Post your unpopular opinions

[The Taxman 274]

I don't think that the S5 premiere was a take against communism or tumblr users. .-.

[The Pink One 595]

I hate most of Europe (why do we just copy everything from more interesting countries), I also lean towards left wing politics (but still believe in democracy). Frozen wasn't good, it was overrated.

[baba_booey 4,299]

RR Sunset Shimmer is too bland for my tastes.

 

Although The Cutie Map was good, it had huge flaws.

 

Mysterious Mare Do Well > Sonic Rainboom. I went there.

 

I don't understand the whole "Cutie Map had communist references" deal.

Edited April 5, 2015 by Skarloey

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,329]

Religious discrimination does exist and is just as bad as any other form of discrimination. It's just not as talked about in the media due to other forms of oppression being done by the religious and the mentality that all religious people are, "blind sheep."

 

On that note, I'm neutral on that law in Indiana. On one hand, it sucks that gay people are getting their rights hindered but on the other hand, some people are taking their criticisms on them too far to the point where they've gotten death threats and acting just as bigoted and discriminating as the people they're criticizing.

 

Both political parties are equally as stupid.

[sweetolebob18 724]

One bad thing about the new season is that people will stop writing fanfic to watch the new episodes .  There are only 1 billion+ words of pony fiction out there, how can I survive?

 

Seriously, there are some unfinished things I'd like to see completed, but I reckon I'll live to the end of the season.  I'm certainly willing to run the risk.

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,329]

One bad thing about the new season is that people will stop writing fanfic to watch the new episodes .  There are only 1 billion+ words of pony fiction out there, how can I survive?

 

Seriously, there are some unfinished things I'd like to see completed, but I reckon I'll live to the end of the season.  I'm certainly willing to run the risk.

I'm pretty sure whether a show is in season or not does not stop people from fanficing. If anything, they would be fanficing more since the new episodes airing will give them inspiration.

[The Taxman 274]

I remember there being an abundance of fanfics featuring Maud and Suri after their debut, so I would say that the fanfic community isn't going to stop just because of the new season.

 

The newest Past Sins story, The Road Home, is updating biweekly and you'll have at least 15 chapters by the time S5 ends. If the Past Sins verse doesn't appeal to you, there's always the Lunaverse (currently on its second season) and the featured fics on Equestria Daily. Nothing to worry about. There are still 6 days of the week!

[Venomous 18,813]

Water and ice are best types of Pokemon

[The Professor...8D 823]

I'm not a huge fan of shippers or fanfics....................*Shrugs*

 

Also Clown s are EVIL..............8D

[Midnight Gaze 131]

I don't like most of what people say is humor. Sorry, no "epic fails" for me.

 

I also don't like season 4.

Edited April 6, 2015 by Midnight Gaze

[baba_booey 4,299]

I don't like Queen Chrysalis that much. She just failed as a villain (lol ima eckspose myself becuz twilite found cadance xd) and I felt she was just a bit of a generic antagonist to me. Plus, she was kind of ugly

 

And in terms of MLP's writers, Lauren Faust is at the same tier if not a lower tier than Merriwhether Williams.

[Lisa 5,552]

Star vs. The Forces of Evil is the best show in existence. 

[Vae Victis 742]

Frozen is overhyped. I wish some people would just let it go.

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

The season 5 premier of MLP was not that deep. If anything it was a well done strawman argument with a good outing for our Mane 6, but a strawman argument nonetheless. 

Also I really don't care for the new OCs and Starlight Glimmer. They weren't terrible or anything, but I just didn't get invested into them. If Starlight never returns I will shed no tears.  

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

None of the Mass Effect endings are really that bad.

The Reapers go away and people stop dying in every ending.

The only downside is that you die every time and the Mass Relays are destroyed.

[Venomous 18,813]

• FlutterShy 's shyness is annoying. She irritates me.

Cookies and brownies are equally delicious. They are equal.

Pasta is best food.

[A Black Circle 1,585]

RR Sunset Shimmer is too bland for my tastes.

 

Although The Cutie Map was good, it had huge flaws.

 

Mysterious Mare Do Well > Sonic Rainboom. I went there.

 

I don't understand the whole "Cutie Map had communist references" deal.

It was more North Korea.

But, yeah, this episode is probably the most messed up thing I've seen on children's* TV for 15 years.

