Nilkad_Naqadah

Whoa, hey, no need to start getting upset about it. All I said was that you were vague in your post. It may be the case that you've been less vague on other threads, but I haven't seen any of those threads, and it's unreasonable to get upset at me for basing my statement off the information I have. Secondly, if you don't like this thread, you think it's boring or played out, that's fine, just ignore it. No one forced you to participate. There have been plenty of threads I thought were overdone, and I just either stopped replying to them or didn't start replying to them, rather than get upset at the poster. And lastly, yes I realize people have differing opinions. I can definitely deal with it. In fact, in the reply you quoted, I was quite cordial to someone who disagreed with my opinion, because that person was being reasonable. That's what it really comes down to. How reasonable or unreasonable a person is. Frankly I've stuck a verbal boot up the arse of people who actually agree with me, simply because they were being unreasonable.

Pegasus, 100%. I love feathered wings, they're so stylish. If I could gain the ability to fly, either through levitation or with avian wings, I'd pick the wings. Hands down.

It's not really people like you I'm annoyed with, as you're clearly being quite reasonable about it. Perhaps I should have been more clear. It annoys me when people claim it's an objectively bad decision, and assume that it can somehow ruin Twi's character and make her a Mary Sue. Bonus points if such a person is really vague about what makes him or her think it's a bad decision. Such as...

That's actually a pretty fair point, although from what I've seen, it seems like the original purpose of the subforum was speculation on what could be done, with discussion such as this being a secondary purpose.

I'm sure a lot of you have noticed the annoyance over Twilight Sparkle becoming an alicorn. In fact, I'm sure many of you have felt and/or expressed such annoyance. Now, there are lots of reasons for this, but the one I see the most is the claim that making her a princess is pandering to little girls, and not far behind that is the claim that it reinforces ideas that girls should pursue social status. Honestly, I don't think that's the case. I mean, yes, it's clear that Twilight becoming a princess does appeal to young girls, but I don't really think that's why the choice was made, and even if it was, that's not necessarily a bad thing. I think people tend to forget that the show was designed to appeal to little girls from the start, but is still good because each element is handled so well. The sheer fact that this event may have been geared toward the show's target audience does not necessarily make it bad, as long as it's handled well (which I feel it was.) Secondly, the idea that it tells girls to pursue social status. I simply don't think this is the case. The way I see it, becoming an alicorn was the next logical step in the development of Twilight's talent. Her defining trait is being good at magic, so it simply makes sense that upon gaining greater mastery of such a skill she would turn into one of the most magically capable beings in the world.The fact that that also entailed becoming a princess doesn't mean it's social propaganda, especially when you look at the fact that none of the other mane 6 seem in any way jealous or excluded, because they realize that that's her path and that they have their own paths they would rather follow, which lead to different ends. Overall I just think that people are being a bit too cynical about this. I'll admit I didn't like the idea at first, but I think they did it well. But hey, maybe that's just me. What do you guys think?