Re: S04E13: Simple Ways
The Doctor wrote:I think a bigger overlying fault to this episode is it continues a pattern that this show just doesn't want to do romance. "Best Night Ever" and This treat it as more of a joke, though at least this one got the nice "don't change who you are" message. "Hearts and Hooves Day" played it off as a joke, and while they left the door open, they've never stepped through it. Canterlot Wedding saw the wedding of two characters we didn't know and at the time, didn't care about. And the focus was an evil threat to Equestria with the backdrop of a wedding plan. I think a well one romance plot with one of the mane 6 would work just fine. I wouldn't have minded if this episode ended with Trenderhoof and Applejack keeping in touch.
AJ wouldn't have been the best character to do it with though, at least no here. She's a workaholic pony who clearly doesn't really care for that sort of thing. That's not the say she couldn't ever find love, but eh.
The show isn't outright dismissing romance; I think this episode is a good indication of it as is, and even if it is a backdrop it is still present in CW and even TCE.
But ultimately, I don't think it's strictly necessary for the show to do that. The show has a loose continuity, and to actually develop a love interest for one of the mane 6 that would be worthy of investment, it would take multiple episodes and efforts that the show can't necessarily do (nor would it be worth doing). Media gives lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of examples for both young girls specifically, and general audiences, of romance- good, bad, and in-between. Not every piece of media need, or should do that, and not wanting to step down that route too deep is kind of something I see a woven into the show's very fabric. I think what they've done with romance thus far is pretty good, and there shouldn't be any need to go farther down just for the sake of doing it (see: Brad).
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