/pone/ - My Little Pony

The only ones whose backstories were actually relevant to their supposed roles, were Pinkie and Fluttershy.

The other four's backstories have fucking nothing to do with their elements.

>>223766

With Applejack she had to be honest with herself, with Twilight she had to do some magic shit, with Rainbow Dash she had to stand up for a friend (which is kind of loyalty), and with rarity she gave away her gems, with is generous.

>le current year

>still pretending Applejack is really that honest

>still pretending Rainbow Dash is really that loyal

>still pretending Rarity is really that generous

>>223767

God, I hate Twilight's out-of-place Mary Sue element

She also should have been an orphan adopted by the princess so we wouldn't have to deal with any useless overly-idealized family

>>223787

But then she would've been saddled with the troubled backstory cliche. No thanks.

I never had a problem with her element. It's broad, but then so is saying your talent is computers.

>>223808

It's just a little off-putting the others have the attributes of a friend, while hers is essentially leeching off those attributes

>>223817

I dunno what to tell you, anon. Without those other elements, her own would have remained dormant, and she wouldn't be the person or the leader she is today.

>>223846

It's hard to say no to that face.

>>223850

It's so off-model

>>223863

That wasn't what I meant, but you're right about my headcanon being better.

>>223768

It would've been easy for Applejack to have kept up a facade of happiness to avoid insulting her relatives, but she didn't.

RD's loyal schtick was starting the race, and the writers were either dumb enough to forget Flutters, or smart enough to realize that Dash's need4speed instinct would cause her to forget Flutters.

There's a bit of depth to Rarara's thing. See, generosity isn't necessarily about giving without gain. It's about giving for the sake of giving. She got what she wanted out of those gems, and what she wanted was to make her friends look pretty for the play.

Let's take a famous vidya example. I think we can all agree that, say, Doom II was a great game. Did Romero and Carmack gain from making Doom II? Yeah. But they made Doom II for the sake of making a fun game, which shows through the effort they put into making what was at the time a revolutionary game.

I'd just get rid of the elements of harmony entirely and give them a completely different reason to coming together and doing heroic shit.

Do there elements even matter at this point?

They didn't really use unless it was the first or last ep

>>223870

>>223863

>>223846

>>223874

What's with the reddit-tier shit lately? I mean, *munch munch*? Seriously? I see "derp" and other shit on other boards too.

>>223929

It seems there has been a very recent decrease in general quality lately, like the last 2-3 weeks. Think they're related?

>>223930

since you are basically just repeating the complaint by the one you are quoting, yes.

Coincidentally, 22 days ago, we got linked on reddit by Alt_For_Temp_Country.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/44bvuq/twitter_gamergate_supporter_rips_into_ign_for/

>>223764

ayy sgap art

>>223770

Cutting off her tail (and almost immediately growing back) is one of the only generous things Rarity ever did in the series

Applejack lies constantly

RD is a self-serving cunt most of the time

I get that well-written characters shouldn't be perfect, but one would think that the character trait they are meant to be the physical embodiment of wouldn't be the one they struggle with the most.

>>223888

I'm still 100% convinced that is actually the case. She comes from a military family and her father/mother are both boisterous and loud. Part of her being so shy and quiet comes from growing up in an environment where she couldn't get a word in edge wise and where her input was not a factor in what happened.

>>223926

>Do there elements even matter at this point?

considering that they've already abandoned the elements themselves and have made a full transition to Rainbow Power™, there's no real point in holding them to their elements anymore

>>224081

Sigh

>>223881

So their elements are the things that they're most happy doing for others?

They were all pretty terrible stories, especially Pinkie Pie's.

The execution is also terrible. Cramming them all into 1 episode and interrupting half the time with cutie mark crusader hijinks.

It reminds why bad planning and bad writing made this show completely stale and without story arcs and a clear lack of progress.

>>224341

No one would give a shit about this show if it wasn't MLP, huh?

>especially Pinkie Pie's

That's "the joke"

>>224081

>rainbow power

fuck, they dont eve use that shit anymore, not even a la power rangers. I was expecting twilight to use her rainbow powers in the season finale.

>>224361

Maybe they realized it was going too far?

>>224365

>going too far?

they crossed that line a long time ago with the dragonball tirek fight.