Rarity is the best pony because she's giving, strong willed, passionate, caring, creative, and a relatable character (to me, at least). Why the fandom decides to attempt to sling so much dung onto her beautiful white coat is just beyond me, but also pretty pathetic. 

The reasons given for hating her usually aren't very good - nay - they're never good; it's usually stuff like "She's into fashion and I'm not" or "she screwed up one time so I'm just going to forget every good thing she's done ever" or my favorite one, "She's shallow and I don't like her because of her voice."

Rarity fans are no longer passively taking the beating, fortunately. She's a wonderful pony, and she doesn't deserve the repulsive treatment she receives by some of the members of the fandom.

Also, Rarity was under a spell this whole episode. Can't really fault her for her behavior.

Damn, just having to see what the fandom has done to the Rarity fanbase by constantly hating on her in the past ignites a fire inside of me...
 

Rarity is the best pony because she's giving, strong willed, passionate, caring, creative, and a relatable character (to me, at least). Why the fandom decides to attempt to sling so much dung onto her beautiful white coat is just beyond me, but also pretty pathetic. 

 

The reasons given for hating her usually aren't very good - nay - they're never good; it's usually stuff like "She's into fashion and I'm not" or "she screwed up one time so I'm just going to forget every good thing she's done ever" or my favorite one, "She's shallow and I don't like her because of her voice."

 

Rarity fans are no longer passively taking the beating, fortunately. She's a wonderful pony, and she doesn't deserve the repulsive treatment she receives by some of the members of the fandom.

Also, Rarity was under a spell this whole episode. Can't really fault her for her behavior.

 

Damn, just having to see what the fandom has done to the Rarity fanbase by constantly hating on her in the past ignites a fire inside of me...

 

Actually, this isn't about the fandom so much as it is about the writers of the show as well as the comics, as well as their unintentional disregard for Rarity.  Somehow, writing Rarity is so difficult for the comic and show writers, most likely because she has to be seen as generous and compassionate, but at the same time vain and materialistic.  This was why they couldn't make "Spike At Your Service" a Rarity episode, because they had no idea how to write her without making her look mean or manipulative.

Another, most likely reason is because there are six members of the main cast, and writing for all of them can be difficult.  As a result, it's easy to focus on at least some of the characters, while unintentionally forgetting about others.  This was a part of Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, and Naruto's downfalls as well; they had a large supporting cast, but could only focus on either one or two characters at a time, e.g. Goku and Vegeta, Naruto and Sasuke, and Ichigo Kurowsaki and the Gotei 13.  As a result, many of the other characters fall behind in-terms of character focus.

And that bothers me.

Actually, this isn't about the fandom so much as it is about the writers of the show as well as the comics, as well as their unintentional disregard for Rarity.  Somehow, writing Rarity is so difficult for the comic and show writers, most likely because she has to be seen as generous and compassionate, but at the same time vain and materialistic.  This was why they couldn't make "Spike At Your Service" a Rarity episode, because they had no idea how to write her without making her look mean or manipulative.

 

Another, most likely reason is because there are six members of the main cast, and writing for all of them can be difficult.  As a result, it's easy to focus on at least some of the characters, while unintentionally forgetting about others.  This was a part of Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, and Naruto's downfalls as well; they had a large supporting cast, but could only focus on either one or two characters at a time, e.g. Goku and Vegeta, Naruto and Sasuke, and Ichigo Kurowsaki and the Gotei 13.  As a result, many of the other characters fall behind in-terms of character focus.

 

And that bothers me.

Spike actually has the same problem. He has to be kind, supportive, and somewhat confident, yet immature and insecure. Their own personality traits combat each other, so him and Rarity are most likely hell to write for, but Spike is far from useless. He saved the Crystal Empire, help Twilight snap out of her psychosis, saved RD and Pinkie from the buffalo, was a supportive guide to Twilight in the human world, etc. There is another issue however.

As I said he's a child by himself so while the CMC help cover each other's weaknesses Spike has to rely solely on himself most of the time (partially due to his own insecurities as well). You see, like Twi he didn't understand friendship, but unlike her he's not a fast learner and is usually sidelined from the Mane 6. Twi had a lot of time to learn and learns faster, so while she was being coronated for her mastery of friendship, he was left not fully understanding even the basics of what friendship entails (supported further by the moral of this episode).

Also Rarity has had A LOT of screentime this season, so no I don't think that problem exists anymore. It definitely was a problem last season, though.

Also Rarity has had A LOT of screentime this season, so no I don't think that problem exists anymore. It definitely was a problem last season, though.

How so?  The majority of people I saw on the Internet kept calling it just a Spike episode more often than a Spike/Rarity or "Sparity" episode.  Plus, "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Tolls" was through Sweetie Belle's perspective, despite the heavy focus on her relationship to her elder sister, Rarity.

How so?  The majority of people I saw on the Internet kept calling it just a Spike episode more often than a Spike/Rarity or "Sparity" episode.  Plus, "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Tolls" was through Sweetie Belle's perspective, despite the heavy focus on her relationship to her elder sister, Rarity.

If we ignore supporting roles (which imo makes zero sense) she was still a focal point of:

Rarity Takes Manehattan

Castle Mane-ia

Simple Ways

Trade Ya!

Maud Pie

Filli Vanilli (integral to plot, a lot of screentime)

Inspiration Manifestation (same as above)

For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils (ditto again)

If you add on support roles:

Princess Twilight Sparkle

Daring Don't

Power Ponies

Bats!

Rainbow Falls

Three's a Crowd

It Ain't Easy Being Breezies

Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

(presumably)The S4 Finale

With all that said, I don't see it.

If we ignore supporting roles (which imo makes zero sense) she was still a focal point of:

Rarity Takes Manehattan

Castle Mane-ia

Simple Ways

Trade Ya!

Maud Pie

Filli Vanilli (integral to plot, a lot of screentime)

Inspiration Manifestation (same as above)

 

If you add on support roles:

Princess Twilight Sparkle

Daring Don't

Power Ponies

Bats!

Rainbow Falls

Three's a Crowd

It Ain't Easy Being Breezies

Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils

(presumably)The S4 Finale

 

With all that said, I don't see it.

I'd like to believe that "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Tolls" could've been part of the top list rather than the bottom one.

I'd like to believe that "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Tolls" could've been part of the top list rather than the bottom one.

I didn't know if you'd agree with that, but yea it probably should.