 

*Because not all shows on "kids" networks are kid-exclusive y'kno

Star vs. The Forces of Evil is the best show in existence. 

It's going to be REALLY outdated in 10 years or so.

[Lisa 5,552]

It's going to be REALLY outdated in 10 years or so.

 

What do you mean by outdated?

[Adorkable 2,737]

It's not very well known, but I think People Can Fly should have made BulletStorm 2 instead of making Gears of War: Judgement.

[Overdrive 5,366]

I'm tired of people complaining about trivial things, but not doing anything to try and resolve it. Change they cycle you are in, otherwise nothing is going to change.

[gone~ 614]

If anything it was a well done strawman argument with a good outing for our Mane 6, but a strawman argument nonetheless.

 

What argument were they making in the premiere, and how was it a strawman?

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

What argument were they making in the premiere, and how was it a strawman?

The whole equality thing. At no point did we ever get any sort of reason why this was occurring, or that the idea of equality in general (not the one the show was pushing in the episode) had any merits to it. Basically the whole idea was set up to be wrong from the getgo which is what a strawman is, a position set up to favor the oppositions point of view.   Though to be fair I am most certainly overthinking this. I guess I sort of wanted a very grey morale, that the villain was trying to do right and with no real message. I'm not a huge fan of messages in my media. 

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,694]

The whole equality thing. At no point did we ever get any sort of reason why this was occurring, or that the idea of equality in general (not the one the show was pushing in the episode) had any merits to it. Basically the whole idea was set up to be wrong from the getgo which is what a strawman is, a position set up to favor the oppositions point of view.   Though to be fair I am most certainly overthinking this. I guess I sort of wanted a very grey morale, that the villain was trying to do right and with no real message. I'm not a huge fan of messages in my media. 

There's some sort of message in every form of media. If you have no message, you have no content.

 

I beg to differ with your interpretation of the episode. It was made very clear why Starlight was running the equality village: she believes different cutie marks lead to different special talents,  which lead to some ponies having advantages and abilities other ponies don't, which leads to conflict and pain and potential disaster. Her vision and her reasons, which the village also shared, were repeated throughout the episode. Nobody had to come out and scream at us that the general concept of equality "had merit." It's the 21st century. That's self-evident.

 

Fluttershy approved of the idea and what she saw of the end result; Twilight initially wondered why they'd even been sent out there, because nothing seemed to be wrong. Unfortunately, many things were wrong. And while the writers seemed to take clear inspiration from the writings of George Orwell and the USSR, that doesn't mean they were falsely representing the entire concept of socialism or communism in order to tear it down. That's pure speculation. What they presented us with was a specific type of communal society that was poorly thought out, maintained via extreme measures, and had dishonesty at the top that made the whole system fundamentally unequal. Starlight failed for the reasons all villains on the show have failed: overconfidence, lack of integrity, and a flawed or absent understanding of friendship. The fact that her system had political elements does not make it, or her, a straw man.

 

The one thing I agree with you on is that the moral (not morale) was overly simplified. Double Diamond yelling "let's go get our cutie marks back" as soon as Starlight retreated, and the whole village stampeding to the vault to do just that--abandoning their whole worldview and lifestyle en masse--was completely unconvincing and a poor writing decision. To me it stood out as the only weak moment in the episode. Unfortunately, they needed it to happen so that Starlight could be caught and they would get their cutie marks back. I guess they didn't have any better ideas. 

[gone~ 614]

The whole equality thing. At no point did we ever get any sort of reason why this was occurring, or that the idea of equality in general (not the one the show was pushing in the episode) had any merits to it. Basically the whole idea was set up to be wrong from the getgo which is what a strawman is, a position set up to favor the oppositions point of view.   Though to be fair I am most certainly overthinking this. I guess I sort of wanted a very grey morale, that the villain was trying to do right and with no real message. I'm not a huge fan of messages in my media. 

 

To me, the premiere didn't seem to be setting up a strawman argument against equality. They weren't sending the message that equality was a bad thing, and in the end the reason that the villagers stopped following Starlight Glimmer was because she wasn't equal with the rest of them. I personally think that they were all too equal, but one could also interpret it as them not being equal enough.

[Cwanky 17,459]

I do not like the new banner as of today at all. There I said it so if anyone wants to call me out on it do so.

 

It just looks more like someone has a wingboner for wings.