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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
@JT: Apparently so! XD Though I think I'm going to drop this conversation myself. I've only seen MMDW once or twice after it aired, so I'm actually a bit hazy on details.
... or maybe not. We haven't mentioned Twlicorn yet.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:22:19 PM by PrincessGwenevere
"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark![]()
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Well the MMDW is the rest of the cast acting vain in congratulating themselves for this soul-crushing torture, so yeah.
Too Many Pinkie Pies got me terrified for Pinkie as the danger of getting shot for expressing her weakness was way too excessive. It just led me to finally conclude this group of friends is self-destructive with only pure luck keeping them together and I would never want to be around them.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:22:00 PM by Luminosity
@Story: Only a matter of time.
Then there's the question of whether Dash was being too hard on the pets in MTBPW.
You're acting like I was the first to notice all these implications. I'm just saying, I wouldn't want to hang out with them because they really do a lot of dubious stuff to their current or future friends. Like Keep Calm And Flutter On, Twilight jumping straight into brainwashing as the first method of reforming.(granted, it's Discord and you can't take much chances, but BRAINWASHING?)
I was referring more to your deduction that they are all selfish, hateful jerks who live to punish success. You are blowing a few isolated incidents totally out of proportion without regardus for context, if not completely misrepresenting them altogether, to come to conclusions that are directly countered by plenty of other episodes.
Also, seriously, f*** this phone keyboard interface. Damn, I wish on of these fixes would finally get my computer functioning again.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:33:15 PM by Wryte
Discord. He's pretty much an embodiment of Godzilla Threshold. Though yeah it was a bit of a stretch, as to the rest, no there is nothing about them that is anything but amazing when it comes to caring for each other, I, really do not see how you leap to THAT conclusion.
Meh, Pinkie has only herself to blame for that.
I'm only about 35 percent serious
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Boast Busters
Trixie shows up and is confident.
Mane 6: "She's going down!!!"
Only after that Trixie was revealed to be into humiliating other ponies and bragging about impossible accomplishments, never thinking somepony might try to fact-check.
MMDW
Rainbow Dash acts confident in her success
Mane 6: "She's going down!!!"
Only after that RD's confidence revealed to begin hindering her own efforts to do good.
All I'm saying, it's just convenient that these things happen, but they happen only after mane 6 decides to crush a prideful pony. They just hate success and this trait is chillingly consistent, unlike most of these dubious things that can be overlooked as one-time miswritings.
There are 2 types of dickness traits:
1)Mistakes that the writer didn't think through resulting in such interpretations.
2)Intentional traits that the writer thinks are correct.
This really gives the type 2 vibe to dickness traits.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:40:49 PM by Luminosity
Except they never actually attacked Trixie or did anything to "bring her down" None of them actually directed any of their remarks AT Trixie until RD did so to cover for her own ego showing through. And none of them had any issue with her abilities or her confidence, it was her bragging to the extent of out right lying about her abilities. Was it really right, no, but they were just chatting amongst themselves till RD did something stupid.
MMDW, it was Williams you can't hold that against the characters.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:48:34 PM by Seraphem
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Which, again, only happens after our "heroes" declare war on them. Even so, "abrasive personalities" means just "Someone dares to think they are more awesome than us? Burn them!"
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Still, the war is declared, and mane 6 just follow RD's example on that one.
It's like having a heroic serial killer, and victims are revealed(to him and the audience) to be criminals, assholes, and bad people only after he kills them. It's a convenient justification.
They could have at least tried to find out if a pony really deserved it before crushing their lives and souls.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:50:28 PM by Luminosity
Hmm it's a bit of a stretch I wonder if we could get her back in. To be fair to me I was kind of getting ready to go out to the stand up gig that I went to and I was put on the spot so I think I owe Lightning Dust a chat at least.
edited 11th Dec '13 3:57:27 PM by Starscream759
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Makes sense that Fluttershy was hit hardeset since Discord outright mindraped her.
Of course not. Noone's brought up Feeling Pinkie Keen or Over A Barrel yet.
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