@Anonimouse  
I’m not so much of an RD fanboy that I believe she can absolutely never be in the wrong or need to be taught a lesson herself. I’ve come to terms with my stance on the episode: I don’t hate it like the majority of the fandom, I just think it could’ve been done differently to help the message flow better.
 
Looking back on it, I acknowledge that RD was in the wrong,there were points in the episode where lives were at risk and her showboating could’ve been saved for later. And while I understand that she kind of needed to be taken down a peg when lives were in danger, but the mane five were also in the wrong, and the way they conveyed their message was very poor and came off as VERY mean-spirited and hypocritical.
 
Not mention that Fluttershy didn’t even DO anything in the grand scheme of things aside from said flyby when RD expressed the joy that flying was the one thing she was the best at. So what? RD wasn’t allowed to be proud that she could fly?? That is NOT humbling someone, that’s just pouring salt in the wound.
 
Also how can they call her out on bragging and saying she should be humble if they showed up at the parade? That and attending their own parade kind of comes off as more hypocritical since the episode practically begins with her enjoying that fact that she has a fan club and the Mane five get on her case about her huge ego while she’s at a gathering of said fans at Sugarcube Corner, which was technically after her heroics. And yet it was ok for Mare Do-Well to attend her own parade under the same circumstances? They both technically EARNED that praise.
 
Not to mention that with episodes like Applebuck Season, The Last Roundup, Bats, Sonic Rainboom, and Sweet and Elite under their belts, AJ and Rarity are the last characters I want teaching someone about humbleness.
 
But the biggest problem I have with the episode was the aspect of “show not tell” being ignored in certain parts of the episode.“28 Pranks Later” worked better with that reason because of that solitary aspect. We actually SEE them SIT HER DOWN AND TALK WITH HER. And when that fails they have Pinkie confront her one on one. That way it doesn’t feel like they all just jumped in on the plan without thinking of other options.
 
Yes, she probably wouldn’t listen, but it would’ve been a nice gesture of faith if we saw that her friends trusted her enough to try that first. It’s one of the reasons why I was able to genuinely enjoy “28 Pranks Later” despite having a similar premise. For me, if we had seen the two scenes where they talk it out with her and she didn’t listen in place of the flyby and Sugarcube Corner scenes then it would’ve worked a lot better in my opinion.
 
That being said, I am in no way opposed to Mare Do-Well returning in a possible future episode, I really did like her costume. But I’d rather her show up as a mysterious ally to the Mane six (kind of like a heroic version of Red X) as opposed to simply being an unbeatable rival for RD. Or hell, have RD don the mantle herself for some bizarre adventures or just for fun.

it not a bad episode

@FridgeLogic  
Not to mention, Big Mac baby talking. Why? Because “FUCK YOU!!!” that’s why!

This episode is my guilty pleasure of Friendship is Magic… I know it’s bad… and yet I kinda like it.

The episode’s real mistake was that it centered way too much on Rainbow Dash perspective of events, what she got from the things that happened is not what her friends intended, they didn’t mean bad at all, they did nothing bad at all, the world doesn’t spin around Rainbow Dash. It’s funny how the other five are antagonized and demonized because they didn’t accurately predict Rainbow’s Dash reaction (Who was going through a “lapsus”, like Twilight in “Lesson Zero”, or Fluttershy in “Best Night Ever”, or Pinkie Pie in “Party of One”), yet Rainbow Dash is totally forgiven for not stoping to think of the lives that would have been lost had Mare Do Well not appeared. It’s also funny how people claim that the episode didn’t get the characters right… yet they seriously think they are “fixing it” by portraying the other five (And the whole freaking town) as evil masterminds that would make Gendo Ikari shudder, and reduce Rainbow Dash to a crying whiny poor little victim (Instead of, you know, just having her snaping out of it).
 
People should watch the episode itself, instead of just what they want to see, it’s all there. It’s like people project themselves on Rainbow Dash and find some kind of comfort in feeling like the victim and expecting everybody else to apologize to them.

i wish she had been a charather for the rest of the show not a disgusie/suit/costume

I actually liked the episode. Despite the broken aesop and jerkassiness of the characters, it was enjoyable.

@441TheSecond
 
Uh, she failed to save the carriage from careening off the cliff because she was signing autographs, she was too busy yelling her catchphrase to help the construction workers, and she kinda caused a dam to break, all because she was bragging and needed attention. Her pride soon begins to get in the way of her heroic deeds. All Mare Do Well did was step in to fix RD’s mistakes.
 
@IHNO
 
What most people complain about is the characterization somehow completely forgoes what was presented for any of the mane 6 in either previous eps or all of season 1, or both.

Yep love the superhero references

Man, you people need to calm the fuck down already. Remember folks this is the internet, nobody cares about anybodies opinion, so don’t bother!
 
…Or I’ll steal something near and dear from you!

Notice also how two episodes by Merriwether Williams get hate. Only one that doesn’t is Hearth’s Warming Eve.

The mane six we’re out of their characters. Only RD and AJ seemed somewhat believable.

There was nothing wrong with that episode. End of story.

We hate it because no Trixie.  
EOT.

Actually, I want to raise a question here.  
How was Rainbow Dash’s Bragging endangering lives?

V that was me, btw.

So much butthurt, it pleases me.
 
I actually liked the episode for the same reason Trickquestions likes it, since I don’t like Rainbow Dash a whole lot.
 
Dragon Quest and Cutie Pox were worse, anyway.

To be honest, I thought Hearts and Hooves Day was much worse. The recycled “love potion” plot, the annoying shipping wars that preceded it, the CMC. It was all a mess.

no it wasn’t

^^ Not soon enough, but I’d guess late September or early October. I’ve been keeping the shakes away by playing my backlog of ‘games that I never got around to playing’ but that’s only a temporary measure.

@441TheSecond
 
You just described all the reasons I liked this episode.

@candrew
 
We need a distraction…
 
…
 
So, when does season 3 start?

Glitch, you know I stand on your side on the whole MMDW debacle but we are doing so well in not dredging up 7 month old bullshit drama.

@candrew
 
Oh. Oops.

@candrew
 
Right, got it.
 
@441TheSecond
 
Sorry, you’re the best around, and no one’s going to keep you down.