Unpopular Opinions Regarding the Show

[Astralshy 23,589]

I'm not completely sure if all of those are unpopular opinions but I got the feeling that at least many would not agree with me about it:

• The episode mare do well is not as bad as many people say (it's also doesn't belong to the top tier ones)
• I liked the ending of MLP
• Spike is a loyal and awesome character
• I have neither a problem with the ending of season three or Alicorn Twilight. She earned her wings
• I liked the Golden Oak Library more than Twilight's castle
• I feel indifferent to Flash Sentry. So I don't understand why he's so disliked. But to be fair I'm also not the biggest fan of Equestia Girls to begin with
• I didn't mind that Grogar wasn't the villain in season 9. I loved how they weaved this with Discord development.
• I don't think the student six are the strongest characters of MLP. I would also agree that they are very shallow especially compared with the mane six. Still I never understood why they seem to be disliked/hated that much.
• I don't mind Sombra's voice in season 9

 

[Evil Pink One 13,001]

@Astral Soul

I agree with everything you said.

Finally someone who understands....

Edited May 13, 2021 by Kujamih

[Kadeda 178]

On 2021-05-13 at 6:52 AM, Astral Soul said:

I'm not completely sure if all of those are unpopular opinions but I got the feeling that at least many would not agree with me about it:

• The episode mare do well is not as bad as many people say (it's also doesn't belong to the top tier ones) AGREE
• I liked the ending of MLP AGREE
• Spike is a loyal and awesome character AGREE, Not Unpopular
• I have neither a problem with the ending of season three or Alicorn Twilight. She earned her wings AGREE
• I liked the Golden Oak Library more than Twilight's castle AGREE, Not Unpopular
• I feel indifferent to Flash Sentry. So I don't understand why he's so disliked. But to be fair I'm also not the biggest fan of Equestia Girls to begin with AGREE
• I didn't mind that Grogar wasn't the villain in season 9. I loved how they weaved this with Discord development. DISAGREE
• I don't think the student six are the strongest characters of MLP. I would also agree that they are very shallow especially compared with the mane six. Still I never understood why they seem to be disliked/hated that much. AGREE, Not Unpopular (Your first two sentences answers your third one)
• I don't mind Sombra's voice in season 9 AGREE

 

 

[Thrond 3,257]

Is it unpopular to say that I like the student six? They're all really charming, and it's a shame we didn't get more of them... especially given how hit-or-miss the mane six episodes were in those last two seasons. 

[Chadbacca 375]

I've got a few:

- Rainbow Falls isn't as bad as people say it is.

- 28 Pranks Later is a fun, decent episode, even if it does go against Rainbow Dash's character development to a degree.

- Flash Sentry did nothing wrong.

- Ocellus is best member of the Young Six.

- Growing Up is Hard to Do has quite a lot of plot holes, which I didn't know pick up on until seeing the "In a Nutshell" version of the episode by Round Trip over on YouTube.

- Friendship University was pretty much a pointless episode.

- Spike moving on from his crush on Rarity proved that he was growing up.

 

[Castle Bleck 19,167]

On 2021-01-03 at 9:03 PM, CozyGlower said:

Grogar wasn't your "im gonna underestimate and gloat over the mane 6 for 90% of my screentime" type of guy, no, Grogar actually understood how powerful friendship was and acknowledged twilight and her friends' powers.

Same reason why Sombra pre-S9 (Comics included) was one of my favorite villains.

[Props Valroa 26,051]

2 hours ago, Thrond said:

Is it unpopular to say that I like the student six? They're all really charming, and it's a shame we didn't get more of them... especially given how hit-or-miss the mane six episodes were in those last two seasons. 

I never liked the student 6, but at the same time I don't like how they did a lot of bad episodes with the mane 6. 

[JMTV99 1,348]

I'd already talk about my unpopular opinions when it comes to MLP on a similar thread, but there's one unpopluar opinion that I had to address (and if you disagree with me, that's perfectly fine):

After rewatching A Maud Couple and Yakity-Sax from Season 8 recently, and upon on reflecting on some things, I just had to say, I felt really really really sorry for Amy Keating Rodgers.

She has been getting so much flack after all the episodes she written over the years and it baffles me(the Derpy incident was a major example). Mostly, when it comes to writing Pinkie Pie. The reason why people hated her writing because she either making Pinkie too naive or too oblivious and not recognizing someone's feelings. The most infamous example was Filli Vanilli back in Season 4. Filli Vanilli is a really good episode and it's a great development for Fluttershy. However, people hated that episode when it first came out because of Pinkie Pie making Fluttershy cry. It make Fluttershy fans either disgusted, uncomfortable, or both because of what Pinkie did.

