What were the controversial moments in MLP: FIM over the show's nine year run?

CORDZ2000
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Draconequues Lover zcord
@Red-Supernova  
Discords arc besides matter of principles is him constantly growing as a person coming back a bit nicer than the last. he doesn’t change fast because no one changes fast realistic and hes a spirit of chaos that disappears if he completely changes but he still does constantly grows and learns. no character makes him out to be a paragon who can do no wrong, he suffers karma multiple times in the series he messes up from his established flaws and being a work in progress not from carrying the idiot ball hes character arc makes sense with his character besides that one episode i mentioned.
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@CORDZ2000  
“Constantly grows and learns” Good one, man. Good one.  
You are aware that he is responsible for the original Tree of Harmony’s death right? That is blood on his hands.
CORDZ2000
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Draconequues Lover zcord
@Red-Supernova  
U are aware that sombra destroying the tree wasn’t apart of there deal that sombra would do that. That the tree of harmony became a tree house for future generations making sombra’s actions null avoid. That discord showed them that they didn’t need the elements to succeed with his speech in season 9 premiere or that there are more elements in s10 or that that happened from him having the good intentions of helping twilight be prepared to be ruler of EQ in his own chaotic way. Because she was being rushed into the throne, discord would never care so much to do something to help someone else at the beginning of the series.
 
His mess up was a misguided effort i didn’t say he made all the right choices if u note how i stated in that post. He messes up from his established flaws but what happened in s9 was a misguided effort to help his friends, not the same as saying he hasn’t learned anything at all. I will also go through every single way he has constantly learned and growed, which in itself is not a opinion but objective fact. As to which, im willing to go through it, if u are willing to listen and i mean truly listen.
Ring Team
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About Discord, I think he was fine because the mane 6, as well as the entire Ponyville, were questioning him and being suspicious because of his previous actions. That made sense. They did the exact same thing with Sunset Shimmer in Rainbow Rocks, Babs Seed in One bad apple, princess Luna in Luna Eclipsed and Diamond Tiara in Crusaders of the lost mark. If the MLP team made a sequel to the 2017 MLP film, they would do the same thing to Tempest Shadow, which would make sense for her character.
 
My problem is that they didn’t do the same thing with Starlight, even though she ended up doing worse things from season 6 to 9. Nobody in the mane 6, not even Spike, not even Ponyville, had questioned her. Everyone is absolutely supersticious about her. Why is ok to question Discord but not Starlight? Why is ok to be suspicious about him but not Starlight? It doesn’t make sense.
Background Pony #3068
First, a Discord hater (and then a lover defends him), now we got a Starlight hater, here we go again…
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@CORDZ2000  
We could all see the “they don’t need the elements any more” plot element miles away before the show stated it. It was very clear to a lot of us. But it didn’t need to come at the cost of the Tree of Harmony’s life. Also, I don’t care if it was done in his “chaotic way”. A shitty plan is still a shitty plan. And if ALL OF YOU want to bitch to me about plans related to characters I love weren’t well thought out to begin with, then I can say the same with Discord’s.  
Also, a lot of people aren’t aware of the additional elements from the Season 10 comics because they choose to ignore the comics’ existence or feel that the main comic writer isn’t taking holding down a big fantasy world seriously.
 
Well none of it means shit to me since he was the one who recommended the idea of the villain trio getting stoned when he had no right to suggest it.
 
@Ring Team  
Because the writers chose to make it that it feels like Starlight has learned her lesson from the episode compared to Discord’s reactions.
 
@Background Pony #3068  
Don’t blame me, this is the consequences of the writers not completely paying attention and/or not passing on their knowledge to later staff members once they left. Why is it so easy for geeks like us to remember this shit and yet highly paid writers don’t give a fuck?
Mega PoNEO
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@Background Pony #28B8  
Then please give Jewelpet Magical Change a try. Sure, it was initially received badly enough to render the Jewelpet franchise stagnant, but history vindicated Magical Change during the Jewelpet fanbase’s fight to undo JP’s cancellation. Unlike Equestrians, Jewelpets both remain at full strength in all worlds and become even more powerful in human form.
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@Red-Supernova  
I understand the logic, but I don’t think it works that way when Starlights makes mistakes in a way that makes her redemption meaningless.
 
