Unpopular opinions about MLP?

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

Mlp is g@y horse......what.... that's what horse s#!t people say to us.....

[Sparklefan1234 170,814]

1 hour ago, Kyoshi said:

Gabby is one of the worst and bland characters ever put into the show.

 

Gabby's voice is like nails on a chalkboard, IMO. 

 

The fact that Cozy Glow was evil "just because" is stupid and it feels like she was included as a *wink* *wink* joke for the bronies. 

 

[JMTV99 1,353]

Oh joy! I'm ready to get passionate on this one. Here's my unpopular opinions on MLP G4.

1. I personally don't mind Twilicorn from the very beginning since it's great development for Twilight.

2. I actually do like Tank for the Memories and Rainbow Dash's crying scene in this episode because it shows how Dash being emotional and grieving and it worked very well.

3. I don't care what any said, but I will defend Season 1 until the day I die.

4. Rainbow Falls is not as bad as people are making it out to be. Love Derpy's comeback.

5. I was never a big fan of Cadence to begin with since I find her character (after Canterlot Wedding) pretty boring and uninteresting. Same thing with Shining Armor, despite being Twilight's brother.

6. Equestria Girls franchise didn't really need to exist.

7. I love Luna to death, but she's overrated as hell.

8.  I'm barley pay attention to The Young Six nor familiar with them and didn't care about them. I thought they were just there.

9. I wish there's more backstory episodes  for the characters that never utilized enough like Trixie and Gilda.

10. Season 6 is god awful and it's my personal LEAST favorite of the series. Season 3 may be mediocre, but I'll rather watch that than ANY episode of Season 6 anyday.

11. I'm still sad that we will never get to see Celestia and Luna backstory episode. Granted, we may have a couple of Celestia and Luna's sisterly-bond episodes in the later seasons, but at what costs?

12. I wanted to like Starlight, she's cute, but her development was wasted, and it could've done better.

13. I'm neutral towards Sunset Shimmer. She wasn't my favorite, but at least her development was handled competently better than Starlight.

14. I like the show's innocence and light hearted charming nature in than earlier seasons than it's dour and bitterness in the later seasons.

15. As much as I love the brony fanservice references in this show, but I felt they overdid it too much and it comes off as a bit distracting.

16. I was NEVER a Discord fan since Day 1 and I find his character to be overhyped. Never cared of him of being redeemed either.

17. Dashie gets too much hate. She really needs some love.

18. Why Snips and Snails are still part of the show even though they're not funny characters to begin with?

19. I never really care for A Friend in Need, but I only like the Smile song in the episode.

20. While I'm proud that the CMC finally got their cutie marks, but their cutie marks themselves is something that I'm going have to get used to.

21. Season 2 is overhyped.

22. I'm okay with Big Mac get together with Sugar Belle since I thought it was very clever.

23. I thought Newbie Dash and 28 Pranks Later is worse than Rainbow Falls.

24. Bridle Gossip and Feeling Pinkie Keen are very underrated and overhated episodes.

25. From what little I've saw from Season 7-9 recently, I felt the show started to lose steam and running out of ideas and the magic was pretty gone since the old writers left and replaced with new writers. Despite ending on a high note, the show show should've ended at Season 5.

26. The Hub Network was lightyears better than Discovery Family.

So there ya go! COME AT ME, BRUH!!

On 2021-02-18 at 4:37 PM, ExpitheCat said:

"The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone" is honestly one of my favorite episodes of the series in general. I don't really see a lot of people talk about it but I really liked how it handled Gilda's character and gave her a backstory which I had wanted to see ever since I watched Griffon the Brush Off for the first time. Kind of wish Gilda appeared in a major role in later episodes.

I agree. Little Gilda was so cute. Plus, I want to see more of her and Rainbow's relationship with her because I think there's a lot more to her than just being a jerk character. Same thing with Trixie. I want to see more flashbacks of them and have their characters fleshed out.

 

On 2021-02-18 at 5:25 PM, Megas said:

Believe it or not, I actually hate how the second half of the show made me such a cynical bastard towards it

I agree. At least the first half of the series was happy and light hearted that still put a huge smile on my face. The second half just puts me in a bad mood and it really did get me burned out from watching the show.