You know, it's funny because a couple of days ago, I listened to a podcast done by DustyKatt called "Stay Brony, My Friends" in which Dusty interviewed Rodgers a long long time ago, after Filli Vanilli came out. For what I understand, Amy didn't really intent to make Fluttershy cry when she wrote the script. She was given a note by one of the script readers to make Fluttershy cry to driven the emotion of the character and the story. Amy reluctantly agreed, and add that to the script.

Don't get me wrong, as comfortable as the scene was, I can understand why she had to put that in there. Although, looking back on it, I felt the hate was a bit over-exaggerating. It wasn't like Pinkie did it out of malicious intent or for the sake of her own amusement just to make Fluttershy look bad. Plus, as someone who has social and stress anxiety, it is kinda relatable for people who goes through these things.

Also, am I only who finds it very hypocritical that Fluttershy fans hating on Pinkie Pie due to making Fluttershy cry when Fluttershy herself had said and done some worse stuff more than Pinkie Pie in other episodes in the show? Because to me, people tend to forget that and treat Fluttershy like a perfect angel, when in reality, she's not. There are some times that she needs to be called out in other episodes like Putting Your Hoof Down and Fake It Til You Make It due to her inexcusable behavior. But I digress.

Regardless on how you feel about Amy writing Pinkie, at least she did a much better job at writing Pinkie than The Fox Brothers and Nick Confalone ever could. My god, those guys completely don't understand on what make Pinkie Pie so great and they had to make her either completely out of touch of reality that's going on right in front in her or being obnoxiously clingy about something or someone(especially Maud Pie). For me personally, I don't like it all because it gives off the impression of Pinkie being a brat in order to get what she wants. I know that's not their intention, but when it comes to story editing department by Josh Haber, it does come off that way. But that's a different rant for another time.

Overall, I do feel bad for Amy Keating Rodgers because after she left, the fun and the charm of Pinkie Pie was pretty much gone along with her and I felt the hate was so undeserved, IMO.

Edited June 20, 2021 by JMTV99

[CorvetteZora 39]

My unpopular opinions:

- I prefer adventures over slice of life storylines.

-The Last Problem was an incredible ending to the show and gave a fitting send off to each character.

-Sparkle's 7 was a better 'milestone' episode than Slice of Life.

-The MLP movie was very entertaining and is seriously underrated.

-Trixie is adorable, despite her big ego.

 

Edited June 16, 2021 by corvettezora

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

- The Student 6 is endearing although I wish they were given more time to develop

- Putting Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy in stone was a good idea. They had no intentions of reforming and had no regrets for what they did, so it was better to keep them from harming others

- The End in Friend was a good episode even though it was mainly about Rarity and Rainbow arguing. They seem like characters who would disagree from time to time, so it didn’t feel completely unnatural or “plot driven” to have an ongoing conflict

[Thrond 3,257]

1 hour ago, ExplosionMare said:

- The End in Friend was a good episode even though it was mainly about Rarity and Rainbow arguing. They seem like characters who would disagree from time to time, so it didn’t feel completely unnatural or “plot driven” to have an ongoing conflict

My main problem with that is that these are characters who presumably have been friends for a while now, and who we had seen get along for seven whole seasons of the show, so it's hard to believe that they have no common ground.

[Will Guide 21,325]

2 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

The Student 6 is endearing although I wish they were given more time to develop

- Putting Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy in stone was a good idea. They had no intentions of reforming and had no regrets for what they did, so it was better to keep them from harming others

I agree.

I know the show is called my Little Pony but I do enjoy seeing more of the non-pony races like Dragons and Changelings. So it would have been a better opportunity to see more of the Students.

Child or not, Cozy Glow is a prime example of how Not even children are exempt from being irredeemable. She already was sent to Tartarus and didn't get better and continues to be a, as Pixar's Soul puts it.

“I’m a manipulative megalomaniac whose intensely opportunistic.”
“This one might be a handful. But that’s Earth’s problem.” – Jerry

Besides, since they're turn to stone and not outright destroyed, there is always an opportunity for them to come back.

On 2021-06-16 at 10:08 AM, corvettezora said:

My unpopular opinions:

- I prefer adventures over slice of life storylines.

