User blog comment:NI97Wiki/My main problem with Friendship Is Magic/@comment-3283593-20140517203905/@comment-4838972-20140521031532

1) Who is "they"? In formal essays, all pronouns should be avoided. Even in informal works, third person pronouns are to never be used. I don't know who you're talking about.

2) Not everyone considers Fluttershy to be "worst pony". All of the Mane Six has been bashed at different points. Applejack is bashed because there is little experimentation with her character, Pinkie for issues with flanderization, Rainbow Dash for her behavior prior to Hurricane Fluttershy, and Twilight for being an OP alicorns sh Mary Sue. When I marathoned the entire series for the first time, I did not find Fluttershy interesting until I got to The Best Night Ever.

3) Judging by Fluttershy and Big Mac's interactions in the episode, the two do know each other. From a logical standpoint, it would not make sense for Fluttershy, Applejack's best friend, to not know Big Mac, Applejack's older brother

4) Have to be honest, Season 4 has further tempted me to actually try out a Fluttercord fanfic. I've never understood where Fluttermac comes from. (Let's have two characters with very little social interaction form a relationship, something that requires large amounts of communication). The show seems pretty okay with fueling CheeriMac shipping anyway.

5) A trend one episode does not make. My Little Pony is interesting in that it has a clear continuity but is not restricted to a story arc. It has multiple writers who each have different spins on different characters. For example, Megan McCarthy's portrayal of Spike is the most sympathetic. A character's behavior in one episode does not necessarily affect their portrayal in a later episode. Putting Your Hoof Down has no impact on any newer episodes of MLP.

6) Fluttershy is a main character in a show about friendship. No writer would have Fluttershy become a villain. The writers have never done that and they never will do that.

7) I'll say this, Fluttershy is my second least favorite of the Mane Six after Applejack. She is very flat compared to Twilight, Rainbow and Pinkie and I blame Lauren Faust for it. Fluttershy is kind, loves creatures and is very shy... That's all we know about her and it's very stale. If Fluttershy's fan base is losing numbers, it's not because of bad episodes but because the character from the beginning was deeply flawed. She was never well-developed.