Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Not YMMV
Deleted line(s) 1,5 (click to see context) :
* DisproportionateRetribution: How harsh the Princess' sentence is hinges almost entirely on how much you, personally, find Trixie at fault for what happened in her debut episode. The general consensus seems to be that Trixie is practically innocent.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Although the story ends on a [[DownerEnding downer]], a more positive way of looking at it is seeing this as the rocky beginning of Trixie's overall character arc:
** Starting with [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of the Alicorn Amulet consume her as she lords over the other ponies the same way the Princesses did to her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
** At this point, the Humble and Apologetic Trixie has seen the error of her ways and would likely have been far more cooperative with the Princesses, which leads directly to her voluntary internment in SombrasGame.
** And seeing as how she's generally a much happier pony in that story, leaves the Princesses on good terms, and even gets the [[Awesome/SombrasGame Crowning Moment of Awesome]], things eventually turn out just fine for her.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Although the story ends on a [[DownerEnding downer]], a more positive way of looking at it is seeing this as the rocky beginning of Trixie's overall character arc:
** Starting with [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of the Alicorn Amulet consume her as she lords over the other ponies the same way the Princesses did to her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
** At this point, the Humble and Apologetic Trixie has seen the error of her ways and would likely have been far more cooperative with the Princesses, which leads directly to her voluntary internment in SombrasGame.
** And seeing as how she's generally a much happier pony in that story, leaves the Princesses on good terms, and even gets the [[Awesome/SombrasGame Crowning Moment of Awesome]], things eventually turn out just fine for her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self, which is about as literal as this trope can get.
to:
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self, which is about as literal as this trope can get.get.
* MoralEventHorizon: The Princess' gleeful mistreatment of Trixie is enough to make them seem unsympathetic, for the most part their treatment seems more playful than actively malicious. Then the end of the first day comes. In the middle of a pleasant power fantasy dream, we find out that Luna has entered the dream with Celestia, and is actively twisting it into a nightmare. They give Trixie no relief from her sentence, which they said from the outset will last indefinitely, not even when she sleeps. For some, this is when they officially cross the line into villain territory. No wonder the poor girl breaks down so quickly.
* MoralEventHorizon: The Princess' gleeful mistreatment of Trixie is enough to make them seem unsympathetic, for the most part their treatment seems more playful than actively malicious. Then the end of the first day comes. In the middle of a pleasant power fantasy dream, we find out that Luna has entered the dream with Celestia, and is actively twisting it into a nightmare. They give Trixie no relief from her sentence, which they said from the outset will last indefinitely, not even when she sleeps. For some, this is when they officially cross the line into villain territory. No wonder the poor girl breaks down so quickly.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3 (click to see context) from:
** Starting with the Alicorn Amulet, Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of it consume her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
to:
** Starting with the Alicorn Amulet, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of it the Alicorn Amulet consume her as she lords over the other ponies the same way the Princesses did to her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Although the story ends on a [[DownerEnding downer]], a more positive way of looking at it is seeing this as a rocky part of Trixie's character arc:
to:
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Although the story ends on a [[DownerEnding downer]], a more positive way of looking at it is seeing this as a the rocky part beginning of Trixie's overall character arc:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Although the story ends on a [[DownerEnding downer]], a more positive way of looking at it is seeing this as a rocky part of Trixie's character arc:
** Starting with the Alicorn Amulet, Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of it consume her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
** At this point, the Humble and Apologetic Trixie has seen the error of her ways and would likely have been far more cooperative with the Princesses, which leads directly to her voluntary internment in SombrasGame.
** And seeing as how she's generally a much happier pony in that story, leaves the Princesses on good terms, and even gets the [[Awesome/SombrasGame Crowning Moment of Awesome]], things eventually turn out just fine for her.
** Starting with the Alicorn Amulet, Trixie is still angry and vengeful, and lets the power of it consume her. However, she makes her HeelRealization towards the end of that episode, and leaves Twilight on amicable terms.
** At this point, the Humble and Apologetic Trixie has seen the error of her ways and would likely have been far more cooperative with the Princesses, which leads directly to her voluntary internment in SombrasGame.
** And seeing as how she's generally a much happier pony in that story, leaves the Princesses on good terms, and even gets the [[Awesome/SombrasGame Crowning Moment of Awesome]], things eventually turn out just fine for her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self.
to:
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self.self, which is about as literal as this trope can get.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
* JerkassWoobie: Trixie. Oh, poor, poor Trixie. While the story is ostensibly a comedy, it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor girl as she endures almost nonstop physical and psychological abuse that she arguably doesn't deserve for a crime that she's arguably not in any way responsible for. While she begins the story as her usual haughty, arrogant self, by the end of the story she's clearly a traumatized wreck, having been physically, psychologically, and emotionally tortured over the course of the last few days. Even at the tail end of her epic HumiliationConga, instead of being sincere with her, the Princesses cruelly tease her by offering leniency, only to immediately take it away again, laughing in her face. Her following TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and DownerEnding makes her buying the Alicorn Amulet and going after Twilight feel totally justified.\\
to:
* JerkassWoobie: Trixie. Oh, poor, poor Trixie. While the story is ostensibly a comedy, it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor girl as she endures almost nonstop physical and psychological abuse that she arguably doesn't deserve for a crime that she's arguably not in any way responsible for. While she begins the story as her usual haughty, arrogant self, by the end of the story she's clearly a traumatized wreck, having been physically, psychologically, and emotionally tortured over the course of the last few days. Even at the tail end of her epic HumiliationConga, instead of being sincere with her, the Princesses cruelly tease her by offering leniency, only to immediately take it away again, laughing in her face. Her following TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and DownerEnding makes her buying the Alicorn Amulet and going after Twilight feel totally justified.\\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added line(s) 3 (click to see context) :
* DisproportionateRetribution: How harsh the Princess' sentence is hinges almost entirely on how much you, personally, find Trixie at fault for what happened in her debut episode. The general consensus seems to be that Trixie is practically innocent.