-The Last Problem was an incredible ending to the show and gave a fitting send off to each character.

-Sparkle's 7 was a better 'milestone' episode than Slice of Life.

-The MLP movie was very entertaining and is seriously underrated.

-Trixie is adorable, despite her big ego.

 

I agree too. Although it's a little tricky to tell if something is meant to be an unpopular opinion. I thought the majority of the fanbase LIKED the Ending of the show for example

[Sparklefan1234 161,892]

 

On 2021-06-16 at 10:08 AM, corvettezora said:

Sparkle's 7 was a better 'milestone' episode than Slice of Life.

 

I agree but both episodes got old fast for me after a couple of rewatches. 

 

Trixie was never "reformed" because she was never a villain in the traditional FiM sense. At least this is what I think. 

Edited June 18, 2021 by Sparklefan1234

[JMTV99 1,348]

Here's more of my unpopular opinions:

I may come across as a bit of a suckup, but I just had to say it:

- I really don't understand why people think that Josh Haber is the next M.A. Larson. Just because he gives Spike's wings, and wrote the final episode of the show that doesn't mean he's the next M.A. Larson. I find that incredibly biased, unfair, and a major disservice to Larson himself. Plus, I don't find Haber that great of a writer, too be honest. He may wrote decent episodes, but his writing are plying it way too safe for his own good.

-Speaking of Larson, I feel so bad for him after he got so much flack for Fame and Misfortune since he want nothing to do with it. Similar to Amy Keating Rodgers, he did not intentionally write the townsponies as a representation about his feelings on the brony fanbase. Slice of Life is. Say what you will about that episode with it's meta fanservice, but at least it had a lot of energy, fun, and a lot of heart put into it. Fame and Misfortune didn't. It had less humor, less substance, and left you a very bad taste in your mouth. On top of that, when I recently watched his con interviews from various brony conventions in 2017, he felt the show just wasn't the same after Hasbro give him so many restriction notes.

It's really no wonder why he left the show. He didn't have much creative freedom than he was during the early days of the show.

You can have whatever opinion you want about him and the episodes he's written, but he really deserves better.

Finally, I would rather have Larson being the full showrunner/story editor throughout Season 5-9 than Josh Haber ever will.

On 2021-06-16 at 1:08 PM, corvettezora said:

I prefer adventures over slice of life storylines.

Meh, I prefer both, but it depends on the execution.

On 2021-06-16 at 1:08 PM, corvettezora said:

The Last Problem was an incredible ending to the show and gave a fitting send off to each character.

To a degree, yes. But I like it just for the song and the final scene. The rest? Not so much.

On 2021-06-16 at 1:08 PM, corvettezora said:

-Sparkle's 7 was a better 'milestone' episode than Slice of Life.

To each their own. Sparkle Seven had its good moments and I do appreciate the voice actors was able to get the chance to shine with their characters and stuff, but it's nowhere near its good as Slice of Life, in my opinion. I can somewhat understand why people think Sparkle Seven is better.

On 2021-06-16 at 1:08 PM, corvettezora said:

The MLP movie was very entertaining and is seriously underrated.

Never seen it. So I can't really say.

On 2021-06-16 at 1:08 PM, corvettezora said:

Trixie is adorable, despite her big ego.

She can be sometimes, I guess.

18 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

- The Student 6 is endearing although I wish they were given more time to develop

Good for you. I personally don't like them. They're basically just the carbon copy of the Main 6, except different species. I'm all for diverse MLP characters if they're well written and interesting, but the Student Six didn't really do it for me. But hey, at least they had fans, and I had no problem with that.

18 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

- Putting Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy in stone was a good idea. They had no intentions of reforming and had no regrets for what they did, so it was better to keep them from harming others

I don't know. I just find it incredibly underwhelming and left Discord gets away with it.

14 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

I agree but both episodes got old fast for me after a couple of rewatches. 

Fair enough.

14 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

Trixie was never "reformed" because she was never a villain in the traditional FiM sense. At least this is what I think. 

I think Trixie was a metaphor of people being fake and disingenuous on what their made of, and it blew up in her face. 

