Talk:28 Pranks Later/@comment-27578467-20160814051200/@comment-27578467-20160814191454

Right I agree with you there, it does fit into the context of the story. I think it’s just too conspicuous for me to be funny. As I was thinking about it I was reminded of the scene in Mare-Do-Well (which I actually really like) where the Mane Six are in Sugarcube Corner talking about how great MDW is while RD grumbles about it. It feels natural that they would be making generally positive comments about MDW, and since Rainbow would understandably feel frustrated about such praise it all seamlessly generates a humorous scene. Comments like “I must say, I was pretty impressed by that spell she used to fix the dam” follow the same function as AJ’s comment in this episode (as you say, a sort of ‘take that’), but for me, "it's not like there's a new ingredient that's turning the whole town into cookie-craving zombies" was just too strangely specific and predictive to seem practical enough to actually say, even in the context of her trying to bring the point home with RD. I may have appreciated it more if they had switched out “it’s not like” for “it’s as if”, since the latter feels like a more natural setup if you’re trying to suggest something specific.

I realize this is needlessly pedantic and ultimately not important (especially with that last point), but I often find it helpful for myself to try and articulate my thoughts like this.