No, I don’t think Pinkie is flanderized much at all. Even in the early seasons Pinkie had her crazy moments that many who point the flanderization finger in later seasons often forget. Like it often seems that all they remember of Pinkie from the early seasons is how great the Smile song while ignoring that the rest of that same episode Pinkie gets as annoying as she sometimes is in later seasons.
I do think Season 4, even though it’s my favorite Season of the show thus far, did have the con of perhaps having the most inconsistent Pinkie from having perhaps her best episode of the series in Pinkie Pride but then followed up by not too long after one of her worst portrayals in Filli Vanilli. But I don’t blame the character for that, nor do I want to say I’m pointing fingers at the writers. Because heck Pinkie Pride and Filli Vanilli were actually written by the same exact writer (Amy Keating Rogers) but IMO she’s been better in Season 5 and 6. Too early to tell about Season 7, but the only iffy thing is part of the recent Maud episode where she was funny at first but she does kinda wear out her welcome about halfway through.
Still I enjoy Pinkie Pie alot and just like any member of the Mane 6 the show wouldn’t be the same without her.
Well, I certainly try to be fair. But I think I’d be lying if there weren’t characters I were critical of in the past. Probably most recently Fluttershy’s brother and farther back in the past, Flash Sentry. (Though that has decreased with each subsequent film… mostly because Flash’s role itself pretty much shrunk even smaller each time. Though I suppose he did have slightly more of a sub-plot then he did in Friendship Games but nothing plot important)
Also while I don’t hate Starlight, I’ve had my criticisms toward her too. But in regards to most of the main characters I have no problems with. Especially the Mane 6. ^^’
You and anyone else are free to ask my general opinion on individual characters.
Season 7 has begun and I thought I’d outreach for some assistance on this one. Though as it happened, two episodes aired today that were completely different and not a two-parter. For the sake of making this a little easy, this episode response is only for the first episode Celestial Visit. The other one (All Bottled Up), I have a plan for already.
Like how it was last season either send me an ask, reply to this post, message me through Tumblr messages for the episode Celestial Visit
OR…
Introducing a new method for episode response suggestions is through the Ain’t Never Had Friends Like Us Discord server! Heck, even if you have no suggestions for us you can join in anyway to meet me and the other mods of the group blog.
Click here if you’d like to join the server
Though there have been a few changes to the server since the time we announced we were opening it to the public.
1. FiM discussion was removed and basically merged into the main chat inside-the-bottle. The channel could be brought back if the server got active enough that we may need to split pony talk from general talk
2. Other media is now named Genie Sci-Twi’s memos. This covers any non-pony related stuff in the media and even real life current events and such if you’d like to talk about that there.
3. A music channel was added for anyone to post their favorite music to share with people.
4. A NSFW art room was made by Parcly and is called Parcly Taxel’s Dungeon. If you do not wish to see NSFW art. Simply mute the server and never click on it.
5. And of course, a new suggestions channel of which where most episode response ideas should be placed. Can also be used for other kinds of suggestions that aren’t asks.
Also remember I may not always be there when you’re online, but don’t fret. I check Discord alot and I’m sure I’ll see your messages whether you’re there to suggest an idea or just to say hi.