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Beau Skunky
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I’m well aware there are character-supporters just as bad as haters, I’ve pointed that out in this thread, and other threads several times.  
(Like when we were talking about the “Spike Justice Warriors” hassling writers/producers of the show on Twitter over the so-called “mistreatment of Spike.” I’m a Spike fan too, but even I think those guys are nuts.)
 
I’m not being a “contrarian jerk,” or anything like that, and I’ve actually defended people I disagree with before on this site, as well.

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@Beau Skunky  
As opposed to the ones who love a character, but cannot understand why other people do not, and so they unironically dedicate their life to seek, counter and antagonize each and every negative opinion about them, all while getting angrier and angrier because “the haters” still do not want to adjust their entire lives to suit their own, I suppose.
 
I know and I understand we have lots of people with serious difficulties to understand and accept opinions and preferences that aren’t their own, but come on, guys. There’s a difference between enjoying something you like, and then feeling entitled to be a contrarian jerk just because the other guy do not enjoy the same things as you do. Hell, at least try to imagine how tiring and difficult is always having to tiptoe around people with paper thin feelings, especially since none of them can accept they are not the center of the universe and go nuclear the moment they are reminded of that.

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Beau Skunky
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@CottonTales  
It’s fine, I understand.
 
@Background Pony #0437  
I have more respect for somebody with an attitude like, “I don’t like this character, because blah blah blah opinion opinion… But it’s ok if you like them, and I’ll be mature about it.”
 
As opposed to those whom are like… “GRAAAGH! I hate this character SO MUCH! I DON’T HAVE TO GIVE A REASON! They just suxorz my buxorz! Anyone whom likes them is wrong, and stoopidz!”
 
And yeah, the Starlight debate is pretty complicated. I admit, I used to dislike her too, so I can kinda understand the hate, but I got over it, and she’s done some good things for the show, and has kinda an interesting “outsider” outlook on Ponyville, and the Mane 6 characters.

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@Beau Skunky  
Oh I loved the episode actually too I’m just stating that the humanizing elements of being the protagonists (protagonists not heroes, the focus of the story with the challenge to get the bell being their ‘antagonist’ a la man vs nature) made it a bit more difficult for some to take them not reforming since it helped people think of them more as people than characters…if that makes sense.
 
Other villains (in this show anyways) didn’t have that sort of moment until post-redemption
 
>> I also just like over psychoanalyzing peoples reasons for doing stuff. So take this as probably overthinking it

Pony Discussion » Pony Venting Thread » Post 2928

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No one expects people to justify hate for Spike or Pikie Pie or w/e. Only Starlight.
Well it might be asking a bit much to expect people to do so, but I confess to always being curious as to the “why?” whenever someone expresses dislike of a particular character. And honestly, whether I agree with their reasoning or not, I am appreciative when they do offer some form of explanation.
 
I think one of the problems that does come up in regard to Starlight dislike is that the problems people have with her tend to drift a lot more towards actual evidence based debate then the simple clash of opinions you might get with other characters. Someone who comes in and hates Pinkie Pie because they find shrill, excitable characters like that annoying? That’s hard to argue aside from saying that you don’t think she’s that bad, and maybe running down some of her less hyper moments. A comment about Starlight being terrible because her backstory is lacking, on the other hand, can quickly devolve into the intricacies of childhood psychological trauma, the old adage of “show don’t tell”, disagreements over how much of someone’s early life needs to be presented for their later actions to make sense, and probably a dozen other conversations on top of that. And that tends to be the situation for a lot of other opinions related to her as well, which is a big reason (I suspect) conversations surrounding dislike of her turn into lengthy, multi page discussions far more than they do for a lot of other characters. Starlight hate just tends to be a much more complicated kind of hate, no matter which side you happen to be on.
 
And it’s easy to end up guilty of that yourself too. The area where I almost always fall into the discussion is when people start breaking out the sociopath/psychopath comments (especially certain people around who seem to quite enjoy tweaking that particular pet peeve of mine), because diagnosable conditions are not exactly a field of personal opinion. Especially when you consider that actually determining such a thing is incredibly complicated and depends on a detailed analysis of the subject and their motivations and thoughts and actions, and that no competent mental health professional would never base a diagnosis solely on the checklist of symptoms everyone loves to bring up in that regard.
 
… Sorry, went a little overboard at the end there. Like I said, it gets complicated when Starlight is involved. A lot more than it tends to for other characters. And it can be really hard not to respond to stuff like that at times, which doesn’t help matters either.