Edited April 5, 2021 by JMTV99

[Pentium100 2,122]

I don't like that Twilight was made to take over from Celestia, to me, it's a sad ending for Twilight.

2 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

24. Bridle Gossip and Feeling Pinkie Keen are very underrated and overhated episodes.

I don't hate these episodes, but in Feeling Pinkie Keen IMO Twilight behaves in a stupid way and I don't really like the moral, at least the way it was presented.

[Adorable Lovestar 243]

I think Rainbow Dash is an amazing character who's better when she's brash and unapologetically blunt. It's part of her honest and proud nature.

  

39 minutes ago, Pentium100 said:

in Feeling Pinkie Keen IMO Twilight behaves in a stupid way and I don't really like the moral, at least the way it was presented.

And: I think Twilight behaves as any good skeptic/scientist should in Feeling Pinkie Keen, and the problem with the episode to me is that the moral espouses faith in nonsense without any concrete proof, while simultaneously deriding those that seek said proof. Despicable. Lots of other great things in that episode.

Edited April 5, 2021 by Adorable Lovestar

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

I will forever defend everything about FiM till the day I die because I love it so much.  I do however, absolutely despise the Student Six for very boring, bland, paper-thin characters who weren't in any way engaging to me.  Whenever I'm marathoning the series, I always skip out their episodes.  I hate them even more for taking the spotlight away from characters who I love so much and when they're not there and there are some lousy replacements in their place, it hurts quite a bit. 

I also wish that the ending didn't have to have Twilight leaving her friends. That's the whole reason that the finale turned me into a weeping wreck, the knowledge that my idols won't be together as often. That's the one thing from the series that I would change. Everything else is perfect! 

Edited April 5, 2021 by TomDaBombMLP

[JMTV99 1,353]

3 hours ago, Pentium100 said:

I don't hate these episodes, but in Feeling Pinkie Keen IMO Twilight behaves in a stupid way and I don't really like the moral, at least the way it was presented.

Fair enough.

2 hours ago, Adorable Lovestar said:

And: I think Twilight behaves as any good skeptic/scientist should in Feeling Pinkie Keen, and the problem with the episode to me is that the moral espouses faith in nonsense without any concrete proof, while simultaneously deriding those that seek said proof. Despicable. Lots of other great things in that episode.

That's perfectly fine.

 

2 hours ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

I will forever defend everything about FiM till the day I die because I love it so much.  I do however, absolutely despise the Student Six for very boring, bland, paper-thin characters who weren't in any way engaging to me.  Whenever I'm marathoning the series, I always skip out their episodes.  I hate them even more for taking the spotlight away from characters who I love so much and when they're not there and there are some lousy replacements in their place, it hurts quite a bit. 

I also wish that the ending didn't have to have Twilight leaving her friends. That's the whole reason that the finale turned me into a weeping wreck, the knowledge that my idols won't be together as often. That's the one thing from the series that I would change. Everything else is perfect! 

Amen to that!

[Megas 27,630]

7 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

Oh joy! I'm ready to get passionate on this one. Here's my unpopular opinions on MLP G4.

1. I personally don't mind Twilicorn from the very beginning since it's great development for Twilight.

2. I actually do like Tank for the Memories and Rainbow Dash's crying scene in this episode because it shows how Dash being emotional and grieving and it worked very well.

3. I don't care what any said, but I will defend Season 1 until the day I die.

4. Rainbow Falls is not as bad as people are making it out to be. Love Derpy's comeback.

5. I was never a big fan of Cadence to begin with since I find her character (after Canterlot Wedding) pretty boring and uninteresting. Same thing with Shining Armor, despite being Twilight's brother.

6. Equestria Girls franchise didn't really need to exist.

7. I love Luna to death, but she's overrated as hell.

8.  I'm barley pay attention to The Young Six nor familiar with them and didn't care about them. I thought they were just there.

9. I wish there's more backstory episodes  for the characters that never utilized enough like Trixie and Gilda.

10. Season 6 is god awful and it's my personal LEAST favorite of the series. Season 3 may be mediocre, but I'll rather watch that than ANY episode of Season 6 anyday.

