Fulfilling the princess fantasy was exactly like being a cliched girly cartoon for them. And lots of the adult fan base was into the show because the show had good story, surpassing expectations by being more than a cliched girly cartoon. There is nothing wrong about it, it has been working well long enough among human history and it still will be, but the show was about 'there are lots of ways to be a girl'. To delve into it deeper, it's also about the female princess fantasy. The most obvious reason why people hated Alicorn Twilight I think is because it was a decision made based on marketing, not by prioritizing the storytelling. Hasbro toy department had a pressure to make a pink princess toy (we all know the infamous pink Celestia and how Luna was treated because she was too dark for kids) and for them, the fact that the princesses didn't appeared that much on the show, and the main protagonist was not a princess was a problem requiring an improvement. I believe any open discussion would bring us to a better state. And of course I am aware of lots of people hates or likes something for stupid reasons. I just want to analyze stuff. It might be good for our mental health, it would be easy for someone to think that way, but it won't actually explain anything and won't get us anywhere. I also don't like the 'haters gonna hate' or 'they are stupid, they would hate anything' kind of attitude. The time Twilight being an Alicorn in the show is longer than when she wasn't. It might be way too late to bring it up again and analyze, but this might be a good time to do it because no rabid fan who would dumb things down would still be around by now. It's 5 years since Twilight became an alicorn.
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