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Beau Skunky
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@AC97  
I never really saw it as a hint of that, it just seemed like a joke to me, but it does kinda show they prefer bad things over good humorously. Might also be a parody at how the show reformed most of the other villains/antagonists.

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I felt like the mean trio was capable of learning friendship, but not harmony. They learned enough to work together to pursue a goal, but not enough to want to live side-by-side with everyone. They don’t want to get along with everyone else, they want to rule above them all, but they learned that they stand a better chance at that working together than on their own (though the thought probably crossed their minds more than once).

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@Beau Skunky
 
That scene in Frenemies was, in essence, a bait-and-switch we put way too much stock in (Tirek was excited to go back to trying to “destroy each other,” and they universally stomped on it). I’m guilty as charged on that one, but I can accept that I was wrong. It arguably makes them worse, the way they defied redemption there.

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Beau Skunky
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@LightningBolt  
Granted, some people do get pretty curious, or touchy over those characters too.
 
Still, everyone has a reason to like/dislike characters. Nobody thinks, “I hate/like this character for no reason!” So while you don’t need to justify it, you still have reasons, and other people are just curious of those reasons.
 
@CottonTales  
Maybe, but they still behaved pretty villainous/mean in said episode, and I actually liked “Frenemies,” because it’s the first time in the series we got to focus more on the villains. Though, that joke at the end where they almost learn about being friends with each other, and working together has oddly convinced, and mislead some fans into thinking that was hinting at a possible reformation, even though they humorously shrug it off disgusted.  
Some fans kinda look between the lines for things that aren’t there, and take things too literally.
 
@ILoveMyoozik  
I actually like him too, and I was glad Sombra was brought back. I admit, his demise kinda disapointed me, as it was kinda a shame he didn’t get to join the villainous “Legion of Doom” in the end.  
Though, I guess he’s too independent a villain to team-up, and Groger had to use him as an example to ensure the others stay on his side. Though, that doesn’t work anyway.

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@Nightweaver20xx  
It’s almost as if people are allowed to dislike or like characters for any reason and don’t really need to justify it.
 
What a concept.
 
No one expects people to justify hate for Spike or Pikie Pie or w/e. Only Starlight.

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I remember I once got into an argument with someone who was saying starlight was taking over the show and this was during season 7 when she was already getting a reduced episode count.  
And all he would say is she was in every episode in a main way but refused actually say how just told me to watch the episodes

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I’ve heard her being called a “writer’s OC”, which if you think about it, all the characters from the show could be called a writer’s OC since technically they made them all up.

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I think I’ve read that same comment myself. Sounds familiar…
 
@Beau Skunky
 
It’s kind of an important thing that people ignore, the three of them feeling zero remorse, when they’re actually worse than Discord, and have all defied the notion of redemption violently.
 
@Nightweaver20xx
 
I don’t get it, where the hell do people get Starlight being a self-insert from, as I’ve seen said a few times before?
 
Do they even know what that means? What about Starlight is an idealized version of the writers, considering how she’s been a screwup multiple times, especially before S9?

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I don’t understand what everyone’s problem with Starlight is or was. I never got it. She’s not a Mary Sue, she’s not a self-insert, she’s not overpowered, she’s not annoying or obnoxious. What IS obnoxious is people spouting hate against a character that doesn’t even exist because they think everyone wants to hear what they have to say.

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I still don’t like Starlight. I just learned how to tolerate her more after S7.

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@Beau Skunky  
I think a lot of distaste (the sensible distaste not ‘I liked this character they should have gotten off’/‘this character was pure and did nothing wrong’) is because of giving a time where you see things from the villains point of view before the punishment. It is a bit of a humanization to see others struggle and then overcome a challenge  
That wasn’t really done with other villains prior to their defeats including the reformed ones, I’m actually willing to bet most folks complaining or unhappy with the outcome would be more accepting if Frenemies simply didn’t exist as an episode

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@northern haste  
I can’t remember. Though, fans were also upset that Garble was reformed too, despite him always getting comeuppance in his previous episodes.
 
Reform an antagonist, fans get mad. Don’t reform ‘em, fans get mad.
 
I don’t know, nothing against reforming, but I like some villains to remain villains. I can’t see Chrysalis picking flowers with Fluttershy, or Tirek being palsie, and drinking tea with ponies, and such. It kinda waters down some villains.
 
There doesn’t seem to be much demand to reform Sombra, and fans don’t seem upset he was killed-off on-screen.

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@Beau Skunky  
and I remember just a few episode before the finale people got upset tha ahuizotl got reformed.  
maybe I’m wrong I think the only evil thing he was shown to do I was just making a Valley very hot

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