Background Pony #F429
Could we please stop swooning over how Twilicorn “opens up new possibilities” or “stirs up the formula”? Could we not try to justify it by saying change is necessary to stop the show from “going stale”? Could we refrain from insisting that anyone who doesn’t like it must just hate and/or fear change?
(And by “we” I mean “you”.)
Here’s the thing: all these excuses are completely vacuous. You could say the exact same thing if all of a sudden, say, Rainbow Dash could only speak Spanish, or Rarity discovered she had inoperable horn cancer, or Big McIntosh raped and impregnated Apple Bloom, or Fluttershy grew a second head. Literally any major change to the show could be said to “open new possibilities”; if it didn’t, it wouldn’t really be a change.
The fact that the fans and the show can ask how the ponies’ friendship will be affected by [INSERT CHANGE HERE] does not, in and of itself, justify [INSERT CHANGE HERE]. The relevant question is whether or not it’s a good or smart change, and these arguments just say that it’s a change.
(And by “we” I mean “you”.)
Here’s the thing: all these excuses are completely vacuous. You could say the exact same thing if all of a sudden, say, Rainbow Dash could only speak Spanish, or Rarity discovered she had inoperable horn cancer, or Big McIntosh raped and impregnated Apple Bloom, or Fluttershy grew a second head. Literally any major change to the show could be said to “open new possibilities”; if it didn’t, it wouldn’t really be a change.
The fact that the fans and the show can ask how the ponies’ friendship will be affected by [INSERT CHANGE HERE] does not, in and of itself, justify [INSERT CHANGE HERE]. The relevant question is whether or not it’s a good or smart change, and these arguments just say that it’s a change.
