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11 hours ago, PCutter said:

Just how exactly is feeling disappointed supposed to be opinion only?

Because it’s a personal feeling and not an indication of quality. What disappoints someone won’t for another.

11 hours ago, PCutter said:

And how is that topic and the amount of people not proof or rather INSUFFICIENT proof that s9 is shite? 

A lot of people, including in this very thread, argue and explain why Season 9 is good and so far love up to its expectations. And you ignored all of it. The fact that you dared me only proves my points from earlier.

And although I’m only one brony, I wrote many long reviews explaining why these episodes work and why they’re good. Whether they agree or disagree with me is up to them.

This episode is really similar to that of the AJ Micro. Only in GtS, a Golden Delicious tells the story of the Great Seedlin’, a mischievous deer who helps harvest crops and leaves clever trails wherever he goes, rather than a Sass Squash leaving squash. And rather than be an AJ’s-too-stubborn episode, the episode transitions into wanting to help Bloom try to catch him during the second day of harvest and having fun with Bloom, too. Ironically, this episode is more of a bonding episode between AJ and AB with the hunt as the plot device to hook them in. The moral of having fun with your family doesn’t age works decently here.

There were a few problems.

1. The rest of the Mane 8 were written off early through exposition, and there was quite a bit of that throughout.
2. The ending reveal that Big Mac was the “Great Seedlin’” was rather obvious, and having Bloom suddenly become afraid of him at the thought was rather contrived. The chase, though, justified it. That said, the episode got real heavy layin’ out the idea that BM was him, as he got more and more exhausted throughout.
3. As a filly, Applejack used to hunt for the Seedlin’, only to stop after falling into one of her traps. Even though everyone, including their parents, handled themselves fine, it was a clear sore spot for her, hence why she stubbornly kept shooing it as a fairytale. But it would’ve been better had Goldie or Granny not laugh after the flashback, which made the tone and flashback as a whole feel mean-spirited. The episode, though, got a lot better following this.
4. On the whole, the first half was bland, slow, and didn’t do much. It was the second half that really helped it.

Now, is it anywhere nearly as good as the others? Not at all. It’s the worst S9 episode so far. But it’s fine. Not bad, Dave Rapp.

Well, anyone who follows me knows it's coming. Got a review ready!

Hope y'all enjoy it!

…is this piece of shit supposed to be a joke?! I have no idea if it's meant to satire contemporary culture or embrace it! It panders WAY too hard to the modern demographics to be a parody, and the subject and lyrics are too damn STUPID to be taken seriously.

Also, OW, MY EYES! I don't need any form of animation to implement SHAKY CAM!

*goes off to soothe my eyes* Fuck this "music video"!

15 hours ago, KH7672 said:

I understand looking and using other people's viewpoints and opinions to shape your own, but please try not to quote me out of context.

Sorry about that.

15 hours ago, KH7672 said:

My issues come from the overall "how she's been used consistently" and this episode just reiterates my observation as such.

On 5/25/2019 at 2:12 PM, KH7672 said:

It's just retreading the same formula just in the opposite direction. She's incredibly relatable to those introverts wanting to share their voice, to show to world how proud of themselves they are, to be wonderfully assertive! But that's all she is now every appearance from Fluttershy Leans In, to the endof Discordant Harmony, to Fake it Til You Make It, to parts of Sounds of Silence and this episode, she doesn't mess up, doesn't faulter she is the solution after so early on always being the problem, and that's not supposed to be an issue that's character growth but for me the transparency of the writing and the patterns get to me as I analyze Fluttershy's character.

As far as the early seasons are concerned, I agree. In the earlier seasons, I had a big problem with her because her shyness was, for the most part, her dominant characterization and oftentimes her lone trait. Unless the climax wrote her as such, that was it. When she does become assertive, it’s usually one of the lowest moments of the episode. Aside from Hurricane Fluttershy, one of the only times where standing up for herself made her look better was evicting the rest of the breezies from her cottage so they can glide home. Watching her have to overcome her shyness all the time, albeit under different circumstances with different morals, is something I don't wanna see.

