Debunking Tanks for the Memories (Concept of Death) · 8:24pm Mar 8th, 2021
How pathetic...!
It really disturbs me...
When I keep complaining how "MLP doesn't teach about the concept of death and how to deal with it." people keep bringing up "Tanks for the Memories" The way people keep comparing Tank's hibernation and Rainbow Dash's missing him (and blubbering over it) as the equivalent to "How to accept Death."
...It's not even close.
The most similar to anything it can be compared to is such as a friend moving away temporarily/permanently, but it does not teach how to face and accept death (Preferably Tragic Deaths)
Now if Tank was growing old and his time was coming, or rather Rainbow wakes up one morning to find he has passed... THAT'S dealing with death.
But nothing about the episode does that.
True, it shows Rainbow really loves her pet, but in addition it does show how she (a grown mare) is rather incompetent and clueless.
-Not believing that a tortoise Hibernates
-Denying professional facts
-Trying to stop winter coming
-preventing Tank from sleeping which he needs to do.
Then again there is the cliche "Love can make us do crazy things"
Still, it is not a good portrayal or even NEAR similarity to the concept of death or losing someone FOREVER!!
Why my Starfleet has a better concept of Death than that ridiculous episode did...
S6EP22 "This Little Piggy went to a better place"
Norman (Often called Norm) a old pig, was Applebloom's favorite animal on the farm and like a best friend to her growing up without parents, but as she grew older, so did Norm, and in his declining days, he was attacked when a group of bandits attacked the farm and he was injured.
Norm's hind legs were broken, and it was very doubtful he would recover because he was very old, and Applebloom was told to "Prepare for the worst."
Applebloom didn't want Norm to be taken away, so she kidnapped him on a wagon and took him out, hoping to find place to keep him and care for him herself, only to find she bit off more than she could chew, and Norm, himself (Who could talk) gave her a heart-to-heart talk how it was okay to be sad, and that they had a lot of good times... but now it was his time to go, which helped give Applebloom some strength to start the journey of acceptance.
...And he died right there with her.
THAT... is a concept of Death.
The Way Tanks for the Memories did it, is not. Even if the concept is about letting go, that's not the topic. The topic is Death, not Going away for a while.
You're still all entitled to your own beliefs and opinions, but this is my own, which I am equally entitled to.
what a guy, man