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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2014-02-21 09:07:06

I don't see a problem with it, except for the Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking writeup.

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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2014-02-21 09:10:06

MEH requires that the character be made irredeemable by a specific action. That entry offers just about every "crime" that the character committed as possible reasons, very carefully avoiding committing the writer or the reader to any particular one. It's a very good example of how not to write the trope — or specifically, how to guarantee that it will decay beyond all meaning.

Also, I continue to have a difficult time accepting that any character in MLP:FIM is intended to be irredeemable. Doesn't that kind of go against the basic premise of the series?

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Telcontar MOD Since: Feb, 2012
2014-02-21 09:16:56

Also, I continue to have a difficult time accepting that any character in MLP:FIM is intended to be irredeemable. Doesn't that kind of go against the basic idea of the series?

Yeah. One can safely say that Applejack will never cross the MEH; none of the main six will ever be irredeemably evil characters, which is what the MEH requires.

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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2014-02-21 09:20:53

I think we have people confusing Jerkass Ball with Moral Event Horizon. That this is happening in MLP:FIM, of all shows, only makes it worse.

Edit: I removed the offending example.

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
shoboni Since: Oct, 2010
2014-02-21 18:04:35

Just no. Not even the villains cross it on this show. Let alone the heroes.

Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2014-02-21 18:45:13

Especially not when MEH as used here is shorthand for, "Oh noes, she totally did something mean, you guys!"

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
2014-02-21 19:02:10

Well, the only character who has crossed it to some fans is Queen Chrysalis.

SomeNewGuy Since: Jun, 2009
2014-02-22 04:49:15

Its worth noting that jellohello only has three edits to their name, all of which involve bitching about Applejack and overdramatizing Applejack's actions as "horrible crimes against humanity".

DracMonster Since: Jan, 2001
2014-02-22 12:28:23

That's PONY-ITY, thank you! And she's getting a Hitler mustache in the next season, you know... <snerk>

Edited by DracMonster
JapaneseTeeth Since: Jan, 2001
2014-02-24 08:20:36

Not to mention that the way they're portraying those actions is just plain inaccurate. I.e. the "poisoning a town" thing, in context, is "she was sleep deprived and accidentally screwed up a muffin recipe". This guy is pretty blatantly twisting events that were treated as very minor in-show into atrocities. He apparently has it out for the character.

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