Talk:Pinkie Pie/@comment-1433421-20120610190600/@comment-216.67.47.239-20120613145803

On the one hand, I can kinda see how you come to your conclusions, but on the other hand-- really, any character has flaws, and I would not list “selfishness” as one of Pinkie's. She is hyper and this does often get her into trouble, and she often seems to act faster than the thinks or does not realize that something will hurt someone's feelings (in the first case, she thought she was being helpful, and in the other, she was trying to prove a point to a friend to get her to be more assertive-- what Fluttershy did later in the episode was actually much more hurtful, not saying that makes it right). I've never really been able to consider any of her actions intentionally rude-- inconsiderate, perhaps, but all of them were made with the right intentions...

On the second conclusion, however, “the only reason why she wants everypony to be her friend is for her own selfish gain,” I can't understand your conclusion at all. If you are to believe what she says and the elements (which chose her as laughter) and the story of how she got her cutie mark, then the reason she wants to make lots of friends is because the reason she is so joyful all the time is because it makes her happy to make them happy-- that is the very reason her cutie mark even is what it is, because her party made others happy and that is what she wants to do. This is the opposite of selfis, this makes her a very sweet character. That is why she is my favorite pony-- because, listening to the smile smile smile song and seeing how she acts, I don't see how one can think that she is at all “selfish,” she cares for her friends very much...

Of course, you could twist it to say that she is selfish by saying she is looking out for her own happiness, because making her friends happy is what makes her the most happy... huh.

(I don't usually post. But when I do, it is four paragraphs, lol.)