Uploaded by Background Pony #2BF2
 1280x720 00:27.71 WEBM 2.67 MB
Interested in advertising on Derpibooru? Click here for information!
Ministry of Image - Fanfiction Printing

Help fund the $15 daily operational cost of Derpibooru - support us financially!

Description

No description provided.

safe2164552 screencap294916 ahuizotl947 biff252 daring do7206 fluttershy257358 rainbow dash278694 pegasus492431 pony1592434 daring don't1162 daring doubt915 g42016754 read it and weep828 animated125330 continuity error68 henchmen464 inconsistency19 sound16870 truth talisman108 webm25535

Comments

Syntax quick reference: **bold** *italic* ||hide text|| `code` __underline__ ~~strike~~ ^sup^ %sub%

Detailed syntax guide

ThePonyTheorist
Non-Fungible Trixie -

@Dickard  
To be fair, he’s protecting an ancient civilization’s relics. Who’s to say this ancient civilization wasn’t evil themselves? He could be the most evil character if so, a ‘guard dog’ trying to repair his old masters’ machinery.
Scrumbulus
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Wallet After Summer Sale -

God is dead.
So they turned him into an antivillain. As ridiculous as this ending was, I can see Ahuizotl as a supernatural guardian. Apparently in Aztec mythology, ahuizotl’s human victims went to the paradise of the god Tlāloc, supreme god of the rain.
@Thorned Rose Ninja
Duh, he didn’t exist just to be raaaarrrgh evil
 
This literally goes against everything they already established. It’s not like they’re having him change his ways, they’re basically retconning it and saying he was good all along. That’s why it’s fucking stupid.
Thorned Rose Ninja
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Artist -

So they turned him into an antivillain. As ridiculous as this ending was, I can see Ahuizotl as a supernatural guardian. Apparently in Aztec mythology, ahuizotl’s human victims went to the paradise of the god Tlāloc, supreme god of the rain.
Background Pony #585E
Maybe he got SO tired of so many adventurers coming to steal the god’s sacred treasures, he decided to take out his frustration by attempting to take over the world and making the entire world die from global heating, while his devoted minions are spared in exchange for their pious loyalty to protect the Tehncochitlan basin
Actually, the episode “Daring Don’t” specifically mentions that the “800 years of sweltering heat” is limited to the Tenochtitlan Basin.  
Daring Do: “Caballeron, you fool! You’re dooming the valley to eight centuries of unrelenting heat!”
That being said, I do buy the idea of him doing that because he’s frustrated with the constant thefts. After all, the area he’s trying to turn the thermostat up on is the same area he’s supposed to be a guardian of.  
Ahuizotl: “Well… the thing is, I’m in charge of protecting this jungle.”
Ahuizotl: “On one condition! You swear to never steal artifacts from the Tenochtitlan Basin again!”
Frankly I can see why he’d want to make the valley more difficult for ponies to visit in that case.
CyanHide

Considering that one of the other ‘Guardian creatures’ was probably Gaia Everfree, I think a hatred of ponykind is par for the course.
KozumoJi
A Really Classy Artist - 250+ images under their artist tag
Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
Artist -

Son of the Young Master
Maybe he got SO tired of so many adventurers coming to steal the god’s sacred treasures, he decided to take out his frustration by attempting to take over the world and making the entire world die from global heating, while his devoted minions are spared in exchange for their pious loyalty to protect the Tehncochitlan basin
Copper Knight

  1. Morally grey is the absolute ONLY color a character should be. If they are black or white - especially a “hero” character - you messed up. Villains can get away with being pure evil, but heroes can’t. They are boring without flaws.
     
  2. You keep adding your headcanons into actual canon. Stop it. Your entire rant about Daring Do is completely something you just made up to try and explain why it’s bad rather than anything put in the actual show. You just pissed yourself off by making up a bunch of stuff to be pissed off about.
     
  •  
    As for the other complaints I’m seeing:
     
  1. Garble is a teenage dragon and doing bad and terrible things to fit in with a crowd is very much a teen thing. He’s even right - they do laugh at him for his poetry. It’s entirely believable that Garble acted like a tough guy to everyone else. Hell, we’ve seen what dragon culture is like - their favorite story is about a dragon backstabbing their savior. Hell, Smolder’s love for tea parties is something she keeps hidden.
     
