Talk:Owl's Well That Ends Well/@comment-1673435-20110422234544/@comment-75.84.194.228-20110423170114

Cheerful and childish? Are we watching the same show? Don't get me wrong, the show is far from being a violent gore-fest filled with angst and pathos. It's a children's show, after all. But the characters are adults who have adult conflicts. This is Lauren's intended message: "Cartoons for girls don’t have to be a puddle of smooshy, cutesy-wootsy, goody-two-shoeness."

Are you honestly offended by the notion that owls eat mice, or birds eat worms? Children's programming is already censored up the wazoo. Now you don't even want them to show what animals actually eat?

Aside from the "bloody mouse" (which I believe is demonstrative of the depth of Spike's jealously, rather than the reality of death in Equestria), there have been dark/adult ideas on the show: One sibling imprisons the other for a millennium. Imprisoned sibling takes revenge by imposing eternal night on Equestria. All of the ponies are prejudiced against a zebra because she looks and acts different. They accuse her of cursing them with various ailments. A hydra attempts to eat the ponies. Rarity is kidnapped and forced to work as a slave. Another prejudice/racism episode between cowboys and Indians. Philomena bursting into flames and turning into ash. Yes, she came back to life, but if you think that birds should not be shown eating worms, even momentarily, I don't see how you would think it's acceptable to show this.