The newer seasons, especially six and seven, are where I disagree. I want her to show how much those lessons she learned matter, and that's what I'm getting in most of her appearances post S4. Flutter Brutter, Discordant Harmony, Sounds of Silence, Health of Info, Father Knows Beast, and here show that off the best. Sure, she can show shyness and stage fright from time to time, but having to relearn lessons like from Fake It/Putting Your Hoof Down 2.0 isn’t what I look for. How they wrote her in episodes like this and Discordant Harmony doesn't bother me, because she’s the supporting character, overcame so much already to get where she is now, and is there to support the main character rather than herself. FLI's the only time that I remember where being post-S4 'Shy hurt her, and that's to blame on oversimplifying a conflict and putting her in the right despite being a crappy communicator.

On 5/23/2019 at 5:07 PM, VG_Addict said:

Man, the WCW World Championship lost all of its prestige by the time WWE bought WCW. 

Major understatement. Following the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom, the WCW title turned into a game of musical chairs, especially under Russo’s tenure as creative. Having David Arquette as champ, for example, is leagues of stupid.

2 hours ago, Truffles said:

Shining Armor: I'll learn to like changelings after just one song!

I know this is a little exaggerated here, but seeing as I read comments similar to this unironically, I wanna comment that this criticism on the whole is misleading. Spike’s attempt to change their minds on the changeling tribe nearly failed. Twilight was the first to step forward, trust Spike’s judgment, and lend her hoof to Thorax. Once that domino fell, the others followed. If she didn’t come forward, no one would.

15 hours ago, Odyssey said:

But I'm a little sad that the show kind of forgot that she was deathly afraid of dragons. 

On 5/25/2019 at 2:12 PM, KH7672 said:

Well for me I noticed what I call reverse-static characterization on Fluttershy. Before you would go into an episode expecting her to be quiet and timid, now it seems she won't make it through an episode without being loud and assertive and show "she's not shy anymore" and I'm just not entertained by it. The smugness, the ferocity, it doesn't strike me as entertaining coming from Fluttershy, perhaps that comes from me not being too entertained by her to begin with.

On the opposite end here.  She’s very comfortable around both Smolder and Ember, who are both larger than Spike. Last semester, Fluttershy helped rehabilitate a larger dragon (Sludge) so he can fly again. In addition, her admiration for baby dragons calls back to her very first meeting with Spike: Talking to him helped her become more comfortable around Twilight. If she showed dracophobia now, it would retread old ground and show no growth to her character.

And her calling out Garble and others for bullying Spike is more than justified. Garble was making Spike feel unwanted. Yelling at them scared them to stop and demonstrated she won’t tolerate any abuse aimed at him, which was backed up further by calling him out (in front of Smolder) for bullying Spike to hide his own insecurities.

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What I appreciate is that the episode doesn't tell us to forgive Garble for all the harm he's done, just understand him a bit more. There's a difference between relation and understanding.

And, once again, I'm in awe at how far Spike's willing to go to help someone in need, regardless of personal harm. That's what makes him a man.

Agreeing with MarikAzemus here, and it’s a really sneaky strength here as I think about it. Garble did some really bad things over the seasons. Tried to bully Spike into destroying a Phoenix egg, become Dragon Lord to declare war on Equestria, intimidated Rarity and Twilight, and so on. Spike didn’t have to forgive him. However, like the CMCs with Diamond Tiara four years ago, Spike tries to understand him and show his maturity. Started slow, but his patience paid off.

3 hours ago, TheTaZe said:

Only thing you really didn't mention was that it basically was another Spike abuse episode. Haven't had one of those in awhile.

2 hours ago, Brainstorm said:

I mean, it's about facing your problems and making amends with your enemies.

