ZephyrBurst

Since this was brought back up. Mac and Cherilee obviously.

I really didn't like this episode that much outside of the thing with Fluttershy at the beginning, Twilight letting Spike go, and the overall moral. The way it all played out just turned me off. While I wasn't looking for fully fleshed out characters, I was hoping for a bit more than the standard 2D cartoon bully that the dragons portrayed. This show is better than that. Though the dragons did play their part for the moral. I think I was mostly disappointed that we didn't learn anything about dragons. At least the didn't blatantly say "All dragons are bad." After reading Dessa's first post though, I've come to like the episode more. I still don't care for the way it played out or the stereotypical cartoon bully trope that was used. They've done that for pretty much everything from mythology that's made it into the show. It only makes sense to keep it consistent and have the Phoenix its own species as well.

This is how I feel about this whole situation with people flipping out.

I find the new voice way better. The original was, based on a statement by the VA, a mistake as she was given little information on the character. Just on that alone, I see it as pretty awesome that they would go back and fix it. The new voice matches the character better and just flows better overall. Not only that, now there's zero chance of someone getting offended, at least on the down syndrome approach. They addressed issues and we should appreciate it. They went through the effort to do so. It's not like Ditzy Doo was taken out of the show or anything. As for them taking out the name drop 'Derpy', it was a great choice. It's a word that simply has no place within the show itself. For fandom, whatever, they can do what they want. This is a rather graceful way to handle a mistake, simply addressing it directly by fixing it. I'd hope this revision is kept in any DVD releases.

& & & & & & & & & & _ Like a bunch of lemmings, they don't even see it.

Well then, welcome back?

This obviously alludes to Fluttershy meeting an untimely fate at the end of season 2. *trollface*

Oh well that works too.

Welcome to the boards. I see you in the chat, hope to have you there here and there. Oh, I checked out your art and wow, it's really good. You definitely have an eye for form.

How does one win this? There was no contest really. People could just not post about ponies on 4chan, I'm seeing any 'win' behind this. But I also don't visit 4chan.