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At the end of her introductory episode, she explains all the things they were misunderstanding. They thought her rhyming was “incantations” and “chanting”. She mentions “The words I chanted are from olden times. Something you’d call a nursery rhyme.” My statement of “learning to speak ponish” may have been a mis-remembered moment
 
She also does not rhyme when she’s yelling at everyone in her native tongue when they are destroying her hut, meaning it’s normally something she stops doing when she’s highly emotionally stressed.
 
When AJ pushed Zecora into a situation without thinking about it and then AJ got mad that Zecora wasn’t kissing the ground she walked on, Zecora flipped out. Neither AJ nor Zecora acted in a proper manner.
 
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And just like that, your side of the argument is invalid.
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There has never been any indication that she is incapable of stopping it either.
 
FFS.
 
This entire comment section reminds me that I love the series, I’ve just grown to hate the people that like it.
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Because obviously she’s literally incapable of not rhyming, huh?
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Yeah, this is some ludicrous bullshit. At what point has it been established that Zecora is capable of stopping her rhyme speak, even when yelling? The comics literally inventing fictional bullshit that has never been established (or in worst cases, contradicting what has been established) in 9 seasons of the show? Yup, that’s IDW being IDW all right.
 
And I don’t care how justified Zecora feels, fuck her for shoving AJ’s mom in her face.
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She definitely has the rights to be mad but Bringing AJ ’s mother into this is going too far
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JaggedCarpet made a remark about that.  
but the Background Ponies will hate things for no other reason than to hate.
 
I’m just saying I understand why people don’t like this moment. I normally defend the IDW series, and actually like some of the issues/arcs, but I admit I’m not fond of this moment.  
As Knackerman said, it seems like manufactured drama, and Zecora is coming off as the jerk here.
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No one was saying anything about “anons just hating” though.
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Seems more like a manufactured conflict imposed by the writer than like something Zecora would actually lose her cool over. Yeah AJ should have been more understanding and less presumptive, but Zecora is coming off as pretty out of character for reacting like this.
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Applejack made the fair assumption that Zecora would want to take a trip back to her homeland. She meant no offense.
What is she so mad about that it justifies her bringing up AJ’s dead mum? Quite the low blow for Zecora character.
It’s not like she ever bothered mentioning her old life anyway, so no one would have any way of knowing what things were like for her.
Also, bringing up AJ’s dead mother.
It’s one thing to be displeased and upset for being “volunteered”, quite another to be completely histrionic about it. If I were AJ in this situation, my reaction to a callously thought-out line about my dead mother would not be “mild sadness.”
 
To all the people claiming it’s “just anons just hating,” I gatta disagree, there’s very vaild reasons for fans to feel this is overblown for Zecora’s character, and a bit of a failed attempt at drama for the comic.  
Honestly, despite Zecora having some understandable reasons of being upset. SHE is the one coming off as the A-hole here, not AJ, and it’s annoying we’re supposed to side against AJ here, especially after that remark about her dead Mother. It makes Zecora comes off as having a persecution complex kinda too.
 
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Still better than Pony Life
 
I’ll take Pony Life.
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I just check the scene where she explains herself in her 1st episode and No search line is given and i can Find nothing that implies that is the case
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I’ve actually never seen that explanation for her rhyming before. Where was that mentioned?
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It’s one thing to be displeased and upset for being “volunteered”, quite another to be completely histrionic about it. If I were AJ in this situation, my reaction to a callously thought-out line about my dead mother would not be “mild sadness.”
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Kind of cunt,ish to bring up AJ’s mom like that though.
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Applejack made the fair assumption that Zecora would want to take a trip back to her homeland. She meant no offense.
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There IS some build-up to it. She doesn’t just explode out of nowhere.
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Seems like both failed to communicate. Applejack should have said where they were going and Zecora should have asked. Zecora blowing up like this is uncalled for.
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Wow, a writer remembered that Zecora’s rhyming was only meant to be her method of getting good at “ponish” since she was new to the language and rhyming helped her put words together.
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Zecora’s example is a good comparison to what AJ was doing to her. There is more context to this than just what’s on this page.
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The key difference with Zecora’s example is that she already knows AJ’s parents are dead. Zecora, meanwhile, has said absolutely nothing one way or the other regarding her home life; she certainly never made any assertions that it was something she never wanted to bring up.
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@Ardashir  
What “crack”? Zecora’s using an example out of AJ’s life in order to convey what she’s feeling. There’s no “crack”ing going on here.
 
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I definitely agree with this. We know so little of the situation that it’s impossible to know whether or not this is OoC for Zecora, but the Background Ponies will hate things for no other reason than to hate.
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Having been ‘volunteered’ several times in the past without being asked what I wanted, I have to agree with Zecora’s anger here. That said the crack about AJ’s mom was still a cheap shot.
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No.
 
Applejack and the gang are going on a mission to Zebra’s homeland, and Applejack decide to bring Zecora along for the mission without even telling her about it and asking if she wants to go (Zecora seems to not want to go back there for reasons currently unknown)
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this is about racism isn’t it?
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