This episode made me laugh too much. Looney Tunes and Hulk references FTW.

Rarity's quite the manipulative bitch.

So will Fluttershy get off scotch free from all the other people she was really unfriendly to? Ether way, it was a great story with a great moral. It also gave Fluttershy some really needed characterisation, which is a plus in my book.

For the most part, her reasons were justified .. up until the mailman part, at least.

As for my thoughts on the episode, it was definitely one of the funniest ones in the series I think (I laughed far too hard at Pinkie burying her face in the ground and Rarity comforting her). Tons of references (Pipsqueak!), and a pretty great new "villain" to boot. I think the resolution came far, far too quickly though - someone as assertive as Iron Will really shouldn't give up THAT quickly.

Other than that though, it was an awesome episode.

Rarity and Pinkie's behaviors weren't "assertive", they were outright mean and unreasonable(as Kaijuu said, "Rarity's quite the manipulative bitch")

There were a ton of further details that hurt the episode quite badly, like Fluttershy becoming ridiculously mean in a matter of minutes, and that the minotaur was referred to as a "monster" throughout the entire episode(even at the very end, after it was revealed that he was a reasonable character(probably the most reasonable one in the entire episode, actually XD))

And hell, throughout the entire episode it felt like everything was unnecessarily exaggerated.

Sure, it definitely had its fair share of good moments, but all in all this is another episode that I'll have to exclude from my personal canon =/

Better than my first impressions.

Rarity and Pinkie were both... bad examples at the beginning though. Seriously, I would NEVER want to meet anyone who treats people like Rarity did there. That's 100% bitch behavior. Pinkie's behavior was less revolting, but she'd still show up on not always right for arguing about clearly posted price changes. Given the cherry stand guy, bartering's probably a common occurrence, but the way Pinkie went about it was very much in "annoying entitled customer" territory.

Truth be told I think "Old Fluttershy" is far more mature when it comes to this sort of stuff than any other character on the show. Standing up for oneself is a fine moral, but only really when needed; someone cutting in line isn't worth the confrontation. The moral's easily twisted to support jerkass behavior, and the "acceptable" behaviors shown aren't all that acceptable.



Ignoring the moral, I really like Fluttershy; not all character development needs to be 100% positive. Best part of the episode is when her inner conflict about turning into a "monster" showed up. This episode feels like it was having trouble fitting everything into 22 minutes. They did a good job showing Fluttershy turning into a bitch, but the return seemed a bit too sudden.


Past all that, fine and dandy episode. I liked the minotaur guy. Jokes mostly worked. Middling season 2 episode for me, right now.

...And Hearth's Warming Eve still stands as the last episode that qualifies as anything more than "okay". This one wasn't bad, but...I guess I was expecting it to be better. Broken Aesop much? I'm definitely with Kaijyuu on the beginning part. Practically everyone in the episode acted like a jerk. As if I needed another reason to dislike Rarity anyway. The next episode sounds interesting, but it seems likely to be another clichéd attempt to play Twilight's OCD for laughs and drama.

As I see Iron Will with the music playing, I went like "that song sounded familiar. Fluttershy becomes Flutterjerk as she brutally yells at everypony. It was depressing as Fluttershy gave up. It's an okay episode and there's no sign of Rainbow Dash unfortunately.