Background Pony #7CFD
@Brass Beau
But at the same time it’s not very fair now is it? If anything the fact that Discord proved to be able to reform should have incentivized the Main 6/princesses/Starlight to want to try it with Cozy.
The thing is with remorse is that besides Stygian, none of the reformed villains did until the attempt to try and talk to them/reform them was made:
-Starlight ran away after her first defeat and came back for revenge only showing remorse after Twilight talked to her about her backstory.
-Tempest streight up told Twilight to grow up the first time she tried to talk to her and only switched sides after Storm King betrayed her.
-We all know about Discord.
-Heck, even with Stygian, almost everyone believed that he betrayed the Pillars for power and Starlight still wanted to help him. The POS only came up as a seperate entity after Twilight and Starlight risked themselves to get to him.
Another thing worth noting is that all of the vanquished villains up to s8/s9 opening were powerful being who were still attacking Equestria and couldn’t be captured via normal means:
-Sombra had to be vaporized with the Chrystal Heart and the expanding friendship bubble.
-Chrysalis and the changelings had to be blow away to secure victory.
-The POS was a powerful spirit who they didn’t have time to try and reform before he got limbo’d.
-Storm King was about to chrystalize the M6.
-Discord was causing mass chaos and the only way to beat him at the time was the Elements of Harmony.
-Tirek had everypony’s magic and in a similar fashion to Discord’s, the only way to beat him was the friendship box thingy.
With all of these villains, beating them was a matter of self-defense. Celestia and the M6 got Discord to cooperate by threatening him with the elements, Twilight was pretty much forced to talk to Starlight, Stygian was pretty much trapped himself and wasn’t really attacking and Chrysalis was beaten, vastly outnumvered and outgunned and was effectively captured. They all got second chances (even if more could have been done for Chryssie).
Cozy, meanwhile was a normal filly who got restrained by two guards and they decided to not to try and rehabilitate her, instead they tossed her in the place where they put Tirek and a bunch of dangerous animals because there was no other place they could safely lock them up in. Later, the trio were beaten, depowered (interestingly enough thats all the friendship lasers did to them in comparison to first time Luna/Tirek and Sombra), restrained and completely at the mercy of the heroes. Instead of trying to reform them, they get turned to stone which previously only happend because there was no other way to contain Discord. And this was with the context of all the reformed villains.
It doesn’t seem very fair now, does it? Especially after all the things Discord was so easily forgiven for even after his reformation.
But at the same time it’s not very fair now is it? If anything the fact that Discord proved to be able to reform should have incentivized the Main 6/princesses/Starlight to want to try it with Cozy.
The thing is with remorse is that besides Stygian, none of the reformed villains did until the attempt to try and talk to them/reform them was made:
-Starlight ran away after her first defeat and came back for revenge only showing remorse after Twilight talked to her about her backstory.
-Tempest streight up told Twilight to grow up the first time she tried to talk to her and only switched sides after Storm King betrayed her.
-We all know about Discord.
-Heck, even with Stygian, almost everyone believed that he betrayed the Pillars for power and Starlight still wanted to help him. The POS only came up as a seperate entity after Twilight and Starlight risked themselves to get to him.
Another thing worth noting is that all of the vanquished villains up to s8/s9 opening were powerful being who were still attacking Equestria and couldn’t be captured via normal means:
-Sombra had to be vaporized with the Chrystal Heart and the expanding friendship bubble.
-Chrysalis and the changelings had to be blow away to secure victory.
-The POS was a powerful spirit who they didn’t have time to try and reform before he got limbo’d.
-Storm King was about to chrystalize the M6.
-Discord was causing mass chaos and the only way to beat him at the time was the Elements of Harmony.
-Tirek had everypony’s magic and in a similar fashion to Discord’s, the only way to beat him was the friendship box thingy.
With all of these villains, beating them was a matter of self-defense. Celestia and the M6 got Discord to cooperate by threatening him with the elements, Twilight was pretty much forced to talk to Starlight, Stygian was pretty much trapped himself and wasn’t really attacking and Chrysalis was beaten, vastly outnumvered and outgunned and was effectively captured. They all got second chances (even if more could have been done for Chryssie).
Cozy, meanwhile was a normal filly who got restrained by two guards and they decided to not to try and rehabilitate her, instead they tossed her in the place where they put Tirek and a bunch of dangerous animals because there was no other place they could safely lock them up in. Later, the trio were beaten, depowered (interestingly enough thats all the friendship lasers did to them in comparison to first time Luna/Tirek and Sombra), restrained and completely at the mercy of the heroes. Instead of trying to reform them, they get turned to stone which previously only happend because there was no other way to contain Discord. And this was with the context of all the reformed villains.
It doesn’t seem very fair now, does it? Especially after all the things Discord was so easily forgiven for even after his reformation.
