There was nothing wrong with the Mare Do Well episode.
 
There was no effort “to systematically destroy RD’s confidence”
 
There was plain and simply a set of ponies trying to lead by example and show RD how a real hero should act.

@Background Pony  
yeah, that  
even “the dumb guy” can be the captain of the football team

@Eternal_Potato
 
“She rams head first in her lessons because she’s brash, lacks patience and tends to have a short temper. “
 
Which is the definition of a dumb guy as he meant it, I think.

@sargesprinkles  
No offence, but if there is a “token dumb guy” as you call it in the grup it’s Pinkie, since she’s a lot of times out of focus or insane. Dash on the other hand, is a leader for the pegasi in ponyville, which she is shown to train and organise in Hurricane fluttershy, and likes reading almost as much as Twilight. She rams head first in her lessons because she’s brash, lacks patience and tends to have a short temper.

@Blackbewhite2k7
 
shrugs

@Background Pony
 
I know, but that doesn’t make it any less obnoxious.

@someguy111  
Or, She could have taught Twilight that magic doesn’t solve all problems.

@Mayojar77  
I think Celestia was fair, if not a bit harsh with the punishment. Keep in mind that Twilight really wanted to please her teacher and in the process went crazy because of it. This is partially Celestia’s fault for not telling Twilight earlier that she didn’t have to send a report every week. Twilight learned her lesson the hard way and I think that’s punishment enough. Making her friends write reports to her, other than an obvious way to make the other characters more involved, I think was a good idea as it was clear they needed to learn some friendship lessons, such as listening to a friend, a lesson which they all seemed to learn and explain on the spot.

@Blackbewhite2k7
 
It’s not like it’s anything new. People have been asking the writers and staff about the canon status of ships like Appledash for ages, and don’t even get me started about all of the overzealous Sparity fans.

>This whole thread
 
What the hell guys?
 
Anyway,I for one,I’m glad that Andy and Katie stay away from fanfics and shipping.

Seriously…you guys are pestering the comics writers and artist about this?

@sargesprinkles  
It doesn’t. And I was talking about Twilight.
 
@someguy111  
And yet people excuse her for passing on a punishment she rightly deserved to everyone else.

@Mayojar77  
how does that save dash from being dumb?  
and who was talking about twilight?

@Mayojar77  
I never said Twilight was level headed. Her mental breakdown in Lesson Zero was biggest of all.

@sargesprinkles  
I agree.

@sargesprinkles  
Have we actually seen Twilight solve a problem with actual rational thinking?

no offence, but Dash is the token dumb guy of the group  
a lot of her lessons are learned when she rams head first into them

@someguy111  
Then which one chose mass murder as a solution to overpopulation without even consulting a separate source, then came up with a risky plan based on having a large amount of an arbitrary quality that said character had none of.

@Mayojar77  
You mean Mare do Well? Yeah, that episode is another one I don’t consider canon. Everyone is just so OoC, even Dash, in that ep. AJ is the only one has has not had a breakdown. In Applebuck Season she she did act pretty crazy but is was from physical stress, not mental/emotional stress. Although one could argue that her physical stress came from her pride which is a mental/emotional thing. But then again Dash displays pride, and even arrogance, all the time and no one calls that crazy.

@someguy111  
I’m sorry, which one came up with a plan to systematically destroy the confidence of one of their closest friends to teach them a lesson they them-self doesn’t understand?

@Mayojar77  
I would have much preferred Rainbow to become an Alicorn, seeing as she’s, y’know, not completely fucked up.
 
Uh. If anything AJ is the most level headed. Dash can be pretty crazy sometimes and I think if given a position as princess would let it go to her already big head.

@Background Pony  
It’s cool. It’s my fault for not being more specific.

@sargesprinkles  
Actually, it seems like they forgot about the fact that Rainbow Dash caused the entire series when they gave Twilight wings.  
I mean, why have something like that being a huge revelation if you’re never going to build on it? I would have much preferred Rainbow to become an Alicorn, seeing as she’s, y’know, not completely fucked up.

@someguy111
 
My bad then, I misunderstood. Sorry about that.

believe me, i know where ya’ll coming from,  
not just with the Star Wars prequels( which helped ruin it for me). i don’t like the cutie mark chronicles, because of how it made rainbow dash seem like she’s the most important character (for the record they could have done with any pony and would have reacted the same).  
there’s also movies like Robocop 3, blade 3, x-men 3 (lots of threes)  
still, you can’t ignore everything
 
of course you could also get off the computer and stop worrying movies and tv shows and deal with real life  
where there are better things to worry over