Loved what the episode did with Fluttershy, dismayed at Pinkie being handed the idiot ball and seemingly jettisoning any social awareness she had. Pinkie
knows when ponies become upset. When the others tell her to stop, she stops and is considerate. She has never been this clueless or insensitive to FS, ever. Not in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", not in "Putting Your Hoof Down", or any of her other appearances.
Now, even 'Shy can be insensitive for the sake of a gag, like when she was trying to 'encourage' RD in "Sonic Rainboom". The first time it happened here, I thought that was it. But it happened too many times, it looked and sounded actively malicious and she was repeatedly told to stop. Wait... she was never specifically
told to stop harassing FS, it was either, "Don't be ridiculous" or being physically pulled off. No, that would have been enough. It
should have been enough. But no, they had to force-feed Pinkie an extra bowl of Autism for this episode so she could make FS's inside voice external.

What really confuses my moral outrage is that, apart from that, it's an adorable, feel-good Fluttershy episode with a good message. My heart actually lifted at the opening song. Haven't had that little flash of joy since the Find A Pet song.
Edit: I rewatched it. PP's
not trying to be malicious the first time, nor the second time when she confronts FS, and the rest make it clear when FS runs off that she was being insensitive and she didn't know. PP quickly amends "You kinda sounded like a guy" to "...a really good guy." So not double the autism, more... 30% more.
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