I didn’t have a big issue with Garble mistreating Spike for a few reasons.

1. His mistreatment of Spike, both past and present, was integral to the conflict. Garble tries to “look” tough by being a stereotypical bully, but Spike tries to be the bigger and better dragon by not retaliating. But no matter how much he tried, Garble’s mistreatment of him made him feel down.
2. In his meeting with Ember, he discovered that the lava lake ran dry, hence the cold soil in the nests, leading Spike to who accidentally caused it.
3. Both Smolder and Fluttershy are quick to stick up for him and defend him. They treat him as an equal and embrace him for being who he is. They don’t appreciate assholes treating him like shit. When Smolder found out he picked on Spike behind her back, she was furious, and after they tried to make him play a game against his will, she gave them the riot act.
4. When Garble realized their laughter fire was heating the ground enough to cause the eggs to crack, he embraced his poet side and worked to help hatch the eggs. Before he did, he called Spike “Spike-Wikey,” and Spike supported him all the way. With his quick-thinking, he turned his feud with Spike into a friendship and saved a generation of dragons from freezing to death.

On 5/1/2019 at 9:21 AM, Esoteric said:

I don't get why bronies are so obsessed with Lauren Faust anyways, the season she had the most control over (season 1) was very mediocre compared to the rest of the seasons. It's time to move on.

Even though she hasn’t worked for the show since Season 2, her vision remains, and the people working for it pledged to stay true to it. Faust’s creativity, ideas, and promise of delivering quality programming to young girls still matter.

14 hours ago, PCutter said:

If this is not just one of many proofs that S9 is shite then I suppose nothing is.

How is expressing a personal feeling of S9 proof of fact? Feeling disappointed is an opinion only, and I quite disagree with the topic aplenty. I, for example, am not disappointed whatsoever so far. Again, you’re using a miniature collection of people online from a random thread as confirmation of S9’s supposedly “low” quality, putting no weight to those who counterargue, and viewing the whole debate with (to echo @Will Guide above) an extreme black-and-white perspective in a world and fandom full of gray tones.

Again, you’re really exaggerating and not thinking logically.

This was fantastic! One thing that writers can take advantage of an all-villain dynamic is how amoral they can be. Chrysalis, Cozy, and Tirek deliciously show no morals or remorse for their actions. Writing evil cartoon characters can be a whole lotta fun, especially when their personalities vary and are dynamic. Chrysalis is bitter and lustful. Tirek is a brute. Cozy is a sweet and sour manipulator. They all have one thing in common: beat the Mane 8! Grogar, only shown briefly, is the calm force of the four, as he recently discovered his bell and can’t retrieve it alone.

This was a great test by him. Make them cooperate so they can return it to him. So here, you saw they tried to do alone.

1. Cozy tried to butter up Rusty Bucket, who kept a Friendship Journal copy *eye-twitch* and used a lesson that calls back to Bats! (how real friends won’t force others to do something they shouldn’t). When she tried to ignore him, she got stuck in a snowball and rolled back to Tirek.
2. Chryssie tried to turn into various creatures to make her way to Mount Everhoof, only to be stopped by fierce gusts that nearly injured her.
3. Knowing he can’t do it alone, Tirek sat back, waited, and let them fail. XD

The comedy’s really great, both in their struggle and eventual merge into their alliance. Their campfire scene provided Vogel ample time to bond while remaining villains. As a proud Fame & Misfortune hater, my favorite comedic moment was Chryssie triggering an avalanche onto Rusty’s house; hopefully all the snow ruined his journal copy.

Another Way to Be Bad is the best song of the season so far! Thanks to their villainy, they can cross all the lines and exaggerate them to really show it to great extent. Their dynamic crossed between Cozy’s manipulation, Chryssie and Tirek agreeing to team up, and (despite strong disagreement) temporarily bonding to want to crush Twilight and others, only to butt heads again. Great foreshadowing of their eventual alliance, too.