11. I'm still sad that we will never get to see Celestia and Luna backstory episode. Granted, we may have a couple of Celestia and Luna's sisterly-bond episodes in the later seasons, but at what costs?

12. I wanted to like Starlight, she's cute, but her development was wasted, and it could've done better.

13. I'm neutral towards Sunset Shimmer. She wasn't my favorite, but at least her development was handled competently better than Starlight.

14. I like the show's innocence and light hearted charming nature in than earlier seasons than it's dour and bitterness in the later seasons.

15. As much as I love the brony fanservice references in this show, but I felt they overdid it too much and it comes off as a bit distracting.

16. I was NEVER a Discord fan since Day 1 and I find his character to be overhyped. Never cared of him of being redeemed either.

17. Dashie gets too much hate. She really needs some love.

18. Why Snips and Snails are still part of the show even though they're not funny characters to begin with?

19. I never really care for A Friend in Need, but I only like the Smile song in the episode.

20. While I'm proud that the CMC finally got their cutie marks, but their cutie marks themselves is something that I'm going have to get used to.

21. Season 2 is overhyped.

22. I'm okay with Big Mac get together with Sugar Belle since I thought it was very clever.

23. I thought Newbie Dash and 28 Pranks Later is worse than Rainbow Falls.

24. Bridle Gossip and Feeling Pinkie Keen are very underrated and overhated episodes.

25. From what little I've saw from Season 7-9 recently, I felt the show started to lose steam and running out of ideas and the magic was pretty gone since the old writers left and replaced with new writers. Despite ending on a high note, the show show should've ended at Season 5.

26. The Hub Network was lightyears better than Discovery Family.

So there ya go! COME AT ME, BRUH!!

I actually agree with a lot of these

7 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

18. Why Snips and Snails are still part of the show even though they're not funny characters to begin with?

Probably the same reason why kept bringing the Flim Flam Bros and the Yaks, everyone hated them but the writers were convinced you'll like them eventually

7 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

15. As much as I love the brony fanservice references in this show, but I felt they overdid it too much and it comes off as a bit distracting.

I feel the heavy pandering down the line was actually more detrimental to the show, especially since it was often used to mask a lot of flaws in episodes

7 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

16. I was NEVER a Discord fan since Day 1 and I find his character to be overhyped. Never cared of him of being redeemed either.

I still maintain that bringing back and """"reforming"""" Discord was the biggest mistake the show ever made as it often led to the show's lowest points, including ruining the goddamn finale and final season as a whole. And coming from me given that Newbie Dash exists, is saying a lot. Speaking of which

 

7 hours ago, JMTV99 said:

23. I thought Newbie Dash and 28 Pranks Later is worse than Rainbow Falls

I honestly don't get how people can look at those two episodes and still say Rainbow Falls is worse. Like, there's a lot of shit I can say about RF, but one thing I can say is that is that even for all its faults, I at least believe it meant well. I look at Newbie Dash and I'm sorry, but that should have been impossible to ruin, like to the point where they had to try to make it terrible

[JMTV99 1,353]

46 minutes ago, Megas said:

I actually agree with a lot of these

Thank you.

47 minutes ago, Megas said:

Probably the same reason why kept bringing the Flim Flam Bros and the Yaks, everyone hated them but the writers were convinced you'll like them eventually

Yeah, guess what? It doesn't work.

47 minutes ago, Megas said:

I feel the heavy pandering down the line was actually more detrimental to the show, especially since it was often used to mask a lot of flaws in episodes

Yeah, as someone who adore Slice of Life, I have to agree.

48 minutes ago, Megas said:

I still maintain that bringing back and """"reforming"""" Discord was the biggest mistake the show ever made as it often led to the show's lowest points, including ruining the goddamn finale and final season as a whole. And coming from me given that Newbie Dash exists, is saying a lot. Speaking of which

I mean, I do get the writers are trying to go for, but Discord is impossible to reform since he is (now was) the embodiment of chaos who has no redeemable qualities. So bringing him back and reformed him is completely ridiculous. Honestly, he should've stayed stone for life for all I care.

