Re: S04E20: For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
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Mordja wrote:-"Wherever did you come up with the idea for a dolphin?" I wondered the same thing, Rarity.
Tailspin wrote:
She saw dolphins while she was dream hopping around with Luna.
Mordja wrote:My query was directed to the writers. :I
SlateSlabrock wrote:This is probably a conversation better suited to that episode, but while "Toils" did write in a justification for Sweetie Belle's actions, it's justification ex post facto, since she's spent the whole series wanting to be exactly like, and right next to, her big sister, and then suddenly she's on a jealous rampage.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Did this really feel so strange?
Like you said, Sweetie Belle's always wanted to be like Rarity, but I always saw that as an expression of her wanting to be popular in the same way that Rarity is popular, not so much as an expression of devotional love (for that, look at Spike in S1-2). It's not like we haven't seen them fighting before; look at Ponyville Confidential, for example, in which the younger marshmallow snapped at the elder marshmallow just because she'd been reading that copy of the Foal Free Press. We can also look to Twilight Time, an episode where the conflict happened entirely because of Sweetie Belle's harebrained scheme to get attention for herself and the other two Crusaders, thereby proving her growing desire for popularity. Considering all that, Sweetie Belle flipping out over an apparent slight by her sister like she did in this episode feels pretty justified (at least, justified by the standards of a pre-teen kid) to me.
SlateSlabrock wrote:I think the more reasonable answer is that Sweetie is a teenager now, so when she's moody, she goes looking for someone (Rarity) or some perceived slight (almost a decade ago) to blame.
That's not to say that I think this is a bad episode. However, I think it's a change to her character that they invented out of whole cloth here and worked it into the story as best they could.
Marioland1 wrote:Now, we just need Luna to enter Applebloom's dreams, and we'll be all set.
The Doctor wrote:
Why hi there, Princess Luna. Are you here to teach me a valuable life lesson?
Go apologize to Twist you little jerk.
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Dexanth wrote:Twist is THE WORST, Apple Bloom was right to ditch her
Fizzbuzz wrote:Twist has fans?
Niels Olof wrote:
As for Princess Luna's role, I also met Tabitha St. Germain last year (it was a pretty sweet year in that regard) at the Crystal Fair in Helsinki. During the sponsors' meeting with her, she stated that while she has an excellent grip on Rarity's character (no doubt about that…), she is less sure about Princess Luna as she does not feel she is written consistently by the writers. (I must admit to being a bit partial to Serious Luna rather than the more playful, though admittedly fun, IDW variant).
Princess Luna's powers are remarkable in this episode. Not only does she inhabit Sweetie Belle's dream and memories, she apparently accesses Rarity's memory of the birthday party and integrates it into Sweetie Belle's dream. Furthermore, she would seem to, in the waking world no less, know where her little ponies are (or at least one specific filly).
Marioland1 wrote:Now, we just need Luna to enter Applebloom's dreams, and we'll be all set.
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