Pony Venting Thread

@Lord Goku  
@icey wicey 1517  
Wasn’t that concept taken/stolen from an MLP storybook? So it might’ve sort’ve been canon for awhile already.
 
Plus, she still has parents technically, so at least they aren’t pulling that “Scoots is an orphan” schtick.  
Remember back when fans assumed Sweetie was an orphan too?

@Beau Skunky
 
The book itself was written by Mike Vogel and Nicole Dubuc, so they pretty obviously intended to bring the two into the show eventually.

@Jarkes  
Yeah, true.
 
Funny how it took 9 seasons to finally see Scoots’ family.

Why the fuck am I even still part of this.

@Beau Skunky  
Seeing how this is the last season, I don’t think the showrunners would ever be left off the hook if they failed to show Scootaloo’s parents at all.

So some new synopses got revealed, and already people are crying out “filler!” like this is some intense anime that needs everything to be wrapped up. People just love throwing around words like they know what they’re talking about, huh?

@ILoveMyoozik
 
Honestly, the trivia episode is the only one that really sounds like “filler” to me.

@Jarkes  
Just say “pointless” and you’ll get the same message across. The word “filler” implies that the show is supposedly one long story arc when it really isn’t. I just get really annoyed when people call it that, just say that it doesn’t look interesting or it looks bad and that’ll be the end of it.

@ILoveMyoozik
 
Yeah, “pointless” or “time-waster” would be better terms to use.

@Jarkes  
Like, I can think of a bunch of episodes throughout the entire series that just seem pointless and shouldn’t exist, and Season 9 is no exception admittedly, but I would never use the word “filler”.

@ILoveMyoozik  
Umm, should even subtle hints about what upcoming episodes are like be even discussed here without spoiler tags?

@Red-Supernova  
Well it is in the synopsis that’s released publicly so it’s not really spoilers.

@ILoveMyoozik  
I don’t want to read the synopsises unless its the next upcoming episode that’s a week from now.

After the new synopsises revealed I’m having an half thought of skipping the rest of the season altogether and going straightly to the series finale.
 
Before I explain myself, I’ll start with a premise: I never agreed with people about Twilight getting worse in the previous two seasons, the exact opposite actually. I thought she was the best of the Mane 6 in S7 and S8. Her freakouts happened only in a few occasions, and her flaws and good traits were well balanced. In S9 however…. it’s another story.
 
Indipendentely to how much sense they made, I think they quite abused of her freakouts at the beginning of the season (seriously in all the first 5 eps they made her freaking out for one reason or the other) and that kinda bothered me already… and then the synopsises of eps 16 and 17 appeared and heavenly implied of this trending continuing as the season progresses.
 
Honestly if this is how things are going to go up to the finale, then maybe it would be better to just skip the next 10 eps altogether and going straight to the finale, which will SURELY portray her like a strong and competent leader like she’s supposed to be due to its importance. In the end the series finale is what has my full priority right now, and if an episode is not a buildup to it, then it won’t make such a difference if I skip it altogether, and none of the episodes revealed so far of the second half seems to be that. Besides, I already kept about 160 of the episodes aired so far for rewatches, I don’t think 10 more or less will make any difference anyway.
 
For now I will give the benefit of the doubt, and I will give a chance to the eps up to 17 before making a full decision, but if things are gonna go like I fear for Twilight in those two ones, then I’ll ignore those eps, ignore all the others (except the eventual next villains ep since it’s important to the story).
 
Sorry about the rant, but Twilight is my favorite character, and I hate how they’re are flanderizing her in this season, especially since the same people who handled her so well in the previous two seasons, are the same ones who are working on this one…

@Background Pony #9B6D  
Honestly, I think she freaked out way more in the first two seasons then this one frankly, (you should hate those seasons too) and it’s an odd thing to get so bent over. It’s like you want Twilight to have no flaws whatsoever, just because you’re afraid said flaws will make people hate her, or something.
 
Quite the opposite actually, fans actually like her better having her classic personality flaws, as opposed to being perfect.  
Heck, most of the Twilight-haters I see hate her, because they feel she’s “too perfect/calm/ect.,” not because of her flaws.
 
Seriously, you gatta stop allowing “haters/trolls/ect.” taint your opinions, or enjoyment of the show.

@Beau Skunky
 
Fans don’t have anything to do with this this time. I’m just saying what I’m seeing. I don’t want Twilight to be flawless, I never wanted it. My point is: in all the previous seasons writers always did a great job with balancing the character… but in this one, everything is completely unbalanced. They made her freaking out in every episode she had a role, and the trend is gonna keep going even in upcoming episodes, like if freaking out is all she does. Especially after The Point of No return, in which Twilight was supposed to learn stopping following the perfection, making her falling to the same mistake again would be stupid.
 