On 2021-05-13 at 6:52 AM, Astral Soul said:

I'm not completely sure if all of those are unpopular opinions but I got the feeling that at least many would not agree with me about it:

• The episode mare do well is not as bad as many people say (it's also doesn't belong to the top tier ones)
• I liked the ending of MLP
• Spike is a loyal and awesome character
• I have neither a problem with the ending of season three or Alicorn Twilight. She earned her wings
• I liked the Golden Oak Library more than Twilight's castle
• I feel indifferent to Flash Sentry. So I don't understand why he's so disliked. But to be fair I'm also not the biggest fan of Equestia Girls to begin with
• I didn't mind that Grogar wasn't the villain in season 9. I loved how they weaved this with Discord development.
• I don't think the student six are the strongest characters of MLP. I would also agree that they are very shallow especially compared with the mane six. Still I never understood why they seem to be disliked/hated that much.
• I don't mind Sombra's voice in season 9

 

I agree with all of your points except for one.

I thought the Grogar twist was a massive cop out.

Edited June 18, 2021 by JMTV99

[Rainy Daze 1,700]

I don't think that Rainbow Dash should have become a Wonderbolt. 

I think the idea of her getting over that childhood dream and finding her own path of fulfilment is way more interesting and truer to her character. 

In fact, I think the idea of her becoming a daredevil or stunt performer like the Washouts is far more suitable. It incorporates her behaviour from earlier in the show better and has better potential for episodes.

[JMTV99 1,348]

10 hours ago, Rainy Day said:

I don't think that Rainbow Dash should have become a Wonderbolt. 

I think the idea of her getting over that childhood dream and finding her own path of fulfilment is way more interesting and truer to her character. 

In fact, I think the idea of her becoming a daredevil or stunt performer like the Washouts is far more suitable. It incorporates her behaviour from earlier in the show better and has better potential for episodes.

You know, that could work. I mean, Wonderbolts Academy already hinted at in which Dash want to quit being a Wonderbolt due to the team's reckless behavior. It would've been interesting if Dash started her own team similar to the Washouts.

[Kadeda 178]

On 2021-06-26 at 9:14 AM, Rainy Day said:

I don't think that Rainbow Dash should have become a Wonderbolt. 

I think the idea of her getting over that childhood dream and finding her own path of fulfilment is way more interesting and truer to her character. 

In fact, I think the idea of her becoming a daredevil or stunt performer like the Washouts is far more suitable. It incorporates her behaviour from earlier in the show better and has better potential for episodes.

That's pretty interesting. I always think about what would have happened if twilight didn't bother to stay in ponyville and went back to canterlot.

[The Recherche 29,965]

I have absolutely no affection for the background ponies. The early to mid 10's were a different time for fandoms in general, and a lot of other fanbases had a strange fascination with background characters, but MLP is a particularly egregious example. This became less and less of a thing after 2014 or so, but I still do see quite a lot of people who have background characters as their favorites. This is not a wrong opinion, but it is one I find absolutely baffling.

Spike is an essential member of the Mane 6. Seeing the Mane 6 without him makes them look rather naked. Much less so for Equestria Girls; Sunset Shimmer basically replaces him as a secondary protagonist, but for the mains series, I think Spike is a key character.

I am honestly rather disappointed that The Best Night Ever was the only slice of life season finale outside of The Last Problem. Though it was not the best episode ever, or best finale really, I do still think we could have used one or two more finales that didn't involve some spic clash with a villain. I have always believed that the more grounded elements of FiM is where it shined the most, with a few exceptions. I honestly think Tirek was the last truly memorable villain anyhow.

Speaking of which, I am not quite sure how unpopular this is, but none of the villains after Tirek have truly done anything for me. Starlight Glimmer is probably the best of them for having the most character, but I never truly warmed to the idea of her being a main character. I don't hate her with the visceral passion others do, but I am not a fan of her either. The other villains had their own problems, but all suffered from a lack of real screen presence.

[Thrond 3,257]

23 hours ago, The Recherche said:

I have absolutely no affection for the background ponies. The early to mid 10's were a different time for fandoms in general, and a lot of other fanbases had a strange fascination with background characters, but MLP is a particularly egregious example. This became less and less of a thing after 2014 or so, but I still do see quite a lot of people who have background characters as their favorites. This is not a wrong opinion, but it is one I find absolutely baffling.

 

It seems kinda fitting that people like the background ponies so much, because this show is a toy tie-in and there are way more toys than main characters. But honestly I don't get it either. 

[The Recherche 29,965]

2 minutes ago, Thrond said:

It seems kinda fitting that people like the background ponies so much, because this show is a toy tie-in and there are way more toys than main characters. But honestly I don't get it either. 

