History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E6NoSecondPrances

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle received numerous fanworks bashing them over her behavior this episode, blaming her for breaking Starlight and Trixie's friendship, questioning her morality, or calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. These overlook Trixie [[NotHelpingYourCase was acting like]] her HeelFaceTurn hadn't stuck ([[TookALevelInKindness unlike Starlight]]) and gloated they befriended Starlight just to one-up Twilight thus was responsible for their ensuing breakup as opposed to Twilight who's behavior [[BecomingTheMask up util that point]] was [[JerkassHasAPoint proven (half-) valid]]. Also Overlooked it that as soon as they saw Trixie was [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone genuinely remorseful]] Twilight immediately and on her own accord helped them reconcile and owned up to and apologized to her prior actions.

*** Why was Fluttershy so afraid of the manticore, when she befriended one so easily in the pilot? Was she really afraid of the manticore or just playing along for the show? She certainly recovers quickly from fainting and is happily cheering at the end despite the manticore still being there.
*** For that matter, was Fluttershy's reaction due to Trixie performing a magic trick that can easily kill her if not done properly, or is she more concerned about the manticore, who is being fired upon by a Trixie-loaded cannon?
*** Another possibility is that her "fear" was part of the act. After all, who got the manticore to participate in the first place? But who better to hype the fear factor than Fluttershy, that lover of all animals (except for big scary dragons).

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle received numerous fanworks bashing them over her behavior this episode, blaming her for breaking Starlight and Trixie's friendship, questioning her morality, or calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. These overlook Trixie [[NotHelpingYourCase was acting like]] her HeelFaceTurn hadn't stuck ([[TookALevelInKindness unlike Starlight]]) and gloated they befriended Starlight just to one-up Twilight thus was responsible for their ensuing breakup as opposed to Twilight who's behavior [[BecomingTheMask up util that point]] was [[JerkassHasAPoint proven (half-)valid]]. Also Overlooked it that as soon as they saw Trixie was [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone genuinely remorseful]] Twilight immediately and on her own accord helped them reconcile and owned up to and apologized to her prior actions.

* UncannyValley: [[https://derpibooru.org/1143852 Trixie's posters]] are drawn in a much more detailed and heavily shaded style than the show's more cartoony style, which makes it look a bit out of place.

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle received numerous fanworks bashing them over her behavior this episode, blaming her for breaking Starlight and Trixie's friendship, questioning her morality, or calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. These overlook Trixie [[NotHelpingYourCase was acting like]] her HeelFaceTurn hadn't stuck ([[TookALevelInKindness unlike Starlight]]) and gloated they befriended Starlight just to one-up Twilight thus was reasonable for their ensuing breakup as opposed to Twilight who's behavior [[BecomingTheMask up util that point]] was [[JerkassHasAPoint proven (half-)valid]]. Also Overlooked it that as soon as they saw Trixie was [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone genuinely remorseful]] Twilight immediately and on her own accord helped them reconcile and owned up to and apologized to her prior actions.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[SilentBob Big Mac]] becoming [[MotorMouth incredibly talkative]]? Hilarious! At least, it ''was,'' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E23WhereTheAppleLies until...]]

* LesYay: The Starlight&trixie ship has set sail with full wind after this episode. If you wanted to stretch it, one could even see [[LoveTriangle subtext in their interactions with Twilight]], particularly with Twilight being upset that Starlight stood her up to spend time with Trixie.

** The biggest point of contention with the episode concerns Twilight Sparkle and her characterization. You have fans who feel Twilight's characterization is in line with the rest of her appearances, especially when it comes to old foes and you have fans who feel that Twilight is acting out of character and should have been more accepting. There are also a handful of fans who take a RonTheDeathEater approach to Twilight's characterization and accuse her of being an outright villain to the DracoInLeatherPants Trixie.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Many of those who [[RonTheDeathEater criticize Twilight Sparkle's actions]] place Trixie into this trope, believing that her HeelFaceTurn in "The Magic Duel" was genuine and sticking and that Twilight forced Starlight and Trixie's break up, forgetting that it was Trixie who opened her mouth and ruined things in the process.

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle received ''merciless'' backlash from the fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Even though she was [[JerkassHasAPoint right]] (to a certain extent), her actions and motivations led to Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup, and the ugly implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* InformedWrongness: Starlight Glimmer calls Twilight Sparkle out for not trusting Trixie and by extension, not trusting her. But Starlight had recently (this was her second lesson since) committed the most dangerous and seriously-played evildoing in the series such Starlight herself doubted she deserved to be so EasilyForgiven, and showed in this episode and subsequent ones to still be prone to abusing magic and struggling with basic concepts of right and wrong. And with Trixie hardly showing to Twilight that she has changed and continuing to hold her grudge against Twilight only furthers Twilight's doubts about Trixie being Starlight's first friend as a good idea considering how similar they are, to which even Twilight lampshades this.
-->'''Twilight''': Starlight? A moment? Over here? I know I said make friends with anypony, but, well, with Trixie's past, and your past, I'm not sure she's the best first friend.