I’m not moved by prejudice, and I will give the benefit of doubt for now. I will give a chance to the eps up to 17 before I make my decision. But if they make her freaking out again in both of those I will skip the rest of the season (with the exception of the next villain episode since it’s important to the story) and I’m going straight to the finale in which she will be portrayed like she’s supposed to be. It’s simple as that.

@Red-Supernova  
Then might I recommend avoiding this thread then for the time being.

Also, It’s quite odd: I kinda expect writers to do a finale episode for each of the Mane 6 (you know, kinda like the CMCs finale we just got), but it appears this is not the case, and with the exception MAYBE of episode 17, none of the announced episodes of the second half seems to be a “character arc finale”. All the eps of the second half revealed so far seems to be common episodes that could have been featured even in previous seasons, and with only 7 synopsises left to reveal (or 6 if the finale is a three parter), one of which is the finale and another one is surely another villains episode, there’s not anymore space for character finales in the season. I guess their story will be concluded for all of them in the series finale then…. one more reason to skip the rest of the season (aside the villains ep) and go straight to the finale then…

And, like I predicted, we already have a pic of Scootaloo’s parents being chewed out by a mouthpiece’d mane character…joy…

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
Of course

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
I’m afraid to even ask for the context of that. But yeah, those kinda pics annoy me, even if they have a point.
 
@Background Pony #9B6D  
Thing is, Twilight’s been known to freak out sense the first season, so it’s actually nothing new.  
And as I said, (which you keep ignoring) honestly, she freaked out way more in the first two seasons, then this one if you ask me. I think you’re taking it too personally, much like the people who get angry anytime Spike does anything humorous.
 
It’s weird how all it takes for some fans to easily turn their back on the show is one mere thing they don’t like.  
I guess the Joker was right about “one bad day.”  
I remember a guy whom defended the show from ex-fans leaving it over “Twilicorn,” or “Equestria Girls” mocking them, and such, ironically got angry when Daring Do was revealed to be a “real pony,” and said the show jumped the shark for him after that.  
Honestly, the “Twilicorn” arguments are more understandable then that.

@Beau Skunky  
Uuuuhhhh she didn’t freakout that much in S1 and S2…. nor any season prior of this anyway. Her freakouts have always been there, but they happened only now and then. Her flaws were balanced with good traits in previous seasons, but In this one they’ve abused of her freakouts like if it’s her only character trait, and by looking at eps 16 and 17 synopsises this is not gonna change anytime soon until the finale… that’s my problem…

@Background Pony #9B6D  
Dude, she’s had whole episodes dedicated to her freaking out. Rewatch “Lesson Zero,” “Feeling Pinkie-Keen,” “Green is not your Color,” “Swarm of the Century,” “Ticket Master,” and such. It was practically part of her character. You’re looking at old seasons through rose-colored goggles, and looking at the current one in a biased way, if you don’t see it.
 
Though, I disagree, Season 9 has not shown it as her only character trait. You obviously don’t remember when she stood up to Sombra, and such. So I think the season hasn’t been that bad frankly.
 
In regards to my previous statement about fans like you abandoning the show over one li’l thing, y’know, there have been times I got upset after the show did some things I didn’t care for, but in the end, I’m glad I stuck with the show, otherwise I would’ve missed some great episodes. I almost feel sorry for all those “quitter fans” whom refuse to watch any episode after Season 3, as we’ve had some rather epic episodes sense then.  
How do you know you’re not missing really great episodes? It’s rather petty just to quit over one character, no offense, but your loss.

@Beau Skunky
 
Honestly when she and the orders defeated Sombra, it’s the only moment in which I felt she was herself. But for the rest she hasn’t been anything else than a freakout machine. I don’t know if Ticket Master and Green Isn’t Your Color count as “freakouts” thought….
 
I still feel that her freakouts were quite abused in this season and that’s quite bothering me, especially since she was balanced so well in all of the previous seasons, even S7 and S8. Do I really have to wait the series finale to see her as the strong and competent part of her that I always loved before the show end? Then so be it. I’m giving time until ep 17 to decide if the other pre-finale eps of this season are worthy a watch.

@Beau Skunky
 
And it’s not like 10 eps less than I expected are going to be that much of a difference, especially since they don’t seem to add anything to the story. I already kept about 160 of the previous eps, they’re a lot already. Regardless my bias, the finale is still my main priority now.