Talk:Scare Master/@comment-4899875-20150928232445/@comment-32136229-20150929191347

How much is too much really depends on whether or not there's enough justification for a character to act the way they are.

I believe the way Fluttershy was written here has enough justification for the way she acted in this episode for a number of things:

With these points, I wasn't very bothered by the way Fluttershy is portrayed here. The fact that her portrayal here was based on a comedic moment from an earlier season (and to be clear, I'm referring to the moment from Luna Eclipsed, not the one from Dragonshy) does not delegitimize its chances to be explored further as long as it feels justified.
 * 1) It is based on an aspect of her character that was already established early in the show with Luna Eclipsed. We know from that episode that she is scared of Nightmare Night. This leads me to my next point.
 * 2) This episode serves as an elaboration on how far Fluttershy's fears of Nightmare Night extends. Prior to this, the only details we have surrounding her Nightmare Night-phobia is merely that she's scared, which goes back to her timid nature. This leads me to my next point.
 * 3) I don't think this episode contradicts anything about Fluttershy's established character. With not much detail to go by, we can't really say that how she acts here is impossible. This goes back to my second point that this episode is an elaboration of an already-established trait. Seeing how she acts here implies a bigger story behind her phobia and shows us that her timidity also extends towards Nightmare Night.