After what happened here (and what they almost learned), it won’t surprise me one bit to see them all reform at the very end. How? I don’t know. That said, Grogar not knowing that they hid his bell with that orb (albeit not all that all-knowing) raises a question or two, but the fact that he doesn’t trust them as much as they don’t trust him could foreshadow what’s to come.

Given its uniqueness, this is also perhaps the first moral-less episode of the series. When they were about to bond through the Magic of Friendship, they were about to recite their lesson, only to hilariously snap out of it.

In all, great work by Vogel. Still hold Mean 6 higher, but this works really well.

Also, give it up to Cozy. Ponyville and Canterlot successfully saw through her manipulation. Yet, despite Tirek calling her out for it, she gathered round Tirek and Chryssie to work as a team in the beginning and came up with the idea to have Tirek borrow her magic to break through Gusty’s force field. Course, it didn’t start well.  

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Cozy Glow: I put up with your "I'm smarter than you" attitude in Tartarus! But I'm over it!

Lord Tirek: I'd had enough of you trying to manipulate me with that insincere, syrupy sweetness. At least now we can see the real you.

Cozy Glow: This is not the real me! I'm cute and lovable!

Lord Tirek: [scoffs] No, you're not. You're annoying, and you snore.

Cozy Glow: I do not snore!

Lord Tirek: [mock-snoring]

Cozy Glow: At least I don't talk to my Gram-Gram when I sleep.

Lord Tirek: Don't you dare bring Gram-Gram into this!

LOL! With this alone, you can really tell how much fun they all had a load of fun with the script.

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Queen Chrysalis: *transforms into Twilight* I'm a pathetic pony princess! I made a detailed list of all the ways I'm a failure!

Extra LOL!

>Avalanche covers Rusty and his house

Hopefully the snow ruined the copy of the Friendship Journal he carried with 

1 hour ago, Odyssey said:

If I thought the show was a waste of time, I wouldn't be here. You kind of have a defeatist attitude going on right now tbh

36 minutes ago, TheTaZe said:

You seem to be very all or nothing on this matter. I like the show and all the bickering in the world wouldn't change that for me.

This to both.

Your polls continue to show a very clear slant of negativity, guilt by association, and generalizations. You like Season 9? Cool. Joe Public’s approval is not required. And really, just because a person or two don’t like Season 9 that it’s all a waste of time now? Come on, we don’t need to exaggerate.

This show is good. I like this show. I like what Season 9 offered so far and look forward to the rest. If I determined that season 9 or FIM as a whole would make mr feel miserable, why would I bother posting here in the first place? I’d go follow something else or post in another subforum, not complain and complain about Season 9 or FIM.

I’m not shy in how much I love this episode. With a premise like this, it shouldn’t come out anything other than mediocre or bad. Instead, it’s one of the best episodes of the season at this point.

Well, I wrote a review explaining why it works so well. Check it out below!

On 5/11/2019 at 12:21 PM, Zantetsuken said:

And for all of you thinking "well they won the award cause it's My Little Pony and it has to have a happy ending."

To these people I point out the season 2 episode Hurricane Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash had aspirations of not only getting the water up to Cloudsdale but also breaking the previous wing power record. They didn't end up breaking that record, they just got the water up to Cloudsdale and I really REALLY LIKE THAT, it shows you can't get everything you want!

1 hour ago, leimagnus said:

I was watching Hurricane Fluttershy earlier last week and you pretty much put my thoughts to words.
Aspiration vs Realism is the theme. And the lesson is clearly that you can win without "winning".

That type of episode is much, much different than this one. In HF, Dash wanted to actually break a record, but gave it up after several pegasi suddenly became sick. Here, the stakes are far lower; the Pony Pal trophy was to determine who epitomized Ponyville's (or in this case, the school's) community values. Yona was at her worst moment of her life, and Sandbar not only found her, but guided her and supported her all the way. In response to Yona's accident, they epitomized what the School of Friendship's all about. They more than earned that award.

