Librarian vs. princess by writemaster93, literature
Literature
Librarian vs. princess
"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a happy person doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it's to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential. As if a job title and a salary are the
Okay, I held back until the episode aired, but now it's time to say my peace. Firstly, I know it's just a kids cartoon for the purpose of simple and witty entertainment, this is just literary criticism for intellectual purposes. I don't intend to evoke any ill will or contention, but I do want people to think critically and be informed. TL;DR at bottom. :) Secondly, some good relevant reading material:
http://mlpforums.com/blog/453/entry-2565-season-3-alicorntwilight-is-a-bad-concept-second-revision/
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{Added March 1: Also, this is rather thought provoking of one