Unpopular opinion time

@Dustcan  
same here. :v

@Broken Adam  
For real? Wow, she’s REALLY not as good an animal caretaker as they think she is, is she? D:

@Badumsquish  
ANGERY TIEM >:C

@Badumsquish
 
I suppose to be slightly fair, Fluttershy said “only eat vegetables while staying at the sanctuary,” indicating that she doesn’t desire it to be a permanent change for them.
 
Still though, no thanks on that one.

@AC97  
It’s just, I like Flutters and that’s a SERIOUS jab to her character and her credibility, that she’d force animals to eat food that is objectively harmful to them just for her own sake. Like, people in here rant on her sometimes like she’s actually this total jerk for like the stunt she pulled in Bats, and I want to argue it but her doing stuff like this isn’t making defending her easy D:

@Badumsquish
 
And as I pointed out before, she’s canonically been shown feeding ferrets fish in earlier episodes…
 
Eh, I’m going to pretend she thought of “feed them fish” later.

@AC97  
@E-123  
This must be how Pinkie Pie fans felt after Filli Vanilli XD

@Badumsquish
 
Well, Fillie Vanilli wasn’t the only episode where Pinkie was being irritating, just the worst and most clear example.

@Twi Clown  
Worst than Yakity Sax?? Maybe at the same level.

@Twi Clown  
I know. Just that I hate vegans who abuse animals by force-feeding them garbage for their own ends. A vegan don’t want to feed an animal meat, that’s fine: get a bunny or a guinea pig instead of a dog or cat >:(

@Hakirayleigh
 
Well, I kust admit Pinkie was also incresibly annoying there too. I forgot about that episode.

@Twi Clown  
Ohh and Rock solid friendship is only one level under those episodes.

@Badumsquish
 
Probably an inconsistence in that episode. I don’t mind that much, I barely mind flutters most of the time, but indeed, for an animal lover, flutters should know better about nature.

@Badumsquish  
AT least I feel really great that Rarity had the least controversial and boring inthe show, if we talk about main characters. (Maybe only Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo surpass her).

@Hakirayleigh
 
Pinkie’s main problem is that she’s too clingy and in those episodes we are supposed to sympathize with her despite the fact that she behaves in a very unhealthy manner. At best, those jokes about “pinkie should be institucionalized” suddenly doesn’t feel that far off.

@Badumsquish  
Agreed. It kind of bothers me.
 
@Twi Clown  
I also agree with you.
 
@E-123  
I certainly do. That was a horrible slip up, especially when she’s fed them meat in previous episodes.
 
I’ve talked about continuity errors the show has had before so this really isn’t anything new and it’s not going to ultimately change things for me because there have been a lot of episodes where one of the characters does something stupid or contradicts something they’ve done before. It’s rather disappointing but it’s honestly something that I can just avoid easily.
 
Speaking of this incident, I find it rather amusing that Fluttershy’s counterpart for Them’s Fightin’ Herds did the exact opposite of this. In that game’s lore, Pom’s herd of sheep were feeding their dogs a plant-only diet and Pom had to stand up to them. Eventually, she was able to make sure the dogs were eating meat and were healthy again.
 
If that game got that little detail right, then I don’t know why the show couldn’t either.
 
@Badumsquish  
Exactly.

@mjangelvortex  
The writers must not realize it’s that big of an issue in real life. Even if they had some sort of “It’s okay, carnivores CAN eat vegan in this world” kind of thing going on, I still don’t think they’d have called attention to it if they were aware of how cruel and dangerous a thing it is to advocate :/

Really does solidify her poser attitude towards nature. And kindness.
 
Fluttershy is a phony pony, confirmed.

@Badumsquish  
Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case.
 
||I mean it is true that some carnivores can occasionally eat plants, sometimes even one their own like how some cats eat grass (and other plants) or how some dogs enjoy eating fruit and veggies once in a while (both my late dog and my current dog love bananas).
 
And it’s also true that some herbivores occasionally eat meat, like how some horses and deer occasionally eat birds on their own.
 
But giving a carnivore a pure vegan diet is just as unhealthy and abusive as giving a herbivore a meat-only diet. It’s a bad idea all around really.
 
For example, it’s okay for me to give little bits of banana or peanut butter to one of my dogs as a sometimes treat. But to only give him fruit is horrible. His actual meals are meat and I would never change that. He’s a very happy and healthy dog.  
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@Latecomer  
I don’t think it’s odd or all too surprising but I do think it’s sad.
 
Some parents who are introverted, sometimes don’t permit their children to go out much because they simply don’t understand what it’s like to be extroverted. Likewise, some parents who constantly worry about their kids getting hurt, do sometimes get overprotective and prevent their kids from doing things because they don’t want their kids to get hurt.
 
In both cases, it’s with people who don’t really understand what they’re doing. And in the latter, the parent has their heart in the right place but is unfortunately ultimately doing the wrong thing by holding their child back. And sometimes, in either case, the parent may be mentally ill (based on my own experience with my overprotective mother at least). Ultimately in cases like this, the parent needs to get help (and sometimes the child too).
 
So I could possibly see the relationship being similar to that.
 
@PonyPon  
:/

@mjangelvortex  
Yeah, but we see Fluttershy without Angel all the time, and until now I think we all assumed he had an active life of his own (possibly involving that which rabbits are famous for). But in this ep, he acts like no-one except ponies is worth talking too - like he has no peers at all. Like, is he some bunny savant, smart enough that others of his species can’t occupy him?
 
(I also felt that Discord would have been a better plot catalyst than Zecora.)

@Latecomer  
You do make a good point. Fluttershy does have a lot of other animals for him to interact with, including other rabbits. So it does seem rather odd that he acts like no one is worth talking to at all. Maybe he’s just really narcissistic to the point that he thinks other rabbits aren’t worth talking to.
 
And I also agree. I think Discord would have been a much better character to pick for the body swap thing.

@mjangelvortex  
Angel’s also a jerk who the rest of the Mane Six’s pets don’t seem to like. He might dislike others because they dislike him :P