Unpopular Opinions Regarding the Show

[Thrond 3,214]

6 hours ago, MAIKUN said:

Just to be honest when Twilight became an Alicorn, Starlight was born as Twilight's other Half....much like when Roxas was Sora's Nobody...Make sense? Right?

That's a nice theory but I don't think that's the direction the show will go in. 

5 hours ago, Total Lunar Eclipse said:

- Starlight and Sunset feel like they lack personality to me. 

This I agree with, though Sunset has had some improvements recently.

5 hours ago, Ryanmahaffe said:

The show is good.

Now that's just crazy.  

2 minutes ago, Lambdadelta said:

I dont like Friendship School idea, it make friendship look more silly than it should be even its FIM that we talking about. How about a mini adventure episode that our main character learn friendship lesson along the way instead of ..... friendship school teaching sitcom. 

No please gimme the friendship school teaching sitcom I want it so badly

 

Edited February 26, 2018 by AlexanderThrond

[gingerninja666 472]

6 hours ago, AlexanderThrond said:

That's a nice theory but I don't think that's the direction the show will go in. 

This I agree with, though Sunset has had some improvements recently.

Now that's just crazy.  

No please gimme the friendship school teaching sitcom I want it so badly

 

On the Starlight personality thing, I kinda do think she has one. Though of all criticisms against star, that she's boring is the one I get the most.

I feel like she's got this personable, slightly socially awkward veneer but right underneath it she's dry, sad and quite fearfully desperate.

That might just be how I read her though.

Edited February 26, 2018 by gingerninja666

[Flutterstep 39,669]

The "charecter developmet" everyone raved about has been little to no existent. The only real examples are basic like Twilight becoming a princess. Other than that, things have been inconsistent.

Later through the seasons we see Fluttershy tackle with stage fright, but hang on a minute, she never had stage fright in season 1. Remember how she interupted Twilight's speech in front of the whole town to add her own comment? She didn't even break a sweat.

What about Rainbow Dash? Apparently she's less cocky and more noble in the later seasons. Ugh, what? Seriously?

I'm okay with the show how it is, but people need to stop making things up and overhyping it. The charecters are intresting, not ground breaking; the animation is great, not revolutionary; the subjects are important, but not unique.

The show is awesome. Just don't higher expectations. 

[iPonyLover27th 17]

13 minutes ago, Flutterstep said:

The "charecter developmet" everyone raved about has been little to no existent. The only real examples are basic like Twilight becoming a princess. Other than that, things have been inconsistent.

Later through the seasons we see Fluttershy tackle with stage fright, but hang on a minute, she never had stage fright in season 1. Remember how she interupted Twilight's speech in front of the whole town to add her own comment? She didn't even break a sweat.

What about Rainbow Dash? Apparently she's less cocky and more noble in the later seasons. Ugh, what? Seriously?

I'm okay with the show how it is, but people need to stop making things up and overhyping it. The charecters are intresting, not ground breaking; the animation is great, not revolutionary; the subjects are important, but not unique.

The show is awesome. Just don't higher expectations. 

This show has one of the subtler character developments ever shown in a cartoon, and it makes sense given the slice of life format. Yes sometimes it feels like the characters re-learn the same lessons over and over again, but rl works like that: people often makes the same mistakes more then once, because acting like that is part of their personality, part of what they are; you don't change who you are in the snap of a finger. 

I don't expect to see Rainbow Dash ever stopping bragging about how awesome she is, or Rarity never being a drama queen for the most little thing anymore; what's most obvious after all this seasons however, is that they know there are times when acting like that is more detrimental for them, and those around them, then positive. 

I think the song "Works in Progress" says it better: they are always learning on how being better, just like most people do ^^

 

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,083]

Keep the thread on-topic please!

[iPonyLover27th 17]

Uhm, what did I say not on topic ? 

[Castle Bleck 18,959]

In Fall Weather Friends, I saw Applejack as justified in retaliating against Rainbow Dash.

[Lucid_Nightlight 915]

I think Twilight is better with wings.

[Flutterstep 39,669]

Rainbow is the worst of the main characters. 

[Thrond 3,214]

11 hours ago, gingerninja666 said:

On the Starlight personality thing, I kinda do think she has one. Though of all criticisms against star, that she's boring is the one I get the most.

