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Post by Applelight Limited on May 7, 2016 16:04:01 GMT
Just starting this thread for when I get around to watching it.  |
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Post by japaneseteeth on May 7, 2016 18:57:22 GMT
Well, I can't say too much since I don't want to spoil the episode. I thought it was good, though it's not exactly one of my favorites.
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Post by Mezzaphor on May 8, 2016 4:05:29 GMT
Trixie's portrayal in this episode makes me feel strangely vindicated for how I wrote her in my fanfics.
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Post by Kyler Thatch on May 8, 2016 8:33:37 GMT
Is it just me, or do the show writers seem determined to make Starlight into the Woobie of the season?
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Post by japaneseteeth on May 8, 2016 19:31:52 GMT
Eh, I didn't think she was too woobieish in this one. Most of the problems she faced she brought on herself, so I can't feel too bad about it. I mean, I can sympathize with her difficulty in making friends, but honestly I felt like Trixie was way more of a woobie, since unlike Starlight, the bulk of her misfortunes weren't even her own fault. The Ursa Minor was Snips and Snails' thing, and it's probable that she didn't realize how badly the Alicorn Amulet would corrupt her. Starlight, on the other hand, is way more culpable. It's kind of hard to brainwash a town by accident (unless you're Twilight).
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Post by Kyler Thatch on May 9, 2016 1:22:08 GMT
I meant more in general throughout the season rather than in just this specific episode. Then again, two episodes is not quite enough to establish a pattern, and the reunion with her childhood friend was more awkward rather than depressing.
Also, possible counter-point: Trixie's consistently prideful attitude and her vendetta against Twilight makes the misfortune inflicted on her seem like karma. Starlight, though her actions were definitely worse, arguably had a Freudian Excuse, and her repentant demeanor would make one more likely to want to sympathize with her.
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Post by Mezzaphor on May 9, 2016 3:56:22 GMT
Trixie's in an odd spot where the universe dumps undeserved misfortune on her, but then she makes it worse through her own reactions. The Ursa Minor incident wasn't her fault, but Trixie responded by shouting "I'm still better than you!" at the pony who had just saved everyone, then running away—making everyone else misremember the incident as somehow her fault, or at least think, Wow, what a jerk. Then Trixie probably didn't know how badly the Alicorn Amulet would corrupt her, but she was still warned that it was dangerous. The fact that she was willing to use a dangerous artifact, just to show up Twilight, really doesn't speak well for her.
Then the pattern continues in this episode. Twilight assumes, without much evidence, that Trixie's up to no good—and it turns out Trixie really is using Starlight as a means to an end.
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Post by japaneseteeth on May 9, 2016 20:45:25 GMT
Yeah, Trixie really has a tendency to make her already questionable situations even worse.
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