Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-99.148.189.162-20120629055140/@comment-174.48.110.183-20120704083511

I'll try to explain it as best as I can. Just finished watching (and evaluating) season one.

The main issue I have with her is that she strikes me as a bully and a tyrant when it comes to how she treats animals. She cows them into submission and lords her status as their caretaker above their heads. A few have succumbed to her ways, while the rest remain adamantly independent. I was most irritated by her behavior in The Best Night Ever, but then again, this show has a habit of lobotomizing any given character for the sake of the plot, no matter how flimsy.

I only really like when her shyness around other people is emphasized, as it seems a lot easier to swallow in general. Otherwise, with animals, she just comes off as a high-and-mighty holier-than-thou megalomaniac who has a very distorted self-image. It's disturbing to me at times...