Ponibooru

The supposed moral of the story would have worked a shit-ton better if they hadn't used the costumes.

Suppose for a moment that Pinkie Pie, no costume (or, better yet, a Pinkie-themed superhero costume) had been the one to rescue the construction workers. "Pinkie?! You?!"

"Always glad to help, Rainbow Dash!"

And suppose that AJ had been the one, same deal, to stop the runaway carriage. "AJ! Why'd you interfere?"

"What did you want me to do, let them go over the cliff?"

And what was RD going to do- bitch about Twilight fixing the dam?

They could have gotten the point across much, much faster that heroism wasn't about glory, and in a whole less insulting way.

Fluttershy could have stopped a rampaging manticore, and Rarity could have made a giant net, instead of that extremely bad scene with Granny Smith.

And the ending would have been considerably less shitty. "Holy crap, I can't write a letter that doesn't totally alienate both the bronies AND the target audience!" "Cut that part out then, we've got to get this to animation".

Anonymous said:
The thing with "interventions" is that they don't work outside of television.

Anonymous said:
I bet the gang got extra Celestia points for wasting town tax dollars on a celebratory parade that everyone forgot about at the last possible moment.

Anonymous said:
Proving someone wrong ≠ helping them do the right thing. Their solution was much more "In your face!" than it was "Let me help."

Anonymous said:
Leading be example is good. Providing no support or guidance for and laughing at your friend who is self-destructing is bad. RD's friends may have been right about her glory hounding, but they dealt with it in a very unfriendly way. Its like pushing someone off a ladder and then saying "see, I told you ladders were dangerous."

Vree said:
I was sad that they practically told her what lesson should be learned (even handed her the parchment). Friendship letters should be voluntary.