Talk:Ponyville Confidential/@comment-919917-20120401204950

Hey, Wormtail96 here, I posted my thoughts about this episode earlier, but now I want to repost it under my account, mostly because of compulsion, but because of the debate going on right now and what I have to say about it.

I find this episode, "Ponyville Confidential" to be okay. It had plenty of humour during the article scenes, whilst maintaining a reasonable level of seriousness when concerning the after effects. The moral of it being wrong to violate other people's private lives and its consequences also stands tall. I also have to give credit to two characters here: Diamond Tiara and Big Mac. DT now seems to be evolving more in terms of character, changing from a spoiled filly who makes fun of others to an actual villain-to-be. It may be me, but it certainly looks like she's on the way there. And as for Big Mac, I have to tell you, the scene where he and AJ role reverse and he lectures the CMC is pretty damn hilarious. Not only is he laying down the freakin' law, but it's also the most he's said in almost any episode he's been in.

On a similar note about the other ponies being hard on the CMC, I think if the writers had them be "It's okay, just don't do it again" then that would've been letting the CMC off too easily. Maybe it's just my opinion here, but they did need a "What the Hell, Hero?" moment or two to drive the message home to them how what they were doing was hurting the others. Also, it can show that the other ponies can be thin skinned sometimes and that they can let their emotions dictate their actions. I mean, I'm sure a lot of us would be like "oh, I would've acted differently" but when considering the position of the characters, perhaps them being upset is understandable. And besides, they accept their apology at the end, so I guess it can be called even.

But also, I'd like to add, and you might consider it as well, that perhaps the CMC getting "What the hell, Hero?" from the other ponies was justified not only to drive the message home, but also because they genuinely did deserve it. I mean, hear me out, they recognized they were hurting other ponies' feelings earlier on and whilst they were remorseful about it, the fact they were still going on with it (they did not know Diamond had the photos, but hell, their contract with her could have easily been resolved with them just telling Cheerilee) just to earn their marks, then that IS - and sorry, but it's true - selfish of them. You may diagree with this of course, but hey, just an opinion.