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You know, I was re-watching “Canterlot Boutique” the other day, and it just occurred to me how great of a character Sassy was.
Sure, on a first viewing, it’s easy to see her as just the quintessential business antagonist opposed to Rarity’s creative spirit, but when you stop and really look at the episode, you find there’s a great deal more to it.
Sassy is, at the end of the day, doing exactly what she was hired to do as a manager.
Make the business popular and successful, and to make sure ponies want the outfits Rarity makes.
And hey, that’s what she does.
Now, did she sometimes act out of line?
Sure, like her stealing Rarity’s spotlight during the grand opening, or that moment above where she called it “her” boutique.
But she never once acted maliciously or with disrespect to Rarity.
When she said “you’ll never nee to sew again”, she genuinely felt she was doing her a favour by lightening her workload, unaware that Rarity enjoyed making dresses as much as she did.
She is no villain, she is simply someone whose priorities for the boutique, at least at first, didn’t align with Rarity’s.
How often in media, let alone media for children, do we get given antagonists like that?
Damn, what a great episode that was
Sure, on a first viewing, it’s easy to see her as just the quintessential business antagonist opposed to Rarity’s creative spirit, but when you stop and really look at the episode, you find there’s a great deal more to it.
Sassy is, at the end of the day, doing exactly what she was hired to do as a manager.
Make the business popular and successful, and to make sure ponies want the outfits Rarity makes.
And hey, that’s what she does.
Now, did she sometimes act out of line?
Sure, like her stealing Rarity’s spotlight during the grand opening, or that moment above where she called it “her” boutique.
But she never once acted maliciously or with disrespect to Rarity.
When she said “you’ll never nee to sew again”, she genuinely felt she was doing her a favour by lightening her workload, unaware that Rarity enjoyed making dresses as much as she did.
She is no villain, she is simply someone whose priorities for the boutique, at least at first, didn’t align with Rarity’s.
How often in media, let alone media for children, do we get given antagonists like that?
Damn, what a great episode that was
antagonist
n.
literature. a character (or a group of characters) which stand in opposition, struggles against or competes with the protagonist; opponent, adversary
Which doesn’t mean villain. For example, in the movie Die Hard Hans Gruber (played by Alan Rickman) is on a mission to steal $640 Million in bearer bonds. He has a goal and is moving towards it, this makes him the protagonist even though he’s the villain. John McLane (Bruce Willis) has no goal (other than survival) and continually gets in Hans’ way and thwarts his plans, making him the antagonist, even though he’s the good guy.
I don’t know if it gives an exact number, but that is it. She’s scared of failing. It’s happened to her at least once, and likely she feels it’s her fault. Whether it was her own, or one owned by another she was hired to manage, the boutique did not last, and Sassy feels it was her fault. So she is trying to keep it from happening again. Maybe this whole thing is her even over-compensating for it, that she’s acting this way because to her, the way she is trying to run Canterlot Carousal is what would have kept the other shop from closing down.