Talk:The Mysterious Mare Do Well/@comment-208.107.164.43-20111206231600/@comment-86.179.199.20-20111207020217

Lol, I never got the vibe that people didnt like this episode due to differences of opinion. That would imply that people are basing their decisions off of the fanbase (unsurprisingly...you damn sheep, all of ya). But considering the style and demographic of this show I agree with you that ambiguity can very much be controlled by the writer.

Many will argue that ambiguity is good because it is 'open-ended' and 'broad', with the intent of a single scenario meaning something different to each viewer in a effort to make a story/episode wider in meaning. For starters, the people who argue this are confusing ambiguity with micro-cosms written with the intent to make one scenario reflect similar scenarios of varying degree (NOT to 'mean' various things, such as in this case: RD's friends intent in their disguise). Secondly and most importantly, ambiguity is generally frowned upon by respected authors and screenwriters because it is used by amatuer and lazy writers to make an intent seem to have many meanings, reflecting that the writer themself wasnt sure of the real intent and was too cowardly to define it.