Talk:Rarity/@comment-26258430-20151206223533/@comment-25559529-20160207032456

"Is it "bratty" to not want to sacrifice one's principles for success?"

Rarity sacrificed her own principles when she put herself in this position, seeing as though her principles don’t match her business model.

"However well Sassy Saddles did her job, she was clearly overstepping her bounds."

Explain?

"She took one hundred orders for a dress on a new business's grand opening day'"

Her impression seemed to be that she was confident that Rarity could provide the supply well. And even then, what is she promising? When is she promising that the dresses will be delivered? Sassy Saddles is very clearly the salesman, while Rarity is providing the supply, which only causes Sassy’s appearance as being inefficient in the face of all her hard work (single handedly managing a hundred customers in one day, as well as all the well-organized paperwork that she's somehow produced while still providing sufficient advertisement to do all that within the time she had) because of Rarity's incompetence at keeping up the supply.

"She finalized the name of a dress that she did not work on. Rarity even made it clear in the beginning that she would've liked to be consulted on the dress's name before the grand opening."

As inconsiderate overlooking Rarity’s wishes may seem, Sassy clearly had her reasons. Marketing was something that she researched, she’s very clearly studied Canterlot culture, and she got results in the end.

"Rarity "tries to go out of business without any consideration for how much work her employee has put into the job"?"

Yes.

"Her employee was the one showing no consideration."

Explain?

"Sassy was going to turn Canterlot Carousel into an assembly line with her name on the front of everything."

She only called it her boutique once.

"Rarity didn't want her passion turning into a factory. That's not ego -- that's self-respect."

Rarity consistently brings up her motivations for being a dressmaker (personal touch), which conflict with her decision to start an impersonal branch of her franchise, which is why I said that the conflict is that Rarity is unhappy with her own business decisions.

"if that isnt [sic] a prime example of twisting an episode to make the character you dislike look bad."

Twisting? This is stuff I noticed while watching the episode. Same with The Best Night Ever. Do you really think that I’m looking for reasons to dislike Rarity?

"You even saw fit to insult Rarity for her "lackluster creativity"."

Yes. Yes, I did.

"In this episode it was Sassy who was inconsiderate and intrusive,"

I would like an explanation for that.

"making decisions she had no business at all to make."

I would like an explanation for that.

"And i [sic] dont [sic] know how you can shift the blame on Rarity really."

It’s easy. Just watch the episode.

"To do so one would need some serious obsession in hating her."

One would also appreciate not making these baseless assumptions about one’s attitude.

"Sassy was Raritys [sic] employee, she has to do what Rarity wants her to, but sassy [sic] was more concerned about not again running a business into the ground than making Raritys [sic] botique [sic] the way her boss envisioned."

I highly doubt that was what Sassy was trying to do. She’s barely given any breathing room in the episode. She just does stuff for the boutique before becoming Rarity’s scapegoat.

"Rarity did not want a factory"

I think that’s exactly what I said. If you’re going to argue against my points, don’t backtrack them just to repeat them.

"she wanted a business in which every pony gets exactly what it needs to make it shine, crafted with care and passion and skill, like she says in her song."

And that’s fine. What isn’t fine is how it’s portrayed in the episode’s context (Rarity is setting up a branch in another city, so she won’t see her customers being in style or get the feeling that it’s all worthwhile) and using Sassy Saddles as a scapegoat.

"A song which wasnt [sic] about her taking success for granted, but about the joy of creating something beautiful for others."

The song was about what Rarity enjoys in her profession and treating them as if they’re specific guidelines for her business.

"The happiness it causes her when she sees the shining eyes of the pony that tried out her new dress the first time."

Which won’t happen because of Rarity’s own business decisions that she herself is unhappy with.

"But sassy [sic] was so focused on success that she didnt [sic] care what Rarity wanted, she made a manufactoring [sic] plant out of the boutique where samey clothes were thrown out into the masses without regard for the individual. Sassy didnt [sic] care for art or creativity, only for money."

