Stolas 5026 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 100% unnecessary. Absolutely no purpose in having her there. To be honest, she's only an annoyance. Nothing else. In fact, I don' even think she's cute either. Edited March 19, 2018 by Barique 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
The Recherche 29339 Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Barique said: I don't even think she's cute either. Word. I really prefer the button-eyes that the baby ponies used to have. The watery eyes just don't work as well, if you ask me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
GrimGrimoire 4945 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Yeah, and so is every other single character not the Mane 6. All these unnecessary characters clogging up a perfectly good show... how dare they add characters I don't like. *shakes fist and rambles on and on about nobody knowing what is good anymore* 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
kaiser5578 338 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Cadence and shining were together for what? a year and a half? that's longer than it takes most people i know after they get married, so i really just adds to a bit of realism in this world of pastel ponies Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
Splashee 18842 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Short answer: Yes A little bit longer answer: Yeah Longer yet: She was only thrown in to be a toy for the baby collectors. She also managed to mess up the true story of how alicorns work. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
HedonismBot 69 Share Posted October 29, 2020 The big problem I have is that they observed that Flurry Heart was an anomaly - the first pony ever to be born an alicorn - and then went absolutely nowhere with it. Either give us some quality worldbuilding there, or don't bother. On 3/24/2018 at 10:30 PM, kaiser5578 said: Cadence and shining were together for what? a year and a half? that's longer than it takes most people i know after they get married, so i really just adds to a bit of realism in this world of pastel ponies Speaking of realism: after Flurry Heart was born, the role of Cadance and Shining Armor became almost nothing more than "Flurry Heart's parents". From what I've read on Reddit, that's happened to more than a few couples in real life (a big part of why I have zero interest in parenthood). Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
Landi72 139 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Yes, I do think she was kinda unnecessary. For starters, she's an alicorn for no real reason. Hasbro figured kids would buy more toys of her if she had both wings and a horn. Not only are alicorns typically the result poor writing, she doesn't even have a purpose for being one. At least Twilight and Cadence had to earn their alicornship. Flurryheart just happened to be born one, which doesn't make much sense. Along with her unneedingly being an alicorn, she doesn't really affect the show in any way other than taking the focus off of Cadence and Shinning Armor. She was just such a mishandled character, and is quite unnecessary. Now, I do think there's a way they could've made her better. First off, make her either a unicorn or a pegasus (this is possible because Cadence was a pegasus before she became an alicorn). That way, she doesn't convolute the show with another alicorn and screw up the already confusing alicorn lore. Plus, in a sense, she would simply be more relatable if she was either a unicorn or a pegasus. Then, the show could've simply utilized her better and made her more enjoyable. Making these changes could've really made her more likable, and could've helped her character in the grand scheme of things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swu24 5 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I think Flurry Heart is necessary. She is a new addition to the princesses, helped the Crystal Empire once, and she ought to be part of the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Piranha 18953 Share Posted October 30, 2020 As a natural progress for Cadance and Shining Armor, she wasn’t. But I can see on your shoes if you think otherwise. They didn’t do much with her since her introduction. I would have like her to have taken over Luster Dawn’s role in the series finale Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
Toastypk 417 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I wanted to see her have some importance in the show, but that never happened. Though they did do that scene where Twilight declares that if all else fails in their battle, Flurry is Equestria's last hope. Pretty deep if you think about it. As her being an alicorn... genes. Cadance has those powerful genes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
Kyoshi 35100 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Flurry was absolutely meaningless. She didn't provide anything worthwhile to the show and her being born an alicorn was so damn stupid. The only good thing to come from her was the hug reaction here. Her and the student six were easily the most pointless additions to the show. Even Starright found a place eventually despite debuting as Mary Sue incarnate. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
CloudMistDragon 3836 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I never really cared for Flurry Heart or found her necessary. It did humor me how she essentially acted as a lifeline for Twilight in the finale, but in no way was she essential to the show's "plot", if you could call it that. "Everything in MLP is filler", I know, but it was always too obvious that her inclusion in the show was for promoting toys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
DPBOX 17 Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 10:40 AM, Landi72 said: Yes, I do think she was kinda unnecessary. For starters, she's an alicorn for no real reason. Hasbro figured kids would buy more toys of her if she had both wings and a horn. Not only are alicorns typically the result poor writing, she doesn't even have a purpose for being one. At least Twilight and Cadence had to earn their alicornship. Flurryheart just happened to be born one, which doesn't make much sense. Along with her unneedingly being an alicorn, she doesn't really affect the show in any way other than taking the focus off of Cadence and Shinning Armor. She was just such a mishandled character, and is quite unnecessary. Now, I do think there's a way they could've made her better. First off, make her either a unicorn or a pegasus (this is possible because Cadence was a pegasus before she became an alicorn). That way, she doesn't convolute the show with another alicorn and screw up the already confusing alicorn lore. Plus, in a sense, she would simply be more relatable if she was either a unicorn or a pegasus. Then, the show could've simply utilized her better and made her more enjoyable. Making these changes could've really made her more likable, and could've helped her character in the grand scheme of things. I 100% agree with this. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lambdadelta 1429 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Flurry Heart is the conflict of S6 premiere then after that she was just there, just exist for no particular reason other than a married couple is supposed to have a kid. S6 finale isnt even about her. Her birth did nothing to the Alicorn beside confusions. She is very cute and that's about it. Hasbro has made so many questionable choices in the series, Flurry Heart is one of them, even in my top 5 wtf choice if i ever have one. Flurry Heart is a fine addition to Twilight's family so Twilight can be an adorkable aunt but why, why does she have to be an Alicorn? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
Vefka 1231 Share Posted November 3, 2020 She isn't necessary storywise. She was introduced to make a new toys line, in the show itself she appeared just a couple of times and "saved" Equestria once because writers needed to put her in some important role. Even creators just forgot about her in last seasons 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nightshroud96 96 Share Posted November 16, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 11:47 PM, CloudMistDragon said: I never really cared for Flurry Heart or found her necessary. It did humor me how she essentially acted as a lifeline for Twilight in the finale, but in no way was she essential to the show's "plot", if you could call it that. "Everything in MLP is filler", I know, but it was always too obvious that her inclusion in the show was for promoting toys. Pretty much Flurry Heart was used as a way to sideline Shining Armor and Cadance in the finale there. Honestly Twilight didn't realize that Flurry Heart is too young to save anyone and by the time she grows up, most likely everyone would be dead by then due to the huge mess the villain had done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Califorum 13180 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I feel like she was but due to her we got a story about Grogar as read to her by Twilight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites Badges
nightshroud96 96 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 12:41 AM, Califorum said: I feel like she was but due to her we got a story about Grogar as read to her by Twilight. Too bad we didn't get the real Grogar though but a certain chaos spirit pulling a very iffy plan instead.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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