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Hi.
The main problem with the entry is that when reading it, it looks more like a complaint written by someone who read the YMMV page instead of being someone who has followed the series from the beginning.
Regarding Moondancer and to a lesser extent Apple Bloom, it is information that only serves for comparisons, not for Common Knowledge, since these are not errors (much less common), these are previous situations that are similar to those of Starlight that were much clearer and better written.
Edited by RicardoRenegado
Is that what happened? I haven't seen that episode in a while. So Starlight thought cutie marks were bad overall, but she had no qualms about having her own cutie mark and thought some other pony getting their cutie mark would break a new friendship but Starlight getting her's wouldn't break it, and she even wallowed about not getting hers the same time Sunburst got his?
I guess that would contribute to Starlight's Fatal Flaw about letting her emotions cloud her mind since she's a very emotional pony and has a Never My Fault streak regarding her status as a villain, but that can't deny she's a Hypocrite who's actions render her Unintentionally Unsympathetic. I guess maybe the writers wanted her to be more complex in terms of writing villains, but I don't think they really thought this through. I'll give them brownie points for at least making it stand out among the villains of this show, even if it doesn't work completely.
Edited by NateRiver18
YMMV.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic S 5 E 26 The Cutie Remark Part 2
This was deleted as "Misuse and another attempt to complain about Starlight's detractors". I assume the misuse is due to this trope applying to audiences missing things to the point of making factually incorrect factually incorrect beliefs/claims about the work, which this isn't. But there some issues with the comparisons I was thinking about for awhile:
I fault the episode for failing to portray or emphasize those points, and agree with cutting shoehorned/misused tropes for such. But I want to be sure we're not quashing legitimate points counterarguments (there's a reason Starlight's a Base-Breaking Character not The Scrappy, which was brought to cleanup) if there's an appropriate trope/place for them. And I was planning on adding some criticism of complaints (which fall under factually incorrect) under Common Knowledge, I want to double-check what the line is for this trope since it came up.
My questions are:
- Do the points brought up fit Common Knowledge and if not why are they objective misuse (only pertain to factual error?). Are the point's I raised objective enough?
- What other tropes or place might those things fall under?
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught