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Anonymous
#284817
1 year ago
I can't be the only one who felt bad for Gilda during this part, can I?
Turin_Aramaia
#284826
1 year ago
Just retreat, and come again another day, and see what the ponies in this town are like.
Anonymous
#284908
1 year ago
@284817

eeyup
TBTabby
#284989
1 year ago
A little...but she brought it on herself.
Warhammer3025
#285050
1 year ago
I didn't read as much into this episode as a lot of people seemed to. Gilda was just kind of a jerk.
Anonymous
#285112
1 year ago
Gilda T_T
Anonymous
#285171
1 year ago
@284817

Nope, I did too.
Anonymous
#285182
1 year ago
She just needs to wait three days and everyone in Ponyville will forgive her.
Epicplatypus
#285223
1 year ago
I felt bad for her... everyone in the damn town was laughing at her... and besides... pranks with ill intentions are just random acts of cruelty
Anonymous
#285305
1 year ago
Well, she was being kind of an ass... but she'd come into town to hang out with her old friend, and Pinkie wouldn't leave them the fuck alone.
Anonymous
#285493
1 year ago
All she had to do was apologize for being a jerk, and Rainbow would have gladly forgiven her. Gilda deserves some sympathy but she's responsible for her own troubles.
Jarntazecht
#285523
1 year ago
This err...comment thread sure is interesting. Everyone has different perspectives on Gilda as a character and there are plenty of people just like her. Hell it proves even adult writers can't even really decide what is "THE" way to handle a certain type of person. Not saying anyone's wrong but it sure is interesting how everyone's opinion varies so much for something which is otherwise simplified.
Anonymous
#285571
1 year ago
Bitches have feelings too.
sodomitor
#285624
1 year ago
hey, Gilda has some social problems. And her first day with her ONLY friend after years of abcense was interrupted ALL DAY.

I like her. She's cool after all.

And MAYBE it's Pinkie Pie who needs to apologize for keeping her from her friend and not listening to Gilda?
Anonymous
#285637
1 year ago
I agree that Gilda brought it on herself and her getting angry at the party only allowed Dash to see her true colors.

I do, however, disagree on the idea of Dash no longer liking Gilda after this as what she said to her was pretty much "If this is how you're going to be then maybe you should go find some other friends" which, to me, only showed she wasn't going to put up with Gilda's behavior and I believe if Gilda had reflected on the error of her ways and apologized then maybe things would have turned out differently, but instead she chose to leave on her own so it wasn't like anyone was kicking her out.

To Jarntazect, I think the idea the writers were going for was, as mentioned in Twilight's letter, to show the difference between a false friend and true friend. In Gilda's case even though she knew Dash was friends with most of the ponies she was mean, rude, and even stole from them where as in Pinkie's case she was willing to give Gilda a chance and welcome her after witnessing her behavior and even being mean to Fluttershy. If you think back to the beginning of the episode, between Gilda and Pinkie Pie Dash would have chosen to hang out with Gilda over Pinkie Pie any day but once she got to see what the two are really at the end of the episode Dash will most likely prefer hanging out with Pinkie Pie over Gilda unless she decides to change her ways.
Sound_Mind
#286304
1 year ago
Neither Pinkie or Gilda were really in the right here.

Gilda cme to Ponyville to see someone she hadn't seen in several years. She came with the intention of spending some quality time with pony she'd been friends with since childhood and wanted to reconnect with her. Instead of getting to, most of the day is spent with this really annoying Earth Pony tailing them till Gilda tells her off and then left in a new town with ponies gawking at her while Dash takes care of business. I'll excuse the whole Fluttershy incident for that reason. She was irritated, probably had a temper to begin with. These things combined with direct confrontation don't mix well. This does not forgive the stealing aspect of things. Still not cool, G.

As for Pinkie, we all love her to death for what she is; this bright pink ball of fluff and merriment that bounces off the walls like she's a super-ball on cocaine. But to some, that can get very irritating very quick. Now, Pinkie wasn't all in the wrong here... She and Dash had been forming a very fun friendship and had been having loads of fun together pranking ponies all over town. It was an amazing thing for her cuz it let her hang out and share a laugh with one of her favorite ponies. In that regard, it's understandable that she was trying to tail them. And plus, Gilda was new. Gilda was different. Gilda was exciting to Pinkie. She wanted to know more and makes friends with her. And being Dash's friend, she asumed it'd be easy to befriend Gilda. Still, she should have not stalked all morning.

Everything would have likely gone on without incident if Pinkie had gone to do something else. Heck, she could have STILL thrown a party for Gilda and it wouldn't have been ruined. Gilda would have had little reason to suspect Pinkie for pranking the bazjesus out of her.

I' rambling so I'll just sum it up; Both of them were at fault for what happened.
Anonymous
#286662
1 year ago
Well, Gilda was a bit of a jerk and a petty thief (I'm not going to hold the "snake tail" thing against her - Granny suffers worse every time Scootaloo swoops by). No real way around that. It's easy to feel sorry for her due to Pinkie being obnoxious, and Dash being so inconsiderate.
Like others have pointed out, when your old BFF from school has traveled to see you after several years, you sort of could aim to get some time alone with them. More importantly, if Dash really WAS behind all the pranks at the party, she kinda... sucks.
I mean, come on. You're invited to a party, but right from the beginning you're subjected to one prank after another, and everyone laughs at you. I suspect that most of us would have either snapped, left in a huff, or simply felt sad, all depending on personality. Given that Dash didn't accept that enough was enough, well... maybe she didn't deserve to be called a "flip-flopper" but she kinda deserved to be called something.
It would no doubt have helped if she had offered a quick: "Haha, sorry. We set up some pranks for the party, but you weren't supposed to trigger all of them. We cool?"

