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My Little Pony Friendship is Magic - Twilight's Kingdom - Twilight Sparkle vs Lord Tirek fight scene


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I don't feel like writing a drawn out essay on what I think about the other aspects of the Twilight's Kingdom episode, but what I will respond about is the negativity surrounding the fight scene in particular, and the fallacious claims people make to try to justify their criticism, I will vaguely cover in a roundabout way what they said. I don't like negativity and to be honest I want to avoid most of that here on this forum, as having to make a criticism about anything in this way is boring and tedious.

 

Critic response (1) "Why didn't Twilight Sparkle try to bargain her way out of the battle at the start of the fight, wouldn't that have been easier?"

My response - Certainly not! such an unwise move would not have a favorable outcome, there is such a thing as a calculated risk, but I doubt that would have worked in this situation and I will explain why, Tirek at this point was not open to compromise, he wanted to accumulate as much Equestrian magic as he possibly could, and he was ruthless about it. If Twilight Sparkle had tried to trade with Tirek so early, it is more likely that it would have failed and resulted in being captured along with her friends, if Princess Luna, Princess Celestia and Princess Cadance could not reason with him, what makes you think Twilight could "strategize" her way out of this? and I say strategize in a flippant manner because there are some situations where you need to resort to violence to defend not only yourself, but also others you care deeply about. Submitting to a tyrant is clearly not a good option here. It was only in a moment of cowardice in a stalemate, when Lord Tirek decided to do a trade with Twilight later on.

 

Critic response (2) "Lasers against invincible opponents in anti-climatic battles are boring"

My response - Before their fight started, Twilight Sparkle and Tirek did not know they would not get injured in the battle, for all they knew, one of them could've ended up vaporizing the other the moment their energy attack hit, and yes, deaths have occurred in MLP verse believe it or not. If the situation calls for you to use a Kamehameha to defeat the big bad, it must be done, though I find it ironic that Lily Orchard would go out of her way to discredit this, when in other comments she advocated for fictional heroes to kill villains without dialogue to try to de-escalate the situation first, contradicting her own point about brute force being a necessary action sometimes.

 

Critic response (3) "This battle went on for far too long and was padding"

My response - I don't know what you're talking about here, this fight only lasted for about 2 minutes out of the whole episode. Dragonball fights typically last several episodes, the best example of this being Frieza arc, when its heroes or anti heroes are throwing down the gauntlet against a villain in the story, plus a fight scene like this episode of MLP FIM between Tirek and Twilight only happened once in the series, laser battles were rarely used after this, the previous one I remember is the one from the past between Celestia and Luna. If Hasbro wanted to be tedious about it, Twilight Sparkle and Lord Tirek battle could have been done to the point where one of them fell at the end of their battle, possibly consisting of an entirely separate episode, this, is what would be rightfully considered padding, though thankfully Hasbro did not take it that far.

 

Critic response (4)  "This was fanservice and pandering to bronies who also like Dragonball"

My response - Not an argument, if you think alienating fans is the answer to make a good story then you've obviously not been paying attention to how stories become so popular. What matters is the execution of the trope, not the existence of them. Dragonball was not the first fiction to utilize the idea of energy attacks in epic battles. Even if we are only talking about comparing anime, Fist of the North Star did this before Dragonball even aired, Dragonball aired in 1986, Fist of the North Star did this in year 1983, do your research, you have a right to an opinion, but please learn to back your statements up before you call yourself a critic and bash something you don't like.

 

Critic response (5) "This is a show for girls, what is this doing here?"

My response - Sexist, much? I believe the point about this showdown was to show that people of any gender and any age can enjoy a cartoon with scenes like this, and Twilight Sparkle becoming an alicorn, the show needed a good reason to show just how powerful she became and why Luna, Celestia and Cadance giving Twilight their magic mattered, what is the point in having all this power if you never use it? action scenes have a place in a show like this, whether you like it or not, some people like it, some people don't, you don't get to deny others what they like just because you dislike something. As the positive feedback showed, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is more appealing in part because of scenes like this, where Twilight Sparkle is not shown to be a submissive gender stereotype where male heroes usually lead the charge while a female is often depicted as a damsel, She is a Princess, a princess who is willing to fulfill her duty to protect her kingdom, and sometimes that means you need to be willing to fight when all other options have been exhausted, females can be great fighters just as males can.

 

 

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