Twilight’s biggest character flaw seems to be thinking that a spell will solve every problem.

Way to go brainiac.

@Pinkbeardedpony
 
That…that strikes me as much, much worse.

Twilight should have shrunk all of the VFBs down to microscopic size. Problem solved.

@ColdhardSilver  
It’s been shown on a few occasions Sweet Apple Acres also produces other things other than apples. Apples are just their main export/cash crop. Presumably other ponies have personal gardens where they grow their own stuff, namely flowers and carrots. Winter Wrap Up alone showed that there is some farmland where the grow celery for example.

it did not work with the parasprites either…

I mean, like, at all.

I’m kinda okay with that, but this makes it look like Twilight was intentionally malicious. Which… isn’t quite the case.

“when all you have is a wide range of magic spells, all your problems look like targets”

@DoomPony  
Ya that was odd, the spell worked on them as planed but they just stay there.  
Did the one family of bats from Shy’s part of the song mean there was other babies there and they didn’t want to move them until they could fly alright or something?

@Prof.NightJack  
The thing that bugs me (now that I’ve rewatched a few times) is that the VFB don’t leave after the spell was used on them. They just stay there around food they won’t eat. I don’t think it’s because of them being nocturnal as broad daylight wasn’t stopping their activities before.
 
That said, I don’t hate Twilight.

@Mr. Horrible  
To be fair she had nothing to tell her of the problem that did happen and other then that the spell worked as planed.

@gruntman14  
Only if they stayed in one area, that’s what people point out as a flaw to Shy’s plane, the bats may not stay in one area and eat to much of the apples and that would make any benefits moot.

I think the real lesson here is that Twilight needs to stop trusting all of these “make everything better immediately” spells she keeps finding. To date, they have only ever made things way worse.

@ExtremeLurkerHomeEdition  
He failed to point out how Fluttershy mentioned having the bats around would benefit to Sweet Apple Acres as well

@Mayojar77  
Third, Lovely fun, but thinking about it too deeply leads to pitfall. Like my feeling about “daring don’t”

@Mayojar77
 
Yeah, that’s the kind of thing that irritated me about shows like Captain Planet. Environmentalism isn’t always the best idea.

@Applejack  
So would I.  
I’m just disappointed that they went the whole ‘Environmentalism is the best solution’ route with the Aesop.

Yeah, that sounds accurate

In all honesty, I loved this episode a lot and would watch again. ^^

@SkunkStripe  
It is when they are stating the wrong reasons, the ones getting on Twi for this are saying she is making the bats act in a way to starve, and as said before they are fruit bats, not apple bats and the spell was only to stop them eating apples.

@Applejack  
Here have a taste of one of my new apple hybrid.

@NiGHTS4life
 
Once again? For some people, it never went out.
 
I mean, I know she means well, but for the love of Primus, Twi, TEST the spell in a safe, controlled place before you use it!

Is it really hatred every time someone points out a character for being wrong? The characters should be wrongs sometimes. I don’t think this post is about hating on Twilight.

@MezzoDragon
 
Ah stand by my words. I ain’t one of ‘em! It’s like comparin’ apples to oranges or somethin’!