Talk:Rarity Takes Manehattan/@comment-26973802-20140102074724

Here I'll address my fears for Rarity:

First, she hasn't had an episode of her own since Episode 35, Sweet and Elite, or a shining moment of her own since the following episode, Secret of My Excess. This episode is 38 episodes after Sweet and Elite, so Rarity's gone the majority of the show, including all of Season 3, without an episode. Suddenly they're giving her one, but it doesn't look like it'll end too well for her, between her rival stealing her designs (reminds me of Ruthless People) and ruining her chances of winning, in the process causing Rarity to ruin her friendships through her anger and ambition. She has the most minor role out of any of the Mane 6 since then, even Applejack whom some have called "Background pony".

I know I feared Applejack would be killed off in The Last Roundup since it was announced that she'd "disappear" soon after she was voted least popular of the Mane 6. While I no longer think any Mane 6 are ever in danger of being killed off, I'm way more sensitive with Rarity than any of the others, especially after the Nightmare Moon arc of the comic where Rarity doesn't even take part in the adventure on account of being possessed by Nightmare Moon (kinda like Bowser spends half of Superstar Saga possessed by Cackletta). It had me thinking its continuity would have her possessed forever, and it was only by Deus Ex Machina and Pinkie Pie sneaking Jerome's key that Nightmare Moon was destroyed at all. That should have ended the evil premonitions of Rarity, but the comics' writers are different, they're not involved with the writers of the show, only Hasbro said "You can use the characters" and I don't think they care what they do with them.

I guess Rarity just hasn't been getting as much love from the writers starting somewhere the second half of Season 2, or Season 3 at the latest. Beyond opening a Mane 6 song for the first time and canonizing the term "alicorn". Rarity needs more love.

So, Rarity's finally getting an episode of her own after 38 episodes, which is over half the show at this point. I can't shake the feeling that her song in this episode will be her swan song, that she'll leave the Mane 6... if this prediction is proven wrong, there'll never be another evil prediction of Rarity again, and I'll trust the writers know what they're doing with her.