Calling Iron Will a "monster" was definitely a step too far. He was a motivational speaker, not some sort of rampaging threat.
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
My girlfriend is arguing that the Trollestia space should've been marked on the bingo card for Lesson Zero. Thoughts?
I don't see it. Celestia was not particularly trollish during Lesson Zero — all she did was appearing and setting things right when it became apparent that Twilight had lost it.
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
The ending, where she makes everyone write a letter instead of just Twilight whenever they learn a lesson.
I dunno. From the point of view of the show, it was a nice way of allowing for less Twilight-centric episodes; and in-story, that could perhaps be interpreted as Celestia trying to turn Twilight's letter writing into yet another way of interacting with her friends, instead of an excuse for isolating herself and falling back into her old ways.
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
I don't know, maybe I am interpreting him in too favorable a way; but I got the impression that he did not really expect anypony to take his "lessons" to the letter. It was theatrical exaggeration, for the most part. Nopony hears "if somepony obstacles you, push them down" and takes this literally — nopony except a total sociopath or, as in Fluttershy's case, somepony who does not really have much of a grasp about conflict scenarios in social interactions.
Note that when he came for Fluttershy, despite all his attitude, he took care to knock politely on the door, and he accepted reasonably quickly that Fluttershy had not been satisfied with the course.
I don't particularly approve the sort of thing that Iron Will does, or of the
Real Life equivalent; but really, all that he was trying to do was having the ponies feel like ruthless badasses — and afterwards, most ponies would have had the common sense to realize that acting like entitled jerks in their usual lives would not really be that great an idea.
edited 3rd Mar '12 2:42:32 PM by Carciofus
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
They were pretty obviously attempting to keep him away from somepony who (he thought) owed him money. Now, in
Real Life that would be clearly unacceptable; but still, he struck me more as a savvy and somewhat shady businessman (much like the Flim Flam brothers, in a way) than as a monster.
Who I really disliked, instead, were the ponies who were so outrageously rude to Fluttershy at the beginning. I can sincerely say that this is the first time I wished I could punch a pony in the face.
edited 3rd Mar '12 2:48:15 PM by Carciofus
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
Send him to Iron
W Ill :P
Bad Girly Colts Big Pony :3
I haven't seen all of the episodes, so can someone who has answer my question: Has pinkie every broken the fourth wall canonically?
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ~C. S. Lewis.
Links? Pweeeeease???? I WILL BE YOAW BEWSTEST FWIEND FOWEVEW
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ~C. S. Lewis.
YAAAAAAY I HAVE LIIIIIINKS
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ~C. S. Lewis.
Did anyone else notice that, during the market scene, we could see Lyra and Bon Bon sitting at a table with each other in the background? Also, I think Derpy's saddlebags had a muffin button! Huzzah for little details!
"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." - E.B. White
Does anyone know where I can find that awesome My Little Pony webcomic?
SCIENCE SLUMBER PARTIES?
...Which one?
"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." - E.B. White
The one that actually has pages and regular updates and its own website, like an actual webcomic. I'm pretty sure there's only one like that.
SCIENCE SLUMBER PARTIES?
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Well, they kinda were preventing him from collecting a payment that he was entitled to, so it's not like he just drop kicked them for no reason. And he left without a fight after Fluttershy explained why she wasn't paying.
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EDIT: YES.
