Discussion History DethroningMoment / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

However I am a newbie to creating character pages (The most I\\\'ve ever done was add a trope here and there to one) and help would be appreciated.

The whole \\\"they represent the elements\\\" thing is simply no longer true by the end of the first season either. By then, each Element is either so vague as to have lost meaning (how exactly is Fluttershy kinder than any other pony?) or else we\\\'ve seen that the ponies attached don\\\'t quite live up to their element (Rarity has been shown to have a self-centered and jealous streak. She\\\'s generous to her best friends, but again that\\\'s normal for \\\'\\\'most\\\'\\\' of these characters), and in any case how the heck are they \\\"Harmonious\\\" when a lot of the episodes revolve around them having interpersonal conflict? You can\\\'t do this, then in the next episode say \\\"Oh hey they\\\'re the Elements of Harmony!\\\" That would be like having Sonic say chili dogs are his favorite food in one ep, then later on saying that he\\\'s allergic to them. Writers call this \\\"an inconsistency.\\\"

Granted, now that season two has come and gone and the Elements are clearly here to stay this is all a moot point, but the point is that \\\'\\\'at the time\\\'\\\' the Return of Harmony was credibly jarring. And even if it wasn\\\'t a genre-shift, it was still simply a bad story, for reasons I\\\'ve stated elsewhere.