>>10420 Wow, I am tired, wrong thread! Eh, oh well I make it work this time.
>>10411 >>10412 >We talked about how episode 5 kinda dilly-dallied a bit before introducing Gilda and it felt like the episode could have been a better-oiled machine, well this episode is run like a tight ship in comparison I'd say. Virtually no wasted space. I completely agree. Pacing was perfect.
>Ponies clearly strongly value maintaining a very innocent, peaceful and sheltered society, which I think is an explanation I prefer to the specific mental maturity of the specific characters idea. Plus ponies are particularly conflict-averse as a species, something which can make them seem childish to a warrior species like ourselves where even simple debates are seen as a kind of contest of wills - like, a pony's reaction to adversity is never going to be that they've gotta toughen up or tough it out as is the adult norm among humans, with few exceptions ponies just seek safety the way human children do. That's part of why they're good for imparting lessons to children, because they grow emotional intelligence and maturity in their childlike adulthood rather than emotional callouses and numbness like human adults do. If there is ever a featured hits of /endpone/ this is going in it. I like this articulation nyself. Let's see if my tired mind can put together my thoughts on how I view the show real quick...
I think understanding the intent of writers and artists matters more than a lot of modern culture gives credit too. Like, Faust's going into the show with this mentality does give some context to Twilight's actions here. Though I think the show also can be looked at, and should be looked at through an entirely in universe lens. Not just as a thought exercise.
> The second misinterpretation is of the show as a cohesive narrative from beginning to end - this is easily logically picked apart but particularly when Twilight's on screen I keep finding myself reading her in context of foreshadowing and future events even though very little was really planned beyond the realm of a given episode's season Think about this for example. You can say that FiM, especially at this time, was just a kids show with no intent to maintain a coherent narrative and world. Yet, Faust had a lot of particular ideas of how the world work and tried to enforce rules. Certain things sometimes were set up or hinted out, maybe not with the level of a high fantasy epic with grand plans but look at Star Trek, I am not just talking about the Original Series. I'd make the bold claim that The average Star Trek show is often more internally inconsistent from season to season and episode to episode than FiM is. If the Trekkies can try to cobble together, rationalize, and theorize everything than so do we and we have greater grounds then they do!
