Maybe we should start a listing of most badly handled aesops.

• Feeling Pinkie Keen
• The Cutie M Ark Chronicles
• A Friend In Deed.

I still tink people are a bit to hard on AFID. yes it was a bit contrived that she found the love of his life, but given what we've seen, it isn't a stretch to think Cranky would forgive her after she did so. And SHE did learn the not everypony wants ponies around 24/7 some just need to be left alone.

Yes she ended up firends with Cranky, but she would have been fine without him doing so and left him alone. She did learn, she just didn't quite connect the dots between, "Doesn't want to be frineds" with "Doesn't want me around period." The second half had nothing to do with being his friend she just HAD to apologize.

IDK just seems in character for her to learn something, and not quite stop to think about all it's implications. The only bit that really seemed a bit OOC was her yelling to the whole town the Cranky was bald.

I'm tempted to toss Swarm of the Century in there, because I still think the problem is more on Pinkie's end than the other ponies. She knows the solution to the problem, but never actually tells them that.

Except I don't see that she would have left him alone. Twilight basically tells her that she should stop bothering him, and she promptly agrees and starts stalking the poor guy. There isn't any hint that she intends to leave him alone until after she's on his good side.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:34:14 PM by JapaneseTeeth

TCMC wasn't a badly handled aesop, it was just a Space Whale Aesop that had no point in reality.

And add MMDW to the bungled list. only episode where the pony learning a lesson had that lesson dictated to her by some pony else.

true, well the aesop was right and good, they just didn't add in "And Pinkie should have tried harder to exp[lain herself as well."

It was established all she wanted was to apologize. At that point it wasn't her need to be riends driving her, it was her conscious. She new she had hurt him, and wanted make sure he new how sorry she was. She had given up being his instant best friend, she just didn't realize it was teh WHAT not the WHY that was annoying him.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:39:09 PM by Seraphem

I think that the Aesop in Mare Do Well was quite evident, actually. And it was very evident throughout pretty much the entire episode, too.

Yeah, I actually think MMDW got it's point across too clearly. My gripe wasn't so much that the moral was badly demonstrated (it wasn't, that's one of the things it got right), but that RD never really learned it herself. The rest of the cast basically told it to her and she just sort of repeated it back to them so they'd leave her alone.

Any word on how well the aesops have gotten the point across to the target demographic?

MMDW's aesop had the problem of being both poorly implemented, and being undermined by it's "teachers" actions.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:40:30 PM by Mio

To the audience, but again, it was the only one in which the pony sending the DPC letter, had it dictated to her by somepony else instead of actually learning it on their own.

and also, it was pretty much the only aesop that got beaten into the viewer in a typical for kids shows, over the top, anvillicious way

edited 20th Sep '12 9:41:44 PM by Seraphem

I know the Aesop in the MDW episode was a little garbled, but I love it so much for reasons that I imagine are quite obvious by now.

Blarg time for sleep. Goodnight everybody.

For all the problems that episode had, the thing peanut butter jar is one of my favorite scenes. Just goes to show that even the weakest episodes have some strengths.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:44:08 PM by JapaneseTeeth

yes the batman/darkwing duck references where the only saving grace for that episode.

okay and the scene where RD was going nuts trying to do something heroic, like opening peanut butter jars and saving grass from weeds was pretty funny,

Luna finds IWTBTG outside her skill level

Night, JT.

And I ought to be off pretty soon, too.

I have archeology to do tomorrow.

Watching Return of Harmony now.

So, Twilight reading over the mission reports for the Ponyville Militia bring back magic?

They remind her of what's truly important. She gets over Discord's corruption after that.

Pinkie's song sure is quite fitting

edited 20th Sep '12 9:47:38 PM by AceOfScarabs

Friendship, or something.

I think they'll have to execute Rainbow Dash for desertion after this...

edited 20th Sep '12 9:51:25 PM by Steventheman

Friendship is the core of all good militias.

Indeed.

Did Discord just throw a block of chocolate milk and turn it into a hand grenade?!

They're now firing FRIENDSHIP at him. Fuck yes.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:58:02 PM by Steventheman

Night all those going to bed.

In just over an hour, I will have completed my final nightshift ever!

Anyway, yeah, I agree that even the weakest episodes of this shoe have their merits. And, just want to go on record as saying, I find this show geniuenely hilarious most of the time. Especially when Pinkie and Rarity are concerned. I can't say anything about the characterisation that hasn't already been said.

As to AFID, although the outcome may have been fudged a little, just remember that this show must always maintain a certain degree of optimism to it. The only othe outcome would have been for Cranky to hold a grudge...quite rightly in my opinion. And that's a little bleak. I can picture pinkie having to avoid him in the street. Not a nice thought.

At least she won't have to worry about the moon.

So, that's done.

Discord: E.K.I.A.

I move that we simply remove aesops from the show entirely and focus on making entertaining episodes. Don't think that's too likely to happen though.

So my Twi like OCD decided I needed to redo what was a pretty bad quality version of the cover picture for the fic I finished 9 months ago. The result is one of the best Twilights I've drawn to date.

You're shaping up your skills quite well.

Now watching: a Longplay of SMW 2: Yoshi's Island. We need a kind of prehistoric ponification with baby Princesses and a friendly Dragon who helps reunite them :3