@tielwyth A
Cruel And Unusual Punishment that she
didn't deserve. Seriously, there was no reason to doing that to her: the only good way was to try to speak with her again but with more subtlelty (and on a better moment, as I said before), plus she wasn't going anywhere (or better she wasn't until
they screw it up!) so they had all the time thay want to try that. and they don't have the excuse of AJ's stubbornes, because they know that if there's something she value even more thant trust is her family, so they just needed to make her remember that. So yeah, all the shenanigans of the episode were really for nothing and just contributed to show the mane six being awfull (usually I tries to find some justifications when it happens, but this time I really can't find any, and I tried hard).
As for OOC, Pinkie and Dash weren't (I's say that the problem is they were
too much on character), but Twilight gosh darn yes! I any other she would've immediately jossed Pinkie and Dash's plan, but for some reason she decided here to step aside for no reason at all (and no, the failure of before isn't a justification, because it could've work when done in a better moment). I would'nt have a problem for that if it wasn't for the fact that she let Dash and Pinkie taking the leading role, two ponies I would never let lead this kind of situation (Dash because she do things too rushingly and Pinkie because she talks almost nothing seriously, as long as it's funny for her).
As of Dragon Quest, the reason behind Spike journey was because he thought that he was going to be more accepted in a group of dragons like him than with ponies, but at the end he learned that they still loves him no matter whet. He also learned that no matter from what species you're friends are, they're still your family.
I think what's special about Rarity's is that they somewhat feel more mature than the others. After all they usually deal with more adult subjects like the world of stars and high class ponies, it also helps that it does it in a way that respect the viewer intelligence (kid or not).
edited 5th Nov '12 3:42:41 AM by kimba90