^^^He pulled Rarity's scarf off of her to absorb a spilled drink that he could have stepped around. And used her as a shield for the cake. Rarity or not, that's kind of a jerk move.

edited 7th Jul '11 6:40:28 PM by RedSavant

He's an asshole; we're legally required to hate him, just like we're required to hate Gilda for terrifying poor Granny Smith.

edited 7th Jul '11 6:40:32 PM by RichReeders

Not only that...

He goes against what the mane six are all about. He's rude, obnoxious, and just a downright asshole.

Some people we like BECAUSE their assholes. This fandom seems to hate people like Gilda and Blueblood with the fiery hot intensity of a million foreman grills.

Although at least Gilda had Rainbow Dash as a semi-quasi Morality Chain

edited 7th Jul '11 6:44:50 PM by gingerninja666

Yeah, still...Picking on old people for a joke; that's just too far.

I'd like to see Gilda come back and learn her lesson; she's a jerk, but I kinda got the feeling she could get better. Maybe; picking on Granny Smith was entirely independent of her issues with Rainbow Dash and the mane cast, so maybe not, but... hm. I could try to write that, maybe...

But Blueblood isn't a deep person. He's very shallow, and it's not really his fault, but it's inarguable that he's unconcerned with anything but himself.

To be honest there isn't as much of a reason to hate Blueblood as Gilda. Gilda was outright cruel, Blueblood was just selfish. And he's in probably one of the highest positions of class despite having done nothing...he's just sort of par for the course, so far as that stereotype goes. We just dislike him more because he messed with one of the best ponies.

Also, really late on this one, but Twilight is actually the latest in an ancestral line of Celestia's advisers. Her true parents gave her away when she was born, in the hopes that she could have a normal life away from Celestia's servitude, but Celestia found her again and is conditioning her loyalty.

"Some people we like BECAUSE their assholes. This fandom seems to hate people like Gilda and Blueblood with the fiery hot intensity of a million foreman grills."

A lack of likable qualities or any expression of repentance for their actions or attitudes goes a long way in finding themselves is disfavor with the audience.

Even Trixie wasn't that jerkish, and she had other aspects to her, and she was hammy so it was kinda funny.

Snips and Snails almost got their town destroyed but they aren't jerks and said they were sorry.

Luna tried to bring about eternal darkness and even she said she was sorry and put her jealousy behind her.

Gilda just didn't seem to have anyone she truly trusted to call her out on being a jerk (Rainbow Dash might have gotten through to her if she wasn't being embaressed in front of all those ponies). Her along with Trixie I belive CAN change for the better.

Blueblood is just a jerk down to the bone marrow. Wonder why Celestia let him turn out that way?

edited 7th Jul '11 7:02:30 PM by gingerninja666

Again, I liked Blueblood BECAUSE he was an asshole. he was such an unmitigatingly titanic dick that I found him hilarious

Somebody has to become the next Night Stallion!

Then Celestia can blame him for everything bad.

^^^Yeah; it's in his, well, blood. I'd love to see Trixie and Gilda come back, though; they're definitely the most memorable of the guest characters.

Celestia's not Xanatos, guys! D=

edited 7th Jul '11 7:07:24 PM by RedSavant

Or is she...?

Dudes, Celly is TOTALLY Xanatos.

Albet, a kind, caring and benevolent one.

She's a mixture of Mr. Rodgers, Xanatos, Deadpool, and God.

Make that of what you will

Kind as far as WE know

George Burns God, or possibly Morgan Freeman God.

In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!

edited 7th Jul '11 7:17:43 PM by blueharp

Morgan Freeman.

Because the Morgan Freeman god has that element of 'Socratic Method' teacher. Look at Bruce Almighty for example

Imagine if Celestia looked a thousand years old? She'd be all like "Nyyyyyyyyyyrrrr *drool drool* And whhhhhhhat hhhhhhhhhave you learned today my faithful sssstudent?"

Twilight: Get her away get her away get her away; oh God I hope she doesn't touch me...

edited 7th Jul '11 7:20:42 PM by RichReeders

Actually my interpretation is that she's selfish and loves being in charge, but genuinely tries to keep her subjects happy (hey you catch more flies with honey)

Celestia retains her youthful look by training younger ponies and then stealing their magical powers.

Fair enough, Anemoi, fair enough.

Celestia's definitely benevolent. She just likes to have fun every now and again, and who can blame her?

well if your trixie/Gilda fan they are one of the 'teams' in my game/story long with a trio of...unusual...allies

If I had to place her...

She'd have her own category:

Lawful Chaotic.

She respects the boundaries of others, and seeks to maintain order in the world, yet she does not remain stagnant in her own rules. She frequently goes out of her way to have her own brand of fun.

Lawful... Chaotic... *head explosion*

That makes sense, though. Well said.

Incidentally, I was trying my hand at making some Celestia propaganda; the Summer Sun Celebration scene from "Cutie Mark Chronicles" seemed like it had a lot of potential, so I tried mocking up a symbol reminiscent of the sunburst and Celestia's wings. It needs some simplification still, I think, but what do you all think?◊

Then she could really be the Yoda of this show!