I find amusing that all those snobs treat her as nobody even if she bigger social status than any of them can hope to achieve.

She could ruin they reputation in any time if she were mean or cared for this.

Well, when you cloister yourself up in an ivory tower, you tend to not gather a lot of recognition.

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you know, I never thought of that. She's practically celestias right hand pony, she could ruin any of them with a little comment...

I didn't grow up with it, I've just seen it in collection books.

Most powerful unicorn (that mean something) Celestia right hand pony and closet friend (that apply to Luna too), sister of Royal Guard captain, probably her parents may have some high status too. But she don't care about this, she care about study, knowledge, power plus family/friends.

And Fancy Pants may be only pony from that episode who recognize her. Maybe he wasn't trying to protect Twilight from those snobs but protect snobs.

That or he got the charade his new client was putting on and wanted her to relax and appreciate herself for what she is.

@storyeller: Trixie may suit having an Always Second Best amnosity towards Twilight, similar to Daffy Duck to Bugs Bunny or Flinhart Glongold to Scrooge Mc Duck.

edited 13th Jun '12 5:58:14 AM by Psi001

I think you're over-analyzing this. Twilight's Celestia's student for story reasons. She's also a regular girl for the same reasons. Even if it may seem like those two conflict, it's in the interest of the plot to explain those issues away and maintain both, to keep both the "audience surrogate" and "girl fantasy" aspects of the character.

So, a situation where Twilight starts throwing her weight around should never occur without sacrificing something character essential.

Twilight has shown occasional ego problems due to her background and connections with Celestia, but doesn't really get that vindictive about it, just kind of stuck up and insistant on being taken seriously. She was thoroughly oblivious in the episode to really be offended anyway, she was too blissfully happy at her party.

As said it almost seems like a touch of Character Development, in the pilot she thought friends were pointless and was more interested in her position as Celestia's student. In this episode she is solely interested in being with friends and having fun, if still amusingly narrow minded about it.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:02:17 AM by Psi001

@ Psi

Whilst I totally agree with you, why was that directed at me? I don't remember bringing it up!

Oh crap, that was storyeller's post. Sorry, mix up there. Fixed now.

edited 13th Jun '12 5:58:28 AM by Psi001

No probs!

This is why Trixie should come back. She has so much potential!

Trixie the hero of the common people ponies. Maybe.

Trixie had a rather awkwardly done introduction, which almost seems like it made solely to set her up as a recurring villain. She seems kind of cool on paper, sort of a Jerkass Woobie villain that just wants to be respected and accepted as awesome and almighty, but will do anything to get it.

I still like the idea of a recurring comical plot with loads of fearsome villains and monsters appearing to drive fear into the ponies, and each one having Trixie pop out from her disguise when defeated, being yet another scheme to be taken seriously (anyone seen the Master Drunk's boss robots in Puzzle Bobble will probably get what I mean).

edited 13th Jun '12 6:07:41 AM by Psi001

I want them to play Trixie's return (IF they do it) as a serious revenge story, but that's just me. I always imagine things darker than they need to be.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:06:16 AM by edvedd

Honestly, will they ever consider bringing Trixie or Gilda back?

Are they really going to pander to us again, after Derpygate?

Bringing back an old character isn't pandering, especially if they're relevant to the plot and not just a cameo. And if they are just a cameo, then they're harmless regardless.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:12:35 AM by PerpetualLurker

Really wish they'd bring Gilda back.

Or maybe just more griffons.

Well those 2 weren't redeemed so I'd say bring them both back on the same episode.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:13:51 AM by Chadaman99

They left those two wide open for a comeback, really. I'm surprised more hasn't been made of them.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:15:19 AM by edvedd

Off to work, later.

YES!

Gilda is the one I'd really like to see return. I can't see her and Dash being good good friends again like before, but they could at least get back into each others good books.

I think it would work to have some more recurring villains, maybe make some more sympathetic or three dimentional. I still think they are one element the series is still a bit too one note about.

Pinkie seems like someone who would attempt Go Karting with Bowser moments non stop.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:31:47 AM by Psi001

@ Psi

I totally agree. A good recurring villian is the thing I most want to see in the show. That's why I like DT so much.

And I said this before but, Pinkie flirting with a possible villian could be down right hilarious.

Yeah, the reason they haven't turned up again already was more or less because the show was trying to be far less continuity heavy. By the end of the second season, though, they've more or less thrown that out the window. The best example being the Cake twins, who were introduced in an episode, then almost immediately became minor recurring characters. Not to mention that Ponyville Confidential was filled with more ContinuityNods than you can shake a stick at.

edited 13th Jun '12 6:36:02 AM by PerpetualLurker