13 hours ago, qwerE said:

However, the last episode 'common ground' already covered the same issue and having the same lesson twice in a row seems excessive.

The morals from both yesterday and last week aren’t the same. This moral is about not having to erase your own identity to feel like you belong. Last week’s has two:

1. “Creating interior barriers divides people from becoming part of a family and only increases bitterness within someone.” Believing Quibble’s presence was only going to replace her dad’s memories, Wind rejected him.
2. “Don’t feign a passion to feel like you have to get someone to appreciate you.” In trying to pretend to like buckball or know other sports, Wind treated him as a fake, and he had to make amends with her to begin a true father/daughter relationship.

22 minutes ago, Yfus said:

Ok well, you do not find Yona stupid you showed arguments but still i do not like the way it she was shown :/

That’s fine. You don’t have to like it. As someone who loves it and thinks it’s really well done, I explain my own side.

22 minutes ago, Yfus said:

Edit: what is Amity Ball?

The School’s version of Ponyville’s Fetlock Fete. Because they teach non-ponies, she planned it to make it inclusive to everycreature.

13 hours ago, ShootingStar159 said:

You’re completely missing the point of my problem, which isn’t that Starlight hasn’t had an episode completely outlining her new role.

We did last year. Twilight used the basis of what Starlight learned since becoming her student, counselor, and temporary role as headmare to promote her for that same position. In her scroll, she called her one of the smartest and most caring ponies she ever met, and Twilight knows Starlight better than anyone else in the cast outside of Spike. With how Starlight faked a meltdown of her own to calm Twilight, chances are she has it under control.

13 hours ago, ShootingStar159 said:

She wasn’t there in Uprooted,

She has no reason to be in the episode at all. With Sombra destroyed, the school’s back under Twilight’s control, and it remains inactive for another few weeks. Sparkle’s Seven was the first to show it running.

And with the Tree’s spirit closely resembling Twilight, including Starlight (who has no connections to it whatsoever) would be mere pandering to the cause.

13 hours ago, ShootingStar159 said:

If the writers were serious about Starlights future role, they would have had her plan the ball instead of Twilight.

That’s shortchanging Twilight’s role. She’s the de facto headmare here and the one who planned the whole curriculum, this included. Twilight fits the role just fine.

13 hours ago, ShootingStar159 said:

Running a school by her own merits and abilities (Running activities like the spellvenger hunt, choosing permanent teacher, managing a curriculum)  is not something Starlight has any experience doing.

Neither did the RM6. When they left her in charge while on that fake quest, no substitutes were waiting in line. Starlight had to hire her own after Discord’s choices screwed everyone over. At least a year has passed since School Daze; SG can implement what she learned into the School while retaining Twilight’s vision. With how close she and Twi are, she’d know the curriculum by now.

13 hours ago, ShootingStar159 said:

Sure, there was a meta reason that Starlight should have been included more in Season Six. But there was never a narrative slot that they should have fit her into but didn’t.

There doesn’t need to be some major change in S6’s present plots to include her, and at no point do I advocate it. Just as much as a background cameo would work just as well, like being with the RM7 in Newbie Dash or Dungeons & Discord, or helping build that dumb track for Cart Before the Ponies. Just that little bit of something would make her feel belonged. Her cameo from Fluttershy Leans In’s resolution was small, but fulfilled that same point.

Five mediocre-to-terrible self-contained episodes (AJ’s “Day” Off, Cart, 28PL, PPOV, and Where the Apple Lies) could be replaced with episodes around Starlight, Thorax, Trixie, and Discord. Starlight could take over ADO’s, Cart’s and WtAL’s. Thorax PPOV’s and WtAL’s, sharing the ladder with SG. Trixie could take two, and Discord one. Intertwine them all somehow to clue the audience who will be involved in the finale and make their tandem feel more organic once they all meet up.

