Commander_PonyShep 349 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 (edited) I get the feeling that she didn't, because two out of four of the episodes that focus on her took place through Sweetie Belle and Spike's perspectives, respectively. Meanwhile, S4 was the season of Applejack, as she took over five entire episodes, including those she shared with Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applebloom, and even Rarity herself. Plus, Rarity has yet to receive her own issue of the Friends Forever comic, despite me talking to the writers about it, with them confirming that they did consider and even pitched several Rarity issues. I also wrote a blog about it, which you can view here: http://mlpforums.com/blog/1642/entry-11195-inspiration-manifestation-and-my-concerns-with-rarity/ So, in your opinion, did Rarity receive the shaft yet again, despite having between two and four episodes dedicated to her? EDIT: Also, people were calling it a Spike episode more often than either a Rarity episode or a Spike/Rarity/Sparity episode. This is further reinforced by the way "Inspiration Manifestation" is through Spike's perspective, rather than Rarity's. Edited April 26, 2014 by Commander_PonyShep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkflame 3,315 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 Absolutely not. She's gotten the best exposure of all, and a lot of care has gone into writing her character this season. She's had four episodes where she's had quite a bit of exposure, and even in ones where she wasn't she stood out in some way or another. It's generally agreed, for instance, that she had the best ability in Power Ponies, and I liked how she was written in FIlli Vanilli. The most recent ep notwithstanding, her character really stood out in episodes where she had to share the spotlight, either because she was just so funny (Simple Ways) or because it showed a lot of facets to her character (For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils). Besides, how much focus have the other characters gotten? Dash had two focus episodes, and arguably shared another with Twilight. Fluttershy also had 2, with another shared with AJ, Same goes with Pinkie. So the way it's been distributed, it's been pretty even. She may have only had one *pure* focus episode, but she got more than enough great exposure through the season overall to satisfy this Rarity fan's tastes. 11 Sig by Thunderstorm Check out my Rarity fansite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostgage 7,981 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 No, I think she's been very well represented this season. Unfortunately that "honor" goes to Twilight if you ask me. Signature by Lacerna | You should fill out my Johari Window. All the cool kids are doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Caramel 319 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 Possibly the opposite, actually. I don't think I haven't seen this much Rarity love at once. Rarity Takes Manehatten was considered a fantastic episode by many, even I thought it was great. I found Simple Ways to be decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootalove 10,692 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 Not at all, so far she has been written pretty well this season. She has had some strong episodes even when she is not the focus, Rarity received a lot of love from her episodes even the decent ones. 1 Credit: Moony © Forum FAQ Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostfacekiller39 23,879 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 (edited) Heh. Dude, she's received almost nothing but praise this season Her haters are basically starving for ammunition She's gotten a GREAT amount of screen time, GREAT characterization, the whole shebang Season 4 is pretty much "The Season of Rarity" Edited April 26, 2014 by ghostfacekiller39 11 He who is Positively Obsessed With All Things Rarity!!! Check out the Rarity Fan Club! "Not everyone who is pretty is necessarily beautiful. For those two to come together is truly a Rarity" -Jacob G. Rosenberg Signature by @FadedSkies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 28,138 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 Quite the contrary. This season has been the best for Rarity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReverseFaller 2,484 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 This has been a great season for Rarity. She's gone loco in the coco at least once or twice now, and she had a great key episode. We even got a Sister episode. 1 Credit for the signature goes to Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tholos 145 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 On the contrary, Rarity has gotten a lot of love this season. I think that Season 4 has, thus far, done a fantastic job of fairly balancing out the episodes and who they're about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Bleck 19,451 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 (edited) ALL YOUR SEASON FOUR ARE BELONG TO RARITY. Edited April 26, 2014 by Anti-Villain 4 By @Emerald Heart.↑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orablanco Account 3,708 April 26, 2014 Share April 26, 2014 (edited) Meanwhile, S4 was the season of Applejack, as she took over five entire episodes, including those she shared with Fluttershy, Yes, because if it's one thing I remember about "Bats!", it's how AJ just stole every scene in that episode because there wasn't anything at all memorable or fandom-attention-grabbing in the story. Couldn't this argument be turned around to say that AJ's episodes were dominated by everyone else? Heck, by her very nature, most of AJ's episodes are Apple Family episodes. Look, Rarity got to be Gollum (twice), rode a plow like it was a horsey, and starred in an episode that has been almost universally regarded as one of the best of the season, possibly of the whole series. I'd say that's a win in my book. Edited April 27, 2014 by CITRUS KING46 2 Onwards to my DeviantArt page! Sig by the illustrious Kyoshi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryGuy84 (Inactive) 927 April 27, 2014 Share April 27, 2014 I personally think Fluttershy and Twilight got the shaft this season, tbh. It's not a huge deal to me though. "Oh look, there's our friend Rarity GOING DOWN IN FLAMES!!! ISN"T