Octavia wrote:I wonder why she's taking Pinkie and not Twilight.
And now we know why: because Pinkie was there.

I think I've worked out my main issue with these A.K. Yearling episodes: A.K. Yearling just isn't much of a character. Daring Do the book character is a flat, stock Indy ripoff, and that's fun because she's just a fictional character. But making her a real pony hasn't added much. We don't know why she does what she does, her A.K. Yearling persona is dull and passive, and despite the fact that she's an adventurer leading a double life, I never really
feel like she's a person with a life of her own. She's mostly a passive object for RD to work out her issues against, when she needs to be a
foil for RD with a strong personality of her own. She doesn't have a lot of charisma.
Yearling/Daring should be a scene-chewer, the way Photo Finish or Trixie just dominate the place whenever they're around. And I also want to know why she risks her life to collect treasures and save the world, but also avoids the spotlight, but then goes through this elaborate ruse to publicize herself anyway.
I want to know A.K. Yearling's deal. She has
traits but no
deal. Which makes it hard for me to care about her, because I don't know what she cares about.