Talk:Castle of Friendship/@comment-406947-20160207004046/@comment-406947-20160602145529

I don't think the “You'll Play Your Part” song did a good job at all. Twilight felt that all she was doing was smiling and weaving, and it was starting to get to her. Basically, she didn't feel useful.

Celestia could have reminded Twilight of her accomplishments, or some times Twilight had been a big help to Celestia (or something). Basically, she could have shown Twilight that she was good for a lot more then just smiling and weaving. Instead, Celestia sung a song that used a lot of flowery language, but didn't actuality say anything. It just said “You are a Princess, your time will come” (whatever that means). And I know this is a kid's show, but that's not an excuse for bad writing: Don't underestimate the intelligence of children.

As for the castle resolving that, I don't really see that. If Twilight doesn't feel useful, then moving her into a bigger house isn't going to help. If someone isn't feeling useful, you can't just give him a mansion or a Ferrari or something, and expect those feelings to go away.

I think the episode would have been stronger, if the bits about Twilight feeling like she was just smiling and weaving had just been removed. I'm not saying there's no merit to the idea that Twilight wouldn't feel useful: Twilight does seem like she's modest to a fault (look at the first Trixie episode). I can see Twilight downplaying her own achievements to herself, and feeling like she just smiles and waves (or something). But this episode really didn't handle that idea well, in my opinion.