48 minutes ago, Megas said:

I honestly don't get how people can look at those two episodes and still say Rainbow Falls is worse. Like, there's a lot of shit I can say about RF, but one thing I can say is that is that even for all its faults, I at least believe it meant well. I look at Newbie Dash and I'm sorry, but that should have been impossible to ruin, like to the point where they had to try to make it terrible

PREACH!!

[Pentium100 2,122]

7 hours ago, Adorable Lovestar said:

And: I think Twilight behaves as any good skeptic/scientist should in Feeling Pinkie Keen, and the problem with the episode to me is that the moral espouses faith in nonsense without any concrete proof, while simultaneously deriding those that seek said proof. Despicable. Lots of other great things in that episode.

While Twilight behaved a bit stupid (IMO, becoming a denier at some points, especially since this is Equestria and stuff like a plant that can have weird "joke" effects on you exists) in the episode, the moral of "just believe" was the worst part, especially considering that "just believeing" they were cursed by Zecora in a previous episode was a bad thing. There was a better way to test Pinkie's ability.

3 hours ago, Megas said:

I feel the heavy pandering down the line was actually more detrimental to the show, especially since it was often used to mask a lot of flaws in episodes

The problem is that bronies are different and pandering to some will make the episode less appealing to others.

[Adorable Lovestar 243]

On 2021-04-05 at 11:44 AM, Pentium100 said:

While Twilight behaved a bit stupid (IMO, becoming a denier at some points, especially since this is Equestria and stuff like a plant that can have weird "joke" effects on you exists)

That plant's effects can be tested empirically, and its methods reproduced through science. Pinkie Sense can't. What exactly is the similarity between the two?

[Pentium100 2,122]

3 minutes ago, Adorable Lovestar said:

That plant's effects can be tested empirically, and its methods reproduced through science. Pinkie Sense can't. What exactly is the similarity between the two?

Some of Pinkie's predictions are definite enough to be possible to test. For example, she knows when something is about to fall. So, arrange some objects that would randomly fall (for example a mechanism that, when youn pull a handle would randomly either release something to fall or not), then check how accuately Pinkie can predict it.

Ask Pinkie what else she can predict and some of those have to be stuff that is possible to test safely. I'm sure some of real-life science (like gravity waves) is much harder to test, but it is still done.

There's also the "third option" of saying "I don't know if this is real or not, but from what little I have seen it looks real, but I'm not going to assume it is completely real".

[Octavian 5,421]

Okay most of my unpopular opinions about MLP have been eroded by rewatching and listening to fan stuff  

But one unpopular opinion remains...

Rainbow should have gone with the Hot Pink Flamingo

Seriously though for the longest time I didn't get the Derpy thing. Only Autumn converted me

 

[Octavian 5,421]

56 minutes ago, Pentium100 said:

There's also the "third option" of saying "I don't know if this is real or not, but from what little I have seen it looks real, but I'm not going to assume it is completely real".

There is no rational defence of Pinkie Sense - that is exactly what the episode was driving at. The point is that confronted with something that is impossible to understand, you have to have faith rather than being overcome by the problem because you can't reason it out - just deal and move on. In general that is a sound message IMO. It doesn't mean you can't revisit the apparently impossible problem and try to understand it later. The episode betrayed that message a tad with Twi wearing the Umbrella hat at the end, but it made for a cute moment so I forgive it  

[Pentium100 2,122]

6 hours ago, abrony-mouse said:

There is no rational defence of Pinkie Sense - that is exactly what the episode was driving at. The point is that confronted with something that is impossible to understand, you have to have faith rather than being overcome by the problem because you can't reason it out - just deal and move on.

IMO it's like quantum physics - counter-intuitive to understand, but you can test and prove it. Or try to disprove it and fail. Same with Pinkie sense - run some tests and mark it as "according to these tests it works, more tests may be needed" instead of just taking it on faith with no tests, because, after all, what's the difference between Pinkie sense and the tonic made by Flim & Flam? You can test both and you can figure out with some cetainty that they work or don't.

