Talk:Rarity Takes Manehattan/@comment-1658827-20131207160632/@comment-32136229-20131217051053

I think you're one of the few people I've seen who hates Rarity episodes. While I am fine with that, because it is still your opinion, most of your reasons for hating them seems too nitpicky.

A Dog and Pony Show You're looking too much into the episode that you noticed problems that aren't even there. There was no instances where Rarity is portrayed as being cocky and ungrateful, so I don't exactly understand your criticism here.

Sisterhooves Social Again, you're looking too much into this episode. I don't exactly see how Sweetie Belle is treated like she's beneath her after that dramatic scene.

Just because she still hates mud after the race, doesn't mean what she was doing wasn't for her sister. Take Fluttershy when even after the events of Dragonshy, she's still afraid of dragons. Does that mean she doesn't care about her friends? Heck no. And that's the same with Rarity in Sisterhooves Social where despite being afraid of mud, she would still go through the race because at that point, she cares a lot about the sister that she wants to get back with her again.

On your comment about Rarity in Baby Cakes, her characterization here was admittedly not all that great. Despite that, I don't see anything here that indicates Rarity hates kid and more on the fact that she doesn't want to waste her time doing something else that she wants to do. Nevertheless, it's still bad characterization, but that doesn't make Sisterhooves Social a bad episode.

Sweet and Elite A few of your complaints, such as Rarity "harassing" Celestia and "abusing" the stallion carrying her luggage just seems like nitpicking rather than actual criticism. While your other criticisms does have at least a bit of merit, considering they were actually shown in the episode itself, I don't consider them as a detriment to the episode's quality. To you, the episode shows Rarity as a show-off who cares about her image more than her friends. To me, it shows a flawed character who's torn on which is more important (her status in Canterlot or her friends), which allows her character to be more three-dimensional. This episode succeeds at doing just that, which is why I consider this to be one of the best episodes of Season 2.