Righteous Fury

I think it's less 'pandering' and more 'animators goofing off'.

ehehehhhahehheah AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA don't you know? all the ponies hate you

Often voices get changed radically even without the actor changing, and it's still great. (See: Larry the Cucumber) So I wouldn't mind.

this topic was just an excuse to write a Cthulu/Twilight bit wasn't it? not complaining, it was pretty cute actually, but be honest

he didn't, he was hoping Twilight would say no, and probably figured Twilight would miss him and demand he come back I count one 'mistake': breaking the eggs. everything else is just making a mess, which IS in character for Spike, hell it's in character for everyone on the show really

I didn't see Spike act OOC that much really the only chore he screwed up was baking the pies, and that was less 'clumsy' and more 'in a foreign kitchen' I thought the bit with cleaning the pig was supposed to indicate that yeah, he makes messes and it's not nice to watch, but he gets the job done in the end he's still better than Sweetie Belle anyway

really the character isn't bad at all, it's the fact that the character has to exist that I hate romance doesn't belong in MLP, end of story, stop discussion

OK, I was going to post a vague ending idea here, but then as I started writing it got way more fleshed out and awesome, so screw it, I will be turning it into my first ever fanfic.

Pinkie........... isn't the most... SENSITIVE pony........ true she can make people happy, but there's an equal chance she'd just make it worse somehow. Serious situations aren't her strength. Honestly, I think I'd prefer Spike. He's a sweetheart, always been somewhat of an outsider, and his family situation is... complicated. I think he could relate somewhat. Besides Fluttershy, he's definitely the 'Heart' of the group, the emotional core.

Twilight in Canterlot Wedding. ok we've seen Twi go crazy before, but this isn't crazy-Twi, this is normal Twi being really bad at proving her case - when she just did the exact same thing flawlessly in MMMystery. I'd expect the 'nobody understands me' plotline from Pinkie or Fluttershy, not the most logical character on the show. Apple Bloom in Cutie Pox. for some reason AB gets ridiculously depressed over a random cutie mark attempt, then STEALS from a friend (remember she was Zecora's first Ponyville friend?) and LIES to her best friends who want the same thing she just stole. Applejack in SSCS6000. and yes this one has been mentioned but DAMMIT IT MAKES ME MAD - APPLEJACK NEARLY LOSES THE FARM BECAUSE OF HER OWN STUPID ARROGANCE, AND STATES IN THE LETTER THAT SHE WAS RIGHT TO BE ARROGANT??? ARGH. (AJ is my favourite pony in case that wasn't clear) Rarity in Sonic Rainboom. I actually think Rarity gets an unfair rap for being OOC. She's not selfish. She's just DUMB, she has NO idea what other people are thinking. Take Secret of my Excess, she didn't weasel the gem out of Spike, she honestly tried to contain herself and thought he wouldn't notice she really wanted it. That's what makes Rarity such an interesting character. That said HOLY CRAP SHE WAS SUCH A BITCH IN THIS EPISODE. Fluttershy in Putting Your Hoof Down. overall I like this episode and the message it contains, but I think Fluttershy's Face Heel Turn happened a little too fast, and was a little too severe - she had some truly nasty moments. ... also seriously nobody's made a Bon Bon joke yet?

This is true. If they had ended with Celestia apologizing and admitting she made a mistake, the whole episode could've been redeemed. Or Shining Armor would've worked as well. Because, you know, that's what the whole show is about: learning how to be a better person through lessons on friendship. And an important part of that is admitting you have flaws. Instead they sacrificed the lesson for action scenes and wedding crap. I'm not saying it's bad to have the occasional episode that's just for fun and has no real moral, but it's bad to waste great opportunities like this in order to try and keep pretending Celestia is a flawless Mary Sue.

except blueblood was actually interesting to watch also since when has Gilda ever been a hated character? she has a HUGE fandom

I actually sympathized with DT more in this episode. Before she was just mean for the sake of being mean, but here... she WANTED something. She had a firm goal, and did what she had to do to try and reach it. Which makes for a more believable, and therefore relatable, character.

I felt she was poorly written compared to the other antagonists. Particularly since we now have Lightning Dust. Even with Diamond Tiara, I'm thinking "I know this person, there are people like this", I didn't get that with Gilda, she was just flat.

the one thing I don't like is how everyone assumes that Faust had some sort of grand plan for the series that would've been far superior to what they're doing now. it's easy to look at potential ideas and say "oh that would've been great" when it just as easily could've fallen flat on it's face

you have one 'normal' and one 'weird' pony in each group Rainbow loves to fly and manages weather, Applejack's hard-working and works on a farm, Fluttershy stays on the ground, and Pinkie can't adapt to farm life. Rarity's the normal unicorn concerned with social status and business sense, Twilight's the weird one that only cares about magic and books.

these all sound awesome and then Pinkie starts talking about how it's the darkest timeline, and then she and Rainbow put on fake mustaches and go off to find the real timeline and replace their doubles... wait...

though cupcakes came before this episode I don't buy into the whole 'Pinkamena alternate personality' thing though. Pinkie's not an alien. She can feel sad and go crazy just like the rest of us.

there's really no situation where telling a responsible adult isn't a key step to solving the problem yes, you can solve it on your own, and some adults are useless, true, but at the very least if things escalate you have it on record that it's been an on-going problem example: the CMC don't stop the float and Babs is injured, when it's discovered that the CMC were responsible, they get in a lot of trouble which could've been mitigated if it was known Babs had been bullying them, even if Applejack didn't do anything "why did this happen?" "because Babs was a bully" "why didn't you tell anyone?" even if it's just to cover your own ass, telling someone is always a good move