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heloflor · 6 years

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How Chancellor Neighsay feels like a missed opportunity

Just a small post (or at least as small as a post from me can be...) to talk about Chancellor Neighsay and how, in a way, he could have been maybe better .

Note : The moment this post is made, the mast episode that aired was “Sound of Silence” (that I haven't seen so if there's stuff related to the character then I won't know) so this post will be about episodes that were made before this one. Also this is purely my point of view and it's completely fine if you don't agree with it.

So, for those who go on Equestria Daily, you'll notice something that was said more than once, and that's actually kind of true and really proves the potential of a character like Chancellor : this man is right about one thing.

Indeed, let's take a look at some of the school episodes :

- In “School Daze”, the mane 6 don't notice some students sneaking off and later putting other people in danger.

- In “Non-Compete Clause”, Applejack and Rainbow both put the children into danger by not only getting them lost but also by almost letting Yona drown, and in the end they didn't learn a thing !

- In “Marks For Effort”, Twilight accuses the CMCs on making Cozy Glow fail a test without second thoughts, considering that Twi knows the trio for years now and should know they aren't bad people. And in the end, of she does reward them, she still doesn't apologize for accusing them and telling them to stay away from the school like that.

- In “A Matter Of Principals”, we learn that they aren't any substitute teachers and that Twi's list is basically “find new teachers; good luck !” for all points that have to be done (alright I may be exaggerating here)

- In “The Heart's Warming Club”, Twi wants to punish six kids from spending time with their far away family just because one of them may have put some goop on one room; considering that it may not have been one of them but another random person who hid in one of their room and teleported away depending on who they might be; making the situation for the student 6 completely unfair. (also, even though I don't want to open a debate about that, like Moliminous said in his EEW, next to that, you have Starlight who did more terrible stuff but doesn't get punished)

So, in conclusion, Twilight isn't really the best when it comes to taking care of a school; and that's what brings a problem with the Chancellor.

Indeed, at first, this character talks about how a school should have rules to provide safety, but by the end of the first part of the premiere, he turns out being a racist jerk. And in “Friendship University”, he literally becomes a one dimensional villain who's only trait is to be racist. And that's a waste.

For those who saw the SDCC panel, or at least the first part (I myself barely saw anything from it aside from the trailers and the “Andrea Libman being a Fluttercord shipper” part, followed by the other voice actors talking shipping), there was a point where one of the writers (who I suppose was Nicole Dubuc considering she also talked about having wished to make a Discord episode and finally made one; but I could be wrong) said that she wanted to do a complicated plot. And honestly, this complicated plot was here, on a silver plate, with Chancellor's character !

Just imagine for a moment if Chancellor wasn't racist but actually cared more about how a school should be run. Now, think of how it would impact Twilight and all the bad choices that occurs within her school, choices that only proves Chancellor to be right about her inability to run a school. The events with “Non-Compete Clause” would have shown her having way much more stress. In Marks for effort, she could have been called off for what she thought about the CMCs (heck, Cozy Glow was around and that kid is EVILLLLLL). In “A Matter Of Principals”, it would have been more understanding as to why Starlight wanted the school to be exactly like Twi wished and why she would be mad enough at Discord to a point of banishing him.

Also, the timing at the end of “Friendship University” when Cozy Glow comes into the room, along with her behavior in “What Lies Beneath” clearly shows red flags on who she is and a possible connection to the Chancellor; so in the scenario of Chancellor caring more about safety, imagine her giving him informations about what happens in the school, and in “Friendship University”, since he's around, he could have mentioned one of these events, leading Twilight and Rarity to start wondering for a minute how he could have gotten such informations.

So yeah, until we see how he behaves in the finale, I believe that he could have been a greater villain than he currently is, if the staff had thought about making him care about rules first and then about the species; creating a villain who is actually right, which may provide way more stress on the main cast and so having quite of a big impact despite looking quite “weak” next to the other big villains from previous seasons.

As for Cozy Glow, if I do like how each of her appearances gives the creep because her intentions are unclear while almost everyone sees through her disguise; if I had to be a bit of a critic, I would say that, nonetheless, it's rather obvious that it's the first time the MLP staff are doing a twist villain, with her shifting from good to weirdly bad with only her “false” voice giving her true nature (like, in “Marks For Effort”, you spend half the episode being like “yeah she seems evil” but then by the end of the episode she's a nice person ??).

But again that's just one random opinion.

Edit : SPOILERS WARNING FOR THE S8 FINALE !!! If you don't want to be spoiled, don't read the end of this post !

So, I saw some scenes of the finale, “School Raze” (but only some small moments that are posted on youtube and only shows the big lines of what's happening) and I kind of understand more why Neighsay is a one-dimensional character : he's not the main antagonist. I must admit, from the SDCC 2018 panel, I truly expected him and Cozy Glow to team up but the thruth is way different so, even if the character could have given more in the season by being less racist (and may have possibly made the twist more unexpected because we could have felt the Chancellor as a real threat), I do understand why they made him like that (concentrating on the students 6 helps Cozy Glow getting rid of them) and, despite the way he's depicted, I still like some details like him finding it ridiculous from Twilight to leave the school to a child (and yes, I know she let it to Starlight and then Cozy got rid of her but the point here is that he found it being an issue in the school system) and the fear he shows towards Cozy can easily go with how he reacted when the students 6 literally crashed the party in “School Daze”.

And Cozy Glow...damn, just damn...I knew from day one she was up to something but damn is she a great villain ! Seriously ! She's kinda close to Gideon from Gravity Falls with how she manipulate people and get rid of those she dislikes ! And to think she's penpals with fricking Tirek ! That kid is one dangerous villain !...Although maybe sending her in Tartarus as a punishment was a bit too much. I mean, you let around an adult alicorn, a god of chaos and an overpowered alicorn who all tried to take over the world (more or less with Starlight considering the way she talks can imply she wanted to expand her village and considering the time travels) but send to pony hell a child because she wanted to take over a school ??? (yes I know there's this “Queen of Friendship” thing but I haven't really seen a clip about it aside from when she talks to captured Starlight).

(also non related but “yay !” for the CMCs finally being in a two-parter with an important role)

#MLP #MLP spoilers #Chancelor Neighsay #Cozy Glow #flor talks

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