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Filli Vanilli
Feb. 23rd, 2014 03:45 pm Okay I just need to vent.
I disliked Pinkie's behaviour this episode. But there is ongoing debate on whether or not she was in-character or what have you doing this. Yeah, Pinkie can be insensitive and misses social cues often. People also point out examples of her behaving in such ways before and I'd be all fine with this. Pinkie isn't some perfect super best friend with zero flaws after all.
The problem is...as insensitive and oblivious she can be, it just seems far too overboard to act that way more than once in a single episode to a friend Pinkie herself pointed out was super sensitive a million episodes ago, who was visibly upset with tears bubbling down her face. The first time when Rarity twapped her on the head? Sure, why not. But Pinkie doing this more than once on Fluttershy who was actually trying to RUN AWAY from her friends just seems like way more than just "innocent insensitivity". She tried to fix it by repeating that she was great, but it was like Pinkie was replaced by one of her clones today. THIS is the same Pinkie who defended her in Griffon the Brush Off? THIS is the same Pinkie who sang a song to encourage Fluttershy over the chasm when others like Rainbow Dash were vocally frustrated and impatient with her? THIS is the same Pinkie from Too Many Pinkie Pies who grew upset when her clones were making her friends miserable? THIS is the same Pinkie from Pinkie Pride, only two episodes ago who realized Rainbow Dash wasn't having fun at her own birthday party!? If she can tell her friends were unhappy in those situations how did she not tell that a sobbing wreck of a mess that is FLUTTERSHY, was unhappy!? That her behaviour was only making everything worse!?
I can see Pinkie being insufferable and unsympathetic in situations like Luna Eclipsed, when she was merely having fun and wasn't there to witness Luna's discontent (or even if she did, that Luna's emotions weren't obvious and outward like flowing tears and so she didn't know how to read that Luna was upset with her behaviour) or in A Friend In Deed, when Cranky is also running off from her but he only ever yells at her and responds in dry, sarcastic wit which Pinkie can't even understand anyway. (Though I still thought Pinkie in that episode was a bit much, I can accept it) But when your friend you yourself point out is extra sensitive is bawling her eyes off right under/in front of/staring straight at you, PERHAPS YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
Pinkie isn't THAT obtuse, Jesus.
But I think it isn't so much they overlooked Pinkie's character or what have you this episode. Even if they exaggerated Pinkie's behaviour for comedic effect, the problem wasn't so much Pinkie being exaggerated but FACES and REACTIONS being exaggerated. The animators are having tons of fun with extra-goofy faces this season, so they probably thought giving Fluttershy the most crushed and despairing of all expressions would be HIRARIOUS and make their cartoon more appealing for a wider audience, like that large periphery demographic they have. Unfortunately they sacrificed a bit of character/realism/continuity/idk with their attempt at producing more comedy. If Fluttershy just reacted uneasily then Pinkie not understanding what she was doing was hurting her would've made so much more sense. This entire thing is just a rehash of a joke from Green Isn't Your Colour anyway, when Photo Finish also described the judging, seething eyes of the audience as Fluttershy stepped out on stage.
Also one more thing, even though Fluttershy has stage fright and you can whisk the obvious discontinuity away by claiming all the musical segments are just musicals, and the few times she did perform as having friends with her there (in the Hearth's Warming Eve play she did display anxiety beforehand), how do you even explain that time Fluttershy was a model!?! She was known by EVERYONE and was walking on stages constantly, marketing drinks and being stuck on covers. I guess she isn't technically singing but that is a LOT of attention in front of many crowds, and she isn't even next to her friends while doing this! Fluttershy must really care about Rarity's opinions and feelings to do all that shit, like holy crap.
I hope at the very least, since apparently we are getting more ponies for a while there will be a Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy episode, where Pinkie acts like herself as always but hurts Fluttershy's feelings in the process. Then Pinkie will learn a lesson about being insensitive and no one will ever have an excuse to write Pinkie in this fashion again. And no, it would be far too bloody obvious to make this a Rainbow Dash episode. It MUST be Pinkie. She shouldn't be allowed to get away with her behaviour scott-free all the time. It also MUST be Fluttershy. The Mane Six improving their own friendship is always a plus, and while Cranky is cool I thought they missed an opportunity by using him and not any of Pinkie's existing friends, then perhaps using Cranky in a "you can't be friends with everyone" lesson. Sometimes I feel certain writers treat Pinkie like an entity who can do no wrong no matter how annoying she can get. It doesn't work that way either.
But she's still my favourite. Otherwise this episode was kind of weird and structured oddly. I don't have much opinion about stuff like Flutterguy and such, so there you go.
