Fractured

Hey look, it's time for that one episode per season where Spike does a thing, and is somehow terrible at that thing due to to the plot's demand for a complete lack of common sense and logic. Skip!

This episode was awful for all involved. Specifically, Twilight and Celestia's character's both took a nosedive, as well as Lunas and the Mane Six's for saying anything in the slightest about either party treating this like a game.

But since we're talking about this episode, one scene really pisses me off. Yes, more than the potential death of an entire kingdom.

Specifically, it's the scene under the castle, with Twilight and Spike. After being confronted with her worst fear for seemingly minutes on end, Spike disobeys her orders and comes running down the stairs because he's genuinely worried about him. At which point, she, having a pretty good idea of what the door's powers are... holds it open for him.

What the hell? No, seriously, what the hell? Twilight... he's your assistant. Screw that, he's your first and possibly best friend, and you're using him as a bloody scientific experiment. A terrible experiment; you literally went through it seconds ago, and it had you in tears. You already know what it does, so what makes you think it's okay to do that to anyone? Especially Spike, who was scared out of his mind and only trying to help you!

The bottom line is, the guy saved your life, and you willingly tortured him. No, I don't care that you comforted him afterward, that doesn't make it okay in the slightest. There's no rationalizing this; that one scene reeks of more evil than the entirety of the rest of this episode.

I do give it points for making Owls' Well that Ends Well more heart wrenching than obnoxious for me, thought. It's hard not to sympathize with Spike when you realize his worst fear is playing out in front of him.

Don't feel too bad, Dark Quivit, it wasn't really a legitimate argument when it was first used. It's really something people just say when they run out of anything to support their statements, which were probably illogical and/or ignorant to begin with if they're running to this statement. You can safely dismiss them,

Never thought about the feminist angle. Intriguing. I wonder why they're so defensive about the idea in the first place; this seems to be the first show that an issue like this has been raised.