2 hours ago, Yfus said:

They showed Yona as a dumb one and then they were like "it's ok, you can be a yak, no problem, you don't have to be ponish". That's bad.

Yona was never stupid at all. Because of the pony lexicon used in the episode, usage of Ponyville’s dancing tradition for the school, and all the pony paraphernalia on the trophies and in posters, she assumed she’d have to change who she was in order to qualify for the Amity Ball. At no point did she make that decision out of thin air; the unfortunate implications surrounding the ball influenced her.

She wasn’t the only one to feel left out. The rest of the Young Six didn’t participate, either. Even though it was supposed to be a more inclusive dance compared to the Fetlock Fete, they felt uninvolved, either. The rest of the non-ponies played cards into the background.

At no point did her teachers intend to change who she was. Yona’s their client, and she requested them to help her fit in. What they were saying and doing sounded innocuous on the surface, but all it did was add up to even more despair and further confusion for Yona if she messed up. And she messed up horribly. In trying to help her, they were accidentally erasing her.

The moral also works contextually.

1. Sandbar, the one who asked her out, was the one to help her. Thanks to their close friendship, he knew where to find her. The Tree grew the Palace of Solace for predicaments like this. It gave someone like her a safe space to express herself without feeling ostracized, and the same goes for Sandbar had something like that happened to him.
2. This was Yona’s lowest moment of her entire life. We have never seen her feel this depressed before, and who can blame her. No matter how hard she tried, she screwed up. But Sandbar stayed with her and gave her much-needed comfort. He symbolizes what a great friend is: When someone needs help, he helps her the best he can. By reassuring her how she doesn’t need to erase her yakness, he cheers her up.
3. Despite being an accident, their actions hurt her. In trying to help her, they made a grave mistake and apologized to her to make amends themselves. Because of this accident, the RM7 also got good opportunity to rethink the Amity Ball’s purpose.  There’s a reason why one of the statues is dressed like a yak when they awarded them the trophy: to sum up how friendship crosses boundaries. Thanks to their own mistakes, they can plan it better with everyone else included. Rather than accidentally leaving non-ponies out, everyone was involved, thanks to the Yakyakistan stomp. Lemons became lemonade.

9 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

I don't know why some people believe that repeating morals is necessarily a bad thing. People have different ways or situations of learning the same moral. And what matters more than anything else is the execution, not if it's already been done.

To be blunt, calling it a “be yourself” moral shortchanges the actual lesson Yona and the ReMane 5 learned. Today’s lesson is how you shouldn’t have to believe that to grow and mature is to erase your own identity and be trained to another’s under the belief that they’re “more civilized” than yours. It’s an anti-assimilation message above all else.

1 hour ago, ShootingStar159 said:

Except there were places in Season Six that Starlight could have been included but wasn’t.

In Season 6, Starlight’s arc was at the height of its importance. DHX brought her into the central cast with the RM7, Discord, and the CMCs. She was included into that circle, and it was up to them to make it matter. Instead, after an early rush of episodes, Starlight was barely included in between Tail and Every Little Thing. At the time, plenty justifiably questioned whether she belonged or not. With how vulnerable her reputation was, S6 had to make a powerful statement and didn’t. They couldn’t get away with not including her, and not doing so was a gigantic mistake, which hindered To Where’s credibility as a whole. She came of S6 looking worse than before, and it took at least one season (and very smart roles for her) to fix it.

Since then, that changed. Today her rep as a character is much improved, and canonically, she showed her worth in both the series and the school. We know what her status is and will be. Neither BotE nor Sparkle’s Seven needed to use her so much. So far, aside from maybe a background cameo here, DHX doesn’t need to include her at all.

1 hour ago, ShootingStar159 said:

But now that they’ve introduced an entirely new goal for her character, headmare.

A role that Starlight was introduced to last season on an interim basis, thanks to Discord’s mind games. Despite understandably losing her temper, she handled herself decently at the end and, apparently, held her own again while the others scavenged in Canterlot to breach SA’s security.

