Special:Badtitle/NS90:Talk:My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic/Dethroning Moment of Suck/Boast Busters

Original entry here...


 * Doubt anyone shares the same view, but oh well, for me, it was "Boast Busters"; the Mane Cast's (mainly Applejack and Rarity) reaction to Trixie's stage show. I don't view Trixie as having done anything that was actually wrong, and I personally don't see it as any different from Rainbow Dash's bragging (As awesome as she is).
 * I agree. While I normally like the main characters, the blatant hypocrisy was ridiculous. Also, on the subject of the "lie" about the Ursa Major: Trixie's a magician. She's supposed to entertain people. That's, y'know, her job. And finally, Snips and Snails. They almost got Ponyville destroyed by an Ursa Minor thanks to Spike giving them that idea, and Twilight rewards them for it. I'm sorry, but for me, that was where the episode crossed the line.
 * Boast Busters rubbed me the wrong way as well. It was clearly Trixie's job to boast and get an audience for her show. Applejack, Rarity and Dash were way out of line with her. And when the Ursa comes, what does she do? Fight it, despite the town heroes being jerkasses and having absolutely no ties whatsoever to Ponyville. Meanwhile, the hecklers... stand and shiver in fright. Her wagon is destroyed and possessions probably tossed out due to Twilight's incredibly callous line to "Get rid of that junk." What the Hell, Hero? indeed!

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I removed the entry because its substantially incorrect on several points of fact:


 * 1) The Mane Six were not "heckling" Trixie. They were standing at the back of the crowd and speaking to each other about their opinions' of Trixie's act and how much they were not personally thrilled by it. They did not do so in a matter intended to be overheard by anybody but them. The only reason Trixie got into it at all is because Rainbow Dash forgot to use her indoor voice, but this was clearly just Dash's usual character flaw and not a deliberate attempt to provoke Trixie. (It's Rainbow Dash. If she'd deliberately wanted to get into it with Trixie from the start, she'd have rushed the stage in minute one.)
 * 2) At this point, the only thing Trixie has to do to avoid a confrontation is to pretend not to hear them. And as a career entertainer, this can't be the first or even the first millionth time she's heard someone say 'I don't like it'. Instead, Trixie deliberately calls the Mane Six out. When they come forward to talk to her, at Trixie's invitation, Trixie then openly belittles their talents and dares them to prove her wrong.
 * 3) Since Trixie has just openly encouraged them to try and surpass her act from this point on everything the Mane Six do is not only justified, its at Trixie's own request.
 * 4) Furthermore, Trixie then compounds the trainrweck and makes things even worse by repeatedly changing the rules of the contest half-way through each performance, so that her competitor always loses. There is a technical term for this kind of behavior -- it's called "cheating".
 * 5) Worse yet, every time the Mane Six perform a stunt, its a harmless performance; rope tricks, aerobatics, etc. Every time Trixie takes her 'turn' in the contest, it involves physically assaulting or humiliating her competitor.
 * 6) In conclusion, the only reason the encounter goes poorly is because Trixie escalates the tension at every possible step along the way. Every chance she has to defuse the confrontation, she deliberately passes up in favor of repeatedly raising the stakes higher and higher.  In contrast, the members of the Mane Six do only three things here -- have an opinion about a given piece of entertainment, try to share that opinion with each other without involving anyone else in their conversation, and cooperate with Trixie's request to enter a competition.

So yes, I question the accuracy of this entry.

Addendum: I will agree, however, that the Humiliation Conga Trixie got at the end was way too excessive, particularly the destruction of her wagon. However, that's not the Mane Six's fault and they are still blameless for any of this.