It's been a while, and my more recent ranting has mostly focused on the later episodes in S2 (which I enjoyed a lot less than most of the first half of S2, for the most part). If memory serves, I'd had a "fridge horror" moment when thinking about the "fires of friendship" song lyrics. To someone as cynical as me, the message could be taken as "if we disagree, make light of it and sing hymns and ignore the underlying cause of the disagreement".
This was right after the brony panel at FC '12, which while laudable and nifty, was also scarily like a prayer group as far as social dynamics go.
Your interpretation of HWE is more entertaining, though };>.
It's been a while, and my more recent ranting has mostly focused on the later episodes in S2 (which I enjoyed a lot less than most of the first half of S2, for the most part). If memory serves, I'd had a "fridge horror" moment when thinking about the "fires of friendship" song lyrics. To someone as cynical as me, the message could be taken as "if we disagree, make light of it and sing hymns and ignore the underlying cause of the disagreement".
This was right after the brony panel at FC '12, which while laudable and nifty, was also scarily like a prayer group as far as social dynamics go.
Your interpretation of HWE is more entertaining, though };>.