My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

[Smashgoom202]

You know what I just realized when Fluttershy made Pinkie cry in the Iron Will episode it was forgiven but Pinkies actions in Filli Vanilli are still scene as "evil"?

Probably because Fluttershy realized and deeply regretted what she did. Pinkie Pie showed no such remorse, even after being told she was doing something wrong.

Pinkie was only playing, she's childish and didn't know Fluttershy would take it so seriously.

She knew not to prank Fluttershy in Griffon the Brush Off because she knew Fluttershy was sensitive, so she has no excuse here.

I'm sorry, I don't care if Pinkie was "only playing" or "being childish", a line has to be drawn in these situations with how far you can go with your insensitivity and Pinkie definitely crosses it by making Fluttershy break down to tears *TWICE* and not only not bothering to correct herself until promted, but literally showing no regret about what she did. Hell, when Fluttershy runs off crying, she doesn't have an "oh no, what have I done?!" thing like she did with Cranky Doodle Donkey in A Friend in Deed or even season 4's own Pinkie's Pride with Rainbow Dash, she just goes "What? Too much?"

SCREW! YOU! PINKIE PIE!!!

Hmm. What does that say about Pinkie's character? Normally she is exuberant and fun-loving, but not at the expense of her friends, so this is alarmingly out of character. Couple theories:

1. Pure random selfishness (Odd and out of character)
2. Inconsistent writing (More likely)
3. Some ulterior motive (Odd and out of character)

What Pinkie Pie did was cruel and unnecessary, but my question is "why?", not whether it was wrong or insensitive. Hell yeah, let's analyze this.
btw pinkie is best pony

Amy Keating Rogers wrote this episode, and has sense felt that she didn't do anything wrong when it came to writing Pinkie Pie in that episode. Think is, this is mostly because the backlash was so huge, mostly from rage-fueled idiots who will jump on anything to hate on season 4, and thus Ms. Rogers dismissed ALL arguments against her as the same. This amplifies MY anger toward Pinkie Pie in the episode, because not only does the writer think this is okay, but it's likely we're going to get more of this.

...BTW, I DO like Pinkie Pie, about half the time... the other half... ugh...

Also, sorry for spoiling this for you if you haven't seen the episode yet.

Edit: BTW, here's Mr. Enter's review of the episode:

Spoiler

I like how he described the moral as a very "kids moral". That's kind of how I feel, too, though I didn't really consider the fact that Rainbow Dash ISN'T a kid. It's weird, I feel like I should have realized that sooner.

I have to admit, even though part of me thinks Mr. Enter is too hard on the episode for being too optimistic, everything he said about the American educational system is so freaking spot-on I don't even care.

 

[RedShell]

Me and my friends Dave, Stuart and Tom, (those are their minion names, their real names are Caitlin, Lucy and Alice respectively) made a weird tribute to Return of Harmony by "singing and dancing in the chocolate rain".
My friends have just been humiliated.
My work here is done.
Thank Celestia they don't have Mario Boards accounts.

 

[Smashgoom202]

Saw Trade Ya earlier today, and WHOA, my original post exceeded the 25,000 character limit! That's the second time this has happened to me... For those of you curious to read in full what I had to say, check it out on my blog:

http://smashmatt202.blogspot.com/2014/04/friendship-is-magic-season-4-blogs.html

I'll give you my non-spoiler'd thoughts instead...

I definitely had a lot to nitpick about while watching it, but I don't think it's that bad... from a neutral perspective. The ending definitely felt way too corny and wishy-washy for my tastes. It's not like I don't expect the series to be like that, but... there's a difference between genuine emotion in writing and half-hearted, ham-handed corny stuff that don't feel believable. Family Guy falls into this trap quite frequently, it pulls the rug from under the audience so frequently, and the characters act so horrible to one-another that I can't be invested when they try to act nice once in a while. Obviously this episode doesn't got that far, and I can't put my finger on why I don't like it... Hell, I'm not even sure if I like it or not, I just know that the nitpick train's in town and I'm the conductor this time.

Seriously, this episode, coupled with Sompony to Watch Over Me, makes me think that Scott Sonneborn is the new Dave Polsky, in the sense that neither of them are very good writers. That being said, I don't hate this episode. I don't think I particularly like it, but I definitely found a lot to complain and critique about it, leading me to think he's not a very good writing, given all the trappings he's fallen into with his episodes. What's weird though is that, unlike Dave Polsky, he's never written anything that's made me angry, not to mention, while Scott's writing can be very nonsensical a lot of the time, it's not nearly as nonsensical as Dave's episodes (or at least his early episodes). Not to mention, while I found a lot to complain about and some of Scott's mistakes can get pretty stupid, it's not stupid to the point of either being insulting or enraging as Dave's episodes. It's ironic, while many people find Dave Polsky's episodes hilarious despite his poor writing style, I find his attempts at humor make me angrier and make me notice his shortcomings even more! By contrast, Scott doesn't got THAT extreme, and thus, is mostly safe from my scorn.

I DO think that, just like Dave Polsky, he can improve with new episodes. I just hope that, unlike Dave Polsky, he's given a ton of episodes to write. I don't care if it's more practice, give the episodes to writers who've proven to be good or more competent!

...So yeah, not sure if I liked this episode or not... I'm starting to feel like watching these episodes and writing these write-ups are becoming a chore, despite me getting some kind of primal joy in tearing into crap that either doesn't make sense to me or is something I don't like. I think it's a good thing this season's almost over, that way I can focus on the bajillion other things I've been meaning to get around to.

 

[DragonFreak]

I read your entry on your blog up there. I completely agree with 99% of the things you said. It was actually a pretty painful episode to watch.

At least Spike got a speaking part for the first time in over ten episodes or so. Seriously, what is with this anti Spike thing?

 

[SonicMario]

I just thought Trade Ya was an average episode. Of the likes of Castle-Mania. Nothing too terrible, but not really anything amazing either.

Oh and Dragonfreak, the next two episodes before the big Season Finale (Which will obviously be Twilight-centric) will have Spike as a main part of the episode.

I DO think that, just like Dave Polsky, he can improve with new episodes. I just hope that, unlike Dave Polsky, he's given a ton of episodes to write. I don't care if it's more practice, give the episodes to writers who've proven to be good or more competent!

The problem with this, is who's defined to be more competent at least in terms of Season 4 writers to you? M.A. Larson couldn't write anything for Season 4 because he was busy with a book at the time of writing. You don't think Meghan is that great of a writer despite she usually considered one of the better writers of the show. And the ones you have shown like for like Cindy Morrow and Charlotte Fullerton are a bit inconsistent (Like while Suited for Success was a legitimately good episode, I did not like Look Before You Sleep in Fullerton's case. And Cindy Morrow was great in Season 2 (Sisterhooves Social + Hurricane Fluttershy), but seems to have fallen in her writing for Season 3 (One Bad Apple + Apple Family Reunion). Cindy couldn't write anything for Season 4 either though, and Charlotte's only part of Season 4 was she helped with Power Ponies. But because there was 3 writers. We can't tell which of them contributed each parts to the final product. While all have a better track record overall then Season 1 Dave Polsky, despite you being annoyed that Polsky was given this many episodes to begin. What's to say if they went with another choice to write that many episodes. That it'd turn out even better then what we have now?

While if I had known Dave Polsky was going to get this many episodes prior to Season 4 started. I admit there would of been reason for me to worry about the season's quality beforehand. But Dave really has stepped things up this time. I'd even dare say he's a candidate for the best writer of this season.

 

[DragonFreak]

I just thought Trade Ya was an average episode. Of the likes of Castle-Mania. Nothing too terrible, but not really anything amazing either.

I got the feeling it was like Castle Mania too, which I thought was below average. IDK, I just don't like episodes with many sub plots.

Oh and Dragonfreak, the next two episodes before the big Season Finale (Which will obviously be Twilight-centric) will have Spike as a main part of the episode.

Yessssss

 

[SonicMario]

Oh and Dragonfreak, the next two episodes before the big Season Finale (Which will obviously be Twilight-centric) will have Spike as a main part of the episode.

Yessssss

Here's the synopsis for both

Spoiler: Episode 23

"Rarity is less than pleased to realize that she's lost her creative touch and soon begins to wonder if she'll ever be able to recover it; in an effort to help Rarity, Spike happens across a spell that may be less helpful than it appears."

Spoiler: Episode 24

"With the Equestria Games just around the corner, Spike is thrilled to be selected to light the opening day torch, until his nerves get the best of him; Spike takes drastic action to show his friends that he's the brave dragon he claims to be."

 

[DragonFreak]

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

*fixed

 

[Smashgoom202]