This has been Spotto!
I disliked Pinkie's behaviour this episode. But there is ongoing debate on whether or not she was in-character or what have you doing this. Yeah, Pinkie can be insensitive and misses social cues often. People also point out examples of her behaving in such ways before and I'd be all fine with this. Pinkie isn't some perfect super best friend with zero flaws after all.
The problem is...as insensitive and oblivious she can be, it just seems far too overboard to act that way more than once in a single episode to a friend Pinkie herself pointed out was super sensitive a million episodes ago, who was visibly upset with tears bubbling down her face. The first time when Rarity twapped her on the head? Sure, why not. But Pinkie doing this more than once on Fluttershy who was actually trying to RUN AWAY from her friends just seems like way more than just "innocent insensitivity". She tried to fix it by repeating that she was great, but it was like Pinkie was replaced by one of her clones today. THIS is the same Pinkie who defended her in Griffon the Brush Off? THIS is the same Pinkie who sang a song to encourage Fluttershy over the chasm when others like Rainbow Dash were vocally frustrated and impatient with her? THIS is the same Pinkie from Too Many Pinkie Pies who grew upset when her clones were making her friends miserable? THIS is the same Pinkie from Pinkie Pride, only two episodes ago who realized Rainbow Dash wasn't having fun at her own birthday party!? If she can tell her friends were unhappy in those situations how did she not tell that a sobbing wreck of a mess that is FLUTTERSHY, was unhappy!? That her behaviour was only making everything worse!?
I can see Pinkie being insufferable and unsympathetic in situations like Luna Eclipsed, when she was merely having fun and wasn't there to witness Luna's discontent (or even if she did, that Luna's emotions weren't obvious and outward like flowing tears and so she didn't know how to read that Luna was upset with her behaviour) or in A Friend In Deed, when Cranky is also running off from her but he only ever yells at her and responds in dry, sarcastic wit which Pinkie can't even understand anyway. (Though I still thought Pinkie in that episode was a bit much, I can accept it) But when your friend you yourself point out is extra sensitive is bawling her eyes off right under/in front of/staring straight at you, PERHAPS YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
Pinkie isn't THAT obtuse, Jesus.
But I think it isn't so much they overlooked Pinkie's character or what have you this episode. Even if they exaggerated Pinkie's behaviour for comedic effect, the problem wasn't so much Pinkie being exaggerated but FACES and REACTIONS being exaggerated. The animators are having tons of fun with extra-goofy faces this season, so they probably thought giving Fluttershy the most crushed and despairing of all expressions would be HIRARIOUS and make their cartoon more appealing for a wider audience, like that large periphery demographic they have. Unfortunately they sacrificed a bit of character/realism/continuity/idk with their attempt at producing more comedy. If Fluttershy just reacted uneasily then Pinkie not understanding what she was doing was hurting her would've made so much more sense. This entire thing is just a rehash of a joke from Green Isn't Your Colour anyway, when Photo Finish also described the judging, seething eyes of the audience as Fluttershy stepped out on stage.
Also one more thing, even though Fluttershy has stage fright and you can whisk the obvious discontinuity away by claiming all the musical segments are just musicals, and the few times she did perform as having friends with her there (in the Hearth's Warming Eve play she did display anxiety beforehand), how do you even explain that time Fluttershy was a model!?! She was known by EVERYONE and was walking on stages constantly, marketing drinks and being stuck on covers. I guess she isn't technically singing but that is a LOT of attention in front of many crowds, and she isn't even next to her friends while doing this! Fluttershy must really care about Rarity's opinions and feelings to do all that shit, like holy crap.
I hope at the very least, since apparently we are getting more ponies for a while there will be a Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy episode, where Pinkie acts like herself as always but hurts Fluttershy's feelings in the process. Then Pinkie will learn a lesson about being insensitive and no one will ever have an excuse to write Pinkie in this fashion again. And no, it would be far too bloody obvious to make this a Rainbow Dash episode. It MUST be Pinkie. She shouldn't be allowed to get away with her behaviour scott-free all the time. It also MUST be Fluttershy. The Mane Six improving their own friendship is always a plus, and while Cranky is cool I thought they missed an opportunity by using him and not any of Pinkie's existing friends, then perhaps using Cranky in a "you can't be friends with everyone" lesson. Sometimes I feel certain writers treat Pinkie like an entity who can do no wrong no matter how annoying she can get. It doesn't work that way either.
But she's still my favourite. Otherwise this episode was kind of weird and structured oddly. I don't have much opinion about stuff like Flutterguy and such, so there you go.
This has been Spotto!