I highly doubt that was what Sassy was trying to do. She’s barely given any breathing room in the episode. She just does stuff for the boutique before becoming Rarity’s scapegoat.

"You say that closing the boutique would mean Rarity disregarding Sassys [sic] hard work,"

Yes. Yes, I did.

"which is complete nonsense."

If you’re going to argue against my points, try not to devolve into personal attacks.

"Who was it who did the whole work? It was Rarity! She got the money for the property with her own hard work. She made the necessary connections to make it all happen. She made the dresses that she was going to sell there."

This does not match with what Rarity herself said at the start of the episode (“I never could have gotten the boutique ready for the grand opening without the help of my new manager Sassy Saddles.”) Before supply became an issue, Rarity felt as though Sassy had done a lot of work. But if you really want to get into these abstruse details, (Is the property being rented or bought? Who did how much refurbishment to the property? How much did Rarity and Sassy Saddles pay individually?) how much time and work did each of them put into the venture? Also, if it was mostly Rarity who put the business together, wouldn’t the issue of a lack of supply be her fault?

"If anything it was Sassy that did not even care for the wants of her own boss."

I would like an explanation for that.

"Rarity didnt [sic] fire her"

Logically.

"And in the very end, Rarity didnt [sic] fire sassy [sic]. Rarity knew that Sassy understood now for what the Boutique was supposed to stand for, and Rarity generously allower [sic] her to stay."

I don’t think that’s generosity as much as it’s common sense. If Sassy had been fired, she would have lost a job she genuinely wanted to do through no fault of her own.

"Sassy isnt [sic] innocent, on the contrary, she is the culpit [sic] of it all."

I would like an explanation for that.

"And Rarity isnt [sic] unhappy with her own decisions, she is unhappy with the decisions her employee made for her without even asking."

Read what I said above.

"And its [sic] funny you say Rares projects herself into her success, because thats exactly what Sassy does."

I would love to see the point in the episode where Sassy does that.

"She already was part of many a failed business, probably failures she caused in the first place in her desperation to make them succeed the wrong way, and she cannot feel good about herself again if she doesn’t [sic] make a business "succeed"."

Purely unfounded speculation.

"No matter if the employer actually wants it to succeed in that way. Sassy was utterly selfish, using Raritys [sic] business to make herself feel better, to make herself feel successful."

I highly doubt that was what Sassy was trying to do. She’s barely given any breathing room in the episode. She just does stuff for the boutique before becoming Rarity’s scapegoat.

We aren’t given any indication of how these two formed a partnership, or what Sassy’s motivations are.

"Like i [sic] said, Rarity did forgive her."

And like I said, that’s common sense.

"Raritys [sic] work is, and always will be about making the perfect piece of art for her client. putting [sic] her care, her heart, her skill and her passion into every single dress."

You don’t need to keep on repeating Rarity’s motivations, just as I don’t need to keep repeating that those motivations in the episode’s context don’t match with Rarity’s business model, making herself the source of her own distress.

"Sassy now understands too that success should not require sacrifice of ones principles."

Sassy definitely understands that, but Rarity doesn’t understand that sacrificed her own principles when she put herself in this position, seeing as though her principles don’t match her business model.

"Oh, and im [sic] happy that you had that answer prepared,"

And there’s plenty more where that came from.

"shame you didn’t [sic] prepare it with care and passion like Rarity does, but you rather rushed it without thinking, like Sassy did, twisting truth into obvious nonsense that everyone can see as such."

I would appreciate if you refrained from argumentum ad hominem.

"What can i [sic] say, im [sic] just not as generous an employer as Rarity is."

You also can’t help repeating yourself, since you’ve repeated this statement five times by now. And like I said, that’s not generosity; that’s common sense.

Most of your points revolve around justifying giving no consideration but rather disrespecting Sassy Saddles, which is not cool. I'm honestly disturbed. Is this how you think people should behave?

I get it; you're passionate about Rarity. But try not to color the world through her point of view. Protagonist-Centered Morality is a very really thing, and this is a prime example of it.