When Ponies Snap

[Ezynell 2,037]

Pinkie Pie again, when Applejack broke a Pinkie promise

[cuteycindyhoney 13,334]

Spike snapped over Owlicious and tried to frame him for the murder of a toy mouse! Later, greed made him snap again and turn into a giant rampaging dragon! (Instead of a lovable baby dragon!)

 

"Maybe he snapped, and then snapped again!"

 

"Can you do that? Can you snap twice?"

[Envoy-in-exile 101]

Another "adult" element in MLP:FiM - half of the Mare 6 seem to have psychological problems

- Twilight is a workaholic perfectionist who snaps at the smallest thing that goes wrong. She has a psychotic breakdown when she was unable to to write a letter to Celestia before day's end and even resorts to manipulating fillies to get it done

- Pinkie Pie has asylum-level delusions/hallucinations when her friends refuse to attend a party she throws. She speaks in non-sequiturs all the time, which most people would take to be a sign of mental illness IRL

- Fluttershy seems to be attention-starved from young. Looks like she has trouble communicating with other ponies and can only be "normal" around animals. She has a psychotic breakdown and even resorts to trapping the animals when they do not respond to her in the royal canterlot gardens

 

The rest seem normal though

[I used to be a stranger 7,994]

I think this is the true conflict arc that we watch the show for.

 

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Blue

[Envoy-in-exile 101]

Oddly enough these 3 are also the ponies that appeal to me the most. Guess that says something about me.