Random (spoilery) thoughts (mostly about Wonderbolt Academy Ep)

[Erugalathon 7]

Sorry, but I’m going to enter rant mode. This been a few things that have bothered me somewhat (mostly with the Wonderbolts Academy episode) and I wanted to see if anyone agrees with me.

 

I just wanted to say I did not like the change to Spitfire in the last episode. It wasn’t just her voice; it was her personality too. Previously Spitfire was depicted as too chill and laid back for me to imagine her being a drill sergeant. I do understand that people can act differently on and off the job and a drill sergeant needs to be tough. The thing is though, with Spitfire’s old personality I wouldn’t imagine she would even want to be a drill sergeant since it would require her to act so differently. Hypothetically, if I had to be a drill sergeant I would try to act a lot tougher then what I actually am, but the thing is even if I was in the military I would never want to be a drill sergeant. It just wouldn’t suit me. I view Spitfire in the same way. Granted, we’ve only had a few minutes of her in the Gala episode to build any personality so I’m not really going on a lot here, but still. I would have preferred seeing a new character act as a drill sergeant.  That might even make more since considering Spitfire is the leader. As the leader of the Wonderbolts and the flight camp, I think it would make sense that she would be too busy with managerial and bureaucratic duties to have time to be a drill sergeant.

 

Another thing I’m not liking with the Wonderbolts is how they are increasingly being portrayed as more militaristic. I’m not saying there’s anything objectively wrong with this though. This is just my personal preference. In season 1 there wasn’t any real indicating that they were part of an Equestrian military, despite the Blue Angels being a possible inspiration. They just put on shows and what not. Honestly, at first I sort of compared them to the Globetrotters. That seemed like the closest real life example I could think of. But season 2 and especially the Wonderbolts Academy episode is changing this. Again this is just my personal preference, but I prefer thinking of the Wonderbolts as a laid back fun flying stunt team then a part of the military. That just doesn’t seem as fun. I’ve thought the former interpretation fit Rainbow Dash’s aspirations more. RD is too much of a free spirit for me to imagine her wanting to join the military and become a tool of the government. Joining a simple fun stunt team, I can imagine though.

 

Is RD going to be a Wonderbolt now? Wouldn’t they have to take on new members at the end of the flight camp? There wouldn’t be much point in having it if they didn’t and I’m sure if they’re going to pick someone it would be Rainbow Dash. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t want her to become a member though. Sort of. It’s weird. It’s like I do and I don’t. I want her to join because I adore her and I want to see Rainbow Dash accomplish her dream, but at the same time I don’t because of artistic and storytelling reasons. RD’s dream is a major part of her character and a source of conflict. If she becomes a member then the major source of conflict goes away and RD isn’t as interesting. For story structure purposes, I think it would be better if RD become a member at the end of the series, like if they knew a particular season was going to be their last. Same thing with the CMC getting their cutie marks. This is also the same reason why you rarely see romantic interests in shows get together early on even if they both like each other. Once they hook up, the writers just got rid of a major subplot so the resolution is usually saved for the end of the story.

 

And another thing. Where are the letters to Celestia. I’ve been kinda disappointed they got rid of them. I like the letters.

 

Again, sorry for being so ranty. So what do you all think? Agree on any of this? Disagree? Am I over thinking it? Am I an idiot for thinking all this?

 

P.S. Despite complaining a lot about the Wonderbolt Academy episode I did like a lot of things in it. Rainbow Dash was great, it had a great lesson, the background character’s were notable, and I thought Pinkie Pie was really funny. It’s probably my least favorite episode of season 3 so far despite the fact that a lot of people loved it, but with that said it’s definitely not on the worst episodes of the series.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Erugalathon

[The Awesome One 1,315]

Some of you might remember that a while ago we did a vote on who was the hottest pony. It was Spitfire. Not just because of her looks but DAT VOICE as well. Now? she's not the same. She's like one of those annoying boot camp sarges. They ruined her in my opinion.

 

 

Also, about the Wonderbolts. I thought they were an aerobatic demo team. Like the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels. Now I'm pretty sure that they're just a branch of the military that does aerobatic demos and shows of Equestria's air power.

 

RD is definitely going to be a wonderbolt now. She showed she had what it takes to be one in this episode but I'm not sure how long it will take. Maybe the end of Season 3? I also think they did it too early. Stuff like this usually happens at the end of a show's last episode.

 

As for the letters, I think either Twilight forgot and Celestia is gonna be MAD. Or, she told her off-screen to stop writing or they finally ran out of ideas for the letters.

Edited December 20, 2012 by The Awesome One

[Leafeon 2,702]

I have this odd feeling Celestia is going to get back at Twi for not sending her letters somehow. Now that would be interesting.

 

Anyway, I did enjoy Rainbow's character development in this episode. But that's the only thing I enjoyed really (other then Lightning Dust and the return of Snowflake and Cloudchaser because I love their designs). Spitfire's Voice actor apparently didn't change, but her additude sure did. And it wrecked her. I get how she's the leader of the Wonderbolts she's obligated to act like this, but she hasn't before. If she had then it would be fine, but she used to be saucy and laid back.

 

I don't really like Rainbow that much (She's my least favourite character of the mane 6) but I still like her. And since she did the best she would definitly become a Wonderbolt. Which kinda wrecks every goal she has, and since a 4th season is probably gonna happen, what will she be like then? Never with her friends due to her commitment with the Wonderbolts? That's pretty irratating considering she helps balance the other characters well.

 

Also, that ending. That was awful. I guess we'll have to wait and see what will happen. I also felt bad for Lightning Dust. She was a great character that was kinda given "antagonist" position when the episode ended (just like Trixie who is still best pony  became a protagonist after she apologized which was completely out of character). Lightning Dust was my favourite thing out of the episode actually.

 

Let's just hope this wasn't just a pointless episode and did have some meaning though.

[Megas 27,765]

Are people still complaining about Spitfire's character? Because to be honest, there was barely any character to ruin to begin with

Edited December 21, 2012 by Megas75