Goddess Erosia
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Some of it had to be forced just for the sake of having a story, I think realistically the fact that the elements chose Twilight's friends was simply because they were, well, her friends, and some facet of them was compatible with these elements. And they chose Twilight and her friends specifically because Celestia probably already selected her in some way to inherit them.
Whatever magic was involved probably took hold of the mane six in an attempt to guide and nurture them towards those roles and morals, thus the point of the show. Because if you really think about it, I'm sure there existed people who were already emotionally mature enough to be much better fits for those elements, the basic idea is you need GOOD PEOPLE. Those roles could have been filled by anyone, but they had to be the mane six, who were all relatively new at these roles, so we could experience their progression and development through the course of the series.
When I say it was forced I mean it was SUUUUUUUUUUPER forced. Although I got hooked on the show really quick, even now I still hate the actual first episode and it's embarrassing to watch even today. The pilot.... it's actually not so great, if you really look at it. The way they shoe-horn each of these characters into their roles is one of the most forced things I've ever seen, even in a cartoon.
Like look at Applejack - she proved she was "a really honest person" by telling someone to LET GO AND DROP OFF THE EDGE OF A CLIFF, without actually explaining that there was no danger because two flying people were about to save her. How the fuck does that make any sense? What was stopping her from just explaining that Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were behind her? Also what was stopping them from grabbing Twilight before she let go? Why did Twilight absolutely HAVE to just let go, having absolutely NO REASON to trust that suggestion? THAT, is some serious shoe-on-head logic.
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Some of it had to be forced just for the sake of having a story, I think realistically the fact that the elements chose Twilight's friends was simply because they were, well, her friends, and some facet of them was compatible with these elements. And they chose Twilight and her friends specifically because Celestia probably already selected her in some way to inherit them.
When I say it was forced I mean it was SUUUUUUUUUUPER forced. Although I got hooked on the show really quick, even now I still hate the actual first episode and it's embarrassing to watch even today. The pilot.... it's actually not so great, if you really look at it. The way they shoe-horn each of these characters into their roles is one of the most forced things I've ever seen, even in a cartoon.
Like look at Applejack - she proved she was "a really honest person" by telling someone to LET GO AND DROP OFF THE EDGE OF A CLIFF, without actually explaining that there was no danger because two flying people were about to save her. How the fuck does that make any sense? What was stopping her from just explaining that Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were behind her? Also what was stopping them from grabbing Twilight before she let go? Why did Twilight absolutely HAVE to just let go, having absolutely NO REASON to trust that suggestion? THAT, is some serious shoe-on-head logic.