[Paleopony 701]

1. I don't hate Twilight as an alicorn. I think it was good character development for her.
2. Rainbow Dash is overrated. She is one of the worst out of the mane six (I still like her though).
3. Season 1 was one of the best seasons of the show.
4. Princess Cadence is a bland and uninteresting character.
5. Equestria Girls should not have existed (I don't think it's terrible though).
6. The background characters are way too overrated.
7. The CMC's cutie marks weren't bad at all.
8. I like Luna and Celestia about the same. Celestia seems to be underappreciated.
9. I didn't care about the Young Six. It would be better if they weren't in the show.
10. Starlight and Sunset Shimmer weren't bad characters but they aren't as good as people make them out to be.
11. The show should have ended earlier, maybe after season 7 (and the movie).
12. The Best Night Ever is one of the best season enders.
13. Season 3 was actually good.
14. Pinkie is one of the smartest mane six characters.
15. I'm not particularly interested in non pony characters ( unless changelings are not considered ponies).
16. I don't like mane six ships.
17. Rarity is one of the funniest characters after Pinkie.
18. Applejack is way underrated.
19. The fandom is not dying anytime soon.
20. Bonus: the G1 cartoon was actually good (although not as much as FIM).

I hope I didn't offend anyone!

Edited July 11, 2021 by Paleopony

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

39 minutes ago, Paleopony said:

1. I don't hate Twilight as an alicorn. I think it was good character development for her.
2. Rainbow Dash is overrated. She is one of the worst out of the mane six (I still like her though).
3. Season 1 was one of the best seasons of the show.
4. Princess Cadence is a bland and uninteresting character.
5. Equestria Girls should not have existed (I don't think it's terrible though).
6. The background characters are way too overrated.
7. The CMC's cutie marks weren't bad at all.
8. I like Luna and Celestia about the same. Celestia seems to be underappreciated.
9. I didn't care about the Young Six. It would be better if they weren't in the show.
10. Starlight and Sunset Shimmer weren't bad characters but they aren't as good as people make them out to be.
11. The show should have ended earlier, maybe after season 7 (and the movie).
12. The Best Night Ever is one of the best season enders.
13. Season 3 was actually good.
14. Pinkie is one of the smartest mane six characters.
15. I'm not particularly interested in non pony characters ( unless changelings are not considered ponies).
16. I don't like mane six ships.
17. Rarity is one of the funniest characters after Pinkie.
18. Applejack is way underrated.
19. The fandom is not dying anytime soon.
20. Bonus: the G1 cartoon was actually good (although not as much as FIM).

I hope I didn't offend anyone!

Your #1 made me like you already. 

2 true 

3 debatable.

4...mehh 

5 i love there music... And I believe is a necessary tactical step.

6  they got overated by the bronies because they're underated and needed some love.

7 who said that? who's the blasphemer who tarnishes the CMC?

8 blame hasbro...or maybe twilight blame the plot aswell.

9 don't be mean there are some fans here that you might accidentally hurt their feelings.

10  .... I take back number 1 for hating starlight...

11 but cozy glow is at season8 she best villain.

12 ...... What was that again?

13 it is!..... Maybe I should give back number one....maybe

14 okay I forgive you on number 10 respecc I give back to you...

15 yeah.

16

17 she has that  doesn't she!

18 not really the japs love her and also the hard working peeps...

19 that's why we are here!

* Stabs fandom with adrenaline shots*

20... That offended me lol

 

 

 

 

 

[Paleopony 701]

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3 debatable 

You are right on that one for sure. I don't know which season is the best. I'd have to go back and rewatch some of the episodes I haven't seen in a while to be sure. Seasons 6, 8, and 9 are the worst in my opinion. I think season 1 is probably like the 4th best season. I do like that one a lot, even though the animation looks somewhat dated compared to later seasons. It has some of the most memorable episodes of the whole series. I bet a good percentage of memes are from season 1.

3 hours ago, Kujamih said:

9 don't be mean there are some fans here that you might accidentally hurt their feelings

I don't hate the young six I just don't think they are very interesting.

3 hours ago, Kujamih said:

12 ...... What was that again?

I honestly like all the season finales but to me this one stands out because unlike most of them there are no villains in it and no war or danger. It's just an innocent ending to a well crafted season. It was going to be the original ending to the show actually, before it was known that people liked MLP enough to keep the show running. There are better finales than that one though.

3 hours ago, Kujamih said:

18 not really the japs love her and also the hard working peeps...