I feel like she's got this personable, slightly socially awkward veneer but right underneath it she's dry, sad and quite fearfully desperate.

That might just be how I read her though.

I'm not sure that constitutes a personality, and I'm not sure the show gets very much mileage out of that. 

[gingerninja666 472]

1 hour ago, AlexanderThrond said:

I'm not sure that constitutes a personality, and I'm not sure the show gets very much mileage out of that. 

I mean, I can only really say how she makes me react. And I find that her appearances often make me sad. Partly because she's just so scared all the time. Most of her episodes are focused around her being terrified of losing her friends. Of them growing apart from her or her failing them or her scaring them off. When you see that kind of fear from her so much, it's plain to see that it's almost always there, she just keeps it under wraps.

I'm not saying she has a vibrant bombastic personality or anything, I just never quite saw it as the nothing others seem to.

[Thrond 3,214]

7 minutes ago, gingerninja666 said:

I mean, I can only really say how she makes me react. And I find that her appearances often make me sad. Partly because she's just so scared all the time. Most of her episodes are focused around her being terrified of losing her friends. Of them growing apart from her or her failing them or her scaring them off. When you see that kind of fear from her so much, it's plain to see that it's almost always there, she just keeps it under wraps.

I'm not saying she has a vibrant bombastic personality or anything, I just never quite saw it as the nothing others seem to.

I do get the sense that she has significant personal issues, and I'd probably like her more if the show were to take those issues more seriously. 

[gingerninja666 472]

Just now, AlexanderThrond said:

I do get the sense that she has significant personal issues, and I'd probably like her more if the show were to take those issues more seriously. 

Did you think Uncommon Bond showed that seriously? Because that was one of my favourite episodes of hers. The issue is a very real one that people deal with.

[Sparklefan1234 151,327]

Even though Winona is my favorite Mane 6 pet, I think she's also the most pointless pet in the bunch. 

[Jeric 46,754]

3 hours ago, AlexanderThrond said:

I'm not sure that constitutes a personality, and I'm not sure the show gets very much mileage out of that. 

A single characteristic isn't a personality. It's a personality trait. A personality is the combination of traits and characteristics of an individual. Starlight, definitionally, has a personality. Gingerninja itemized several personality traits. Just one of them obviously wouldn't be a personality any more than Twilight getting giddy over books is a personality. It's a trait or characteristic. Chain a few together and have them be distinct or connected (or a combination) and you got yourself a personality soup. 

 

Socially awkward

Fearful of rejection or abandonment

Sarcastic

Speaks without thinking

Impulsiveness 

Occasional defeatist attitude

Uncertain of change

 

That's a personality soup alright. 

 

The question is that some might not (and do not) like that particular soup.

 

[Thrond 3,214]

57 minutes ago, Jeric said:

A single characteristic isn't a personality. It's a personality trait. A personality is the combination of traits and characteristics of an individual. Starlight, definitionally, has a personality. Gingerninja itemized several personality traits. Just one of them obviously wouldn't be a personality any more than Twilight getting giddy over books is a personality. It's a trait or characteristic. Chain a few together and have them be distinct or connected (or a combination) and you got yourself a personality soup. 

 

Socially awkward

Fearful of rejection or abandonment

Sarcastic

Speaks without thinking

Impulsiveness 

Occasional defeatist attitude

Uncertain of change

 

That's a personality soup alright. 

 

The question is that some might not (and do not) like that particular soup.

 

I've had a good few months to sort through exactly why I find her so uninteresting, and for me I think it just comes down to me not finding most of her personality traits all that different from the other main characters. I dunno, her behavioural patterns are kinda indistinct to me, and I find a lot of her concerns either repetitive or hard to relate to. 

I also don't find her all that funny. 

2 hours ago, gingerninja666 said:

Did you think Uncommon Bond showed that seriously? Because that was one of my favourite episodes of hers. The issue is a very real one that people deal with.

I don't know, it's something, I guess. That episode bored me because it doubled down on Starlight apparently having no interests or ambitions of her own. To be honest, I found the issue itself kinda unspecific, and I was vaguely annoyed with how Starlight handled the situation. The sense I got was that she wasn't putting a whole lot of effort into rekindling her friendship, and when she did put in effort it was usually in ways which were off-putting to me. Which is a personality, I guess, but it's not one I find endearing. 

