Re: S04E13: Simple Ways
Niels Olof wrote:So, now I had an opportunity to watch the proper, logo-free version, which sadly has not improved my opinion of the episode. I think I shall have to join the neigh-sayers(on a Rarity episode of all things
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The first ten minutes are beautiful. Excellent comedy, wonderful characterization. Rarity is just the pony to fall (again) horn over hooves for somepony she hasn't met. Her world is one of ideals. Her very work life consists of her thinking up imaginative designs and then expertly turning them into reality (as referenced beautifully in this very episode). That she would imagine that her beautiful designs for a certain travel writer could be realized just as easily is plausible. It is beautiful, so it must be true.
But.
Then my suspense of disbelief is tested and broken. I do not see Rarity going country. No way, no how. If anything, she would out-Rarity herself, taking her concept (and herself) to eleven and beyond. There could still be a battle (of sorts, as Applejack in a non-combatant, not at all vying for Trenderhoof), but it wouldn't end in a pigs' sty. It would be gowns versus (rather baffled and increasingly annoyed) country.
In short, I think this episode should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque.
That doesn't change that Tabitha St. Germain is wonderful with what she is given, just as I think the Generosity song was saved by Kazumi Evans singing it.
(On a somewhat related note: being raised on a farm and all, I can't help but point out that that is not how you plow a field, Applejack. Not as ineffectual as Rarity, but still rather comical, when Applejack is supposed to be the farm pony. The furrows should be tightly packed side-by-side, turning over the upper layer of the soil of the entire field.)
This is a good point. Rarity has never been apologetic about who she is, even when it might come off grating or annoying to others (Who needs a fainting couch?). While I could see her maybe going with her fancy western wear we see in the middle of the episode, Droopy drawers is a bit much.
As for ending in a pig sty, that I can actually buy just because when it happened she was basically locked in competition with AJ and in the heat of the moment just totally lost it. Rarity had to up the ante because AJ was thoroughly dominating her in the "I'm better at acting like you" contest. I think the scene would have worked even if she was in her fancy western outfit at the time.
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