** Starlight's portrayal continues to be a bit of a crowd divider. Some were sympathetic about Starlight struggling to fit in with her magical powers while lacking in social skills and were glad that she wasn't simply being mopey all the time like in the season premiere. Some felt that since this was done at the expense of bringing in characters to the story just to portray them either as uncharacteristically or [[JerkassBall as unfavorably as possible]], [[CharacterShilling the narrative was going out of its way to make Starlight look good.]] Others felt that the absurdly-skilled-neurotic-wizard-without-social-skills niche had already been done with Twilight a few seasons ago.

* InformedWrongness: Starlight Glimmer calls Twilight Sparkle out for not trusting Trixie and by extension, not trusting her. But Starlight had recently (this was her second lesson since) committed the most dangerous and seriously-played evildoing in the series such Starlight herself doubted she deserved to be so EasilyForgiven, and showed in this episode and subsequent ones to still be prone to abusing magic and struggling with basic concepts of right and wrong. Regardless of how unfair or not she was distrusting Trixie, Twilight would have been well within rights not to wholly trust Starlight.

* InformedWrongness: Starlight Glimmer calls Twilight Sparkle out for not trusting Trixie and by extension, not trusting her when it came to choosing her own friends. But Starlight had recently (this was her second lesson since) committed one of the most dangerous and seriously-played evildoings in the series that even made Starlight herself doubted she deserved to be so EasilyForgiven, and showed in this episode and subsequent ones to still be prone to misusing magic and struggling with basic concepts of right and wrong. Regardless of how unfair or not she was about distrusting Trixie, Twilight's lack of trust in letting Starlight choose her friends that won't be a bad influence on her stand with total reason, which is even further supported by the later episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E2AllBottledUp All Bottled Up]]'' that showcases more of Trixie's faults that have a negative effect on Starlight.

* InformedWrongness: Starlight Glimmer calls Twilight Sparkle out for not trusting Trixie and by extension, not trusting her. But Starlight had recently (this was her second lesson since) committed the most dangerous and seriously-played evildoing in the series such Starlight herself doubted she deserved to be so EasilyForgiven, and showed in this episode and subsequent ones to still be prone to abusing magic and struggling with basic concepts of right and wrong. Regardless of how unfair or not she was distrusting Trixie, Twilight would have been well within rights not to wholly trust Starlight.

* InformedWrongness: Starlight Glimmer gives Twilight Sparkle flak for not trusting Trixie, and by extension, not trusting her with choosing her friends. But Twilight is not really in the wrong for this due to not believing Trixie had changed from her past deeds, and Trixie barely showed to her at all that she really is a changed pony. And in Starlight's case, she is still struggling with fixing problems without having to rely on magic and making the problem even worse in the process, and she is also a redeemed villain who was still going through redemption and was Twilight's student, so it's technically Twilight's job to be watching over her and make sure she lives up to her plan to change. Twilight being untrustworthy of Trixie and thinking she would be a bad influence on Starlight is pretty much justified.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' was surprisingly spot on about Trixie having a {{Tsundere}} side as well as her dropping her ThirdPersonPerson habit when emotionally distressed.
** In the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book]] two-parter, ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue21To22 Manehatten Mysteries]]'', Trixie forms a bond with Babs for exactly the same reason she did with Starlight: both trying to get over their past actions and reform as better people. Also slightly [[HarsherInHindsight harsh]], though, since Trixie here was still nursing a bit of jealousy toward Twilight. Though interestingly, through all her appearances in the comic, she never once encounters Twilight. Likewise, she focuses on Twilight and only Twilight in this episode, and her actions, while petty, aren't that grandiose this time, with her showing remorse after nearly losing Starlight, so it evens out.
** A [[http://wadusher0.deviantart.com/art/Stars-and-Wands-525058017 comic]] drawn a year before season 6 features Trixie trying to become friends with Starlight (albeit much to her displeasure), after the latter gets thrown out of her town.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Twilight and Trixie's interactions demonstrate that it's easy to say you forgive someone you have a bad history with, but it can be difficult to actually make good on it and let go of those grudges (regardless of who started it). The angst that Starlight suffers in the last act also demonstrates that others in your life can be negatively affected by all this, even if that's not the intent.