History Headscratchers / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason2

** Another possibility: ''Nightmare Moon'' really couldn't have cared less, but when ''Luna'' paid Ponyville her first major return visit she wanted to make the best impression she could and so took pains to be on her very best royal behavior -- formal speech as she remembered it from happier times and all. That is, she doesn't ''actually'' still talk like that all the time (she doesn't seem to when we see her again at the end of the season in "A Canterlot Wedding", though she doesn't have many lines there either), but she dusted off her old lessons on proper princessly protocol specifically for this occasion.

** What could she have done? She was no longer connected to the Elements, without which she wouldn't have had a chance against Discord anyway if his backstory and the ease with which we see him playing around with day and night all by himself is any indication. And joining the Mane Six in person would have run the risk of ''distracting'' them from their mission at a crucial time, at least in part by giving Discord simply another nice target of opportunity (that they all conveniently happen to care about) to torment. So, all of a sudden staying behind in hopes of perhaps coming up with ''some'' last desperate gambit or other while Discord is busy in turn doesn't sound like such a bad call anymore...and that's without even going into the common fan explanations that Discord had ''already'' imprisoned or otherwise incapacitated her offscreen.

** Superior in terms of intellect? Yes. ''And that's it''. Nothing more, nothing less. Superiority in innate ability or skill does not necessarily equate to superiority in anything else. And even if it has basis in fact, arrogance is unjustifiably ''obnoxious'' and antisocial behavior. Nobody has completely equal potential or ability, but that doesn't mean those with lesser ablity should be put down; they should be made to put whatever abilities they do have to good use. Those with greater ability should care less about preening their feathers and more about applying their talents. If contempt is somehow justified, then so is ''every single collapse of every single interpersonal relationship due to it'', and your complaint about "bullying" is completely myopic and hypocritical.

** Superior in terms of intellect? Yes. ''And that's it''. Nothing more, nothing less. Superiority in innate ability or skill does not necessarily equate to superiority in anything else. And even if it has basis in fact, arrogance is unjustifiably ''obnoxious'' and antisocial behavior. Nobody has completely equal potential or ability, but that doesn't mean those with lesser ablity should be put down; they should be made to put whatever abilities they do have to good use. Those with greater ability should care less about preening their feathers and more about applying their talents. If antisocial smugness arrogance is somehow justified, then so is ''every single collapse of every single interpersonal relationship due to it'', and your complaint about "bullying" is completely myopic and hypocritical.

** Superior in terms of intellect? Yes. ''And that's it''. Nothing more, nothing less. Superiority in innate ability or skill does not necessarily equate to superiority in anything else. And even if it has basis in fact, arrogance is unjustifiably ''obnoxious'' and antisocial behavior. Nobody has completely equal potential or ability, but that doesn't mean those with lesser ablity should be put down; they should be made to put whatever abilities they do have to good use. Those with greater ability should care less about preening their feathers and more about applying their talents.

** Superior in terms of intellect? Yes. ''And that's it''. Nothing more, nothing less. Superiority in innate ability or skill does not necessarily equate to superiority in anything else. And even if it has basis in fact, arrogance is unjustifiably ''obnoxious'' and antisocial behavior. Nobody has completely equal potential or ability, but that doesn't mean those with lesser ablity should be put down; they should be made to put whatever abilities they do have to good use.

* Superior in terms of intellect? Yes. Superior as a person? Not even close to necessarily true. Superiority in innate ability or skill does not necessarily equate to superiority as a complete person. Even if it has basis in fact, arrogance is unjustifiably ''obnoxious'' and antisocial behavior. Nobody has equal potential or ability, but that doesn't mean those with lesser ablity should be put down; they should be made to put whatever abilities they do have to good use.

* Has anyone else thought that maybe, just MAYBE, the Mane 6 were...put bluntly, bullshitting their reasons here. Were they trying to make Rainbow Dash "more humble" (forget the morality of this, and how it equates like it or not to '''bullying''') or were they just jealous that Dash actually had, like, done important stuff ''without'' them (for once). Put it this way, between the five of them you have OCD "Teacher's Pet" type who wants to succeed at everything to impress her parents and mentor, a haughty pretty girl, a born follower with the ego of a wet news paper, someone who would do this JUST FOR FUN with no other provocation, and another girl who is so egotistical in her own right she nearly died of exhaustion trying to impress her own brother. Under the best of circumstances personalities like that can't abide by being "shown up", but especially by their best friend and '''especially''' in such an ostentatious way. It's entirely plausible they really were just trying to get famous, and what they said in the cafe reflected their actual beliefs (e.g., Rarity compliments HER OWN designs, Twilight compliments HER OWN magic) but when they got caught they kludged together some smoke and mirrors explanation and Rainbow Dash wasn't quick witted enough to see through it (Look, I love her too, but she's kind of a BrainlessBeauty...they had a whole episode about that). Yeah, I know, it's a conspiracy theory but really it's a valid interpretation of the events.

* Why did Celestia even ALLOW the wedding to take place? Clearly, everyone in Canterlot is aware of the threat that is assumed to be the Changelings. It doesn't matter if the wedding plans were made before or after the moment of the threat announcement. Whereas it is entirely plausable that Chrysalis controlled Shining Armor to want to have the wedding ASAP, Celestia is not mind controlled, and it would be absolutely absurd to approve and foresee the wedding of your Royal Guard Commander and your niece in the middle of a crisis when it could easily be postponed and rescheduled. Don't even throw the "weddings are hard to reschedule after so much planning" argument, because seriously, she's the Princess, there's a bucking crisis, and they ended up being clearly able to reschedule it to a later date, and it was at least two days later, considering that they used at LEAST one more day to repeat all the preparations again.

** I'm not too bothered by this. Sure, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity broke their promise to not eat the cake Pinkie Pie tried to protect, but given how Pinkie earlier [[FoodPorn described the cake in such a vivid and delectable way]], I'm not surprised that they fell to their temptations. It's like that SouthPark episode where Butters allegedly commits suicide, a PetSematary grave digger arrives at his parents' home and warns them not to try and bring back their son, despite giving them specific instructions and locations. Also, the mane 6 don't always follow their elements to the letter: Fluttershy was seen to be mean and angry when she took advice from Iron Will; Rarity tries to take gems from that dragon from Dragonshy and guilt-trips Spike into handing over his gem to her on his birthday; Rainbow Dash isn't necessarily the most dependable of ponies (as she's often seen napping and generally being lazy unless called upon). The ponies are fallible, make mistakes and can give-in to temptation (especially if unintentionally goaded into doing it).