[bluseymoe 256]

10 hours ago, Flutterstep said:

Rainbow is the worst of the main characters. 

It said "UNPOPULAR opinions" not "overused opinions.".

JK. Don't take that too personally. I'm not legit pissed. 

Edited February 27, 2018 by bluseymoe

[KH7672 1,595]

MUST...RESIST....URGE....TO.....REPLY...TO......OFF-TOPIC...STARLIGHT.....DISCUSSION........................

Marble Pie is not a Fluttershy clone, she's just an extremely flat character but her simplicity is what I like about her. Same with Limestone, you show them that attitude!

Edited February 27, 2018 by KH7672

[bluseymoe 256]

Here's a rare one: Sunset Shimmer is not that much better than Starlight Glimmer. I think they're both overrated as hell (moreso Shimmer since Glimmer's still pretty hated).

[Kyoshi 39,410]

Gabby is an awful character. A goody two shoes perfection beacon devoid of any real personality or traits that don't feel completely soulless. 

[Guest]

It's odd to have a background character as one's favorite character when all of their personality is created by the fandom.

[ggg-2 3,419]

On 2/25/2018 at 11:42 PM, Lambdadelta said:

I dont like Friendship School idea, it make friendship look more silly than it should be even its FIM that we talking about. How about a mini adventure episode that our main character learn friendship lesson along the way instead of ..... friendship school teaching sitcom.

Agreed. Here's mine: Diamond Tiara's redemption was completely unnecessary. It's as if the writers just said "Well, the CMC are getting their cutie marks in this episode, so we have no use for this character anymore. Let's get rid of her by pulling the most cliche bullying reason imaginable."

[Lambdadelta 1,449]

42 minutes ago, ggg-2 said:

Agreed. Here's mine: Diamond Tiara's redemption was completely unnecessary. It's as if the writers just said "Well, the CMC are getting their cutie marks in this episode, so we have no use for this character anymore. Let's get rid of her by pulling the most cliche bullying reason imaginable."

During the time Crusader of the Lost Marks aired, Diamond Tiara's redemption was great, but after two seasons, it's getting worse everytime you think about it, Diamond Tiara become 'background character', no interaction with the CMC, no dialogue AT ALL. 

Starlight Gimmer backstory can be a bit messy in Cutie Remark but after two season of developing her character, you might find it wasn't as bad as it used to be. They fixed it, the staffs do pretty good jobs at fixing stuffs, like Gauntlet of Fire fixed Dragon Quest.

Then Why they ignored Diamond Tiara? Where Babs Seed? Will they interact with each other again??

On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 12:04 AM, Jaspers said:

It's odd to have a background character as one's favorite character when all of their personality is created by the fandom.

You love something you created, you named it, you gave it soul.

 

[Demon Eyes 12]

Luna is a very meh character imo. Good design though.

Discord is also pretty meh to me.

Season 1 is very boring.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Demon Eyes

[Here No Longer 5,262]

• "Magical Mystery Cure" is the worst episode of the entire show, even over "Hard to Say Anything."
• "Somepony to Watch Over Me" is my favorite AJ episode, by a longshot. It's also one of my favorite episodes of the entire series.
• I sort of hate Scootaloo. I don't really like the rest of the CMC too much either.
• I find Maud Pie very uninteresting, and extremely one dimensional.
• Rainbow Dash is my least favorite Mane Six pony. I'm actually becoming unsure if I even like her as a character.
• "Fame and Misfortune" was not that bad, and I think most of the episode's critics are immature brats who can't handle satire.
• Applejack was 100% in character in "Honest Apple" and the entire conflict was 100% Rarity's fault.
• I never once had a problem with Starlight Glimmer's redemption arc.
• "To Where and Back Again" is one of the better finales in the show's history, and I think most people who complain about it are really complaining about it because the Mane Six weren't the protagonists of the finale.
• When I watched "Parental Glideance", I cringed the entire time that I didn't skip through.
• "Fluttershy Leans In" is one of Season 7's best episodes. 
• "Flurry of Emotions" was easily the worst episode in Season 7 until "Hard to Say Anything"