Changed line(s) 3 (click to see context) from:
As bad as the Princesses are, to be fair, they ''are'' trying to rehabilitate her, and they ''do'' present her with several opportunities to show them that she's learned the error of her ways, or even just acknowledging that she could be a better pony than she is. And yet every time, Trixie throws all her woobie cred out the window to (figuratively) spit in the Princess' faces, out of spite, stubbornness, and refusal to take any responsibility or feel any guilt for the events that happened in Ponyville. All she has to do to make the torture stop is give some kind of sign, ''anything'', that proves she's willing to atone for what happened. In the end that's exactly what she does, and it seems like everything's gonna end happily...until the Princesses test her one last time. Which she fails, spectacularly, choosing to lay a long, elaborate HumiliationConga trap for the Princesses instead of doing the chores she volunteered for. Despite how much she suffers as a result of falling victim to her own trap, and despite the Princesses setting her up for temptation, it's also hard ''not'' to concede that she brought it entirely on herself.
to:
As bad as the Princesses are, to be fair, they ''are'' trying to rehabilitate her, and they ''do'' present her with several opportunities to show them that she's learned the error of her ways, or even just acknowledging that she could be a better pony than she is. And yet every time, Trixie throws switches back to JerkAss mode, throwing all her woobie cred out the window to (figuratively) spit in the Princess' faces, out of spite, stubbornness, and refusal to take any responsibility or feel any guilt for the events that happened in Ponyville. All she has to do to make the torture stop is give some kind of sign, ''anything'', that proves she's willing to atone for what happened. In the end that's exactly what she does, and it seems like everything's gonna end happily...until the Princesses test her one last time. Which she fails, spectacularly, choosing to lay a long, elaborate HumiliationConga trap for the Princesses instead of doing the chores she volunteered for. Despite how much she suffers as a result of falling victim to her own trap, and despite the Princesses setting her up for temptation, it's also hard ''not'' to concede that she brought it entirely on herself.herself.
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self.
** Exaggerated in the first nightmare sequence, where Luna presents her normal, jerkass self with the personification of her woobie self.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* JerkassWoobie: Trixie. Oh, poor, poor Trixie. While the story is ostensibly a comedy, it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor girl as she endures almost nonstop physical and psychological abuse that she arguably doesn't deserve for a crime that she's arguably not in any way responsible for. While she begins the story as her usual haughty, arrogant self, by the end of the story she's clearly a traumatized wreck, having been physically, psychologically, and emotionally tortured over the course of the last few days. Even at the tail end of her epic HumiliationConga, instead of being sincere with her, the Princesses cruelly tease her by offering leniency, only to immediately take it away again, laughing in her face. Her following TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and DownerEnding makes her buying the Alicorn Amulet and going after Twilight feel totally justified.\\
...on the ''other'' hand...\\
As bad as the Princesses are, to be fair, they ''are'' trying to rehabilitate her, and they ''do'' present her with several opportunities to show them that she's learned the error of her ways, or even just acknowledging that she could be a better pony than she is. And yet every time, Trixie throws all her woobie cred out the window to (figuratively) spit in the Princess' faces, out of spite, stubbornness, and refusal to take any responsibility or feel any guilt for the events that happened in Ponyville. All she has to do to make the torture stop is give some kind of sign, ''anything'', that proves she's willing to atone for what happened. In the end that's exactly what she does, and it seems like everything's gonna end happily...until the Princesses test her one last time. Which she fails, spectacularly, choosing to lay a long, elaborate HumiliationConga trap for the Princesses instead of doing the chores she volunteered for. Despite how much she suffers as a result of falling victim to her own trap, and despite the Princesses setting her up for temptation, it's also hard ''not'' to concede that she brought it entirely on herself.
...on the ''other'' hand...\\
As bad as the Princesses are, to be fair, they ''are'' trying to rehabilitate her, and they ''do'' present her with several opportunities to show them that she's learned the error of her ways, or even just acknowledging that she could be a better pony than she is. And yet every time, Trixie throws all her woobie cred out the window to (figuratively) spit in the Princess' faces, out of spite, stubbornness, and refusal to take any responsibility or feel any guilt for the events that happened in Ponyville. All she has to do to make the torture stop is give some kind of sign, ''anything'', that proves she's willing to atone for what happened. In the end that's exactly what she does, and it seems like everything's gonna end happily...until the Princesses test her one last time. Which she fails, spectacularly, choosing to lay a long, elaborate HumiliationConga trap for the Princesses instead of doing the chores she volunteered for. Despite how much she suffers as a result of falling victim to her own trap, and despite the Princesses setting her up for temptation, it's also hard ''not'' to concede that she brought it entirely on herself.
