Will Guide

Ahuizotl being written back then to want to let the region suffer many years of unrelenting heat is one big retcon that can't easily be handwaved. I suppose that's one reason I waited for the show to end before I fully commit to writing a series of fan fiction stories that happened alongside the main show

Honestly, I kinda wish I had A Truth Amulet now so I can be honest with myself about what I should be doing with my life.

Here's an interesting observation: Out of the 5 episodes featuring Daring Do, (Read it and Weep, Daring Don't, Stranger Than Fan Fiction, Daring Done?, and this episode Daring Doubt), the ones with Daring's name in it has Daring herself realize something. In Read It and Weep, Daring Do was still considered fictional and it was more about Rainbow Dash trying to hide the fact she likes reading. The lesson there was to try some new things. In Daring Don't, when Daring Do is revealed to be a real pony, Rainbow wanted to help her idol. Daring was very reluctant, but in the end, realizes there are some things you just can't do alone, as she and Rainbow had to work together to prevent a curse. In Stranger Than Fan Fiction, Daring herself really doesn't learn anything and only bail Rainbow Dash and Quibble Pants out. The lesson there was that Different people can like the same thing for different reasons and aspects of it, like Rainbow preferring the action in Daring Do while Quibble Pants prefers the puzzles, and that's fine. In Daring Done, the trope called Hero Insurance, where heroes usually are excused from paying for the damages done to the city while fighting the bad guys, is deconstructed. Even without Caballeron trying to ruin Daring's reputation, the townspeople hated Daring for destroying a beloved statue while fighting off a threat. The hotel manager even banned Daring because she skipped out on her bill and Caballeron's men followed Daring and ended up wrecking the place. Once Daring realized the damages she caused, she decided to have some of her book royalties pay for the damages. And finally, in this episode Daring Doubt,

About Fluttershy: I don't see

Wait what didn't you like? The episode this topic is about or your story chapter written by someone else?

Wheter she's considered a main character or not is up to the individual viewer. I personally thought she was already a Main Character who had her own arc, but it shouldn't be such a big deal if she was strictly supporting character. Besides, as the Mayor said at Cranky and Matilda's wedding, "Every pony is the star of their own stories. And it's not just the main character that make life so rich; it's everypony. Those who play big parts and those who play small parts" So, just because Starlight didn't get as much screentime as the other, that doesn't make her less important. (I'll have more examples later) Heck, with so many characters and so many episodes, sometimes for fun, I'll pick a character and simply watch all the scenes with chosen character in chronological order. I find it gives an interesting POV that way.

Me too. To this day, I consider that episode where I can relate to Rainbow Dash (The Mane 6 member I have the least in common with) and even Twilight learning there's more than one way of studying. And as for Zephyr Breeze in Flutter Brutter, he may not be a ideal role model but his fear of failure really connected with me. It was to the point that the entire 3rd act feel like a mirror as I watch it. That song was the encouraging song that got me to finish my studies at University.

I think the animators or whoever was in charge of choosing which ponies would be incidental to the story likely wanted to make a well-deserved jab at that Real Life Critic by putting a pony with a glass of water for a Cutie Mark as one of Fluttershy's unfair detractors. Fluttershy gave a pretty badass speech about not everyone changes right away and takes time to fully go from a shy pony into a more confident and assertive pony. This is why despite the unpleasantness of the episode, this is surprisingly one of the harsh but true looks of the ugly side of fan dumbs and critics. It's how you handle those kinds of people that really matters.

I agree. I couldn't get through one video of theirs, even when trying to keep an open mind. People like Glass of Water are not the kind of people to learn manners from