You know what would make an interesting episode in
MLP: FIM? If they have Katrina and Rep appear as antagonists.
Here's what I think would happen: Katrina and Rep would live in a small house in the Everfree Forest. Katrina would be like the anti-Zecora. Like Zecora, she makes potions and drugs, such as Witchweed potion. Unlike Zecora, she wants to sell her products, legitimate and otherwise, to customers and make money. Of course, she knows that her prospective customers, the little ponies, would rather take stuff for free than pay for it. She also knows that it would be bad for business if she tried playing
The Aggressive Drug Dealer.
So, the first thing she does is have her faithful lackey and boyfriend Rep wreck up Zecora's place while Zecora is out gathering ingredients. Then, she has Rep (who is disguised as Boxxy Brown) selling the legitimate drugs and potions in Ponyville, while privately, he spikes several foals' drinks to get them addicted to Witchweed, and there's withdrawal involved. Naturally, since Zecora is busy trying to fix up her house, and Rep has a "cure" for the side effects for a price, everypony has to pay for the "cure". The Mane 6 get wise to the fact that something's wrong, and decided to investigate this.
The Aesop of this episode could go like this: drugs (especially when misused) are bad. Also, Zecora realizes that having money could be advantageous, like for fixing up her wrecked hut. So she decides to set up a business in Ponyville, where she would sell potions and drugs for a price. But she is still willing to give out cures for free if the situation is urgent!
We probably won't see an episode like that, but hey! If
My Little Pony did a
Drugs Are Bad Aesop in the first generation, why not in this generation?
edited 26th Jun '12 1:00:41 PM by TiggersAreGreat