  2. Pinkie Pie in the Last Laugh wondered if there was more out there since all of her friends seemed to fulfill some life goal. Naturally in the end she realizes she actually already accomplished her life goal. That she can be happy where she is. That is not Pinkie Pride again or any Pinkie episode.
     
  3. The cheerleading episode was about Rainbow being unenthusiastic about things she wasn’t interested in to the detriment of others. This is fact about her and one of her more selfish traits. Rainbow learns to not be that way.
proto29

le grand rêveur
It is no wonder that there is no continuity for a series like this.  
It’s just heights that have visibility only over a season so it creates inconsistencies in the long term.  
when they start saying too much nonsense they stop the show and they start a new one a few years later.  
it’s up to the fans to deal with the different stories, so that its constitutes a universe behind.  
by mixing the different adaptations one has the illusion that this world is well written.  
It changes when you have a real height at the controls.
Smitty1991
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

@Background Pony #285C  
No, trust me, it’s a problem with continuity.
 
What really kills this whole thing for me is that it shows that neither side of the Daring vs Doctor rivalry is as black and white as Daring herself has made it out to be and is a rather sobering conclusion to the entire “Daring Do is real” subplot.
 
Even if the Doctor is still a greedy raider, Daring herself is only slightly less morally ambiguous while causing widespread irreversible archeological damage in her escapades and hoarding the treasures in her own house instead of donating them to museums. It’s Azihoutal or whatever is the closest thing to a good guy in this subplot is, just doing his duty in keeping these artifacts protected from greedy tomb raiders. And if Daring Do was really that concerned for the well being of such sites, surely a branch of the royal guard is more than capable of handling it. But we all know why she really handles everything she does. It’s the treasure, not the moral superiority. Honestly, why does Daring Do keep getting episodes? Do people actually care about her?
 
This ultimately shows why Rainbow likes Daring Do so much. They’re both hedonistic glory hogs who like to make themselves look good and often don’t care about the consequences of getting what they want. It proves how the writers see in Rainbow Dash, in all of their retconning bullshit. She’s supposed to be the Element of Loyalty, and yet she’s a selfcentered prick. Actually, this could be said for most of the Mane 6, with the only exception of Fluttershy. Daring really is a less violent Generation 1 Lara Croft for all the good and ill that entails. What’s the moral of this episode? Never learn too much about your heroes?
 
I never liked this subplot and am sincerely disappointed by Daring Do turning out to be not as blameless as she’s always portrayed herself to be. Good riddance.
 
Inconsistent continuity. That’s been an issue with the newer writers for years. Clearly, no one remembers, much less cares, about hard canon anymore! I mean, there’s ‘inconsistent’ . . . and then there’s this. This is a sheer travesty of bad fanfic-level writing and character assassination. But, honestly, I shouldn’t be surprised by this. Honestly, at this point, this kind of stupidity is exactly what I expect from the writers, so I’d only be surprised if they managed to keep continuity.
 
No doubt the EqD crowd will be mindlessly cheering it on, as their collective memory for detail tends to be worse than the writers’.
 
I think this episode serves as the final proof that making Daring Do actually exist in the show was a terrible idea, as I’ve said all along. And, really, that was what drove me away from the show back in season 4. I can forgive a bad episode or two because everyone makes mistakes, but that consistent flanderization of the entire cast (especially Rainbow Dash) destroyed everything good about the show, so I eventually just gave up.
Background Pony #9DC0
Just realized something. That Ahuizotl only revealing this under when magically forced to tell the truth means he was lying/misleading about the 800 year heat wave (explaining why the inhabitance of the effected area would assist him). The episode states that he did so took keep others away from the area.
 
It’s less a problem with continuity than problem with why he didn’t explain himself sooner.
Background Pony #9DC0
@Smitty1991  
It established they take love, but NOTHING about their being unable to give or receive it. (They’re seeing it only as food would explain why they never tried giving/receiving it sooner.) Don’t confuse refuting what fans assumed with continuity errors, even if the new stuff makes less sense.
 
@TheSultanAkbar  
At least Garble had an excuse for hiding he was good all along.
 
Other than this error it would explain a big question about Ahuizotl, why no-one else was dealing with such a supposedly dangerous being. My big gripe is if they’re redeeming villains by retconing away their crimes, why not do this for Starlight? Or are we supposed to assume they already did that?