1 hour ago, ShootingStar159 said:

Starlight’s role as a headmare has had no development this season.

Nor have the RM7’s. Starlight’s role as guidance counselor and the others’ won’t likely be impacted until Episode 11 and mid-season finale, respectively. So far, the Young Six take over most of the spotlight, and given how new they are, that’s necessary.

1 hour ago, ShootingStar159 said:

Alright we have officially passed season six and reached absurd levels of Starlight sidelining here.

Not even close.

In Season 6, Starlight was brand new to the cast, having already been reformed. DHX had to convince us that she belongs to the show. At the time, she completely changed the status quo and underwent a major redemption arc, one of the most important of the entire series.

Today, her arc has all but completed. She’s much more sure of herself now and already has a prominent position of Guidance Counselor (and headmare when Twilight et al are out). Whereas she tried to find her footing in S6, she knows her role now. Thanks to Beginning of the End, we all but know her outcome (and just about every other teacher now).

52 minutes ago, gingerninja666 said:

It's frustrating because I really loved the first real scene she got in this season. Even though it's brief.

1 hour ago, ShootingStar159 said:

she doesn’t even make a background appearance.

Indeed, trying to guide Twilight in BotE was very awesome and a sneaky highlight of S9 overall to boot. Perhaps I too would like to see a little background role here, but that’s a nitpick, like not seeing her in Rockhoof and a Hard Place. Nevertheless, there’s currently no point for her to be involved at all, foreground, middle, or back.

2 hours ago, StitchandMLPlover said:

Plus as some others have noticed, Rarity is comfortable standing out when it comes to fashion and her own business but tends to want to fit in when other cultural things are involved, especially when what she views as high society comes into play.

That still doesn’t change the critique with Rarity’s character there. In Canterlot Boutique, she wanted to expand her empire without sacrificing its character and soul. Rarity is a creative-first character who strives to stick out and do her best. Sassy’s model was all about selling as many of the same outfit as possible, robbing the soul of her Boutique empire and turning her into an assembly pony. Rather than accept this model, she willingly risked the success of her business both in Canterlot and beyond. Quality and creativity matter.

That is a complete reversal of her characterization in Spice Up Your Life. Instead of assisting Pinkie’s idea and being themselves to stand out from the other clichéd restaurants, she told them to assimilate and worked to make them as soulless as the rest. Zesty Gourmand, albeit being hypocritical, rightfully called Rarity’s idea out as a blatant ripoff of the others. A pony like Twilight would fit her role more, since she lived in Canterlot for most of her life and adheres to a more standards-and-practices approach in some parts of her life.

2 hours ago, StitchandMLPlover said:

We see this tendency in “Sweet and Elite”

In that episode, we saw a complete line of thinking that made her eventually believe that the only way to succeed there is to be the popular aristocrat (thank Jet Set and Upper Crust for this), which the episode actively showed to be in the wrong. When she had to choose between sticking up for her friends and their un-Canterlotty partying or retaining her reputation in high Canterlot society, she chose to do what’s right: defend her friends and call them the most important ponies she knows. She sacrificed her status for them.

2 hours ago, StitchandMLPlover said:

like her desire to open “Rarity For You” on a particular day regardless of how overworked she is because she believes that is what is expected of her.

The customers expect R4Y to be open, not no character.

46 minutes ago, Sepul-Coloratura said:

A lesson about accepting other's race and culture was already done and done better in Bridle Gossip

Bridle Gossip handled the subject of racism really poorly. Everyone in Ponyville treated Zecora like shit and spread rumors around her just because she scared them, implicating that all racism in real life happens from fright while ignoring the hatred and superiority aspects. The fact that Twilight, who stuck to her guns, shunned a book due to a crummy cover and gave in really hurt her character there. The episode simplifies and whitewashes a very serious subject.

*AHEM!* YO!

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