FRIENDSHIP MAGIC!!!?" -Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity "No matter how many times others tell you you're great, all the praise in the world means nothing if you don't feel it inside.......Sometimes to feel good about yourself, you gotta let go of the past. That way, when the time comes to let your greatness fly, you'll be able to light up the whole sky." -Cathy Weseluck as Spike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander_PonyShep 349 April 27, 2014 Author Share April 27, 2014 The most recent ep notwithstanding, Are you saying you didn't like "Inspiration Manifestation"? It wasn't that bad of an episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obsidian Sky 14,004 April 27, 2014 Share April 27, 2014 Heh. Dude, she's received almost nothing but praise this season Her haters are basically starving for ammunition She's gotten a GREAT amount of screen time, GREAT characterization, the whole shebang Season 4 is pretty much "The Season of Rarity" Not that her haters had good ammunition to begin with. All what they where firing with where duds. This season made Rarity more accessible, many who gave her no real chance to begin with started questioning their opinion on her after Rarity takes Manehatten for example. They looked back and where finally able (and willing) so see her good side in earlier episodes. And she always had plenty of good sides, she was always a great friend and pony. People that still hate her now just do so because... lets say they just want to hate her. They think everything she does is wrong, they think all she does has a hidden selfish reason, and they are the only ones smart enough to see it. They will never change their view, even after ten seasons like this one. But i feel they are a minority now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlong 1,726 April 27, 2014 Share April 27, 2014 Heh. Dude, she's received almost nothing but praise this season Her haters are basically starving for ammunition Not just starving for ammunition, they had canon literally smacking them in the face. Suri Polumare was what Rarity haters claim she is like. And Inspiration Manifestation shows us what it would really be like if Rarity were completely self-centered, as the haters claim. Eat your hearts out. Rarity is best pony! 2 Check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qXAcUzrizEHvorGalU5jg?feature=watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastel 7,630 April 27, 2014 Share April 27, 2014 I think ghostie sums it up very well when he says the season 4 is the season of Rarity. XD On the other hand, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy didn't get many episodes in this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiance64 7,059 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 Rarity got more love than ever in season 4! I'm so happy about that too. I think we all know the character who's trully gotten the least amount of love though, it's fairly obvious who that was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cedar 1,408 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 Rarity had several highlight reel moments this year, but none more so that Rarity Takes Manehattan. That episode alone is probably one of her finest. So, no, I don't think she's been hard done by this season. 2 Roleplaying OC: Red Cedar - Cast Character: Applejack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Maestro 1,003 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 This season is the season of Rarity. Honestly, if you want to look at here Rarity got snubbed, watch Season 3. Man that was an awfully short and with no Rarity. 1 "You learn a lot about people when you listen to the songs that mean something to them." Youtube - Carbon Maestro, Music Reviews - Carbon Music Reviews, Soundcloud - Follow Here, Twitter: @CarbonMaestro Super Smash Ponies: Find it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespian 78 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 Needs more Twilight. How many twilight episodes have we had this season? She shares one with cadence and Discord. The season opener which in my opinion doesn't count because its the opening episode. One she shared with Rainbow Dash. One she shared with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Am I missing some moment that stood out in particular favor for Twi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander_PonyShep 349 April 28, 2014 Author Share April 28, 2014 (edited) A lot of you are talking about how S4 had been friendly to Rarity. But when you look at two episodes that focused on her, "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils" and "Inspiration Manifestation", in both those aforementioned episodes Rarity wasn't the main perspective character. Instead, it was Sweetie Belle and Spike, respectively. So how the hell can you give a character love, if said character like Rarity wasn't the main perspective character in "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils" and "Inspiration Manifestation"? Edited April 28, 2014 by Commander_PonyShep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastel 7,630 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 Needs more Twilight. How many twilight episodes have we had this season? She shares one with cadence and Discord. The season opener which in my opinion doesn't count because its the opening episode. One she shared with Rainbow Dash. One she shared with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Am I missing some moment that stood out in particular favor for Twi? Don't forget the season finale! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Side Bird 566 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 (edited) Whenever I see a rarity topic, I sometimes I look at it just to see ghosts responses xD Rarity got a lot of love this season. If anything the least amount of love seemed to go to Applejack. She did get episodes but they're usually apple family episodes. Edited April 28, 2014 by PrincessLuna~<3 Don't be a dweeb ~Gilda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windseeker 546 April 28, 2014 Share April 28, 2014 I absolutely love it how Rarity and Applejack along with the aid of the CMC completely hijacked season 4 of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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