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Thoroughly Analyzing "Daring Don't" (Patreon)

Published:
2013-12-08 22:06:17
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2021-02

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Oh man, I really hope next week digs me out of a negativity rut.

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Thoroughly Analyzing "Daring Don't" [MLP:FiM Episode 69]

Next week, next week, I'm sure we'll be in love next week, I'm sure.

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Anonymous

You aren't being overly harsh, there's a mountain of issues with this episode that are completely removed from the superficial layer of enjoying an action/adventure pulp story, the spot where I think the majority of the "best episode of S4" folks are coming from It's absolutely correct that this kind of story only makes sense within the context of being a pulp story where the entire point is that you aren't supposed to sweat the small stuff or expect things to resolve in fully logical ways since that might get in the way of having cool shit happen nonstop. However, as soon as they popped this into the "real world" then all the "real" pony's reactions to it just started getting garbled to hell, as it tried to skirt the line between having the Mane Six start acting like pulp characters and having the pulp story get a bit more serious by raising the stakes and depicting actual events, which is neither flattering to the characters themselves or the pulp of the Daring Do adventure. Our ponies are neither one-dimensional enough, nor Daring Do's adventures serious enough for the crossover to work on any level other than the most superficial one - as a popcorn adventure where you just sit back and enjoy the references, animation, action, and one-liners.

Anonymous
>>12162

To be fair, if you did a "thoroughly analyzing" of this episode and didn't find a hell of a lot of problems when you truly put this under the microscope, that'd be the point I'd think you'd broken something. I was less harsh on this in my review for EFNews because I'm coming at the angle of how enjoyable the episodes are which means the analysis angle is only applicable to the extent that it detracted from my enjoyment. And this was fairly enjoyable in spite of the myriad issues under the surface.

Sebastian Weinberg

Occasionally an episode is just not my cup of tea, regardless of whether it was executed well. It happens, and that's nothing to worry about. But this is the first time that I came out of an episode thinking "I wish they hadn't done that. I wish I could remove this from the canon." I understand the motivations for this sudden in-universe defictionalisation of Daring Do. Daring is a great character that resonates with people, so surely the creators of the series were just as eager to do something fun with her as the fandom is. But since she wasn't part of the same world as the main characters, the only way to do that would have been to make Twilight or Rainbow sit down and just read a Daring Do book for one episode. (Or both of them together, allowing the main story to be intercut with scenes of two very different ponies, trying to share a hobby, despite their differences.) The price that must be paid for making a Daring Do episode without such a framing device and allowing the main characters to be part of the story, however, is not inconsequential. The world of Daring Do (what little we know of it) and the world of Equestria do not quite fit together harmoniously, and their combination leads to weird little inconsistencies, as you pointed out in the video. It requires additional suspension of disbelief, above and beyond what the audience has already accepted, which is not a good thing. (Hey, we already spotted you magical talking, pastel ponies and a fantasy world that is run by them - and now you need us to swallow more?) This kind of thing, if unchecked, leads to a snarled, misshapen, inconsistent continuity that is difficult for writers to work within and difficult for new viewers to get into. It undermines the trust of the audience that the creative staff are good stewards of the universe that we are making an emotional investment in. We all have seen media or game franchises, where the creators apparently said to themselves, "Screw it. Who cares if this crap makes any sense, as long as I get paid for it." This past experience with creative teams that carelessly muck up the continuity to the point where it needs to be thrown out and rebooted is the real reason why "Daring Don't" is so unsettling, not the relatively minor impact on the world of Equestria. We - the older, more experienced, more analytical fans - can't help but recognise the first faint warning signs of a franchise heading into danger.

Merle Blue

This was a strange episode...but if it's an oddity rather than an indicator of a trend, I don't see the need to head for the hills just yet.