Talk:Pinkie Pie/@comment-4013398-20120519073655/@comment-66.230.101.148-20120601104456

In fact, I would say that Pinkie is quite selfless most of the time-- I mean, just think about the smile song. She basically says that what makes her most happy in life (and why she is super happy all the time) is making her friends happy; in fact I think most of the time that is her entire goal.

However, she is a bit, for lack of a better word, ignorant sometimes-- the case with Rarity being a good example. I do not think she was aware at that point that she was making Rarity unhappy-- she was just having fun. Also, in the case of Cranky, I think that was probably because she very highly values other ponies (and donkeys, it seems) opinion of her, and (as exampled by her reactions to most of the villains as well) she really does not seem to understand it when somepony does not want to be her friend or does not like her; she has a very optimistic view of how others see her.

Also, I think she has a fear of being rejected (as can be seen by her reaction in Party of One, that fear might be a very strong one), which probably was what made it so she did not leave Cranky alone. She seems to think that if someone isn't her friend, she has done something wrong.

That is my opinion on the matter, anyway-- whatever the case, it is very hard for me to view her as “selfish” or lacking empathy.

(Wow, this reply ended up being much longer than I thought, lol! But that is one of my favorite parts of this show-- none of the characters are two-dimensional, all of them are pretty “deep.”)