I’d rather the writers don’t try to trick me. Either make her redemption meaningful or make Starlight a villain.
 
Or there would be a secondary solution: Don’t put Starlight in the show, just give her a spin-off of small episodes with Trixie, kinda like the EG shorts. That way the MLP fans and the Starlight fans will enjoy different things without affecting the context of Friendship is Magic.
CORDZ2000
Solar Hero - Went above and beyond for the Solar Deity, drawing from the power of the sun itself to bring balance to the fight against the Lunar Insurrection (April Fools 2023).

Draconequues Lover zcord
@CORDZ2000
Well none of it means shit to me since he was the one who recommended the idea of the villain trio getting stoned when he had no right to suggest it.
He turned the trio to stone because the princesses were looking for a fitting punishment for them and chrysalis had made it known they wouldn’t change not to mention the many murder attempts on him and his friends throughout the day. Whether u agree with him turning them to stone or not, or disagree that they should have been turned in the first place these are fairly reasonable reasons and discord being the reasoning all this went down doesn’t make the trio any less unrepentantly evil even before s9 as they were already villains even before this grogar situation.
 
@Red-Supernova  
@Ring Team
Because the writers chose to make it that it feels like Starlight has learned her lesson from the episode compared to Discord’s reactions.
 
But u forget red, while starlight proved to be trustworthy nobody knew that at her intentional reformation which is when nobody was suspicious of her but everyone was suspicious of him before he even proved to be untrustworthy. U also have to look at these characters differently in judge them off of their characters for one tbh starlight should have never became a villain in the first place from one friend leaving it doesn’t make sense, she is a normal pony, also changing faster doesn’t make her a inherently better character.
 
Discord is a literal spirit of chaos and disharmony he did what made sense to him cause chaos until Fluttershy came along and made him see he wanted companionship. What’s also forgotten is that discord DID complete his reformation process which was by s7 and what happened he got punished for it with almost dying. It makes sense for a manifestation of chaos who for one was under suspicion, isn’t personally teached but only learn when he messed up to have a long difficult and different growth they are inherently different characters and should be treated as such.
Red-Supernova
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Betrayal! - Betrayed their team for a badge. Shame forever!
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Ten years of changes - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of MLP:FiM!
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Thread Starter - The Mega Man thread!
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
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@Ring Team  
You know, I could say the same thing about how they handled Discord. Guess this makes both of us not satisfied.
 
@CORDZ2000  
Well guess what, I’ve always preferred to see Chrysalis get a better ending and not Discord back in the day.
 
If the writers wanted me to have a better opinion on Discord, then they shouldn’t have made the ponies so stand offish of him all the time.
 
Yeah it is clear that none of my views are strong enough to take on how well polished everyone else’s here are. Just know that the choices they made with Discord are one of the reasons why one of my friends thinks FiM declined in the later seasons. He claims the fans are usually right except for those with “retarded opinions” like Discord being the best character or certain villains are irredeemable.
Background Pony #28B8
@Mega PoNEO  
I checked Google Images for your Jewelpet thingie and now I’m even more depressed about Equestria Girls existence. Maybe I’m biased because I like anime and stuff but those animals turning into animes girls look more pleasing to the eyes than the chromatic aberrations that are the EQG characters. And I hope I won’t start shit with that comment that is going to dabble just a little with politics but a country like the USA can never pull a move like Jewelpets Change because of their (I call it that for a lack of a better term and I hate that term) political correctness policy as far as ethnies are concerned. Your Jewelpets can afford to turn into kawaii moee desu anime chicks, Equestria Girls had to conjure up Doug people as to not being called racist over turning Fluttershy Chinese because she had yellow fur or some shit
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