Re: S05E01-02: The Cutie Map
The Doctor wrote:
I'd like to think most ponies just aren't stupid enough to fall for her shtick.
Or she used force on everyone. Why would Double Diamond give up skiing? Why would Party Favor give up balloons?
It didn't quite sound like she forced everyone. Double Diamond mentioned meeting Starlight Glimmer nearby, and afterward, they all talk about staying in town because it has the support they were originally looking for. At least some of them probably joined Starlight because they were lonely or outcasts or otherwise unable to fit in.
Maybe there was already a smaller village on the spot that did have conflicts over people's skills and egos, making them an easy mark and, afterward, a model community to draw in outsiders. Maybe she had been traveling and picking up followers along the way, then founded the town when they were far enough away from prying eyes.
Ransom wrote:You know, the episode did a good job of portraying how Starlight's society just wouldn't work in that nobody could do anything well. Clothes were horrible, food was awful, houses lacked design. Nobody could feel satisfied in their work. But beyond that is the more frightening prospect the more practical problems. Without talent, crop failure seems inevitable. If an outside threat came, monsters, changlings, another empire, they'd be helpless. If an illness swept through, who could help them?
That's why I wonder if Starlight will be back. She's a smart pony; surely she can see those consequences. Either her ambitions blinded her, or she had some other nefarious plan for those cutie marks.
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SlateSlabrock
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