Why Fame and Misfortune Showed The Mane 6's Flaws In A Terrible Way · 4:01pm Jul 23rd, 2020
I know it's Been A Few Years since MLP's Fame and Misfortune episode came out, and while I get that the characters aren't perfect, I feel the episode did A very terrible way of showing it. Here are my reasons why I hated the episode:
The episode was being more concerned with spitefully taking shots at the adult fanbase than being entertaining & teaching the audience another good lesson about friendship. I’m aware that some MLP Fans can be toxic, but the fact that F&M Portrayed Bronies/MLP fans as nitpicking, whiny assholes just because they don’t unswervingly praise every single thing in the show to high heaven to me was just very insulting, and not all fans are like that.
Instead of the writers listening to Criticisms so they can improve from them, They create A mean-spirited episode which uses pointless thought-terminating clichés and has the Mane Six sing An entertaining but patronizing song that basically says “Well we’re not flawless so shut up and stop criticizing us”. That was a terrible move for Hasbro to be Bitter Towards their fans instead of accepting some of their criticisms.
Another reason why I hated the episode One Bit because Not only was it horribly written, it also made Ponyville, The LITERAL Hometown The Mane 6 protected since the beginning of the show, into complete Idiotic and heartless morons. The way Ponyville treated The Mane 6 after what they've done to protect Equestria it came across to me as petty and incredibly immature, which are the two traits that describe the writers for making this episode.
I'm not saying the show's fandom was the sole reason for the episode being created but The writers were pretty stupid to go like "Yeah, let's dedicate an entire episode towards taking shit about the fandom that made your show go far beyond typical "Kid's Show" syndication" The episode’s message was basically saying “Screw the adult fans, the kid fans are way better and smarter” and to me, it was the most insulting message MLP Did.
Seriously, Twilight was the Princess of Friendship Around that time for crying out loud, She and her friends never deserved the cruel treatment they received in that episode, & it kind of made Twilight becoming a princess along with The Mane 5 protecting Equestria from evil feel like it was all for nothing if Ponyville just spits in their faces for it. If I was Twilight, I wouldn't tolerate the toxic environment and would've fought back against the cruel environment for going too far and constantly harassing me.
I consider the "Flawless" song to be The ONLY Good thing out of that awful episode. I thought that the show wasn't going to take valid criticisms from the fandom anymore. They could have purely celebrated the show again like episode 100. But instead, they decided to focus on the negative side of the fandom. The references to criticisms from the fans to me were too old/not really relevant, almost 3 to 4 years old and The jokes could have been more sophisticated. What Hasbro is aiming for is the audience's cheap reaction.
The fandom is so hungry for official fandom recognitions or fan services, whenever somepony says "Twilight was better before she got wings", or Derpy shows up on the screen, they flip. It was too easy to impress some audiences. Everything might have worked if the episode was well made and fun. I think it wasn't. And the ending was just terrible whatever perspective you want to take it.
So the writers want us to accept that they're not Flawless? I'm not saying that's A bad lesson, but the way it was executed in the F&M episode made it look like A bad lesson. Being yourself and making excuses that nobody is perfect are two different things. Characters having flaws were never part of the criticism. That's what the writers thought the criticism was.
I also hate that they called M.A. Larson just to put his name on the credits for the name value and he didn't actually come up with those ideas. I also found the episode to be a staple of the pride & hubris of the later show-runners.
I still hate the F&M episode to this day because The Mane 6 never deserved the terrible treatment from Ponyville.
Do you guys agree or disagree with me on that?
Oh, I agree alright.
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You do? Okay, that's good. what are the parts you mostly agree with?
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Yes and isn't it great how that is not how she reacts? She's not concerned about her book or the way people are treating her, she's worried about her friends and how they are all doing.
You know, before School Daze where they became her chronic enablers.
If nothing else at least Fame and Misfortune did the Main Six justice which is more than I can say for the last two seasons.
Except it actually typically was. Mare Do Well? 28 Pranks Later? Owls Well That Ends Well? Filli Vanilli?
Number One complaint on the internet is that the characters involved were OC.
And technically you're doing the exact same thing right now.
Most of those ponies are very clearly not from Ponyville. Look at the characters, we've never seen most of them before. And we don't see most of them again.