The Japanese love her! I didn't know that!

3 hours ago, Kujamih said:

19 that's why we are here!

Yep, that's why we're here.

[RulesofRarity 493]

The show was always at its best when it was focused on appealing to its target demographic and the show existing as a means to sell toys wasn't a bad thing. 

[JMTV99 1,353]

15 hours ago, Paleopony said:

1. I don't hate Twilight as an alicorn. I think it was good character development for her.
2. Rainbow Dash is overrated. She is one of the worst out of the mane six (I still like her though).
3. Season 1 was one of the best seasons of the show.
4. Princess Cadence is a bland and uninteresting character.
5. Equestria Girls should not have existed (I don't think it's terrible though).
6. The background characters are way too overrated.
7. The CMC's cutie marks weren't bad at all.
8. I like Luna and Celestia about the same. Celestia seems to be underappreciated.
9. I didn't care about the Young Six. It would be better if they weren't in the show.
10. Starlight and Sunset Shimmer weren't bad characters but they aren't as good as people make them out to be.
11. The show should have ended earlier, maybe after season 7 (and the movie).
12. The Best Night Ever is one of the best season enders.
13. Season 3 was actually good.
14. Pinkie is one of the smartest mane six characters.
15. I'm not particularly interested in non pony characters ( unless changelings are not considered ponies).
16. I don't like mane six ships.
17. Rarity is one of the funniest characters after Pinkie.
18. Applejack is way underrated.
19. The fandom is not dying anytime soon.
20. Bonus: the G1 cartoon was actually good (although not as much as FIM).

I hope I didn't offend anyone!

1. I agree. Despite it's shortcomings, at least it does help Twlight grow as a character, even I do miss unicorn Twilight

2. I understand, but I love Dashie though

3. AGREED 100%

4. Yeah, I didn't care for her either

5.DOUBLE AGREED 1000%

6.To some extent, yes, but I still love them.

7.Yeah, I don't mind it either

8.I love both of them, but yeah Celestia deserve some love

9. TRIPLE AGREED!!!!

10. At least I can say Sunset is the lesser of two evils, but I didn't care for them either

11. Me, the show should've ended after Season 4.

12. I love that episode. It's hilarious!

13. Yeah, at least I would say Season 3, despite it flaws, is more enjoyable compared to anything that happened in Season 6-9.

14. In her own way, I can see that.

15. Unless it's Spike, Zecora, Little Strongheart, and Autuam Blaze, me neither.

16. Yeah, I kinda agree. Unless, it's for fun, I don't want to see it canon.

17. For the most part, yes.

18. Yeah, I can see that.

19. Yeah true

20. Eh, not really for me, but fair enough

 

No, not at all. I completely respect that.

[Reality Check 632]

Unpopular opinions huh? Hmmm, how about... I like Angel Bunny?

[Paleopony 701]

On 2021-04-04 at 10:32 PM, JMTV99 said:

24. Bridle Gossip and Feeling Pinkie Keen are very underrated and overhated episodes.

Same here. Feeling Pinkie Keen wasn't bad at all, the moral at the end was just worded in the wrong way.

[Paleopony 701]

On 2021-07-10 at 5:03 PM, Paleopony said:

The background characters are way too overrated

Don't get me wrong, I love Derpy, Vinyl, Octavia, Lyra, and Bon Bon, but they are simply not my favorite characters in the show. They are really just Easter eggs in the background for the most part.

 

On 2021-07-10 at 5:03 PM, Paleopony said:

Season 3 was actually good.

Season 3 was one of the weaker seasons but was not as bad as seasons 6, 8, and 9. At least season 3 gave us a handful of bad or mediocre episodes while seasons 6, 8, and 9 had a whole lot.

 

On 2021-07-10 at 5:03 PM, Paleopony said:

I don't like mane six ships.

Not sexual ones. If it's just a close friendship, it's fine with me.

[JMTV99 1,353]

3 hours ago, Paleopony said:

Same here. Feeling Pinkie Keen wasn't bad at all, the moral at the end was just worded in the wrong way.

I agree.

[Cash In 22,313]

I like Discord, but I hate the way they handled him at so many points. Season 9 was the worst offender by far.