MLP: The Games We Play/YMMV


 * Adorkable:  is starting to show signs of this in recent chapters, with the awkwardness and insecurity that she's trying so desperately to hide finally coming to light.
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Mare Do Well so self-absorbed that she simply doesn't care about how much she's hurting Rainbow Dash by screwing with her perception of her friends, just so long as she has Dash's attention? Or does she not realize the full degree to which she's damaging her? Or is the game spinning out of control, like in Chaper 9?
 * Broken Base: Long before Mare Do Well was ever unmasked, readers became split over whether she even deserved a shot at a happy ending, or if the way she lied, deceived and manipulated her meant Dash should chew her out and dump her once she learned her identity.
 * Unsurprisingly, after The Reveal and the inevitable Ship Sinking that followed, some of the readers who were hoping for MDW to be someone else were less than ecstatic.
 * The Ship Sinking isn't all that inevitable, though, as Dash seems to resolve to try to work things out anyway. Leading to another group of readers (such as this troper) that aren't too happy about the reveal but still hope things turn out well.
 * Fan Dumb: Many readers were rather inordinately upset with The Reveal. The author's response? This picture.
 * I Knew It!:  One group was vindicated in Chapter 20. Take a guess which one.
 * Mind Game Ship: Between Mare Do Well and Rainbow Dash.
 * Tear Jerker: Pinkie's Heroic BSOD.
 * Chapter 9. Specifically, when  "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
 * When, this troper died a little inside.
 * The Woobie: Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and  are all this at some point. Pinkie especially. To clarify:
 * Rainbow Dash
 * Pinkie Pie
 * Jerkass Woobie for seems more appropriate, due to how
 * Jerkass Woobie for seems more appropriate, due to how
 * Jerkass Woobie for seems more appropriate, due to how