BastementSparkle

I liked this one fine enough, honestly. My expectations for these shorts aren't big though, I'm mostly happy with them as long as they amuse me and this one managed to do that. That said, if the main reason Flutters keeps getting "Teacher of the month" is because of how fun she makes everything, I'm surprised she's actually the one getting it and not Pinkie. I'd figure Pinkie would actually be the one to make everything the most fun? Are we saying Fluttershy is more fun than Pinkie?

I think the complaint of something being "OOC" is often a bit unfair. People in real life aren't actually particularly consistent, they often do things you don't expect them to do, and something as simple as being tired or having a bad day can change the way they act to an extent. Nobody really has a 100% consistent personality, the you today might be a bit different from the "You" of tomorrow. So, I don't like to jump on screaming "OOC" every time a character does something a bit out of the ordinary, instead I examine my image of the character and try to think either of how this out of the ordinary moment can fit in with the rest of what I understand of them, or I allow my understanding of them to change and grow based on the new information. That said, there's a limit to that. People are a little different each day, but that only goes so far and if there's a drastic change in behavior there's usually a reason for that. You couldn't just have say...Rainbow Dash suddenly quit the Wonderbolts for no reason. Because that makes no sense what-so-ever and goes against every single thing we know about the character. If you want to make a drastic change to a character you can do it, but you should think of good explanations and reasoning. So you could write RD quitting the bolts and have it make sense and be a good move for the character, but you need to provide a good reason for it, because a drastic change with no explanation isn't really good writing. I'm willing to accept a lot from characters provided there's some good thought put into them.