>>40400788>very first villain is an immortal god-like being that can control time and spaceNeither Nightmare Moon nor Discord can do this. Discord's chaos magic warps and alters things in weird ways.
>elements of harmony created to be a convenient plot-device to win fights for free,The mane six are the elements of harmony.
>which also devalues the sub-title of the show by implying only Twilight and co. can be super special friends, a bond that was created under 24 hours.They are special because they each embody a certain virtue. However nothing says or implies that other friends can't also accomplish great things.
>luna instantly forgiving celestia after being trapped on the moon for 1000 yearsLuna was the one to betray Celestia. Additionally, Luna/Nightmare Moon was banished into the Moon in some special magical way, not just put on it.
>extremely lucky and coincidental rainboom gives everpony their cutie marksHaving one unlikely coincidence or event kick off a story is fine.
>and they all happen to gather in Ponyville years laterThis is the most reasonable one, though it could be explained by Celestia organizing it.
>>40400813>Trixie's treatmentTrixie wasn't treated poorly.
>inconsistencies like Dash's bullies not remembering her rainboomTrue, but minor.
>contrived shit like Pinkie not telling her friends how to stop the parasprites,True.
>or when everypony suddenly becomes an ungrateful jerk to Rarity when she made free dresses for them.This is not a writing flaw.
>Twilight/cmc/Cadence getting away with brainwashing ponies>TwilightTrue.
>CMCCheerilee and Big Mac were the ones affected by it and they were the ones to choose how to handle it, though the CMC weren't just allowed to "get away with it."
>CadanceIt's shit.
>>40400839No one says they're perfect. They are, however, leagues above the rest of the show.
The worst of the early show is MMDW and that's still above mediocre compared to so much of the garbage of the rest of the show because it at least has some redeeming factors in Dash's characterization.