Re: S04E19: Trade Ya!



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ROBOT B9
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ROBOT B9 wrote:A part of me can't believe that Rainbow Dash would have sold her friends for a book, but another part of me sees it totally in character for her.
Frosthawk wrote:I also don't like the accusations of Fluttershy being too much of a "pushover" in this episode, as it suggests her actions were done out of fear of being yelled at or something than out of genuine friendship, which was the whole damn point.
Fluttershy: Of course. It's just a bear call. There's nothing I could have traded it for that's more valuable to me than you.
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Fluttershy: Gosh, training an Orthros takes a long time. I'll probably be gone from Ponyville for... I don't even know how many moons! But... if that is what you really want...
Gnot Syndrome wrote:And oh hey, Twilight's sentimentality speech is going to create a whole new generation of kids who, like me, had no closet space because of the crates of old junk they were holding on to.
Wayoshi wrote:This is basically coming down to how we perceive Fluts' weighted value of kindness vs. super serious life change. I would like to think that most rational beings would get selfish / show common sense when the latter gets in the way of the former in the way it did there. In my opinion, despite the taking care of an animal aspect, Fluts is not outgoing enough to embrace such a sudden change.![]()
Fizzbuzz wrote:Pinkie Pie's actions here were kind of the same as what she was doing back in Filli Vanilli. That is to say, both here and there she was getting on the nerves of the show's two introverts, but that's what I expect out of her. Pinkie just hasn't learned that her own way of doing things isn't always the right way.
Discord wrote:
But there's a key difference in that Pinkie's behaviour here has an internal logic to it. She wants to make sure her friend gets a good deal, and she's self-conscious of her actions. In Filli Vanilli, she was freaking out Fluttershy because...she's good at being ridiculous?She doesn`t have her friend`s interests at heart in Filli Vanilli as opposed to this one, which is why I think the former was so much more off-putting.
Frosthawk wrote:Getting into a little bit of theorizing here, but I sincerely doubt that Fluttershy was entering into indentured servitude here, and she probably would have been paid.
Minty wrote:Rainbow Dash was pretty insensitive. I'm surprised she didn't try to give away Spike as an exotic pet.
Pingcode wrote:
Basically, RD's finally gotten to the end of her great big trading chain, and the first edition book is a word away from her hooves! It's there! Fluts sealed the deal, the vendor is ready to trade now! All she has to do is say... YES! And now it's hers! Isn't that great, Fluttershy? ...Fluttershy? Wait, why is Fluttershy walking away with the vendor? Rewind rewind "If she comes and stays with us in Manehattan until it's trained" fuck
Minty wrote:Rainbow Dash was pretty insensitive. I'm surprised she didn't try to give away Spike as an exotic pet.
Headless Horse wrote:How much for this Daring Do figurine?
550 bits, or that orange thing behind you.
Sold!
Hey!
AlliterativeAxolotl wrote:Her cutie mark will be a broken quill, you just wait![]()
She will then become a world-famous librarian wrestler![]()
It's up to you if this profession means that she will be a wrestling librarian or a wrestler who fights librarians
Teru wrote:...Scion... holy crap, you are a freaking god...
ScionVyse wrote:I didn't like this episode. I just couldn't find anything to really enjoy here.![]()
Twilight's plot was basically a "Sorry we screwed this up the entire season guys, we really do know she's a princess."
AJ & Rarity's plot was dumb, didn't do anything worthwhile the entire episode.
Pinkie Pie was almost funny, but wasn't really around enough to have any lasting effect.
Rainbow Dash is an asshole who sold Fluttershy into slavery. Loyalty everyone! :amazing:
Spike was probably the most interesting thing about the episode, and he spent the majority of the episode in the background.
ScionVyse wrote:Twilight's plot was basically a "Sorry we screwed this up the entire season guys, we really do know she's a princess."
The Doctor wrote:This is getting old. Her wanting to share her book with Fluttershy right after and seeing what happened should prove that she never even heard the lady say Fluttershy had to go with her.
The Doctor wrote:
This is getting old. Her wanting to share her book with Fluttershy right after and seeing what happened should prove that she never even heard the lady say Fluttershy had to go with her.
Opposing Farce wrote:The way they're handling the whole princess thing feels very deliberate to me. I think they've been specifically avoiding a lot of the most obvious "woaaaaah Twilight has to deal with princess-dom!" plot points, maybe because they want to keep that stuff for the two-parters or possibly just because they thought it'd be lazy to make a bunch of "Everybody thinks Twilight thinks she's better than them! Twilight can't walk down the street without everybody stopping to bow! PAPERWORK!" episodes. Whatever the case, all that stuff certainly beyond a doubt occurred to the writers, and the fact that every episode that seems like it's going to address the whole princess thing ends up skirting the issue or focusing on something and someone else entirely is pretty clearly a conscious decision they made.
Teru wrote:...Scion... holy crap, you are a freaking god...
The Doctor wrote:
This is getting old. Her wanting to share her book with Fluttershy right after and seeing what happened should prove that she never even heard the lady say Fluttershy had to go with her.
Headless Horse wrote:Every week I consciously try to forget that Pony is even a thing. I try to wipe from my mind any idea that this show is something I've been following religiously through four seasons, and a TV series that's entrenched in my consciousness such that I have certain expectations for it, from characterization to storytelling to animation. I try to put myself back in the mindset where "My Little Pony" to me is some cheaply animated Saturday Morning 80s cartoon that I dimly remember as a thinly disguised toy commercial selling plastic dolls to impressionable girls.
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