were uh... alot more depressing....

Mathew: "i just love everyone" *apple comes on screen* Mathew: "not you"

25:31 that’s the girl who’s on the intro screen at the end of the intro song for ever after high, she’s another narrator but youngest out of them while the other two are older and have more experience she’s only just learning how to be one or she’s also like daughter of the two narrators. She can’t be seen she’s just a voice like the Narrators but she’s watching over the characters because she cares about them. She comes more important in the next part of Ever After High where they go looking for the book again

The way i abandoned everything i was doing to watch this

It would’ve been so much better if it went how you guessed and Giles had gotten the curse from the trolls cave because of the headmaster because it’s more traumatic with actual consequences and then Grimm wouldn’t have imprisoned his own brother and taken away his speech!!!!

Hi Mattew! Just a quick disclaimer that usually the short - er episodes introduce different characters and skits! Im really happy you made more eah vids! Have a good day!😊

I'm lovin' these reaction videos! I love this series, and I can't wait for more!!!!

2:15 I mean Daring does get better. Not in the way that he is a better person - but his storyline actually does progress in really cool direction.

Now im even more hyped for you to watch more of Ever After High! Trust me it gets even better more and more!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 can’t wait to see more of this series!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