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I completely agree.
Like, I love Starlight as a character. But her "redemption arc" is hilariously bad. Those she literally held hostage as part of a cult just welcome her back warmly. And Cozy Glow gets thrown into Tartarus (and eventually frozen into stone)?
And, like, having the creatures of other species rescue said racist chancellor and give him a change of heart is just fucked up. It's like it's a whole trope in media where bigots are supposed to be given a "change of heart" with friendship, ignoring the fact that actual hardcore bigots are fucked to the core (e.g. Steven Universe finale).
And the Yaks, I can't stand them. They're like a collection of stereotypes from other cultural/ethnic groups Frankenstein'd together, but you can barely tell what most of them are. The ponies attempting to make Yona speak and act pony-like for a school dance didn't help, even if the whole point of the episode was that it was a terrible idea.
Wait what--
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware