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Quote from: Leave a Whisper on February 23, 2019, 11:59:48 AMWhy would she do that to DC Girls when most of those characters are decades old and well established? Because she can.And Faust was far from baseless from some really bad decisions in FiM's early days. Dragon Quest (aka the episode that condoned racism) was encouraged by her. She wanted it to be a message about the ridicule males get for liking typically feminine things. However, because they conflated gender to race, the condemnation of the dragons comes off as racism. The coda was essentially Spike is so lucky to be raised civilized ponies and not that race of brutes. This is made all the worse that G1 already did this episode with Spike's Search, only the dragons were much more deplorable (burning and robbing a village in Spike's Search compared to what was little more than roughhousing in Dragon Quest), the G1 ponies actually put the dragons in their place compared to the supposedly stronger G4 ponies running from teens, and most importantly Spike's Search made sure to say the gang of bandits Spike ran into shouldn't be cast as an example of all dragons.I don't know who decided Equestria's origins should be a boogeyman story, but basing their unification on fear of a mutual threat really hurt the feel of the show. And both these episodes were penned by Merriwether Williams whom I consider the worst hire for this series (not that she's bad but didn't fit the series).I think the Cozy Glow/Neighsay resolutions really broke what was left of this series' integrity. An openly racist politician put in a much higher position than he ever should have been allowed is reformed, but a literal child is put in Hell? What? Seriously what?
Why would she do that to DC Girls when most of those characters are decades old and well established?
So you didn't have a problem when Spike told Pee-Wee he would teach him how to be a pony? Not a good dragon but a pony.
Wonderbolts Academy also bugged me because I think we could have done without the rest of the characters and focus on Rainbow Dash exclusively. Instead of just kicking Lightning Dust to the curb, Rainbow's dilemma is abandoning her and taking a chance to teach her how to be a team player. Also, why is Spitfire, the leader of a squadron specializing in formation flying only concerned with individual achievement? They could have made a great episode where Rainbow Dash could show she is truly the Element of Loyalty and inspiration to other ponies by helping Lightning Dust. Instead we get a rather pat episode about how you need to choose your friends over your dreams only she got both anyway. Why does focusing on Rainbow Dash make episodes dumber.
And Bats was just ripping off Wallace and Grommet. Oh, and that one advocated for the rights of an invasive species to destroy an environment. As someone who watched the emerald ash borer kill every ash tree in my neighborhood, this episode made me hate Fluttershy. She's one of those faux environmentalists who don't really care about the environment but use it as a platform for their extremist views.
I am ok with Twilight being rubbish at friendship, except for the fact they made her princess of friendship. That's the same as someone buying a PhD online and then going to work as a university professor to me! She's got the job because she knows the princesses and one of them is her tutor. That's called nepotism, kids. When you give someone the job that they're not qualified for because you know them or are related to them and therefore give them preferential treatment. The problem isn't Twilight messing up. Her messing up is actually quite natural? Her messing up as the Princess of Friendship now with a school is the problem. Again, pushing the idea, not thinking of the wider implications.
Speaking of which, even though School Raze does have a lot of plot holes, I will still defend the decision to redeem Chancellor Neighsay and imprison Cozy Glow. Keep in mind that Neighsay was a narrow-minded jerk, not really an evil villain. He didn't want to cause harm to the non-pony students, even while he believed they were behind the magical crisis. He simply intended to send them home. Though, granted, Neighsay changing his mind about the students after they rescued him was a little rushed.As for Cozy Glow, despite being a child, she knew full well what she was doing. She clearly wanted to suck all the magic in the world dry and become the "empress of friendship". She is very capable of manipulation and deception. She truly is evil. That being said, I will agree putting her next to Tirek was a stupid idea. And, unfortunately, we still don't know enough about her to draw any more clear conclusions. We don't know about her family, or if she even has one.
I kept referring to Cozy as Darla Dimple; she is E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. like her.
Quote from: Lady Frostbite on February 24, 2019, 04:08:19 PMI kept referring to Cozy as Darla Dimple; she is E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. like her. I thought this too! Darla Dimple is the Shirley Temple-esque villain from “Cats Don’t Dance”, a very cute animated musical about a group of animals (I.e. minorities) trying to break into show biz.visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
(...) Fluttershy. She's one of those faux environmentalists who don't really care about the environment