TL;DR: All in all, Pinkie and Dash both behaved like jerks too. That said, Gilda was still a petty thief with an abrasive personality.
Anonymous
#287334
1 year ago
Gilda is a bitch. Nothing is gonna change that. She deserves no sympathy
Anonymous
#288144
1 year ago
Something I find neat is that Gilda was CONVINCED that Pinkie was responsible for the pranks. She never even considered it was Rainbow Dash despite that she lead her into every single one.

Gilda REALLY seemed shocked to find that out.
Pacce
#288167
1 year ago
All this talk of Pinkie needing to apologize leads me to remind you that she DID apologize.

She threw Gilda a party.
And Pinkie's never been the most... observant pony, so she didn't know that the pranks were bothering her.
Rainbow Dash on the other hand...
Well, to be fair, she DID ask Gilda if that stuff was bothering her.
Still kind of dickish to lead Gilda and Gilda alone into all but one of the pranks.
The candles on the cake for her, pointing her to the punch when the lemon drops got to her, the booby trapped presents.
It kind makes "It was just dumb luck that you set them all off" smell like some horse apples.

But yeah, more than anything Gilda would have to swallow her pride, apologize, and not be a total dick to the others and then she can hang out with Rainbow in season 2 and get to be in the opening for season 3, and then get a toy so I can make her and Dash kiss.
Pacce
#288170
1 year ago
Also, this pic is pretty much why I wrote Junior Speedsters Forever.
Anonymous
#292974
1 year ago
I'm pretty sure if it wasn't by Dash's pranks Pinkie would end up softening Gilda. No one can resist Pinkie's powers!
Anonymous
#292979
1 year ago
@287334

Well, seems like you still have a lot to learn with Pinkie
rainbowhyphen
#294257
1 year ago
Alternate ending:
"Oh yeah? Well you're such a.. such a... um... you're so.. uh...
...
You're right. I'm sorry everyone. I've been such a jerk, and you've all been so nice to me...

I guess there's more to life than being cool. And really, I suppose there's more to being cool than pretending like you're better than everyone else.

I really hope you can forgive me, and that you'll give me another chance. I'd hate to leave here with a ruined friendship when I could have made a bunch of new ones instead."

AND THEN THEY ALL PARTIED.

(My fantasies might be a bit tame, but at least they're ludicrously improbable!)
sodomitor
#295013
1 year ago
^lame

Why didn't Dash apologize for pranking only her and making her a laughting stock? Why didn't Pinkie Pie apologize for interrupting ONLY ONE FUCKING DAY Gilda wanted to spend with her friend?

Sorry, but NO.
Anonymous
#296322
1 year ago
^

The whole business with Pinkie Pie kind of annoyingly following Gilda and Dash around can grate on some people, so let me break it down.

Gilda did have a right to spend some alone time with Dash, no matter how much of a jerky jerkpants she is. The whole issue could have been resolved with minimal awkwardness if Gilda and Dash and Pinkie Pie could all hang out, but there's the problem with Pinkie Pie not having wings. And no matter how you cut it, it remains that Gilda did not want Pinkie's company. Now we can all say boo to that because EVERYPONY loves Pinkie Pie but we can't fault Gilda for not liking her. So:

Gilda simply wanted to spend time with Dash and NOT with Pinkie Pie, which is understandable.

Pinkie Pie also wanted to spend time with Dash, but she had the advantage of living in the same area and being able to see her whenever, so she really should have graciously stepped down at least while Gilda was in town. Being Pinkie Pie, she probably also wanted to be friends with Gilda, and either didn't quite understand personal boundaries or why anyone wouldn't want to be friends with her.

Rainbow Dash probably figured that since she doesn't see Gilda that often she should make the most of her visit, which is totally logical. But when Pinkie Pie butting in began to annoy Gilda, she failed to pick up on this and resolve the issue as a mutual friend. She probably could have explained to Pinkie why she was choosing to hang out with Gilda a little better.

This is all not taking into account Gilda's several acts of varying criminality and her generally abrasive personality. Gilda wasn't really at fault, but the whole situation could have been avoided if she were more open to Pinkie Pie's antics and had a more genial personality.
Anonymous
#325819
1 year ago
When you scream at someone who's escorting small animals through town and not getting paid for it, you kind of lose your right to receive pity.
Anonymous
#365431
11 months ago
Really, the pranks were all pretty much geared towards Gilda. What candy does she go for? The ones she obviously likes the most, which just HAPPENED to be filled with pepper. Hmm, who knows Gilda's favorite candy? Oh, right. Dash. The dribble glass is tied into that, especially because Dash led her into that one. Meanwhile, of COURSE she was going to open her own presents, especially when RD pointed them out. And after that, yeah: it's her frickin' cake. She's allowed to blow out her own candles. How in the ninety-nine levels of Fuck were those not all going to affect her?

The Fluttershy incident is still something that doesn't have a solid explanation, though.
Anonymous
#396855
11 months ago
what I really have to wonder is why was Fluttershy leading the ducks through the middle of town during market time? I mean, really... she couldn't pick a less busy path or time to lead the little duckies to a new pond?
Anonymous
#580983
9 months ago
Heart of gold, feathers of steel. Need I say more.
RemnantZX
#785739
7 months ago
I kinda felt bad but, there's no excuse for being a huge bitch.