But only after excessive cheating on Rainbow's part.

Edit: Ninja'd

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:08:33 PM by Crowfall

@Turnways: Wow, Rarity's actually kind of a bitch.

...is what I was referring to. And I am absolutely serious about this.

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:12:54 PM by RedSavant

Yeah, but she usually has trouble listening and/or being focused, so...

^That's what I mean. For all her positive character traits, she has some negative ones, too.

She also completely fails at communicating. Like, worse than Twilight, which is saying something.

Pinkie's never wrong though, something i find to be very, VERY annoying

^Pinkie's in the wrong for the entirety of "Party of One", mostly, and it's not really her so much as it is her body being right in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" - though that's a whole different can of worms, particularly regarding the subtext, so I won't get into it.

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:18:32 PM by RedSavant

@Kegisak: Yeah, I shoulda figured you were joking. My AC died in the middle of a heat wave, so I'm kinda touchy. Doesn't help that the whole issue is kinda a Berserk Button for me.

@Fallen Legend: Yeah, I'm the same way.

Anyway, back on topic.

Yeah, Pinkie's "always right" thing kinda bugs me too. That's why I want a season 2 episode where she finally gets a lesson. Even in "Party of One", the problem was due to a misunderstanding rather than Pinkie being straight up wrong. If Spike hadn't misinterpreted her question, the entire problem wouldn't have come about. Or at least it wouldn't have been as bad.

And as far as Applejack's cheating goes, I see that as an extension of her stubbornness; she got so obsessed with beating RD that her competitive integrity took a hit.

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:21:04 PM by JapaneseTeeth

It's less about her being right (she's been wrong many times), more about facing a stiff consequence for being wrong.

That too. I mean, I like Pinkie Pie, but it's kinda odd that she's never really learned a lesson specific to her personality, which would ideally deal with either her communication problems or her tendency to go horribly over the top.

In Fall Weather Friends, they weren't cheating, so much as exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct.

Then again, there's Party of One. On the other hand, the reveal about her forgetting her own goshdarned freakin' birthday kinda spoiled the effect for me.

but RD was being a straight up BITCH in that ep, AJ was never in the wrong until the very end

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:26:21 PM by gingerninja666

(...technically, AJ won that rematch, since Dash broke the only rule.)

Like I said, it wasn't that Applejack was a straight up cheater from the beginning; it was more that she got sick of RD taking unfair advantages and then stooping to RD's level to win.

Even then, I don't think she was cheating AS malisciously as RD was

Personally, I don't care who was worse. Both resorted to questionable tactics, and they should both know better than that.

I agree with all of the above mentioned desires for next season. but also, there's going to be more villains in season two. what I'd like to see is the cast face of against a Complete Monster that is totally evil and beyond redemption.

and back to a previous subject, I could say Snips is at least a little smarter then I gave him credit for. but what about Snail's continued dumb actions in "show Stoppers"?

Pinkie Pie Loves Cupcakes

That goes against the tone of the series, in my opinion. It'd be interesting, but it's not likely.

Please, just go with discussions instead of trying to lasso it back in your direction. We'll get to you eventually.

A Complete Monster villain would be horrific, there just isn't a way for the ponies to deal with something like that

What did AJ do that was questionable, other than the bee thing?

edited 22nd Jul '11 8:44:04 PM by gingerninja666

This complaint actually bothers me a bit. I do this literally, every. Goddamn. Year. Seriousl. Somebody wishes me a happy birthday, and my reaction is, "What?"

Pinkie pie concerns other ponies over herself, so it makes sense she wouldn't think about her own party.

As for Snails, I sorto f view him as an absent-minded professor. Many of the things he does could be stupidity, but he could simply be an Uber Pony, if you'll excuse some philosophy. At any rate, even if he is as daft as he seems, keep in mind he's a teenager. They're all stupid. I was stupid when I was a teen, as were all my friends. Yes, even as stupid as he seems to be.

Hormones are not your friends.

Yeah, a complete monster just wouldn't fit. Part of the reason I like the show is because of it's optimism; it's nice to know that even if it's fictional, there's a world out there where everypony is generally good, or at least has some good in them.

Loves Cupcakes? Seems like the implication of the comic is that she was terrified of it. Or am I missing something?

I dunno, I've just never seen anyone forgetting their own birthday, so it stands out to me as something highly unusual, and more than a bit unlikely. Especially in a fictional context.