Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-208.54.36.190-20130531194809/@comment-6029775-20130531203847

Bound to happen? That's...debatable. I don't particularly oppose it myself, but I'm just gonna list the main reasons why people didn't like it.

First off, a lot of people who aren't necessarily against it dislike the way it happened because they think it was rushed and could have been a lot more meaningful than it was.

Then there's the ones who think it never should've happened because it ruins the dynamic of the show, not just the symmetry of two unicorns, two pegasi, two earth ponies, but that she's now royalty and the rest are still commoners. Even if that has no effect on the main six's relationship, being a princess puts her in a role of responsibility and leadership that people think will be too big a change from old slightly neurotic bookworm Twilight.

Also that it was undeserved, or at least Twilight didn't deserve it any more than the others. And also because the goal was never to become a princess, but to learn about friendship and stuff. The fact that it was part of her "princess training" makes it seem like more of a means to an end.

And then one of the biggest concerns is that it'll mess with the rest of the episodes. If the show won't really be about Twilight learning about friendship since she's apparently learned everything she needs, no one knows what any of season 4 and beyond will be about if not Twilight's new challenges as a princess, which doesn't sound like quite the same show they started watching.

Oh yeah, and it also seems to some people that it was Hasbro who forced the change so they could make more money off of merchandise. Also I'm pretty sure Lauren Faust said at some point that she didn't want anything like this to happen because she never wanted it to be about princesses and other generic girls TV show tropes like that.

Anyone else is free to add any if you want.