True. I will say that most of them have perfectly fine designs; Lyra is a bit bland, but Bon-Bon, Vinyl, Octavia, and Whooves all have a bit of visual flair. They also have a good amount of very small, but important characterization. Derpy in The Last Roundup being a good example. Even if they are charming enough, though, charm does not really trump actual characterization for me. Like I said; that is why I am not really sad to see the whole background character craze dying off.

You can even see the trend dying out with merchandise; a lot of more fan-oriented merchandise from back in the mid 2010s focused a lot on characters like Vinyl, Lyra, Derpy, and Whooves; you often couldn't even rely on them to have a full Mane 6. Nowadays, though, almost all MLP merch aimed at fans instead of young girls mainly stars the Mane 6 first, then secondary characters next. The Kotobukiya and Mighty Jaxx merch being the best examples.

Pardon the rambling, but there was really nowhere else to get that off my chest.

[Lone Traveler 87]

Season 8 and 9 should have featured the School of Friendship and the Young Six far more than they actually did. These season showed through its questionable quality of episodes involving the mane cast that there was nothing more to do with the main characters. I think if the show spent more time with the new concept and characters they could have been far more interesting. The show was halfway stuck between wanting to do something new and also being too scared to actually change the focus, and it winded up failing at both changing up the show and keeping its old quality. I personally liked the Young Six despite their lack of development, and I think Hearth Warming Club and What Lies Beneath were two of the best Season 8 episodes. With more development and bonding with the Mane Six I think they could have been great characters and that the fandom would have been kinder on them. They also should have had teachers and employees other than the mane six at the School of Friendship so that the concept actually made sense. Having these characters with full time jobs teach there full time with no backup was really stupid and it was such an easy pothole to fix. Chancellor Neighsay's reaction in School Raze to the there being no employees left perfectly expressed my thoughts.

[Malarkey 45]

I do not hate any character or episode or major decision made throughout the series. A small selection of episodes are very boring and there are some minor characters I do not care for, but I do not have the energy to be angry about anything in this show.

Apple Bloom is one of my absolute favorite characters in the whole show.

My favorite duo dynamic is Rarity + Fluttershy, and my least favorite duo dynamic is Rarity + Applejack.

This is just my own personal taste but I'm not really interested in worldbuilding and lore. As long as I see ponies having cute moments on my screen, I'm happy.

Pony Life is just as enjoyable as Friendship is Magic to me, even if for different reasons.

In my personal preference, I overall like the movie and Rainbow Roadtrip style more than the FiM style. 

When it comes to EQG: Rainbow Rocks, I like the Rainbooms' songs more than the Dazzlings' songs.

I love Flurry Heart. She's adorable and makes me smile.

Among many disliked episodes that I like, one of them is Princess Spike. I found that episode a lot of fun to watch (partially because it was humorous to me, but also because I loved all the art direction and background ponies and set designs).

 

These are just my own opinions and I don't think they are "correct" or anything--I fully understand and respect anypony who disagrees.

[Sparklefan1234 161,892]

2, 4, 6 Great! is "bad" but Tanks for the Memories has Rainbow Dash acting a lot dumber, IMO.

I know what the episode was about but you'd think Rainbow would know about hibernation. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by Sparklefan1234

[Toastypk 920]

Does liking a supremely underrated background character count as something "unpopular"?

Cause if that's the case...

This dude is adorable and it seems no one talks about him or even draws him. He has less than 12 fanart pictures of him on derpibooru!

[Shadowmoth2011 146]

On 2021-06-18 at 2:13 AM, Will Guide said:

Child or not, Cozy Glow is a prime example of how Not even children are exempt from being irredeemable. She already was sent to Tartarus and didn't get better and continues to be a, as Pixar's Soul puts it.

“I’m a manipulative megalomaniac whose intensely opportunistic.”
“This one might be a handful. But that’s Earth’s problem.” – Jerry

DUDE I LOVE THAT MOVIE

Anywho, here are some of mine:

• I don't mind Flash Sentry as a character - I never really have. He just exists, and has some cool moments.
• I really enjoyed "Spike at Your Service".
• In fact I usually tend to enjoy Spike episodes more than most. His episodes, Fluttershy's episodes and Maud Pie-centric episodes tend to be among my favorites most often. Heck, my favorite episode period is a Spike episode. 
• I have a soft spot for Diamond Tiara, even prior to her redemption, due to my overall liking for CMC episodes and her showing several character tropes I tend to like.
• Pie family > any other family in the show 
• I cannot stand Amending Fences, and Moondancer has to be the most annoying, loathsome little grubs I've seen in a show.