Dat Villain · 11:07pm Jan 4th, 2014
I like to think I take an even keel when it comes to the "social" antagonists of MLP. We get a tiny snapshot of their life, and it strikes me as presumptuous to judge them based on that. Sure, they're not nice guys. But I sort of roll my eyes when I see people draw revenge fantasies, or use them as punching bags in their writings. To quotery the popery, "Who am I to judge?"
Gilda? How dare someone be mean. No one in the mane cast is ever mean. Except when they are.
Blueblood? Please, he had like five lines and was little worse than what we've seen of other nobles.
Diamond Tiara? We sorta had an episode about bullies, how to handle them, and what (sometimes) makes them tick.
Trixie...nah, Trixie gets plenty of love.
I believe in tolerance, and I believe in taking a step back and at least trying to find empathy with characters frequently dismissed and belittled in fan works.
But man, with this new girl in Rarity Takes Manhatten... it was honestly the first time in a long time an episode made me feel genuine tension for the outcome. I wanted her crushed. All my even-thinking, liberal philosophy was dead and buried for 15 minutes as I waited anxiously for the scene where Applejack pitches her out a window. And I was sorely disappointed when she didn't get any on-screen comeuppance.
It's not something that can be logically dissected or debated. It was an emotional, gut-reaction of intense dislike that I fully intend to move past.
Same here! (Except with a public reveal of her treachery instead of defenestration, but close enough.)
You're not alone, man. Even if this wasn't technically her story and showing her 'get hers' in some way wouldn't really have served any purpose, I'm really disappointed that we didn't at the very least get to see Coco finally call her out.